Although Saudi Arabia has the world's largest oil reserves and has mountains of gold and silver, it is extremely backward in other aspects, and relying on sheep to dispose of garbage is a typical representative.

The desire to have good things is an instinctive human desire, and Arabs are no exception. Moreover, money corrupts everything, and the Arabs are no exception in this regard.

After the price of oil soared, tens of billions of dollars suddenly appeared in the treasury, and these huge riches, which seemed to fall from the sky, immediately corrupted the Wahhabis who had always been strictly religious.

Wealthy Saudis began to travel the world, studying at universities in Europe, the United States, and China, buying luxury cars and carriages, filling their homes with extravagant Chinese and Western furniture, and replacing conservative religious beliefs with a new form of materialism.

It is this materialism that has given the United States a solution to the oil crisis.

The sheep and garbage inspired Perkins to replace the flock with the Saudis' oil revenues to rent an American company's advanced waste collection and treatment system, and the Saudis would be proud of this swanky technology.

This model can be replicated in almost all sectors of the Saudi economy.

Under this model, the funds will be used to create an industry aimed at processing crude oil into exportable refined products.

With large quantities of petroleum compounds to emerge in the country's deserts and sprawling industrial parks, it is only natural that such a plan would require the establishment of gigawatt-capable power generation systems, transmission lines and distribution stations, highways, pipelines, communication systems, airports, improved seaports, and a range of ancillary services and transportation systems in order to ensure its smooth implementation.

Also, Saudi Arabia has a small population, and the Saudis don't do the garbage disposal, factories and other construction projects.

In addition, the Saudi royal family promotes to its citizens an education and lifestyle that is incompatible with manual work. Saudis may be willing to manage others, but they have never been willing to be factory workers or construction workers.

Therefore, it is inevitable that a large number of labor will be imported.

As a result, the introduction of migrant workers necessitates the construction of huge accommodation complexes, as well as shopping malls, hospitals, fire brigades, police forces, water and wastewater treatment stations, electricity, communications and transport networks.

The end result of the plan was to build a modern city on the site of an otherwise barren desert.

Perkins worked selflessly, and he painted a beautiful picture for the Saudis, but there was one thing he didn't say, or, if he did, it was vague enough to attract the attention of the Saudis.

Almost all newly developed projects need to be constantly updated and repaired, and these maintenance works are quite technical, so they must be taken care of by their construction companies, that is, by American companies.

There is no doubt that this is a beautiful blueprint. The Saudis were in high spirits, and the Americans were even more interested.

In the spring of 1975, the United States finally came out of the economic crisis, and everything became vibrant again.

At this time, the United States achieved its first purpose.

Saudi Arabia guarantees the supply of crude oil to the United States, while maintaining prices within a range acceptable to the United States and its allies. If other countries such as Iran, Iraq, Indonesia or Venezuela dare to threaten embargoes, Saudi Arabia, the boss of oil suppliers, must come to the aid of closing the gap.

In this way, other oil-producing countries know that Saudi Arabia will make this move, and they will not dare to speak lightly about the oil embargo.

In exchange for this assurance, Washington struck a stunning deal with the Saudi royal family: The United States pledged absolute and unequivocal political support to the Saudi royal family, even in the event of military action, to guarantee the royal family's dominance in Saudi Arabia if needed.

To this end, the Saudis have to go further by using the petrodollars they earn to buy the securities of the US political axe, and the interest earned on these securities is at the disposal of the US Treasury Department, so as to ensure that Saudi Arabia will transform from a medieval backward country into a modern, industrialized country.

In other words, the interest generated by Saudi Arabia's untold oil revenues will be paid to American companies to implement the plans developed by economic killers like Perkins.

This is already wonderful for Americans, but all this, in fact, is just an appetizer.

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At 9 a.m. on April 17, 1975, Han Tongshan walked into the building of the US State Department.

Han Tongshan is China's ambassador to the United States.

China and the United States are both world powers, but the relationship between the two countries has always been in a very strange state.

The Chinese embassy in the United States is almost a decoration, and year after year, the Chinese ambassador to the United States has almost no contact with the American political axe.

As today, the Chinese ambassador has not come to the US State Department on his own initiative, at least in the last ten years.

Han Tongshan was received by Undersecretary of State for African Affairs Madas.

The main leaders of the State Department are not in Washington, and at this time, they are all in the Middle East, and their homes are watched by Madas.

The United States is the number one power in the world, and diplomats have always been very arrogant, if it weren't for some weirdness, Madas was a little curious, and Han Tongshan would only be greeted by an office director.

Entering the reception room, Madas was polite on the surface, but arrogant and contemptuous...... Rushing to the face.

Han Tongshan was even more arrogant.

In fact, Han Tongshan just didn't look and didn't react to Madas's arrogance, but for Madas, this Chinese is extremely arrogant.

Madath was upset and became more and more arrogant.

"Mr. Han, what are you doing today?"

"Mr. Madas, I want to see Mr. Kissinger."

"Mr. Kissinger is not in Washington."

"For seven days, I waited for Mr. Kissinger at the embassy."

Madas was angry, and he said, "Mr. Han, I can answer you now, not in seventy days or seven hundred days." ”

Han Tongshan was also happy and said: "In seven days, my country's political axe will negotiate with Saudi Arabia on the atomic bomb. ”

Saudi Arabia, the atomic bomb ...... Madas's eyes widened instantly, and he seemed to be petrified, and his mind froze.

After finishing speaking, Han Tongshan stood up, didn't say hello to Madas, and walked straight out of the reception room.

In the middle of the night, Madath reacted, and he ignored his arrogance, hurried out of the house, and drove to the White House.

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As soon as the car stopped, Kissinger opened the door himself, got out of the car, and hurried towards the White House.

When I entered the president's office, the big people were there, everyone looked grim, and the atmosphere in the room was extremely depressing.

Kissinger was recalled, but he didn't know why.

After sitting down, President Ford did not talk nonsense, and immediately said succinctly: "Mr. Kissinger, three days ago, the Chinese ambassador went to the State Department and said that he wanted to negotiate with Saudi Arabia about the atomic bomb. ”

Knowing that something big had happened, but Kissinger didn't think it was this anyway, he was taken aback and immediately asked: "Mr. President, why?" ”

The Chinese suddenly mentioned Saudi Arabia and the atomic bomb for only two reasons, one is that they are red and want to get a piece of the pie, and they are also worried that Saudi Arabia will not continue to send oil revenues to China.

If it's for this reason, it's better, but if it's not, but for another, then it's really a big problem.

President Ford shook his head with a heavy face.

Kissinger stood up and said, "Mr. President, I'll go and see." ”

In the current American political axe, the one who knows China the most is Kissinger, who knows the style of the Chinese, and dealing with the Chinese, no matter what diplomatic skills are useless, so save your worries.

Sure enough, after sitting down, without waiting for Kissinger to ask, Han Tongshan said bluntly: "Mr. Kissinger, we know that your country's political axe wants to tie the dollar and oil together through Saudi Arabia. We will not stop you, but we will give us 8,000 tons of gold and 20 percent of Saudi oil revenues......"

He was afraid of anything, but to be honest, the conditions proposed by the Chinese were beyond his expectations, and when Kissinger walked out of the Chinese embassy, he was in a lighter mood than when he came.

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Capitol Hill, in a small conference room, sat eighteen big people.

These eighteen are really big shots, and a secret hearing is being held at the highest level.

President Ford personally explained the matter.

After President Ford finished speaking, the big guys reacted differently, and a few of them were simply mad.

Although these people are big names, they don't necessarily have any real knowledge, and many of them are very unfamiliar with China.

Over the years, China has been silent and silent, and rarely participates in major international affairs, and most of the spirits of these big men have been stumped by the Soviet Union, and the arms race they engaged in with the Soviet Union has always been a fire, which is not only a confrontation with the Soviet Union, but also an opportunity for them to make a fortune.

Therefore, it is very exciting for the big people, and they are rarely interested in paying attention to China's affairs.

In the impression of many big people, the image of the Chinese is still stuck in the era of Chinese workers and braids.

How bearable is it that such a humble nation dares to blackmail their America, who is intolerable?!

The big men roared that they must teach the shameful Chinese a lesson with an iron-blooded war, and they cited the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Union had to submit to the strength of the United States, not to mention the little Chinese.

In the end, Kissinger simply came to the conclusion: China is not the Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia is not Cuba, and it is absolutely unacceptable to start a war against China, and the United States cannot prevent China from providing nuclear weapons to Saudi Arabia.

As a result, the big guys have calmed down a lot and become less emotional.

Later, Kissinger further explained that as long as the dollar and oil are tied together, the role of gold for the United States is simply some money, in fact, the difference between gold in the vault and to the Chinese is not very big.

As for the other conditions, they are more acceptable than 8,000 tons of gold.

The insights of the big people may be poor, but they are extremely shrewd in the measurement of interests.

In fact, in order to be able to tie the dollar and oil together, if they really need to, they still have to pay ten times more than a hundred times more.

It's just that they are very unwilling and angry when they are blackmailed by the Chinese.

After this issue was settled, President Ford raised another issue, that is, China's accession to the United Nations.

Now is not a good time to bring it up, but President Ford has brought it up anyway.

If China is a member of the United Nations, it is unlikely that it will blatantly propose to give Saudi Arabia nuclear weapons to blackmail them.

After Ford finished making the proposal, Kissinger put forward another point: China is not at all enthusiastic about joining the United Nations, and the evidence for this is obvious, and if China wants to join the United Nations, it can do so this time.

Why doesn't China want to join the United Nations? Of course, I think it would be better not to join the United Nations.

Smacking and smacking, the big people think this is the reason, but China can join the United Nations and become a permanent member, no.

It's stuck again.

Without China becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council, it is impossible for China to join the UN at all, and only by making China a permanent member of the UN Security Council can the United States force China to join the UN and enter the international system dominated by them.

By completely isolating China from the international system they dominate, China will easily become a stone in a pit, smelly and hard, and the United States has nothing to do about it.

So, instead of that, it's better to bring China in, so that, at least, sometimes, the United States can make a move.

Kissinger, despite his brilliance, was unable to convince the bigwigs, and the matter dragged on again.

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No one knows exactly when the United States reached an "unshakable" agreement with Saudi Arabia, and then, with this "unshakable" agreement with Saudi Arabia, the United States reached the same "unshakable" agreement with the entire OPEC oil producers.

The core clause of this "unshakable" agreement is to force the US dollar as the only legal currency for international oil settlements, thus easily gaining control and pricing power over international oil.

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Chiang Kai-shek's physical fitness was excellent.

In the previous life, Chiang Kai-shek not only had the spiritual blow of defeating the island, but also had a bad car accident in his later years, leaving the root of the disease, coupled with Soong Meiling's power and wrong treatment, so that Chiang Kai-shek died of illness at the age of 88 in 75 years.

In this life, because of the appearance of Han Lihong, all the characters of this era generally lived a long life, and they were less tormented by illness in their later years, and Chiang Kai-shek was a typical example of it.

At the age of eighty-eight, Chiang Kai-shek was still in excellent health, in good spirits, and still worked as usual every day, firmly grasping the power in his hands.

This year, October 31, Chiang Kai-shek's 88-year-old birthday was said to have been very happy.

Chiang Kai-shek was happy because Jiangsu had discovered oil fields.

A person's good health has a great relationship with the spirit, and Chairman Jiang's good health is because he is easy to be optimistic about everything, almost naïve and optimistic, and he has not changed his mind after repeated teachings.

For example, if an oil field is discovered, it is considered a good sign, and since one has been discovered, it is very likely that more will be discovered, or even become a major oil producer like Saudi Arabia.

The oil fields discovered are in Jiangsu, and the oil areas are mainly distributed in eight counties and cities in Yangzhou, Yancheng, Huaiyin and Zhenjiang.

Moreover, in addition to this joy, Chairman Chiang is also happy, that is, the Americans have made another decision.

In recent years, the support of the Americans has weakened a little, which has made Chairman Chiang very worried for a while, but now the Americans are back.

On this day, colorful flags fluttered in the land of East China to celebrate Chairman Chiang's 88th birthday.

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Han Lihong slept very unsteadily, for several months, and it had been like this. He had something on his mind, and the Tangshan earthquake weighed on his heart like a mountain.

Han Lihong knew that the Tangshan earthquake was in 76 years, but the specific time was not clear, and he couldn't be sure what month it was, but today is the end of July, so the Tangshan earthquake may be just a few days away, and the longest will not exceed a month.

Because his heart was always pressed on this matter, the moment the earth trembled, Han Lihong woke up, and reacted immediately.

The time was frozen at 3:42:53.8 on July 28, 1976.

Seven minutes later, the news came: the Tangshan earthquake.

Thirty-nine minutes later, the news came again: the buildings in the urban area were damaged by countless earthquakes, but very few completely collapsed.

Han Lihong let out a long breath.

The casualties of the Tangshan earthquake were extremely heavy, with 240,000 deaths and 160,000 serious injuries!

In response to the Tangshan earthquake, Han Lihong formulated an extremely strict and detailed construction law, with strict regulations on the specifications of steel bars used in construction, the batch number of cement, etc., even the most subtle places.

At that time, many people had opinions about this construction law, because there was a shortage of materials at that time, especially steel and cement, and there were too many places needed.

After the implementation of the construction law, many people were executed and imprisoned for it.

Tangshan is naturally the top priority of Han Lihong's attention, but even so, Han Lihong has no bottom in his heart.

Although he didn't know the detailed data of the earthquake, the epicenter must be very close to the surface for such heavy casualties, and if the epicenter was too close to the surface, Han Lihong also had no idea what kind of preparation he had.

Therefore, he was relieved to hear that very few buildings had collapsed. As long as the building does not collapse completely, the casualties will not be large.

At 6:17, the TV signal came in.

One picture after another scrolled, and soon, tears clouded Han Lihong's eyes.

The little ones were pooled, the older ones took care of the younger ones, the older ones took care of the children, and the rest of the people were almost all thrown into the ranks of saving people.

You can cry, but you can't stop saving people, and many people are crying while trying to save people.

Before the large-scale arrival of the army, only an hour after the earthquake, the people of Tangshan had already begun to save people on a large scale.

In the streets, in the ruins, gold and silver jewelry, valuables and money can be seen all the time, but no one cares, at least not in the television screens.

Whether in the previous life or in this life, Han Lihong is iron-blooded, tears are a shame, and he doesn't believe that he will shed tears, but the Wenchuan earthquake in the previous life and the Tangshan earthquake at this moment, the tears are so pure, so proud, so warm, so proud......

(To be continued)