Babylonian Empire

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Because I couldn't make phone calls on the plane, and when I arrived in Riyadh, I couldn't make phone calls in the fast-moving car (the base station switching technology is not good enough), so Sarah's phone has been kept until now.

Chapter 731 The real purpose of increasing production and reducing prices

Prince Sultan and King Fahd smiled wryly. They are high-level executives in Saudi Arabia. A head of a country seems to be less busy than her, a company manager?

When the strong woman was about to deal with the matter again, a secretary walked in and said to King Fahd: "There is news from the Iraqi side that President Qusay is coming to Riyadh to discuss important matters with the king."

Sarah just got through the phone, but when she heard the secretary's small words, she suddenly felt an inexplicable excitement. The guy just came, isn't this too coincidental?Could it be that he came to propose marriage?This dead guy finally got enlightened, and she suddenly felt a great sense of happiness. After waiting for several years, she finally waited for this time.

"Hello, hello..." The voice on the phone was still ringing, Sarah had already hung up the phone, and then turned off the phone completely. For a few days, she should just pretend that she is not the general manager.

"Uncle, I just got off the plane. I'm exhausted from the journey. I have to go back and rest. I'll see you again when I'm ready." Sarah said with a picturesque smile, and left in a hurry without waiting for an answer.

This time, she was going to get off the plane, listen to what was going on, and then take the plane to leave after dealing with it, so she didn't dress herself up. Now, when I heard that Qusay is coming, I can't see him like this, right? ?It's time to go back and dress up, at least you can't let yourself have dark circles, right?

"It seems that Feisal has already guessed it. The two of us have done a good thing this time." King Fahd said.My niece is really smart.

... "Your Majesty the King." Led by Prince Sultan who went to the airport to greet him, Qusay came to the palace in Riyadh and said to King Fahd who was waiting for him.

"President Qusay, what is necessary for you to come to Riyadh in person? We just need to talk through a secret line." King Fahd said with a smile, and he almost asked if he came to the Saudi royal family to propose marriage.

"This time the matter is very important. Although we have a confidential line, I still don't feel at ease. I must come to discuss it in person." Qusay said.

What's at stake?whats the matter?Looking at Qu Sai with a dignified face, the two of them really couldn't figure out what Qu Sai wanted to mention.

"It's about our oil exports." Qusay said: "Every time we use oil weapons, we are a late striker. Now, we must preemptively use our oil to achieve our new goals."

Every time the oil production is cut, the Arab world is forced, mainly because of the problems listed in Israel. Now, to preemptive strikes, is it necessary to continue to use the means of reducing oil production?King Fahd and Prince Sultan knew that there must be a purpose for Qusay to say this, but they couldn't guess what the specific purpose was, and now that the American ambassador had just left, the words contained What it means is that they must increase production, and if they want to reduce production now, although Saudi Arabia has always gritted its teeth and persisted for the sake of its Arab friends, they still feel a lot of pressure in the current situation.

"You mean, we continue to cut oil production?" King Fahd asked tentatively.

"No, we want to increase oil production." Qusay said: "In the past few months, we have raised our own oil weapons and dealt a heavy blow to the Western forces supporting Israel, forcing them to remain neutral in our strikes. We also thwarted the conspiracy of the United States to make us bow our heads by freezing our own production. We have been very successful. However, our downgrade has also been affected by the continuous production cuts and embargoes for several months. Our financial Revenues are down, so we should keep pumping more oil."

"However, our increased production will cause market saturation and lower crude oil prices," Prince Sultan said.

"Yes, we want to lower the price of crude oil. Now the international oil price is falsely high, which has caused the economic downturn in countless western countries. As the main producer of energy, we need to let the energy supply develop in a healthy and stable way. This is what we have done for the world. contribution," Qusay said.

As if Qusay had suddenly become a hero protecting the global economy, any unemployed person in a developed country would probably be moved to tears upon hearing this.However, both King Fahd and Prince Sultan are veterans in politics, and Qusay's words have almost zero credibility.In particular, what Qusay said just now is to use oil to achieve their new purpose. This new purpose is definitely not to contribute to the countries of the world.

However, Qusay still continued to speak boldly: "In particular, at the last moment, the United States did not stand on the side of Israel, but remained neutral. We cannot watch the American economy suffer from high oil prices. We To help America get through this..."

"President Qusay, this is not a press conference, just speak up if you have anything to say!" Prince Sultan had to interrupt Qusay.

"King, Prince, do you remember our sky flash project?" Qusay asked.

Of course I remember this, Faisal is also responsible for this, and Saudi Arabia and Iraq have each invested [-] US dollars in advance.

However, the hateful British, after the United States announced the sanctions against Iraq, the United Kingdom implemented it most resolutely and stopped the project with Iraq. As a result, Saudi Arabia was also implicated, and the British cheated Saudi Arabia a little bit.

"Now, the British are frantically exploiting crude oil from the North Sea oil fields, constantly increasing their production, and frantically occupying the market that was originally our oil export, which caused us to suffer a lot, especially when our oil production was reduced. At that time, oil prices were high, which made the British a lot of money. Facts have proved that the British are the most shameless. We need to severely attack the British oil industry to let them know that OPEC is the main force that dominates international crude oil. said Qusay.

A blow to Britain's oil industry?Prince Fahd looked at the young man in front of him and knew that he had an idea. It turned out that the increase in crude oil production was to discourage the British?

"Our oil fields are all shallow-buried high-yield self-spraying crude oil, and the production cost is low. However, the British North Sea oil field has a harsh geographical environment and high production costs. Therefore, they can't compete with us. The British want to fight Our idea, to challenge our OPEC status, is absolutely unacceptable, we want to crush the Brits and let the Iron Lady know that we are not easy to bully." Qusay said. "When the British oil industry collapses, we can buy their shares at a low price."

On the surface, what Qusay seems to say is very reasonable. The expansion of production capacity in the UK will lead to a reduction in OPEC's share. They have done too much, they need to let the British know the price of offending them.

Moreover, increasing crude oil production will lower international oil prices. The United States is very happy to see this situation. The more it falls, the happier the United States is. It is important for the United States to save its own economy now, and it will not take into account the life and death of the British oil industry. .It flattered the United States and punished the United Kingdom, killing two birds with one stone.

But, is Qusay's reason really that simple?

of course not!

In Qusay’s strategy, with the rise of the economy in the Middle East, as Iraq’s military, industrial, and economic strength gradually strengthen, the Middle East will eventually drift away from the United States. When the Israeli issue reoccurs, it will inevitably There will be a direct conflict with the United States.

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are pro-American, but at critical times, they were abandoned by the United States. The United States stood by the side of Israel to help Israel tide over the difficulties, for example, to put pressure on Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, for example, to The fighter planes in the Fourth Air Force were urgently provided by the United States, and the pilots in those fighter planes, after subsequent investigations, found that many of them were not Israeli pilots, but American pilots, even though they were American Jews.

When Iraq becomes stronger, if Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are to make new choices, they will definitely gradually abandon their pro-US policies and turn closer to Iraq. In fact, this trend already exists now.The United States will never be happy to see this phenomenon happen.

Now, the United States is powerful and seems invincible. Therefore, if you want to attack the United States, you can attack it from the side. For example, you can first attack the United Kingdom and Japan that are behind the United States.Especially now, this opportunity is very good. The positions of the United States and the United Kingdom on crude oil prices are completely opposite. It is easy for these two countries to have conflicts. If Qusay does not make it big, then I will be sorry for this opportunity. .

Through this incident, the connection between the United States and the United Kingdom will be weakened, and conflicts will be created between them. At the same time, the British oil industry will be completely hit, and the British economy will be hit slightly. It would be best if the United Kingdom can never recover.

As for the United States, Qusay has already figured it out. After letting the United States relax its vigilance this year, there will be a big opportunity to hit the American economy next year.

After listening to Qusay's words, both King Fahd and Prince Sultan fell into deep thought. What Qusay said made sense, and in this case, they had successfully dealt with it in the United States, but, faintly They feel that there must be other considerations when Qusay said this. Saudi Arabia's position is pro-American, but Iraq is definitely not. It is not in line with Qusay's style to help the United States in this way, but Qusay must be taking Saudi Arabia's position into consideration. , so the implied meaning was not expressed.

"Okay, then we can propose to OPEC to increase crude oil production." King Fahd finally said: "It is absolutely impossible for the British to squeeze out our oil exports."

After talking about these things, Prince Sultan took Qusay's hand affectionately and said, "President Qusay, you have come to Saudi Arabia this time, just in time for us to discuss another matter that has a lot to do with you."

Chapter 732 Royal Armor Research Institute

South of England, the small town of Chobham.

Dim street lamps illuminated the roads of the town. An institution of higher learning located on one side of the road swayed slightly in the warm current from the North Atlantic. The academy is imbued with a greater power.

Now, it was three o'clock in the morning, everything was quiet, and the whole town was also in a deep sleep.

A very ordinary car drove into the gate of this research institute. There were two army soldiers standing guard at the gate. They just glanced at the license plate. It was the license plate of a professor in the institute. Inside the windshield, there is also a pass here, so I let it go without much observation.

Inside the car, several people breathed a sigh of relief. The defense here is tight on the outside and loose on the inside. As long as nothing happens outside, their actions will be much more successful.

Although this was the first time they came in, they walked along the road and drove directly to a small building under the shade of green trees as if they had lived here for a long time.

"Although we can't see the guards, the anti-theft measures here are very complete. If we are not careful and trigger the police alarm by mistake, the security personnel here will be able to arrive at the scene within 1 minute, and we will not be able to escape. It's gone," said the driver.

"Don't worry, we're all ready," said the other two.

The driver waited quietly in the car, and the other two, carrying suitcases, walked slowly into the building. This is a dormitory building.

It was very quiet everywhere, and occasionally I heard the sound of snoring from some rooms. The two walked down the stairs to the top floor, and then climbed to the top of the building.

From here, they could see the roof of another building tens of meters away, and a certain room in that building was their target!

"Get ready, we're going to move," said one of them.

The suitcase was opened, and they took out the devices inside. The first was the head-mounted night vision device. After putting it on, everything around them was immediately clear. Moreover, these night vision devices were modified to observe infrared rays.

Then, they put some other equipment on their bodies, which they will need to use later.

When they came to the edge of the roof, one of them supported the telephone line with his hand, which was just laid a few days ago. This telephone line is special and can bear the weight of a person.

"There is a sentry post on the top of the opposite building, but there seems to be no one inside."

Put the pulley on the telephone line and hang it with the safety belt on the body. One of them slipped down smoothly along the telephone line.

When he got to the opposite side, he immediately groped towards the sentry post. Indeed, it was empty.