"Dong."

Ilham placed the gray cardboard box heavily on the large wooden table, then pulled Su Cheng and sat down with a smile.

Opposite him was Ulmovi, the commander of the City Defense Command, a slim officer with a dark face, very young, at most thirty years old.

In the Soviet era, he was just a small Soviet major stationed on the border. Thanks to the Azerbaijani identity and hundreds of soldiers under his command, after two years of chaos, Urmovi was already the colonel of Azerbaijan, the highest-ranking officer in the Autonomous Republic of Nakhechevan, and the largest number of people, horses and ordnances under his command.

He was theoretically obedient to Baku, and his military pay and supplements also came from Baku. Therefore, although Aliyev was the chairman of the Nakhchevan Autonomous Republic, he could not directly order Urmovi.

Naturally, Urmovi would not respect Aliyev's son as much as a local official. He sat opposite him with a big thorn, and didn't even look at the ordinary cardboard box. Instead, he said a little unhappy: "You call me and you want to see me, what's wrong."

"That's right." Ilham's smile remained unabated and said, "I heard that your army sent people to collect taxes on several channels between Nakhchevan and Iran? The Nakhchevan Autonomous Republic is an enclave. Our land contact with Azerbaijan must pass through Iran. You know the importance of these checkpoints more than me..."

"If you want me to stop collecting taxes, then there is no need to say." Urmovi stood up lazily and said, "The military pay from Baku has been suspended for three months. The military pay last year has not been paid all, and there is no tax. What are the brothers eating and drinking?"

Su Cheng looked at the young former Soviet officer with interest and was a little funny: this guy's statement of collecting Lijin is no different from the bureaucrats of the Republic of China or the bureaucrats in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is really an internationally accepted rule.

Ilham seemed to be used to Urmovi's way of speaking and said with a smile: "Western is busy with war, and there is not enough money, and Baku has no choice."

"We can't help collecting taxes." Urmovi stopped and said, "Even if the Chairman says, I have to make up my military pay first."

He took some care of Aliyev. As early as the 1960s and 1970s, when Azerbaijanis of Urmovi were bare, Aliyev was the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan. Based on the achievements of the Soviet era, Aliyev, who was also a former KGB official, was much better than Putin.

Ilham was familiar with Urmovi’s style of conduct. He smiled and said, “So, as long as you pay for your military salary, you will stop collecting taxes?”

Urmovi looked at Ilham suspiciously, laughed dryly, and said, "It's probably not possible to make up for the past. Everyone sees the situation now, and there is no time for a year or two. The war will not be completed, and Baku's military pay will definitely be less and less. We will now remove the checkpoints. The future military pay is still not settled."

Ulmovie was still reluctant to give up on this generous amount of gold.

Nakhevan's contact with the outside world all relies on these channels. Therefore, although the local area is poor, the taxes are still very large. It can be said that there are much more than military pay.

Half a year ago, when the Azerbaijani government still had central authority, Urmovi did not dare to openly set up a checkpoint to collect taxes. But now, Elicbey's war against Armenia is getting bigger and bigger, and the front is retreating again and again, so he frantically replaced senior military officials. Before the war ended, he could not control these trivial matters of the Nakhchevan Autonomous Republic.

Urmovie won't take the opportunity to collect taxes, so when will it be?

Ilham knew what he meant and said without a doubt: "How much tax can you charge every month?"

"Forty or five hundred thousand, US dollars." Ulmovi looked up at Ilham. This number was several times the military salary.

For new warlords like Urham, recruiting people is very simple, and the expenses are mainly in the arms. The arms from abroad cost money, and the arms left by the former Soviet Union also cost money. The more equipment and troops, the larger the officials will be, which is probably the law of troubled times.

The current government has been on the brink of war since its inauguration. Baku has transferred troops to the western front line and promoted a lot of troops on the front line. In order to appease those who stay in the local area, they are also rewarded with high-ranking officials.

As for things like Maolu, Baku has long been unable to produce them. Idealism like Elichbey always did a good job at the beginning until I spent all the funds accumulated by my ex or borrowed all the places where I could borrow money, and it was time to go downhill.

Like other warlords of all sizes, Urmovi could only find money to exchange for arms and support soldiers by himself, and at the same time he would also strive for the government's righteousness. The military pay was not very good, and after all, there was military pay.

Ilham was a little surprised at the paycheck. He tsk twice, without arguing, and said, "It's really a lot, fortunately I've prepared more."

"Oh?" Ulmovie narrowed his eyes.

Ilham also stood up, opened the cardboard box in front of him, pushed it to Ulmovie, and said, "There is $500,000 in it, which is the military pay this month."

The green and oily US dollar bills were tied into rolls with thin ropes and piled up layer by layer. A carton was filled with a full body, like a simple version of hard-shell toilet paper.

"Give it to me?" Ulmovie was surprised.

He said there are 400,000 US dollars a month, but that is actually the month with the most income. Moreover, the money he gets from tax collection is very complicated, and the US dollar, ruble, Iranian riyal and Azerbaijan can be seen. Naturally, the US dollar is the hardest, but the number is the smallest.

This is the first time Ulmovie has seen a whole box of US dollars.

Ilham nodded and said, "As long as you remove the checkpoint, we will give you $500,000 every month from now on."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Just stop collecting taxes." Ilham smiled.

"that's all?"

"That's it. Tax collection is the government's business, you're right?"

For the sake of a box of dollars, Ulmovi nodded "behavedly", then grabbed the box with a little disbelief, and poured it on the table in front of Ilham.

The cash is full of dizziness. It is also $500,000, which is obviously more attractive than a bond.

"We will have a lot of opportunities to cooperate." Ilham and Ulmovi shook hands.

Ulmovie smiled much more sincerely and said with a wink: "I hope so."

"We will send someone to deliver the money next month." Ilham patted the back of Ulmovi's hand and said, "We won't bother you much, and see you again if you have the chance."

"Okay, I'll see you again if you have the chance, I'll see you again if you have the chance." Ulmovie said quite sincerely. If he had $500,000 every month, he wouldn't really care about the charges for the level.

Ilham winked at Siu City, and the two of them went out side by side.

Urmovie sent him far away and went back reluctantly.

Su Cheng was funny and said to Ilham: "There is a word in China called being arrogant at first and being respectful at the end. The more people you come into contact with, the more you feel this word has a taste."

Ilham heard Su Cheng explain the meaning of being arrogant at first and being respectful in English, and curled his lips backwards and said, "Urmovi is just a small character and has no capital for arrogance. Only when we arrive in Baku in the evening can we see the true faces of these guys."

"night?"

"The plane is ready."

"This... is really racing against time."

"There is no way, we are already behind. My father is a former Soviet official, and now people on the stage have no choice but to care about it. We have to travel all over the country and convince them personally."

"Use US dollars?"

Ilham laughed: "Yes, use dollars."

The next few days became a box-pushing game.

Siucheng and Ilham sat on transport planes filled with US dollars, pounds and gold. They rushed to several important towns in Azerbaijan and met every important person.

Depending on the other party's importance and different sexual interests, Ilham and Siucheng will sacrifice varying amounts of US dollars, pounds, gold, or bank notices. Occasionally, there will be big men who will ask to transfer money to their overseas bank accounts.

Either way, the standard package for Siucheng and Ilham is a box.

Sitting on one side of the table, pushing out the box full of gifts with both hands, asking the other party to accept it with a smile, is the main job of the two.

At the beginning, giving money was a great pleasure, just as some people said, giving others the joy.

However, when too much work is done to deliver money, it becomes pure manual labor.

Every influential and important person has to be delivered, and everyone has to be given personally, and important people are often not concentrated in Baku. Just like Aliyev, some heavyweights in Azerbaijan are located in a corner.

These people may not return to the center of power, but even on the edge, they are worth tens of millions of dollars.

Every day at noon, afternoon and evening, Siucheng and Ilham play the game of pushing boxes. The frequency is getting faster and faster and the number is getting more and more.

The most common time, Sucheng and the others launched 10 boxes, full of 5 million US dollars in cash, which gave the Baku police chief a lot of money. For the sake of the gentleman's unique obsession, Ilham exchanged cash for half a day.

However, Husseinnov, the one who took the most money, was the commander of the National Army. He controlled the strongest armored troops in Azerbaijan, and was generally believed to be a powerful army second only to the Azerbaijan's inner guard forces.

Elicbey's inner guard forces are relatively difficult to penetrate, so Husseinov is naturally the object that Aliyev tried his best to win over.

In order to win his favor, Ilham took out half of all the funds and gave 25 million US dollars to Husseinov. Even the commander of the National Army, the money still shocked Husseinov.

After a round of gifts, it will be a month.

Fortunately, the relationship has been opened, and there are very few places for Sucheng and Ilham to replenish their operations, and most of the promised funds can be operated through banks.

Lao Wu secretly returned to China and brought out various bonds of $50 million again. These were saved by Sucheng in the past one or two years. The money was in place and stabilized Aliyev's camp at once.

Without him calling, someone will come to serve.

Everything in Azerbaijan went very smoothly, but the domestic tightening curse became tighter and tighter.

At the same time, Elicbey, who received the news, began to put pressure on the consequences again.

At the end of the month, Jiao Guoping was forced to come to Azerbaijan.
Chapter completed!