What is hard currency? The concept of this hard currency has been different at different times. If it is in peacetime, then gold, diamonds, dollars, treasures and calligraphy and paintings can be called hard currency, but if it is in the era of war, then the value of gold as hard currency should be underestimated, the real hard currency is food, guns and ammunition and artillery, cloth, medicine and other things, if more broadly, energy and mineral resources can also be included in it.

In the war years, without a gun, the more wealth you have, the more you are a big fat pig in the eyes of others, and everyone is eager to come up and take a bite...... If you can swallow this big fat pig in one bite, it will undoubtedly be better, so in order not to become a big fat pig in the eyes of others, anyone can come up and take a bite, Uncle Sa had to desperately start arming his troops.

"Hard currency?" Uncle Sa showed a hint of confusion at the right time.

However, this trace of confusion is not all shown by Uncle Sa in order to confuse Will, but Uncle Sa is really a little unclear about what the hard currency in Will's mouth means.

Is there international hard currency in Iraq? Of course! In today's society, oil resources themselves are a kind of hard currency that can no longer be hard, and even at the moment when international oil prices have repeatedly hit new highs, the value retention rate of oil as a hard currency exceeds that of precious metals such as gold, and is more favored by international arms giants than antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

If this is the case, it will not be a problem for any other country in the Middle East, but if it is for Iraq, it will be a big problem, because so far, Iraq is still an international embargoed country. Iraq has no way to turn these resources into its own national wealth, because the entire West, led by the United States, has joined forces to impose an embargo on Iraq...... You have oil, don't you? Sorry, we just won't buy your oil! Let you starve to death with a golden rice bowl!

Some officials said, you are stupid, Americans and Europeans don't buy your oil, you won't sell your oil to Asians. Then I can only say that this judge thinks things too simply, who dares to buy Iraqi oil, it is tantamount to opposing the Americans, with the hegemonic behavior of the United States and the arrogant style of the world sheriff, do you think Uncle Sam can make you better?

So in the face of this situation, Uncle Sa's doubts are easy to understand, in the international community, one of the main hard currencies at present is oil, but now Iraq's oil cannot be transported, and the huge amount of "black gold" under the feet of Iraqis has no way to turn into money.

"As you can imagine, all we want is black gold under your feet. As for how we get this black gold away, you don't have to worry about that," Will smiled mysteriously, "Mr. President, all you have to do is find a place, set aside a piece of land, and let us mine it ourselves, and you don't have to worry about transportation at all." ”

"So, you have your own way of getting the oil away, but you don't have to worry about the Americans?" Hearing Will's words, Uncle Sa's eyes suddenly lit up.

Will smiled and said nothing: This thing is actually a thing that the Alice Group has just made, and it can't be easier to use to deal with this matter.

"In that case," Uncle Sa's eyes rolled a few times, and made a new suggestion to Will, "Mr. Will, there is no problem at all in dedicating an oil field to you, and I have another suggestion." ”

This old guy finally can't sit still. Will couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart: Will had already thought of this possibility of Saddam, and no matter who it was, he would have some ideas in his heart when he heard that the other party had a way to transport away tens of thousands of tons of crude oil every day without alarming anyone.

I smiled secretly in my heart, in fact, this time Will came, Uncle Sa's suggestion was the main purpose of Will's trip, and now Uncle Sa took the initiative to open his mouth first, of course Will smiled in his heart. Nodding, "Mr. President, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

"If you have the ability, I hope that we in Iraq can borrow from you." After a pause, seeing that Will didn't have any expression, he just nodded and motioned for himself to continue, and Uncle Sa secretly cursed the old fox in his heart. But he still has to ask for this damn word now, so Uncle Sa can only turn a blind eye to Will's cunning, and continues, "Of course, we Iraqi people will not forget our friends who helped us at a critical moment, and if you can allow us to borrow your oil transportation channels, our Iraqi oil will be sold to you for $30 a barrel." ”…,

Seeing that Will still refused to nod, Uncle Sa gritted his teeth, "If you agree, this period is 5 years!" In addition, we can use the money from the sale of oil to buy food and medicine and other materials we need from you at a price twice as high as the international grain market. ”

After saying this, although Saddam Hussein tried his best to make himself appear calm, through Uncle Sa's eyes, he could still see the tension, hope, and apprehension in the depths of Uncle Sa's eyes...... Uncle Sa knows very well that if this agreement can be reached, Iraq will soon get rid of the current passive situation, and the floating people's hearts will soon settle down, but whether it is possible for Will to agree to his own conditions, Uncle Sa has no bottom in his heart.

In the international crude oil market, if someone opens the price of high-quality Brent Light crude oil to $30 a barrel, this guy will be ridiculed by everyone as crazy, and the crude oil in this guy's hand will be sold out within an hour, no matter how much crude oil he has in his hand.

And for Iraq, if they dare to offer a price of $30 a barrel, they will also be ridiculed as crazy!

A country that can't sell high-quality Brent Light crude oil for $5 a barrel wants to sell its oil for $30 a barrel? What are they not crazy?

The current international oil price is basically fluctuating at 75 US dollars a barrel, and Uncle Sa's remarks are equivalent to Saddam Hussein's sale of Iraq's oil to Weir at 30% of the international oil price, and Weir will receive an additional net profit of 45 US dollars per barrel of high-quality Middle Eastern light crude oil.

Of course, for Iraq, they have also made a lot of money, since the Gulf War in the nineties of the last century, the entire international community embargo on Iraq's oil, so that Iraq has no way to guard its own oil resources but has no way to become a booster to support the development of the country, even if the Americans have made a so-called humanitarian "oil-for-food" action, but the price of high-quality light crude oil for Iraq is incredibly low: when the international crude oil price is 75 US dollars a barrel, Iraq's so-called " The high-quality crude oil of the "Oil-for-Food" operation can only be sold to the United States at a barrel of $5.

This is naked plunder!

Now, although the price offered by Uncle Sa to Will is far lower than the price of light crude oil in the international crude oil market, it is already an unimaginably high price for Iraq...... Even they themselves don't think they have the ability to sell their crude oil at the same price as crude oil in the international crude oil market, $30 a barrel, which is already the price limit that Uncle Sa has the courage to offer, if it is someone else, as long as Will assures them that he buys oil from them, as much as he wants, even if it is $5 a barrel, they will wake up laughing from their dreams.

Originally, Uncle Sa thought that Will would have to negotiate with him no matter what, and even Uncle Sa was ready to make concessions in his heart: as long as the price offered by Will was higher than the humiliating $5 of the Americans, and he could buy it openly, then he would admit it.

But to Uncle Sa's surprise, Will didn't bargain with him, hearing Uncle Sa's offer, Will lowered his head and pondered for a while, frowned, but nodded again, "This price is high...... But who made us friends, I accepted this condition. ”

What the? When Will said this, Uncle Sa couldn't believe his ears! He didn't expect that when he was ready to make concessions, Will didn't bargain for the "harsh" conditions he proposed, and agreed to it!

What's going on? For a while, Uncle Sa was a little confused, and his vigilance also rose: Will promised so happily, could there be any conspiracy?

"But I need to make a statement in advance, so far, we can only ship a maximum of 100,000 tons of crude oil per day, so we can only give you a maximum of 20,000 tons of transportation capacity." Will said.

20,000 tons per day? Uncle Sa quickly calculated in his heart, 20,000 tons a day, about 140,000 barrels, equivalent to about 4.2 million US dollars...... That's enough! Enough is enough! Calculated that he could get $4.2 million in one day, Saddam Hussein was overjoyed! In fact, according to Uncle Sa's own ideas, if he can deliver about 5,000 barrels of crude oil to himself every day, it will be enough for him to be satisfied, who knew that Will would be able to give himself such a big surprise!

For a while, Uncle Sa really felt that he seemed to like this mysterious Will a little, but Uncle Sa was still a little worried in his heart: Will there be other ancillary conditions?

Will's next words immediately reassured Uncle Sa, "In addition, you have to launch an attack on the U.S. army after replenishing weapons and ammunition." ”

"That's no problem at all!" Uncle Sa was overjoyed!