Xia Jun is not keen on domestic mining at present, but is keen on overseas mining, although the domestic minerals have been planned, but have not entered the state of excavation.

These mines are precious reserves, and he doesn't want to dig too much.

If it is the building materials resources in Fujian, it is no problem to dig as much as you want, as long as you do not destroy the groundwater, and the building materials resources of Fujian are abundant, dig a little more evenly, basically will not destroy any groundwater.

As for those precious mineral resources, Xia Jun's principle is not to dig if you can, not to dig if you can, to import if you can, and to consume the reserves of other countries first.

The layout of Shanxi is only for emergencies. However, Xia Jun may have been in a hurry, making the Yan chief in Shanxi wonder if he had any bad intentions.

…… For example, in Shandong, Henan, Liangguang, Yunnan and Guizhou, the local governors have little interest in the East China Commercial Pavilion.

The only thing that can be regarded as interesting is the issue of arms.

The East China Merchant House only sells individual weapons to them, and the light machine gun is not in the list, no matter how much they buy those rifles, they are almost the same, light machine guns and heavy machine guns are different, not every force can buy those big killing weapons from the East China Merchant Hall.

In addition to the East China Commercial Museum opened in China, the East China Commercial Center began to open abroad.

Nanyang, Indochina Peninsula, these places have sent personnel, and at the same time there are also merchant houses in Australia, and Xia Jun also sent a merchant house to Saudi Arabia.

He valued Saudi Arabia's oil, which had not yet appeared.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Saud became the head of the House of Saud, who led the Saudis to regain Riyadh in 1902 and defeated the Rashid family in 1906 to restore the Saud family's dominance in Najd. In order to consolidate the power gained and eliminate the division of the tribes, in 1910 the "Ikhvan? Tawhid" (Unitarian Brotherhood), and later established the Ikhwan farming area "Hijilai", which enabled the nomads who joined the Ikhwan to settle down and engage in agriculture.

"Xijilai" is actually a complex of religion, politics, economy, and military. The original Higilai was based in Altavia and grew to more than 140 in 1939. Saudi soldiers were recruited mainly from Hiji. Soldiers provided their own weapons, mounts, and rations, and each of them received a share of the spoils of war. In 1915, Britain forced Saudi Arabia to sign the "Treaty of Friendship and Alliance" and recognized his rule over Najd, Al Hasa and other places.

At this time, the Saud family also faced an enemy, and that was the Rashid family.

Xia Jun felt that he could contact Saudi Arabia and exchange military assistance for Saudi Arabia's oil exploration rights, so that the oil shortage could be solved.

At this time, the world's oil was basically monopolized by the alliance of Mobil and Baku kerosene plant owners, and it was difficult to buy crude oil, so it had to be extracted by itself.

Crude oil is also something that is urgently needed at present, and the Jiangsu oilfield can be temporarily supported for a while, and the annual output of 1.5 million tons is also quite large.

But with the increase of internal combustion engines, these oils are very tight, and Xia Jun also has to carry out oil reserves.

Personnel sent to Saudi Arabia had departed a month earlier, sending a telegram on March 29 reporting that the Saudi family was not interested in Chinese arms aid.

The cable also reported that the Saud family even ridiculed them. At this time, China was far from having any international status, and the Saudi family naturally did not take China seriously.

This telegram took Xia Jun into the spotlight and sent a telegram to the merchant houses that were in the British protectorate, asking them to contact the Rashid family.

Xia Jun doesn't mind creating a Rashid Arab.

The Rashid family is also an Islamist force, but they are not as controlled as the Saudis, and they are now at an extreme disadvantage and easier to control.

Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, has already achieved a clear advantage at this time, and supporting them is tantamount to icing on the cake, and they will not appreciate it yet.

…… Arabian Peninsula.

By this time, most of the agricultural area had been occupied by the Saudis, and the Rashid family had to survive in the desolate land, even hiding in the UAE, which is also a protected area in the United Kingdom.

The staff of the East China Commercial Center quickly contacted the Rashid family, and the Rashid family learned that the Chinese wanted to help them, although they did not hold out much hope, but the Rashid family, who was about to go into exile, still seemed to grasp a life-saving straw and talked with the East China Commercial Center.

Just a week later, the two sides were able to negotiate results.

The Rashid family promised that if the East China Autonomous Government could help them with advanced weapons and enough food and other supplies, after they occupied the Arab region, they could hand over the entire territory of oil exploration rights to China for 99 years, and at the same time no oil export duties would be imposed.

The result of such negotiations is that the Rashid family does not attach enough importance to oil, and they do not know that there is a lot of oil in the Arabian Peninsula, they only think that there may be oil in the Arabian Peninsula, but it should not be too much, and it is obviously a cost-effective thing to exchange aid at such a small price.

Ibn? Rashid was the patriarch of the Rashid family, and for this reason he decided to personally travel to Hangzhou, China, to sign an aid agreement with Xia Jun.

The Rashid family could have received arms and food aid without going to Hangzhou, but the Rashid family had fallen to the point that there were few people.

Giving them weapons may not necessarily win the battle, so Ibn Rashid wants to go to Hangzhou to talk about mercenaries, and it is best if the East China Autonomous Axe can hire a few battalions for them.

The military strength of the Saudi family is not too strong, but there are quite a lot of rifles in weapons and equipment, and Rashid's last hope is pinned on the axe of East China's autonomous government.

…… Xia Jun in Hangzhou has stopped at this time, and what should be exchanged has also been exchanged, and the next thing is to accumulate points and start to sprint for technology and more advanced agricultural crops.

The lowest level 1 crop is 1 million cultivation bases, but level 2 is 1 billion (after looking at the previous article, the number of levels is a bit reversed, changing level 4 to the highest, level 1 is the lowest), level 3 cultivation base is 5 billion, and level 4 is 10 billion.

In terms of high technology, once it is separated from a certain level of technology, the price is also extremely high, generally hundreds of millions.

The points must be kept to redeem these things, at this time Xia Jun already has a certain foundation, many things have been able to build by himself, and there is no longer any need to deliberately redeem them.

Ibn? Rashid soon came to Hangzhou, China on a 10,000-ton cargo ship of the East China Ocean Shipping Company, and when Ibn saw that the East China Autonomous Axe could have such a large ship, he affirmed the strength of the East China Autonomous Axe a lot, and his expectations for this time were also a few points higher.

Ibn? Rashid was a very young patriarch, because his father had just hung up, but he met in Hangzhou with the head of the East China Autonomous Axe, who was much younger than him.

Xia Jun received Ibn at the East China Hotel in Hangzhou? Rashid and each side brought an English translator, one from Arabic to English, and the other from Chinese to English.

"We need help, preferably three thousand soldiers, so that we can defeat the Saudis." Ibn? Rashid said.

After translating, Xia Jun shook his head and said: "Three thousand people is too many, in our opinion, we don't need three thousand people to defeat Saudi Arabia at all, I can only hire one thousand people from you at most." ”

"Is it only a thousand?" Ibn? Rashid asked, somewhat disappointed.

"Yes, only a thousand." Xia Jun said in an unquestionable tone, originally he wanted to send a battalion over, but he didn't know much about the situation of the Rashid family, and at the same time, a battalion was still too small to be thrown into the Arabian Peninsula, so the number was doubled.

"Of course, we will train soldiers for your Rashid family, and we will also provide you with weapons, food and other supplies, and ensure that you can win the war against the Saudis, but you must also guarantee that after victory, the oil exploration rights of the Arabian Peninsula will be granted to us East China Petroleum Company." Xia Jun continued.

After the translation, Rashid lifted his spirits and said excitedly: "No problem, we can give you the right to explore oil for 99 years." ”

Ninety-nine years is enough time to dig up all the oil in the Arabian Peninsula, of course, if the Rashid family can be more honest as a younger brother, they can not dig up their oil first.

Except for oil, Xia Jun has no interest in anything else in the Arabian Peninsula, it is just a barren place, if it weren't for oil, Xia Jun would even ignore this place like the current British.

…… In the days that followed, Ibn ? Rashid was taken to the barracks for a visit, Ibn ? Rashid realized how wrong he had been.

The Chinese have such a well-equipped army that they do not need three thousand people at all, as long as they hire him a battalion as the main force, it is enough to defeat the Saud family.

At the same time, the Chinese promised to help him train his army and would equip them with similar equipment to theirs, much to Rashid's delight.

He knew that he had come to the right place, and that the conditions of the Chinese were very low, and they only needed oil exploration rights. Rashid admired his wise decision.

As everyone knows, his decision was stupid, and he sold the entire country's great wealth.

Ibn? Rashid soon signed the "Agreement on China's Aid to the Arab Kingdom of Rashid" drafted by the two sides, which stated that China would train troops for the Rashid family and provide them with no less than 100,000 tons of grain every year, and that the Rashid family would authorize all exploration rights on the Arabian Peninsula to the East China Petroleum Company and would not impose any tariffs on the production and export of oil.

The aid to the Rashid family is nothing more than some low-cost weapons and food. Xia Jun is not short of these weapons now, let alone lack of food, but is worried that too much grain will be planted and food prices will plummet.

After the aid agreement was signed, Xia Jun immediately mobilized two infantry battalions from the First Division, as well as a rapid-fire artillery company, as well as 5,000 M1 Garand and 5 million rounds of ammunition that had just been produced, as well as 100,000 tons of grain onto the cargo ship.

There are not many weapons for assistance, mainly considering the possible betrayal of the Rashid family, if they turn to the British and tear their faces apart, the East China Autonomous Axe will really not be able to help them for a while, after all, oil is something that can make people crazy.

However, if the Rashid family betrays, they will face horrific consequences. If these Middle Easterners don't cooperate, the Jews will.

Five days later, two 10,000-ton cargo ships sailed from Hangzhou to the Arabian Peninsula, heralding the beginning of China's intervention in the Middle East, although the choice of a spokesman for the Islamic world was not perfect.

(To be continued)