In this era, the excavation of oil pipelines is not so simple, not only requires a large amount of steel, but also needs to carry out the necessary treatment, is buried under the surface, oil has a certain corrosiveness, which needs to be treated more, itself this pipeline, with plastic materials is the best, but, for the time being, there is no suitable one, there are in the laboratory, but those materials, the consumption of wealth will be more. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If China builds it by itself, it will definitely not be so troublesome, what is the steel, the ex-factory price plus the freight can be, with China's steel production capacity of more than 100 million tons, the price of steel pipes is not expensive, even if you add many treatments, such as coatings and paints, it is not expensive, but if you want to put it between Baku and Basra, then you need to do business.

Since the beginning of the war, most of the world's strategic materials have gone through several rounds of price increases, and the most used steel is even more so, the price of merchant ships has risen, on the one hand, because of the increase in demand for merchant ships and the increase in cargo prices, but on the other hand, it is not the result of the rise in steel, in fact, merchant ships are not the most obvious, the most obvious is the battleship, a battleship of more than 30,000 tons, most of the tonnage is steel, when the price of steel has increased several times, even Britain and Germany are a little painful, In German history, the Bavarian class, the highest class in World War I, only completed 2 ships, and did not even participate in the Battle of Jutland.

At this moment, although Germany is far more abundant than in history, and even because of the oil and labor output of Baku, it has obtained a large amount of funds, but the front is huge and the pressure is huge, Germany, basically every penny, have been used, a lot of funds fell as early as a year ago, this oil pipeline, Germany is supporting, after all, it is the use of oil pipelines to reduce costs, but also to reduce the pressure on the 3B railway, which is equivalent to improving the profits of Germany, which of course Germany likes very much. However, Germany has no money and no manpower, and everything is demanded from China, and even like Baku, let China carry out construction, and they will give certain concessions in the subsequent sharing.

If it is a similar to Baku, or even only one-third of Baku's output, or even a quarter of the oil field, the Chinese side will definitely propose that they do the oil pipeline, but Baku has raised the share quota to the highest premise, and then it is impossible to increase it, and the profit of the simple oil pipeline is said to be possible to recover the cost in 20 years, after all, which oil pipeline is not only used for one or two decades, but is held for fifty years, or even a hundred years, so the proportion is not too much.

It's just that China is reluctant to gamble, after all, when the war ends in 2 years, or even 3 years, the situation after that is somewhat uncertain, after all, this pipeline is built on the other side's territory, and it is itself that loses the slightest wind and grass.

At present, when the output of the oil field reaches 150 million tons, more than 5 percent of the share is enough to recover the cost of investment in those oil fields, and the rest are pure profits, which is still above the current oil price, in China's view, the price of oil is greatly underestimated, below 10 US dollars per barrel, at least 40 US dollars to be considered normal, so down, the income will be higher, as long as the war lasts for 3 years, the benefits are huge.

The oil pipeline is between what can and can't, and even put forward this, but also with a different mind, in the middle, there is a lot of bargaining, must reach a good foundation, in order to allow the two sides to negotiate, the current situation, not bad, Germany is recognized by this oil pipeline, and feels that this oil pipeline can be repaired, this is enough, itself ran out of this plan is a tentative Chinese, take the opportunity to take out the ownership of the Middle East as a discussion, this proposal is Yang Yuanzhao made instructions, Diplomats have been looking for an opportunity, and it just so happened that the plan for this oil pipeline was proposed.

The Middle East is a treasure land, this, in this world, only Yang Yuanzhao knows, at present, in the eyes of the world, is a desert area, even in the future generations, the desert is also a forbidden area for human beings, in the case of human beings have no ability to change the climate, the governance of the desert is only small and fragmented.

In this era when there was no developed technology, the desert is the same, no one likes it, from Baghdad to Basra, this piece is the essence of the Middle East, but unfortunately this section is under the control of the Chinese, especially Baghdad, the largest city in the Middle East, has long been lost because of the British attack, and after being taken by the Chinese, it is impregnable by China, from this point, even if China does not propose this, Germany has no way.

Of course, Yang Yuanzhao knows that he can't do anything if he doesn't mention Germany, China has this strength to eat this, and the reason why he tried to put forward this is for the sake of rationality, the territory currently controlled by China is too large, and the Middle East is very important, and it does not border China, the harsh environment and huge wealth will make him the biggest destabilizing factor, take precautions, and solve one first.

Now China is using the oil pipeline project to put forward this, and even make huge concessions in the oil pipeline, which is a good idea for Germany, which is equivalent to saying that Germany will reduce at least tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars, these money, in the next 20 years, will come back from the reduced consumption, the Middle East in the Kaiser's impression, is just a desert barren land, the only valuable place is the Suez Canal.

Regarding the Suez Canal, China specifically proposed, in the future, after the war of the Entente, this canal will be jointly managed by China and Germany, to ensure Germany's right of way, and to dispatch manpower to dig this canal, for the traditional Continental Army country of Germany, the role of the Suez Canal is not as big as that of the United Kingdom, only the right of way and tonnage are required, under the premise that there is no problem in this aspect, how can it be possible to pay attention to others, relative to the interests of the Middle East, rich Africa is Germany's focus, Especially near South Africa, where diamonds and gold are abundant, that is the greatest wealth.

China not only ensured the interests of Germany, used oil pipelines to meet Germany, and made concessions on some projects, but also made a part of the compensation to Turkey, mainly in terms of cash and materials, 300 million US dollars in cash and the same amount of materials, which had already smashed Turkey, after joining the Allies, the performance of the Turkish army was quite poor, that is, in the case of Germany occupying Baku, it recovered a part of the territory for war, but as soon as Russia counterattacked, he was defeated, They also know that it is a problem of equipment, and now they have this opportunity, of course, to get as much benefit as possible, as long as there is such a batch of money and materials, they will equip at least 50 elite troops like the German division, and China has even promised to train the troops, which is one of the biggest reasons why Turkey agreed.

Turkey in more than 4 years of war, did not fight many wars, this is very safe, but correspondingly, security means that there is no benefit, watching Germany and China open up their territory and take such a large territory, they are also ready to move, from Russia to take back part of the territory, the worst, can also go to the direction of Asia, go to the land that originally belonged to the Ottoman Empire, can not beat the Russians, can not beat the ****** of Central Asia, especially the German side, after knowing Turkey's ambitions, I also support this very much, although in Central Asia, except for Iran, which is controlled by Britain, there is no Entente power, but Germany is still thinking about the Eurasian Railway, although it is not opened by Germany, but if Turkey can hit the border with China, then the Eurasian Railway will be connected, although connecting the 3B railway from Xinjiang will waste some distance, but compared with the sea, the efficiency is still extremely high.

Even if Turkey thinks that it is territorially complete, it can't say anything, the immediate benefits are not occupied, the materials and money are combined, more than 600 million US dollars, this is not something that Turkey can refuse, besides, what if it refuses, China has begun to build cities here, immigrant population, and drive out the aborigines, all this, in the past, the British also often did, the British were forcibly expelled, without any compensation, which will cause dissatisfaction among these aborigines, but China's approach is, Drive them to another section of the Persian Gulf, that is, the position of Iran, give a certain salary compensation, as well as build cities, build houses, etc., which help them to establish a foothold on the Iranian side, as for how to develop in the future, the Chinese do not care, in this way, greatly reduce their determination to resist and come back, China's development has been smooth, urban and economic development is good.

The agreement of Germany and Turkey, in fact, China completely occupies the Middle East, there is no longer any problem, even Austria-Hungary, which is also an ally country, has no way to raise objections, Austria-Hungary will certainly not do this, to a certain extent, Austria-Hungary did not perform well in World War I, they are willing to be Germany's logistics captain at this time, and they have undertaken a lot of projects in Germany with population, and have almost withdrawn from the front-line battle.

As for the Entente, its own enemies, counting on their approval, China hardly took into account their opinions, and when the plan of the oil pipeline and the support for Turkey were in place, the Arabian Peninsula, the largest peninsula in the world, had become China's inherent territory, and China could justifiably raise its national flag and name the cities here with Chinese, and in a short period of time, turn the many ancient civilizations in the two river basins into Chinese names, and completely neutralize them. (To be continued.) )