"What would you like to drink, coffee, tea, beer?" Faisal asked with a smile.
"And beer?" Wang Zhen looked shocked and looked at Feisal with something wrong.
If I remember correctly, drinking beer is not allowed in YSL, right?
"Not all YSL countries do not allow drinking. In Iraq, many families have the tradition of making wine. Wine is a very popular drink here." Faisal explained with a smile: "In addition to wine, we also
If you like to drink beer, Sahraza Dark Beer, Emil Diaz Dark Beer and Alavi Dark Beer are all very popular beer brands.”
(Iraq first promulgated an alcohol ban on October 22, 2016, but due to civil strife, it was not strictly implemented. On March 4, 2023, the Iraqi Customs Administration ordered all customs centers to prohibit the entry of all types of alcoholic beverages.
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"Let's drink tea." Wang Zhen said with a smile.
Faisal ordered, and soon the black tea with Iraqi characteristics was served.
The way Iraqis drink black tea is to boil it, filter out the tea leaves when the water boils and turns dark black, and then add a lot of sugar to make it very sweet.
There are small teahouses everywhere in the streets and alleys of Baghdad. People in the Middle East have a thousands of years of tea culture and it is a daily drink.
Although China is the birthplace of tea culture, what most people don’t know is that the largest export volume of tea is Kenya in Africa, followed by China and third by Sri Lanka...
It was not difficult for Wang Zhen to guide the topic. When he had the information, he could just lead the topic towards what the other party was best at and most proud of. Soon they started talking about the Democratic and Peace Party, a small party formed by Faisal.
'superior.
I don’t know if it tickled Feisal’s skin or if he was deliberately showing it off in front of the American ‘representative’. Good guy, my spittle was flying and foam was forming at the corner of my mouth.
Wang Zhen was so forced that he had to lean closer into the sofa.
At present, the so-called Democratic and Peace Party only exists in a small area, in Baghdad to be precise. As for the number of people in the party, Faisal said that it exceeds 20,000 people and is developing prosperously.
Of course, Faisal said that now that it has received funding from the United States, it will develop even better.
Wang Zhen expressed serious doubts about this.
There is a question mark if you believe even 100% of what these bullshit politicians say. Of course, Faisal must represent the interests of some people and someone invests, otherwise he would not be able to live in this small building, although the small building is not in a safe zone.
Inside.
Of course, Wang Zhen didn’t say this. He will write a report based on subsequent developments.
After chatting for a while, Wang Zhen compared information to learn about the main members of the Democratic and Peace Party, and their publicity and development plans for the future. At this time, Golden Retriever and the others also completed their investigation of the small building. Faisal started to find out where the Sickle Team lived.
and dinner.
At night, after Golden Retriever set up security on the wall and at the gate, no vigil was arranged, but he asked everyone to be vigilant when sleeping. Well, this was what he said to Wang Zhen.
Wang Zhen looked at the warning device and felt that it couldn't be said to be exactly the same as the kind of thing that greets customers as soon as they enter the door of a small store. It can only be said that there is no difference.
The price is as high as over 500 US dollars. It’s black, really black.
Faisal's home is in good condition. Although the power supply in Baghdad can only be guaranteed for a few hours, his home has a diesel generator and the air conditioner is always on and it is still quite cool.
We spent the night without talking. After breakfast the next day, Faisal asked to go out. He also liked the Hummer provided by the Sickle Team. It was much better than his Toyota Cruiser and was bulletproof!
Later, when Wang Zhen asked, he learned that there is a large stock of such bulletproof Humvees in Baghdad. They were all abandoned when the US military withdrew. The price was very cheap but they could not be sold.
Those who are qualified to buy may not necessarily have the money, and those who are rich are not qualified to buy, at least people like Faisal are not qualified to buy.
When traveling, Jin Mao wanted someone to ride in the same car with Faisal, but Wang Zhen stopped him. After seeing the situation in Baghdad, Wang Zhen never thought of letting someone ride with Faisal.
"Boss, if Feisal can achieve results, then his protection level will be upgraded soon, and our mission will be over." Wang Zhen explained: "If he cannot achieve results, then it doesn't matter whether he dies or not.
Affects our mission evaluation.”
"Why?" Golden Retriever didn't understand.
"If he is worthless, the U.S. government will not continue to waste money on him. It is better to let him die, so that the U.S. government can pin the blame for assassinating Iraqi government personnel on anyone they want, such as the Iranians.
Ace Aces, like the opposition, mines surplus value.”
Golden Retriever looked at Wang Zhen with a distorted expression, "You have such a dirty heart!"
"What does it have to do with me? It's the US government and I'm a good person!" Wang Zhen immediately became furious.
Golden Retriever didn't listen to Wang Zhen's excuse at all, but he was very honest and didn't arrange for anyone to ride with Faisal.
Faisal didn't say anything about this, he smiled and asked the driver to drive, then walked at the head of the convoy, leading the way.
Golden Retriever, Wang Zhen, a donkey in a cart, walking in the middle, poet, bayonet, and shovel in a cart, walking at the end.
On the road, Jin Mao suddenly said: "Actually, the car in the middle is the most dangerous. If there are attackers, the first target will be us."
"Holy shit!" Wang Zhen's eyes suddenly widened. Damn it, I'm a substitute!
After all, it was because I was inexperienced that I forgot about it.
Seeing Wang Zhen's appearance, Golden Retriever and Donkey burst into laughter. Boy, I asked you to act cool, but you are still young!
"It's very dangerous to still laugh. What should I do?" Wang Zhen asked anxiously.
"Idiot, of course we have to open the car window so that people can see that there is no target person in our car." Donkey sneered vigorously.
Phew, Mayor Wang let out a long breath, not bad, not bad.
It's just too hot after opening the window...
However, for the sake of his own life, Wang Zhen could still tolerate it.
All the way to the destination 'Democratic and Peace Party' headquarters, what made Wang Zhen's head hurt was that the walls of this so-called 'headquarters' were densely decorated with plaques, such as 'YSL Democratic Party', 'YSL Dawa Party', 'YSL People's Movement'
Party ''The Party for the Liberation of Iraq''...
After a quick glance, there are definitely 30 parties here as headquarters, which is weird!
Wang Zhen, who really couldn't understand, pulled Feisal and asked.
"It's convenient for communication, easy to win over allies, easy to show strength, easy to win over sponsors, convenient for publicity, it has many uses." Faisal replied with a smile.
Wang Zhenfang couldn't help but say that if you think about it carefully, this idea is really good, but Golden Retriever is very unhappy, "What the hell is this place? The people are too complicated and the environment is too open. I bet half of the people here are spies!"
"You're in Baghdad and don't know this place?" Wang Zhen asked rhetorically.
"We don't care about Iraqi politics, so why do we know about this place!" Donkey asked angrily: "Is it because the women are not beautiful or the wine is not good enough? Why do we know this place where everyone is wearing robes and beards!"
Wang Zhen gave a thumbs up, beautiful!
This may be a matter of hobbies. Some people like to do the work of the kitchen and take care of the middle-aged man.