Chapter 124, both soft and hard

When Canglong returned to Basra, it was already half a month later, and compared to the last time he left, this time Basra was not in crisis, and it is said that now the inauguration ceremony of the new president of Iran is being held, and the whole of Iran is celebrating this moment, and the mood for a war in Iran is high.

The reason for Iran's conservatives is simple, the Basra border is to threaten the oil industry in the south of Iran, and Iran has a unique geographical location, almost like Iraq, most of the oil reserves are in the south, and although the north also has oil, it is relatively small.

Iran's Khuzestan Province, which borders Basra, is the province with the most oil among several southern Iranian provinces, with thousands of small oil wells and two super oil wells, and Khuzestan Province also has more than 700 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

The new president had used the excuse of fighting for independence for the Kurds to seize Faaw's oil fields and then further strengthen his control over Basra, but he did not expect that the 50,000 troops would not return, and the border was blocked by the Prophet's army, causing their other 50,000 border guards to retreat hundreds of kilometers.

After the new conservative president came to power, he didn't need to use the excuse of fighting for Kurdish independence, this time their reason was simple, Basra threatened their oil industry, and if they wanted to end the war, they had to withdraw their troops from the border honestly, and ensure that Basra's artillery group did not threaten the Iranian border.

This unreasonable demand was immediately rejected by the commander-in-chief of the Prophetic Army, Badr, you have hit my territory, and now we are properly defending our own borders, can you manage it? The Americans' ICBMs can still hit the whole world, so why don't you ask the Americans to withdraw their missiles?

After Badr's refusal, the situation on the border became more and more tense, but now the only thing that can threaten Basra is the Iranian navy and Iran's missile forces, relatively speaking, Basra's missile forces only have air defense, and do not have the ability to attack land, although they can also be replaced with other missiles, but they cannot carry out precision strikes.

Both sides have their own strengths, but the Basra people are more united, and they are even more indignant at Iran's unreasonable demands, and are willing to do everything in their power to fight Iran.

During the inauguration of the new Iranian president, the two armies were quite restrained, at least the Iranian navy did not shell Basra, nor did it catch fishermen, of course, the latter one is because the fishermen in Basra have never been out to sea at all.

But everyone knows that sooner or later war will come, and it is only a matter of time.

Basra's finances are still very tight, and although the war was almost all about loans to buy weapons, the Iranians blocked the coastline, their oil could not get out at all, and the people's demand for a war with Iran was so high that the Basra provincial government had a headache.

For Vivien, the war could have been avoided, but the dragon hanged Hathem, and the temporal rush caused future misery in Basra.

And these days she has thought of a lot of ways, hoping to solve the problem of oil exports and port trade, the airport in Basra is not developed, there are not many cargo planes, it is very difficult to transport oil through the air lane, and the port blockade for more than a month has caused the entire Basra economy to shrink, and foreign capital wants to withdraw from Basra.

If it weren't for the lure of oil, I'm afraid they would have left long ago, and they wouldn't have waited until now.

In the end, she came to the conclusion that if there was a war with Iran, Basra would be in a desperate situation, and if others just didn't fight you, just blockading your ports and making it impossible for you to trade, you would completely collapse, not to mention the economic losses caused by the war, and the change of people's hearts.

Vivien wanted to persuade Canglong, but since she hanged Hathem, she searched for it dozens of times, and finally was blocked by Su Su.

As time passed, Vivien guessed that the dragon might have left Basra, but now what was he doing away from Basra? At that time, Vivian had the same idea as Su Su, he fled, but after thinking about it, he found that it was wrong, after all, Canglong didn't need to escape.

Finally, half a month later, she saw again this person whom she hated and loved, and he performed miracles in Basra, but he also led Basra into a desperate situation.

As soon as Canglong returned, he did not convene a military meeting, because he heard Su Su say that although the people of Basra are not afraid of Iran, the officials of Basra are personally panicked, as if they have the plague, and this mood makes many high-ranking officials uneasy, and they follow Canglong to do this risky business, of course, they are ready to do a certain amount of preparation.

Of course, some people are indeed forced to be helpless, but they are forced to do it in desperation, and they have no chance to come down when they get on the thief ship Canglong, not to mention that Basra was poor and white at that time, in a word, that is, the poor only have one cheap life left.

But when Canglong created all kinds of miracles, they also got rich rewards, they saw the future, and saw their glory and wealth.

But every time there is a war, they are panicked, like a rich man, who owns a mountain of gold, so he is very kind in his heart, and takes this mountain of gold to benefit many beggars, and leads the beggars to support themselves and live a well-off life, beggars are grateful at the same time, but they are also worried about losing the glory and wealth that this mountain of gold brings them, and over time, they think that this mountain of gold should not only be the rich man, but all beggars share.

The beggars thought so in their hearts, but they did not dare to do anything to the rich, because the rich still had thousands of supporters under them, so they could only panic and plot something

Therefore, the first priority of Canglong's return was to gather the top officials of Basra, and he had to appease these beggars, although he knew that these beggars might have different intentions, but if he really put them all in prison, there would be no one to work for him, and locking them all up was not the last resort.

Man's greed is endless, and he cannot expect everyone to be without desire, so Vivien, who is in charge of a small amount of corruption in Basra, turns a blind eye to it, unless it is an extremely large number.

And the Prophet Army has been in control of Basra until now, although there has been corruption, but there is no serious incident, and the intention of the dragon is that as long as they do not endanger the whole Basra or harm the people here, it is enough.

But now he realized that these officials did not have the same heart as him, they did not believe in themselves like the Prophet Army, and they might even beat themselves up in the event of a crisis.

And what he has to do is very simple, to eliminate the fear in their hearts, instead of arresting them all and killing them, which will only create a kind of white terror, political pressure, and only make people's hearts more frightened.

In fact, as he expected, after the officials arrived, they all thought that Canglong would kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, and they had already seen Canglong's methods from Canglong's resolute strangulation of Hathem, so they were very afraid of Canglong in their hearts, and they themselves knew who they had come into contact with and what they had done in these days.

I haven't seen anyone for the past ten days, and the murderous aura on Canglong's body has become heavier, and even Assad, who has a relationship with Canglong, is panicked in his heart, but what they didn't expect was that Canglong not only did not arrest anyone, nor did he expose their old background, but said with a smile that he would give them a salary increase.

Yes, it is a salary increase, and even Su Su, who was standing on the sidelines, couldn't believe that Canglong would actually raise the salaries of all officials in Basra as soon as he came back.

Vivien was also taken aback, thinking that Canglong had a fever, but looking at Canglong's expression, she knew that Canglong was very awake at this time.

Canglong not only said in a calm tone that he wanted to give them a salary increase, but also said that in the past year, it has been difficult for everyone, which roughly means that now that Basra has achieved results, you people who have worked hard for me should also get some rewards, in fact, the salaries of Basra officials are actually lower than the salaries of soldiers, although they all have corresponding subsidies, but compared to what they do, they really do not get the due remuneration.

To be an official, they are basically smart people, unlike most people, who are diligent and diligent, believing in him, the so-called prophet, and what they pursue is interests, just like the old Chinese saying, being an official for thousands of miles is only for money.

If you want these people to work hard for themselves, you have to be loyal to yourself, then you have to use interests to influence them, in fact, he did this very well, because the atmosphere in the conference room was not as tense as just now.

Although they all said that this is a special period and they do not ask for a salary increase, they are actually very happy in their hearts.

"I have decided that all the salaries of officials will be paid according to the standards of developed countries, and they will be implemented from now on. Canglong said with a smile.

As soon as these words came out, the entire conference room was in an uproar, and Vivian stared at Canglong even more, which seemed to say, you are poor like a beggar, and you still stick it upside down? In the end, the money must not be spent from the treasury, you are crazy.

But Canglong didn't pay attention to him, at this time the officials were a little embarrassed, and the governor of Chiram was even more guilty, but no one asked for a salary increase, and they accepted it very calmly.

But before they finished their happiness, Canglong said again: "Since the salary is so high, then you have to do things for the people, serve Basra, I am afraid that you will not be asked to do your best, but at least I hope that you will not trap the people for some small profits, so from now on, if the official embezzles more than one month's salary, hum"

Speaking of this, Canglong paused, glanced at the people present, and no one dared to look at Canglong, because they felt that their hairs stood on end, and sure enough, Canglong issued the most terrifying standard for sanctioning corruption.

"Embezzling more than a month's salary, shoot directly." Canglong said coldly, "The Intelligence Agency will be responsible for the supervision of all officials. ”

Everyone's face is very bad, Canglong's words are actually warning them, I give you such a high salary, if you still eat inside and out, then don't blame me for being unkind, but I am not to blame for the past.

After the meeting, all the officials were wet with cold sweat, and such a law is probably the most stringent in the world today.

But thankfully, their wages have risen, and by the standards of developed countries, which has made them more comfortable.

With such a high salary and such a strict law, whoever embezzles will find his own death, and the people of the intelligence agency are almost everywhere.

In this way, Canglong finally solved the panic in the hearts of the officials, because everyone would think of a problem, since the prophet had so much money to pay them high salaries, that is, he also had money to support the next war