North Africa, Algeria, the New Baku Corridor, Hashimes Oud, which is the New Baku Oilfield under United Petroleum.
Compared with three years ago, this place has changed a lot. Because of the emergence of the New Baku Oil Field, a city has sprung up in the desert that was once thousands of miles away. It covers a vast area and has complete supporting facilities. New Baku has become the largest city in Algeria.
The city is much more prosperous than Algiers, where the Governor's Palace is located.
New Baku was an urban construction planned by Qin Zhiyuan himself, and was jointly constructed by a Chinese construction team and a German captive construction team at the time.
The Chinese and the Germans are actually similar in their pursuit of rigor. Relatively speaking, the Chinese are more flexible, and the Germans are more persistent. The result of the strong alliance is a new Baku with complete planning and complete facilities. This city can be regarded as
A model of modern city.
In the current New Baku, because of the huge profits from oil resources, it has almost unlimited funds for urban construction. The French government does not take away all the tax revenue, but gives back part of it to New Baku as the basis for urban construction.
funds.
This is enough. Coupled with the donations from Qin Zhiyuan and Lao Renault, the construction funds of New Baku have always been abundant.
Currently, New Baku has the largest refinery and power plant in Africa, and can also be said to be the largest refinery in the world. The oil here can produce nearly 300,000 barrels per day, which is not only marketed to European countries, but also sold to the United States.
Huge amounts of cash flow are produced for United Oil every day.
In the entire New Baku area, there are currently more than 100,000 people living here, of which more than 90,000 are employees of the New Baku oil field, and the remaining more than 3,000 are armed security forces.
Yes, the new Baku region has an armed force to protect the interests of the French government and United Petroleum from being violated.
In fact, the prosperity of the New Baku region has nothing to do with Algeria. At the very least, ordinary Algerians cannot enjoy the street lamp gardens in the New Baku city. They do not even have the right to enter the New Baku region. The New Baku region is in Algeria.
It is equivalent to an independent kingdom that has been separated from the entire Algeria.
This situation will definitely make many Algerian people of insight feel dissatisfied. Those who have received modern education in Europe have fully awakened their national consciousness. In their consciousness, since the New Baku Oil Field is in Algeria,
, then it is part of Algeria, and Algeria should have exclusive access to the oil field profits in the new Baku area.
At the very least, Algerians have the right to share in the profits from the oil fields in the new Baku region.
From the perspective of the Algerians, this idea is understandable, but from the perspective of United Oil, this idea is treasonous.
Not to mention the French, since the president of France, a country that advocates etiquette, came to power, the French suddenly turned into gentlemen overnight, so much so that the tax collector named Henry Swinburne who was sent by the French government to the new Baku area actually
Start speaking for Algerians and start trying to fight for the rights of Algerians.
This is really crazy.
Fortunately, in the current New Baku area, it is not the tax official who has the final say, but Gu Xingbang, the colonel commander of the New Baku Infantry Regiment of the Foreign Legion stationed here by Qin Zhiyuan.
Although he had no words, Henry Swinburne still frequently talked to Gu Xingbang, trying to get more Algerians to enter the new Baku area, get a job, and have an income, so as to appease the emotions of these indigenous people.
Gu, our work needs to be more flexible and we can't be too insistent on rules. When the objective situation changes, we have to adapt to local conditions.
Henry, what should I say to you so that you can understand that those Algerians think that we are thieves and are stealing their wealth. It is precisely because of your persistence that thousands of Algerians have entered the new Baku area. They have indeed obtained
They have jobs and income, but are they satisfied? No, on the contrary, they ask for more. If you continue to compromise, I can tell you clearly that one day, we will all be driven out of the new Baku area, and we will lose this place.
Do you understand everything? Gu Xingbang was not polite and scolded him directly.
The place where Gu Xingbang and Henry stayed was at the headquarters of the Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment. Standing by the window, they could clearly see the oil derricks busy working in the distance. It was these oil derricks that cast a shadow over the new Baku area.
A layer of shadow makes it difficult to see clearly the future of the new Baku region.
The conversation between Gu Xingbang and Henry just now is a microcosm of the New Baku area in the past half year or so. It is precisely because of Henry's persistence that the current population composition of the New Baku area has changed from purely French and Chinese to French, Chinese and local indigenous people.
Three pillars.
Although there is no intention to insult the local indigenous people of Algeria, the local customs still bring a little abnormality to the new Baku area.
Not only are there abnormalities in secular life, but also in religious life, work concepts, traditional consciousness, etc. In any aspect, the local Algerian natives are very different from the French and Chinese.
The simplest example is that Algerian natives perform religious ceremonies up to five times a day, each lasting half an hour. No matter what they are doing, even if they are drilling wells, as long as the point is reached, all Algerian natives will
Drop what you are doing and start praying.
This is like a rat droppings ruining the pot of soup. Others are working hard, and you are lying there with your butt sticking out and praying, and you are still mumbling words in your mouth, saying words that almost no one can understand. It is really that no matter how you look at it, you are in
be lazy.
But the Algerian natives still demand the same salary and benefits as others. How can other people have a psychological balance?
Those natives spend at least three hours a day praying, and that's even during working hours. This is simply laziness openly under the guise of religion.
If we look at it from another aspect, the life of the local indigenous people in Algeria is also incompatible with the French and Chinese.
In fact, both the French and the Chinese are very lively. They like to make friends, drink and eat meat together, and deepen their relationship by sharing happiness with each other. This was originally a good thing, but with the addition of the Algerian natives, France
The lives of people and Chinese people also began to change.
The natives of Algeria do not drink. Not only do they not drink it themselves, they also do not allow others to drink. As long as others drink, the natives will think that those who drink are blaspheming their prophet. For this reason, the natives, the French and the Chinese
There were many conflicts.
This is simply nonsense. You can just take care of yourself if you don’t care for yourself. Why should you ask others for your living habits?
But it is this kind of inconceivability that is taken for granted by the Algerian natives, so there are all kinds of disharmony.
Think about it, how many things have happened in the New Baku area since those natives entered the New Baku area. The current security here is very bad, and the antagonism among the people is getting stronger and stronger. If it continues, it will definitely affect the oil fields.
operation, it will also affect the revenue of the French government. Is this what you want? Gu Xingbang did not save face for Henry.
Strictly speaking, the French government is also a parasite on United Oil. It relies on constantly absorbing nutrients from United Oil to support bureaucrats like Henry Swinburne, so don't expect Gu Xingbang to be more polite.
Gu, it is for long-term consideration that I have such a suggestion. Also, don’t keep talking about what’s wrong with the Algerian natives. This is now a province of France, and the Algerian natives are also French. You should not discriminate against them.
, don’t deny it, I can hear it. Henry won’t give up.
If you consider it from the perspective of the French government, what Henry said makes sense, but it is obvious that the native Algerians who Henry regarded as French did not think so.
Henry, before that, you have to understand one thing first. Do the Algerians agree with what you said? Are they willing to treat Algeria as a province of France? Are they willing to become citizens of France? Gu Xingbang is so sloppy about France.
It means I don’t understand the approach.
No matter what the Algerians think, this is the fact and no one can change it, so we must treat everyone equally and give the Algerians full rights, so that they will have nothing to complain about. Henry is indeed an idealist through and through.
There is no end to human ambition. There are only 5,000 Algerian natives. They already have their own community and their own social circle. Unless other people join their religion, you can't make friends with them. Don't you see?
Can't you imagine how scary this is? They are closed, the kind of people who actively close themselves off. They are resistant to communicating with the outside world. Under this premise, I can't see the possibility of getting better and better in the future. It's just that
On the contrary, my view is more pessimistic. Gu Xingbang still disagrees.
Henry wanted to say something else, but the door was suddenly pushed open forcefully.
Colonel, a large-scale fight broke out in the No. 10 oil well. There were already casualties on the scene. The security captain requested support. The person who came was Ma Gaojie, deputy lieutenant colonel.
What happened? Who was injured? Gu Xingbang immediately stood up, grabbed the armed belt hanging on the wall, and followed Ma Gaojie outside.
It was those damn natives who clashed with our construction team. Those damn natives suddenly attacked with knives. Workers Wang and Zhao were seriously injured and have been sent to the hospital. Ma Gaojie reported as he walked.
Damn it, these damn idiots, the commando team gathered immediately and set off immediately. When he heard that the Chinese engineer was injured, Gu Xingbang became furious.
Henry rushed to catch up, but didn't get any response.
