In Western Asia, there is an ancient country that was once the world's first great empire. This country is Persia. More than 2,000 years ago, they established the world's first and largest empire, called the Persian Empire. The successive monarchs of the Persian Empire fought in the north and south, making them a powerful empire straddling Asia, Europe and Africa.

The Persian Empire is a monarchical empire centered on the ancient Persians in the Persian Plateau region of West Asia, which began in 550 BC when Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Dynasty, and in its heyday the territory stretched from the Indus Plain and the Pamir Plateau in the east, to Egypt and Libya in the south, to Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula in the west, and to the Caucasus Mountains and the Aral Sea in the north. Persia arose in the southwestern part of the Persian plateau. Since 600 BC, the Greeks have called this region "Persia". The Persians have deep roots with the Medes, and since the 2000s BC, the Persians have settled in the Persian plateau. In 334 BC, Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III and the Persian Empire fell.

After the fall of the mighty Persian Empire, the Kingdom of Persia remained an important state in Western Asia. However, its influence in West Asia and the world as a whole has been greatly weakened. The Persian kingdom is now ruled by the Qajar dynasty, but since the establishment of the dynasty in 1794, the entire Persian kingdom has completely declined under internal and external troubles. Moreover, they are in danger of being destroyed.

The Qajar dynasty was founded by the Aga Agha, the leader of the Qajar tribe (modern Turkmen) in northern Persia. Muhammad. The dynasty founded by the Khan. Aga. Muhammad Khan spent his early years as a hostage in the court of Karim Khan, the ruler of the Sander. In 1779 Karim Khan died, and Agha. Muhammad fled to the northern strongholds, and took advantage of the fact that the descendants of the Sand dynasty were fighting each other for the throne to expand his power. In 1794 he defeated Kerman. He then ruled over the major provinces of Persia. In 1796, he was crowned King of Persia and established Tehran. Conquest of Khorasan in the same year. He was also the first king of the Qajar dynasty. Became Agha. Mohammed. Sweat. In 1797, Aga. Muhammad. After the death of Khan. His son succeeded to the throne and became the second king of the Qajar dynasty, known as Fatah. Ali. Shah. In Fatah. During the reign of Alisha, the Persian Kingdom fought two wars with Russia in 1804~1813 and 1826~1828, and the Persian Kingdom was defeated and lost a large amount of land.

This also made the Persian kingdom a colony invaded by Russia. In order to ensure the security of India, the British also invaded from the southern part of the Persian kingdom. As a result, the northern and southern parts of the Persian kingdom became colonies of Russia and England one after another. The only thing that the Persian kingdom can control is the central region.

However, in the ensuing Russo-Chinese war. The Chinese Empire defeated Russia, causing Russia to withdraw from Central Asia. The Persian kingdom quickly sent its army north to regain the northern region. However, then the Chinese Empire replaced Russia and began to infiltrate the Persian Kingdom from the north. However, the ensuing outbreak of the world war caused the Chinese Empire to stop its invasion of the Persian kingdom. The defeat of the British in the World War quickly eliminated the British in the southern part of the Persian Kingdom. With the help of changes in the international situation, the Persian Kingdom has become one of the very few independent countries in Asia. To know. There is no longer an independent state in the whole of Asia, except for the Chinese Empire. The Ottoman Turkish Empire had long been recognized as a European country.

Of course, the Persian kingdom was too weak. Although the territory covers an area of more than one million square kilometers, it has a population of more than 15 million people. But. At this moment, the surrounding area of the Persian Kingdom has fallen under the control of the Chinese Empire. To the north of the Kingdom of Persia was the Western Frontier Province of the Chinese Empire, to the west was Iraq, which had been newly incorporated into the Chinese Empire, and to the east was the Kingdom of Afghanistan, which had taken refuge in the Chinese Empire. The Arabian Sea in the south. It is under the control of the Chinese Navy. It can be said that the entire Persian kingdom has been surrounded by the Chinese Empire. And will the Chinese Empire allow the Persian Kingdom to remain independent? It's simply not possible. Previously. The Chinese Empire had already replaced Russia and began its invasion of the Persian kingdom. If it weren't for the war. Perhaps the kingdom of Persia has perished. Now, after the end of the war, the Chinese Empire has also regained its strength, and it is natural that it is time to make a comeback. The weak Persian kingdom will certainly not be able to stop the invasion of the Chinese Empire.

The current king of the Persian kingdom, Nasser. Fourth. Shah is nothing more than a twenty-six-year-old young man. However, he has been king for nine years. In his father Muhammad. After Shah's death, he became king of the Persian kingdom at the age of 17. It's just that the situation faced by the Persian kingdom at that time was not very good, with internal and external troubles. Now, although because of the grasp of coveting, the country has been reunited. However, the crisis in the Kingdom of Persia did not ease, but became more dangerous. Because the enemy they faced was the world's number one power, and compared to the powerful Chinese Empire, the Kingdom of Persia was like a toddler baby.

In the first half of 1857, the whole world was plunged into a frenzy because of the super oil fields discovered by the Chinese Empire in the Persian Gulf. With the large-scale use of oil-consuming machinery such as automobiles, the demand for oil is increasing day by day. Almost everyone can see that oil is a huge wealth, and many poor countries have used oil as an opportunity to change the fate of their countries. The Kingdom of Persia is no exception, and they also hope to find a guarantee that can change the fate of the Kingdom of Persia at this juncture.

The Kingdom of Persia is located in the eastern part of the Persian Gulf, and even the name of the Persian Gulf came into being because of the Kingdom of Persia. However, since the fall of the Persian Empire, they have lost control of the western part of the Persian Gulf. The only thing that remains is the territory of the eastern Persian Gulf.

Although the Persian kingdom was mountainous, there was a fertile plain in the eastern part of the Persian Gulf, which was one of the most important provinces of the Persian kingdom, called Khuzistan. It was once one of the most important agricultural provinces of the Persian Kingdom, and the fertile plains were already flooded with irrigation water from many rivers, making Khuzistan a well-developed agricultural province. Wheat and other food crops produced here made it the most important grain producing region in the Persian Kingdom.

And here, it has also become the most likely place for oil in the Persian Kingdom. After all, it's next to the Persian Gulf. If oil had been discovered in the western part of the Persian Gulf, it would not have been possible to live without it. In fact, Khuzystan is the most important oil-producing region of the Persian Kingdom, and its oil reserves account for 75% of the total oil reserves of the Persian Kingdom.

Nasser, the young king of the Persian kingdom. Fourth. The Shah hopes to find oil here. In this way, the Persian kingdom was able to gain a great deal of wealth from oil. Then, relying on this wealth, the Persian kingdom could build a powerful army that could be used to defend itself against invasions from foreign enemies.

Tehran, inside the royal palace of the Kingdom of Persia, King Nasser. Fourth. Shah is asking Mirza, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom. Nasser. Fourth. Shah was too young, and although he was the king of the Persian kingdom, his prestige within the kingdom was not high. If it weren't for Prime Minister Mirza's support, he might not have been able to sit in this position at all. Therefore, Nasser. Fourth. The Shah was also obedient to Mirza.

"Prime Minister, have we found oil?" Nasser. Fourth. Shah's look of anticipation. The kingdom of Persia was too poor, and agriculture and animal husbandry were their main pillars. As for industry, it is almost a blank slate. It would be almost impossible for such a backward agrarian country to develop into a powerful country and at the same time withstand the invasion of the world's largest power. So, Nasser. Fourth. The Shah has placed all his hopes on oil exploration in Khuzistan province.

"Your Majesty, oil exploration is not achieved overnight. Even the Chinese took nearly a year to find the Buqaig oil field in the Persian Gulf. So, we're going to have a lot of time to do it! Prime Minister Mirza said with a smile. However, deep down in his heart, he was full of helplessness. The Kingdom of Persia was originally an extremely backward country, and there was no equipment for oil extraction, and all of it had to be imported. And because of its relationship with the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire refused to export the relevant equipment to them. To make matters worse, the Persian kingdom had no geology experts at all, which made it more of a matter of luck to find oil.

"We're going to have a super oil field like the Buguaige oil field!" Nasser. Fourth. Shah's eyes lit up. Since he learned that the value of the Buqaige oil field has exceeded 2 billion Chinese dollars, Nasser. Fourth. Shah was so envious. You must know that the annual financial income of the Persian kingdom is only a few tens of millions of tumans. When converted to Chinese dollars, it is only about 10 million Chinese dollars. The Buqaiq oil field alone is already equivalent to the financial revenue of the Persian Kingdom for two hundred years. Fourth. Isn't Shah red-eyed?

"Yes, Your Majesty! We're bound to have oil fields like that! Prime Minister Mirza nodded.

Of course, compared to Nasser, who was full of fantasies. Fourth. Shah, Prime Minister Mirza is undoubtedly much more realistic. If a super oil field like the Buqaig oil field was really discovered in the Persian Kingdom, with the strength of the Persian Kingdom, they would not be able to hold such an oil field at all. The Chinese Empire will definitely launch an attack on the Persian Kingdom as soon as possible, completely destroying the Persian Kingdom in order to seize the oil fields. At that time, the Persian kingdom will not only be unable to hold the oil fields, but even the country will be destroyed. (To be continued......)

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