Chapter 730 Explorer
Although Akmujin is not a grand duke, he is a count, so he is not unemployed just because he is unemployed.
Although George was not a tsar, he still took good care of the nobles of the Russian Empire.
There is no other way.
Although the aristocrats in the Imperial Russian era were shameful, there is one thing to say. The aristocrats received elite education from an early age. Even those who were waiting to die were much better than ordinary people after eating and seeing.
Although the position of diplomat attracts much attention, it actually has little power and is just a mouthpiece.
Russian diplomats are basically aristocrats left over from the Imperial Russian era, and they mainly focus on being messy.
Dmitry learned from George and taught Akimuzin face-to-face.
The burning must be done, but it cannot be done by the Russians, and the British cannot be left with any clue.
Since Reza Khan’s cavalry are all Cossacks, this is enough to prove that there are many Cossacks in Persia.
The Cossacks were famous for burning, killing and looting.
So things like horse bandits are everywhere in Persia.
In the past, Akmouzin received very limited support from St. Petersburg. If he wanted to make a difference, it would be difficult for him to do it without rice.
Constantinople could give Akmouzin all the support he wanted.
If you can't achieve results, you can't blame the environment.
The execution ability of the Russians is still very high.
The same thing, if you are a British or French person, you must think twice to make sure nothing goes wrong before taking action.
Russian hands are faster than brains, don’t worry about whether it works or not, try it first and then say.
Less than 10 days after Dmitry arrived in Tehran, the oil fields of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in the Maschid Suleiman area were attacked by horse bandits.
This kind of thing has actually happened before.
The difference is that in the past, the horse bandits only wanted money and ran away after grabbing things. They did not know how to burn the derricks, so they left the green hills without worrying about having no firewood.
Nowadays, the horse bandits are extremely vicious. After robbing things, they set fire to the oil derricks, causing heavy losses to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
Dasis finally gave up on bargaining and asked London to dispatch British troops from Baghdad to Persia to protect the oil fields.
In January this year, the British chose Faisal as king from the Hashemite royal family of Mecca and established the Faisal dynasty in Baghdad as the Kingdom of Iraq.
Lloyd George wanted to send troops to Persia.
But if Russia also sends troops, the risk of conflict between the British and Russian troops will increase dramatically.
The original agreement between Russia and Britain stipulated that neither Russia nor Britain could station troops in Persia.
Although Constantinople has taken the initiative to tear up the agreement, if Lloyd George goes further, Constantinople will only go further.
In desperation, Lloyd George could only ask the Egyptian Commissioner McMahon to go to Tehran in person to negotiate with Dmitry to jointly develop Persian oil and natural gas resources.
What about a joint method?
What Lloyd George meant was that Russia was poaching Russia and Britain was poaching Britain, and the two countries should not interfere with each other.
To be more specific, according to the original distribution method between the Russian Empire and Britain, the oil and gas resources in northern Persia belong to Russia, and those in the south belong to Britain.
Dmitri sneered, I thought of you too well.
Dmitri also thought that McMahon would take out the oil fields of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and share them with the Russian-Persian Oil Company.
Unexpectedly, McMahon still wanted to rule across the river.
In 1907, the Russian Empire had just suffered heavy losses in the Russo-Japanese War. In order to find British loans to rebuild its finances, it had to agree to "ruling across the river".
From the perspective of Russia at the time, the division of North and South was beneficial to Russia, because Britain generously gave up the relatively wealthy northern regions, including Tehran, to Russia, while only retaining the seemingly barren southeast. , and a buffer zone was established between the Russian and British spheres of influence. Britain and Russia enjoyed the same power in the buffer zone.
Looking back now, the British established the Anglo-Persian Oil Company as early as 1905.
So when Britain divided its sphere of influence, it quietly cheated Russia.
This is very British.
McMahon never imagined that the Russian-Polish Oil Company, where Dmitry was the general manager, was not here to dig for oil, but to cause trouble.
Making trouble means that if I don’t dig it, you can’t dig it either.
Russia has Baku and Tyumen, and is the largest oil and gas supplier in Europe.
George didn’t take a fancy to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s oil at all.
What really worries George is that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company has made money and will continue to invest in finding new oil fields.
South of Persia is the Persian Gulf, and the entire Persian Gulf is surrounded by oil fields.
Once the oil and gas resources in this area are fully utilized, it will be difficult to sell Russian oil and natural gas.
The negotiations cannot be concluded in a day or two, and the production of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company cannot be stopped.
In order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, Dasis paid to hire Cossacks to form a convoy and offered a reward of 1,000 pounds for the horse bandits who attacked the oil fields.
Don’t be too little, in Persia, you can buy a well-trained Persian cat for 30 pounds.
A big reward must be rewarded by a brave man, and soon a warrior who was well-known in Abadan came to Darcis's manor.
Dasis assessed the warrior named Kalami and found that Kalami was not only proficient in riding and shooting, but also served in the Polish army. Darcis was very satisfied and gave Karami 5,000 pounds to organize a convoy of no more than 100 people.
Karami got the money and disappeared that night.
Dasis waited for a whole week, but there was no news from Karami.
It was then that Darcis realized that Karami was a liar.
Okay, maybe Karami is the leader of the horse bandits who attacked the oil fields.
With the lesson learned this time, Darcis no longer trusted the Persians and directly hired a retired officer named Henry from France.
Henry graduated from the French Military Academy of Saint-Cyr and served in the French Foreign Legion during the World War, fighting on the Western Front.
After the end of the World War, Henry retired from the army with the rank of lieutenant colonel and was idle at home.
While waiting for Henry, the oil field of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company was attacked again. This time the losses were even more serious. If the derrick was to be repaired, the fire had to be extinguished first.
The problem is that Anglo-Persian Oil Company does not have the technology to extinguish oil field fires.
Dasi was helpless and took the initiative to ask Rockefeller for help.
The two countries with the most experience in oil and gas extraction in the world are Russia and the United States. The United Kingdom is just getting started.
Although Dasis did not know who burned the oil fields of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, it must have something to do with Russia, so Dasis could only go to Rockefeller.
Rockefeller was overjoyed. He had long disliked the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and was worried that he had no reason to set foot in Persia.
George Regardless of the increasingly complicated situation in Persia, on June 15, representatives from Britain, France, the United States, and Russia held a meeting in London to discuss a new German compensation plan.
George had little expectations for the London Conference, and naturally he would not waste time by going to London. The person who went to London to attend the conference on behalf of Russia was Mannerheim, Russia's deputy envoy to the League of Nations.
After three years of reconstruction, Russia has finally entered the harvest period.
Since March this year, good news about the completion of major projects has come almost every day.
The most important project in Constantinople is the Bosporus Bridge, which is about to be completed and opened to traffic.
The Bosporus Bridge was originally expected to be completed by the end of the year. Through the efforts of the construction department, the task was completed five months ahead of schedule and will be completed and opened to traffic in July.
This bridge took four and a half years to build. It is 1,560 meters long and spans 1,074 meters across the strait. The bridge is 64 meters above the sea and all types of ships can pass through.
The Bosporus Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in Europe, but it is not the first in the world.
The longest suspension bridge in the world is the Manhattan Bridge completed in 1909, with a total length of 2089 meters.
George attended the opening ceremony of the Bosporus Bridge, and then decided to continue building bridges in the Kerch Strait. This project was larger in scale and required higher technology.
On July 30, before the negotiations between Dmitry and McMahon were over, news suddenly came from the Persian Gulf that the famous British explorer Robert Chandler was killed in the Persian Gulf.
This is the fourth explorer to die in the Persian Gulf in the past six months.
When it comes to the profession of explorer, many people are unfamiliar with it and don’t know what these explorers do.
Dasis, who founded the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, was an explorer by profession.
To put it bluntly, explorers are vagabonds, wandering around the world. If they discover untapped resources, the explorers will be richly rewarded.
There are many explorers all over the world, but not including developed countries such as Britain, France, the United States, and Russia.
This fully illustrates the nature of the explorer profession.
The development of the British and French mainland has been very mature, and it is normal not to have explorers.
Russian Far East is full of undeveloped virgin forests. The United States is still moving westward, so why are there no explorers?
In the United States or Russia, it's not called adventure, it's called adventure.
Whether you are an explorer or not, if you dare to wander around Yuriev, you will be treated as a spy on the spot.
The same goes for the United States.
Does the United States need explorers to help find mineral resources?
You must be impatient if you dare to compete with big American companies for business, right?
Therefore, explorers can only survive in backward areas.
There are many explorers around the Persian Gulf, and Darsis used to be one of them.
If these explorers find oil fields or other untapped mineral resources around the Persian Gulf, they can sell the news and make a profit even if they are unable to develop it themselves.
In just half a year, four explorers died in the Persian Gulf. It is impossible to count how many explorers cannot be called "home".
On August 6, "Le Figaro" published a news article stating that there is a mysterious force around the Persian Gulf that prevents people from deepening their understanding of the Persian Gulf region.
Look at how elegant people talk about occupying.
Not only did this news not dampen people’s enthusiasm, but it attracted more people’s attention.
On August 11, the famous French explorer Provence decided to organize an expedition to the Persian Gulf.
In order to strengthen the expedition team, Provence sent invitations to other famous explorers, hoping to attract more attention.
This is where things went sour.
Exploration is an individual act. If you take an army to the Persian Gulf, is it still called an adventure?
(End of this chapter)