Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Your Majesty, the people from the Kingdom of Nejd are here." Fang Zhong walked into the living room and whispered in Lin Yi's ear.

Lin Yi heard Fang Zhong's words and waved his hand, signaling Fang Zhong to bring people in.

Fang Zhong bowed, turned and left the living room.

After a while, he walked in with Aziz.

Lin Yi looked at Aziz, who was wrapped in a turban, and pointed to the sofa beside him, motioning for Aziz to sit down first.

"Your Highness, what would you like to drink?" Lin Yi looked at Aziz and asked.

"Your Excellency, I can do anything." Aziz looked at Lin Yi, still feeling a little nervous.

"Okay, let's have some tea." After saying that, Lin Yi poured Aziz a cup of tea himself.

After Aziz took a sip of tea, Lin Yi spoke slowly to Aziz: "Your Highness, I don't know much about the situation in the Kingdom of Najd. I wonder if the prince can tell me about the Kingdom of Najd. Case?"

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Aziz touched his nose with some restraint, and then began to tell Lin Yi about the situation in the Kingdom of Nejd.

Lin Yi also gained a general understanding of the history of the Kingdom of Najd from Aziz's words.

The current Kingdom of Najd, strictly speaking, is the Third Kingdom of Najd, which was captured by the Saudi family from the Emirate of Najd (the Second Kingdom of Najd).

The Second Kingdom of Najd was a kingdom that was more aligned with the Ottoman Empire, while the Third Kingdom of Najd was more aligned with the John Empire.

Here we need to mention the origin of the Kingdom of Najd. In fact, the Kingdom of Najd appeared in the peninsula a long time ago.

If viewed strictly, they can actually be regarded as direct descendants of the once glorious Arab Empire.

With the decline of the Arab Empire, the Ottomans rose up in northern Arabia and successfully destroyed the Byzantine Empire, and their rise began unstoppably.

Then the Ottomans began to move south into the peninsula and annexed the entire peninsula. And divided the peninsula into two provinces, Nejd and Hijaz.

Compared with the neighboring province of Hijaz, life in the province of Najd was not easy.

As you can tell from the name, Najd Province is actually closer to the central part of the peninsula and is inland, with most of the land being desert.

The Hijaz province is closer to the Red Sea, and neither the sea transportation nor the fertility of the land are comparable to the Najd province.

Later, due to the serious corruption of the Ottoman Empire and the decline of its national power, the John Empire rose.

After the rise, the John Empire naturally valued the important geographical location of the peninsula, especially after the construction of the Suez Canal began. The John Empire felt that controlling the peninsula was equivalent to firmly controlling the Suez Canal.

So in the 19th century, the John Empire began to invade the peninsula in a premeditated manner.

The Ottomans were unable to defeat the powerful navy of the John Empire and lost the southern part of the peninsula.

In the southern part of the peninsula under the control of the John Empire, the John Empire supported multiple regimes and wanted to establish a forward base on the peninsula that was inclined to the John Empire.

But when they established a base and prepared to continue marching deeper into the peninsula, they realized that they couldn't move.

Due to the lack of oases in Najd Province and most of it being desert, the John Empire's army consumed an astronomical amount of supplies every time they advanced.

Finally, the John Empire was forced to support the Saudi family in Najd Province, hoping that they could seize control of Najd Province.

It needs to be explained here that the control of the province of Najd at this time was in the hands of the Second Kingdom of Najd, which was leaning towards the Ottoman Empire.

The Saud family has the support of the John Empire, and the Ottomans have almost given up on the Najd Province. They feel that it would be good for the Najd Province to become a buffer zone.

Therefore, the Saud family easily expelled the Jebel Shamal family and successfully seized control of the Najd Province.

Speaking of the Saudi family, they are also an ancient family with a long history. They have a high reputation in the province of Najd.

Therefore, it was not difficult for them to capture the province of Najd.

After acquiring the province of Najd, with the support of the John Empire, the province of Najd has made some progress.

This year happens to be 1902.

Ten years later, the First World War broke out, and the John Empire was in trouble on the European battlefield, so it began to reduce its support for the Kingdom of Najd.

Without the support of John's empire, and the oil on the peninsula had not yet been discovered at this time, the Kingdom of Najd unsurprisingly began to decline.

With the end of the war, the John Empire had too many places that needed to be rebuilt, so the John Empire did not want to support areas with little strategic significance like the Kingdom of Najd.

After all, Osman, as a victorious country, can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The John Empire did not want to conflict with the Ottomans at this time.

So I also chose to give up the province of Nejd.

Now, the Kingdom of Najd, which was already having a hard time, was in an even more difficult situation.

It wasn't until Lin Yi saw the Kingdom of Najd and knew what was buried under the Kingdom of Najd that he thought of supporting the Kingdom of Najd.

After listening to Aziz's introduction to the Kingdom of Nejd, Lin Yi was silent for a moment.

Only then did he raise his head and look at Aziz.

"Dear Your Highness, the Daxia Empire intends to cooperate with the Kingdom of Nejd. I wonder if Your Highness can make the decision?" Lin Yi looked at Aziz and said in a deep voice.

"Before I came, my father had authorized me to make the final decision on cooperation. But I don't know how the prince wants to cooperate? Why did he choose the Kingdom of Najd?" Aziz expressed his doubts.

Hearing Aziz's words, a smile appeared on Lin Yi's face.

"It's good to be able to make the decision. In this case, we can have a good chat."

"As for why I chose the Kingdom of Nejd, I won't hide this from you. Daxia wants to build an Asia that only belongs to Asians. Daxia must become the strongest in Asia."

"You can understand that Daxia wants to expel the forces of the John people and include all of Asia into Daxia's control system." Lin Yi said slowly.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, what does what you said have to do with us?"

"With all due respect, whether it's Daxia or the John Empire, don't they all want to colonize us?" Aziz looked at Lin Yi and expressed his inner thoughts.

When Lin Yi heard Aziz's words, he smiled and shook his head, and then said: "It's different. The John Empire may want to colonize, but Daxia wants to achieve the purpose of controlling Asia through cooperation."

"Cooperation? Cooperation for what? In our Kingdom of Nejd, apart from the desert, it is still a desert. Is there anything we can cooperate with?"

"Your Excellency, if you want to cooperate, should you go to the Kingdom of Hijaz? At least they are still close to the Red Sea."

"So, Your Excellency, please don't think of me as someone who doesn't understand anything. If, as His Excellency, you want to cooperate, then you can first tell me, what can we do to cooperate?"