The journey starts from the Titanic

Chapter 27-Big Breed Maibn Saud

After Kuwait, Situ Nan sent representatives to buy a lot of land in Iran, Iraq, UAE, Qatar and other regions. Although the cost is not much each time, it adds up to several million US dollars.

Looking at those long lists, Lin Yimin had a headache.A few million dollars is just drizzle to Situ Nan, but the entire Middle East is a desert. Is it possible to buy all of it?Even if you buy it, there is no value except a pile of sand?

"Master, is it too much?" Lin Yimin couldn't help asking.I always feel that it is not worth it to continue to spend so much money to buy those barren deserts.

"I said yes, then there will be."

Situ Nan said confidently, looking at Lin Yimi who was still a little skeptical, and explained, "Although it has not been confirmed, the oil under this desert is certain. Haven't the British already opened a lot of oil fields in Iran? This shows that there is oil in this area.

If we don’t get started sooner, sooner or later this place will be snatched away by the British.The big deal is to lose a little money.It's a pity that we still can't organize a team to explore, otherwise we won't have to cast nets everywhere like this."

Situ Nan looked a little regretful, but he was very happy.

In addition to oil, the Middle East also has abundant resources such as copper, iron and coal, which are all worth investing in.Situ Nan plans to set up a mining investment company in Bahrain, and plans to secretly figure out the oil fields he has bought in the name of the mining company for future plans.

Lin Yimin looked at Situ Nan's mouth with a smile, thinking that this young master might have thought of some "conspiracy", he sighed slightly in his heart, always feeling that Situ Nan was too demon.

As the longer he spent with Situ Nan, the more Lin Yimin knew, and the more surprise he was in his heart.Although Situ Nan has had some strange years from time to time, the implementation will often bring people unexpected gains.

After a while, Lin Yimin reported another incident: "Master, I have contacted the Saudi family. They are very interested in us. Their representatives have arrived in Kuwait. Do you want to see them?"

"Who is the other party?" Situ Nan asked.

"I don't know, it may be a high-level member of the Kingdom of Neizhi." Lin Yimin headed away. Before that, the William Consortium and the Nanyang Foundation had no contact with the Middle East, and he didn't know much about the situation in the Arabian Peninsula.

After a few days, Lin Yimin collected a lot of information on Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and finally gained some understanding of the various forces along the Persian Gulf.

Situ Nan knew a lot, but he couldn't disclose it to Lin Yimin.Even the closest person has some secrets that cannot be shared....

The First World War allowed the rule of the Turkish Ottoman Empire to completely extend the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian Peninsula, once one of the Turks’ possessions, is now divided into three powers, namely the Kingdom of Nezha led by the Saudi family in the east and the Hashemite family in the west. Kingdom of Hanzhi, and the Rashid family in the north.

This is a Romance of the Three Kingdoms on the Arabian Peninsula, in which the grievances and hatreds have been going on for hundreds of years, and it can't be said for three days and three nights.

Among them, the most powerful is the Kingdom of Nezhi of the Saudi family. The Saudi family has risen and fallen several times in just two to three hundred years, and has been annihilated twice. Under the leadership of the current patriarch Ibn Saud, the Kingdom of Nezhi Prosperous, most likely to dominate the Arabian Peninsula.

The strength of the Hanzhi Kingdom led by the Haim family in the west should not be underestimated, because the family name is Haim!It is the noblest family in the entire Arab world, and their ancestor is Muhammad, the founder of Islam!

The Haim family still rules important areas such as Iraq, Jordan, and the Kingdom of Hanzhi. Even the holy city of Mecca in Islam is also under the rule of this family. It can be said that this family has become a giant after thousands of years of reproduction.

The weakest is the Rashid family in the north.The ruling foundation of the Rashid family is the Rashid tribe. This powerful Rashid family, which was once supported by the Turkish Ottoman Empire, is now in the wrong team in World War I and suffered along with its master, the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The suppression of the two countries is gradually weakening.

This region of the Middle East is very strange. There is no nation, no political party, and the tradition of combining politics and religion has been followed for thousands of years. Therefore, the competition of these three different forces is also the competition between different sects of Islam.

Shia, Sunni, or some Waha’i are very solemn in the eyes of Muslims, but Situ Nan doesn’t care about it.

He only knows that there are three groups of people fighting now. He wants to do business with some of them, and each will get what they get. Situ Nan gets the oil field, and those Arab forces get funds or weapons to win.

The gang of pirates that Wilhelm Ha encountered on his way to Kuwait was the product of these three perennial wars, but the weapons seized from the pirates made Situ Nan very disdainful. He estimated that the three powers on the Arabian Peninsula were not very rich.As long as they provide advanced American products, I believe they will be tempted.

While Situ Nan and Lin Yimin were talking on the William, a man in a clean white robe was looking at the William moored in the harbor at the Kuwait Port terminal, and seemed to be meditating.

He is wrapped in a traditional Islamic headscarf, and a headscarf made of silk, embroidered with gorgeous patterns, looks grand.

The face of thirty or forty years old, looks mature and steady, with introverted eyes slightly vicissitudes, occasionally a flash of light, this is the king of the Kingdom of Nezhi Ibn Saud, an ambitious man, always want to conquer the Arabian Peninsula, so heavy The glory of our ancestors.

He received reports from people in Kuwait that a group of mysterious Americans approached the Saudi family, and the Americans also hinted that this was a transaction of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The Saudi family has considerable influence in Kuwait. The Saudi family has risen and fallen several times. Every time they flee, they will choose Kuwait. At the beginning, Ibn Saudi Arabia sneaked back to the capital Riyadh from Kuwait with dozens of soldiers, and regained power through adventure.

It is not an exaggeration to call Kuwait the second nest of the Saudi family, and the troubles here cannot be hidden from the Saudi family.The news that Lin Yimin proposed to contact the Saudi family quickly reached Ibn Saudi.

At present, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms on the Arabian Peninsula, although the Kingdom of Nezhi controlled by the Saudi family is the strongest and has the most hope to unify the Saudi region, the British do not want to see a growing Saudi Arabia, and their support for Ibn Saudi is not as good as before. Now, I want to maintain the divided state of Saudi Arabia so that I can profit from it.

The goodwill sent by the William made Ibn Saudi Arabia realize that this was an opportunity, so he rushed to Kuwait in secret.If the support of the United States can be obtained, there is hope for the unification of Saudi Arabia.

"Is this the rich American you are talking about?" Ibn Saud asked a similarly dressed young man next to him.That was his son Haji, and the representative of the Saudi family in Kuwait.

"Yes. They are very generous and bought a lot of land, which is said to be for construction. I have boarded the ship, but it was very impressive. According to the British, the other party is very influential in the United States. I just don’t know why. Will you come here?" Haji replied respectfully.

For this decisive father, Haji was shocked and frightened!In 1902, his father, Ibn Saudi Arabia, set out from Kuwait with forty warriors and ran a thousand miles to kill the officials of the Rashid family in Riyadh, thus setting the foundation for the rise of the Saudi family.

This is a legend. Even his grandfather, the patriarch of the Saudi family at that time, had to give up his position and let his father Ibn Saud take power.

What Haji envied even more was that his father Ibn Saud had a huge harem with more than 50 wives and 24 children.Haji was the eldest among them, and wanted to do something to show this great father.

What Haji didn't know was that the greatness of his father was far beyond his imagination. In order to marry various tribes, his father Ibn Saud had married more than 300 brides, had 43 sons and countless daughters.Thus formed the world's largest royal family in a few decades, with more than five thousand members!Let the men who call themselves stallions in future generations have no place to show themselves!

It's a bit far off, get back to business.

When night fell, Ibn Saud quietly boarded the William with a team of sturdy machete warriors.

"Mr. Haji, you are here!" Lin Yimin said hello to Haji. Seeing Haji and others centered on a strange man, he couldn't help asking, "This is?"

"My father, Ibn Saud, the king of Nezhi Kingdom." Haji said proudly.

"Oh? Your Majesty, hello! Welcome to the William!" Lin Yimin bowed and said hello, thinking that a big man had arrived.

Ibn Shah nodded and looked at Lin Yimin, who is neither humble nor humble, and said to his heart: "This is an American? It should be a Chinese or a Japanese? But it's really young!"

Ibn Saud followed Lin Yimin and looked at the William, secretly surprised, the owner of this ship has extraordinary wealth!

Ibn Saud could not help but put away his contempt.When entering Situ Nan's office, the warrior brought by Ibn Saud had a conflict with the bodyguard on the ship.

The words were impassable, the two sides chatted, Han Gang just refused to let the samurai enter Situ Nan's office.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Haji, let your people wait outside! Our young master doesn't meet too many people." Lin Yimin said, with an extremely determined attitude.

Ibn Shah nodded and continued to move forward. He was curious as to what kind of person the owner of this boat was.

He just learned that outsiders thought that the owner of the William was not Lin Yimin, but someone else.

An Arabian warrior saw Ibn Saud entering, and was anxious, so he took a step forward, but was blocked by Han Gang, and angrily held the hilt of the knife in his hand, preparing to draw his sword toward each other.

It's too late to say, then fast.Seeing that samurai is about to draw his sword, is it still worth it?Han Gang shook his wrist, and suddenly a pistol appeared in his hand, pointing at the samurai's forehead.

As soon as the action was taken, the guards of both sides took out pistols and pointed at each other, almost fighting on the spot!

Ibn Saud yelled calmly and said something to the impulsive warrior. The Arab warriors retreated angrily, finally eliminating a disaster.

"Please follow me, Your Majesty!" Lin Yimin breathed a sigh of relief, then looked back at Han Gang with some reproach.

This guy dared to pull out a gun at the door of the young master, so impulsive!

"You are Ibn Saudi?!"

"You are the owner of this ship?!"