Middle East, Al-Hasa district, Dhahran fishing port in Dammam city.
A fisherman in white clothes who had just finished catching fish and returned to the port with a full load was surrounded by a group of fishermen in yellow clothes holding sticks.
"Jim, who allowed you to go fishing privately? Did you pay a deposit?" A strong man holding an umbrella walked over with a step that he didn't recognize his relatives, and said to the fishermen arrogantly.
"Hello, Uncle Hussein, this is our filial piety today." Jim, the head fisherman, nodded and bowed, and in a flattering tone, he took out a 2-yuan Middle Eastern note from his pocket and handed it over respectfully.
"Why is it only two yuan?"
A bill collector took the money away unceremoniously and found that it was only two yuan. He was immediately dissatisfied.
"Jim, you bitch, you didn't pay one dollar of filial piety fee before leaving the ship, but you have to pay two dollars when you return. Are you the same as me treating our kind boss Hussein?"
"It's only two yuan, Jim, you are very ignorant!"
After hearing what the bill collector said, Hussein was very unhappy when he discovered that Jim only paid two yuan in protection and filial piety fees.
"Before leaving the ship, you pay one yuan, and you pay one yuan after you come back from the ship. This is such a fair and just rule.
You went out to sea this morning without paying the money. This is a bad rule. Can you just come back and pay it up?
Am I usually too kind to you? I have always only charged you two yuan in protection fees. Is there anyone in the five areas of this fish port who is more conscientious than me?
Jim, in this fishing port, the protection fee I charge is the lowest, but you are playing tricks on me, a kind-hearted person, and you are really a white-eyed wolf."
"No, Boss Hussein, when I went out of the boat, I wanted to find you to pay the fee, but I didn't find your people. It's not that I was avoiding and didn't want to pay."
"How dare you talk back!" A younger brother stood up and slapped Jim hard.
"You bitch, the boss's rule is that you are not allowed to go out on the boat without paying money. If you don't see anyone, why are you going out on the boat? Who allowed you to go out on the boat privately?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I won't dare next time." Jim lowered his head and quickly admitted his mistake.
"As long as you know you are wrong. If you are wrong, admit it. If you are beaten, stand upright."
Hussein looked like a kind man, and he said to Jim with a smile in order to ignore the past grudges.
"We are late for a reason. The evil Saddam in the east wants to keep harming you. Today he took action. It took us a long time to drive them away.
We came late because we were protecting you, but you went out of the boat privately, which was against the rules, and it chilled me.
Is it unreasonable for you to take two yuan and make up for one morning's sailing fee? I have a good heart, but if there are no rules, then I will give you a small fine and a big punishment.
Today we have to pay five yuan for the boat fare. Also, the harvest of fish sold today has been increased from one level to two levels."
As is known to all, Greenwood Religion, like Christianity, has multiple sects, including Sunni, Shia, Druze, Wahabi...
Among the sects large and small, the two major sects, the Sunni Sect and the Shiye Sect, are the mainstream branches of the Green Forest Sect.
The Portuguese Middle East colony consisted of three regions: Qatar, Bahrain, and Hassan. In later generations, it was the two countries of Qatar, Bahrain, and the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia.
At this time, the three regions under the jurisdiction of the Portuguese Middle East were all remote areas. They were full of yellow sand, lacked products, and had no special religious or historical value. Neither the European colonial powers nor the Ottoman Turkey, the overlord of the Middle East, looked down upon this place.
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The only two things of high value here are dates and Persian Gulf pearls. Others, such as camels and fisheries, are not worth mentioning.
Tang Ning came from a later generation, so he naturally knew that this place was a resource treasure land, with oil and natural gas reserves among the highest in the world. Although the three regions were only part of the Persian Gulf, their shares were not small.
Under the guise of needing a large amount of dates and pearls, Braganza successively obtained the legal rule of these three areas at a very low price.
The right to rule has been obtained, but how to solve it is a problem for the people above.
Now Europe is what I call a civilized world. The violent colonial behavior in the past needs to be restrained and behaved in a civilized manner. This makes it difficult for the Braganza family to do something that is done once and for all but with bad means in the colonies.
Fortunately, the combined population of the three colonies is not large. After all, the climate here is harsh, with numerous deserts and few oases, which saves Braganza a lot of trouble.
According to statistics from later generations, in 2020, the combined population of Qatar, Bahrain, and the Hassan region on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia is close to five million. Although this population is 5 million, there are not many native Arabs among them, accounting for less than 20% of the population.
Take Qatar as an example. In 2021, Qatar had a permanent population of 2.64 million, of which Qatari citizens accounted for about 15%. Foreigners mainly come from India, Pakistan and Southeast Asian countries.
In this era, Qatar, Bahrain, and Al-Khasa together have a population of less than 500,000. Among them, Qatar, Bahrain, and a peninsula are very convenient for people to live in. Under Tang Ning's instructions, there is not a single green forest, and they are all immigrants.
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There are no big problems in Qatar and Bahrain, but there are big problems in the Hassan region.
This is a long and narrow coastal area with a wide space for coming and going. The previous actions in Qatar and Bahrain united the Arab people, and it was difficult to carry out that kind of expulsion. The first expulsion action directly triggered rebellion.
In order to quell the chaos in the Hassan area as soon as possible without wasting money and establishing stable rule, after the basic rebellion in Pingxi, we promised the locals not to carry out any expulsion actions.
In the Hassan area after the peace, there were more than 300,000 Ara people according to the census. Although this population was not large, it was still too many for the colonial force of Braganza, which only had 60,000 troops and immigrants.
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Faced with five times the number of Ala people, Tang Ning also thought about expelling people in violation of the contract or burning bridges, but after some consideration, she gave up.
Let’s not talk about breaking a contract and breaking a promise. This kind of thing is too harmful to your character. No one will believe you after doing this kind of thing. Besides, it is not that easy to expel for breach of contract. The Hassan area is not like Qatar and Bahrain. It is a long and narrow area.
, full contact with the Ala Peninsula, the temporary expulsion is of no use. Sooner or later, they will be killed by the hateful Ala people. Then they will be suppressed repeatedly and a complete blood feud will be formed. This will be a big trouble.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Fortunately, the religious beliefs in the Hassan area are not unified. Although the Ara Peninsula is dominated by Sunni sects, this does not mean that there are no other Green Forest sects.
In the coastal area of Hasan, the Sunni sect is not the only one, and the Shiye sect also has a small influence here.
In later generations, Iran exported revolution. In the direction of the Arabian Peninsula, in addition to exporting to Yemen, the Hassan region, Qatar and Bahrain were also among them. Especially in Bahrain, the Green religion in Bahrain was the mainstream. The Sunni royal family in Bahrain was once in a hurry.
It was a dangerous situation. Fortunately, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates sent heavy troops to deter the situation.
Divide and rule the colonies is a method that a qualified colonist must learn.
The conflicts between Shia and Sunni in the Hassan area are not small, and the sparse Wa Habis are also involved, which provides natural room for maneuver.
Although he could not expel by force, Tang Ning could naturally divide and win over each other, fight one faction and win over another, and establish a stable rule.
In order to quell the rebellion before, I actually made a fool of myself. I deliberately favored and harassed me and recruited several small tribes to supplement my force. The effect was pretty good.
For Sunni, Wahabi, and Shiye soldiers, they had no concept of national unity and directly attacked them with heavy blows, using methods even more cruel than those of the colonists.
After the rebellion subsided, the situation was stabilized. These Shiye soldiers were more hateful than the colonial soldiers. Sunni and Wahabi wanted Shiye to go to hell more than the colonists.
After Tang Ning's suggestion, Edward, the governor of the Middle East, understood. During the colonial rule, emphasis was placed on caring for and using the Shiye Ala people. Except for a small number of the Sunni and Wahabi Ala people, the others were ignored.
Let the Shiye faction manage them.
This chapter has been completed!