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Actually, it's an oasis.

The palace was built next to the only source of water, surrounded by an endless desert, and the farthest towns were dozens of kilometers away, with no roads to connect them.

Before the helicopter landed, Wang Dong noticed that there were three other air defense positions nearby, and several anti-aircraft missile launchers were deployed.

With the exception of camels, only helicopters can get in and out.

A local tyrant is a local tyrant, who would build a royal palace in the desert if he has nothing to do?

Obviously, it is not the nobles of the Saudi royal family who are qualified to come here, or the invited VIPs.

Wang Dong, it's obviously the latter.

No sooner had the helicopter landed than a gold-plated Rolls-Royce drove by, but the palace was just across the waterhole, just a few minutes' walk away.

Prince Waleed is so gracious, Wang Dong naturally follows the local customs.

After getting into the car, Wang Dong found that all the ornaments in the car were plated with a layer of gold, perhaps made of pure gold, which was a bit extravagant.

Obviously, the Saudi royal family believes that only gold can bring out the noble status of the royal family.

The palace is not very large, more like a manor.

In fact, it is just one of the hundreds of palaces owned by the Saudi royal family, managed by a special agency, and it is often visited by high-ranking princes.

As for the Saudi king, he rarely leaves Riyadh.

After sending Wang Dong to the back garden, the waiter who looked like a housekeeper left.

It is indeed a garden, planted with many precious flowers, and even a few Chinese peonies, the most striking of which is the row of straight palm trees.

Prince Waleed is inside the awning under the palm trees.

Actually, this is Saudi Arabia.

If you were in China, you would definitely build a pavilion here, instead of building an awning that looks like a tent and is not so beautiful.

Perhaps, it's just that the Saudi royal family has not forgotten tradition.

Before the discovery of oil, Saudi Arabia was the poorest country in the world, and the founding king, Ibn Saud, rode on horseback and lived in tents.

"Your Highness."

"Well, this garden is nice, isn't it?" As he said this, Waleed looked at the peonies.

Wang Dong just smiled, he didn't have much interest in gardening, and he didn't know much about it.

"This is a gift from the Governor of Henan Province to Crown Prince Mohammed when he visited China last year, and I heard that it is a very valuable variety."

"Actually, the climate here is not suitable for growing peonies."

"yes, so I hired a few florists from Huaxia and planned to build a greenhouse."

Wang Dong was a little speechless, for the sake of a few peonies, is this necessary?

"Musharraf went to Saleh, so you should know that he has gone to Pakistan." Waleed made a gesture of please.

Wang Dong was very measured, and only after Prince Waleed sat down did he sit down on the chair next to him.

"Our relationship with Pakistan, even if I don't say it, you should know it. It's just that there is a powerful relationship in this, and you may not have thought of it. ”

"Your Highness......"

Waleed pressed his hand and said: "For decades, we have always regarded Pakistan as the most important ally, not only because Pakistan has more than 200 million people and is the most populous Muslim country, but also because Pakistan has nuclear weapons and is the only recognized nuclear-armed country in the Muslim world, but also because of Pakistan's relationship with China, at least China has always regarded Pakistan as a hardcore ally." ”

Wang Dong frowned, Prince Waleed's words did not surprise him.

"It is precisely because of this relationship that we attach great importance to the relationship with Huaxia and believe that Huaxia is a trustworthy and reliable friend."

"Your Highness......"

"Let me tell you something." Waleed paused for a moment before he said, "It was more than thirty years ago, just after the end of the Fourth Middle East War, and the Arab coalition forces suffered another crushing defeat. Although we have used oil as a weapon and have achieved some results in attacking Western countries that support Israel through embargoes, oil is not a weapon and cannot bring us reliable security guarantees. In addition, the revolutionary movement in the north exposes us to the threat of fighting on two fronts. If we do not have weapons in our hands that pose a real threat to the enemy, then when war breaks out again, it will not be just Palestine, but everything that will be lost. ”

Wang Dong didn't understand why Waleed was saying this, but he didn't interject.

"Although we have turned to the United States to improve relations with Western countries, we have been ruthlessly rejected after we made a request. In the final analysis, Israel is the number one ally of the United States and other Western countries in the Middle East, and we are only the oil depot of Western countries, so the United States and other Western countries will never sell us any weapons that can pose a threat to Israel, especially offensive weapons. ”

Wang Dong nodded slightly, indicating that he understood what Prince Walid meant.

"Subsequently, we found Huaxia through Pakistan. In order to help us, Huaxia resisted pressure from Western countries and signed the treaty only after the delivery was completed. ”

"Your Highness is talking about ......"

"CSS-3 long-range ballistic missile."

Wang Dong's brows jumped a few times, and then he understood why Waleed said this.

In the 80s of the last century, Saudi Arabia spent $3.5 billion to buy more than 30 CSS-3 types, that is, DF-3 medium-range ballistic missiles, from China.

At that time, China had not fallen out with the United States and other Western countries.

In order to prevent China from exporting ballistic missiles with strategic deterrence capability to Saudi Arabia, the United States and other Western countries intervened and even threatened to terminate military cooperation with China.

Huaxia withstood the pressure and delivered CSS-3 missiles to Saudi Arabia on time.

To this end, Huaxia signed the Treaty on the Limitation of Ballistic Missile Proliferation several years later, that is, after all CSS-3s were delivered to Saudi Arabia.

In the decades that followed, dozens of CSS-3s remained the most important, if not the only, strategic counterattack weapon for Saudi Arabia.

Of course, that's not all.

After the expiration of the Treaty on the Limitation of Ballistic Missile Proliferation, Saudi Arabia immediately acquired the DF-21B to replace the already outdated CSS-3.

That is, the strategic counterattack weapons that Saudi Arabia now has are still from China.

Looking at the world, the only country willing to provide Saudi Arabia with the strategic counterattack weapons necessary to maintain national security is China, and there are no additional requirements.

Although those dozens of CSS-3s have not been used except for participating in military parades, without these missiles, will Saudi Arabia be able to maintain basic peace and stability over the past few decades?

You must know that in the past few decades, many wars have broken out in the Gulf region, and Saudi Arabia has always been alone.

In addition, there are no conditions attached to the arms sale, which is even more appreciated by the Saudi royal family.

It's not that there is a problem with the conditions, but except for China, no country, especially Western countries, has such an attitude of respecting Saudi Arabia.