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The civil strife in Madagascar has attracted widespread international attention, but the United States, which has always called itself the "world police", has no intention of meddling in Madagascar's affairs. Madagascar is one of the least developed countries in the world. Its annual GDP is less than 6 billion US dollars, and it has not yet discovered a large amount of energy such as oil and natural gas. Therefore, it is not worth the attention of the United States. The United States is now preoccupied with how to occupy Iraq.

The United Nations survey team conducted a raid on Iraq for the second time, but still did not find any signs of large-scale nuclear and biological weapons development. However, the U.S. government expressed disbelief and insisted that the United Nations send an investigation team into Iraq to conduct a more careful investigation. But in fact, the United States has already mobilized its troops, secretly allied with Britain, France, Germany, Australia and other countries, preparing to attack Iraq and share the oil wealth, just like the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China.

"Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan" wrote that "every man is innocent, but he is guilty of the crime." As a major oil producer, how could European and American countries have no idea about it?

At this moment, the situation in Madagascar seems to be very chaotic, but in fact it is still under Henry's control. What Blackwater members are currently doing is just clearing out the stubborn resistance elements of the Madagascar government and the remnants of the army. If these people are not destroyed, they may become terrorists in the future, and they will also incite others to oppose Henry. At the same time, Heishui will also brainwash those who do not have high respect for Henry, so that Henry can enter Madagascar in the future and establish a "monarch ~ master ~ autocracy ~ government ~ body" (without the ~ symbol, it will be harmonized paving the way for countries that have dropped out.

In the "monarch~lord~dedicated~government~system", the ruler monarch (often referred to as the king or emperor) has all the powers to rule the country and civil liberties, in short, that is, "the supremacy of the monarchy", the king can enjoy Sovereign right! Of course, if there is no monarchy~autocratic~country in the world, if Henry does this, terror will arouse strong opposition from Madagascar. However, there are still monarchy ~ autocratic ~ countries, and the economic development is still very good. The two most famous countries are Oman and Saudi Arabia, especially Saudi Arabia, which is still one of the richest countries in the world. Strong, the annual military expenditure alone is tens of billions of dollars, ranking fourth in the world.

There are ready-made examples, which are naturally easier for people to accept.

On the 10th day after the outbreak of civil strife in Madagascar, the original government of Madagascar has actually existed in name only, and the political~party~leaders and the army were all slaughtered. However, Henry could not immediately take over Madagascar and establish his own empire. He waited for a good opportunity, that is when the United States launched the Iraq war and had no time for him. In addition, he also needs to check the tone of other countries, such as the United Kingdom, China, Australia, Russia... to see if they seem to be willing to support their own nation-building. You must know that the establishment of a country is no small matter, and it is natural to be cautious, not to rush!

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In a blink of an eye, it was January 15, 2003. On this day, SpaceX was going to conduct a rocket recovery experiment in the Pacific Ocean.

This news has already shocked the whole world, and was once even more sensational than the civil strife in Madagascar. Madagascar is just an inconspicuous and poor country, and most people don't even know where this country is. From people's point of view, it broke out into a civil strife, no matter what, is Madagascar the only country in the world that is at war? SpaceX is different. If the rocket recovery experiment is successful, the cost for humans to enter the outer space will be greatly reduced. One day in the future, people will be able to travel to outer space, and even immigrate to the moon and Mars! ! !

NASA, European Space Agency ESA, Russian Federal Space Agency RKA, China National Space Administration CNSA and other institutions have sent representatives to SpaceX to visit this rocket recovery experiment.

This experiment can be described as attracting much attention.

More than one billion viewers around the world watched the experiment live on TV or online.

At this moment, in the endless ocean, a huge sea rocket launcher floated quietly on it.

"Do you think SpaceX's rocket recovery experiment will be successful?" a netizen posted on the Internet.

In fact, not only he wants to know the answer, everyone wants to know the answer.

It didn't take long for many netizens to leave messages.

"I don't know, maybe it will succeed. SpaceX is an aerospace giant after all, and its strength lies there. If it is not sure, how could it carry out the rocket launch and recovery experiment!"

Many netizens are happy to see the success of SpaceX's rocket recovery experiment. However, experts and professors from various countries in the world said that rocket recovery is very difficult. Although SpaceX is powerful, it is still impossible to succeed. Experiment at sea!

It has already been bad-mouthed before it even started, and spaceX is really a big hit!

However, there is no way, there are quite a few people who are jealous of SpaceX.

SpaceX is a private company, but its technical strength has eclipsed the space agencies of various countries, which has to be shocking. In addition, SpaceX has established its own production plant, and most of the parts are produced by itself, which greatly reduces costs. Whether it is rockets, spacecraft, space shuttles, satellites, detectors and other products, their manufacturing costs are all the lowest in the world.

No matter from which point of view, SpaceX is the most likely to lead mankind to outer space in the future. And there is such a sign at the entrance of SpaceX's headquarters building, which reads: "Our goal is the sea of ​​stars!!!"

There are many countries that launch rockets, but none of them can recover rockets. If SpaceX succeeds, it will surely create a miracle in the history of spaceflight!

It was almost noon, and the time for the rocket launch was approaching.

The rocket to be launched this time is a new rocket developed by spaceX-Falcon 8, which is the eighth-generation Falcon rocket. Falcon 8 will return to the launch site after the launch mission is completed. Since 8 a.m., spaceX engineers are still doing a comprehensive inspection of the Falcon 8 to ensure that no low-level errors have occurred.

The launch was on time at 12:00 noon, and the countdown began at 11:59:50 am. A metal-colored electronic clock suddenly appeared in the upper right corner of the video screen. Countless people looked at this electronic clock and couldn't help but meditate in their hearts: "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ,emission!!!!"

The rocket's injector suddenly ejected hot and dazzling flames, and the Falcon 8 slowly lifted off. At this moment, people began to get nervous, looking at it all the time, not daring to blink their eyes. Ten minutes later, the Falcon 8 dragged a long flame through the atmosphere and entered outer space. Then, it first sent a satellite onboard to the designated orbit, and then the Falcon 8 began its return journey. The tail of the Falcon 8 started to breathe fire, and it was slowly adjusting its position. This process took a total of about three minutes. Immediately afterwards, the Falcon 8 flew towards the earth. When entering the atmosphere, due to frictional heat, the temperature was so high that the Falcon 8 seemed to be on fire.

This time is the most dangerous moment, the Falcon 8 is likely to be unable to withstand the high temperature and pressure, resulting in an explosion!

With friction and pressure reduced, the injectors have stopped firing outwards and retracted into the rocket, allowing the Falcon 8 to fly down solely by gravity.

Five minutes later, the Falcon 8 successfully crossed the thick atmosphere and was landing rapidly.

"Is it going to succeed?!" Everyone was shocked and excited at once, and their hearts were raised in their throats!

However, a few minutes later, the Falcon 8 did not return to the sea launch platform, but fell into the sea five kilometers away from the launch platform!

"Damn it, it actually failed!!!"

The audience watching the live broadcast couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing.

Henry frowned slightly, because the Falcon 8 actually fell off the chain at the last critical moment. Originally, the last step of the Falcon 8 returning to Earth is to open the jet. Through the reaction force of the jet, firstly, it can adjust the landing position of the Falcon 8, and secondly, it can slow down the speed of the Falcon 8 and land smoothly. However, at a critical moment, the injector failed to open, and the Falcon 8 was so fast that it plunged into the sea and exploded!

At this moment, in the observation room, a group of spaceX engineers were downcast one by one. Henry took a deep breath, smiled and said to everyone: "Oh, it's really great, isn't it? Our Falcon 8 was almost successful. !!!”

"But, Mr. Williams, we still failed after all!" SpaceX CEO Dr. Dick Butter said with a sigh.

"Failure is the mother of success. As long as you find the reason for the failure of this experiment, I believe you will succeed next time, don't you?" Henry patted Dr. Dickbart on the shoulder and gave him a smile.

Dr. Dickbart was very moved. This experiment was different from the past. Henry had high hopes for this experiment, and even broadcast it live globally. If the experiment failed, it would severely damage the prestige of SpaceX. Dr. Dickbart originally thought that Henry would blame him, but he didn't expect Henry to comfort him in turn.

"That's right, Mr. Williams, we are only one step away from success, and I firmly believe that we will succeed!!!" Dr. Dickbart said with firm eyes.

Henry nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, everyone has worked hard during this period, let's rest for two days, and then improve the Falcon 8! Next time, we will use our strength to prove to the world that we can do it! !!"

"We can do it!!!"

It is said that laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the way.

The world's major space agencies were shocked at the moment. When they came, they never thought that SpaceX's rocket recovery experiment would be successful. Because technically speaking, this is indeed too difficult. Rocket materials, energy fuels, operating systems, etc., involve all aspects, a lot of things. At present, there are not many space agencies in the world that have the ability to turn a rocket in outer space and fly back to the earth, let alone how to recover the rocket!

But this time, spaceX almost succeeded. If it wasn't for the last minute, the ejector didn't work, otherwise, the Falcon 8 has successfully returned to the sea launch platform.

Aaron Carr, head of NASA in the United States, shook his head and sighed: "SpaceX is amazing. The rocket recovery technology is so mature. It may take many years for NASA to catch up with it in this respect!"

Billy Dulles, head of ESA of the European Space Agency, glanced at Aaron Carr and said: "SpaceX is really a legendary company. I am afraid they have already started researching rocket recovery technology since the day they were founded. Otherwise , Their rocket recovery technology will not surpass ours by so much! Based on the normal development speed of our ESA, at least after 2010, it is possible to develop a rocket that can be recovered!"

Max North, head of RKA, the Russian Federal Space Agency, said with a little pride: "As far as I know, the core team of spaceX's rocket was dug from the Soviet Union. To be precise, it should be dug from our Russia. !"

Aaron Carr pouted and said disdainfully: "spaceX is an American company!"

"Aaron Carr, spaceX is an offshore company registered in the Cayman Islands. It has established many R\u0026D centers around the world. Therefore, spaceX should be a large international company. However, spaceX is headquartered in the United States It's just California..."

"However, Henry Williams is an American, so spaceX is an American company!!!"

In fact, Henry was troubled by his own identity as an American. Just imagine, is it appropriate for a person who wants to be king in Madagascar to have the nationality of another country? Well, supporting multiple nationalities is also considered a thing of the past. In fact, this is not the most critical issue. As we all know, the US tax system is a global tax system, which means that as long as you are an American citizen, no matter where you are, even if you go to heaven or earth, you have to pay taxes. If the IRS counts Madagascar as Henry's property, and then Madagascar's income is also counted as Henry's income, it's a fucking pitfall. Henry is determined to renounce his American citizenship. However, it is absolutely impossible for the U.S. government to allow Henry to renounce his nationality easily. After all, the huge property under Henry's name has brought huge taxes and influence to the U.S. government.

So, this problem is annoying. Henry thought for a long time, and finally came up with a more appropriate solution. First, the existence of a special family institution like the Williams royal family was established, which was somewhat similar to a family foundation, but with some differences. In the future, the funds will be transferred to the Williams royal family first, and then the Williams royal family will invest in the development of Madagascar. Then the future income will naturally belong to the Williams royal family, not Henry himself. Then even if the Williams royal family has to pay taxes, it will be handed over to Madagascar, not America.

Companies and the foundations behind them pay taxes. All countries in the world have a consensus: companies or other institutions that make money in their own country only need to pay taxes to this country. In fact, apart from the United States, even a citizen’s personal income tax only needs to be paid in the country where he works, and there is no need to pay a second tax to his own country!

(After the outbreak of the Iraq War, a country will be established. As for how to build a country, if you have any good suggestions, you can leave a message in the book review.)

(to be continued ~^~)