The misery of the colonial people is not something that can be said in a sentence or two, as can be seen when you think of the black slaves who were trafficked all over the world.

Since the beginning of the 19th century, the slave trade has been declining, but it has not been completely eliminated.

In fact, the slave trade did not begin with the global colonization of Western colonizers, but with the entry of Arabs into Africa.

At that time, the Arabs did not have oil to buy and could not sell, so the slave trade became a means of making money for some non-productive peoples.

Algeria under the rule of the French, like other African countries, was also plundered and exploited by the suzerain, at this time the national consciousness has not yet awakened in the world, so Africa is not popular "revolution", although the Algerians opposed the invasion of the French before 1905, but when the time came to the 20s of the 19th century, the French had already occupied the entire territory of Algeria, and the Algerians no longer resisted, and they even organized an army to join the Entente and participated in the world war.

The headquarters of the Foreign Legion in Algeria was established in Sidi Belle Abbas, about 100 kilometers south of Oran, which is the spiritual home of the Foreign Legion, and all the Foreign Legions regard it as a sacred place......

Definitely not including the Chinese, although there are many Chinese, but they have never even been to Sidi Bel Abbas.

Qin Zhiyuan is also excluded.

Algeria currently has a national territory of about 2.38 million square kilometres and a population of about 5.6 million people, of which about 800,000 are European immigrants and their descendants, about two people per square kilometre. More than 90 percent of Algeria's population lives on the Mediterranean coast in the north, and the Sahara Desert in the south-central part is deserted.

When he saw the current situation in Algeria, Qin Zhiyuan was immediately moved.

You know, the Hasimesau oil field, which ranks high in the world, is in the north-east region of Algeria, where the reserves are about 6 billion barrels; The Woolwood oil field, located 320 kilometers from the Hasimesau oil field, also has reserves of more than 2.3 billion barrels. These places are still no man's land now, and no one has found them, if Qin Zhiyuan starts to get these places now......

Tsk, it's exciting to think about.

The importance of oil resources was already beginning to be realized at this time, but only because Europe was fighting with each other, and all countries had no spare resources to find mineral veins, so they could only use the existing oil fields to support the war effort.

At the beginning of the war, in 1914, the French army had only 110 trucks, 60 tractors and 132 aircraft. So far, that number has increased to 60,000 trucks and 10,000 aircraft. During the same period, Britain engaged in the war with more than 80,000 trucks and more than 4,000 aircraft, and now consumes an unthinkable 10,000 barrels of oil per day.

Throughout the course of the war, oil opened the door to the amazing mobility of modern warfare.

Under the leadership of Field Marshal von Mackensen, Germany went to Romania last year with the main consideration of regrouping, production, and pipeline enterprises, which had previously been divided between Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, and Romania, into a large conglomerate.

In the war, the only one who could guarantee the oil supply of the Luftwaffe, tank forces and the U-fleet was Romania.

Forty percent of the British, whose navy ships used oil as power, once launched a campaign in the Dardanelles that led to Churchill's resignation as Secretary of the Admiralty, in order to ensure that the oil of Baku, Russia, could be supplied to Britain and France for use in the war effort.

French Senator Henri Berzhenguer, then head of the Petroleum Commission, famously said, "Oil is the blood of victory, and Germany exaggerates its superiority in steel and coal at the expense of ours."

This would lead to catastrophic consequences, which would be followed by the middle of 1918.

Since oil is important enough, and the French have huge oil fields in Algeria without knowing it, there must be a hole in between.

So Qin Zhiyuan immediately asked Leotera about the possibility of buying land.

"Buy desert? You're not crazy, are you? What do you want those places for? Do you lack sand? "Leotera was unbelievable.

As a military man, Leothai is qualified, but as a businessman......

Leothai could not become a businessman, he could find fleeting fighters on the battlefield, but in business, he could not even understand the simple "buy high and sell low".

"If I told you that there was oil in the Sahara Desert, you would understand!" Qin Zhiyuan didn't plan to eat alone.

In this world, there is no such thing as eating alone. Only by pulling enough vested interests and protecting their own interests can they enjoy fruitful results, if Qin Zhiyuan now monopolizes the Hasimesau oil field, then Qin Zhiyuan's only ending is to be strung to death, and there is no other possibility.

Think about it, if Qin Zhiyuan privately owns the Hasimes Sawoud oil field, it is difficult to guarantee that the French government will not be blushing, although for Westerners, the saying "private property is sacrosanct" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but that is when there is not enough private property, if it is enough to a certain extent......

Think of the Renault factory after World War II.

"Oil? Is there really oil......" Leotera was obviously taken aback, got up directly from his chair, shook for a moment, and then fell down again: "What if there is?" The Sahara Desert is so big, is it possible that one well after another is being drilled through it? I'm afraid we won't find it until the day we die. ”

This is a fact, everyone knows that there are treasures inside the earth, but it is not easy to find accurately, many times, the money spent on detecting an oil field is astronomical, and there may even be a situation where the value of the oil field found cannot make up for the exploration cost.

But more often than not: no oil fields can be found at all!

"I'll be in charge of detection, you go and open up the joints, how about we set up a company and share the benefits together?" Qin Zhiyuan took the bait.

"If I'm only responsible for opening up the joints, that's fine." Leothai is just not good at business, but he is not stupid, Qin Zhiyuan's condition is equivalent to sending money to Leotai, and Leothai has no reason to refuse.

"What do you mean, you're not going to be a shengding?" Qin Zhiyuan was dissatisfied, so he had to be more or less interesting.

"Hahaha...... Do you think I look like a rich man? If you want to find someone to pay, you can go to Luis. "Leotera helped Qin Zhiyuan open up a financial route.

"Of course I'll look for it, I don't have the money to ......" Qin Zhiyuan actually got the idea.

This little ship of friendship doesn't look solid!

"It's better to pull your father-in-law again." Luis makes a move.

"Then what am I looking for you? Won't it be over if I go to Ferdinand to open the joint? "Qin Zhiyuan can't look down on this person who plans to eat white food.

"Hehe, for France, my connections are indeed inferior to your father-in-law, but if you talk about colonies, hehe......" Leotey looked proud.

Leoté was proud, having served in Algeria in 1880 and returning to Algeria in 1903 as commander of the Einsiffra Military Region, having served in France's overseas colonies for 37 years, and there was hardly anyone in the French army who was more qualified than Leoté.

"Uh-huh...... Okay, but it will affect your income, and if you don't work, you won't be able to eat! Qin Zhiyuan gave in, so he would not be tough on this matter to the end.

"It doesn't matter, you can give as much as you want!" Leotel could see the posterior molars.

Of course, this is an oil field, even if it is only one percent, it will be far more than Leotai's salary.

After finalizing the matter of the oil field, Qin Zhiyuan no longer talked nonsense, and went out with Leothai to find their own people.

At the door, Akashi Genjiro was still waiting, and when he saw Leotai and Qin Zhiyuan coming out, he immediately greeted him.

"Your Excellency Minister......" Akashi Motojiro looked at Qin Zhiyuan and stopped talking.

"General Akashi, please don't say anything about that incident, if the soldier hadn't died on the battlefield, he would definitely not have been recognized. I have downplayed this matter given the relationship between our two countries, but this does not mean that the French War Department supports such behavior. Leotai's expression turned cold, and he looked at Akashi Genjiro and the others expressionlessly.

At the door of Leotai's office, there are actually a lot of people coming and going, Leothai has more than a dozen secretaries of his own, and there are even more staff members of the War Department.

When Leotai came out of the office, everyone would stop what they were doing and show their respect by watching Leotai leave. At this time, Leotai had just finished speaking, and almost everyone understood the intention of Akashi Genjiro and his party.

Akashi Genjiro came for the honor of the soldiers who were shot by Qin Zhiyuan.

This is really shameless, it is molesting nurses, and it is raising rebellion, such a person still has honor at all?

When did the honor of France become so worthless?

Most of the staff in Leota's office were women, and they were even more disgusted with violence against women, so when Leothai finished speaking, almost everyone looked at Akashi Motojiro and his party with contempt, and several female officers even cursed in low voices, without the slightest concealment.

"Your Excellency, the fact that they have done something wrong, but who have been punished in a targeted manner, is in itself beyond the norm. And they came to help France, isn't that enough to save their reputation? Akashi Genjiro was unaware of the gaze of others, and asked Leotai with a sad and angry face.

"General Akashi, please draw your attention to the fact that although they have come to fight against the evil Germany, they have extended their evil black hand to the nurses who take care of them, which is dishonorable in any way, and noble intentions cannot hide their despicable nature, which cannot be changed." Leotai stopped and said to Akashi Motojiro Masashi.

"Your Excellency, you have a double standard, because right next to you, someone has also extended his evil black hand to French women, and you have not shown it in the slightest." The eager young Sakuro next to Akashi Genjiro didn't choose to speak.

This said something else, the spearhead was directly aimed at Qin Zhiyuan, because Qin Zhiyuan was by Leotai's side, and Qin Zhiyuan was followed by Mixia, who was ready to leave together when he saw Qin Zhiyuan come out.

Michael?

This is truly intolerable.

(To be continued.) )