In May, the port of Najd O'Gayer.

Deep in the harbor, rows of large oil storage tanks like towering giants, hundreds of kilometers of pipelines connecting the oil fields, have transformed this ordinary coastal town sandwiched between Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia 10 years ago, without any resources or even fishery, into the largest oil port in Najd.

The dock had been cordoned off by Najd guards and soldiers of the Central Guard Division of the Chinese National Defense Force, who had arrived earlier, and more than two dozen brand-new Chinese-made Dongfeng sedans were polished, alongside four wheeled armored vehicles, with their huge 12.7-millimeter fanged heavy machine guns coldly pointed in potentially dangerous directions.

Qiao Yingxia and the invited domestic bankers looked anxiously at the sea, and next to Bei Zuyi and Ma Kui, who had come from the United States, stood side by side, talking and laughing with Ben Aziz. The latter is the second son of Ibn Saud, and due to the early death of his eldest son, the young man, who is only 25 years old, is likely to become the crown prince after Ibn Saud declares the statehood.

As the largest shareholder of Shanxi Bank, Qiao Yingxia can be described as a witness to the changes in Shanxi and China. When Yang Qiu used the crisis to force them to take out the silver they had saved for life, everyone was still worried, but now they know what kind of big tree they have embraced. Not to mention anything else, just after the crisis, they were allowed to open a few branches in Borneo, Singapore, etc., which made them a lot of money.

But after being temporarily summoned here this time, he still felt that he had underestimated Yang Qiu! This strongman not only made a big move in China, but also quietly set up such a big industry in Najd!

Listening to Pei Zuyi, this was a wasteland in the past, whether it was Britain and France rampant in the Persian Gulf or always wanted to meddle in Germany and the United States, they would not take a second look at it and the Jafura Desert behind it. However, Yang Qiu took a liking to this place, relying on the opportunity of Britain and France to urgently attract troops, contacted the Ibn Saud family, who controlled Najd at that time, and bought the ownership of a total of 9,000 square kilometers of sand sea in the Ghawar region on the edge of the desert for 5 million US dollars, saying that it was to explore for oil.

During that time, Yang Qiu was ridiculed as a fool by oil merchants all over the world. Because they all think that there will be no oil under this desert. What's more, even if there is oil, it will not be able to be shipped out at all if Britain controls Oman and holds the Strait of Hormuz.

But what happened next left everyone's eyes wide.

In September 1919, oil was discovered in the 250-kilometer-long and 15-kilometer-wide Gawar region! Yang Qiu's Huachen Petroleum Company has built a modern oil pump in this desert. It also spent a huge amount of money to lay 330 kilometers of oil pipelines and oil storage tanks, and again spent $4 million to buy the right to use the port of O'Glue to build a dedicated deep-water terminal. By 1922, the oilfield project, which cost a total of 32 million US dollars and lasted for five years, was finally completed. But this not only did not worry Europe and the United States, but made everyone laugh off their big teeth. Because it can only produce 300,000 tons of crude oil a year, it is less than a month's production of the Anglo-Dutch Shell East India field, and even the British Dammam oil field, 100 kilometers away, has an annual output of 800,000 tons. In the era when the price of oil was only 1 yuan per barrel, everyone laughed at Yang Qiu for thinking about oil and going crazy, and it was impossible to recover the investment.

At the same time, Ibn Saud got the money and secretly purchased a lot of arms from China and began to conquer the peninsula. If it weren't for the occasional docking of Chinese oil tankers, perhaps no one would have paid attention to this place at all. Britain is the only one, because it fears that Chinese forces will borrow oil to penetrate deep into the Persian Gulf. Therefore, a destroyer detachment was deliberately deployed in the port of Bahrain to monitor the movements of the Ghawar oil fields. However, the declining national power after the war in Europe made the British Empire deeply worried about China's growing power, fearing that a full-scale war would affect important India, so the destroyer detachment was withdrawn to Oman after two years of surveillance.

But today. The destroyer detachment is back.

Two Gulf Oil Company's ocean-going tugboats were the first to appear in the bay, followed by three warships led by the Chinese cruiser Taiwan Island, which jumped out of the sea and headed for the harbor.

The flagship, the Royalist light cruiser, had a thick awning on its deck, and the officers and sailors of the Royal Navy lay idly on the railing, sipping coffee as they watched the three Chinese Navy warships slowly sail towards the harbor. "Jeff, look! What kind of ship is that? Suddenly, a voice broke the stuffiness. The sailors looked in the direction of the sound, as two huge ships like hills slowly passed in front of them. Everyone gasped.

Giant ships, sailors have seen a lot. In 1912, Britain created a giant beast like the Titanic, although it was unfortunate. But Europe's quest for giant cruise ships has never stopped, and the number of newly launched French cruise ships has even reached 70,000 tons.

The problem is, the appearance of these two ships is too weird!

A single bridge was once flattened at the back of the deck, connected to two parallel chimneys. The bridge is a wide, enclosed deck with pipes all the way to the bow. Judging by the size and layout. It should be 2 specially designed transport ships, looking at the waterline and volume suspended high, with a tonnage of at least 50,000 tons after full load. If you think of the role of Port O'Urgier, it can basically be confirmed that these are 2 large oil tankers just built by China! Oil tankers of more than 50,000 tons, the world's largest oil tanker was only 20,000 tons. Leaving aside the fact that this layout allows for larger tanks, even a conventional tanker can transport 210,000 barrels (about 30,000 tons) of crude oil at a time.

"I really should let the idiots in the country take a look." The captain of the Royalist pursed the corners of his lips, looking at the two oil tankers, not knowing whether to envy or worry. While Europe is reveling in its past glory and building luxury cruise ships for pleasure, China has quietly begun to challenge the giant ships, and they are more pragmatic, opting for very practical large oil tankers.

Not only the British sailors, but Qiao Yingxia and Ben-Aziz were also fascinated by these two giant ships calling at the port, and they didn't even notice Yang Qiu's appearance on the deck.

The distraction was only for a moment, and a moment later the sound of a cannon salute was remembered in the harbor. The 21-gun salute tells the outside world how much the Ibn Saud family values Yang Qiu's visit, even if he is only visiting oil fields of naval interest in the name of defense minister.

"Saud bin Aziz, allow me to welcome you on behalf of my father, His Excellency the Great Saudi Emir." The future young crown prince was very happy to meet Yang Qiu. You must know that the future president of China, who founded the National Society to unify China, reversed the fortunes of the country in just a few years, and brought the country into the ranks of the world's great powers, has become the focus of the world. What's more, he's young! It is better to deal with someone young who is destined to influence a world power for a long time to come than with the insatiable and politically volatile British and French colonists.

Yang Qiu was also very happy, he saw the future Saudi King at the first stop, and he had to put more effort into wooing him. So he clapped his hands. The sailors of the Wuhu immediately pulled the tarpaulins from the back deck. An elegant and beautiful Albatross 1924 transport plane with a special modification, painted green and painted with the Saudi family logo, appeared in the sun, and in addition to the transport plane, three extended luxury cars were also hoisted down one after another.

"This is my gift to you and His Excellency the Emir. Cars are all idiosyncratics. Can withstand bullets fired at close range! This aircraft is also the latest model developed by our country, and it can fly non-stop from Riyadh to Cairo without refueling on the way. ”

"Riyadh flies non-stop to Cairo!" Although the Saud family is a conservative religious family, young people's love of novelty is the same all over the world, so Aziz is also fond of airplanes. But the best planes in Europe and the United States can only fly 1,000 kilometers at present, but Yang Qiu told him that Chinese planes can already fly 1,600 kilometers! It was so surprising to him.

Yang Qiu smiled slightly. All he needed was this kind of surprise. He knew that Ibn Saud was discussing the status of Najd with the British, and that soon the British would recognize his dominance in Najd and the Hejaz, and that Ibn Saud wanted to establish his own state very much, so he had the matter of hugging the American thigh. The purpose of sending the albatross is to make it clear to them that the power in their hands is no worse than that of the United States.

Airplanes need to be inspected before they can fly to Riyadh, but bulletproof sedans don't. After introducing his gifts, he piqued Aziz's interest and let the Saudis know the power they wield. Yang Qiu and his entourage did not go to Riyadh first, but went to the Ghawar oil field.

The world's largest oil field, with legendary reserves of 10.7 billion tons. Since it belongs to me, I have to go and see it.

Aziz was a smart young man, and he knew that Yang Qiu, Bei Zuyi and the others would definitely have to discuss things on the road, so he simply got into the second bulletproof car. The face-to-face four-seater compartment, leather sofas and crystal ornaments adorn the roof of the car make it look luxurious and prestigious. From this alone, it can be seen that Yang Qiu did put a lot of thought into this visit, and it also made Aziz curious about what kind of country China is and why it has more powerful technology than the United States.

The long yellow sand makes the not too long journey seem a little boring. After getting into the car, Yang Qiu asked about CIC's investment in the United States.

"The profits have been huge, and since the beginning of last year, all the shares we have bought have more than doubled. The futures market is more profitable several times. "Bei Zuyi is excited. Taking advantage of the complementarity between China and the United States, CIC has expanded from $200 million to $1.5 billion today, with offices in London, Paris and Rome for the first time.

With such a rapid expansion, even Yan Yuqiu and Ma Kui, who were accompanying him, swallowed their saliva, but Yang Qiu didn't care much. Money is important, but he won't look at the money he hasn't received. So I only care about one thing: "Have you found a way to transfer out?" ”

Bei Zuyi suddenly shook his head vigorously: "I have approached Jacob's Jewish consortium, and they only promised to transfer 200 million US dollars and must invest in London, and they did not agree to the rest. "This is the biggest problem for CIC, because it has a lot of profits, but it is too difficult and difficult to transfer out. Although the United States is a free market, the transfer of more than a billion dollars in and out will definitely cause violent market shocks. Now that the Jewish group is raving, how can it promise to let this money out. Even if the U.S. government doesn't agree, the end result will be to buy U.S. Treasury bonds or continue to use them domestically, or buy them internationally and turn the money into machinery.

"After the last time you gave a speech at the Lincoln Memorial, the U.S. government has increased export regulations, and many things have begun to guard against us, and it is no longer possible to buy high-end equipment as it did in previous years, but if you are not afraid to spend money, you can smuggle a batch through the black market." Pei Zuyi is also anxious to spend the money, after all, the money is too big and has attracted the attention of all parties.

I don't want to buy equipment for the time being, because the domestic industrial self-production rate has exceeded 75%, even if it is high-end chemical and manufacturing equipment, it is not necessary after the Rhineland plan is absorbed, not to mention that in a few years, high-end equipment will be less valuable than cabbage. But the money must come out, and it cannot be used to make money for the United States in vain, and in a few years after Roosevelt comes to power, he will forcibly devalue the dollar, and the losses will be very serious.

Both Pei Zuyi and Ma Kui frowned, this is the biggest trouble in international trade, the country rose too late and lacked its own global financial channels, which will inevitably lead to obstacles to the return of capital. Even Yan Yuqiu, who was sitting next to Yang Qiu, twisted Xiumei and asked, "The money is ours, but if you can't take it out directly, what's the use?" ”

This time, she specially prepared a veil for herself, which is to respect other people's religions. At the moment, he is wearing a veil and a scarf rippling between his words, which has a unique style.

"It works." Yang Qiu glanced at her and said with a smile: "Just spend the money." ”

Pei Zuyi scratched his head: "Spend it?" You weren't. Yang Qiu laughed, stretched his waist, and his elbow almost touched Yan Yuqiu's tall chest. The latter's cheeks immediately turned crimson, but fortunately, the two people on the other side were attracted by Yang Qiu's words and didn't pay attention to her expression.

Yang Qiu didn't know that he had almost made a mistake, his mind was all about how to spend money, and he smiled and pointed to the desert outside: "It's not about buying things that it's called spending money." You see, how desolate it is, wouldn't it be nice to build four or five docks here, and build a few big cities? ”

Bei Zuyi reacted the fastest, his eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked: "Are you going to use this money to provide a loan to Ibn Saud, and then buy equipment and materials from the United States and Europe and hand them over to him?" ”

Yang Qiu didn't reveal the mystery, leaned back on the seat and turned his head to look at the horizon, as if thinking of something, the corners of his mouth slowly hooked: "You say." How great it would be if one day, more than 60% of the land here will be developed by us, and we will be allowed to explore for oil, build petrochemical plants, build docks, and build cities. ”

"Is it possible that 60% of the land in Najd and Hejaz will be developed by China?" Yang Qiu's ambition made Ma Kui's jaw drop. Yan Yuqiu's eyes are even more beautiful, and her heart is all in this man who is ambitious and always has wonderful ideas.

Pei Zuyi frowned even more. It is definitely not possible to buy and sell by force, Britain is on the side, and after these things in the South Seas, India, and Afghanistan, the resentment between China and Britain is not small. Besides, Ibn Saud did not want to continue to be colonized, the anti-colonial ideology of the entire Arab world was very fierce, and the de-Britishization of Persia and Iraq across the Gulf was even more direct, so how could they accept the transfer of more than half of the country?

"Commander, we're here."

With a thunderous reminder, the Ghawar oil field slowly emerged from under the yellow sand...... To be continued.