Seeing that his son had finally opened his mind, Abdul nodded with satisfaction and continued. "Our Arab world has been ruled by the Western world for more than 100 years, and now Saudi Arabia has become a state. But this is only in name, in fact many things are manipulated by Britain and the United States behind the scenes. For example, when the Chinese fleet came to visit, although the British kept saying that they wanted to stop the Chinese, in fact, as long as people with a little wisdom knew that the British still wanted the Chinese, how could they really stop the arrival of the Chinese? This is just that the British government is anxious to see that the Chinese are going to insert their hands into the Middle East, and wants to bargain with the Chinese people and take the opportunity to make some gains. ”

"Father, even if this is the case, wouldn't it make things more complicated if the Chinese people meddle in the affairs of our country again?" Khalid, the first heir, still couldn't figure it out. "Khalid, you're too young after all." Abdul sighed and shook his head: "Silly son, if you think about it carefully, the situation in the Middle East is bad enough now, even if the Chinese intervene in the Middle East, can it be worse than now?" In my opinion, if the Chinese people come, it may not be a bad thing for us. ”

Khalid felt that his brain was a little insufficient, so he patted his head and said suspiciously, "Father, I still don't understand, can you elaborate on that?" Abdul has dealt with Britain and the United States all his life, and his knowledge is naturally not comparable to Khalid's, and when he saw his son humbly asking for advice from him, he took the opportunity to point out his son: "On the surface, the Chinese people have stepped in to make the situation in our country even more confusing. But as long as you analyze it carefully, you will know that once the Chinese people get involved, our activity space will be broader. The United States, Britain and other countries belong to the same Western civilization, and their values and religious beliefs are exactly the same. China belongs to the East, the difference between the Eastern civilization and the Western civilization is quite large, they are destined not to be able to merge together, once they have a conflict, then our importance as the host is highlighted, both of them need our support, then our importance is not revealed? ”

"Oh," Khalid slapped his thigh with a sudden realization, "That's right, in the Chinese language, this is called "left and right", right? "Yes, I didn't expect Khalid to have any research on Chinese culture." Abdul gave his son an appreciative look and gestured to the sofa next to him for him to sit down. Khalid said with some pride: "When I learned last week that the Chinese fleet was coming to visit our country, I specially asked a teacher to teach me about the history of that country, and now it doesn't seem too bad. ”

"Then do you understand the differences between the Chinese and the British?" Abdul asked with great interest: "You must know that there is a big difference between the thinking of Easterners and Westerners. Khalid thought for a moment and said, "Compared to Westerners, Easterners are softer in their thinking, and they are not as focused on immediate interests as Westerners, who are more rational than aggressive like Westerners. ”

After hearing this, Abdul asked noncommittally: "Is there anything else?" "That's all for now." Khalid scratched his head, he really couldn't think of it. Abdul smiled: "It's rare that you can learn so much in another week." But what is the difference between the Chinese and the English, you have to contact them to know, because they will arrive tomorrow."

On May 18, 1942, when members of the Burmese delegation and a company of marines arrived at the Saudi Capital Airport in the plains of the Hanifa Valley in the central part of the Arabian Peninsula in 20 "Aunt Juncker" and escorted by more than 20 "Hellcat" fighters, King Abdul of Saudi Arabia came to the airport with all the members of the royal family and held a grand welcome banquet at the royal palace that night. British and American officials in Riyadh were also invited to attend the welcome banquet, at which Minister Jiang conquered the entire venue with his oriental humor, wit and elegance.

"Hello, this is Lord Edie, the British Empire's ambassador to Saudi Arabia." "This is Mr. Ian Blake, the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia." "This is the key to the meeting," Saudi King Abdul introduced the important personnel attending the meeting to Minister Jiang and Zheng Xin. "Hello, Mr. Jiang, welcome to you." The U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ian Blake, just smiled and greeted Minister Jiang in a decent manner, his attitude was not warm or cold, but the British ambassador's words were a little sour.

"Mr. Jiang, this is the first time that your country's fleet has made such a long voyage, and the road must be very hard, right? The sea is very rough during this time, so you should be careful. At first glance, this sounded very ordinary, but Zheng Xin, who was standing behind Minister Jiang, heard a hint of a different taste. The British ambassador to Saudi Arabia was secretly satirizing that the Huaxia Fleet was a rookie navy that could not withstand even some storms.

Zheng Xin raised her eyebrows and was about to say something, but was quietly blocked by Zhou Tiecheng next to her, Minister Jiang said with a smile: "Thank you Ambassador Yidi for your concern, we did encounter a storm when we came, and it also caused us some trouble." But in my opinion, this is a good thing, and it is also necessary for the growth of a fleet, especially the nascent navy, if a fleet cannot even conquer the wind and waves, how can it conquer our enemies and defeat those old navies? ”

Although Minister Jiang frankly admitted the trouble caused by the wind and waves, he was even more blunt in his determination to defeat the world's old navy. A trace of anger flashed in Edie's eyes, Minister Jiang clearly didn't take the British Empire into account when he said this, did he think that he wanted to defeat the pride of the British Empire for more than two hundred years just by relying on a newly established fleet?

Joy and anger are the basic skills of a diplomat, and Lord Edie, although secretly angry in his heart, said with a professional smile on his face: "Oh, yes? Then I wish you all the best if you can achieve your wish soon. Although Lord Edie had nothing to do on his face, but the people behind him may not have such a deep cultivation, an officer wearing the British Navy uniform with the rank of colonel on his shoulder stood up and said proudly: "Mr. Jiang, please forgive me, there is a famous saying in the international military circles: "Ten years of the army and one hundred years of the navy." A truly powerful navy is not something that can be blown out, nor can it be called powerful just by building a few new warships. What a real navy needs is the precipitation and accumulation of time, otherwise a navy without fine traditions, even if you blow loudly, it will only make people laugh. ”

After seeing his officers jumping out in a hurry to say what they wanted to say but it was inconvenient to say, Lord Edie pretended to be displeased and shouted: "Colonel Bert, how can you speak like this to our guests, why don't you apologize to Mr. Jiang quickly!" "Lord Edie, am I wrong? Why apologize? Colonel Bert asked arrogantly.

"You" Lord Edie shook his head at Zhou Tiecheng with a wry smile, "Mr. Jiang, I'm really sorry, he is my Colonel Martial Arts Colonel, although his temperament is very straight, but his personality is good." "Seeing the British singing there" and, Abdul and the dozen or so royals behind him just watched silently, watching with cold eyes how the delegations from the East were going to deal with the provocations of the British. The Americans, on the other hand, watched this scene with a smile on their red wine, no matter what happened to the Americans, they were here to make soy sauce tonight.

At this time, a voice with a little coldness sounded in the venue: "This colonel, you are very right. A navy with a fine tradition is something to be proud of, but it is not a reason to indulge, and the world is constantly evolving and military transformation is deepening. But with all due respect, it is not a good thing that your country has been obsessed with the glory of the past and has not been able to keep up with the development of the times, for example, the tank was first invented by your country, but it is not your country that has carried it forward and brought it to glory, otherwise such a miserable scene would not have been staged in Dunkirk, wouldn't it? Zheng Xin finally couldn't help but stand up and fight back.

The venue suddenly fell silent, slapping the face, this is definitely a slap in the face of Chiguoguo, everyone on the earth knows that the scene in Dunkirk is an eternal pain in the hearts of the British, right there, more than 200,000 British expeditionary forces lined up into the German prisoner of war camp, and there countless British rescue ships were sent to the bottom of the sea by the Germans, and Churchill spent a lot of effort to carry out the "Generator Plan...", and finally rescued less than 100,000 expeditionary soldiers, which also made the British very angry.

"You," said Colonel Bert, who was speechless this time. Seeing the embarrassment of his military attachés, Lord Edie frowned and said, "General Zheng, although the Dunkirk incident is a misfortune for Britain, it is also a misfortune for the entire free world, don't you think it's too much to say this?" "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything about your country.

Zheng Xin smiled slyly, as a senior admiral, he naturally knew how to accept it when he saw it, he lowered his head slightly and said: "For the misfortune of your country's expeditionary force, both our government and I deeply sympathize, otherwise we would not have provided military assistance to your country since last year, what do you say?" "You" saw that the hateful Huaxia general had sacrificed the magic weapon of military assistance, and Lord Edi was suddenly like the culprit who was drenched in urine by a little boy, and his anger was extinguished at once.

So far, more than 100 countries, including the United States, have been involved in this world war, and China is no exception. Although China has nominally declared war with Japan and Soviet Russia, the camps to which these two countries belong are completely different, Soviet Russia is the object of support from the United States and the Soviet Union, and Japan is now gradually getting closer to Germany as in history. Huaxia is like a lone person fighting against the whole world, but this is not the case, and under the leadership of Jiang Qiang, Huaxia has embarked on a completely different path from another time and space.

The rapid increase in national strength and military strength has made Huaxia an extremely heavy bargaining chip that can influence the world pattern, and it can be said that which side of the forces that Huaxia joins now can gain a great advantage, and this is also the reason why the United States and Britain have repeatedly tolerated China's recent "outrageous" moves.

Britain is now struggling to rely on the military supplies aided by the "Concession Act" of the United States, including almost everything from canned beef to aircraft and artillery, and Huaxia also sent these materials to the British from time to time while helping Germany transport military supplies. Although there are not many things, it is better than nothing in the end, and no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat.

Therefore, although the British government is dissatisfied with Huaxia's finally inserting its hand into the Middle East, it can only enjoy it on the lips, after all, the current British Empire is no longer the sea coachman of a hundred years ago, and it is impossible to maintain the prestige of the previous empire when the sun never sets under the lack of strength.

At this time, as soon as Lord Edie heard Zheng Xinyi say the word "military aid", he immediately looked like an eggplant that had been beaten by frost... Settled. Since Churchill ordered the return of the Chinese cultural relics in the British Empire Museum to China in batches, China's assistance to Britain has gradually increased, from the original more than 30 planes per month to more than 60 now, and after receiving a large amount of freight in gold from the Germans last month, General Tang Juwu, who was in a good mood, waved his hand and sent two depreciated destroyers to Britain. Take people with short hands and eat people with soft mouths. Minister Jiang knew in his heart that not to look at the joy that the British were shouting about now, in fact, they just wanted to ask Huaxia for more military aid.

Seeing that Lord Edi was deflated, Minister Jiang knew that the time had come, and he would just go on talking. So he stepped forward with a friendly smile and said, "Ambassador Edi, don't be angry, General Zheng is such a person, he dares to say anything." However, there is one thing that he is not wrong about, my Government admires the spirit and courage of your country in fighting the Nazis, and when I came, our Prime Minister was submitting a proposal to the National Assembly to increase your country's military aid, and strive to increase the military aid to your country from 5,000 tons to 10,000 tons per month, which is now being discussed by the National Assembly, and I believe that the results will be soon.

"It's really tame," or not to say that diplomats are the most realistic animals, as soon as they heard that Burma was going to increase aid to the British, the eyes of Lord Edi and the British officials behind him immediately lit up. At this time, Lord Edie looked at Zhou Tiecheng's smiling smile and felt that it was so kind and cute.

Just when Lord Edi was overjoyed, Minister Jiang spread his hands and said in embarrassment: "Of course, our people have always had no good impression of the Nazis, and many members of the National Assembly have expressed appreciation and sympathy for your country's indomitable spirit, but the problem is that there are also some members who think that our country is now short of oil, and to transport supplies to your country every month is not only to risk being sunk by German submarines." They also wasted the already tight oil, and now they are both in a stalemate in Congress, which makes the president very embarrassed. ”

"Bamboo pole, see bamboo pole again!" Lord Edie's joy did not last long before he fell from the peak, and his heart was bright, and the meaning of the words of the Chinese foreign minister was very clear. "Dude is short of oil right now, you know, brother!" Although Lord Edie hated it in his heart, he still had to pretend to be concerned on his face, "I see, as a member of the [free] world, my government is still very concerned about the development of our allies, I don't know where your country wants to explore and exploit oil this time?" ”

In the twenties, several foreign companies were engaged in oil and gas exploration in Saudi Arabia, but no discoveries were made. In 1933, the Saudi Arabian government granted Chevron the right to explore and produce oil and gas in an exploration area of 128.44 square kilometers. In 1938, the first oil discovery was made in the No. 7 well in Dammam, and since then, the United States and Britain have begun to explore and exploit oil in Dammam.

When Minister Jiang came this time, Jiang Qiang set him the minimum goal of obtaining the mining rights in the Ghawar region, which is located in eastern Saudi Arabia about 100 kilometers from the west coast of the Persian Gulf, no matter what, and the longer the better.

Jiang Qiang learned from the data that the Ghawar oil field is a huge oil-bearing anticline structure with a north-south trend, with a length of 250 kilometers and a maximum width of 25 kilometers. It consists of eight oil-producing structures. Oil can be recovered at 70 billion barrels, the world's largest onshore oil field, direct 21 st century, the oil production of the field still accounts for half of Saudi Arabia's total production capacity, the output of about 5 million barrels, Japan, it can be said that as long as Myanmar holds this golden doll, Myanmar and China will not worry about oil in half a century. And this oil field was originally discovered in 1948 in another time and space, so why not wait any longer?

Although he already had clear instructions from the boss in his heart, where would the shrewd Minister Jiang easily express his stance to the British now, he just smiled faintly and shirked, "Now that we have just arrived, these issues will have to be discussed with the Saudi government before a decision can be made, after all, Saudi Arabia is a sovereign country, and we naturally need to obtain the consent of others to explore and exploit oil on other people's land, what do you say?" ”

"That's that, that's how it should be!" The lord of the other place nodded with a smile, but he scolded in his heart, these Chinese people are really prostitutes and want to set up archways, although the power of the British in Saudi Arabia cannot be said to be in full swing, but there is no problem in basing a few places for the Chinese to explore and exploit oil, but now the Chinese government wants to put aside the British government and the Saudis to talk about themselves, and the British are not easy to say, so they can only scold in their hearts.

"Phew, you despicable fellows, I wish you could only mine sand." Lord Edie, who was secretly scolding in his heart, had no choice but to walk away after hearing Minister Jiang's rejection of his kindness, he was now concerned about when Huaxia's aid would be delivered to the hands of the British mainland, and now the British mainland has begun to restrict the purchase of daily necessities, the economy of the British Empire has reached the brink of collapse, and any trace of help to the British is precious.

After sending the British away, Minister Jiang turned to Abdullah, the Saudi king, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Abdullah, I think the establishment of diplomatic relations between our Burmese government and your country should be as soon as possible, after all, this is a big matter related to your two countries, do you think?" ”

Abdullah just saw a good show, seeing the British who have always been invincible in front of the Chinese people, Abdullah couldn't help but secretly feel surprised, and now he saw that the Chinese people proposed to him to establish diplomatic relations as soon as possible, where would he refuse, so he said happily: "Of course, there is no problem, we can announce to the outside world tomorrow the establishment of diplomatic relations between your two countries." ”

"I wonder if His Majesty Abdullah has time, let's talk alone?" Minister Jiang took the opportunity to extend an invitation to Abdullah. "Okay, please come with me." Although he didn't understand why Minister Jiang was in such a hurry to contact him, Abdullah still invited Minister Jiang and a few others to a small living room full of Arab style next to him.

"Guests from afar, please drink tea." Immediately after the two sides were seated, servants came in and offered the special Saudi coffee. Zheng Xin, who was sitting next to Minister Jiang, was already thirsty, he picked up the small coffee cup and drank it all, and immediately felt a strange smell welling up his throat. wanted to vomit but was very rude, so in desperation, he had to swallow it with discomfort.

Abdullah, who was sitting in the front, couldn't help but smile when he saw Zheng Xin so "refreshing": "It's rare that General Zheng likes our coffee so much, you must drink more." After speaking, the servant next to him immediately stepped forward with the *coffee pot and poured the *coffee in the pot into Zheng Xin's cup precisely. It is a Saudi custom that the servant never leaves the cup of the guest and the host empty, and before the cup is finished, he fills it again until the guest signals that he will not drink it again (gently shaking it with a small cup in his hand).

But where does Zheng Xin understand these customs, seeing that his cup is full again, he thought that the master persuaded him to drink this cup again, and in desperation, he had to pinch his nose and drink it again, who knew that just when he put the cup down, the servant next to him poured the cup again, and looked at the *coffee in the cup Zheng Xin frowned with sorrow.

Fortunately, Minister Jiang and Abdullah had already started a formal conversation at this time, and no one noticed him, which allowed him to escape. "Your Majesty, China is an oil-poor country, and the demand for oil is very large, so my country wants to apply to your country for authorization to explore and exploit oil in your country, I don't know if your country can give this convenience?" Minister Jiang didn't hide it, and quickly got into the topic.

"Hmm!" Khalid, who was sitting behind Abdullah, couldn't help but be stunned, didn't he say that the Chinese people were very subtle in their words? Why is it not the same as the rumored ones? "Oh? Where does the country want to explore for oil? Abdullah was also stunned when he heard Minister Jiang's words, and then chuckled and asked. We want to explore in Manifa in the northeast and Ghawar in the east, but I don't know if we can do it? Minister Jiang asked tentatively: "Of course, in return, our country will pay a considerable amount of money for this." ”