In the large suite where Li Ningyu lived, both Li Ningyu and Tie Bing were silent. After reading the documents in their hands, Li Ningyu slowly asked Tie Bing beside him: "Will you tell the detailed situation to me?"
Let me tell you!".
"Yes! Master!"
Tie Bing lowered his head and responded in a deep voice, and then began to draw a simple architecture diagram on a piece of white paper, and then began to introduce: "When talking about this story, we must first start with the history of Saudi Arabia.
"Come on, young master, you should know that the Kingdom of Nejd and the Kingdom of Hejaz used to unite and resist when the Ottoman Empire and the Sun Never Sets Empire sent troops to invade!"
Tie Bing's words seemed to be on point, so Li Ningyu also bluntly expressed his doubts: "Well, I know about this, and there is something I can't figure out, that is why they have been there for so many years.
Everything is fine, but why are both sides preparing to send troops during this period!".
"Well, actually this question is not complicated. That is Saud Ibn, the founder of Saudi Arabia's first empire. Let's skip his basic situation first. Let's start with the British invasion of Saudi Arabia. In fact, at that time, they were invading Saudi Arabia.
Before, the UK actually had some problems of its own!”
"Especially at the end of the 19th century, Britain, known as the empire on which the sun never sets, was already exhausted. In addition, the new star of our Far East continued to rise on the Asian and African continents. Therefore, Britain needed to maintain absolute control of its huge overseas colonies and also
Be wary of developments coming from us, France and Germany!”.
Regarding Tie Bing's statement, Li Ningyu nodded slightly in agreement, and then followed Tie Bing's words and said: "Well, yes, we in the Far East were trying to survive in the cracks at that time, so there was a period of conflict with the British.
The relationship between them is very tense!”
"Also, the UK was unable to completely suppress the booming independence movement in its colonies. Therefore, the UK had to adjust its strategy and try its best to appease the major forces in these overseas colonies. At the same time, Saudi Arabia is mainly a desert area.
, there is nothing profitable at all!”
Li Ningyu didn't respond to Tie Bing's words, because it was estimated that only Li Ningyu knew at this time how amazing the oil resources contained underground in the entire Middle East would be. Even today, oil exploration in the Arabian Peninsula has not yet been comprehensive.
Going further, let alone the UK at that time, it was in urgent need of finding a new foothold overseas to stabilize Britain's strategic and economic interests, so the UK should not attach so much importance to Saudi Arabia.
But then the first British invasion of the Middle East occurred, and in the following years they took the initiative to expand into the territory of Najd. Why did the British spend so much energy on the territory of the Kingdom of Najd? In fact, Li Ningyu also
He couldn't figure it out, but luckily Tie Bing seemed to have found the answer to all this, so Li Ningyu looked around slightly nervously, then calmed down and listened to Tie Bing's explanation.
"Master, in fact, according to the surrounding international environment at the time, the Kingdom of Nejd was surrounded by the spheres of influence of various major powers, including the French and the Ottoman Empire. If the United Kingdom wanted to invade Saudi Arabia, it would inevitably lead to the joint containment of these countries.
So for such a barren land, the UK cannot do anything wrong!"
"Halo, can you tell me the important point?" After hearing Tie Bing talk for a long time, but still did not say the important point, Li Ningyu urged a little impetuously, but seeing that Li Ningyu's appetite had been whetted,
Tie Bing still continued to explain according to the progression of the incident.
"In the face of the two major forces in the Middle East, France and the Ottoman Empire, it was the Ottoman Empire that entered the Arabian Peninsula earlier. Therefore, at that time, the forces on the Arabian Peninsula were in a stage of interlocking, and the British and France were allies.
Naturally, the first method they adopted was to suppress the power of the Ottoman Empire, so they found a person, and this person was the key point, he was Saud Ibn’s brother Saudhara!”.
"Sahat Hara? I don't remember this name at all. Is he the younger brother of Saud Ibn?"
Li Ningyu seemed to have heard something, so he asked a question, and Tie Bing answered directly: "He is not his biological brother, but Saudi Ibn treats him as his biological brother!".
"Oh, I know, the next thing is that the British must have found an agent, so after infiltrating for a period of time, they launched an invasion, and this is the reason for the mysterious death of Saudi Ibn!"
Just after Li Ningyu guessed something, Tie Bing continued to explain to Li Ningyu: "Yes, Master, your guess is not bad at all! Saudi Iben died in the hands of his cousin Saudi Laha, but in the end Saudi
Hala is also dead, it was suicide!”.
"What? He committed suicide. Isn't Saudi Arabia an agent of the British? After killing Saud Ibn, he can take over everything. Could it be that the British assassinated him?"
After hearing Tie Bing say that Shathara had committed suicide, Li Ningyu couldn't help but speak louder. However, such an unintentional remark was heard by a thoughtful person passing by the door. And such a sentence
The words soon reached the king of Hijaz, Dule Aziz. Because this person was wearing Muslim clothes, he could only be identified as a woman.
At this time, Li Ningyu also realized his mistake, and then signaled the iron soldiers to stop first, and then opened the door and went out. At this time, Zhang Dong was on guard. After seeing Li Ningyu coming out in a hurry, he immediately saluted and asked: "
Master, is something wrong?".
"Immediately set up security around the house. No one is allowed to enter within three meters of this house. Anyone who refuses to obey will be subject to military law!" Li Ningyu gave the order with a serious face.
After receiving the order, Zhang Dong immediately started making arrangements, but in the process of returning to the room, he immediately thought about it and turned around and asked Zhang Dong: "Was there anyone near the room just now?".
Zhang Dong thought about it for a while, and then replied truthfully: "Well, there is, a woman wearing Muslim clothes!".
"Oh! Do you know him?" Upon hearing this, Li Ningyu couldn't help but become nervous, and then asked.
"I don't know her, I can't see her face! She just walked by in a hurry and didn't get too close to the house!"
"Okay, that's it, let's execute the order!"
Zhang Dong's answer made Li Ningyu relax, because in his eyes, all Saudi Arabians should not understand Chinese, just like his translator Mullah, who could only understand most of English, so
This incident was soon gradually forgotten by Li Ningyu, but the consequences of this incident have continued.
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