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Basra is the largest and only port city in Iraq, but in fact, the main city of Basra is not near the sea, the real port is the port of Ofa, but because there are too many swamps between Basra and the port of Ofa, land transportation is very inconvenient, so most ships will choose to enter the river port of Basra through the artificial channel to load and unload goods.

It is also for this reason that Basra, although not really seafront, is still one of the busiest ports in the Gulf, which is an interesting phenomenon.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, a huge freighter flying the flag of the International Red Cross sailed down the artificial channel, and the lettering on the bow of the ship identified the ship, which was the first new Conway to participate in the oil-for-food program.

Due to the tropical desert climate of Basra, it even set a limit of 59 degrees Celsius, although it is not so hot now, but when the freighter docks on the shore, there are still no workers to start unloading, which can only be done until four or five o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun slowly sets.

Zhou Ming, bodyguard Zhang Lin, and ambassador Lin Hong were all standing on the shore at the moment, watching the new Conway slowly stop.

Zhou Ming glanced down at the waterline of this ship, it was very shallow, even a layman like Zhou Ming could see that there was not much cargo on this ship, this is because this time the oil-for-food plan is calculated by volume, that is, the same volume of grain for the same volume of oil.

After all, the oil is heavy, and the grain is two to three times lighter than oil, especially the barley and corn, which is light and has many gaps in the middle, which is four to five times lighter than oil. Not to mention that the price of oil is much more expensive than food, and this algorithm is simply a trick on Iraq.

In fact, this is the case, because none of the companies participating in the oil-for-food program really want to provide humanitarian aid, and they are not philanthropists who want to benefit all people, but they are just capitalists who want to take advantage of the war to make a fortune.

Of course, the superficial rhetoric of these Western countries is very high-sounding, saying that weight is related to gravity, and in various parts of the earth, weight is not eternal, so it should be exchanged according to the volume of their futures trading.

This should be put in normal times, no matter how stupid Iraq is, it cannot agree to it, but now that the whole country is facing a difficult situation, it is impossible not to bow its head.

In fact, according to Zhou Ming himself, he is unwilling to rob Iraq like this, but there is no way, only if he feeds the hungry wolves of other consortiums and families first, they will willingly help him. In addition, his company is also going to participate in this oil-for-food program, and if he doesn't have high profits, he won't bother to do it, as for the loss...... That's the Hussein family, after all, losing some oil is always better than starving.

It may seem that in this oil-for-food plan, the Hussein family suffered a big loss, blew up their own oil fields, and bought food from Zhou Ming in an almost gift-giving way, but you must know that through this plan, the Hussein family monopolized the food supply of the entire Iraq.

In the field of business, if there is a monopoly, no matter what you do, it will generate high profits, so this business principle can naturally be used in Iraq as well. Since the Hussein family controls everyone's stomach, the whole of Iraq will have to pay a greater price to buy food from him, so the Hussein family's position of power will become more and more secure.

So from this point of view, the plan proposed by Zhou Ming is in the pit Iraq, but it is not necessarily in the pit Hussein family, and this is the most important reason why Majid will agree to Zhou Ming.

Now Zhou Ming has no time to think about Iraq, because there is still a very important person waiting to see him on this new Conway.

Zhou Ming and they boarded the ship under the leadership of the port director, and finally saw someone on the deck, it was a tall and thin white man, who was standing there with two bodyguards at the moment, and saw Zhou Ming come up and greeted him in his non-standard Chinese: "Mr. Zhou Ming, I am Brent, President Walsh's national security adviser, and I am very happy to see you here." ”

This greeting made Zhou Ming a little surprised, but it was also an answer given to Zhou Ming, and it was really not the President of the United States who came in person.

Zhou Ming actually didn't believe this from the beginning, after all, Walsh, as the president of the most powerful country in the world, his travel must have been carefully planned, no matter where he went, it was news, and it was not for nothing to travel secretly, but it was impossible to come to such a dangerous Basra, just to meet himself with the Chinese who didn't know where he came from.

It's just that Ambassador Lin Hong said that Yang Lao personally said that President Walsh wanted to see him, and it is impossible for Yang Lao to lie to himself about this kind of thing, so there is only one possibility, that is, he wants to talk to himself, and it is inconvenient for others to know, so he can only do it secretly.

Zhou Ming originally thought that President Walsh would send agents to conduct this meeting, but he didn't expect that it would be his security assistant.

Maybe just listening to the title doesn't seem so remarkable, but if you compare it vertically, you can see that it was also a security affairs assistant who visited China to start the normalization of Sino-US diplomatic relations, and it was the security affairs assistant's visit to China that arranged everything before the president's visit to China.

Of course, Zhou Ming would not think that President Walsh treated himself as a big country, but the importance he attached to this contact meeting can also be seen.

"I'm also glad to meet you, Assistant Brent, and of course your Chinese surprised me even more. Zhou Ming replied politely in fluent English.

"I didn't expect Mr. Zhou Ming's English to be so fluent, there is a feeling that I have returned to my hometown, compared to my Chinese is to be ugly, and I hope that Mr. Zhou Ming will not laugh at my accent, but I am still very in awe of the mysterious oriental culture." Brent switched back to English and said to Zhou Ming, "As for me being here today, I have brought Mr. President's invitation to Mr. Zhou Ming." ”

Then Zhou Ming followed Brent into the cabin, the original crew meeting room has now become a small secret radio station, which is full of various communication equipment, and there is a special laptop facing Zhou Ming.

"I believe Mr. Zhou Ming, you have received the news that our Mr. President is going to see you, right? However, Mr. President cannot be present in person because of something, but this set of video communication can do it, and then you can just talk to the screen. ”

Brent patiently explained to Zhou Ming, and Zhou Ming waved his hand with a smile and said, "I know, Assistant Brent, you can start at any time." ”

Zhou Ming is also really helpless, as a reborn person, video calls are a common thing in the future life, how can he not know how to use it, and someone needs to introduce it next to him?

Although Brent was surprised by Zhou Ming's erudition, he didn't say much, but only helped Zhou Ming to make the final debugging of the equipment, and when everything was ready, he connected to Walsh's video.

With Brent's movements, a white American with a high nose appeared on the computer screen, and Zhou Ming recognized him at a glance as the current US President Walsh, not only because his photos always appeared in major newspapers, but also because he looked exactly the same as his son, Walsh Jr., who later launched the second Iraq war and overthrew the Salm regime.

"Hello Mr. President Walsh, it is a great pleasure to meet you here. Zhou Ming greeted Walsh, and at the same time, Walsh also greeted Zhou Ming.

"I didn't expect Mr. Zhou Ming to be so fluent in English, so it seems that my worries about communication barriers are too much. ”

Walsh politely replied, "Actually, if I could, I'd be more than happy to go to the Bay Area myself, and then we could sit down face-to-face and talk, after all, it's always weird to talk to a computer." ”

Zhou Ming shrugged his shoulders senselessly: "Actually, it doesn't matter, and compared to this kind of remote communication technology, I am more curious about what is the purpose of you looking for me, Mr. President." ”

Faced with Zhou Ming's question, Walsh hesitated for a while before answering: "Before talking about this question, I think it is necessary for me to mention another thing, that is, Mr. Zhou Ming, when you went to Iraq before, our air force made a large-scale dispatch to intercept you. ”

Zhou Ming nodded and said, "Of course I know about this, but in the end I still arrived at Bardina safely." ”

"That's true, but what do you think of this matter, Mr. Zhou Ming, do you think this result is your own luck, or is there some other reason?" asked Walsh.

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and said, "I think President Walsh, you definitely don't mind helping me answer this question, right?"

Walsh smiled: "What a smart young man, the reason why I sent my security assistant to the bay to meet you this time is about this." ”

"Not long ago, the Normandy general told me a very puzzling situation about the crash of two fighter planes that night that were responsible for intercepting your plane. "We all thought it was caused by the sandstorm that night, but now the results of the investigation completely disprove this suspicion that the wreckage was not only man-made, but also the result of one plane taking down another and attacking itself." ”

"I don't understand why these two planes are like this, maybe they have discovered something that they shouldn't have discovered? I wonder what Mr. Zhou Ming thinks about this?" asked Walsh.

Walsh's news surprised Zhou Ming, because Zhou Ming had thought about Walsh's insistence on contacting him, but he never imagined that it would be this reason. However, when I think back to the events of that night, I seem to have seen a cluster of orange flowers through the window of the plane, but at that time I thought it was a battle between the Iraqi Air Force and the US Air Force, and now I think that what I thought at the time was indeed a little too simple.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ming told Walsh what he saw at the time, and Walsh sighed after getting Zhou Ming's answer: "Sure enough, those two fighters fell because they found your traces." ”

"But as far as I know, my home country is not involved in this operation. Zhou Ming reminded.

"I fully believe this, because those two pilots are very good Federation pilots, and they are unlikely to defect to the Federation, so my guess now is that there is another force behind you, and it is still a force within our Federation. Walsh said to Zhou Ming.

"Mr. President, I completely agree with you, because as I am personally unaware, and the pilot's unusual behavior can only be explained in this way. ”

Zhou Ming paused at this point, and finally asked: "So Mr. President, you want to contact me today, is there any progress in your investigation, or is there any order to order?"

Walsh smiled: "The young gentleman is really smart, the reason why I have this video call meeting with Mr. Zhou Ming today is to hope to reach an agreement with Mr. Zhou Ming to end this Gulf War as soon as possible." ”