At 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhou Ming followed Zhang Lin in the courtyard of the presidential palace to move his body under the palm trees, Zhou Ming now knows how careful the Americans are, Iraq has only wiped out one of his infantry regiments in Gubar, and the American planes and missiles have been bombing Badina for five days in a row.

In the words of the old cannon sixth master, this is no rule, is it possible that you Americans are only allowed to beat others, and others are not allowed to beat you in turn? How can there be such a statement, it is completely unreasonable bandit logic.

However, due to the preparations made in advance on the Iraqi side, the bombing by the Americans basically did not have much effect, and it is precisely for this reason that the US military has gradually reduced the frequency of bombing, so Zhou Ming has the opportunity to come up with Zhang Lin and seize the time to move, otherwise he will stay in that dark air-raid shelter every day, and Zhou Ming feels that his whole person is going to be moldy.

Of course, this is not to say how bad the conditions of the air-raid shelter below are, in fact, because it is specially provided for the president and other senior officials, the environment is still good, there is also a lot of space, satellite TV and various communications are also complete, and there are even two computers, but this kind of life that can only see the lights every day is still very depressing, it is simply a large ant clan.

Suddenly, Majid hurriedly ran over to Zhou Ming and said, "I'm sorry to disturb your exercise, but I have something very important to say to you." ”

It can't help but say that since Majid understood that the situation in Iraq depended on Zhou Ming to support this alone, he confessed to Zhou Ming, and consciously put himself in the position of a subordinate, and his posture was very low.

Zhou Ming took Majid to sit down next to him, and without waiting for Zhou Ming to ask, Majid took the initiative to say very consciously: "At present, the frequency of air strikes by the US military has decreased a lot, and according to intelligence, it is very likely that they are preparing a second large-scale attack." ”

In this regard, Zhou Ming nodded and said: "They should also attack, but after the lesson of the last time, this time they will only be more cautious, the advance is destined to be very slow, just prepare according to our original plan, we will contain their forces in every city, so is there anything else?"

Majid nodded and replied: "One more thing, that is, you said before that you asked me to prepare oil, and I have mobilized all the production of the family oil field, which is expected to reach more than 200 million barrels. ”

"This is not bad, according to the current international crude oil futures price, there can be billions of dollars or even tens of billions of dollars, but this should be just an oil field inventory, right?" Zhou Ming asked.

After all, the output of a large oil field can produce hundreds of thousands of barrels a day, and Iraq has been under sanctions since the invasion of Kuwait, and it has been nearly half a year now, and Iraq, as the world's fourth largest oil producer, is too normal to hoard hundreds of millions of barrels casually under the premise that the oil fields have not been suspended.

Majid's answer also confirmed Zhou Ming's conjecture, and he replied: "This is only the reserves of the Rumaila oil field, which is directly controlled by our Hussein family, and other oil fields still need to be communicated and negotiated." ”

Sure enough, in fact, as early as when he proposed to make him ready to go along with Standard Oil, Zhou Ming had already foreseen this result, after all, Iraq is not domestic, and ethnic conflicts and sectarian conflicts and even some inexplicable conceptual conflicts here can tear a country apart. Just like a Kurdish fighting for independence, they control several large oil fields, so they can buy all kinds of arms and continue to fight against Salm.

Then even a dictator like Salm cannot control the whole of Iraq, so Majid, who has only replaced him for a week, is naturally even more unlikely to ban it.

"Mr. Zhou Ming, I know that I have not completed the task assigned by you, but now that the communication with the other families continues, I am very sure that I will be able to convince them to cooperate with me in preparing the oil. Majid hurriedly explained to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming knew that he was angry when he said this, so Zhou Ming waved his hand and said to him: "There is no need, it would be best if they were willing, it doesn't matter if they are unwilling, just prepare so much first, and I will inform you immediately when I find a buyer here." ”

Although Majid understands that the so-called capital is a demon who can take risks if he has interests, he doesn't understand at all that in this situation, what way Zhou Ming can transport Iraq's domestic oil out under the siege of the world's most powerful army, but because this person is Zhou Ming, Majid can only choose to believe him now, he will do it!

Then when Majid left, Zhou Ming set up his own satellite phone in the courtyard, without exception, he dialed Lin Muqing's phone, and the phone was still connected quickly, and it was still the familiar question: "Is it Zhou Ming?"

"Of course it's me, Sister Mu Qing, have you and Ran Ran always been on the phone? Zhou Ming said.

Lin Muqing said with a snort: "The situation in Iraq is so dangerous now, I'm afraid that I will miss any of your calls, so I can only charge my phone and keep it by my side all the time." ”

Zhou Ming knew very well that she was not just talking, after all, she was in the Middle East, and there was a ten-hour time difference between her and San Francisco, where they were, and it was the middle of the night when she was noon.

"Okay Zhou Ming, I know that your side is not so much contact time due to the US military's air raids, so I'll say it first, as for your proposal to convert Iraqi oil into crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange, Ran Ran and I have already discussed with the Tang family and Edward respectively, and they both said that Iraq's oil is very commercially valuable, but now it is not a wise choice. Lin Muqing said.

"To put it simply, those guys think their oil is valuable in terms of the current state of Iraq, but they don't want to bear the reputational loss of the warmongers, right?" Zhou Ming asked.

Lin Muqing replied: "That's what they mean, they think that Iraq is now an evil war country, it is subject to sanctions, it is an enemy of the United States and liberal democracy, if they help Iraq digest oil, they will become an enemy of the United States, they are not willing to take this risk, or the benefits of oil are not enough to offset this reputational risk." ”

"So what if it's carried out under the banner of humanitarianism?" Zhou Ming asked.

Faced with this sudden question, Lin Muqing was stunned for a moment, because she didn't understand what Zhou Ming meant by what he said.

Zhou Ming knew that Lin Muqing couldn't understand it for a while, so he explained: "Actually, it's easy to understand, the Gulf region is a desert, although there are two river basins in Iraq, but in essence, the cultivated land here is still very worrying, and there is also a danger of continuous desert erosion." It can be said that Iraq, including most countries in the Gulf region, has always relied on imports for food and fresh water. ”

"Now, when Iraq is sanctioned by the United States, he has undoubtedly lost this import channel. Zhou Ming continued, "Of course, this will not be a problem for a ruling family like the Husseins, but what about ordinary Iraqis?

"Prices are rising, and life is very difficult for ordinary Iraqis, who may not be able to eat a full meal a day, so they have a yellow face and thin muscles. Lin Muqing took Zhou Ming's words and guessed.

"This is inevitable, then at this time, as long as the media can expose the lives of ordinary people in Iraq, and then publicize the human rights of civilians, emphasizing that it is the Salam dictatorship that is wrong, not ordinary Iraqi people, they can put forward an oil-for-food plan under the banner of humanitarianism, and I think we can exchange Iraqi oil at a very low price." ”

Zhou Ming added at the end: "Because it is a humanitarian rescue, not only do you not have to worry about the damage to your reputation, but you can also get a good reputation." ”

Regarding Zhou Ming's proposal, Lin Muqing did not blindly applaud, but asked with some concern: "Zhou Ming, your idea is very imaginative and surprising, but now the crux of the question is whether the Americans will really sympathize with the suffering Iraqi people? Because this seems to be still funding the enemy country, but in a different way." ”

"That's true, but Americans are civilized after all, and even though they are responsible for the tragedy here, they will still grieve the tragedy, and that's the key to agreeing." Zhou Ming said.

Zhou Ming is very confident in this, after all, this oil-for-food plan was first proposed by the Americans, and later led by the United Nations, for which a certain secretary general was also involved in a bribery scandal.

And as a reborn, Zhou Ming also witnessed the face of the Virgin Mary of Westerners very thoroughly, they disturbed a country, created more than four million refugees, and then a picture of a dead little boy shocked the West, and later Western countries began to accept refugees under the power of the Virgin, so that they completely ignored the quality and living habits of the other party, etc., and even the ridiculous thing that the refugee crime incident also asked for the forgiveness of its own people.

It is also the understanding of the super virgin heart of Westerners that Zhou Ming is very confident in the oil-for-food program.

"It's just Sister Mu Qing, if we do this, we will become warmongers who really make war money. Zhou Ming said.

"I don't think so," Lin Muqing said, "because now the Iraqi people are indeed living in great hardship because of US sanctions, if there is no oil-for-food plan, then these Iraqi civilians will come over more and more difficult, not only will there be no food, but there will be a shortage of medical treatment, but with oil for food, they can make their lives have a turnaround, so from this point of view, Zhou Ming, you are their savior!"

Zhou Ming smiled: "My Sister Muqing, I'm afraid only you will think so." ”

"I don't think so, I think Iraqi civilians can still tell the difference between right and wrong. Lin Muqing said very seriously, "Then Zhou Ming and Tang Ran will contact the Tang family and Edward respectively tomorrow, I believe that with their character, they will definitely be happy to accept this plan, you must know that the price of crops such as soybeans and wheat yesterday can hit a new low in ten years, and it is very cost-effective to exchange low-priced crops for soaring oil." ”

"That's great news. Zhou Ming said.