Expedition to Europe

Only those who have struggled in despair can appreciate the value of hope, and only those who have groped in the dark can long for light.

Faris Rashid's current mood is like a long drought and a good rain, like meeting an old friend in a foreign land, and like the wedding night and passing the imperial examination -

None of them is enough, and adding them together may be able to describe Faris Rashid's current mood.

Although Qin Haoge did not have such a personal experience as Faris Rashid, he could also feel Faris Rashid's joy.

The Lanfang people were still not used to people kissing shoes, so Qin Haoge pulled Faris Rashid up and solemnly told Faris Rashid: "The Lanfang people are not used to this etiquette, it's better for us to be normal -"

God, it's just like Faris Rashid is used to kissing people's shoes, Faris Rashid has never even kissed his father's shoes!

"Please rest assured, sir. The Rashid family will never forget your kindness. As long as the Rashid family exists, they will be Lan Fang's eternal slaves, and Faris Rashid will be the most loyal dog in front of His Majesty Lan Fang." Faris Rashid stood up and did not forget to express his loyalty.

"No need to do this. Our help to the Rashid family is not free. Before that, I want to get a reason for my children to shed blood and sacrifice for your Rashid family." Qin Haoge doesn't care about those "slaves" and "loyal dogs". What Qin Haoge wants is real benefits.

Perhaps what Faris Rashid said was indeed from Faris Rashid's heart, but it was useless. Even Faris Rashid himself did not dare to guarantee that other people in Rashid would think so.

Even if Faris Rashid got the inheritance of the Rashid family as he wished and became the king of Saudi Arabia because of Lan Fang's support, Faris Rashid did not dare to guarantee that his descendants would think so in the future.

So this kind of "oath" has no effect, except that it sounds nice.

And Qin Haoge is obviously not a person who can be fooled by nice words.

"Reason - the Rashid family can sign an agreement with the Lord. If Lan Fang helps the Rashid family obtain the right to rule Saudi Arabia, the Rashid family will recognize Lan Fang as the suzerain of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia will become a part of Lan Fang and assume due responsibilities and obligations while enjoying the protection of Lan Fang." Faris Rashid blurted out, it seems that this is a condition that has been discussed long ago.

"Suzerain? No, no, Lan Fang is not the suzerain of any country, not now, not in the future, Lan Fang will never occupy colonies, all countries are equal." Qin Haoge immediately refused.

Qin Haoge is right, Lan Fang is indeed not the suzerain of any country, even for the current Japan, Lan Fang is just a trusteeship, Japan is not a colony of Lan Fang, not now, and not in the future.

Of course, if the Japanese are willing, Japan will truly become a part of Lan Fang in the future, which is different from a colony.

All the areas occupied by Lan Fang from the founding of the country to the present, including Goryeo, Siam, Western Province and so on, are all Lan Fang's territory, the real territory, and it is not a colony.

Lan Fang's attitude towards Saudi Arabia is also clear.

Lan Fang does not need to turn Saudi Arabia into a colony of Lan Fang, but at the same time Lan Fang also has its own demands.

"Dear Sir, you are so generous." Faris Rashid wanted to kiss Qin Haoge's shoes again.

"Look at this--" Qin Haoge handed Faris Rashid a map.

"What is this?" Faris Rashid took it with doubt.

This is a part of the map that Qin Haoge copied from Qin Zhiyuan's hand to Qin Haoge before leaving, only the Saudi part.

On this map, the entire Persian Gulf coast is painted red to represent Lan Fang, which also clearly expresses the price that the Rashid family will pay if Lan Fang provides help to the Rashid family.

"This--OK." Faris Rashid did not hesitate much. After taking a few glances to determine the area, he immediately expressed his approval.

Faris Rashid had to admit that since the Aziz family began to rise 20 years ago, the Rashid family had sought help from all the countries they could, but only Lan Fang had clearly expressed that they could help the Rashid family.

Without Lan Fang's help, the history of the Rashid family would come to an abrupt end in two or three years, and everything would be gone by then, so it was meaningless to insist.

Faris Rashid did not think about asking for the family's consent. With each passing day, the Rashid family's situation would become more difficult. The current conditions might be excessive, but if a period of time passed, Faris Rashid could not predict whether the conditions proposed by Lan Fang would be more excessive.

Of course, since Qin Haoge could be so frank, Faris Rashid was not polite and directly raised a core issue: "I can agree to this condition, but in order for this condition to be finally implemented, Sir, you must ensure that I can obtain the inheritance rights of the Rashid family."

Family inheritance rights, this is indeed a core issue.

Persians have no concept of family planning, and Persia does not oppose polygamy, so it is not uncommon for a family to have seven or eight children. In a large family like the Rashid family, there are dozens of heirs who have the same inheritance rights as Faris Rashid. Without Qin Haoge's guarantee, Faris Rashid would not dare to say that he would definitely get the family inheritance rights.

No, it is definitely not obtained. The reason why he was sent out to seek help is that Faris Rashid is not valued in the family. If Faris Rashid can find help, it would be great. If not, even if Faris Rashid dies in this chaotic world, it will not affect the inheritance of the Rashid family.

So compared with the Rashid family, Faris Rashid needs Lan Fang's help more.

"Okay, from now on, Lan Fang will be your biggest guarantee. One of our troops has landed in Yemen. We will assist you in establishing an army that is only loyal to you. This will be the biggest guarantee for you to obtain the right of inheritance. At the same time, you should see that the British are the biggest trouble in the Middle East. The reason why we Lan Fang demand the Persian Gulf coast is to expel the British. As long as there are no British, there will be no source of trouble in the Middle East." Qin Haoge's words are mixed with a lot of private goods.

"Yes, that's it. If there were no British, the Middle East would never be like this now." Faris Rashid agreed with Qin Haoge's statement.

What Qin Haoge said was both right and wrong. It was right because after the World War, it was precisely because of the brutality of the British that Iraq emerged and the Syrian-Iraqi War occurred.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @shu/bar!

It was wrong because the chaos in the Middle East had a long historical reason. When the Ottoman Empire existed, the people in the Middle East could still maintain restraint because of the strong suppression of the Ottoman Empire. But when the Ottoman Empire disintegrated, whether there were British or not, without the strong suppression of the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East was bound to fall into chaos.

Even if Qin Haoge was wrong, Faris Rashid would not correct it.

Faris Rashid's heart was completely occupied by the "right of succession", and there was no room to think about Qin Haoge's words.

In fact, Qin Haoge did not ask for much land. Compared with the entire Saudi Arabia's area of ​​2.25 million square kilometers, Qin Haoge asked for about 200,000 square kilometers, which was less than one-tenth of Saudi Arabia's total area. Compared with the British and French who often annexed like a suzerain country, this request was already very generous.

Only Qin Zhiyuan knew that in thirty years at most, the colonial system of the world would collapse, because of the awakening of the colonial people and the weakening of Britain and France. At that time, the "suzerain state" that is still popular now will not have any binding force, so Qin Zhiyuan wants real territory, not the illusory name of "suzerain state".

In fact, compared with the "suzerain state", Lan Fang's request is easier for Faris Rashid to accept. After all, from the current world, the colonial system has not shown any signs of collapse. Perhaps in the eyes of some colonial elites who have received higher education, the colonies should have more rights, but they are definitely not yet at the level of "independence", and Faris Rashid's ideas are not so radical.

Saudi Arabia is a special country. Although Saudi Arabia has a large land area, 95% of the land in Saudi Arabia is desert or semi-desert, and only 1.45% of the land is suitable for farming, and most of it is concentrated on the coast of the Persian Gulf.

It is precisely for this reason that the British easily gave up Saudi Arabia in the original history.

By the time Saudi Arabia discovered oil and the British wanted to return to the Middle East, Germany had risen again and Europe was shrouded in war, so the British lost the opportunity to return to the Middle East forever.

Qin Zhiyuan would definitely not make such a mistake.

After all, Qin Zhiyuan is the only one in the world who knows the value of the Persian Gulf.

The oil on the Persian Peninsula is mainly concentrated along the coast of the Persian Gulf. About fifteen years ago, oil was discovered in Iran on the other side of the Persian Gulf, but there is no movement on the Saudi side of the Persian Gulf. If Qin Zhiyuan had not intervened, it would not be until 1932 that the first oil field was discovered in Bahrain, and the oil field in Saudi Arabia would not be discovered until 1938.

So Lan Fang now asked for the coast of the Persian Gulf, and Faris Rashid really didn't care much. Even Qin Haoge didn't know what was hidden under the desert.

After negotiating the terms with Faris Rashid, Qin Haoge immediately reported to Qin Zhiyuan and urged Huang Li to attack in the direction of Basra.

It would take some time for Qin Zhiyuan to issue the next order, and Huang Li had been itching for a long time.