Reborn Resource Tycoon

Chapter 482 Sure enough, it was the Causel Manor

Kauser Manor, in Kuwait, is also a fairly well-known historic site, although its history is only a hundred years old.It used to be a manor of the Kuwaiti royal family before the founding of the country. Later, it was sold by the Kuwaiti royal family to Fudi Petroleum Holding Company, and it has been until today.It is located in the north of today's Kuwait City, about ten kilometers away from the urban area, and covers an area of ​​about [-] acres.

"This place was a small oasis 50 years ago. It is precisely because of this that the ancestors of the royal family built a manor. But as time goes by, the amount of water that the springs here can provide It was getting smaller and smaller, so it was later sold to Forte Oil Holding Company as the headquarters in Kuwait." In the car, Prince Abdullah told Fang Mingyuan the history of the manor.

"Mr. Fang, 80.00% of the buildings here have been destroyed by the Iraqis, and everything in the manor has also been looted. Our company is planning to claim compensation from the Iraqi government. Now that this place is in ruins, what's there to see?" Dudley Wei Some are disapproving and authentic.Even if this place used to be the property of the royal family, even if it has great historical significance, it is now in ruins, what is the meaning of it?It's just that Fang Mingyuan insisted on coming, so he had to follow.

Fang Mingyuan suppressed the excitement in his heart and waited for the manor to appear.

The road from Kuwait City to Kauser Manor is very smooth, but in the sea of ​​sand on the side, you can still see the wreckage of the tanks discarded by the Iraqis from time to time.After a while, a group of people had arrived outside Causell Manor.

After getting off the car, what Fang Mingyuan saw at a glance was the broken gate. It could be seen that it must have been forcibly knocked open by someone. There were also several large holes opened in the tall fence of the manor, and there were still traces of smoke and fire. .After entering the gate, the first thing you see is a fountain pool, but today, the fountain pool is full of broken bricks and rocks.Behind the fountain pool, a small western-style building has now become ruins.The black body of the building tells people what kind of looting has been suffered here

"These Iraqis who should go to hell have robbed our place. In order to cover up their crimes, they actually set fire to this place. In the end, they fired artillery shells and turned this place into ruins. Their crimes should be etched in human wars forever." History," Dudley said angrily.

"Just like you British people," Fang Mingyuan added coldly in his heart.Seeing all this, he couldn't help but think of the Old Summer Palace. That garden of ten thousand gardens was the British and French. After looting it, they burned it to the ground. It's hardly worth mentioning in comparison

"Dudliwei, the war is over now, no matter whether you plan to rebuild this manor or not, you should tidy it up here," Prince Abdullah said with displeasure.Putting it like this here, isn't this a shame for Kuwait?In any case, it was once considered the private property of the Kuwaiti royal family.

"Your Highness, isn't it because the procedures for claiming compensation from the Iraqi government have not been completed?" Dudley explained in a low voice, "We are afraid that the Iraqis will refuse to accept it."

"Then just keep throwing it here? If the Iraqis don't pay for a day, they will lose for a day. If they don't pay for a year, they will lose for a year. If they don't pay for ten years? If they don't pay for a hundred years?" Prince Abdullah said dissatisfiedly, "Get After you have enough evidence, you should tidy up here as soon as possible, and don't leave it here like this," Dudley replied submissively.

Fang Mingyuan didn't care about the two of them, stepped on the broken bricks and rocks, walked around the side of the small building, only to find that there were two annexes in this small building, but now they were ruined and in a mess.On the open space behind the building, obvious craters can also be seen.

"Young Master Fang, don't go near those places." Chen Zhong stopped Fang Mingyuan in front of him.It's hard to guarantee that there won't be duds left in this kind of place, and if something unexpected happens, things will explode.

Fang Mingyuan naturally understood Chen Zhong's concerns, and continued to walk down the road in the manor.He still needs to take a closer look to see if this is the Caussell Manor he saw in his previous life.

He also accidentally remembered that in his previous life, he had read an anecdote on the Internet, saying that it was a place in Kuwait called Kauser Manor, which was in the second Gulf War, when the US army invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein’s regime. That time, a Scud missile that deviated from its target landed on this place called Causel Manor, blowing up three date palm trees.The date palm tree got its name because its trunk is tall and straight, and its leaves are pinnately compound. The leaves are long and narrow, similar to a coconut tree, but its fruit is like a date.It is one of the four largest fruit trees domesticated and cultivated by humans.

Date palm pulp is sweet and has high nutritional value. It contains many vitamins and natural sugars useful to the human body. It can be used as grain and fruit, and is also a raw material for sugar and wine making.It can even be made into various candies, advanced syrups, biscuits and dishes, as well as vinegar and alcohol, so it is also called desert bread.The date stones of date palms can be used as fodder; inferior dates are used as fertilizer or fodder.When the Arabs were short of food, they relied on the dates on the date palm trees to survive.

The trunk of the date palm can be used as building materials and water tanks to build farmhouses and bridges; the leaves can be used to weave mats, bundle brooms, make pallets, etc., and can also be used as fuel; Chickens, ducks, fish and shrimps, and baskets, it can be said that it is full of treasures.It is an important export crop in some countries in the Middle East.

The owner of the manor felt very sorry that the three date palm trees were blown up, but the tree fell down and couldn’t just sit there forever, so the owner of the manor arranged for people to dig out the roots. Excavation, but dug out a clear spring that produces hundreds of tons of water every day, and the water quality of this clear spring is clear, sweet, rich in various minerals, you can drink directly from such a clear spring, and in China, no one would take it as a treasure. What a treasure, but here is Kuwait, where there is not much rain in a year, and the draft depends on seawater desalination in the Middle East. Such a clear spring is worth the old money.

Not to mention the value of these lands, just think about the water in the Middle East where oil is more expensive, and you can understand how much this spring water that can be directly drunk is worth.

It is said that members of the Kuwaiti royal family spent nearly one billion US dollars to take back the royal family here.That's it, the owner of the manor thinks he's sold out
So this time when he came to Kuwait, Fang Mingyuan also asked Prince Abdullah with the idea of ​​trusting it, but it turned out that it was such a coincidence that the Kauser Manor was actually an asset under the name of Fudi Petroleum Holding Company.

The greening in the manor is very good. It can be seen that Fudi Petroleum Holding Company should have put in a lot of effort at the beginning, but Fang Mingyuan had no intention of doing this at all. If it wasn't for the concern that Prince Abdullah and Dudley would not see anything , he really wanted to fly to the depths of the manor to see if there were those three date palm trees growing together

Prince Abdullah and Dudliwei quickly followed. While walking, Dudliwei introduced the vegetation on both sides to Fang Mingyuan. "That is the famous date palm tree in the Middle East. This kind of tree is dioecious. It is drought-resistant, alkali-resistant, heat-resistant and likes humidity. The tree can be as old as a hundred years. If you look at that again, it is a bachelor tree. It is native to the tropical arid regions of Africa. In order to reduce water evaporation, the leaves gradually degenerate or even disappear; the branches turn green and replace the leaves for light and function. Because of its strange shape, no thorns and no leaves, it is called the bachelor tree. Its white milk is highly poisonous, so special care must be taken when viewing or cultivating it, and the milk must not enter the mouth, ears, eyes, nose or wounds of people..."

Along the way, Dudley introduced no less than fifteen or six kinds of desert vegetation to Fang Mingyuan, which made Fang Mingyuan look at him with admiration.To be honest, Fang Mingyuan really didn't know many of the trees he mentioned, except date palms and cacti.

Looking at Fang Mingyuan's admiring eyes, Dudley felt that he had finally won the game, and he could feel a little proud.

"Fang, these vegetation were planted by Dudley's predecessor, and that person is now the real vice president of Forte Oil Holding Company, and it is said that he is very likely to take over as the president of Forte Oil Holding Company within five years." Ah Prince Abdullah's casual words made Fang Mingyuan suddenly realize that flattery seems to be applicable all over the world. The reason why Dudley can remember the characteristics of these plants so clearly is self-evident.

"His Royal Highness..." Dudley cried helplessly.

"Of course, Dudley himself is more fond of plants." Prince Abdullah added another sentence. Of course, this sentence has a taste of 300 taels of silver.The accompanying staff suppressed their smiles one by one, but they were too embarrassed to laugh in front of Dudley Wei.

Finally, the group came to the depths of the manor. Standing on a small slope, Fang Mingyuan saw the three date palm trees in the shape of a character at a glance.Fang Mingyuan only felt his heart beating violently.He couldn't help but think of a sentence Dudley said just now: "This kind of tree is dioecious, and it is resistant to drought, alkali, heat and humidity."