Expedition to Europe

The Lan Fang government has formed a set of effective management methods for prisoners of war. It is not the Republic-style "preferential treatment of prisoners" nor the "humanitarianism" in the mouths of Western countries. Lan Fang implements "no labor, no food", whether it is a general or a soldier.

The 20,000 Saudi prisoners of war in Lan Fang's hands are still very useful. Lan Fang has acquired so much territory in the Middle East in half a year. These places need manpower to build, and these prisoners of war can just become Lan Fang's "free labor".

The Saudis of this year are not the Saudis who are nourished by the boundless oil sea in the 21st century. Strictly speaking, Saudi Arabia of this year is still a slave country. There are even slaves in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has little resistance to labor. In fact, relatively speaking, Saudi Arabia is still very useful. They do whatever they are asked to do and will never "slack off". Moreover, they don't have many requirements for life. They just want to eat enough and not starve to death.

The Saudis of this year are really the best Saudis.

With such a large number of "free laborers" in hand, Qin Haoge naturally wants to maximize the benefits.

As far as Qin Haoge knows, there are quite a few captives in this batch who have high status in Saudi Arabia, and two of them are "princes", which must be used well.

Seeing that Qin Haoge was finally willing to talk about business, Jacob Clement also cheered up: "Of course the problem of captives must be solved. How much do you think is appropriate for each one?"

Really, if you don't know the situation and only listen to the tone, people who hear this sentence will probably think that Jacob Clement is not a French governor, but a trader in the livestock market.

"I heard that Saudis buy slaves for two camels for one. These serious Saudis must be more valuable, and they are all soldiers, so even if it is ten camels for one." Qin Haoge opened his mouth.

Ten camels are not a small number. Camels are still very valuable in the Middle East because of their special nature in the desert. If converted into Lanfang currency, the price of a camel is about 200 yuan. This price is indeed a bit high, almost 2,000 yuan per person, which is a little higher than the pension of a foreign legionnaire in the World War.

Lan Fang has about 20,000 Saudi captives. If this price is followed, the Saudis will need 40 million Lan Fang yuan to exchange them back. Considering that there are special creatures like "Prince" among the captives, the total price will be higher. Even if Qin Haoge offers 100 million, it is not surprising.

The current Saudi Arabia is not the Saudi Arabia of the 21st century. The current Saudi Arabia has not yet discovered oil. Saudi Arabia is really like the name of their country. There is nothing else except a lot of sand. Let alone 100 million, even 40 million Saudis probably can't afford it.

Sure enough, hearing Qin Haoge's offer, Jacob Clement shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, Saudis are not so valuable, and the Saudi government doesn't have so much money. This price is too high."

"Then how much do you think is appropriate?" Qin Haoge didn't care. He asked for a high price and paid it on the spot.

"Oh-what if it's just a few people?" Jacob Clement hesitated for a long time and didn't bargain. He simply got to the core of the problem.

"If it's just a part, one million each." Qin Haoge immediately lost interest.

This, the price of packaged sales will indeed be cheaper. If it is wholesale to retail, then the price will definitely rise.

"This, I have to think about it." Jacob Clement said, and immediately went out to negotiate with the Saudi envoy.

Qin Haoge still did not show up, standing in the window watching Jacob Clement and the Saudi envoy communicating.

The Saudi envoy probably didn't expect Qin Haoge's offer to be so fierce, and his expression of pleading with Jacob Clement was sad. Jacob Clement was unmoved, shaking his head repeatedly with sarcasm, probably making fun of Saudi Arabia's overestimation of its own capabilities.

The Saudi envoy bowed repeatedly, and even hugged Jacob Clement's thighs and begged when Jacob Clement turned around to leave.

Don't think that "holding thighs" is a disgrace to the state. As an envoy, no matter what method is used, as long as the mission is completed, it is a victory. It is a real shame to have nothing in his hands and put the country in a more dangerous situation.

Jacob Clement is not a good person. Although he received benefits from the Saudis, Jacob Clement did not mean to speak to the Saudis. He was even more vicious when facing the Saudi envoys. Although the Saudi envoys begged hard, Jacob Clement's face was full of ridicule.

It took a long time before Jacob Clement came back, leaving the Saudi envoys dumbfounded.

"Well, you should thank me, two princes and three generals, I will sell you a good price of 10 million." Jacob Clement said shockingly.

This shameless guy actually doubled the price offered by Qin Haoge. It was really a waste of money. The Saudis begged Jacob Clement, which was also bad luck for the Saudis.

"No problem, one tenth is your commission." Qin Haoge is not a debtor, and he must pay what he should pay.

10 million is not much to be honest, but if you use this money to hire Saudis, you should be able to hire a lot of them, at least more than five people, which is enough.

For Qin Haoge, whether it is a prince or a general, these natives are the same in Qin Haoge's eyes. They are all coolies, which is exactly what Lan Fang needs now.

On the day when the agreement was announced with France, the Lanfang government also announced that it would build an airport and an army base in Djibouti, turning Djibouti into a nail and firmly nailing it in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

The British were firmly opposed to the decision of the Lanfang government.

But this opposition now seems to be powerless. This is a deal between Lanfang and the French. Although it will definitely affect the interests of Britain, the British have no right to interfere. After the British government expressed its objection, the Lanfang government had not spoken yet, and the French government clearly expressed its attitude: on the issue of Djibouti, the French can do whatever they want, and the British have no right to interfere.

The current relationship between France and Britain is actually tense. In the Middle East, although the warring parties are Lanfang and Iraqis, this war is actually dominated by the French and the British. The British have been defeated in the Middle East, and the French are now in the upper hand, so they will naturally not be polite.

The Lanfang government ignored the British and French rhetoric. After announcing the construction of an airport in Djibouti, it immediately sent transport ships and engineering teams, and the French flag was still flying on the ship.

This was like putting the British on the spot again. Although the British knew that this was a Lan Fang ship, after flying the French flag, should they stop it or not?

If they didn't stop it, Lan Fang's actions would be irreversible, and British ships would be threatened by Lan Fang at all times when passing through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. If they stopped it, given the current bad relationship between France and Britain, I'm afraid that World War II would start immediately, and it would break out between the two major victorious countries of the last World War, which would be a disaster for both the French and the British.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @shu/bar!

In fact, the British can no longer care about these trivial matters. After the complete defeat in the Middle East, the British need a step, a step to withdraw from the Middle East with dignity. Otherwise, although the Middle East is like chicken ribs to the British, leaving the Middle East in such an embarrassing way, where can you put the face of the British Empire?

So the "eternal good guy" America made his debut.

In early June, the United States proposed to hold a meeting in Cairo to completely resolve the Middle East issue.

This proposal was immediately recognized by Britain and France. Not only the British, but also the French hoped that the Middle East would calm down as soon as possible so that the French could concentrate on exploiting oil in northern Syria.

Lan Fang didn't care, because Qin Zhiyuan knew very well that the Middle East was a powder keg. It was wishful thinking to completely resolve the disputes with the Persian sects that had accumulated over thousands of years with one or two meetings.

However, for the Lan Fang-controlled area, these two issues were not a problem.

There was no ethnic division in Lan Fang at all. Whether it was Chinese or Westerners, even if one had black hair and black eyes and the other had red eyebrows and green eyes, they all had only one unified name: Lan Fang people.

Lan Fang's religious policy also did not allow Persianism to enter but not leave. It was just a "freedom of belief" that swept away the core part of Persianism. Whether it was Persianism or Catholicism, Lan Fang did not prohibit the spread of religion, but if a sect wanted Lan Fang people to join compulsorily, then Lan Fang would let them have a deeper understanding of Lan Fang's religious policy.

Without these two problems, it would not be easy for the Persians to do anything in Lan Fang. Now the Persian Gulf is in Lan Fang's bowl. Without the support of oil, it would not be easy for the Persians to export religion as in the 21st century. Without financial support, extreme sects would not have a place to survive.

Although Qin Zhiyuan had his own ideas, the Lan Fang government also responded positively to the Americans' call on the surface.

However, the response is the response, and the promises to be fulfilled must be fulfilled. Although the Persian Gulf is already in Lan Fang's bowl, Lan Fang still needs to do more work to take it over intact.

After Chen Kangjian landed in Yemen, the first thing he built was the airport.

At the current Moon Bay, Dou Yongyi's transport aircraft brigade is ready to set off at any time. With the performance of the "Kangaroo" transport aircraft, as long as there is a base in Yemen, the "Kangaroo" transport aircraft can fly to any corner of the Persian Peninsula in half a day.

Airborne troops, this is the protagonist of the next stage of the war.