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What's more, many things are often not so simple.

Jiang Wubo, who had no choice but to go to Surat, reported their encounter in Dubai to the local defense department, although the main task of the Tang army in Surat at this time was to clear the remnants of the princely princes of the Maratha alliance and restore normal law and order, and it stands to reason that the Persian Gulf was indeed a little farther away. However, the Indian Ocean theater of operations has been established, the command has been listed, and the Persian Gulf is clearly a matter of the theater of operations. In particular, the navy has not yet deployed troops on the west coast of India, and only a small number of personnel have come over to start arranging, and after hearing about this, their eyes lit up.

A few naval officers had no decision-making power, so of course the matter was sent back to China and directly submitted to the National Security Committee for the bigwigs' reference.

The NSC first discussed the security and development of the North Indian Overseas Territories, as well as the establishment and operation of the Indian Ocean Theater, and the Persian Gulf proposal was attached to the whole issue.

Bai Nan roughly glanced at the information provided by the Indian Ocean Theater, and was slightly surprised when he saw Jiang Wubo's name. After all, this is also a famous figure in history, I didn't expect that after becoming a Tang person, I actually started maritime trade, and I was so bold to open up new trade routes.

The navy still attaches great importance to this matter, and the commander of the navy, Deng Xiyi, personally said: "In fact, we have been tracking the situation near the Persian Gulf. In general, the Persian Gulf coast, with the exception of Iraq, has little to do with the Ottomans. The Omani dynasty in Muscat has been in control of the Persian Gulf for half a century. Persia also had some influence, but both countries were now in civil strife. The Turkmens established the Qajar dynasty in Persia, but their king Aga Muhammad was brutal, not only burning and looting the area, but also repeatedly slaughtering the city, and even gouging out the eyes of 20,000 inhabitants of one place. The Persians were very dissatisfied with him and rebelled a lot. However, the brutal monarch Aga Mohammed has been killed by two servants, and now Iran is even more chaotic. The situation in Oman is not much better, as Oman was previously a patriarch, but Imam (leader, leader) Sa'id was replaced by his shrewd son Ahmad because of his incompetence, and Hamad proclaimed himself Sultan, making Oman a hereditary monarchy. However, Hamad also died not long ago, his father Imam ********, but was seized by his brother Sultan, Oman is not so strong centralized power, so the emirs (sheikhs) everywhere hold relatively large power, and the emirs in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other places began to be pirates in order to make a fortune, and it is not only us who are troubled by it. ”

Bai Nan touched his chin and said, "It seems that this is almost a natural window for us to intervene." ”

Defense Minister Liu Fangwu also said: "The local emir of Oman harassed and robbed our Datang merchant ships, and even caused injuries to people this time, and even caused economic losses to Datang merchants, so there is no problem with this intervention." Oman is a small place after all, and there are not many people in the local area, so there are not many people. Everyone knows that there is a huge amount of oil hidden in the ground, but is it time for us to step in now? ”

Deng Xiyi said: "Our navy is still more inclined to enter, and the earlier the local layout, the easier it is to form a favorable situation for us." And according to what I just learned, Datang Central Academy of Sciences has successfully developed a 'multi-stage flash evaporation' desalination technology, which can solve the problem of water shortage for us locally." In addition, ten years ago, our country's oil production could supply our needs well, and now although there is no supply crisis, the country is developing too fast and expanding too fast, so our demand for oil has increased hugely. From cars to airplanes, there are so many places where Datang needs oil. At present, the main production areas of our oil are the Jiazhou oilfield, the Gulf Coast oilfield, the North Guwei Island oilfield and the Balikpapan in Borneo. The Persian Gulf coast has half the world's oil reserves, and the oil is shallow, high-quality, and extremely low-cost. In the future, after we bring China's homeland under control, national construction will inevitably require a large amount of energy, and the oil transported from the Persian Gulf is the necessary blood for our development of China. ”

Deng Xiyi's words were reasonable, and everyone bowed their heads slightly after hearing it.

At that time, Datang did not touch the Middle East because the whip was beyond the reach of the whip and the strength was insufficient. Although Datang has opened a big stall now, its strength is not what it used to be. Even after taking the North Indian region, Datang still has the power to control the situation in the Persian Gulf.

Speaker Liu Tian said with a smile; "The local population of Oman, I'm afraid that hundreds of thousands will be able to break the sky, the local climate is poor, the agricultural development cannot keep up, and it cannot feed so many people. I see, this treasure land, we will simply take it all together, drive the Arabs out of the Arabian Peninsula, and immigrate to us Chinese in the local area for reclamation. Jiazhou's arid agriculture has been developed for so many years, and it is already very experienced. As long as the water resources are guaranteed, we will have no problem even sending food and other necessary supplies from India. ”

Lin Youde also nodded in agreement, and said: "The exploitation of oil in the Persian Gulf can almost double the total economic output of Datang." ”

This was the golden decade of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, and the demand for energy was rising. It is not to be ignored that Datang's own oil demand is already an astronomical figure, and a large amount of cheap oil has poured into the market, which is of self-evident significance to the boost and continued development of Datang's economy.

Seeing that everyone was generally in favor of taking Oman and would not raise objections, Bai Nan added a supplementary statement: "Although the southern coast of the Persian Gulf is rich in oil reserves, it is difficult to build large-scale cities and residential areas. With its capacity, accommodating some industrial areas is already considered the limit. And if we want to ensure the safety of oil-producing areas, we obviously need a better foothold. ”

Xue Yue asked, "Where does the president think it is more appropriate?" ”

"Iraq." (To be continued.) )