Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

When Lin Yi heard Aziz's words, a warm smile appeared on his face.

"His Royal Highness is right, our Daxia will naturally not engage in loss-making business." Lin Yi thought for a while, and then said slowly to Aziz.

"Daxia wants to help the Kingdom of Najd because of two considerations. The first is the geographical location of the Kingdom of Najd."

"Your Highness the Prince must know this better than me."

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Aziz nodded, saying that he knew.

Seriously, does the location of the Kingdom of Najd matter? That's certainly important.

To the west of the Arabian Peninsula is the Red Sea, which controls the important waterway from the Suez Canal to the Indian Ocean. To the east of the peninsula is the Strait of Hormuz.

This is the outlet of the Persian Gulf, which later became an important oil production area and waterway.

If the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, all ships in the Persian Gulf will not be able to get out.

If Daxia can control this place, it can be said that it has all the oil in the Middle East in its own hands.

Even then, Daxia will not be able to control the entire Persian Gulf countries. As long as it controls the Strait of Hormuz, it will be equivalent to blocking the necks of all countries in the world.

This is only the position at sea, and the importance on land has not yet been calculated.

On land, to the west of the peninsula is the Sinai Peninsula, which is the only way from Asia to Africa. On the Sinai Peninsula, there is the Suez Canal.

The importance of the Suez Canal has been stated many times. This is an important passage from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean.

As long as the Kingdom of Najd can rise and control the Sinai Peninsula, it will have the ability to threaten the Suez Canal from land.

If Suez is controlled, Daxia may still have a chance to control the Indian Ocean in its own hands.

To the east of the peninsula is the Mesopotamia Basin, an important oil-producing area and connected to South Asia.

To the north is the area actually controlled by the Ottoman Empire.

It can be said that the Middle East is the crossroads of the world, and the peninsula where the Kingdom of Najd is located is the most important part of the crossroads.

No matter from which aspect, Daxia has no reason to give up on the Middle East.

Hearing Lin Yi mention the geographical location, Aziz instantly understood what Lin Yi was referring to.

He looked at Lin Yi with some doubts, and then said: "Your Excellency, I understand what you said, but now our Najd Kingdom is still very weak and we are not sure of controlling the entire peninsula."

"And why did you choose the Kingdom of Najd? Logically speaking, the Ottoman Empire is your best choice."

"I am a person who knows very well that there is no free lunch in this world."

"Daxia wants to invest in the Kingdom of Najd. Just controlling the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz is not enough. Daxia has invested so much, so what exactly do you want in return from the Kingdom of Najd?" Aziz Looking at Lin Yi, he asked what he was thinking.

Being able to control the Red Sea outlet, the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf is not worth Daxia's investment.

Therefore, Aziz felt that Daxia must have another agenda.

When Lin Yi heard Aziz's words, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sure enough, there are no simple people who can become the crown prince of a country.

However, Lin Yi felt that this was nothing. After all, he had no intention of cheating the Neizhi Kingdom.

The reason why I say this is very simple, because the Kingdom of Najd has no choice.

In fact, everyone knows what is going on in the Kingdom of Nejd now. To say he is impoverished is to flatter him.

Regardless of future generations, the Kingdom of Nejd is extremely rich, but now, the oil is still underground. No one knows that there is a large amount of industrial blood and oil buried under the Kingdom of Nejd.

Another point is that there are still relatively few things that can use oil, so oil is not that important yet.

It will take more than ten years to wait until the 30s before the importance of oil will begin to show.

Lin Yi just wanted to seize this time difference and hold the peninsula in Daxia's hands.

Therefore, Lin Yi planned to tell Aziz the truth.

Some people may think that, to be honest with Aziz, the Kingdom of Najd will be up for grabs.

Lin Yi thought it was impossible. The main reason was that Najd Kingdom did not have the capital.

First of all, Daxia is not the weak empire in history, but the most powerful country in Asia and one of the top three powers in the world.

Therefore, from Daxia's point of view, even if he told the truth to the Najd Kingdom, the Najd Kingdom would not have the capital to sell it at a price.

If the Kingdom of Najd does not cooperate, the worst possible outcome is to find another partner. As long as Daxia is strong enough, Daxia can find someone to replace the Kingdom of Najd's position on the peninsula at any time.

Secondly, Lin Yi feels that if exchanges between countries are based on deception and bullying, then it is unlikely that the two countries will maintain a long-term cooperative relationship.

Third, Lin Yi is confident that the conditions that Daxia can provide to the Najd Kingdom are the best. As long as the Kingdom of Najd is not stupid, then the Kingdom of Najd will not choose anyone else.

Lin Yi felt that, as some people said, they did not tell the Nejd Kingdom that they owned oil, but directly set aside a piece of land in their territory and then mined it themselves.

Or, as some people say, directly turn the oil-producing areas into their own land or colonies.

All these methods are not advisable in Lin Yi's opinion.

First of all, let's talk about turning it into its own territory. This kind of territory is simply an enclave. Daxia needs to spend a lot of energy to defend it.

When it comes to the situation of colonies, it is even more undesirable. Once the world enters the wave of emancipating the mind, those areas far away from the mainland of Daxia will inevitably face this wave.

Even though he was as powerful as Milician in later generations, he had no way to control the Middle East and could only control it through cooperation. It was enough to see how deep the water in the Middle East was.

As the saying goes, sincerity is the last resort, and Lin Yi has no intention of hiding anything regarding oil. After all, as long as you get the land and start producing oil, the other party will definitely know.

Unless you get the land, don’t mine it. But the problem is, if you don’t mine it, what’s the point of taking it?

Thinking of this, Lin Yi poured another cup of tea for Aziz, and then said slowly: "Your Highness is right, Daxia wants to help the Kingdom of Najd, in addition to wanting to control the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz. In addition, I also want the resources of the Kingdom of Najd.”

"Resources?" Aziz was obviously stunned when he heard Lin Yi mention resources.

He didn't remember what resources the Kingdom of Najd had. In his opinion, the Kingdom of Najd, beyond the desert, is still just desert.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Prince, I don't think there are any resources in the kingdom that Daxia can take notice of." Aziz shook his head with a look of disbelief.

"Then let me put it bluntly, the empire wants the oil in the Kingdom of Nejd." Lin Yi nodded.