Come inland, Handar. Brown rarely sees Europeans, but whites do, but Arabs in headscarves, and the most common ones are tanned Chinese, which also shows the desolation and backwardness of the outback.

Hantec. Brown stood in the sun for a short while, his mouth parched by the enthusiasm of the North African sun, and the fierce sun "hit his body", but it was not in California that he wore a sun hat and dressed in a good clothes to play golf leisurely and was known as sun-kissing.

Licking his cracked lips, he said: "The conditions here are difficult, I feel like I have come to the Mexican desert, when we went to the Texas desert to adventure, we also went to the desolate Mexico, here is even more desolate than Mexico." ”

"There are at least cacti in the Mexican desert, there are not even many cacti here, except for us adventurers, not to mention Italians, and the indigenous Arabs do not want to come here. Luckily, we found an oasis and managed to solve the water problem. ”

Sinclair complained, glanced at Zhou Ziqiang, and admired, "However, under such difficult conditions, Zhou and his compatriots helped the company build camps, pave roads, install running water and electricity, and of course, build oil fields, and now are laying pipelines." They give a lot! ”

"Hmm." Zhou Ziqiang also nodded with emotion, very proud in his heart, no need to say anything to ask for credit.

After the expiration of their work in Libya, the Chinese workers received a good sum of money, which was enough for them to return to their homeland or buy a small piece of land or do some small business in South China.

Of course, the goal of Zhou Ziqiang and the South China Chinese Cordial Conference behind him is not to let those tens of thousands of Chinese make a little money, and then return to China in a hurry, holding a few acres of land and buffaloes to live a "decadent" life, but to do everything possible to let them settle down overseas.

Hantec. Acknowledging the contributions of the Chinese workers to Chevron Oil Company, Brown instructed Sinclair to take care of the Chinese workers as much as possible without violating his principles.

Zhou Ziqiang expressed his gratitude. With the support of Chevron Oil, there will be far fewer obstacles for Chinese to become naturalized Libya. You don't have to settle the Italians yourself, so there's a lot less trouble!

Outside still don't feel it, back to camp and sit down, Henda. Brown smelled the faint smell of blood on Zhou Ziqiang's body.

Zhou Ziqiang explained: "We found an oasis 20 kilometers west of the No. 1 oil field, where there is water. An engineering team was sent to lay water pipes, but in the past few days, many horse bandits have suddenly arrived, not to mention destroying our water pipes, and killing many of us. Finally caught those bastards today, don't you believe it, and caught an Italian? ”

Zhou Ziqiang's tone was understated, and he seemed to be accustomed to it.

"Italians? Where is it? Sinclair asked.

"He was hit by a bullet, he couldn't save him, he was buried." Zhou Ziqiang replied. And added, "It's all buried!" ”

Whether in South China or Libya, he didn't have a good impression of the Green Church, the black and green guys in the country were annoying, and if he wasn't in North Africa, he would really want to go back to his homeland and exile those black and green guys to the remote outer islands.

Libya is better here, there are fewer people, and the Chinese have come to open up new homes. There were no people in the original place, and there was no conflict with the locals.

However. When the Sierte area was developed, there were more and more people who coveted it, and for those saboteurs, Zhou Ziqiang felt that there was no reason to say, one word "buried", all these years. He didn't "plant" people in the desert.

In a lawless desert, killing people and selling goods is nothing, otherwise why are there so many Texas and California cowboys?

After all, oil is also called black gold.

Sinclair and Handar. Brown, as a brilliant oil adventurer, doesn't see anything wrong with Zhou's approach. But the Italians and horse bandits got together to sabotage the water pipes, and the matter was serious.

There were originally no people in this area, and the few natives had long been cleaned up, and now there are new ones, and it is impossible to say that it has nothing to do with Italy.

"It's definitely coming for the oil fields! They don't want us to extract oil easily, the Italians have nothing to do, do they want to use such clumsy means? ”

Sinclair said angrily that the Libyan cause was at stake in his future, and the last thing he wanted was to see someone sabotage.

glanced at Zhou Ziqiang again, "The water source is the key, and controlling the water source controls this large basin." Zhou, I can't trust those guys who wrap headscarves, I hope you will let your compatriots come over and protect that water source, as the base of the company's inland oil field factory, the water source must be protected. ”

"To build settlements in the inland desert, people can say that technically they can find Duncan Firm, they have experience in running desert oases, but the materials they need - Nanhua alone can't provide much."

Zhou Ziqiang stretched out his hands helplessly and opened his mouth to ask for something.

If the Chinese occupy this water source and land, they can better protect the company's oil fields, and this conclusion is not only established in Libya, but also in the Malay Lake Caybo oil field in Venezuela, in Sumatra, in Long Beach, California, Chevron Oil Company has always had a tradition of employing Chinese workers, and will continue this tradition.

Hantec. Brown has no opinion, as for the money, as long as the oil can be extracted, compared with the money earned, the little support that Zhou Ziqiang asked for is nothing, and now Chevron Oil Company is not bad for money!

"If you build a city in the desert, you can do it with hard-working Chinese, and your compatriots will do well in Las Vegas, Nevada!" Hantec. Brown laughed and praised, "If necessary, the company will set aside a special fund." ”

"Alright, leave this matter to me!" Zhou Ziqiang readily agreed.

After saying that, he got up and left when he saw that he had nothing to do, and handed over the time to Sinclair and Handar. Brown.

"Zhou is very efficient and is your good helper!"

Hantec. Brown smiled that he couldn't stay here long and would have to go to Iraq to check on the No. 1 field and then return home to report to the board of directors on the Red Line Agreement.

So he became serious again, "The day after tomorrow, the fleet will go to Benghazi, this is the best time to negotiate, and we must seize it." ”

At the same time, Ziano, who was in charge of the oil negotiations, came to Tripoli and met with Governor Italo. Balbo discusses how to deal with the "aggressive" Yankees!

In their opinion, the Yankees are just aggressive, otherwise how could they send the fleet to the Mediterranean?

Italo. Balbo smiled and introduced Ziano's negotiators: "Sinclair, the head of Chevron Oil in Libya, is a very tough guy, he was originally a powerful oil merchant in the United States, and then he was involved in an oil scandal. The Sinclair Pipeline Company was acquired by Chevron, and he himself joined Chevron and was sent to North Africa, where he has been engaged in oil exploration activities.

It is said that he himself is wanted by the US judicial department and has never been able to return to the United States, so he has to stay in Libya. ”

"You can last for years in the Libyan desert. It can be seen that the other party is determined and will not be easily swayed. Ziano nodded and commented.

"Yes! The Yankees not only brought in oilfield equipment, but also set up a security team. In the middle of nowhere, they can do whatever they want. In order to curb their ambitions, I have ordered the dispatch of colonial missions to the Siirt region. ”

"Well, we have to make the Yankees understand who is the master here." Ziano nodded, as far as he knew, the order from the Doge's Palace had already gone down. But the colonial regiment was slow to move, and the procrastination style was really-

Ziano doesn't want to complain about the efficiency of his own army, let alone the colonial regiment, slow down, slow down! The stationing of colonial regiments in the Siirt region also increased the bargaining chips for negotiations.

"By the way, in addition to Sinclair, you also have to pay attention to a Chinese named Zhou Ziqiang, who is a South China diplomat in Libya. At the same time, it also has close ties with the mercenaries of Chevron Oil. Just as our colonial regiment hired a large number of Arabs, Chevron also hired a large number of Chinese mercenaries. ”

Speaking of which. The Governor General frowned, in recent years, there have been more and more Chinese in Libya, and they have brought a large amount of capital, technology and labor, which has accelerated the economic construction of Libya, so that the Governor General's face can be labeled as a "model territory builder". It also worries the Governor a little.

"Oh?" Ziano seemed to be interested in the Chinese in Libya, and after listening to the introduction of the Governor-General, he was quickly relieved and felt that it was no big deal, just like the British hired Indians to serve around the world. They're just hired servants from the Yankees, and the focus is back on Chevron.

"They just want to come and make some money, and since they don't affect our rule in Tripoli and Benghazi, don't worry, Italy's sovereignty over Libya is recognized by the great powers."

Ziano laughed.

As for the South China government, in recent years, there have been more and more economic and trade cooperation with Italy, with a trade volume of more than 100 million US dollars, and Italy imports a large number of rubber, spices, palm oil, tin and other bulk commodities from South China every year, and later also imports high-tech industrial products including refrigerators and radios, and at the same time, Italy also exports machinery, mechanical and electrical equipment and various commodities to South China, and the relationship between the two sides is not bad.

"That's just as well."

The Governor also smiled, he did not think that the Chinese came all the way to Africa to overthrow the Italian dominance, the Chinese went to Africa to make a living, in fact, it is the same as the southern Italian peasants ran to the United States to make a living, Ziano said, the Governor also let go of a little worry in his heart.

The situation in the Siirt region made Ziano anxious, Chevron had already created the established facts, they were progressing very fast, and the Italian oil company had not yet entered the Siirt area, and Chevron had already started laying pipelines there.

Following the success of Well No. 1, Chevron Oil Company drilled 10 more wells in a row, and the oil field has begun oil production operations.

The Italians no longer hope of swallowing Chevron's oil fields, their goal is to get Chevron's production capacity in Libya's oil fields, and at the same time speed up access to the Siirt region to find their own oil fields.

In order to get a better understanding of the situation in the Siirt region, Ziano set the negotiation venue in Benghazi, near Port Silt, and he finally met the Yankee Sinclair, who was a headache for the Governor. The two sides began a new round of negotiations in Benghazi.

As soon as they met, the two sides had to shout as usual.

Eni, the head of the Italian oil company, offered to buy Chevron's assets in Libya, and the two sides formed a joint venture to jointly develop Libyan oil.

Sinclair flatly refused, pointing out that the idea that the Italians wanted to pick peaches was stupid.

Eni was furious and shouted that without the approval of the Italian government, Chevron could not extract oil in Libya and would not get a drop of oil.

Chevron Oil Company disagreed, saying that the Italians "can try".

At one point, the two sides were at sabre rattling, and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet was sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar to Libya under friendly escort from the Royal Navy.

During this period, a group of militants broke into the No. 1 oil field at night in an attempt to set fire to the operating oil well.

The oil company's security forces attacked decisively and exchanged fire with the invading militants, and gunfire rang out throughout the night.

Under the command of Zhou Ziqiang, the security team dispatched heavy machine guns and mortars, killing and wounding nearly 1,000 militants at the cost of 110 casualties, crushing the military adventures of some people.

It is said that when the news reached the governor's palace in Tripoli, the governor was so angry that he smashed his glass and scolded the colonial regiment, and even a group of mercenaries could not defeat it.

What gave him a headache was that the Arab native soldiers of the colonial regiment died when they died, but the Italian officers inside were arrested, and the Governor's Palace was at a loss for words.

Fortunately, neither side meant to make it public, and the Governor's Palace still had a chance to calm the incident. It was only after this battle that it would take several years for the Governor's Office to resume its military presence in the Siirt region, which was de facto controlled by Chevron.

The Italians also had little to lose, and their presence there was weak.

In the port of Tripoli, a group of uninvited guests, a group of sea giants appeared, and the American fleet, headed by the three battleships Colorado, the West Virginia, and the Maryland, which together amounted to a dozen warships, paid a "murderous" friendly visit to the Italians, which frightened many people, because the tonnage of this detachment was already equal to the total fleet of the Italian Navy.

The Italian Navy also sent a fleet to welcome the visit of the Americans.

"Your warships are on the coast of North Africa and don't look friendly." The Italians blamed the Americans.

"We were just passing by to see old friends. You don't have to be nervous, didn't our Great White Fleet also visit Europe back then? This time, the scale is smaller. The Americans said.

"Where are you going?" The Italian asked again.

"The Middle East, through the Suez Canal, into the Indian Ocean to the East." The Americans replied.

"So you still care about the British! They're not welcoming you across the Suez Canal! The Italian smiled.

"It's just a normal transfer, our destination is Hawaii." The Americans replied calmly.

This U.S. detachment traveled around the world and finally joined the Pacific Fleet. When passing through South China, looking at the battleships of the Yankees, the South China Navy drooled with envy, and proposed to the government to buy the battleships that the Yankees wanted to dismantle, saying that the South China Navy was embarrassed to go out without a single battleship, but unfortunately it failed to do so. That's an afterword.

In short, the arrival of the fleet helped Chevron Oil Company a lot, and it was beneficial to protect the company's oil fields. After that, oil negotiations quickly entered the topic. (To be continued.) )