Chapter 49: Broken Legs
In the morgue, the conversation continues.
"What are you looking for me to do?" The man on crutches leaned against the morgue beside him, pushed the white cloth-covered corpse away a little, and lit a cigarette.
The person opposite was wearing a suit, straight, dressed, and temperamental, in the North Soviet Union, in this morgue, he looked very different.
"You should have guessed what I wanted, I wanted information, information from your leader, and information from your mysterious boss." The man in the suit didn't mean to reminisce about the old love, and directly explained his intention.
The man on the other side was silent, just smoking quietly.
The man in the suit didn't care: "A million dollars, in exchange for your information." If you can do it, give us the opportunity to arrest, and another million dollars in compensation, and at the same time, give you a new identity, and write off everything before. β
"I'll think about it." The two million dollars did not move the man, but a new identity, all the past was written off, but he was tempted.
There is still a certain distance to be weighed and there are too many things to consider.
The man in the suit didn't care, he had patience, waved his hand, turned around and disappeared into the shadows.
"You know how to contact me."
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Khartoum, on the other side of the Blue Nile, a white three-story building in the shade of greenery.
The building resembles an English letter E, and it resembles a crown, retro style, and those who know will know that this is the presidential palace of the North Soviet Union, the core of power.
It was already eight o'clock in the evening, but the meeting room was still tense.
President Brahim was listening to a report on the situation in the Abyejan area with a gloomy face.
There are quite a few high-level political officials in the ranks, and when such a big thing happens, except for those who are in other places or visiting abroad, they have basically arrived.
Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of Presidential Affairs, Ministers of Defense, Interior Affairs, Finance Ministers and, of course, Oil Minister Dusa.
"Well No. 2 in Area 5A in Hedinger Township, Well No. 4 in Area 5B in Sumaikh......"
Brahim rests his chin in his hands and looks straight ahead like a lion king, but if you look closely, you can see that his gaze is a little wandering, and his attention is completely off the screen on the opposite wall.
There is a big problem, but it can be summed up in one sentence, and oil extraction in the Abyej area is basically paralyzed.
Standing in the position of Brahim, there will be more things to consider.
11 years later, that is, after the referendum the year before last, the South Sudan read the power, but as for the disputed area, the question of the ownership of the Abyeha region was shelved.
There is oil in the Abyej area, and the reserves are still very high, and before the referendum, the North Soviet Union operated here for several years, building oil wells and oil pipelines.
Now that the referendum is over, if this region belongs to the Southern Soviet Union, then the investment of the Northern Soviet Union in recent years will be in vain.
So I've been pulling the strings, and now it's like a three-way zone.
Among them, oil wells, oil exploitation, have the interests of PetroChina, and no one dares to move.
As a result, a situation was created in which the ownership of several oil wells in the Abyej area was not clear at all, and today Nguk came over and occupied Hadinga, and well, the oil wells in Hadinga belonged to the South Soviet Union.
One day, the Misseria tribe will fight back, and the interests of the oil fields will go to the North Soviet State.
Just like street fighting, for the sake of common coveted interests, repeated see-saws and battles.
But now the problem is coming, there are guys who don't have long eyes, stabbed the hornet's nest, did not play cards according to the routine, and blew up all the oil wells, and the interests of the three parties were damaged.
Of course, it doesn't matter who did it, but Brahim felt that this was not a good opportunity to use this as an excuse to regain ownership of the Abyejan area.
As for the lost benefits, Brahim was distressed, but he did not lose his mind.
The oil wells have been blown up, the oil pipelines have been blown up, it doesn't matter, anyway, there is a big backer of Huaguo, and Huaguo wants oil, so it will be given to you, and now the oil wells and oil pipelines are destroyed, then you will be responsible for rebuilding.
This idea is too simple and naΓ―ve, but it is Brahim's real thought, mixed with inner unhappiness.
Seeing a group of officials arguing non-stop, Brahim was also upset.
However, the finance minister's words attracted Brahim's attention.
"The Abyej region, which produces 42 percent of its annual oil exports, is now largely paralyzed, and reconstruction is expected to take two to three years, and in those two to three years, the reduction in government revenues is partly part, and I am more worried about the impact on our economy. A large number of workers are unemployed, and citizen confidence is declining. β
The economic problem is always a big problem.
There was no large-scale industry in the North Soviet Union, and seventy percent of the annual income of the political axe came from oil.
The important surname of oil, it goes without saying.
Oil exploration in the Abyejan area cannot be carried out for two or three years, and this loss may well affect the operation of the political axe.
To put it simply, the political axe is going to run out of money.
Brahim was very unhappy when he had no money, so he opened his mouth: "Ali, how much loss will it cause?" β
Finance Minister Ali is arguing with the Minister of Defense.
This guy is shouting for revenge, the army has marched into Abyya, damn it, how many army do you have, aren't you afraid of causing a new round of war? Also, ask for money to buy equipment, damn it, military spending is rising every year, and I haven't seen you toss any results.
So Brahim's sudden question made Ali stunned.
The incident happened suddenly, how much it would lose, Ali really didn't have an accurate number, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
However, at this time, a sudden person interrupted the meeting process, which also made Ali breathe a sigh of relief.
The person who came was an assistant to the president.
And when he interrupted the meeting, the news was obviously not good news, but terrible news.
An hour before an explosion at an oil refinery in Obaid, the second largest city in the North Soviet Union, leveled the refinery, and as the refinery workers had already left work, it was mainly the soldiers guarding the plant who died, and it was tentatively estimated that around 70 people died.
For a moment, everyone couldn't calm down.
Brahim was also stunned, he didn't care much about hearing Ali say that it might have an impact on the economy.
The Abyej region accounts for nearly half of the oil exports, but the oil producing area is not an Abyeha.
There is also Kordofan, and there is Qingniluo, which are major oil-producing areas.
Coupled with the fact that there are some new oil fields that have been discovered and oil projects are being built, Brahim feels that even if it affects oil exports, the impact will not be too great.
At present, the production of oil is less than 400,000 barrels per day, and if the new oil project in Kordofan and Qingniluo starts, this figure could rise to 700,000.
So the result may be that the economy will still be affected and affected, but the impact is only a small impact, in recent years, the political axe also has a certain economic foundation, foreign exchange reserves, can support the past.
But now, after learning the news, Brahim can't calm down anymore.
In the whole of the Northern Soviet Union, relying on the assistance of China, only three large oil refineries were built.
One is in Khartoum, one is in Sudan, and the last one is in El Obaid.
Relying on these three large oil refineries, the North Soviet Union can export tens of millions of barrels of refined oil every year, generating billions of dollars in revenue.
The export profit of pure crude oil is too low, and the export of refined oil can not only increase profits, but also stimulate employment and promote the development of related industries.
If the economy wants to take off, it will certainly not work to simply export crude oil.
For Brahim, these three refineries are the lifeblood of the economy of the northern Soviet Union.
It seems that the El Baid refinery erupted and razed to the ground, which is equivalent to breaking a thigh, and it is foreseeable that the North Soviet Union, a country that has just learned to walk, will fall to the ground again.
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