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Riding on a camel and looking at the Valley of the Kings, which can already be said to be close at hand, in the distance, David? Dean couldn't help but look at the archaeological team member on the side.

"Is there really so much treasure hidden in that mausoleum?!"

This question is not just David? Dean himself, and even his teammates, are very concerned. It can even be said that they attach great importance to the answer to this question.

And looking at David? Dean, the member of the archaeological team on the other camel next to him, couldn't help but smile wryly, but he explained.

"Trust me, that mausoleum is definitely an unprecedented discovery. The treasure buried inside can be described as a mountain of treasure, and in the same way, this discovery will add a lot of glory to the empire, so for whatever reason, we must not allow this glory to fall into the hands of Chinese—————— especially if Egypt is still our territory. ”

This team member is taking advantage of Howard? Carter ran inadvertently to the member of the archaeological team who was stationed in the nearest British army, and like many members of the archaeological team, this man was not willing to let his work be robbed by the Chinese.

However, it is obvious that Howard's archaeological team alone must not be able to snatch all the treasures of the mausoleum, especially the mausoleum, from the hands of the Chinese.

Therefore, some of the British people also have some crooked ideas. Since they can't snatch it, that's good. Why don't you just find one that you can snatch away?

One way or another, Egypt was, after all, a colony of the British. Here, the British have a very large power. And if it was for the sake of British glory and interests, if the British came forward to ask for help, the troops stationed nearby would not necessarily refuse.

And that's exactly what happened...

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After hearing the reason for the archaeological team's request for help, the Englishmen only hesitated for a moment in favor before nodding in agreement.

After all, according to the archaeological team, the discovery of the Valley of the Kings would be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the century, and this glory would not only revive the already somewhat weakened glory of the empire, but the benefits alone would be enough for the Britons to covet.

Honestly. In fact, there is not much oil and water to speak of in Egypt.

After all, Egypt does not have any special resources. It's not a particularly rich area, except for the pyramids and mummies, and the whole place is all over the desert...

There is no doubt that the sand is of little value.

Of course, this is not to say that Egypt is really out of the sand and there is nothing else. Although it is true that Egypt is a little poor, it is not so poor.

In fact, Egypt still has some oil resources, and oil is a very important part of Egypt's minerals. The source of oil was originally on the western coast of the Red Sea. There are two oil fields in Gerib and Hurghada, but the production in this area is gradually decreasing, and the new oil fields are in the Sinai Peninsula, with Suor, Arr, Belan and other places. Sinai oil is polysulfurous. Therefore, it must be buried in a sulfur removal place, and then cracked.

This also leads to more troublesome when doing this. At the same time, the cost will be slightly higher.

In addition to these, there are a number of other resources in Egypt. For example, phospholite is mainly produced on the western coast of the Red Sea. Centered on Quishar. Manganese minerals are found in the western Sinai Peninsula, and iron sand is mainly produced in the Bahariya oasis. It is hematite with 50% iron content.

Egypt of this era aside, later Egypt was largely dependent on agriculture, oil exports, tourism, and labor exports. In 2010, 13.5 per cent of the country's employed persons were engaged in agriculture, 37.9 per cent in industry and 48.6 per cent in services. In addition, 3 million Egyptians work in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf countries and Europe, among other places. Egypt is an important producer and exporter of cotton in the world. The Aswan Dam, completed in 1970, changed the ecology of the Nile and affected Egyptian agriculture.

However, as many people know, Egypt is a place full of deserts, and the amount of land that can be used for cultivation in such a country can be imagined almost on the knees.

And that's exactly what happened...

Egypt's arable land accounts for 2.92% of the total area, and under the conditions of temperature, Egyptian farmland can be harvested twice a year. However, due to the shortage of irrigation water and soil fertility (lack of chemical fertilizers), the system of three harvests in two years is mainly implemented. And adopt the rotation method.

However, it is precisely because of one reason or another that Egypt's agricultural output has not been very high, and it can only barely feed a part of the country's population, which also leads to Egypt has been one of the world's largest grain importers in later generations.

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Although in later generations, Egypt was also famous for its gold, at least in Egyptian history, there were often things made of gold. Especially in some film and television dramas in later generations, there are often a lot of movies that depict Egypt's rich gold quantity.

For example, the more famous movie "Mummy", which is the movie starring Tarzan of the Apes. In the whole movie, not to mention the so-called third part, at least in the first part, well, when it was still in the first part, there was a scene where a lot of gold was piled up together.

This already shows how much gold there is in Egypt...

The problem is, after all, it's just an exaggerated picture that often appears in movies, and it's not clear to anyone how it actually is.

There is no doubt that gold may have been a very common substance for the emperors of Egypt, but for the people of Egypt, it was relatively rare. At least it's hard for ordinary people to have this kind of thing...

It is for this reason. British officials in Egypt generally have less oil and water to work on, especially those at the more junior level. As for these garrisons or something. If the colonial officials were likely to be honored by some of the locals, then there was nothing they could do with the garrison.

The only one who can make some money. I'm afraid that the only way to do this is to crack down on smuggling.

Of course, cracking down on smuggling is certainly not profitable, but if the goods can be detained, then the benefits that may be obtained are naturally incalculable...

One thing is certain, though, and that is that Egypt doesn't really have much to smuggle it out of, except...

Beyond the burial goods in the Egyptian tombs...

Basically, as long as even one part of it can be hit, the remaining part will be enough for the local British army to benefit. Even if some of it must be handed over to the country, after all, even if even some of it can be left, those things are usually made of pure gold.

Think of China in later generations. A gold chain alone is worth a lot of money, not to mention a series of products made of pure gold.

If you're lucky, it's not impossible to find a golden figure about the same height as a real person—————— although I haven't heard of anything like this unearthed in Egypt, but the world is full of wonders, and who can guarantee that what they see will be accurate?

Just as no one can guarantee, let alone think that King Tutankhamun's tomb is the last yet-to-be-discovered tomb of a pharaoh, who can guarantee that beneath the desert of Egypt will there be a life-size golden statue?

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Undoubtedly, those British troops stationed in Egypt. If you want to get some extra money, the only way is to attack the nearby tomb robber gangs, generally speaking, as long as you can succeed once, then the whole outpost people don't need to worry about eating.

It is precisely because of this relationship. Almost every time, these people are excited to learn that someone has robbed a tomb, and sometimes they may even pray silently. So that these tomb robbers can discover something valuable...

After all, only if the tomb robbers get enough good things, they may be able to make enough oil and water...

Nature. Sometimes, behind such grave robbers, there is a high probability that there will be a relatively large behemoth standing behind them. That's why there are often some grave robbers. Shouting about how to do it, hoping that he could go down to the other party with his own backer.

And these people are definitely not something that these garrisons can offend with their will.

Therefore, at this time, the problem of eyesight is extremely important, after all, if the eyesight is not enough, it is very likely to offend some people who should not be offended...

Fortunately, there are usually relatively few such people, not to mention those who have the support of dignitaries and nobles behind them?

After all, although there are countless tomb robberies operating in Egypt, there are not many large-scale, and most importantly, there are not many people who provide funds behind them, and such people are not always caught by them. So the main targets of these garrisons in the past were the small grave robbers who did not have a climate...

As for some of the other income? Please, Egypt today can basically be said to have nothing to offer, except for some treasures that can be produced in some ancient tombs, what else can they have?

It's just that as I said earlier, it's just some petty tomb robbers who don't have a climate, counting on getting rich from them? It's better to hope that you can win a five-million-dollar jackpot tomorrow—————— although these Englishmen don't necessarily know what a five-million-dollar jackpot is.

But it was for this reason that when they learned that there was a big deal waiting for them, the efficiency of these Englishmen suddenly increased.

The archaeologist was a little unable to understand the thoughts of these garrisons, even though he had lived in Egypt for a long time.

Just for the sake of the front, not the honor, these people can actually run so fast?

"Could it be that the British Empire is really starting to weaken..."

Putting aside what that person was thinking in his heart, at least one thing was certain, and that was that they were getting closer and closer to the Valley of the Kings at this moment.

In the opinion of that archaeologist, with so many British garrisons coming forward, even those Chinese, no matter how idiotic, believe that it is impossible to directly engage in armed conflict with them.

True, those people are far from being able to compare with those in Europe, both in combat capability and in other aspects, but one thing is certain, and that is that these troops are regular armies after all, and in the eyes of these archaeologists, these regular armies are not in any way comparable to the personal bodyguards of an archaeological team...

Not just in their eyes, but even some of them who have glanced in other directions...

After all, one is a regular army, and the other is only a private bodyguard, and the gap between the two is inevitably too big.

Of course, considering such things as international influence, the British did not think of killing people and snatching a qiē from the hands of the Chinese. Their purpose is simple, as long as they can keep the Chinese at bay so that they cannot interfere with their work on the mausoleum. As long as they can send all those funeral goods to the British museum, then their mission will be over, and naturally, at that time, they will have to wait until the super stiff atmosphere on the side of the Wehrmacht, if not, the third world war is still very likely to happen.

Of course, if it were in this era, it would not be the Third World War, but the Second World War ...

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After being reminded by the sentinels, although they were somewhat surprised by the arrival of the British, Situ Nan and the others still put on a clean appearance, especially the people under Situ Nan's hands, who put on a very well-behaved posture one by one—————— raised all the weapons in their hands, and then aimed at the British camel cavalry, admiring their hard work.

At the same time, after ordering the camel to stop, he glanced at the Chinese in front of him who were constantly transporting funeral goods into the truck. Almost all the people in the camel merchant were red-eyed... At this time, in the eyes of these Brits, these things in front of them are already equivalent to theirs...

So after bowing his head and muttering for a while, David? Dean walked up to the crowd very domineeringly and demanded that they hand over everything he had gained in the mausoleum, otherwise... (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)