In an ordinary house in Basra, Canglong met the sheikh Assad, dressed in Arab robes, as well as several other Shia sheikhs.

After bowing to the sheikhs and then taking their seats, Badr sensed hostility in the eyes of the chiefs, but he didn't care, after all, he did take advantage of the Basra people's faith in Allah and blasphemed the Prophet Muhammad.

It's just that Canglong evacuated all the al-Qaeda members in Basra Province within a week, which really shocked them.

The content of the negotiation is also very simple, Assad still asked Canglong at the beginning for the purpose of coming here, Canglong did not beat around the bush, and directly replied that it was oil, which made General Badr a little strange, after all, Canglong did not say so to him, Canglong's answer made several chiefs look very bad, and the hostility deepened.

Assad raised his hand, signaled the chiefs who were talking to be quiet, looked at Canglong with kind eyes, and said: "The whole world wants Iraqi oil, what ability do you have to snatch him from the world?" ”

"No, I'm not trying to snatch it, I'm going to buy it, the oil is still Iraqi." Canglong said calmly.

The chiefs were stunned when they heard this, not only were they not happy, but they looked down on Canglong, which big country came here not to take away the oil here? No one cares about the feelings of the Iraqis, so the dragon is so high-sounding that it makes them even more uncomfortable.

"It seems that General Badr needs to clarify it for me." Sensing the chieftains' unkindness, the dragon looked at Badr.

The chiefs also looked at Badr, and Assad nodded at Badr, and Badr said: "Mr. Canglong represents himself, not the country behind him, so what he does here has nothing to do with the country behind him, I can be sure of this, because he is still stateless and did not grow up in the country to which he belongs. ”

Hearing this, the chiefs all looked at Canglong strangely, and even a little incredible, Canglong came here to represent Longteng International, and what Longteng International represented behind it, they knew very well, but there seemed to be some contradictions between the two.

"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that I can make Iraq strong." Canglong said calmly.

The sheikhs began to talk again, and Assad was expressionless and silent for a long time before he said: "Do you want us to support you in setting up another government?" Is this government ours or your puppet government? ”

"Of course it's yours." Canglong said calmly, "I will not dominate you like the Americans, and if we start to cooperate with you, you will know very well how I will cooperate with you." ”

"You want to be a prophet?" Assad continued to ask, still expressionless.

"It's just a reasonable identity." Canglong became serious, "This is a necessary prerequisite for cooperation!" ”

The sheikhs' faces changed, from hostility to anger, and they began to curse Canglong in Arabic angrily, but Badr did not speak, Assad had a calm face, as if he was thinking about something, but Canglong didn't give them too much time, just stood up and said: "If it doesn't work, then I will leave for Baghdad now, presumably the US dollar is enough to make most of the officials of the new Iraqi government support me to exploit the oil here, as for the Americans?" Even if I don't need you, I can deal with it, but it will be troublesome, and what you will get will never be peace, but hunger and poverty! ”

Canglong said, walked towards the door without looking back, one of the chiefs angrily instructed his subordinates to prepare to arrest Canglong, but as soon as his gun was raised, he was directly knocked out by a flying kick and a coherent elbow blow by Shrimp, and before the other subordinates could react, Shrimp had already rushed to their side, and they had no chance to shoot at close range, so they were put down by Shrimp.

In the end, Shrimp took the AK47 and pointed at the people present, putting his hand on the trigger and ready to shoot at any time, the chiefs swallowed their saliva, obviously they didn't expect Canglong's subordinates to be so strong, so that Badr was very calm, and Canglong and they played close-range fighting, that is, who was better armed than the Americans.

Seeing that something was wrong with the situation, the chiefs were in a cold sweat when they were pointed at the guns, Canglong carefully pressed down the shrimp's gun, and said: "If violence could make them succumb, the Americans would have done it a long time ago, so"

Shrimp dropped the gun on the ground, but was vigilant around, Canglong smiled: "Give you a day to think about it, and if you think about it, come to Longteng International's branch in Basra to find me." ”

"This Chinese is so unreasonable, we should drive them all out, we can't give in!" As soon as Canglong and Xiami left, the chiefs who were under the threat of guns just now suddenly roared angrily.

"Even the Americans can't conquer us, so what can the Chinese? We cannot give in, let alone promise to make him a prophet. Another chief also said, "This is blasphemy against Allah, and you will go to hell after death." ”

There was a lot of noise in the houses, and Badr suddenly said: "What if he is really the prophet sent by Allah to save us?" ”

The noisy scene suddenly quieted down, and they all looked at Badr with an incredulous face, and after reacting, they were about to point at his nose and scold, when Assad suddenly said: "Quiet, let him finish speaking!" ”

"Since the Iran-Iraq war, we Iraqis have suffered from war, whoever can end the war in Iraq and bring peace to the Iraqis is the prophet, the Americans are not, the British are not, the other Arab brothers are not, because they all only want oil from Allah, but this Chinese came here, does not represent his country, the first thing he said to me was that he wanted to build here, let there be a stable environment here, and let Iraqi oil bring Iraqis a happy life, That's what he's for. Badr smiled, "So I say that he is the Prophet sent by Allah, and it doesn't matter what country he is from or what bloodline he is, what matters is that he can end the cannibalism among Muslims like the Prophet Muhammad!" ”

"You are betraying Allah!" One of the chiefs shouted angrily, "Badr is going to hell, hell! ”

"How can a foreigner become a prophet?" Some chiefs questioned that they didn't care about what Canglong could bring them, they cared more about Canglong's bloodline and skin color.

Badr was a little helpless, and just when he became the target of everyone, Assad suddenly coughed: "Allah is merciful, He will send a prophet to Iraq to save us, so whoever can save Iraq is a prophet, and whoever plunges Iraq into war is the devil, and he will go to hell!" ”

The chieftains fell silent, and Badr asked, "Chief Assad, do you think we are going to cooperate with Canglong?" ”

"He can be a prophet, but he must do what a prophet is supposed to do." With that, Assad asked Badr to come to him and whispered to him, "Go ahead." ”

"Is that okay?" Badr wondered.

"If he is a prophet sent by Allah, then Allah will naturally bless him." Assad said kindly.

After leaving the residence, Canglong and their car drove to Zubayr, the nearest city of Basra, which has the largest oil field in Iraq and is also the location of the world's major oil companies, so in the urban area of Zubayr, there are many foreigners, and Longteng International naturally set up a branch here, although the main company is in Baghdad, but the strategic position here is the first to bear the brunt.

The main oilfield project obtained by Longteng International is jointly developed with the British BP oil company, and it is also the largest oil field in Iraq, the Rumaila oilfield, but when bidding, it was auctioned at the lowest price in the history of two US dollars, which is the service fee per barrel after the development of oil, which can be said to be low and scary.

However, the strategic value is very important, so the cooperative development rights of several major oil fields auctioned at that time have failed, except for the largest oil field that China has pulled in the British company to cooperate, China wants the right to buy oil first, so it took over the development contract at any cost.

The Rumaila oil field is indeed the largest oil field in Iraq, with a storage capacity of 20 billion barrels, and this does not include the oil fields around Rumaila, if developed, the whole of Iraq will be rich.

But now the main problem is that although Longteng International has pulled BP, the British oil company, it is still very difficult to exploit, and the Americans and security forces come to make trouble from time to time, so that the workers cannot start construction at all, which is the problem encountered by Longteng International now.

But until now, Canglong was not prepared to solve this problem, so when he went to Zubair, he questioned: "Don't you think that you are wasting time in negotiating with these Shiites now?" ”

"Why is Lang wasting time?" Canglong asked rhetorically.

"We're mainly dealing with the security forces and the Americans right now, getting the oil fields started and getting the oil out as soon as possible, not to mention that the Shiites aren't in power at all, they don't even have a legitimate name." Shrimp said.

"So what do you think should be done?" Canglong continued to ask.

Shrimp seems to be stumped by this question, but his idea is very simple: "Negotiate with the local government of Basra, first solve the problem of the Iraqi security forces' attack, and then solve the problem of the Americans, and fight with them, we are not afraid of them." ”

"Yes, we are really not afraid of them in the war, with the current strength of the United States in Iraq, it is indeed difficult to turn up the big Lang, but have you ever thought about it, how many mercenaries are there here in the Americans? And how many overseas bases does the United States have? Canglong asked rhetorically, "We have no backup, and the Americans can continue to increase their troops, can you expect the country behind us to send troops to fight them?" ”

Shrimp shook his head: "But what's the use of negotiating with these Shiites like this?" If you really want to solve the problem, you have to rely on your fists! ”

"Fists are not the only way to solve problems." Canglong smiled, "Especially when your fists are not hard enough, using your fists to solve problems is just playing into the hands of the Americans." ”

"You only have one year, and if you can't solve the problem in one year, you can't do it as the president." Shrimp said worriedly for him, "If you delay time like this." ”

"Soon, soon our fists will be hard." Canglong was not worried at all