After the Superpower Era, Shapudian became a very fertile area.
It is precisely because of this that Great Xia first initiated the southern strategy, bringing Shapudian under control.
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At the same time.
Asia-Oceania Union.
Regarding Great Xia's actions, the Leader's Mansion is currently engaged in an overnight discussion to devise a response plan.
This is unavoidable.
Due to skyrocketing prices, protests within Asia-Oceania are rising wave after wave, leaving these bureaucrats no longer able to sit back.
Initially, the stance of the Leader's Mansion was relatively firm, with senior officials telling the media that the government was prepared to replace Great Xia products to ensure sufficient domestic supply.
First, bureaucrats called the Carmenians, hoping they could provide some materials.
But the price quoted by the Carmenians was much higher than Great Xia's, and the supply could only meet one-third of the country's demand.
The bureaucrats turned green with envy upon hearing this.
They followed the big brother's lead in raising prices, but Great Xia flipped the table, and the big brother threw them under the bus.
Hard-pressed, the Foreign Affairs Department of Asia-Oceania had no choice but to call Great Xia, seeking to negotiate a solution.
But Great Xia refused to pick up the phone.
Asia-Oceanians quickly thought of another way, contacting Great Xia through a third party, but Great Xia still ignored them.
The Leader's Mansion was truly at a loss, gathering together for brainstorming.
"We need Carmenians' protection, even if Carmenia's products are a bit expensive, Asia-Oceania Union must purchase them."
"Just a bit expensive? A patrol drone from Great Xia costs 8800 Xia Yuan, Carmenia's product costs 12,000 Carmenia Dollars, with the current exchange rate at 1:2.9, it calculates to 35,000 Xia Yuan, four times the price of Great Xia drones, and its performance is considerably worse."
"Folks, arguing about this issue now is meaningless, Asia-Oceania Union has no choice but to accept Carmenians' products."
"The most pressing issue now is that our iron ore can't be sold, Asia-Oceania Union can't hold out for long."
"Great Xia recently announced an investment plan, ready to put 5 trillion Xia Yuan into infrastructure in Shapudian, they can't not need iron ore, we can find a place as a transit station and sell the iron ore to Great Xia."
"This plan is indeed feasible, but how high can the iron ore price be?"
"Great Xia certainly won't agree to high prices, plus the cost of transit, the final price likely won't be higher than now."
"Great Xia just formally announced the construction plans for ten iron mines, they would likely use this to depress prices, our earnings are likely to be even less than in the past."
This sentence made the conference room a little quiet.
If earnings are really less, then what's the point of Asia-Oceania Union going through all this trouble?
Finally, an old white man spoke up for reflection: "The Eastern Giant Dragon is too strong, the current situation is Asia-Oceania Union needs Great Xia, rather than Great Xia needing Asia-Oceania Union, we can't do this anymore."
Several old white men nodded their heads.
More people still looked indifferent.
Their hearts have long held deep hostility towards Great Xia's rise, which is why they enjoy causing trouble for Great Xia.
At this moment.
The conference room door was pushed open.
An official hurriedly walked in.
He looked at the leader who was presiding over the meeting, said anxiously: "Mr. Leader, Great Xia National Television's official account has released an astonishing video online."
The Asia-Oceania leader was stunned for a moment, and said: "Let me see it."
The official immediately handed over the phone.
This is a video shot by a drone, the video is not long, only a dozen seconds.
Just then a portion of the mountains suddenly disappeared, followed by a black tsunami appearing, leaving a black mark on the ground.
At first glance, it indeed looks quite abstract.
The leader finished watching the video, his expression a bit confused: "What exactly happened?"
The official quickly replied: "The Great Xia Spirit Crow opened the spatial rift, transferring 30 billion tons of black sand to the Shapudian region, reportedly these black sands have an iron content close to 30%."
The conference room immediately erupted.
The leader looked incredulous and instinctively said: "That's impossible!"
The official replied in a low voice: "We've contacted Carmenia, they confirmed this matter's authenticity through satellite verification.
"The Gaogong Mountain Range in Shapudian, now called the Lianshan Mountain Range, has significantly changed in terrain, and a huge iron-rich sand layer has indeed appeared on the surface."
The commotion in the conference room grew larger.
The official slightly raised his voice: "The Carmenians also said what the Great Xia Spirit Crow did seems like divine intervention."
The leader was silent.
He's not an idiot, naturally realizing 30 billion tons of iron-containing black sand is aimed at Asia-Oceania Union.
Now that Great Xia has so much black sand, they definitely won't buy iron ore from Asia-Oceania Union.
Even if the country ruthlessly offers it at half price, Great Xia might still be unwilling to buy.
After all, free is more appealing!
Two seconds passed.
The leader asked with a difficult expression: "What should we do?"
Great Xia is the largest buyer in the international iron ore market, and our country is the largest seller, if Great Xia doesn't buy, our country's iron ore really is no different from garbage.
A group of old white men looked at each other.
But no one knew what to do.
Ten minutes later.
The official brought another message: "Mr. Leader, Great Xia has just sent a message through the West Malay Federation.
"They can supply materials to Asia-Oceania Union, but in exchange, Great Xia intends to acquire the largest reserves of the Union's three iron mines."
