Postscript 8 The land is full of princes
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At the beginning of September, the Chinese mainland is already full of golden leaves, but the Dead Sea still has a touch of summer heat.
This time of year is the most popular time of year for tourism in the Dead Sea, and there is no way to do it, the summer here is so hot that the temperature in the Jordanian desert can often exceed 50 degrees.
In the middle of the day, Jordan's golden desert exudes a heat wave, creating the most beautiful contrast in the world to the turquoise waters of the Dead Sea.
You may have seen such a picture: countless people lying on the sea as if lying on soft beds, some lying in the middle of the sea leisurely reading newspapers and magazines, or closing their eyes or wearing sunglasses to look up at the sky, enjoying every beam of oncoming sunshine. That's right, this is a classic photo that has been sent around the world when you come to the Dead Sea for tourism.
The car drove from Jerusalem, Jordan, towards the Dead Sea, with desert trailing paths. When you get to the sea, you can't see any living creatures alive, and even on the land along the shores of the Dead Sea, there are very few creatures. Along the way, the shores of the lake are deserted, and there are almost no settlements, except for the Dead Sea factory in Sedom, which produces minerals such as potash, bromine and magnesium, and several hotels and spas, which are surprisingly peaceful.
It's not accurate to say it's a sea, because it's just a saltwater lake, less than a thousand square kilometers in size. It is called the sea mainly because the name of this saltwater lake was called the Dead Sea long before AD.
Just like Lake Baikal is called the North Sea by the Chinese, and the Caspian Sea is called the West Sea by the Chinese, it doesn't matter.
The Dead Sea, located at the southernmost tip of the Jordan Valley, is an inland lake with a length of 80 kilometers from north to south and nearly 18 kilometers at its widest point. The eastern shore of the lake is the Transjordan Plateau, and the western shore of the lake is the Judean Mountains.
In a world where there is no Palestine or Israel, most of the Jordan River is the territory of the Kingdom of Jordan. The latter is China's loyal horse boy in the heavenly world.
In the aftermath of World War II, China's relations with Istanbul became increasingly rigid, culminating in an internal war that brought down the vast Ottoman Empire. Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Crimea and other places became independent, and only Istanbul, the Ottoman-owned European land, was still controlled by the Turks.
In Asia, led by the Elam family of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, and the Celestial Peninsula have also chosen independence.
Native chickens, they are still native chickens in a different time and space.
When the 'global village' becomes smaller and smaller, and the local chickens still have a strong ambition, their friendship with China will inevitably turn from strong to weak, and finally kill themselves.
Today, the entire Persian Gulf region is under the control of China, and Persia and Egypt are also regional powers that are not inferior to Turkey. The status of the native chicken is already pitiful to the point that the Ottoman ancestors are alive.
Jordan does not have abundant oil reserves, lacks water resources and has sufficient arable land, and the fastest growing area here is tourism. Tourism is the backbone of Jordan's economy, with attractions such as the ancient city of Petra, the Dead Sea, Jerusalem and the Wadi Rum Desert becoming popular destinations for adventure travel and leisure vacations from both the East and the West.
The Dead Sea has long been a place for tourists and adventurers from the East and the West, and then the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, which is part of the Chinese imperial family, invested heavily in it, and through the classic photographs, exaggerated reports and rich imagination of journalists, the Dead Sea gradually became a tourist destination.
In the beginning, Western countries also extended their tentacles here, but with the beginning of the Third East-West War. Europeans have completely withdrawn from tourism in the Dead Sea. To leave is to leave, and to come back again is impossible.
Forty years on, the Dead Sea has become an old hen that lays golden eggs at the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and one of the pillars of Jordan's tourism industry.
Summer and autumn in the northern hemisphere are the peak tourist seasons here, where you can see people from all continents of the world, including some Chinese soldiers. The closest Chinese overseas military base to the Dead Sea is on the West Bank of the Jordan River, which became a sanatorium for Chinese GIs three or four decades ago.
The water of the Dead Sea is not only salty, but also rich in minerals, and is often soaked in seawater, which can treat chronic diseases such as arthritis. The black mud on the seabed is rich in minerals, which can brighten skin tone, improve dullness, deep cleansing, and lighten lines just like skin care products. And after the evaporation of seawater, a lot of bromine is left behind. Bromine is known for its calming properties, and it is 20 times denser in the air around the Dead Sea than anywhere else on Earth. It is also the highest air pressure on the planet, the lowest lake in the world, with an altitude of -422 meters, and a large amount of oxygen in the air, making people feel free to breathe.
These factors attract millions of tourists every year, and a company affiliated with the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce has opened dozens of beauty sanatoriums on the shores of the Dead Sea, and the sanctuary of the wellness site lives up to its name.
Sitting on a folding recliner, Yingchuan Wang Chen Sui squinted his eyes and looked at the southeast lake, looking at the men and women who were standing on the shore and playing in the shallow water, with a heartfelt smile on his face. Under the sun, everyone's faces were glowing with a healthy ruddy color, and from time to time there was laughter like silver bells, which made Chen Sui can't help but think of his youth.
He had just started college when World War III began, and Chen participated in that war as a medical volunteer.
That war had left him early in the battle for the throne, because the Chinese emperor was the supreme leader of the three armed forces of China, and it was impossible for a nervous breakdown frightened by blood to sit on the throne. Even if the former is already an honorary title.
But Chen Sui did not regret it at all, in the military hospital here, it was in the Dead Sea, he met the woman he owed the most in his life, that was a female doctor from Persia, that good time, enough for Chen Sui to remember forever. Although this relationship ended in tragedy.
Chen Sui didn't want to join the happy time of that group of young men and women, he was already sixty years old, and his heart was no longer young.
Of course, Chen Sui is not on the verge of death, and he is about to die. He is now in the Dead Sea, not to be nostalgic for the past, but to hide from the past. There is a upheaval brewing in China, and many royal family members are involved, either in the same position as the royal family or in opposition to the royal family, but there are also some members of the royal family who have chosen to stay out of the matter, Chen Sui is one of them.
In desert areas, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and it is not uncommon for people to be sunburned to death during the day and frozen to death at night. To survive in such a place, one must learn to adapt to the natural environment.
The night temperature at the Dead Sea is still quite good, because there is water here, which can store enough heat.
In the early morning, the sun is just above the horizon and the temperature is starting to rise, but it's not yet time to feel hot.
Chen Xun put on a nightgown very casually, walked to the window, stretched out his hand to push the window open, and looked down the street below the hotel. It was just dawn, and there were no pedestrians in sight on the street, only a few guards in security uniforms and local Jordanian police stood at the corner of the street, looking around, looking on guard.
No matter what Chen Sui is, he is also a prince, even if the power color of the Chinese royal family is rapidly fading, and the strong commercial color almost annihilates the royal family, but if Chen Sui has an accident in Jordan, it will be a big deal. On the opposite side of the street is a row of low-rise buildings in the Chinese style, with some of the more spacious courtyards scattered among them.
At this time, the whole resort area is a small 'Dead Sea', and few people will wake up at five o'clock.
Taking advantage of the time before breakfast, Chen Sui used this free time to stand by the window and breathe in the fresh air. The king of Jordan and the king of nearby Iraq repeatedly extended invitations to Chen Sui to visit Amman and Baghdad.
Now China has rolled up the tide of utensils and fortunes, with the endorsement of many political and business tycoons, and this influence has blown to the heavenly world thousands of miles away. Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, the Hejaz, and even Persia, Gurkha, and Sikhs, all of which still have strong feudal systems, are all concerned about China's every move.
For many years, they have been attached to the wing of the Chinese emperor and have gone through wars and storms again and again. And now the emperor of China is about to lose his last power, which makes many people overwhelmed.
Chen Sui turned around and walked to the living room, where there was a map of the heavenly world. He easily found the Persian Gulf and the Tigris. That river is one of the most important rivers in Iraq, and together with another river in the southwest, the Euphrates, it forms a two-river basin known as the "Fertile Crescent." With abundant water resources and convenient irrigation, it is a rare agricultural area in the world.
His first visit to the two ancient rivers and Baghdad was 40 years ago, during the war. In World War III, the Western coalition forces had an important battle plan in the early stage of the operation, which was to occupy Egypt and the Tianfang Peninsula, crush China's domination in the Tianfang world, and occupy the Suez Canal at the same time.
But in fact, the sun of the last empire on earth still hangs high in the sky. With 300,000 troops and assisted by the Celestial Aborigines, the Chinese resisted the offensive of a million Western coalition troops, whose battle plan failed.
Throughout the Third World War, the Celestial World and the Eastern Mediterranean were always fierce battlefields. It was also after this war that China completely dominated the heavenly world beyond the native chicken.
Whether he is a sultan, an emir, a chieftain, or a king, he is the little brother in front of China. China has sheltered them from the wind and rain, and in the past 40 years, they have taken them from ignorance to civilization, from faith to secularity, and they have relied on China more than in the previous 40 years.
Because no one will live that conservative life of faith after experiencing the rich material and spiritual life of modern civilization.
Jordan and Iraq are both loyal little brothers of China, although there have never been serious foreign princesses and queens in the Chinese royal family, but among the concubines and side concubines, heavenly beauties also appear from time to time.
The communication between the Chinese royal family and the royal families of the two countries is very close. Obviously, the royal families of Jordan and Iraq are panicking. They are not sure whether this is a wave confined to China or a wave that will affect the whole world.
You must know that in these Heavenly Kingdoms, the royal family has too much wealth and power in their hands.
Although this world does not want to have two giants of the Cold War like the original time and space, if you are pro-Europe and the United States, you will offend Red Russia, and it is difficult to get a balance. In the current world, there is only one boss, but it is precisely because of a stable boss as a backer, that these ruling classes are in a stable position, and they will be more bold to extract benefits for themselves.
There are a lot of 'princes' here, lots and lots of 'royals'. There are more Celestial Princes than Celestial Programmers. The older generation of heavenly nobles had many wives, and although they could only have four at the same time, you could "keep four all the time", so they gave birth to dozens or hundreds of children. These children have children in turn...... In the end, the land was full of princes. Therefore, those who become high-ranking officials and have a lot of money are almost always "princes", or royal families, or chieftain families.
In the heavenly world, 80% of society's wealth is in the hands of 5% of people. It's just that because of oil, the per capita income of Syria, the Tianfang Peninsula, Persia and other countries is not low, which makes the Tianfang World centered on the Tianfang Peninsula look very rich. But in fact, the society here is very polarized, and the class is stable, and it is difficult for the people at the bottom to climb to the top through hard work.
Now, of course, the royal family is afraid. If they are unlucky, they will have nowhere to run.