After the main cooperation matters were negotiated, the next negotiations were not attended by Vivian, but the main content was of course the cooperation of civilian facilities, such as trade with the central provinces, and some matters of railway transportation, of course, the most important of which was the influx of refugees from the central provinces into Basra.

Previously, the coalition army was forbidden to people from the controlled areas to enter Basra, so on the border between the two sides, there has always been a special patrol, which was also established by the coalition army, but now Basra has asked the coalition army to remove this army and allow the people of the two areas to come and go with each other.

Vivian proposed this because Basra was not densely populated, especially after they occupied Khuzestan province, the population began to thin out, and development required manpower, and refugees from the central provinces entered Basra, who would not only provide food and lodging, but also jobs.

This measure made the coalition army feel a great threat, because more and more people began to pour into Basra, and even tens of thousands of people began to move in some cases, causing many towns in the central provinces to be empty, and the population migration meant that the coalition army had fewer troops and began to reduce productivity, which was more terrible for the coalition army than facing the security forces and the US army.

So they had to stop it, because of this problem, this patrol even crossed the border into Basra several times to arrest them, but in the end they were beaten back by the border guards of the Prophet's army, and there were many clashes.

Of course, these skirmishes are nothing to Canglong, if he even has to take care of such a trivial matter, then he will be too much of a failure as a prophet.

But Vivien is in charge of these things, and the difference in the border is not a day or two, and the biggest headache for her is that it is not the enemy country that is clashing with them, but half of her own people, and it is impossible to fight like in the first war.

So Vivien took a lot of measures, but she found that as long as Basra did not stop accepting refugees, these contradictions would never be resolved, but if they stopped accepting refugees, first of all, it would not only be difficult to make up for the population scarcity, but also involve a moral problem.

Compared with the scarcity of population in the front, economic development is constrained by some constraints, and the moral issues in the latter are the most important, because Canglong has ordered that as long as Iraqis can enter Basra governorate, as long as they do not engage in anti-Prophetic Army activities, anyone can get a house and a job here.

The Basra also supported the Prophet in doing so, because in their eyes they did not want to leave Iraq, and the refugees who came in were their compatriots, and the Qur'an told them not to abandon their people and friends, even if they were doing well.

So Vivien took the opportunity to bring up the matter, and Simon thought about it at the time, but he thought that with Basra's full support in the future, it would not be a big deal to reduce productivity, and sooner or later Basra's population volume would reach saturation.

So on this issue, Simon made concessions, and the subsequent negotiations were much simpler.

Back in Qadisiyah province, Simon reported all the negotiations to the highest echelons of the coalition army, including the party leader Hussein and the leader of the Mahdi army, Sadr.

Obviously, they were very angry about Fersam's beheading by the Prophet, but after listening to some of the conditions that followed, they completely ignored Ferssame, for them Basra's support was much more important than Fersam, so his death was part of the deal.

Perhaps Fersham would never have thought that he was a pawn that could be discarded at any time, but in the eyes of the upper echelons of the Alliance High Command, he had died a well-deserved death, at least in exchange for some compensation and strong support for the future of the Prophet Army.

"You mean, this prophet wants to send troops to fight with us?" Hussein said coldly at the high-level meeting, his appearance is not much different from former President Saddam, and he also has the ruthlessness and brutality of former President Saddam, and belongs to the type of murder without blinking.

In comparison, al-Sadr is much more gentle, at least the spiritual leader of the Shiites will not kill innocents indiscriminately, as is the case in front of people.

"Yes. Simon nodded.

The people in the headquarters were in an uproar, and their faces showed joy, if the Prophet Army was willing to participate in the war, it would be a matter of joy for them, after all, the Prophet Army had won several battles, and the morale was so high that even they could hardly match.

But seeing that the officers are so happy, some people are unhappy, this person is Hussein, he not only has the brutality and ruthlessness of his relative Saddam, but also has a terrible desire to control, and now the officers under his command want the Prophet Army to intervene in the war, which is a side reaction, and the influence of the Prophet Army even exceeds him.

Hussein would not allow such a thing to happen for a leader with a strong desire to control, and he looked at Sadr and found that Sadr had the same concerns, they were all worried about his precarious position, but Sadr was more low-key and did not show it easily.

But at this moment, they glanced at each other and immediately made a decision.

And at this time, Simon continued: "But the Prophet's army has only sent in a thousand troops, and has asked for ......."

Before Simon could finish speaking, Hussein and Sadr's worries disappeared, but the faces of the officers present showed disappointment, no matter how strong the Prophet Army was, what could a thousand people do? Obviously, a thousand people could not play any role compared to the number of security forces and American troops.

"What did he ask for?" Hussein asked, grasping the point, looking at Simon.

At this time, everyone also turned their eyes to Simon, Simon paused, and said: "He hopes that this army cannot be used as cannon fodder, so he asks this army to be concentrated in the headquarters as the guard of the headquarters." ”

Hearing this, the officers didn't have too many ideas, but Hussein and al-Sadr changed their faces, the guards of the headquarters are obviously the top priority, in case something happens, the guards are the last force, for example, the rebellion appears, the prophet wants to make this army the guard of the command, what is this trying to do?

Hussein and Sadr both thought about this question at the same time, and finally looked at Simon at the same time, but Simon was not surprised, obviously he was lying on this issue, because Canglong wanted this army to come under his command, not the high command, and become Sadr or Hussein's personal guard.

"What else could he ask for?" Sadr asked.

"This force is rotated once a month, which means that after a month they will withdraw this force and send a new force over. Simon said.

The officers all immediately began to talk about it, thinking in the way of soldiers, and they all understood the meaning of this prophet, and they wanted to train soldiers here.

But in the minds of leaders and rulers, this is not the case, and Hussein and al-Sadr take it for granted that this is a trick of the prophets.

But if they don't accept it, it may affect the next cooperation, so Hussein thought about it, and he thought he was smart enough to come up with a clever plan: "I can agree to his request, but General Sadr and I already have guards, and if General Simon you don't have guards, this thousand-strong army will be directly under your command and become your guard." ”

Hussein didn't know that this was in Simon's arms, and the reason why he lied was because he was worried that Hussein would use this army as cannon fodder or break them up, and the best way was to take command himself, but for a boss with such a strong desire to control, asking him directly for command, and it was also the command of the Basra Dispatch Army, would definitely make him suspicious.

But to tell a lie, in a detour, Hussein and al-Sadr will throw this force to themselves like a burden, after all, he is the nominal supreme commander, and Hussein and al-Sadr hide in the rear most of the time except for the appearance of important military meetings, this force is unlikely to threaten them at all.

Coupled with their own influence in the military, it is natural to let their guard down.

But Simon made a mistake because he said yes instead of taking a detour, which made both Hussein and Sadr suspicious.

But since the orders have been given, they can't take it back, but they have become wary of Simon, which Simon himself can't imagine.

After the military meeting, Simon sat in the headquarters, looking out the window at the gloomy sky, his heart was heavy, compared to Basra, their control area, like this day, lifeless, hopeless, but this is all he can do, he really wants to go to Basra, but he knows very well that if he is not here, the coalition army will collapse faster.

In addition, he did not want to abandon the people he had brought from Iran, and he owed them a promise that from the time he arrived in Iran and when he came back from Iran, he promised these soldiers that he would not be forced to step out of Iraq unless he died.

"That's all I can do, and I hope you'll keep your promise. Simon said to himself as he looked into the distance.

At the same time, in Basra, Canglong came to the headquarters of Longteng International and summoned all the high-level officials in Longteng International.

"You'll have to give us an explanation. As soon as he sat down, Chief Engineer Yang couldn't wait to say that this fiery temper has not changed yet.

Mr. Liang on the side was responsible for pulling him, obviously wanting to tell him that now Canglong is a prophet, not just the president, you take it easy.

But Chief Engineer Yang didn't care at all, and just said: "Anyway, I just want an explanation, even if the prophet of Basra is coming, it can't delay our work." ”

Canglong doesn't care, because Chief Engineer Yang is this temper, when he first came, Chief Engineer Yang was also like this, the same for everyone, frankly Canglong likes this kind of frank person, at least he won't play tricks with you, for example, Ye Lun, the director of Longteng International, has played a lot of tricks with him.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely give you an explanation this time. Saying that, Canglong looked at everyone, he has been to the headquarters of Longteng International for a long time, but the matter he is about to announce is related to the development of Basra and the future of Longteng International, "I am ready to expand the business of Longteng International." ”

"Expand your business?" Yellen looked strange, "Are they the other two super oil fields in Basra?"

Everyone focused their eyes, but Canglong shook his head, took out the map and said: "It is the oil fields of Missan Province and several central provinces, the Prophet Army has reached an agreement with the Alliance Army, and the Russians are unwilling to enter the war zone to extract oil, because the risk is too great, so I came to you." ”

For a while, everyone's faces changed......