The journey starts from the Titanic

He was interested in what Sinclair called Zhou Ziqiang, a man of great importance in Libya, and Sinclair did all the things he did in Libya.

Soon, in a hot afternoon, in a desert where vegetation is sparse and low, and gravel can be seen everywhere, some marble ruins with broken walls can be seen on the way here. There may be some cultural relic value, but no one cares.

In short, Henda Brown saw Zhou Ziqiang, a wheat-colored, upright man with a strong military temperament in a security uniform, jumping out of the armored car and walking over quickly.

"Mr. Brown, we meet again!" Zhou Ziqiang greeted with a smile.

He was followed by a team of dozens of people armed with Thompson submachine guns. Zhou Ziqiang greeted Sinclair, waved his hand, and dispersed the armed personnel.

Henda Brown hesitated a little, don't think why he met him?

"When Chevron Oil invested in oil fields in Sumatra, I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Brown in South China. Mr. Brown may not remember me, but I always remember you. I also heard Mr. Situ mention you."

Zhou Ziqiang explained.

Henda Brown nodded, "I remembered" expression on his face.Of course, he does not remember Zhou Ziqiang as an unknown pawn, but it does not matter. The important thing is that Zhou Ziqiang mentioned Situ Nan, Hengda Brown had to pay attention to it, and felt that Zhou Ziqiang could not be underestimated.

Under the circumstances that he and Chevron Petroleum Company strictly approved the funds of the Libyan branch, Sinclair was able to persevere. It has to be said that Zhou Ziqiang and the Chinese consortium behind him worked hard.

It is worth mentioning that Zhou Ziqiang is still a diplomatic officer sent by South China. Now the inland area appears grandiosely, surrounded by a group of security teams like the army. What does this show?

Of course, Zhou Ziqiang was "lost." He had a very close relationship with Chevron Petroleum, and the existence of Italians was too weak.

Chapter 203

Henda Brown stood in the sun for a while. The enthusiasm of the North African sun made his mouth dry, and the violent sunlight "hit him", but it’s not beautiful to play golf in California with a sun hat and wearing decent clothes. It's better than solar energy.

Licking his cracked lips, he said, "The conditions here are tough. I feel like we have come to the Mexican desert. We went to adventure in the Texas desert and also went to the desolate Mexico, which is even more desolate than Mexico."

"At least there are cacti in the Mexican desert. There are not many cacti here. Except for us adventurers, not to mention Italians, native Arabs are unwilling to come here. Fortunately, we found an oasis that barely solved the water problem."

Sinclair murmured, glanced at Zhou Ziqiang, and said in admiration, "However, under these difficult conditions, Zhou and his compatriots helped the company build camps, paved roads, installed running water and electricity, and of course built them. The oil field is laying pipelines now. They have paid a lot!"

"Yeah." Zhou Ziqiang also nodded with emotion, very proud in his heart, not to mention any words of credit.

After working in Libya, the Chinese workers received a generous sum of money, enough for them to return to their motherland or buy a small piece of land or do a small business in South China. I have to say that these strong men are good!

Of course, the goal of Zhou Ziqiang and the South China Chinese Protest Conference behind him is not to make those tens of thousands of Chinese earn a small amount of money, and then return to the country, holding a few acres of land and buffalo "decadent", but to do everything possible. They settled overseas.

Henda Brown recognized the contribution of the Chinese workers to Chevron Petroleum, and ordered Sinclair to take care of these Chinese workers as much as possible without violating the principles.

Zhou Ziqiang expressed his gratitude. With the support of Chevron Petroleum, the obstacles to Chinese naturalization in Libya will be much less.There is no need to settle the Italians by yourself, it is much less troublesome!

I still didn't feel it outside. After returning to the camp and sitting down, Hengda Brown smelled the faint smell of blood from Zhou Ziqiang.

Zhou Ziqiang explained: "We found an oasis 2 kilometers west of the No. 1 Oilfield, where there is a water source. We sent an engineering team to lay water pipes. In the past few days, a lot of horse bandits suddenly came and damaged our water pipes. Killed a lot of us. Today, I finally caught those bastards. If you don't believe me, how about an Italian?"

Zhou Ziqiang's tone was downplayed, as if he was used to it.

"Italian? Where is it?" Sinclair asked.

"He was hit by a bullet and couldn't save him. He was buried." Zhou Ziqiang replied, adding, "All buried!"

Whether in South China or Libya, he has no good feelings for the green religion. The black and green guys in the local area are annoying. If he wasn't in North Africa, he really wanted to return to the mainland and exile those black and green guys into remote places. On the outer island.

Libya is better here, with fewer people. The Chinese come to open up new homes. There are no people in the original place, and there is no conflict with the locals.

However, when the Sirte area was developed, more and more people were coveted. For those saboteurs, Zhou Ziqiang felt that there was no reason to say, "buried" in one word. In these years, he has been in the desert. Here "kind" people.

In the lawless desert, it's not a big deal to kill people and overwhelm them. Otherwise, why are there so many cowboys in Texas and California?

After all, oil is also called black gold.

Sinclair and Henda Brown, as excellent oil adventurers, didn't think Zhou Ziqiang's approach was a problem, but the Italians and horse bandits got together to destroy the water pipes, and the matter was serious.

There were originally no people in this area, and the few indigenous people had been cleaned up a long time ago. Now there are new batches. It is impossible to say that it has nothing to do with Italy.

"It must be for the oil field! They don't want us to extract oil easily. The Italians have nothing to do. Do you want to use this clumsy method?"

Sinclair said angrily that his career in Libya is related to his future, and he least wants to see someone disrupt it.

He glanced at Zhou Ziqiang again, "Water source is the key. Controlling the water source controls this large basin. Zhou, I can't believe in those guys with turbans. I hope you will let your compatriots come over and protect the water source as a company. The water source must be well protected for the bases of the inland oilfield factories."

"It's easy to say that people can build settlements in the inland desert. Technically, they can find Duncan Firm. They have experience in operating desert oasis, but the materials they need-Nanhua alone can't provide much."

Zhou Ziqiang stretched out his hands helplessly and opened his mouth to ask for something.

If the Chinese occupy this piece of water and land, the company’s oil fields can be better protected. This conclusion is not only established in Libya, as early as in the Malayan Lake Kaibo oil field in Venezuela, in Sumatra, in Long Beach, California, Chevron Oil The company has always had a tradition of hiring Chinese workers and will continue this tradition.

Henda Brown has no objection. As for the money, as long as the oil can be extracted, the little support Zhou Ziqiang asked for is nothing compared to the money earned. Chevron Petroleum is not bad for money now!

"Building a city in the desert means that hard-working Chinese can do well. Your compatriots have done a good job in Las Vegas, Nevada!" Hengda Brown praised with a smile, "If necessary, the company will allocate one. Special funding."

"Well, leave it to me!" Zhou Ziqiang readily agreed.

After speaking, he got up and left when he saw nothing to do, and gave the time to Sinclair and Henda Brown.

"Zhou is very efficient and a good helper for you!"

Henda Brown smiled and said that he could not stay here for too long. He had to go to Iraq to check the situation of the No. 1 oil field, and then return to China to report to the board of directors on the "Red Line Agreement."

So he became serious again, "The day after tomorrow the fleet will arrive in Benghazi. This is the best time to negotiate. We must hurry up."

At the same time, Ziano, who was in charge of oil negotiations, came to Tripoli to discuss with Governor Italo Balbo how to deal with the "aggressive" Yankees!

From their point of view, the Yankees are aggressive, otherwise how could they send the fleet to the Mediterranean?

Italo Balbo smiled and introduced Ziano’s negotiating opponent: “Sinclair, the head of Chevron Petroleum in Libya, is a very tough guy. He was originally an energetic oil merchant in the United States. In the oil scandal, the Sinclair Pipeline Company he founded was merged by Chevron Oil Company. He himself joined Chevron Oil Company and was sent to North Africa to conduct oil exploration activities in Libya.

It is said that he himself was also wanted by the U.S. judicial department and could not go back to the United States, so he had to stay in Libya."

"Being able to persist in the Libyan desert for several years shows that the other party is determined and will not be easily influenced by others." Ciano nodded and commented.

"Yes! The Yankees not only brought in oilfield equipment, but also established a security team. In remote inland areas, they can do whatever they want. In order to curb their ambitions, I have ordered the dispatch of colonial groups to the Sirte area."

"Well, let the Yankee understand who is the master here." Ciano nodded. As far as he knew, the orders from the Governor's Mansion had already gone down, but the colonial regiment stayed still. The procrastination style was really— —

Ciano doesn't want to complain about the efficiency of the team, let alone the colonial group. Slowly go slow!The colonial group stationed in the Sirte area, how to increase the bargaining chip for the negotiation.

"By the way, besides Sinclair, you have to pay attention to a Chinese named Zhou Ziqiang. He is a South China diplomat in Libya. He also has close ties with the hired arms of Chevron Petroleum. Just like our colonial group. Employing a large number of Arabs, Chevron Oil also employs a large number of Chinese mercenaries."

At this point, the Governor frowned. In recent years, there have been more and more Chinese in Libya. They brought a lot of capital, technology and labor to accelerate the economic construction of Libya, so that the Governor can put " The sign of "Model Territory Builder" also makes the Governor-General feel a little worried.

"Oh?" Ciano seemed to be interested in the Chinese in Libya. After listening to the introduction by the governor, he quickly felt relieved and felt that it was not a big deal, just like the British hired Indians to serve all over the world. It's a servant hired by the Yankees. The focus is still on Chevron Oil.

"They just want to come over and make some money. Since they have not affected our rule in Tripoli and Benghazi, there is no need to worry. Italy's sovereignty over Libya is recognized by the great powers."

Ciano laughed.