Chapter 040, Force Majeure

() After receiving orders from Canglong, Badr personally led the detachments of the leading army to seize all the oil fields in Basra during Natasha's visit to Basra, and all the oil fields were cleared from the oil fields, whether they were Americans, British, or Russians, and all the oil wells were sealed and all equipment was emptied

The news spread throughout the country in an instant, boiling overnight at the consulates of all the countries in the Basrah-Ashar district, and it was the first operation against foreigners taken by the Prophet's army since the occupation of Basra governorate, and although it did not cause any casualties, it caused panic in various countries

Natasha, who was at the Basra US military base, naturally got the news, and she looked confused at that time: "What the hell does this guy want to do?"

"The consuls of various countries received the answer from the Basra province zhèng fǔ is simple: now all the oil fields in Basra will be closed, and the previous contracts with zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ will be null and void," said Uncle Sam, smoking a cigarette comfortably

"It's all invalid," Natasha thought it was a little amused, "that they can deny it with an invalid sentence, unless they really break away from zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ"

"Actually, they've broken away from zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ, and they're just saying that they want to fight for autonomy," said Uncle Sam, smiling, the oldest member of the SOG, who didn't seem surprised by everything here

Soon after, the U.S. consul at the Basra consulate called, and the consul said: "The Basra province has announced new news that the prophet has forbidden anyone to extract oil because the source of the war is oil, and now Basra wants to develop agriculture and manufacturing and build the largest trading port in the Middle East."

"What did he use to build these things, and it is estimated that in less than two months, the people of Basra will be plunged into famine," Natasha didn't care, although she didn't know who the prophet was, but she knew very well that this prophet must have been done by Canglong, and everything was done by Canglong

"No, two months and half a month are enough, and now the grain in Basra can only last for half a month at most, although the province has opened the port to fish, it is far from enough, and the prices in Basra are now inflated, and the money is not worth at all," the consul said

"That's fine, I don't have to clean him up, and in half a month, the system he built will automatically collapse, and let your people spread rumors in the city and tell the people here the truth, but I have to leave and do it, understand?" said Natasha

"Yes"

"And the oil fields, don't worry, he is asking for trouble by closing all the oil fields, and the major powers are watching the oil fields close here, and the first ones to be anxious are not us, but the countries with the most shortage of oil," Natasha didn't care at all

In order to find out Canglong's military strength, she still decided to go to Longteng International to visit Canglong

As Natasha expected, the day after the oil field was closed, the Russian consul, the British consul, and the French consul Rì Benji all began to go to the province to pressure the return of the equipment and to fulfill the oil field contract signed by the oil field and not allow interference with any legal oil extraction

Unfortunately, they were all blocked by Vivian at the door, and none of them were found, so the consuls of various countries could only leave angrily, and threatened to put pressure on zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ to send troops to attack the prophet's army.

In fact, Iraq quickly learned that the oil fields here were closed, Basra Province occupied more than 70% of Iraq's oil reserves, and the closure of the oil fields meant that there was a deficit in fiscal revenues, but now the remnants of the Mahdi Army and the Baath Party were in trouble, and the Kurdish alliance in the northeast was also making trouble, but it was beyond the reach of Basra

However, the Iraqi Council of Representatives issued an ultimatum demanding that the Basra Province and the Prophet's Army immediately stop infringing on the rights and interests of foreign oil companies and immediately allow the oil fields to resume production

It's just that this ultimatum arrived on Vivien's table, but she didn't look at it, and directly crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash, which suddenly made many countries with oil interests in Basra understand, and now zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ can't check Basra at all, and the prophet army can't check and balance the prophet army, and if you want to negotiate, I'm afraid you have to go to the mysterious prophet

At the same time, Ambassador Zhou Zheng also rushed to Basra, these days he and Yellen were busy in Baghdad to deal with the problem of the Mehdi Army and the remnants of the Baath Party encroaching on the Chinese contracted oil fields, but so far zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ was only perfunctory, how could Zhou Zheng never think that suddenly such a big thing would happen, so that all the oil fields contracted by Longteng International in the northern oil area collapsed

As for the Rumaila oil field in the southern Basra province, it is now under the control of the Prophet Army, and there is no hope at all, and the most infuriating thing is that Canglong, the president, actually gave all the oil workers in the south a big vacation, and even the drilling work was not carried out, at this time, in the eyes of Zhou Zheng, Canglong was completely a scourge, and it was worse than a gentleman

When he and Ye Lun angrily ran to Canglong's office to question, Canglong replied: "What is the international oil price soaring, domestic oil and gas tension is my business?"

Zhou Zheng trembled with anger at this sentence: "As the president of Longteng International, you are fully responsible for your wrong decision to completely collapse the Middle East strategy."

"Can this depend on me, the war is this damn war, if it weren't for the things that the Americans did, Iraq wouldn't be full of wolves, I said, why are you going to find the Americans looking for me," Canglong understated, "This is force majeure, do you know, force majeure?"

"What force majeure don't think you are doing behind your back, we don't know about the matter of Qatar Prison, if it weren't for you planning behind your back, would it be like this," Yellen suddenly asked

"Slap" Canglong slapped the table and stood up and said, "Have you talked to the president like this?"

Ye Lun's face changed, but he said stubbornly: "Are you worthy of being the president of a gentleman like you, the international situation, you think you are playing a game, hurry up and go back to China, when you are the eldest young master, go here, I don't want you to mix"

"That means Director Ye Lunye, you're in charge, right?" Canglong asked with a sneer

Ye Lun's face changed suddenly, of course he couldn't bear this responsibility, the collapse of Iraq's strategy across the board was indeed because of external factors, but Ye Lun knew that this external cause was made by Canglong, but he couldn't come up with evidence, and now he was completely blocked by Canglong's words

"Don't fuck what the international situation makes the domestic oil and gas tense and talk about things, that's just a trick for you to fool the people and want to raise prices, does Russia have no oil, does Iran have no oil, is there only Iraq in the Middle East, is there no oil in South America?" Canglong asked like a cannon, making Yellen completely shut up, "The trick of fooling the people is also brought to me to talk about things, you should be a three-year-old child"

"Although Director Ye's words are very inappropriate, but your actions have caused the collapse of the Middle East strategy, you can admit this," Zhou Zheng calmed down a little, and his tone softened

"Is there any evidence?" Canglong asked rhetorically

Zhou Zheng suddenly had a bad face, obviously unable to produce any evidence, although they all knew that Canglong was planning behind the scenes with the people of the fifteenth game

"Shut up without evidence, Your Excellency, or I can sue you for slander," Canglong glanced at him angrily, and then sat down

The two of them stood where they were, and they didn't stay, nor were they extremely embarrassed, and they came to Canglong to settle accounts in a hurry, but they were blocked by Canglong for nothing, and they felt that they had made a mistake, as if it was them

"I said a long time ago that if you want to exploit the oil here, you must wait for the environment to stabilize, you don't listen, now the oil field is occupied by the rebels, it's a waste of money, not to mention a waste of time, it's better to do nothing like me," Canglong lowered his head, picked up the pen and drew again

Zhou Zheng's face was blue, but he had to admit that what Canglong said was right, and a year had only passed for a month, but Zhou Zhengzhen couldn't imagine what amazing things Canglong could do while staying here

"In that case, I won't bother President Cang, I hope you can behave yourself," Zhou Zheng left angrily, Ye Lun followed closely to leave, but was stopped by Canglong

"What do you go"

Ye Lun was in place, and suddenly regretted what he had just done, and was thinking about how to face Canglong alone, only to hear Canglong say: "Evacuate all the workers of Longteng International in Baghdad to Basra, those oil fields are all gone, and the equipment is not needed, anyway, if you don't come back, the headquarters will be located here in the future."

Ye Lun's face changed, which would mean that after rì, he would look up with Canglong and not look down: "I don't think it's appropriate to evacuate, after all, zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ is still there, and the rebels will be suppressed soon."

"You are a smart person, you should know that the war will not stop, zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ actually has the ability to take back the oil fields, but they don't take it, why?" Canglong asked rhetorically

"Let's retreat," Ye Lun said in a deep voice, but he resented in his heart, "It's not because of what you did"

"I know you're not convinced, when my mother was in charge of Longteng International, you were his most powerful assistant, I don't know why, when you came to me, you had to do things against me everywhere, of course, I don't want to know what you think in your heart, but I'm giving you a choice now, either go back to China to work, or stay here to assist me in a down-to-earth manner, you are still the director of Longteng International," Canglong said calmly

Ye Lun didn't expect Canglong to talk to him calmly, especially after he went against Canglong repeatedly, if he was replaced by an ordinary young man, I am afraid that he would never give up if he didn't kill him, but now he suddenly saw a kind of energy from Canglong

And what made him ashamed of himself was that he saw it in a young man in his twenties, and for a moment he struggled inwardly

"Don't worry, think about it," Canglong said calmly, "Give me an answer in a week, go and stay with you."

Yellen didn't say anything, turned around and walked to the door, but his figure was a little lonely, like a defeated rooster in the absence of that kind of arrogance

"What's wrong with this Director Ye, it feels like a different person, don't you do anything to him," Vivien suddenly walked in and asked strangely

"What can I do with him, just give him a choice," Canglong said as he repeated what he had just said

"Ha, you can't even tell if you don't care about the previous suspicions," Vivien's tone smacked of mockery

"It's not that he doesn't care about his previous suspicions, but there is really no one available, not to mention that Yeren is indeed capable, otherwise my mother would not have promoted him to the position of director," Canglong head didn't raise, "What are you doing here?"

"Natasha is here," Vivienne said, with a solemn face