454 Petroleum strategy
Back to Datang Island, Li Guang needs to go back for state and family affairs.
Family affairs: Su Zizi returned to Datang Island with Li Guang's twin children. The children are one and a half years old, and Li Guang, the father, has not even looked at it, let alone hugged it. It's just so incompetent. In fact, there is a child who follows Yuan Ran in the UK, who is just one year old, and Li Guang has never seen a hug.
It's not that Li Guang didn't want to take the child back early, but during the war years, it was too risky for the child to be too young to float on the sea for nearly a month.
Now that the child and the "wife" are back, how can this not make Li Guanggui's heart like an arrow.
In fact, Li Guang is not qualified to be called wife according to the law. The Haitang Kingdom has a marriage law - monogamy.
Moreover, Su Zizi and Yuan Ran are both very strong now, and Li Guang can only lament this: other traversers are all talking about fighting and pulling women in the palace, and he Li Guang and two women can't cope with it, sad. There is a great god of crossing to guide you on how to settle these two women.
But no matter what, when his wife and children came back, Li Guanggui's heart was like an arrow.
In the past two years in the United States, Su Zizi has done a big thing in addition to raising children. After spending a lot of public relations expenses and money, Su Zizi has an additional property in his name - nearly a quarter of Saudi Arabia's land oil exploration rights.
In order to obtain this exploration right, the commercial fund under the names of Hai Tang Guo and Su Zizi spent a lot of money, but no matter how huge the investment was, as long as it could be successful, it would be a victory.
Historically, Saudi Arabia was once the territory of the British. However, during the last economic crisis, the Saudi economy also suffered a heavy blow, and the king's life was tight. The short-sighted British refused to provide support, and as a result, the Americans took advantage of the situation to this day. The Americans have already obtained two-thirds of Saudi territory, and the cost is actually only three or four million dollars.
When the Americans discovered oil in Saudi Arabia, the British regretted it, but under the strict defense of the Americans, it was difficult to meddle in Saudi Arabia.
Su Zizi was able to buy nearly a quarter of Saudi Arabia's oil exploration rights, but in the name of an American company, taking a completely normal business path, and its bid was so high that there were almost signs of "stupid hats".
Li Guang was secretly happy. The Americans sell high enough, and the Americans also value Saudi Arabia. But the attention is far from enough relative to Saudi Arabia's oil production. Li Guangbei didn't know. Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producer in the Middle East in the 21st century, and this is very clear.
For example, the Americans believe that there is a piece of gold buried under the ground in Saudi Arabia, but what Li Guang knows is that there is a mountain of gold buried under the ground in Saudi Arabia. In the eyes of the Americans, Su Zizi's bid was close to a stupid hat, but Li Guang knew very well that this was an excellent deal.
Able to make this deal. In addition to Su Zizi's efforts, more important is the diplomatic efforts of Haitang Kingdom. and Truman's help. In addition, Su Zizi negotiated in the name of a company registered in the United States. The U.S. government did not intervene too much, and it was able to break through a series of difficulties and obstacles, digging out a large piece of fat from the Americans' dinner plate, and the whole process was not easy.
In Li Guang's envisioned mining resource plan, too much of the resources of Datang Island itself were not taken into account. Li Guang has three major mineral resource plans, all of which are in the process of implementation or planning.
Naturally, the top priority is oil resources. On the road to acquiring oil resources. The pace of progress of the Haitang State is not slow, and it is still faltering in the cracks due to the constraints of capital and military strength and international politics.
However, in the Middle East, the Tang Kingdom easily controlled a small territory - five-sevenths of what would become the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is known as the Seven Treasures of the Oil Sea. At this time, the state had not yet been formed, there were only seven tribes, and there were no solid alliances. The British signed treaties with two of the tribes to bring them into the British Empire's sphere of influence. Under the current circumstances, the Haitang Kingdom would not take the initiative to directly conflict with the British, so it avoided the real attack and controlled the other five tribes to obtain all the oil exploration rights, and the price paid was only less than 250,000 US dollars in armaments, which was really cost-effective.
Of course, there is a main reason for such a good deal - there was no oil production in the UAE during this period, and the British did not participate in the competition, so the price was naturally low. This is one aspect of commercial civilization, on the other hand, the Maritime Resistance Army dispatched several warships, and a part of the army conducted a military exercise there, running military exercises on other people's territory, which is domineering enough. Carrots and sticks, Hai Tangguo's hand is also very smooth.
While none of these advances are bad, they are not comparable to one of the greatest achievements. In just one or two years, the Haitang Kingdom paid less than two million US dollars to obtain the seabed exploration rights in the Persian Gulf from different countries and different tribes.
It is really difficult to obtain oil exploration rights on land, and the United States and Britain are very tightly controlled, but no one pays attention to oil exploration at sea these days.
Others don't know, but Li Guang knows that in the future, the Persian Gulf will be full of oil wells. Moreover, offshore oil extraction in the Persian Gulf is actually not very difficult, and the sea water is not deep at all, unlike China's oil extraction in the South China Sea in the 21 st century, which is often three or two kilometers deep. Haitang has really dug a big piece of fat from the hands of the United States and Britain, and the amazing thing is that the oil groups of the United States and Britain are still laughing at Haitang for daydreaming. Many years later, when this sea area was full of oil wells from Haitang Kingdom, the American and British oil giants didn't know if they could laugh.
Of course, it is still difficult to extract oil at sea, and Li Guang does not know the specific details of the project, but the water depth is only a few tens of meters (the deepest part of the Persian Gulf is only 110 meters), and Li Guang believes that even the technology during World War II can overcome the difficulties.
It should be said that coming to this point means that the diplomatic means of the Haitang State are becoming more and more mature. On the road to obtaining oil resources, Haitang is working hard step by step.
Things are unpredictable, and sometimes luck is very important. There was a great opportunity to be delivered to your door recently and not to be missed.
Libya. When Li Guang heard of this country, the first thing that came to Li Guang's mind was "Kadazuo." Li Guang is ambitious and working hard to promote the oil strategy, but most of them are looking for a breakthrough in the direction of least resistance, and he has not dared to think of such an oil nest as Libya.
Libya was an Italian colony before the war, and with the defeat of the Axis forces, it is now in the hands of Britain and France.
Hitler was unaware that there was a lot of oil in this desert. If they knew, it would have been almost impossible for the Allies to easily drive the Germans away.
Due to the occupation of this place by the British and French troops, Li Guang had no reason to intervene even if he knew that there was oil in the ground. But, just this month, an opportunity came to the door.
The Naval Resistance Army Quan Yonghai led the troops to the Mediterranean, and the purpose of the Haitang State was to gain some benefits from the defeated Italy. The economic benefits were gained through negotiations, but Britain and the United States, especially Britain, strongly opposed the landing of the Naval Resistance Force in Italy. Although it is only a few thousand troops.
However, the Maritime Resistance Force cannot remain adrift on the sea forever, and the Maritime Resistance Force will naturally not withdraw until the problem is completely resolved. So, under the chirping of a certain general of the British army. Allied commander Dwight D. Eisenhower casually pointed to a place where the Naval Resistance Army could be stationed. And this land is Libya on the southern shore of the Mediterranean.
No one knew how excited Li Guang was when he heard the news. Li Guang sang in his heart: Gaddafika is estimated to be difficult to appear. The Libyan desert is covered. That's oil.
If you come, you won't leave.
Since then, the Navy's resistance forces have taken root in Libya and are ready for a long period of occupation. Li Guang was worried that once Libyan oil was developed, it would attract competition from Britain and the United States and other countries, and it would make it more difficult to control, so he decided not to develop it for the time being. Anyway, now that Haitang has mastered the development of oil, it is enough to use, so there is no hurry. As for the means of control. The Haitang State has a set of plans for the Haitang Kingdom, and does it really think that the 5,000-year history is all dross? The history of China is almost a history of warfare, in which there is no shortage of means to control foreign races.
Drawing nourishment from history, Haitang's current diplomatic methods are by no means worse than those of Europe and the United States. As for the ratio of carrots to sticks. The magic of use is in one mind. This is what Premier Yuan said.
Petroleum strategy is the top priority of Haitang, but for other minerals, Haitang is also quietly arranged.
Iron ore. As far as Li Guang knows, the three most famous iron ore producing areas in the 21st century are Australia, Brazil, and India. Among them, the Australian side of Haitang is the fastest progress, not only buying ready-made mines, but also large areas of exploration rights, and in unknown areas, Haitang is still quietly mining uranium.
Non-ferrous metals, Haitang and Peruvian Bolivia have good relations, not only are there no shortage of supplies, but also have purchased several mines.
These measures are a long-term strategy for the country. Recently, Haitang made a small business with Belgium, buying a potash mine from the Belgian colony Congo, and the conditions of this mine are so good that it is only less than ten kilometers from the sea, and it is extremely easy to develop. (Africa's largest potash mine.) It's one of the best investments to invest in, both in the immediate and in the long term.
In the era of World War II, as long as you have a little vision, you can make a hundredfold profit. Potash was not used in large-scale industry in this era, nor was it used on a large scale in agricultural fertilizers, so its value was seriously undervalued. For Li Guang, the three major chemical fertilizers of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are very clear, and Premier Yuan attaches the most importance to agriculture, so the development, utilization and processing of this potash mine is ranked in a very high position, and the funds are allocated the most neatly. At the beginning of four or four years, the agricultural production of Haitang Kingdom will gradually have a supply of potash fertilizer.
Under the careful management of Haitang State step by step, it has gradually made several friends in the world, and Belgium is one of them. And Haitang is also observing the representatives of Belgian political and military figures, sowing seeds that will sprout one day, and the harvest is definitely to be expected.
When Li Guang retracted his thoughts, the plane had already landed in Vladivostok Port, and landed in a small boat, occupying his heart, and seeing Su Zizi waiting eagerly with a pair of children.
During this period, Li Guang frequently appeared in factories, fields, and markets, and there was always a pair of children around him. Daughter Su Hao, son Su Hao, live and cute. It is said that parents are the teachers of their children, but Li Guang feels that children are the teachers of their parents. Li Guang, who became a father, has a more mature and stable temperament.
In the gap of happiness, Li Guang can't help but miss Yuan Ran and his other son, Yuan Hao, who are far away in the UK.
Li Guang is occasionally a little depressed, none of the three children are named Li, and the two women say very clearly that only when they get married will they agree to give their children the surname Li.
Legally, Li Guang is still alone. (To be continued......)