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Chapter 1037 Prequel to the Tyrant Empire (First update, please subscribe)
The exclusive territory of the royal family in the Persian Gulf!
This is almost the most barren land in the Ming Empire.

It can even be said with certainty that without the royal subsidy of millions of yuan every year, the empire's rule here would be unsustainable.

A place suitable for human survival must first have water. In the deserts all over the west coast of the Persian Gulf, fresh water is extremely precious. Here water is everything. Only with water can there be oases, and only with oasis can There are people living there.

But on the vast land here, there are worthless deserts everywhere from the seaside to the inland, and only a small number of oases in the seaside or desert are suitable for human life. This is why the resistance of Tianfang people will fail-leave Oasis, they can only wait to die in the desert.

The French disintegrated the resistance of the Tianfang people by destroying the oasis, confiscating the scimitar, and prohibiting the possession of weapons. In fact... Daming is similar.

However, compared to the vast land of the French from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, what Daming owns is nothing more than a desert. On this land, the only city that can be called "Kuwait City".Other than that, it's either a desert or a seaside fishing village.

And this "royal exclusive territory" has become a joke since the day it was occupied by Ming Dynasty.After the once huge Ottoman Empire was disintegrated, the "Imperial Alliance" each received their own rewards, and the biggest winner was Russia, which contributed the most. Except for the independence of Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia, they almost occupied Anna Almost all the land north of Tolia belonged to the Turkish Empire, followed by France - France acquired Syria, southern Anatolia, the entire Mesopotamia region and the eastern coast of the Red Sea were designated as French spheres of influence .As for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which claimed to have suffered a big loss, it also got Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Only Daming—becoming the most embarrassing member of the "Imperial Alliance"—had only one piece of worthless desert, which made the occupation of the division almost to the point of making up the numbers.

"With all my efforts, I end up making wedding dresses for others!"

Faced with such irony, Emperor Zhu himself didn't care at all that Daming only got a desert.In fact, asking for this desert as a "reward" was also proposed by himself.Moreover, no one knows better than him what is buried in the hinterland of this seemingly worthless desert—endless wealth!

In a desert, such a swamp is extremely rare. This swamp is located at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, formed due to the flooding of the river in summer.

"It's really beautiful here... Jiangnan? Is Jiangnan beautiful?"

Two years ago, the world's annual automobile production exceeded the 50 mark, and the era of oil has completely arrived. Before that, the biggest use of oil was to extract kerosene to replace whale oil for lighting. As for gasoline and other oils, the demand is limited.

At this time, it was sunset, and the western sky was like a piece of golden-purple silk, blooming with bright brilliance.This swampland is also shining brightly, and under the reflection of the setting sun, the lake reflects mottled light and shadow.

Pointing to the swamp, Zhu Zhenwen said.

It is for this very thing.

Although there are 10,000+ Aboriginal people living here, their population has decreased significantly in the past few years.For Zhu Zhenwen, what he cares about is that this land can be used to resettle hundreds of thousands of immigrants-this is the most important thing.

"In the next few years, we will build canals to drain the water from the swamp and transport it to Kuwait City through the canal. After the swamp is drained, the land here can be reclaimed as land for resettling immigrants. Until then , this place will become a land of fish and rice, Jiangnan in the Middle East.”

However, Zhu Zhenwen knew why he came here - the French Royal Petroleum Company was established at the suggestion of Emperor Zhu. Although Daming did not have a share in the Royal Petroleum Company, Daming did have the right to explore and exploit oil in the Basra area.

"Jiangnan is beautiful, nothing could be more beautiful than Jiangnan..."

At this time, he brought his new wife to the northern Mesopotamian Swamp. This swamp belonged to Iraq in another world, but now it belongs to Ming Dynasty.

Two years ago, at the behest of my father, my mother invested in the establishment of Mingfa Petroleum Company. The main business of this company is to search for and develop oil in Basra.And Master Zhu will come to Kuwait.

Looking in another direction, Zhu Zhenwen's words are full of yearning. There are many articles and poems about Huaxia in Ming Dynasty, and there is a touch of nostalgia in those poems.

"Honey, look..."

As Elizabeth spoke, she looked at her handsome husband beside her. She fell in love with him the first time she saw him three years ago. She chased him all the way to Africa, and finally married the Prince Charming recognized by Ming Dynasty.I don't know how many noble ladies of Ming Dynasty were heartbroken.

However, with the development of the automobile industry, especially the automobile factory in Daming, which has begun to use production lines, the annual output will soon exceed 100 million vehicles, and the demand for oil will further increase.And his father told him with certainty.Oil will definitely become an important industrial raw material in the future and will turn into black gold!
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Zhenwen came to this desolate land with his new wife. His wife was three years older than him, Elizabeth from the Thun and Taxi families of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her mother Helen was called Princess Nana is the older sister of Princess Sissi. When she came to Daming to visit her aunt three years ago, she met Zhu Zhenwen at the ball, and then became his little fan girl. Zhu Zhenwen also had a crush on this beautiful girl. Good impression.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is just the prince's gilded journey.

It is also because of this that at the beginning of the occupation of Kuwait, Emperor Zhu began to plan for it. Kuwait in the 13th year of Sidley has become a "big city" with a population of 1, and the governor of the territory is none other than Zhu Zhenwen, the eldest son of Emperor Zhu, is now a 20-year-old youth. His appearance combines the advantages of Zhu Xianhai and Elizabeth. He is tall, handsome, and personable. .In addition to his appearance, he also has an extremely brilliant mind. After graduating from the Imperial Army Academy at the age of 17, he served a year in the General Staff and then two years in the African Colonies
.After being promoted to major a year ago, he was transferred to the governor of the royal exclusive territory of the Persian Gulf.

Looking at this wetland, looking at the buffaloes and other animals grazing in the wetland, all this seems to indicate that in the future this land will become the place where Chinese people live and thrive here.

Unlike other fans, Elizabeth even pursued him all the way to Africa. It was in Africa that the two of them got engaged. Before coming to Kuwait, they held their wedding in Nanhua.

Yes, nostalgia!

Huaxia is the root of all Chinese people!

Even for the new generation of Ming Dynasty like Zhu Zhenwen who has never been to China, they still have that invisible root in their hearts.

Just like the northerners when they "traveled to the south" in their clothes, even after a hundred years, they still miss the beauty of their hometown in their hearts.Miss everything there.

(End of this chapter)