"Is this the place you chose for me?"

At the foot of the mountain north of Agadez, about 750 kilometers north of the capital, Lin Quan met Denise and his party, and after driving northeast along Highway 11 for more than eight hours, he finally arrived at this place. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This large open space in front of me is very empty, and desolate, the yellow sand in the sky has no end in sight, and it is not the wind that brings up gusts of fine sand blowing on people's faces, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Not long after Lin Quancai got out of the car, he felt that he was stepping on a large stove, the scorching sand made him feel very uncomfortable, the dazzling sun hung directly in the sky at his head, and the yellow sand all over the ground made people feel a kind of fear, that was a fear of death.

"How's it going? I'm satisfied! Don't thank me, the land here is very wide enough for you to start your farm, and as long as it can be covered with a layer of greenery, whatever you plant, the local government won't pay attention!

Denise laughed in a playful tone, and Lin Quan said a little angrily, "Where is this heaven?

Denise was noncommittal, pointed to the ground beneath her feet, and said, "There is gold under hell!"

Lin Quan knows what she is talking about, Niger's oil reserves account for 11% of the world's total oil reserves, and the richness of oil can be comparable to those oil countries in the Persian Gulf, but because this is the depths of the Sahara Desert, because of the harsh natural conditions, three-quarters of the area is desert, the average annual temperature is as high as 30 °C, and the highest can reach 50 °C. A series of problems such as logistical difficulties are difficult, and because of these reasons, the cost of oil extraction has risen, and the export price of extracted oil is relatively high, so no country has been interested in this place for many years.

But things are always changing, like Angola and South Sudan, these places have oil, and all because of oil and wars broke out, of which Angola is slightly better, so it has become China's largest oil importer, and South Sudan is similar, but the Angolan civil war and the Darfur dispute in South Sudan have made oil exploration in these places a high-risk industry, so the Chinese government and oil companies have adjusted their direction and set their sights on Niger, which has a large number of Chinese companies going to the desert of Niger every year in recent years to exploit。

In addition, in the vicinity of Agadez, there are several oil refineries, all of which are extracted from the oil fields of nearby Chinese-funded institutions where oil is refined and processed, made into crude oil and other products and then transported, and even Highway 11 was built with the help of Chinese, the main purpose of which is to facilitate transportation.

Denise doesn't know what he means when he says this, but Lin Quan is too lazy to ask, in recent years, the British and Americans have become more and more alienated, the big boy and the little follower are unhappy, and the small follower always has to suffer, and although the strength of the old empire has declined, the momentum still can't lose, so there is an attitude towards the upstart, looking at China everywhere is not pleasing to the eye, picking and picking everywhere, Lin Quan has also heard a little, before the TSNY British reporter liked to visit everywhere to take pictures, like to report bad news about Chinese-funded enterprises, what affects the local environment, damage the local ecosystem, impact and dumping of goods affecting the lives of local people, etc., how to smear and how to report, happy to do it.

"This place is big, but what's the use of being big, there is no water here, what should we do on the farm? There must be water to grow plants! It's good to have oil in the ground, but oil can't be used for water!"

Lin Quan said angrily, and after finishing speaking, he walked up a small hill, looked around for a long time, and only saw a large area of yellow sand, but there was a col in front of him, and there were green plants there, which seemed to be an oasis in the desert.

"Let's go over there!"

After he finished speaking, he walked straight over, and Denise followed behind, but compared with Lin Quan, who did not take any protective measures, her protective measures were much stricter, goggles, sunscreen, sun hat, long-sleeved gown to prevent the wind and sand from damaging the skin, and protecting the whole body, this desert environment has a great impact on women's skin, ultraviolet rays are unusually rich here, and women are originally beauty-loving people, so she naturally will not let her face be easily damaged.

It looks very close, in fact, it is a little far, and walking on the desert because the sand will move, the friction is not very large, so it is a bit of a loss to walk, not only that, the fine sand is poured into the shoes, and the soles of the feet are a little uncomfortable, and after walking a few steps, you have to take off your shoes and pour the sand, it seems that you should pay attention to wearing shoes in this desert.

Finally came to this oasis next to the forest, the forest is full of joy, this is indeed a small oasis, there is not only vegetation around, but also a small pool of clear lake water, it looks like a rainfall after the convergence of the rainfall, the rainfall in Niger is actually not small, but the distribution of rainfall is more in the west and less in the east, the rainfall in the Agadez region is about 150-350 mm, less than half of the capital Niamey, but because the groundwater storage in the Agadez area is abundant, so there are many oases here, the river has the Tailu River in the north, but this river is a broken riverDuring the dry season, the river will completely dry up and disappear, and the flow will not resume until the following year's rainy season.

The small oasis in front of Lin Quan was formed because the terrain was relatively low, so it was guaranteed by groundwater.

For the prevention of desertification, vegetation is very important, vegetation has a strong ability to absorb water, its root system can grasp the soil, absorb water, do not let the water quickly lose or evaporate, and the plants in the desert area are very tenacious, the rainfall in the desert area is scarce, so it is obviously impossible to obtain surface water, so their roots are often very long, rooted in a very deep place underground, directly absorb the groundwater, so in the desert, if there is vegetation in a place to survive, it means that there is definitely water in this place, but this water is not visible to the naked eyeIf this part of the vegetation can be preserved and the area of vegetation can be expanded, then this part of the desert can be completely eliminated.

PS: I'm sorry yesterday, I suddenly received a call to go to the night shift, I didn't have time to code words, I sincerely apologize to everyone here, and I will compensate for three more today!