Kuwait, with a total area of only 17,800 square kilometers, has one-tenth of the world's total oil reserves.

This is the case, this small land on the coast of the Persian Gulf, as if every grain of sand contains oil, an inexhaustible source.

But in this era, no one in Kuwait knew that Kuwait contained abundant oil fields under its ground, except that sand was really sand.

If there is no Roque's involvement, then it will not be until 1938 that Kuwait's oil will be discovered, and this time and space, this time node will definitely be greatly advanced.

In fact, just last year, the first oil field in the Middle East was discovered in Iran, but compared with Romania and Baku, Iran's oil fields have not attracted the attention of Britain, France and other countries, so Roque was able to buy Kuwait for a mere 10,000 pounds.

Yes, Kuwait, with a total area of 17,800 square kilometers of just £10,000, will be turned into a training base for the Umbrella Company in the Middle East.

So Sidney Milner didn't understand why Roque did it.

"What can I do, London has always opposed the base of the Umbrella Company in Nepal, last year the Umbrella Company's base in Nepal still had nearly 10,000 people in training, and this year there are only more than 3,000 left, London only recruits eighteen battalions of Gurkha mercenaries, countless Nepalese young people are looking forward to it, but London just refuses to expand the scale-" Roque is also full of complaints, London just occupies the pit and does not do anything, he is unwilling to increase the number of conscriptions, and he does not allow southern Africa to expand, so Roque is really not making excuses, The umbrella company really needs a new training base.

Now it seems that Kuwait is the best option.

"Whatever you want, who made you spend too much money-" Sidney Milner didn't realize how much damage Roque's actions would cause to the British Empire.

In 1899, Britain forced Kuwait to sign a secret Anglo-Cursteine agreement, and Britain became the suzerainty of Kuwait.

In 1938, oil was discovered in Kuwait.

In 1939, Kuwait officially became a British protectorate.

Then by 1961, Kuwait declared independence.

So even though Kuwait discovered oil, Britain still didn't pay much attention to Kuwait, just like the current Egyptian governor, Roque only tentatively offered a price of 10,000 pounds, and the Egyptian governor couldn't wait to sell Kuwait to Roque.

It's as if if he promised a little later, Roque would have reversed himself.

"Hehe, do you want to join a share? Otherwise, don't blame me for not reminding you-" Roque offered to send money to Sidney Milner, depending on whether Sidney Milner could seize the opportunity.

"Ha, I'm not as rich as you, and in my opinion, even a thousand pounds is too expensive." Sidney Milner scoffed.

"Then don't regret it in the future!" Roque laughed, that's the advantage of the reborn.

"Unless it's a regret that you asked for too little money—" Sidney Milner laughed too, it was amazing, and both Sidney Milner and Roque felt like they had taken advantage of it.

Roque paid to buy Kuwait, and Sidney Milner as a matchmaker must also be beneficial, and it is the kind of buyer who eats the seller.

Turning around, Roque immediately ordered the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company to go to Kuwait, and it was one of the veterans of the Umbrella Company who was responsible for leading David.

Previously, David was the head of the Umbrella Company's training base in Nepal, and after receiving Roque's orders, David led a thousand Gurkha mercenaries to Kuwait, accompanied by Carl Fox, the head of the newly established Southern African Oil Company.

Unlike Davy, Carl Fox is a standard British.

"David, is there really oil in Kuwait?" Carl Fox couldn't believe there was oil in Kuwait until he got on board.

"Since the Lord said that Kuwait has oil, then Kuwait must have it, don't doubt this, I dare to guarantee with my life that the oil reserves under Kuwait must be scared to death." David was a big believer in Roque, and Roque was more important to David's mind than God's place.

Before Roque bought Kuwait, he had formed the Southern African Oil Company.

Previously, SANO's main business was to buy oil from Romania and Baku and send it back to Southern Africa, and now SANOC has finally reached the stage of independent exploration.

Carl Fox was accompanied to Kuwait by four drilling crews totaling more than 200 people, who were tasked with searching for oil in Kuwait, mainly along the border with Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

This statement is not accurate because there is no concept of Saudi Arabia and Iraq, both of which were part of the Ottoman Empire, and it was not until after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War that the two countries of Saudi Arabia and Iraq appeared.

Now the entire Middle East, there is hardly any presence within the Ottoman Empire, after all, no one is interested in sand, Saudi oil was not discovered until 1933, before that, Saudi Arabia even wanted to take the initiative to join Britain and become a British colony, but was ruthlessly rejected by the British government.

Saudi Arabia, without oil, did not even qualify to become a British colony.

"In that case, then we have to be careful, I heard that the Arab people are very strong, so you have to arrange more guards for us, and also ensure the supply of logistics - God, a place where there is not even water and bread, I really don't know why the Lord is convinced that there is oil in Kuwait." Carl Fox was reluctant but still determined to carry out Roque's orders.

Don't look at Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the 21st century, these countries are very rich.

In fact, before oil was discovered, both Saudi Arabia and Kuwait had very backward economies.

It is hard to imagine that in the twentieth century, Saudi tribal armed forces still used rudimentary primitive weapons such as pikes and leather shields.

This time, the mercenaries of the Umbrella Company are equipped not only with general-purpose machine guns, but also with 40mm grenade launchers and 80mm mortars, and if the Kuwaiti natives really dare to resist, then they will face the combined strangulation of new weapons.

"No water and bread doesn't mean no oil, how many people are there in Kuwait now? Eight thousand? Or ten thousand? It doesn't matter, my mission is to drive out all the natives of Kuwait, your mission is to find Kuwait's oil, as for water and bread you don't have to worry, as long as you can find oil, everything will be available. David has no sense of urgency, the main city in Kuwait is only Kuwait City a port, the current total population of Kuwait City is less than 3,000, to say that the city is a lift, at most it is a town, David brought a thousand Gurkha mercenaries, to clean up these natives is really simple.

Of course, it's one thing to plan, and it's another thing to actually implement it.

When David and Carl Fox arrived in Kuwait City, David and Carl Fox were stunned by what they saw.

Speaking of ports, it is too much to exalt the current Kuwait City.

Even from the perspective of David and Carl Fox, the current Kuwait City, that is, a slightly larger fishing village, David even bet with Carl Fox that the entire Kuwait City may not have buildings of more than two floors at all, and the entire Kuwait City is a slum that is not too big in David's opinion.

Limited to the natural conditions of the Middle East, almost all the buildings in Kuwait City at this time were sand-colored, which could be perfectly integrated with the desert outside the city.

The so-called port is also only a rotten wooden pier, near which some local natives are hanging out or resting bored, and many of them don't even have clothes.

David believes that not wearing clothes is definitely not because of the heat, but because there really is none.

The sun and intensity in the Middle East can be imagined, and David is still in Kuwait for the first time, but he has a feeling of returning to southern Africa, because the natives here have very dark skin tones, almost no different from the natives of southern Africa.

There are also local officials waiting at the docks, one is a tax collector and one is a sheriff.

Seeing David and Carl Fox disembarking, the tax officer, who was also in tattered uniforms, pounced on him as if he had seen a long-lost relative.

"Great, you're finally here, I thought I'd be staying in this damn place for the rest of my life, and now someone has finally come to replace me-" The bearded sheriff cried and laughed, and David could instantly feel how bitter the bearded had been here.

"Hahahaha-welcome to Hell-" the sheriff laughed, but he could hear that the sheriff had put up with Kuwait City to the extreme.

"Thanks, gentlemen, now you may go to rest on the merchant ship, or take a hot bath—" Davy knew that Kuwait City was short of water, just look at the sheriff and the tax collector.

After David got off the boat, the tax collector gave David a hard hug, which made David breathless and dizzy as if he had been poisoned.

It's really a white person's body odor is really a bit heavy, and the sheriff and the tax collector probably haven't taken a bath for a long time, so the smell on this body is a bit big, and it's really hard to explain.

"Hehehe, hot bath, I haven't taken a shower in half a year-" The tax officer couldn't wait.

"Let's get out of this damn place on this boat, don't talk, I'm not going to get off the boat, let me stay any longer, I'm going to be really crazy-" The sheriff was even more simply, and took the family directly to the boat. Don't care about the thin gangway at all.

It does look pretty miserable.

David felt a little toothache.