() After eight hours on the train, Tang Long felt for the first time that the Chinese hard-seat car was so comfortable, and when he arrived in Basra, Canglong didn't say a word

At the train station, there were already a few cars coming to pick them up, and it was completely different from the train station that Tang Long imagined, but it was full of chaos

He once saw a scene of Indonesians taking a train on the Internet, the train in Basra is probably the bad look in that picture, and the train station is even more disorderly, and a few jǐng are lazily maintaining order, even if they see a thief with a thief's eyebrows, they don't want to care

However, the thieves did not seem to have any eyes on them, because in the distance there were several large Iraqi men waiting for them

After getting into the car arranged for them by General Badr, they left the railway station, and on the car, Canglong saw Basra full of devastation, as the largest city in Iraq and the only outlet to the sea, Venice, once known as Iraq, is now poor, backward and starving

The wounds of war can be seen everywhere here, the streets are covered in dust, children playing football have their faces down, white-collar workers who work can occasionally see a few Western faces, but they are also in a hurry, and there are wanderers lying on the ground covered in flies, who don't know and think it is a dead body, but no one cares about it

"Before going to Basra International Airport, I want to ask you a question," just as Tang Long was surprised by what he saw, Canglong suddenly spoke

"What?" Tang Long hurriedly came back to his senses

"Do you like war?" asked Canglong seriously

I don't know why Tang Long blurted out almost without hesitation: "I like it"

Canglong didn't blame or appreciate, but just asked coldly: "What is the reason?"

"Because" Tang Long suddenly couldn't think of a reason, he found all the previous ideals and revenge in his mind, but now he felt that they didn't meet the reasons that Canglong wanted, and he thought for a long time, he said, "I want to be a general, and the man is determined to kill."

"Hehe" Canglong didn't say anything, just smiled, and then turned around, "Since you like war so much, then you don't have to go back to China, here can make you a killer, but it's still far away to become a general, and this is also your last choice, unless you die, even if you beg me ten thousand times, I won't send you back to China"

Tang Long didn't know why Teacher Cang's tone suddenly became so cold and emotionless, could it be that he said the wrong thing, but what did he say wrong, what is a boy, he wants to be a general, and he also wants to fight on the battlefield, and he has drunk the blood of Hu Lu

But when he thought about the environment in Iraq, when he recalled what happened on the road to the airport, Tang Long was a little disgusted and wanted to vomit, that feeling was really uncomfortable, he really wanted to leave this damn place, but now it seems that he has made the wrong choice, so he can't go back

For a while, he suddenly felt a little frightened, because Mr. Cang was never scary, that is, unless he was really dead, he would never want to go back to China, and when he thought of this, Tang Long was excited: "No, I want to go back now, I have to go back, I have no right to keep me here."

Hearing this, Vivian, who was sitting next to Tang Long, smiled: "Aren't you kid going to be a killer, but why do I think you are worse than a woman now, I have just experienced this thing, I am afraid of your psychological quality."

"No, no, no," Tang Long tried hard to explain, but he didn't seem to find a reason to excuse him, and finally said, "Killers are not like this, good or not, killers are the kind of people who come and go in the wind and rain, and they are easily assassinated."

"Poof" Vivien seemed to hear the biggest joke in the world, "Who do you hear say that killers are easy assassins in the wind and rain?"

"Movie, movie" Tang Longyi was speechless, lowered his head and stopped talking

"The killers described in the movie are all processed through art, a real killer must first get used to blood," Vivian touched Tang Long's head, "To be a killer, you should learn how to be a man, and men have to pay for what they choose, and before you understand what responsibility is, you will always be just a little boy who likes to fantasize"

Later, after entering the city of Basra, Tang Long didn't say a word, Canglong didn't comfort him, in Canglong's heart, from Tang Long said that he didn't want to study and wanted to be a killer, he had already made his own choice, and there must be a price to pay behind the choice, if he was easily allowed to go back, I am afraid that it will be like this for the rest of his life, especially after the moment when he said that he likes war

Contrary to what was expected, Badr, the most wanted American and Iraqi new zhèng fǔ, lived in a villa in the city of Basra, and the luxury was in stark contrast to those on Basra Street

General Badr personally greeted Canglong, and when he saw this thin and yīn general in a suit again, Canglong had a smile on his face, and General Badr was not the same hostility and coldness that he had when they first met, and there was a bit of gentle kindness in his yīn owl's eyes, although this kindness would be misinterpreted as ill-intention

However, both sides didn't seem to care much, and Badr enthusiastically invited Canglong into the villa, Canglong praised: "It seems that General Badr understands Sinicization very well, and sure enough, the most dangerous place is still the safest place."

Badr smiled and smoked a cigar and said: "If you want to understand the Sinicization of Iraq, no one in the whole of Iraq can understand China better than Mr. Cang, and my ability is just scratching the surface in the words of you Chinese."

"Okay, then let's talk about business, the purpose of my visit should be very clear," Canglong cut directly to the subject

"Although I have some power in the southern provinces, although the army does not dare to do anything to me, I am afraid that I will not be able to call the shots in the affairs of the oil fields," Badr said

"What's in the way?" asked Canglong

"The relationship here is complicated, and it is not up to me to extract oil here, unless the city settles down completely," Badr worried

"What do you mean by stability?" asked Canglong

"The army is secondary, mainly the Americans, but also the European countries and the Russians, these are the key," Badr took a puff of his cigarette, "Basra province should be the richest province, but unfortunately it's all this damn war"

No one could have imagined that General Badr would hate war, but it is not surprising that Basra province has the most Iraqi oil, and since the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war, Basra has been severely damaged, port facilities have been closed, oil refineries and many buildings in the city have been destroyed

In particular, in the 1990 Gulf War, the city of Basra was once again severely damaged, and then due to the economic sanctions of the United Nations and the military strikes imposed by Britain and the United States on it, the economy of Basra was in dire straits, and even the production and supply of basic running water could not be maintained, and the former "Venice of the East" has become a "thirsty city"

After the U.S. invasion of Iraq, it became even worse here, and there was no such thing as a rich oil power, and although Saddam Hussein himself was to blame, it was the entire Iraqi people who paid the price, so the anti-American sentiment in Basra was higher than that in other Iraqi provinces

"What if I can get rid of the Americans," Canglong smiled, "wipe out all the factors that can dominate the construction here."

"Impossible," Badr blurted out, but he suddenly realized that Canglong had used the words, "You just said that you want to build this place, not extract oil."

"Like you said, how can I extract oil here without a stable Basra," Canglong smiled and said, "I know this very well if you want to get it, you have to pay for it."

"Your idea is very good, but who can you represent" Badr is a little eager for "China zhèng fǔ"

"No, I can't represent any country, but I can represent myself," Canglong said calmly

"It's just you," Badr reaffirmed with some disappointment, "there is no Chinese factor"

Canglong shook his head and said firmly: "It's just that I don't have a Chinese factor myself."

"If that's the case, then I can only feel unceremoniously that your idea is a fantasy, even if you are willing to pay for the construction of this place, but the Americans can blow this place to the ground with any reason," Badr shook his head, "We have tried many times, basically all of them are lost, and when the British rule here, they only need oil, and they don't care if this place is poor or not"

"That's why I say I'm representing myself, because there is no country in the world that can be forever friends, but between individuals," Canglong said calmly

"You and I can indeed be friends forever, because the first thing you think of when you come here is to build this place, not to talk to me about oil," Badr Yīn's face showed a little relief, but that relief made people feel helpless when they saw it, "Tell me, what plan do you have, you are a bold person, I have seen it, so I am not afraid that you are doing something to break the sky."

"It's very simple, let's set up another zhèng fǔ, throw the puppet zhèng fǔ in Baghdad directly, and let the Americans guard the puppet to eat," Canglong's words are very vulgar, but the tone is serious, and people who don't understand it think that is an elegant word

Although Badr had experienced the wind and rain and was prepared, he still swallowed his saliva and sighed in amazement, only thinking that Canglong was joking: "You are really unique, but if we stand up for the other, we will have to be beaten by the United States and its allies."

"If they want to fight, we will fight them until they dare not fight us, as for weapons," Canglong smiled, "With my help, I will arm your army no less than the Americans"

Hearing this, Badr had a burst of surprise on his face: "Really"

Canglong smiled and didn't speak