Although in the eyes of the outside world, Yan Shao's renunciation of the right to inherit Russia in northern Iran seems to be a great loss. But at least in the eyes of Yan Shao and other high-level officials of the national government, their goal has been achieved, and all they have to do next is to build a railway about 1,800 kilometers long in the north of Iran, so that the Turkmen province can be connected with the Iraqi province and the territory of northern Iran...

"Anyway, it's done..."

Looking at the agreement that had just been sent back from London, Yan Shao didn't seem to take it very seriously, and then smiled at the few people in front of him and said.

"Yes..."Looking at Yan Shao's hand, Duan Qirui on the side couldn't help but smile on his face.

At the same time, Xu Shichang also said with a smile. "I'm curious to know what the British will look like when they know what we've found in Iraq and Kosovo..."

"Anyway, it must be the kind that is very funny..."Maybe it was because the matter was over, Yan Shao's mood seemed to be very good, so he made a few jokes with everyone present.

The atmosphere in the room has also become very good because of this relationship.

The Middle East oil affair is an absolute secret today, but it is not among the top echelons of the national government, at least there are many people who know about it, and almost all of you know about it.

It is precisely for this reason that they will support Yan Shao's plan on Iran.

Because nothing is more important to China today than to ensure the security of several provinces in the Middle East.

In fact. Today's Middle Eastern provinces can almost be said to be heavily armed. In order to ensure the security of this area, Yan Shao arranged at least one legion of troops, and it was definitely the best-equipped legion.

Especially when considering well-equipped. Coupled with rigorous training and the actual combat experience accumulated from the sea of corpses and blood, the combat capability of this legion is likely to be even twice that of the same number of European armies.

If you cooperate with a good commander, you can even defeat three times the same number of European troops―――――― provided that the opponent's equipment is still maintained at the current level.

As for the Russian side, even if there is not a good commander, it is no problem to fight against three times the number of Soviet Russian Red Army at the same time.

There is no way, although the actual combat experience of the army on the side of Soviet Russia is also okay, but the equipment is really poor. Almost all of them were provided by the national government. In this way, the Nationalist government naturally knew exactly what kind of equipment Soviet Russia was.

In addition to this, it is difficult to say that the army of Soviet Russia is well trained. After all, the current Soviet Russia has only just consolidated its power. The training of the troops has only just begun, and most of the troops have no training to speak of, and they have little contact with some of the advanced equipment they have today.

In particular, aviation units, as well as armored units, although Soviet Russia also had some aviation brigades and armored units. But there are very few of them. In addition, Yan Shao is also very clear about the words that let the power of Soviet Russia be too strong. As for what kind of threat he will have, he is also controlling the export of equipment to Soviet Russia.

At least like the equipment of the armored corps, or some other equipment, it is basically very strictly controlled. Otherwise, this kind of weapon is too dangerous for China―――――― yes, there is the Ural Mountains, and there is basically no need to worry about the Russians being able to cross this mountain range with armored troops.

But what about the Kazakh plain? You must know that it can be said that it is a flat river, and it can almost be said that there is no place to defend it. If only Soviet Russia had a strong enough armored corps. That's really stressful...

In fact, Yan Shaoke did not dare to underestimate Soviet Russia's ability to explode troops at all, especially after Soviet Russia had a certain amount of industry. Historically, Germany was strong enough. But in the end, it wasn't the Soviet Russia that blew up the soldiers to death!

Naturally, with such an explosion of troops, the pressure on Soviet Russia is also great enough. However, those people in Soviet Russia are simple-minded guys and don't take care of these, but Yan Shao can't.

Because the country that Yan Shao wants to build is a place that should belong to the Promised Land.

Okay, there shouldn't be such a utopian place in this world, but at least Yan Shao knows very well what the country he wants to build is like.

That country should be one with a strict social organization like Soviet Russia, and at the same time with a certain degree of freedom, just slightly worse than the United States.

Naturally, thinking like this in this day and age seems to be somewhat fantastical. But Yan Shao is very confident in this, after all, the current national government is not much different from what Yan Shao expects.

First of all, although the current government has not banned other political parties from participating in politics, no one can deny that the current government enjoys a leading position in the whole of China.

For example, the three major commanders in the army, Jiang Baili, Cai Yi, and Feng Guozhang are all members of the National Socialist Party, and there is also Wu Peifu, whose reputation is second only to the previous three, although he is still very young, he also has great prestige in China. And the vast majority of the current cabinet is basically the same.

As for the other political parties, although the current national government has always claimed to be a multi-party coalition, in fact, they are in a kind of vase position in the national government.

Something nice to look at, but it's really useless at all...

Of course, there will definitely be many people who are dissatisfied with the position of their vase, but there are some people who are satisfied. This is not surprising at all, because at least on the surface, Yan Shao still has a lot of respect for these vases.

And one thing that has to be mentioned is that although most of the time, Yan Shao treats the Congress as an ornament, but this is only when the Congress drags Yan Shao back. If those guys really have any good suggestions, Yan Shao will definitely not interfere, and will even give great support.

It's like once. At that time, there was an epidemic in Shandong. The affected area is huge, and although Yan Shao has tried his best to mobilize all kinds of materials to the disaster area, the death toll is still very large. At this time, there was a person who came back from studying in the West. A member of the Progressive Party, who happens to be in parliament, spent a whole day learning about the situation and put together a more detailed list of measures that have been extremely effective in limiting the epidemic.

Some of them have never even been seen in this era.

And Yan Shao did not hesitate at all after reading this article. Instead, he directly deployed according to the text, and even appointed that person as the deputy commander-in-chief of the disaster area, who was specifically responsible for controlling the epidemic―――――― the reason why he was not the commander-in-chief. It's because that person doesn't know much about the local situation after all, and if he is appointed rashly, it is difficult to say whether it will cause any chaos, which is undoubtedly very unfavorable to the control of the epidemic.

But even so. Yan Shao's move was enough to make him grateful. At the same time, it also shattered many rumors about Yan Shao's suppression of other parties―――――― of course. Whether it's a rumor or not, it's really hard to say.

Afterwards, Yan Shao did not have the slightest intention of erasing that person's merits, but instead helped him publicize it.

Not only that person, but even people from other parties, as long as they put forward some strategies for the benefit of the country and the people, Yan Shao will adopt them, and at the same time, he will also give that person a heavy responsibility.

Anyway, for Yan Shao, none of this is a big deal.

That's right. In doing so, it will indeed bring a certain amount of prestige to the party to which those people belong. But so what?

Don't forget, Yan Shao is the one who directly appoints them, no matter how well they do, it is Yan Shao who will get more glory in the end. On the other hand, if Yan Shao really shelved their mention just because they were from other political parties, or even did something other bad, if it was really exposed, it would be the most unfavorable for Yan Shao―――――― not to mention those people in China for the time being, in Japan, Europe, and the United States, I don't know how many people want to get Yan Shao down, so if Yan Shao really does this, it is not surprising that he will soon be caught by those people.

Although China has now reclaimed most of its rights, a large part of it remains.

For example, concessions and the like are only being negotiated so far, so the government does not have much jurisdiction over the newspapers located in the concessions.

Yan Shao didn't want to cause too much trouble, although it wouldn't damage Yan Shao's status, it would always have some impact.

What's more, as mentioned earlier, Yan Shao doesn't have to worry about the competition generated by those political parties at all.

Yan Shao's rule in the country was very stable, and although there were too many people and there were many people, the popularity of the National Socialist Party was still very good in China. Therefore, Yan Shao is not at all worried that other political parties will affect the status of the Kuomintang in China.

And most importantly...

Who said that those people could not become members of the National Socialist Party.

For example, the previous congressman, when he was the deputy commander-in-chief in Shandong, was co-opted by Yan Shao into the National Socialist Party and became a member of the National Socialist Party.

Some of the other people have had similar experiences...

Although Yan Shao did this, he had some intention of digging into the wall, and because of this, he was protested by many parties. But in the end, the arrival of these people added a lot of color to the National Socialist Party.

In the same way, having so many talented people is also the foundation for the long-term prosperity of the National Socialist Party.

Of course, there are also some people who are reluctant to come to the National Socialist Party, and Yan Shao is not reluctant to do so, after all, everyone has their own aspirations. Yan Shao even gave these people a lot of help and allowed them to hold some more powerful positions in the Kuomintang Socialist Party. In this way, Yan Shao's reputation for being broad-minded spread, and at the same time, the position of Yan Shao and the Kuomintang became more and more stable because of this...

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In any case, no one can deny the position of the Kuomintang in China.

In the same way, the Kuomintang is like a towering tree, rooted in the land of China, nay, to be exact, on the 500 million people, constantly drawing from it the nutrients it needs. Bringing those who are useful into the Socialist Party will continue to ensure that this towering tree can thrive...

Nature. At the same time that the National Socialist Party was doing this, another monster, which could almost be called deformed, was also doing its own thing. to find your own ............... Nutrient? No! More prey, prey!

If the National Socialist Party is a towering tree, then this is a monster through and through, a carnivorous monster who is constantly looking for prey and food that can make him stronger while growing stronger...

And this time, it is targeting the little thing in the hands of the Anglo-Iranian oil company...

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. To be exact, it should be called Anglo-Polish Oil Company, after all, the name of Iran should be Persia now. Case. Then the Iranian word for Iran should naturally be changed to the Persian word for waves.

In any case, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company was founded relatively early, after the discovery of a large oil field in Masjid Suleiman in Iran in 1908. It was also the first company to exploit oil in the Middle East.

It should be clarified. Although the company is now called Anglo-Polish Petroleum Company, in 1935, Anglo-Polish Petroleum Company was renamed Anglo-Iranian Petroleum Company, which became British Petroleum in 1954, the predecessor of modern BP―――――― that is, British Petroleum, one of the seven sisters of modern petroleum.

In 1901, London's socialite, millionaire William? Knox? Darcy with the Persian king Muzaffardin? Shah reached a consensus that he was given 60-year oil exploration rights for most of Iran. The Shah, on the other hand, received £20,000, a certain number of shares in Darcy's company and 16% of the future profits―――――― in a way, this William? Knox? Darcy can be said to have taken advantage of it. After all, the oil resources under Iranian soil are definitely more than 20,000 pounds.

Let alone...

Twenty thousand pounds sterling was only two hundred thousand Chinese dollars, at least at the time. If you say 200,000 yuan, you may not even be able to buy a gunboat, and with such a small amount of money, you can do such a big thing, isn't this an achievement?

Again, in the eyes of many, the next step is probably just to sit and collect money.

But actually, it's not that simple.

Did Darcy hire George? Bernard? Reynolds conducts exploration in the desert region of Iran. The environment in the desert of Iran is harsh, with 'smallpox rampant, bandits and warlords, undrinkable water, and temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius'. One can imagine how much of a negative impact this environment has had on oil exploration.

It can even be said that the cost of oil exploration in such a situation would be very high, and in fact it is.

After years of exploration, Darcy's fortune dried up and he had to sell most of his exploration rights to the Glasgow consortium Bermese Petroleum Company.

At this point, it seems to be somewhat similar to the oil companies that Yan Shao encountered in Mexico at the time. No matter how it is, but the actual result in the end is that there is no oil, Yan Shao also felt distressed about this problem at the beginning, because even if you know that the ground is oil, but if you can't extract it, it can basically be equivalent to nothing...

By 1908, Darcy and Burmer had invested more than £500,000 and had failed to find anything, so they decided to abandon oil exploration in Iran. In early May 1908, they sent a telegram to Reynolds stating that they were short of funds and that he had "stopped working, dismissed his staff, dismantled everything that was counted in the cost of transportation, reloaded on the coast, and returned".

Obviously, like many of Mexico's oil merchants throughout history, they are a little overwhelmed.

However, Reynolds did not immediately carry out this order, and he discovered oil by chance on May 26, 1908. Serial production of Persian oil began in 1913 at an oil refinery in Abadan, which was once the largest in the world. In 1913, just before the outbreak of the First World War, the Anglo-Polish Oil Company and the Secretary of the Navy Winston? Churchill began to discuss. In exchange for the ship's oil supply, Churchill injected capital into the Anglo-Polish oil company and obtained a controlling stake in the Anglo-Polish oil company, and the British government became the de facto controller behind the Anglo-Polish oil company.

In other words, although Yushi Group has obtained a considerable part of Iran's oil exploration rights, if it wants to monopolize the oil resources of the entire Iranian region, then Anglo-Iranian Oil Company is a stumbling block in front of Yan Shao.

This is also why Yushi Group wants to buy the relationship from Anglo-Iranian Petroleum Company. It's not just the oil well in the hands of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, but also the exploration rights in other areas in their hands...

"It's also going to be acquired..."

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It was the Commune government that negotiated with the British government over the affairs of northern Iran. And finally, after protracted negotiations, the intention was finally reached. Representatives of Yushi Group also visited the headquarters of Anglo-Iranian Petroleum Company.

He also expressed the hope that he could buy all the oil exploration rights in the hands of the Anglo-Iranian oil company, as well as the oil well that is currently producing a large amount of oil.

In this regard, the oil company naturally refused, of course. The attitude is very tactful. Because now the Rainstone Group has a great influence in the UK, even if the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company has a deep government background, it will never be willing to offend the Rainstone Group...

But just when the oil companies refused. Yushi Group came up with a generous condition that almost made the oil company unable to refuse...

Money!

Anglo-Iranian oil companies are exploring oil in Iran for money. Extracting oil and refining it is also about making money. It can be said that this qiē is all about money, even if the company later had a stake in Churchill, which gave the whole company a strong government background. But there is no doubt about the facts. For this company, there is nothing more important than money...

Even in order to achieve the goal, Elaline has designed two sets of solutions.

One is to buy the exploration rights directly from the Anglo-Iranian oil company, and the other is the oil well that has already been extracted.

The second plan is relatively more complicated, that is, to acquire the shares of Anglo-Iranian Petroleum Company first, and then slowly acquire the company―――――― money is not a problem, and now for Yan Shao, he lacks everything, except that he is not short of money.

Every year Yushi Group makes a large amount of profits. Almost all of them were deposited in the bank. Although Eleno has been looking for investment projects as much as possible, he wants to spend all the money in his hands. Unfortunately, even though Ilenor is already doing this, there is still a lot of money left over every year.

Fortunately, there is also a Yushi Bank under the Yushi Group.

So this money, as a loan, is usually given to those who need it and to the country.

For example, the French government, because of the war, needed a large amount of reconstruction funds, so it received a large loan from the Rain Stone Bank. This is true of other countries that have been affected by war, even those that have been defeated.

Because of the defeat of the war, the economies of these countries have been severely affected, and they urgently need a large number of loans to save the economy, etc.

Of course, it is more or less risky to lend money to these countries, after all, if these countries are unable to repay their debts, then the money will be in their hands. Especially considering that they are still some defeated countries or something, it is really difficult to say when the economy will recover.

However, before taking out the loan, Elaline had already conducted a detailed investigation.

At the same time, when those countries make loans, they will also use some domestic things as collateral. Usually these things are some more valuable minerals, or something else.

For example, the income of the port or the wharf, etc., and even a new state that was formed because of the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, used his customs duties as collateral.

Even if these countries can't repay their debts in the future, it won't be a loss with these Yushi Group.

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Buying an oil company, and there are no oil companies at the moment, is undoubtedly a matter that requires a lot of capital, but for Yushi Group, it is not a difficult task.

It is also for this reason that Elaline has specially designed two sets of solutions.

Naturally, there are many other options in addition to these two packages.

For example, through various means, the shareholders of the Anglo-Iranian oil company encountered an economic crisis, forcing them to give up their shares.

In addition, there is also the contact with some Iranian 'armed groups', so that they can carry out some attacks on the oil wells owned by the Anglo-Iranian oil company, destroy the oil wells, increase the production cost of the Anglo-Iranian oil company, and in this way, the Anglo-Iranian oil company has to sell the oil wells...

However, the latter two were finally rejected after thinking about it.

The reason is also very simple, there are too many people in this world who are not pleasing to the eyes of the Yushi Group, and almost none of them are eager to dismember this deformed monster that can almost affect the world with a knife!

Almost none of the latter two ways is a normal means of commercial competition. It's easy to give authority to people, so it's better to simply use normal commercial competition.

Anyway, with the financial resources of Yushi Group, there is no need to worry about financial problems at all.

If you smash it directly with money, you can always smash those Britons down!

In fact, it was true, although at first, the British refused to sell the company's exploration rights and the oil well, but when the representative of the Rain Stone Group pulled out a cheque worth 20 million pounds, the British could no longer take their eyes off...

20 million pounds, which is equivalent to 80 million US dollars, or more than 200 million Chinese dollars,

Since the gold standard was still in place during this period, the currency was still relatively strong, and although the war had broken out not long ago, the currency did not depreciate very much―――――― only the price of goods appreciated.

But even so, 20 million pounds is by no means a small amount, and it can even order seven of the latest battleships in British shipyards. Turning an originally weak naval country into a naval power overnight.

Even if this country didn't have much naval foundation, with seven of the latest battleships, it could easily give them a combat power that many people can't imagine!

It should be noted that when the Rockefellers bought the oil field in Tampico from Yan Shao, they used about $50 million, plus 30% of the proceeds.

And 50 million dollars is probably equivalent to more than 10 million pounds, but the oil well discovered by the British in Iran is obviously impossible to compare with the oil well in the Tampico field. Seriously, a single well is worth a few million pounds.

Naturally, the British also raised their own questions about this, but the representatives of the Rainstone Group answered very simply.

"We are mainly interested in the hidden value of that land, so we are willing to gamble...", the representative's expression is very freehand.

Hearing his words, the British were a little surprised. "In that case, how can you be sure that we will be willing to sell the oil exploration rights there, after all, if we can find oil from there, it will be far more cost-effective than twenty million pounds..."

"The reason is very simple," the representative of the Rainstone Group smiled slightly. You should remember how long it took you to discover the first well, and so far, even though the oil wells you have explored before have produced a lot of oil, have you discovered a second well since then..."

"What's more, this is not just 20 million pounds, but 20 million pounds in cash, as long as you agree to the transaction, you can get 20 million pounds in cash immediately, I believe that even if I don't say it, you should understand..."

It's like a company has about 10 billion in assets, but the liquidity is actually only a few hundred million. It seems that the current British government has a fiscal revenue of more than one billion pounds a year, but most of them have already been arranged, and the real flexible use may only be tens of millions of pounds...

20 million pounds is not a small amount even for the British government, let alone the British people in front of them...

This is also the reason why the representative will look confident, 20 million pounds in front of him, he really doesn't believe that these British people in front of him will not give in! (To be continued......)