North Africa, Algeria, the New Baku Corridor, Hasimesod, that is, the New Baku oil field under the command of United Petroleum. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Compared with three years ago, it has changed a lot, because of the emergence of the new Baku oil field, a city has risen in the desert of the past, covering a vast area, complete supporting facilities, New Baku has become the largest city in Algeria, much more prosperous than Algiers, where the governor's palace is located.

New Baku was a city built by Qin Zhiyuan himself, and was jointly constructed by a Chinese construction team and a German prisoner construction team at the time.

The Chinese and the Germans are actually similar in their pursuit of rigor, relatively speaking, the Chinese are more flexible, the Germans are more persistent, and the result of the strong alliance is a well-planned and well-equipped New Baku, which can be regarded as a model of a modern city.

At present, because of the huge profits of oil resources, New Baku has almost unlimited funds for urban construction, and the French government does not take all the tax revenues, but gives back a part of them to New Baku as the basic funds for urban construction.

This is enough, and with the donations of Qin Zhiyuan and Old Renault, the construction funds of New Baku have always been abundant.

At present, New Baku has the largest oil refinery and power plant in the whole of Africa, and it can also be said to be the largest oil refinery in the world, and the oil here can produce nearly 300,000 barrels of oil per day, not only for European countries, but also for the United States, and will produce huge cash flow for United Oil every day.

More than 100,000 people live in the entire area of New Baku, of which more than 90,000 are employees of the New Baku oil fields and the remaining 3,000 are armed security forces.

Yes, the New Baku region has an armed force to defend the French government and the interests of Union Oil from being violated.

In fact, the prosperity of the new Baku region has nothing to do with Algeria, at least, ordinary Algerians cannot enjoy the garden of street lamps in the city of New Baku, and they do not even have the right to enter the new Baku area, which is equivalent to an independent kingdom in Algeria and has been separated from the whole of Algeria.

This situation will certainly make many Algerian "people of insight" feel dissatisfied, and those who have received modern education in Europe have fully awakened their national consciousness, and in their consciousness, since the New Baku oil fields are on Algerian soil, then they are part of Algeria, and Algeria should have a monopoly on the profits from the oil fields in the New Baku region.

At the very least, Algerians have the right to share in the profits from the oil fields in the New Baku area.

If you stand on the side of the Algerians, this idea is understandable, but if you stand on the side of Union Oil, this idea is a big reversal.

Not to mention the French, since the president of France, who admired the "state of etiquette", came to power, the French suddenly became gentlemen overnight, so much so that the tax collector named Henry Swinburn, who was sent by the French government to the New Baku area, actually began to speak for the Algerians and began to try to fight for the rights of the Algerians.

It's a brainstorm.

Fortunately, in the current New Baku area, it is not the tax official who has the final say, but Gu Xingbang, the colonel of the New Baku Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion sent here by Qin Zhiyuan, has the final say.

Although he didn't say it, Henry Swinburn still frequently approached Gu Xingbang to try to get more Algerians into the New Baku area, get a job, and have an income to appease the feelings of these indigenous people.

"Gu, our work needs to be more flexible, we can't be too insistent on the rules, when the objective situation changes, we have to adapt to local conditions, we can't always be the same, right?" Henry Swinburne was bitter.

"Henry, what should I say to you to understand? Those Algerians think that we are thieves and are stealing the wealth that belongs to them, and it is because of your persistence that thousands of Algerians have already entered the area of New Baku, they have indeed obtained jobs, they have income, but are they satisfied? No, on the contrary, they are asking for more, and if you continue to compromise, I can tell you very clearly that one day, we will all be driven out of the New Baku area, and we will lose everything here, you know? Gu Xingbang was not polite, and directly reprimanded him.

Gu Xingbang and Henry stayed at the headquarters of the Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment, standing by the window, and could clearly see the oil derricks that were busy working in the distance, and it was these oil derricks that cast a shadow on the New Baku area, making it impossible to see the future of the New Baku area.

The dialogue between Gu Xingbang and Henry just now is a microcosm of the new Baku area in the past six months or so, and it is precisely because of Henry's insistence that the current population composition of the New Baku area has changed from a pure French and Chinese to a three-legged triumph of French, Chinese, and local natives.

Although it is not meant to insult the indigenous Algerian people, the local customs still bring a touch of anomalies to the New Baku area.

Not only in terms of secular life, but also in religious life, work philosophy, traditional consciousness, etc., the local Algerian natives are very different from the French and Chinese.

In the simplest example, the indigenous Algerians have as many as five religious ceremonies a day, each lasting half an hour, and no matter what they are doing, even if they are drilling a well, all the indigenous Algerians will drop their work and start praying whenever the point comes.

It's like a rat poop spoiling a pot of soup, and other people are working hard, and you're praying with your ass on your stomach, and you're still chanting words in your mouth, saying things that almost everyone doesn't understand, and you're really lazy no matter how you look at it.

However, the Algerian natives still demand the same salary as everyone else, so how can other people be mentally balanced?

The natives spent at least three hours a day praying, and all of them worked, which was a sign of laziness in the name of religion.

On the other hand, the life of the indigenous people in Algeria is also incompatible with the French and Chinese.

In fact, the French and the Chinese are very lively, they like to make friends, like to drink and eat meat together, and deepen the relationship with this way of sharing happiness with each other, which is a good thing, but with the addition of the Algerian natives, the lives of the French and Chinese have also begun to change.

The natives of Algeria do not drink alcohol, not only do they not drink it themselves, but they do not allow others to drink it, and as long as others drink, those natives will think that those who drink alcohol are blaspheming their prophets, and for this reason, the natives and the French and the Chinese have often clashed with each other.

This is simply nonsense, you don't drink yourself and take care of yourself, why should your lifestyle demand others?

But it is this inconceivability that is taken for granted by the indigenous Algerians, so there are all kinds of disharmony.

"Think about it, how much has happened in the New Baku region since those natives entered the New Baku area? The law and order here is very bad, the antagonism between the people is getting stronger and stronger, if it continues, it will definitely affect the operation of the oil fields, and it will also affect the revenue of the French government, is this what you want? Gu Xingbang didn't save face for Henry.

Strictly speaking, the French government is also a parasite on United Oil, and it is only by constantly absorbing the nutrients of United Oil that it can feed bureaucrats like Henry Swinburn, so don't expect Gu Xingbang to be more polite.

"Gu, it is for the sake of long-term consideration, that I have such a suggestion, and also, don't open your mouth and shut your mouth is what happened to the Algerian natives, this is now a French province, and the Algerian natives are also French, you should not discriminate against them, don't deny it, I can hear it." Henry doesn't give up.

From the point of view of the French government, Henry has a point, but it is clear that the Algerian natives who Henry regarded as French did not think so.

"Henry, before that, you have to understand one thing, what you say, do the Algerians agree? Are they willing to treat Algeria as a province of France? Are they willing to become citizens of France? Gu Xingbang expressed his incomprehension of France's practice of dragging mud and water.

"It doesn't matter what the Algerians think, it's the way it is, and no one can change it, so we need to give the Algerians full rights without discrimination, so that they don't have to complain." Henry was indeed an idealist through and through.

"There is no end to human desires, and you can't see how terrible it is that just five thousand Algerian natives, who already have their own communities, their own social circles, and can't make friends with them unless someone else joins their religion? They are closed, they are closed to themselves, they are resistant to communicating with the outside world, under this premise, I don't see the possibility of getting better and better in the future, on the contrary, my view is more pessimistic. Gu Xingbang still disagreed.

Henry was about to say something, when the door was suddenly pushed open.

"Colonel, there was a large-scale fighting in the No. 10 oil well, there have been casualties at the scene, and the security captain has asked for support." The person who came was Ma Gaojie, deputy of the lieutenant colonel regiment.

"What's going on? How large? Who is hurting? Gu Xingbang immediately got up, grabbed the armed belt hanging on the wall, and followed Ma Gaojie out.

"It's still the damned natives, they clashed with our construction team, and the damned natives attacked suddenly with knives, Wang Gong and Zhao Gong were seriously injured and have been sent to the hospital." Ma Gaojie reported as he walked.

"Damn, this group of damn **** raisers, the commandos will gather and set off immediately." Hearing that a Chinese engineer had been injured, Gu Xingbang was furious.

"Wait for me!" Henry scrambled to catch up, but received no response.

(To be continued.) )