"What do you say? The U.S. military released our merchant ships? In the base, Canglong looked at Vivien with some surprise.

"Yes, the merchant ship has now arrived at the port of Basra, escorted by a destroyer of the US army, and the militia is unloading food." Vivien said that in fact, when she got the news, she was no less shocked than Canglong.

"This woman is really generous." Canglong frowned.

"Isn't that bad?" Vivian wondered, "With this million catties of food, plus the materials borrowed from the US military, at least we can support us for more than two months now, and we can even alleviate the current inflation in Basra Province, everything is developing in the direction we expected, I heard that the US military and the new government are discussing that they will focus on dealing with the remnants of the Mahdi Army and the Baath Party." ”

"That's scary." Canglong's face was heavy, "Think about it, what do we use against the US army now?" ”

"Media exposure has created anti-war sentiment in the United States." Vivien thought for a moment and said.

"Yes, every time we do it, we use the media and propaganda to deal with the Americans, to tie them down, but now they don't focus on us." Canglong's face was solemn, and his brows were deeply locked.

This is the first time Vivian has seen Canglong like this in Iraq, and in the past in serious crises, Canglong was confident, and all the plans were arranged very properly, so that the United States and the central government had no way to take advantage of it, and even made the United States and the central government embarrassed.

"Wouldn't that be nice? Natasha gave us time to develop, and by the time they had settled the forces in the north and center, we had built a whole system. Vivien wasn't worried.

"That's the scariest thing." Canglong shook his head, "Think about it, if the Mahdi Army and the remnants of the Baath Party in the north and in the middle are dealt with by the government army, won't it be our turn to be the Prophet Army?" ”

"But I can't figure it out, even if the United States is focused on us, don't we have to face them the same? I don't understand, why the Americans relax the pressure on us, and you get nervous? Vivien asked.

"If they focus on us, they will not be able to deal with the Mahdi Army, and without the support of the US military, how can the central government sweep away the remnants of the Mahdi Army and the Baath Party?" Canglong asked rhetorically, "Our role is to drag down the Americans, so that the Mahdi Army and the Ba'ath Party will continue to make trouble, so that we will have time to develop, and the Americans will not be able to reap the benefits of either end." ”

Vivien suddenly realized: "You mean that now that they are focusing on the Mahdi Army and the remnants of the Baath Party in the north, it means that if they are eliminated, the government forces will be able to deal with us with all their might?" ”

"Isn't it?" Canglong said, "Under the guise of asking for autonomy, it is actually a coup d'état, but once the central government relaxes its hand, when the army is overwhelmed, our army will be strong and able to resist the combination of the central government and the Americans?" ”

"Damn it!" Vivien's face changed, "So we are developing well, but we will still be ruined in the future?" ”

"It's not all like that." Canglong smiled, "Since Natasha has changed her strategy, then we will also change her strategy, contact Alidaiyi, I want to have a deep conversation with him." ”

"You want Alidai to support us, all the things that support the Mahdi Army and the remnants of the Baath Party?" Vivien guessed what he was thinking.

"Is there any other way we can do it?" "If the Mahdi Army and the remnants of the Ba'ath Party can drag on for a year or two, then we will have the capital to deal with the Americans." ”

"But I'm afraid they'll be in arrears for two months." Vivian said bluntly, "Among the several rebel forces in Iraq, the Badr Brigade is the most powerful, and even we are not their opponents, how can the Mahdi Army and the remnants of the Baath Party be their opponents?" ”

"So it's not a way out." Canglong smiled, "But when the army is overwhelmed, we will not be completely powerless to resist, it depends on how we engage in diplomacy." ”

"Don't you think it's too late to engage in diplomacy?" Vivien looked sarcastic, "Since you sealed all the oil wells, basically no country has any connection with us, and they hate you and grit their teeth. ”

"Huh." Canglong didn't care, "They are just on the surface, in fact, they are waiting and seeing, this time we have successfully resolved the crisis, they should have decided, this is the plan for the future development of Basra Province, I have decided on the big aspects, and you are discussing with Assad and Chiram on the small side, and implement it as soon as possible." ”

Vivian took the plan and looked at it and was shocked: "Reform and opening up? ”

Canglong smiled and didn't speak, and Vivien didn't question it, and left the base with the plan.

The next day, the Basra provincial government began to regulate market prices, and the supplies obtained from the US military and China were injected into the already empty market, which finally solved the problem of hunger in Basra, and the people were spreading to each other that this was the gift of the Prophet to Allah.

At the same time, the future development of Basra was also put on the agenda, that is, the so-called reform and opening up, first of all, the factories that were closed due to the war in Basra were reorganized and opened, and the consulates of various countries were sent to welcome enterprises from all over the world to invest in Basra, and the implementation of tax reduction and exemption policies, all foreign enterprises that invested in Basra to open factories were only symbolically charged 10% of the tax amount of the past, and the first batch of enterprises to be injected into Basra will be given priority when the government restarts oil wells in the future.

If people work in factories, they can not only get a lot of wages, but also have room and board included, and the government has also set up a reward mechanism for outstanding workers.

As soon as all the policies were implemented, the whole Basra was boiling, of course, the main boiling is the consulates of various countries in Basra, Basra is a port city, and the geographical location in the Middle East is also unique, if you invest here, in addition to the possible war factor, there is basically no other risk, and the human resources of Basra are very cheap, for foreign companies, this is an excellent opportunity.

Although it is boiling, there are still very few foreign companies to negotiate with the provincial government, so foreign forces seem to be waiting, after all, there may be a war here, of course, some small countries in the Middle East, to the point that there are companies willing to invest in Basra, especially some Iranian enterprises, but the main purpose of their negotiations is the right to oil extraction services in Basra, and some of the requirements are even very excessive, so they were directly rejected by Vivian.

However, some of the original factories in Basra are in full swing, and the provincial government has spent all its financial expenditures on the recovery of these enterprises, so all of them are under the jurisdiction of the provincial government, but everyone knows that it is only the recovery of some of the original enterprises in Basra, which has little effect at all.

The reform was immediately problematic, and Governor Chiram and Deputy Governor Assad were in a hurry, until Canglong issued another order: "The government will protect the investment of foreign companies in Basra, and in the event of war or riots, foreign companies will be protected by the Prophet Army as soon as possible like local companies in Basra." ”

As soon as this policy came out, some Western companies began to resist the temptation to start negotiating with Basra, and at the critical moment of reform, Ye Menglong, president of Orient International in China, suddenly announced that he would discuss cooperation with the Basra provincial government, and first cultivate Orient International's unique Wasai No. 1 in Basra.

The entry of Orient International has undoubtedly made many foreign companies stop waiting and seeing, but some large enterprises still have great concerns, until Dubai's Crown Prince Hamulet also announced that he will cooperate with the Basra Provincial Government to discuss financial cooperation and restart all the previous investments of the Emirate of Dubai in Basra.

Hamulet's timely support made most foreign companies stop waiting and wait and see, and began to negotiate cooperation agreements with the Basra provincial government, and for a time this pirated reform and opening up was in full swing in Basra.

In a month's time, many of the world's largest enterprises have opened branches in Basra, and invested in the construction of some factories, and the Basra provincial government has not been stingy, and many procedures have been greenlit along the way.

Among them, Oriental International was the most, contracted almost all the agricultural and pastoral land in Basra, and began to experiment with the cultivation of early rice No. 1, which also implemented the farm system, with the call of the Prophet, the farmers and workers of Basra were in full swing, just because the Prophet gave them hope and promised to solve the hunger and poverty, and also began to improve, and people were convinced that the Prophet would bring Basra to strength.

In addition to the necessary military expenses, Vivien spent all the tax money on the reconstruction of the city of Basra, and the military expenses of the Prophet's army were not much, which solved hunger and poverty, and the people had jobs, and the law and order situation was naturally much better, so the largest militia units basically had a part-time job, and they could be soldiers in wartime, and in peacetime, they became the most advantageous construction force.

After a month, the entire city of Basra is almost no longer full of potholes and bullet holes, schools are reopened, and people are no longer idle, and they have begun to work from 9 to 5.

The only thing that is very uncomfortable is that there are often US drones in the sky over Basra, but the Prophet Army does not seem to care about the US military intrusion into the airspace.

"When was this organization called the Women's Army established, how come I don't know?" Canglong looked at all the civil and military developments in Basra in the past month, and one of them made him frown.

The report states that the establishment of this organization has contributed a lot to the reconstruction of Basra, and it is striking that most of the people in this organization are women, and they have grown and the organization is very tight, although what they are doing is not harmful to Basra, but very beneficial, but Canglong always finds it strange, because Vivien did not report it to him, and he did not know until now.

"It's a feminist organization." Vivian said calmly, "The reason why it was not focused on the previous report is because this organization has made a lot of efforts for our reconstruction, you know that Iraq is a very serious situation of male superiority and inferiority, since it is a reform, it is natural to eliminate some bad habits together, and most of the men in Iraq are very lazy, the supervision of this feminist organization has played a great role, without their help, we would not have rebuilt Basra so quickly." ”

"You support this organization, right?" Canglong frowned.

"Yes, but I wasn't the founder of the organization." Vivien shook her head, "Don't worry, she's more loyal to you as a prophet than any other member of Team B, do you want to meet such a loyal servant?" Great Prophet! ”

Although Vivian used honorifics, Canglong always felt that she was sarcastic, but he didn't care, he wanted to refuse, but for some reason, he actually agreed: "Is she there?" ”

"The reception room awaits your summons." Vivien smiled kindly.

For some reason, Canglong always felt that she had bad behavior: "Let her in." ”

Vivien walked out, and after a few minutes, she brought a person: "Prophet." ”

Canglong's face changed, and when he raised his head, he saw Amira: "Why are you?" ”

"Let's talk, I'll go first." Vivien smiled and walked out, closing the door by the way, and at this point the dragon finally knew why Vivien hadn't reported it to him.