Officials always have absolute psychological advantages in front of businessmen. It can even be said that almost all officials despise their attitude towards businessmen.

This is probably because officials rely on a strong bureaucratic system behind them and naturally have psychological advantages when facing businessmen who fight alone.

But this rule does not apply to Ford Benjamin and his Panama Company. It is true that Panama Company is indeed a commercial company, but it is also a commercial company with a strong military color. This gives Ford Benjamin a special halo, which can make Ford Benjamin despise most of the world's authority and make Quentin Nick's psychological advantage in front of Ford Benjamin is not so obvious.

Ford Benjamin's behavior is indeed worthy of his title of "mercenary leader". When Ford Benjamin walked towards Quentin Nick, several burly men appeared from somewhere, seemingly inadvertently surrounding Ford Benjamin, forming a half-encirclement formation for Quentin Nick.

These big men are definitely well-trained professionals. Several of them are bald, with only one or two with very short hairs. Coupled with their cold expressions and bathrobes with obvious bulges on their waists, they are like a group of death row prisoners who have just escaped from prison, exuding the aura of no one entering the body, and they almost tattooed words like "I'm not a good person" on their faces.

Among them, Ford Benjamin was obviously the absolute best. It was not until Ford Benjamin walked to Quentin Nick that Quentin Nick discovered that Ford Benjamin had two strange patterns tattooed on his neck, which seemed to be written from the ancient empire in the East. Quentin Nick once saw similar square characters in an ancient book in the Viscount's study.

"Beautiful?" Ford Benjamin noticed Quentin Nick's eyes and cooperated to pull down the bathrobe to fully display the entire pattern in front of Quentin Nick: "This is a Chinese character used by Chinese people. 'Loyalty' represents loyalty and symbolizes the absolute loyalty of our Panama company to customers. As long as we accept the commission, we will complete it resolutely. No matter how difficult the commission is, the word here is 'courage', which means that our Panama company will never retreat in the face of the enemy. Even if we fight to the last person, we will complete the customer's commission."

Ford Benjamin explained it very clearly, but unfortunately, Quentin Nick didn't believe a word.

Oh, not, Quentin Nick believes part of Ford Benjamin's explanation of these two words, but does not believe that Ford Benjamin's explanation of loyalty and courage is only aimed at customers. There are so many words all over the world. Why Ford Benjamin tattooed two Chinese characters on his neck is worth pondering.

Thinking of the name that has appeared in Quentin Nick's ears more and more frequently in recent times, Quentin Nick has reason to believe that Ford Benjamin's tattoo of two Chinese characters on his neck has definitely another meaning.

"A very good explanation and also conforms to the analysis of Panama's philosophy. If you can really do these two things, then I believe that Panama will attract the attention of the whole world sooner or later." Although Quentin Nick doesn't believe a word about Ford Benjamin's words, Quentin Nick can still maintain politeness, which is also the basic quality of being a politician.

"We don't want the world to pay attention. You know, Panama represents war and death, so we are a group of 'ominous people'. If possible, I hope Panama has never existed. Maybe you think I'm talking nonsense, but I want to emphasize that this is my heartfelt words." Ford Benjamin's words surprised Quentin Nick, but also made Quentin Nick unexpectedly develop a hint of affection for Ford Benjamin. At least, Ford Benjamin's understanding of himself is clear, and Ford Benjamin is not taboo about this, which means that Ford Benjamin still maintains the most basic candidacy.

"We all hope for world peace. Although we all know that this is impossible, there is such a difficult problem before me now. You know, I manage the Bahamas on behalf of Lord Viscount, but now there is a group of pirates appearing in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the southern Bahamas. Their appearance has brought disaster and chaos to the entire Bahamas, which is unacceptable to all those with a sense of justice-" Quentin Nick quickly got into the topic and did not want to waste his mouth on the topic of "world peace".

Speaking of world peace, there is a fact that Quentin Nick cannot face: it is not mercenaries like Ford Benjamin who really crisis world peace, but politicians like Quentin Nick.

It is precisely because of the ambition of politicians that there are disputes around the world and wars occur. The mercenaries represented by Ford Benjamin are only the main body of execution, not the war is initiated. The two are fundamentally different. They are like women lingering in the swimming pool. They are divided into two categories. One is forced by life, so they have to sell their only goods to maintain their lives; the other is to expect some romantic encounter to satisfy their empty life.

On the surface, it seems that there is no difference between these two people, but in fact they are completely different. As for which one is more noble?

Sorry, they have nothing to do with the word "noble".

"Ha, Pirates - this doesn't seem to be a problem for the British Empire." Ford Benjamin laughed and said a cold joke in a humorous way.

Everyone knows that the British Empire started with pirates, and now a British man is actually worried about pirates, which sounds really ironic.

"The British Empire is so big that it is inevitable that there will be corners where the queen cannot shine. This is normal." Quentin Nick did not feel Ford Benjamin's humor, all he could feel was awkwardness.

Well, how to deal with the embarrassment is also one of the compulsory courses for politicians. If you are furious if you are slightly provoked, then Quentin Nick is not qualified to be trusted by Lord Viscount.

Regarding pirates, although this is the capital that started with Britain, Britain, which has successfully landed ashore, is not ruthless in dealing with pirates, and does not care about the faint incense.

The British are not afraid to mention that history. Even for most British people, what they really feel when they mention that history is not embarrassing, and their thoughts are still a bit proud of being indescribable. This is probably because of the current international status of Britain. After all, there were pirates everywhere in Europe at the beginning, and all countries tried to use sea plunder to complete the original accumulation of capital. The British did this, the Spanish and the Dutch did the same, but only Britain successfully landed ashore and became the only "sun does not set" empire in the world, so the British had a complicated relationship with pirates.

Of course, for Quentin Nick, the existence of pirates is not that wonderful. Quentin Nick now only wants to capture the pirates of Turks and Caicos Islands and hang them all at the gate of Nassau, so as to set an example.

"How many people are there in this group of pirates? I need to know the size of the pirates before I can make a budget." Ford Benjamin began to get into the state.

"They have about five to six ships, with a population of about five to six hundred, no more than eight hundred. The only problem now is that we don't know where the pirates' nests are, only the areas where they often appear-" Quentin Nick truthfully stated the information they knew without proper modification.

"The pirates' foothold is not a problem. This is our work scope. Given the size of the pirates, we need to dispatch about 1,000 people, and the term is about three months. If our company's employees need to go out for field work, each person will also need a certain subsidy in addition to the basic salary each month. The specific cost per person is about 200 US dollars, and three months is about 600,000 US dollars, equivalent to about 130,000 pounds." Ford Benjamin quickly gave a budget, just labor costs, and the compensation to be paid to Panama has not yet calculated.

"Thirteen thousand pounds - that's too much." Quentin Nick felt unacceptable even if it was just labor costs.

130,000 pounds, this number can be big or small. For a behemoth like Junma Group, 130,000 pounds are not worth mentioning. Any subsidiary of Junma Group will have a monthly profit much higher than this number, but for the Bahamas, this amount of money is not small, especially for the Viscount, who is famous for being stingy. Quentin Nick can now have a foreshadowing that if you want Viscount to take out this amount of money, you will not wait until the end of the world.

During the Civil War, the Bahamas had experienced a period of rapid growth due to smuggling to the southern United States. However, since then, the Bahamas' taxes have declined and now they may not necessarily reach 130,000 pounds per year on average. So in this way, 130,000 pounds is not a small number. If this problem is not solved, then maybe Viscount will choose to coexist with pirates, which may save more money.

"In fact, this number does not include the fees paid to Panama. All the fees add up to about 200,000 pounds." Ford Benjamin once again gave Quentin Nick a sharp blow to his already-hit heart.

"No, this is absolutely impossible, we cannot accept this price." Quentin Nick immediately rejected it. Not to mention Lord Viscount, even Quentin Nick felt unacceptable.

Ford Benjamin seemed to have expected Quentin Nick's reaction. His expression did not fluctuate, and even his hands holding the wine glass did not move at all. The amber liquid in the wine glass did not shake at all. Seeing Quentin Nick was about to stand up and leave, Ford Benjamin then gave another solution: "If the Bahamas have difficulties in payment, then there is another way to choose. We all know that the Bahamas are composed of more than 700 islands. If you are unwilling to pay cash, then you can take out one or two islands, so that our Panama company can also accept it."

Ford Benjamin also had a good plan. Just look at the map and you will know that the Bahamas are one of the three archipelagos in the West Indies. Although in general, the Bahamas are considered to be an island group in the Caribbean, in fact, the Bahamas are not in the Caribbean Sea, but in the North Atlantic Ocean outside the Florida Strait.

If Panama can establish a stronghold in the Bahamas, then Panama will have a strong fulcrum around the Caribbean Sea, effectively squeezing the entire Caribbean. At that time, Panama will be able to expand its business to the entire Caribbean. This is a leap forward for Panama.

"As for the island - this can be negotiated." Quentin Nick didn't think so far and began to think about the most beneficial outcome.

It cannot be said that Quentin Nick does not have the strategic vision of Ford Benjamin. It can only be said that Quentin Nick's vision has been limited to the Bahamas and has not thought about the problems outside the Bahamas. So it seems that Quentin Nick is not as good as Ford Benjamin. In fact, this is all illusion. If Ford Benjamin does not have the support of the internal think tank of Panama, he will be a warrior who has a stronger combat power than ordinary people.

That's right, Panama has already established a nearly complete think tank, thanks to the cooperation of the US Department of War. If so many staff members did not join Panama, then Panama would be just a pure combat organization now and would not have the idea of ​​opening up business in the entire Caribbean.

"It was agreed in advance that the island used for compensation must have fresh water and a port suitable for expansion, and the area of ​​the island should not be too small. In fact, in my opinion, the Isle of Greater Inagua is a good choice." Ford Benjamin offered a bid code and aimed at the Isle of Greater Inagua, which tightly ties the Cuban Strait.

The Isle of Greater Inagua is located at the northern end of the Bahamas. Coincidentally, it is near the Turks and Caicos Islands where pirates are infested. The Isle of Greater Inagua is 160 kilometers long and 22 kilometers wide, including a large number of nearby coral reef islands with an area of ​​more than 1,600 square kilometers. The terrain on the island is low and flat, and there are many bays suitable for expansion into ports. In addition, the island’s climate is mild and pleasant, and it has certain potential for developing agriculture. There are currently navigation lighthouses that have been built and have a certain development foundation.

"Greater Inagua, let's have a good talk." Although the area of ​​Great Inagua is relatively large, it is obvious that in Quentin Nick, Great Inagua is not without a bargaining chip. Considering the area of ​​Great Inagua, Panama may also need to compensate the Bahamian government for part of the cash.
Chapter completed!