"Doulite wants to consolidate his position, and that is, to immediately repair its relationship with the United States." Cang Hao continued to analyze: "If Doolite does not do this, Simien will replace it."

Linus nodded: "That's right."

"Damn, you are not using Simien, you are using me at all!" Cang Hao knew that at this moment, he figured out everything: "We are old friends, you are really something that only old friends can do!"

"It should be said that we use each other." Linus was not ashamed at all: "This world is to use each other. The key is whether we have value in use. The same is true between friends, especially in the face of politics. There is nothing that cannot be used. You shouldn't be so naive. Looking at the world with an idealized perspective, do you really think politics is a very simple thing?"

Cang Hao is certainly not so naive: "You can tell me in advance."

"If I told you in advance, you would definitely not agree, because this move will closely connect the relationship between the United States and the Philippines, and your country obviously does not want to see it..." Linus sighed: "Yes, I know that your country is unhappy, but as a US soldier, I must first protect the interests of the United States. Moreover, this will not actually harm your country. Maybe it can save a lot of money and no longer need to support Doolittle."

"Let's talk about the Tono family..."

"Okay." Linus immediately turned the topic back: "Remember, I told you before that everyone can sit down and talk soon, and now the opportunity for negotiation is here."

"The rest of the family, who are entitled to inherit the property of the stepmother, found from the very beginning that this was a blow against Doolittle, so they turned against Simien and surrendered to Simien..." Linus told Cang Hao: "They hope Simien will come out to mediate the war, and Simien found me, so I called you."

"You are friends with Simien. The question is that the family supported Doolittle before, why did you say there would be negotiations early?" Cang Hao himself found the answer: "Because you already know that this family will surrender to Simien!"

Linus admitted: "While the members of this family were killed one after another, someone had indirectly released rumors to them. This was a blow to Doolittle. If they want to preserve their lives and property, they must draw a clear line with Doolittle."

"No wonder you know the whereabouts of stepmother and son, it was because of the secret surveillance of Simien." Cang Hao found all the answers: "You took advantage of this incident and put pressure on the family. In fact, the cause of the incident has nothing to do with the fight between Doolittle and Simien, but you made them think it was related."

Linus admitted again: "That's right."

"But so many people died in this family, will they be loyal to Simien?"

"The members of this family are of course related to their stepmother, but not their close relatives." Linus didn't care at all: "They'd better not be angry about their experiences in the same clan, and do things for Simien honestly. If they want to take revenge, they will be in trouble."

"Tell me about the negotiation."

"The one who negotiated with you now is of course not this family, but the envoy sent by Simien." After pausing, Linus explained in detail: "Since this family has surrendered, Simien will help claim their interests. If you agree, the envoy will come to Canal City directly."

"Let him come." Cang Hao agreed: "Contact me when you arrive."

"I must remind you that the scene may be a bit ugly..." Linus said meaningfully: "Although this family wants to resolve the dispute peacefully, it does not mean completely retreating. I know your claim is to let this family completely give up the legacy of the Higashino family, so you will have a fight."

Cang Hao understood what this means: "That is, this family wants to retain part of the ownership of the property."

"That's right."

Cang Hao refused calmly: "This is impossible."

"You both sides will talk." Linus didn't seem to care about how both sides would bargain: "I won't participate."

"You don't have any ideas about the property of the Higashino family?"

"No." Linus smiled lightly: "What I need is to attack Doolittle and consolidate Simien's status. As long as this goal is achieved, I don't care about the matter of the Higashino family. No matter how you allocate those inheritances, I don't have my share, so you can do whatever you want, just don't destroy the current situation."

After Cang Hao put down Linus's phone call, he immediately went to see Pang Jindong and told him about the conversation: "I felt that Linus had other plans from the beginning. Now Linus has indeed revealed his trump card, but I can't be angry. Thinking from the perspective of others, if I had the opportunity to use Linus to do something, I would not hesitate."

"The reason is good, but if you think about it, how to explain to Meng Yanglong..." Pang Jindong frowned: "If this situation continues to develop well, it may affect our layout in the South China Sea!"

"There is a hairy layout." Cang Hao smiled contemptuously: "By giving money to the old madam Dulite, Is it a strategic layout if I get a few nice words?"

"It's true that it can't be counted..." Pang Jindong's view is still the same as Cang Hao: "The Philippines is still pro-American in its core. We can only exchange for a few words of listening to it, and these words cannot withstand the test at all. As long as the United States is willing to give some benefits, they will turn against each other without hesitation."

"Through Linus's plan, it may also be seen that the United States' strategic layout is indeed more brilliant, and the people's excellence is hidden very deeply. I don't want some people to publicize it every day. Although I have studied the rectification of the Philippines before, I didn't know that Simien was a friend of the United States..." Cang Hao analyzed in a solemn tone: "There is no doubt that the United States has cultivated a large number of pro-American forces in all countries. The interests of these people are completely consistent with the United States, and naturally they also maintain the same position as the United States. The United States can do this because it not only depends on its strong military strength, but also its strong ideological and cultural output. Of course, they have also spent a lot of money outside, but the money has been spread to key places. In contrast, some people's money is thrown out and they cannot even hear the sound of water. In addition, they usually speak out everywhere, not only can they fail to successfully cultivate their own spokespersons of interest, but they have also made a lot of trouble."

"The United States' ability to cultivate its confidants is indeed first-class, just as Adam Smith proposed in "The Wealth of Nations", a truly powerful country can impose its will on other countries with peaceful means without launching wars." After a pause, Pang Jindong reminded again: "Although I don't think the layout of the South China Sea is very clever, Meng Yanglong will still not be happy. After all, after spending so much money, even if he is destined to turn against the Philippines, it is too early to turn things around now."

"Even if there is no such thing as the Toyo family, the United States will definitely make other plans. They had decided to return to the Asia-Pacific as early as the previous president. This time they were just used by them." Cang Hao still didn't care: "If Meng Yanglong asked, I would pretend not to know anything!"

"Do you think Meng Yanglong will understand the real situation?"

"Of course he will master it, but I just don't admit it, so what can he do?!" Cang Hao said word by word: "I can still do things now. As long as I have value, he will not do anything to me! There must be people in China who are unhappy, and that is their own problem. I don't have time to heal their spiritual trauma. If they have time, it's better to review the external strategy of how they operate over the years."

Pang Jindong felt that there was no other way at the moment: "Let's talk about it when the envoy arrives." After pausing, Pang Jindong proposed: "Let's talk about Aphrola's space weapon, what kind of thing is that?"

Cang Hao roughly described it, and Pang Jin Ran said: "I think I may know what that is."

Cang Hao was stunned: "What?"

"Everyone knows that throwing objects from high altitudes. If you throw things down from high floors, even if they are just ordinary things, they will cause huge destructive power once they are smashed down. This is the effect of inertial acceleration, so I won't talk about basic physics knowledge. What if it was thrown down a tungsten rod several meters long and weighing thousands of pounds, and not thrown down from the upper floor, but bombarding the ground from space?" Pang Jindong did not need Cang Hao's answer and continued on his own: "This idea was first proposed by a science fiction writer named Puner, called the 'Thor Project', which is of course not the same as Thor of the Marvel Universe. The background of this idea at that time was that the Cold War was intensifying, and both sides began space competitions, and they were developing super-massive weapons of destruction, trying to kill the other side with one blow."

Cang Hao certainly knew these historical facts: "At that time, the power of nuclear warheads was getting bigger and bigger, the intercontinental ballistics were getting farther and farther away, and strategic bombers had to get higher and higher, and even the reconnaissance planes flew faster and faster."

"The idea of ​​various orbital weapons was proposed at that time. Your orbital plasma cannon can only be considered a junior. However, if all countries deploy nuclear weapons in space, the threat to humanity is too great. So countries around the world signed an Outer Space Law, prohibiting any country from deploying nuclear weapons, biological weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in the earth's orbit. But this treaty has loopholes, and orbital plasma cannons are to some extent exploit loopholes. The treaty does not prohibit such weapons because it was scientific when it was signed.
Chapter completed!