Li Xiao walked on the wide city wall, feeling like walking on the Great Wall.

Sure enough, he is indeed an infrastructure maniac with a lot of attribute points.

"The city wall surrounding Basra has been built for five years. It was just completed last year. The wall includes the entire city of Basra including the port of Basra.

If you want to cross the city wall and come in, it will be difficult to reach the sky!

Even if the birds in the sky want to get in, they have to avoid the airships patrolling day and night."

This is simply the standard for a military base!

Looking further into the distance, there was not even a root of grass in a place about three or four kilometers away. The ground was all yellow sand, and even if a mouse ran out, it could be seen clearly.

"These areas are carefully sprayed with herbicides. And they must be sprayed every year to ensure that no grass will grow here."

Sun Zhijie proudly pointed to this artificial desert.

Li Xiao nodded, this method of defense was not bad.

"Arabs are only allowed to live or farm and herd ten kilometers outside the city.

If anyone dares to break in without permission, they will be shot by the patrol.

If it weren't for the fact that there are many rough jobs in Basra that have to be done by Arabs, I would not even allow an Arab to appear in Basra."

“That’s good, it’s the only way we can use it at the moment.

This year, China will send newly graduated students to work in Qatar. We will strive to build Qatar’s oil fields as soon as possible.

In fact, there are many oil fields in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula.

Recently, the Navy's exploration team also found oil fields in Libya.

The oil fields there are simply perfect. They are all light crude oil and can be used with a little refinement.

Even without refining, it can be used as fuel for the navy.

The Navy is also asking me for people. They say the Navy wants to produce oil in Libya!"

"Is there such an oil field?" Sun Zhijie's jaw dropped to the ground.

I didn’t understand before that the commander-in-chief sent so many people to Basra for Mao’s sake.

It wasn't until the crude oil was dug out that we realized how wise the commander was.

I thought that oil was powerful enough. After being refined, it could drive cars, airships and ships.

But I didn't expect that there is something even more awesome, which can be used directly after being pulled out from the ground. This is so awesome!

"There are a lot of oil fields throughout the Middle East. They are enough for our Ming Dynasty to use for hundreds of years. As long as we stand firm in this place, our Ming Dynasty will control the world's industry.

Without the support of industrial production, no country in the world would be a match for the Ming Dynasty.

This place is the eternal foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Do you understand the heavy burden you shoulder?"

"No! I understand, this is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty.

If any country disobeys in the future, their industrial production will collapse simply by cutting off the country's crude oil supply.

And then, let their country collapse."

"It's good if you understand this. Therefore, we cannot defend such a large oil field.

If you want to rule here for a long time, this city wall is indispensable, and killing people is also inevitable.

But just relying on this kind of city wall and killing people can't get things done."

"Commander, please give me instructions!" Sun Zhijie bowed to receive instructions, and the other officials also bowed.

"We must use these Arabs to unite the majority of Arabs.

Those sheikhs are a minority, and we must pit the few sheikhs against the majority of Arabs.

Then we help most of the Arabs defeat the sheikhs!

In this way, the Arabs here will like us.

As long as the Arabs' hearts are towards us, it will be much easier to use than your large city wall."

"My subordinates understand that I want most Arabs to get benefits. And these benefits can only be obtained by plundering the chiefs.

In other words, give all the land of the chiefs to the poor Arab farmers."

"No, we have to mobilize the Arab farmers to rob it themselves.

We must cultivate a group of die-hard loyalists to the Ming Dynasty among the Arabs. Cultivate a group of Arabs who identify with our civilization and yearn for life in the Ming Dynasty.

Then it was up to them to encourage the people here to attack the chiefs. To them, this was called resisting tyranny.

Only through this can we turn the contradiction between us and the Arabs into a contradiction between the Arabs.
Chapter completed!