Chapter 43: It's broken, I'm a stand-in!
"What to drink, coffee, tea, beer?" Faisal asked with a smile.
"And beer?" Wang Zhen looked shocked, and looked at Faisal with the wrong eyes.
If memory serves, YSL doesn't allow beer to drink, right?
"Not all YSL countries are not allowed to drink alcohol, in Iraq, many families have a tradition of winemaking, and wine is a very popular drink in our country." Faisal explains with a smile: "In addition to wine, we also love beer, and Sahraza Stout, Emile Diaz Stout and Alawi Stout are all popular beer brands. ”
(Iraq's first ban on alcohol was enacted on October 22, 2016, but it was not strictly enforced due to civil unrest, and on March 4, 2023, the Iraqi Customs Administration ordered all customs centers to ban all types of alcoholic beverages from entering the country.) )
"Let's have tea." Wang Zhen said with a smile.
Faisal gave the order, and soon the black tea with Iraqi characteristics was served.
The way Iraqis drink black tea is boiling, straining off the tea leaves when the water boils to a thick black color, and then adding a lot of sugar, which is very sweet.
There are small tea houses everywhere in the streets of Baghdad, and Middle Easterners have a thousand-year-old tea culture as a daily drink.
Although Huaxia is the birthplace of tea culture, what most people don't know is that the largest export of tea is Kenya in Africa, followed by Huaxia and Sri Lanka......
Wang Zhen guided the direction of the topic, and it was not difficult, if there was information, he would just bring the topic to the place where the other party was best and proud, and soon talked about the small party 'Democratic Peace Party' formed by Faisal.
I don't know if it was an itch on Faisal, or if Faisal intended to show it in front of this 'representative' from the United States, good guy, the spittle that he said was flying sideways, and the corners of his mouth were foaming.
Wang Zhen had to lean more into the sofa.
At the moment, this so-called Democratic Peace Party is only in a small area, Baghdad to be exact, and as for the number of party members, Faisal said that it is more than 20,000 and is thriving.
Of course, Faisal said that now that he has received funding from the United States, the development will definitely be better.
Wang Zhen expressed serious doubts about this.
Of course, Faisal must represent the interests of some people, and some people invest, otherwise he would not be able to live in this small building, although the small building is not in the safe zone.
Of course, Wang Zhen didn't say this, and read the follow-up development to write a report.
After chatting for a while, Wang Zhen compared the information to learn about the main members of the Democratic Peace Party, the propaganda and development plan for the next period of time, and at this time, the Golden Retriever and they also completed the exploration of the small building, and Faisal began to live and have dinner for the sickle team.
At night, the golden retriever did not arrange a vigil after setting up a guard on the wall and at the gate, but asked everyone to be vigilant when they slept, well, this is what he said to Wang Zhen.
Wang Zhen saw the warning device, and felt that it was not exactly the same as the kind of thing that the guests shouted welcome as soon as they came in at the door of the small shop, but it could only be said that there was no difference.
The price of one question is as high as more than 500 dollars, black, really black.
Faisal's home is in good condition, although the whole city of Baghdad can only guarantee electricity for a few hours, but his family has a diesel generator, and the air conditioning is still quite cool all the time.
After a night of nothing, after getting up the next day and having breakfast, Faisal asked to go out, and he liked the Hummer provided by the sickle team very much, much stronger than his Toyota Cruiser, bulletproof!
Later, Wang Zhen inquired and learned that there was a large stock of this bulletproof Humvee in Baghdad, which was abandoned when the US troops withdrew, and the price was very cheap but could not be sold.
Those who are qualified to buy may not have money, and those who have money are not qualified to buy, at least people like Faisal are not qualified to buy.
When traveling, according to the Golden Retriever's meaning, someone wanted to have a car with Faisal, but Wang Zhen stopped him, and after seeing the situation in Baghdad, Wang Zhen did not think of letting people ride with Faisal.
"Head, if Faisal can do his job, then his protection level will soon be upgraded and our mission will be over." Wang Zhen explained: "If he can't do a good job, then whether he dies or not will not affect our mission evaluation." ”
"Why?" The Golden Retriever didn't understand.
"If he is worthless in life, the US government will not continue to waste money on him, it is better to let him die, so that the US government can put the hat of assassinating Iraqi government personnel to whoever they want, such as Iranians, such as Ace, such as the opposition, and dig out surplus value."
The golden retriever looked at Wang Zhen with a distorted expression, "Your heart is so dirty!" ”
"What does it have to do with me, it's the U.S. government, I'm a good person!" Wang Zhen immediately blew up.
The golden retriever didn't listen to Wang Zhen's argument at all, but he was very honest and didn't arrange for anyone to ride with Faisal.
Faisal didn't say anything about this, smiled and let the driver drive, and walked in the first place in the convoy, leading the way.
The golden retriever, Wang Zhen, and the donkey walked in the middle, and the poet, the bayonet, and the shovel walked in the end.
On the way, the golden retriever suddenly said: "In fact, the car in the middle is the most dangerous, if there is an attacker, the first target will be us." ”
"it!" Wang Zhen's eyes suddenly widened, it's broken, I'm a stand-in!
After all, I was inexperienced and forgot about it.
Seeing Wang Zhen like this, the golden retriever and the donkey suddenly laughed, boy, let you pretend to be forced, you are still tender!
"Still laughing, it's dangerous, what should I do?" Wang Zhen asked with a roar.
"Idiot, of course it would be nice to open the windows so that people can see that there is no target in our car." The donkey scoffed vigorously.
Whew, Mayor Wang let out a long breath, it's okay, it's okay.
It's just that it's too hot after opening the window......
However, for the sake of small lives, Wang Zhen can still bear it.
All the way to the destination of the 'Democratic Peace Party' headquarters, what only made Wang Zhen's brain hurt was that the walls of this so-called 'headquarters' were hung with dense plaques, what 'YSL Democratic Party', 'YSL Dawa Party', 'YSL People's Movement Party', 'Iraq Liberation Party'......
At a cursory glance, there are absolutely 30 parties here as headquarters, which is amazing!
Wang Zhen, who couldn't understand it, grabbed Faisal and asked.
"It's easy to communicate, it's easy to win over allies, it's easy to show strength, it's easy to win over funders, it's easy to publicize, and it's very useful." Faisal replied with a smile.
Wang Zhen couldn't restrain it, it was really good to think about it carefully, but the golden retriever was very unhappy, "What the hell is this place, the personnel are too complicated, the environment is too open, I bet half of the people here are spies!" ”
"You don't know this place in Baghdad?" Wang Zhen asked rhetorically.
"We don't care about Iraqi politics, why do we know here!" The donkey asked angrily: "Is it because the women are not beautiful or the wine is not delicious, why do you know that this kind of place is full of robes and beards!" ”
Wang Zhen gave a thumbs up, beautiful!
This may be a matter of hobbies, some people like to do the work of the back kitchen, and the heart of the middle man.