In the accommodation arranged by Yang Shande, Yan Shao was tasting the ―――――― juice that he was most interested in in Iraq.

It is said that the zuò was made from fruits unique to Iraq, and a variety of special methods were used, and the resulting juice was so delicious that it seemed to have been used by the royal family of Ottoman Turkey. However, now that Turkey no longer exists, the so-called Turkish royal family has also become a thing of the past.

And in the land of Iraq, Yan Shao is almost like an emperor.

In addition, almost everyone knows that Yan Shao is not interested in tobacco and alcohol, but has a soft spot for things like fruit juice, so things seem to be much simpler...

Before Yan Shao and Elamine arrived, Yang Shande had invited the best master in Iraq to serve Yan Shao throughout the whole process. Of course, there will definitely be bodyguards watching in the process of making zuò, after all, the Iraqis still have some resistance now, although this time they only favor some masters who don't seem to be much of a threat, but in fact, they just need to put some poison into the cup, which is enough to solve Yan Shao's life...

Therefore, it is really impossible to be careless...

But on the other hand, Yan Shao was enjoying it very much

After all, this era is very boring, and there are almost no drinks like those in later generations. What you have is a more famous product like Coca-Cola, but you don't have to think about the variety of drinks in later generations.

Plus wine or something. Yan Shao has never liked it very much, and drinking juice has become his only hobby...

"Come on, you can drink some too..." After swallowing an ice cube in the cup into his mouth, and then biting it with his teeth, Yan Shao said to Wang Ruhui, who was sitting opposite him.

"Yes..."Wang Ruhui, who was sitting opposite Yan Shao and looked very honest on the outside, nodded, then carefully took the cup from the table and drank it in small sips.

After a little bit of drinking. Wang Ruhui carefully put the cup back into the distance again.

Looking at Wang Ruhui's appearance, Yan Shao shook his head with some tears and laughter, but soon he and Wang Ruhui talked about business.

"You should know exactly what I'm here for..."

"Of course...", getting down to business. The original cautious expression on Wang Ruhui's face also disappeared a lot, and turned positive. "President, please see, this is the map I brought..."

With that, Wang Ruhui had already placed a map he had brought from outside on the table in front of him and Yan Shao. Then it slowly unfolded.

Just watching Wang Ruhui's movements. I don't know why, Yan Shao suddenly made up Jing Ke in his brain.

After all, Jing Ke in history intended to assassinate Qin Shi Huang when he showed the map to Qin Shi Huang. Of course, we all know what the final result will be, but Yan Shaozhi is not worried that Wang Ruhui will assassinate him at all, just like Jing Ke in history. Because ―――――― before Wang Ruhui came in, the people outside had already examined him very carefully. As for the map, although no one had read the contents inside, the people who were in charge of Yan Shao's security outside still checked it, and after making sure that there were no problems, they put Wang Ruhui in...

But...

"What should I do if this guy really plans to stab me?"

Seeing that the map had almost been unfolded, Yan Shao pursed his lips and thought in his heart.

"Is it a shouting for help, or is it a very direct way to take out the M1911 pistol on your waist and put a shuttle bullet on the body of this guy in front of you?"

The former must not be thought about, Yan Shao is also a person with status now, shouting for help, this ......... Yan Shao definitely won't do it, so it seems that the only choice he can make is the latter...

Thinking of this, instinctively, Yan Shao touched his hand on the grip of the M1911 pistol pinned to his waist...

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I didn't know what happened to Yan Shao's head for a short time, at this time Wang Ruhui was still slowly unfolding the map, and what finally appeared in front of the two of them was a map of two provinces in the Middle East. In addition to the coordinates of some cities, the rest is a strange-looking marker...

"These are the results we have obtained in the past..."Looking at Yan Shao who was sitting in front of him, Wang Ruhui's face showed a proud expression.

Immediately after seeing that Yan Shao seemed to be a little uncomfortable and understood, Wang Ruhui hurriedly explained.

"These are the marks that we've found in the two provinces where there may be oil fields." As she spoke, Wang Ruhui nodded in a few places marked by the ratio, and then spoke. "Here, here, and here are the most likely, especially here...", nodding to Kuwait's location, Wang Ruhui continued. This is where we think there is the most likely place to have oil, and the reserves are likely to be very large, according to our estimates, it is likely to reach hundreds of millions of tons, which is only a conservative estimate, if it is more......... It can fully meet our country's demand for oil in the next 100 years..."

Saying this, Wang Ruhui's face also showed a trace of excitement.

As the head of the exploration team of the Ministry of Energy, although Wang Ruhui seems a little timid and afraid for various reasons, she has no blood in her heart. He is in his 30s, he has experienced that dark time, and he knows very well how difficult China was facing back then, and it is precisely because of this that he will devote himself to the profession of geological exploration without hesitation, hoping to make some contributions to China's industry.

When the country became stronger and stronger, the ore needed from iron ore or tungsten ore became black gold oil, Wang Ruhui invested in the oil exploration industry without hesitation. Today, Wang Ruhui has become the most capable explorer in the field of domestic oil exploration―――――― of course. This also has a lot to do with the late start of China's oil exploration industry, and it can even be said that before Wang Ruhui and his group. No one has ever studied oil exploration.

But it is precisely because of this that they have been able to grow to this point, Wang Ruhui and they can be said to have paid a lot of unimaginable costs for ordinary people...

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"Kuwait..."Looking at the position pointed by Wang Ruhui, Yan Shao showed an unsurprising expression. No matter how ignorant Yan Shao is, he still remembers Kuwait's oil clearly, and naturally knows that Kuwait is famous for its oil and is one of the countries with the largest oil reserves in the world.

Of course. That's not all, the point is that Kuwait itself is very small. Even the small ones are almost negligible. Then it is obviously very smooth to carry out oil exploration work in such a country, after all, there are only so many places that can be explored.

Then...

"And what about these two places?" Saying this, Yan Shao pointed lightly with his finger at the location of the Eastern Persian Gulf and Iraq.

Noticing Yan Shao's movements. After a deep groan. Wang Ruhui hurriedly replied. "It's all going on, and the locations that have been discovered so far that it is speculated to have oil have all been marked, and these are the few places..."

"In fact, oil exploration in these two places is much more difficult than in Kuwait, first of all, the problem of size, either of these two places is much larger than Kuwait. It's not easy to find a place with oil here. On top of that, resistance groups often appear in these two areas, and Kuwait is the case. Although the Kuwaitis were equally disgruntled, they did not go much east, so it was difficult to affect the work of the exploration team..."

It is not surprising that although the Kuwaitis were not convinced, Kuwait was too small to withstand the retaliation of the national government, especially because they practiced a policy of exile, that is, if only one person joined or helped the resistance, the entire village would be exiled to Sakhalin.

There are only a few people in Kuwait, and after being exiled a few times, basically no one dares to rebel against the national government―――――― at least on the surface...

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Kuwait's small territory, combined with the fact that it is not very resistant, makes the work of the exploration team very smooth. But there are some...

"Iraq is relatively good..."Sitting in front of Yan Shao, Wang Ruhui said a little helplessly. As far as we know, the current Iraqis do not have much nostalgia for the original Turkey, after all, the Turks have never considered them their own. Coupled with the fact that we have pursued a series of policies, although the Iraqis still want independence, at least the resistance is not particularly large―――――― at least compared to the Arabs. ”

"In fact, the most problematic area in the entire Middle East is the Yan'an region in the eastern Persian Gulf."

"Yes..."Yan Shao nodded in agreement.

Obviously, he knows a lot about this, such as the Arab thing.

Unlike Iraq, the Arab region was annexed to Ottoman Turkey for a while, but before the First World War, the Arabs had already freed themselves from Ottoman Turkish rule, and naturally, became independent states or something......... In fact, despite the absence of Ottoman Turkish enslavement, Arabia at that time was not a very peaceful place.

It is precisely because they have not been enslaved by the Turks that these Arabs will not choose to compromise for various reasons like the Iraqis. On the contrary, the Arabs have nothing but resistance.

Add to this the fact that behind the Arab resisters there were other Arabs, and with the support of the British, the resistance on the coast of the eastern Persian Gulf can be said to have almost never stopped. It can be said that the vast majority of the exiles sent to Sakhalin today came from Arabia.

According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, if this continues, I am afraid that the eastern Persian Gulf will be uninhabited.

Of course, this would be a bit of an exaggeration, because the Arabs are not all iron men, not to mention that they themselves are also scattered, and there is no solidarity in scientific research at all. After being exiled from so many villages, the remaining Arabs have basically softened their attitudes. For resistance or something, it's no longer so enthusiastic...

But even so, the Arabs caused a lot of trouble for the exploration team.

But...

"According to our preliminary information, there must be a large amount of oil stored on the coast of the eastern Persian Gulf, but for the time being we have not tried to exploit it..."

When he said this, he seemed to have forgotten the awe of Yan Shao in his heart. Wang Ruhui glanced at Yan Shao with some complaints, but he quickly reacted and quickly took his gaze back. Then he made a trembling look, for fear that Yan Shao would find him to settle accounts or something...

Looking at Wang Ruhui's appearance, Yan Shao couldn't laugh or cry.

But Yan Shaozhi admires his professionalism very much. Because just like Yan Shao understood. It is true that the eastern Persian Gulf has large oil deposits. And in very large quantities―――――― although in a certain way, Kuwaiti oil is not less, especially after taking into account the tiny territorial size of Kuwait ...

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Although Kuwait's oil reserves are not the largest in the world, they are quite impressive considering the size of Kuwait's territory. This is also why Yan Shao had to get his hands on such a place as Kuwait from the British...

As for what Wang Ruhui just said is enough to last for a hundred years, this Yan Shao really believes it. Because if even Kuwait cannot meet China's needs in the next 100 years, I believe that no country can meet it.

But all the same. Yan Shao also knows one thing, that is, Wang Ruhui definitely does not know how much oil a country will consume in the future. Especially after a hundred years. That is, in 2019...

You know, in 2014 alone, the consumption of oil was already a little unbearable, let alone 2019, that is, 5 years after 2014.

Let alone...

If China can really extend its current territory to a hundred years later, then China, which can be called an unprecedented giant, may consume more oil than China in Yan Shao's time...

On the other hand, Yan Shao also knew very well why Wang Ruhui would complain about him, because Yan Shao did not let them try to extract the oil they had explored―――――― oil exploration is a science, not that if you find oil here, then there is really oil here.

If it had been that easy, there would have been no two completely different texts in front of the director when he was in Mexico.

Therefore, for oil prospectors, unless the oil is really extracted, even if they are 100% sure that there is oil underground, it is difficult for them to be sure whether there is really ―――――― or empty joy sometimes, some oil wells with a daily output of only a few tons or even a few barrels are also considered to have oil...

And such oil wells are hardly worth mentioning compared to those that can self-spew and even produce tens of thousands of barrels of oil per day ...

However, although Wang Ruhui and other people engaged in oil exploration have always wanted to drill oil wells to see if there is oil in them, and if there is oil, then how much oil reserves there are.

It's a pity that under Yan Shao's strict orders, they don't have such a chance at all...

In the end, they can only complain and continue to explore those oil fields that will not be exploited at all. Among many people, Wang Ruhui, the captain, is undoubtedly the one who complains the most...

It's just that Yan Shao also has his own reasons for doing this, and looking at Wang Ruhui's current appearance, Yan Shao said with a smile.

"Don't be petty, there's a reason why I decided to do this...", saying this, pondering for a while, Yan Shao explained after thinking about the wording in his mind. You should know very well what is the international situation of our country now, especially after our country seized the two regions of Siberia and Central Asia from Russia, and the Western powers have almost made us a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, in such a situation, if we rashly exploit the oil wells and let the outside world know that there is actually oil here, do you think the British and American powers will be able to let go of such an opportunity? ”

"You must understand that our country has now made Britain and the United States tremble, if with the help of oil, Britain and the United States really have no way to contain us, so no matter what they do, they will never allow us to have so much oil, if not, the British may even send a fleet to seize oil wells from us..."

"That..."Knowing that Yan Shaoshu was telling the truth, Wang Ruhui said a little helplessly. When do we wait, and the oil wells that can't be mined are not the same as the oil wells that don't have oil? If we can't mine it, then what are we doing with our lives and risking our lives to explore..."

"For tomorrow!" said a word that made people feel a little numb, Yan Shaozheng said. "The decision not to mine is only temporary, as soon as the time is ripe, we will carry out the mining work, you know, the current British has been greatly damaged by the European war, and now its huge fleet is a huge burden for the British, in order to solve such a burden, the only way for the British is to reduce the size of the fleet."

"But in doing so, it's hard to say that other countries won't overtake them, so I think it's very likely that Britain is plotting a treaty, a very important treaty, and the content of this treaty is to limit the development of armaments in various countries in order to ensure the British government's superiority at sea..."

Saying this, Yan Shao looked at Wang Ruhui, and then said with a smile. "When that time comes, it's time for us to mine..." (To be continued......)