Americans are no strangers to oil, after all, both the United States and Mexico are oil-rich regions. Especially Mexico with Tampico, it can even be said that the oil in the entire Mexican region is basically divided between Britain and the United States, over the years, although the Mexican government has been trying to nationalize the oil resources under Mexican land, but unfortunately these actions have never succeeded―――――― as mentioned earlier, in the entire Middle East, only Iran has discovered an oil field, and the most oil-producing in this era is the United States and Mexico, especially Mexico, Because many of the areas that are now rich in oil actually belonged to Mexico.

In the United States and Mexico, it is not known how many people become millionaires overnight because of the discovery of new oil resources every year. Especially in Mexico, the oil boom has attracted many Americans to explore for oil. Even Yan Shao himself got the first pot of gold in the real sense in this region, and at the same time, with the money earned from oil, he governed according to his own ideas in Anhui, and finally succeeded in defeating the Beiyang government after building a strong army.

It can be said that since the beginning of modern times, this emerging resource has had a great impact on mankind.

Although coal was still the most important fuel for mankind during this period, no one would deny that oil would be the most important thing for mankind in the future.

It is also because when the news of the discovery of a large amount of oil in Kuwait by the National Commune government was announced, the whole world was suddenly shocked.

Although, for the time being. This news does not seem to have any impact, but the slightly lowered oil prices in the world have shown some...

It is precisely because of the importance of oil. So when the Americans outside the venue learned the news, almost all of them were in a commotion, gathering one by one to discuss the possible impact of this incident.

Of course, there are those who are skeptical of the claim that the Communist government has announced that the oil resources that may be found in Kuwait are similar to those in Mexico. After all, Mexico was a notoriously large oil exporter in this era, especially with the wells discovered in Tampico. It has even almost won the top three production in the entire world, and one of the oil wells has set a daily production record, and even today no oil well has any hope of surpassing it.

In this case, the Commune government announced that such a large oil field had been discovered in Kuwait. Americans are naturally a little skeptical. After all, they both live in North America, and they still know more about Mexico's oil resources.

Of course, although I was skeptical, but since the national government so announced. Then it's not as good as Mexico. I believe that it will not be much inferior in terms of production, at least it is definitely a large oil field, and how much benefit can it bring...

At least thinking of this, these Americans outside the venue had a feeling of envy, jealousy, and hatred.

However, while envy and jealousy are high, some Americans have become gloating.

"Kuwait, I remember it was originally a British colony, right?"

This statement was quickly answered by others.

"It's not a colony, but it's pretty much the same, I remember it seems like the British snatched it from the Turks more than a decade ago. Later, it became a country protected by the British―――――― in fact it was more of a colony than protected. It just sounds better..."

"So..."

"Yes, I'm afraid that after the British hear this news, even their bowels will regret it, after all, it should have been the territory of the British, but now it has become Chinese..."

As these words fell, a burst of gloating laughter naturally sounded outside the venue.

This is probably the so-called bad nature of human beings, it doesn't matter whether you can get benefits or not, the key is that others don't follow suit. Although the Chinese must have received great benefits this time, since the British were unlucky, they absolutely did not mind laughing at the British in this matter, and the most important thing was to obtain a sense of spiritual pleasure and satisfaction from the unfortunate case of the British.

But after getting the news, some people soon became greedy...

Since Kuwait has discovered oil resources, can they take this opportunity to go to Kuwait to make a fortune? Americans are definitely not short of adventurous spirit―――――― as long as they can get enough of the benefits of the risks they take!

Oil, there are few people who can make more money than oil in this era, at least among the top 500 in later generations, the first in the list is the gang engaged in oil, followed by the automobiles, and finally the banks!

It can even be said that these three industries are definitely the three most profitable industries in the legitimate industry. In contrast, there may be more up-and-coming companies in other industries, but in general, it is difficult to compare with these three industries.

If you can find an oil field or even a relatively productive oil well, then at least the millionaire will never be able to escape...

It's just that before those people had time to rejoice, the news from the side poured a basin of cold water on their heads―――――― all the oil resources on China's land belong to the government.

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That's right, oil resources. All oil resources in China are owned by the state, or more precisely, managed by the Ministry of Energy.

Although there are still some energy-related resources in this world, such as coal, coal, coal and so on. But in fact, among these resources, it can even be said that among all the resources on China's soil, only oil resources are completely owned by the state...

This is not surprising, because Yan Shao does not want this country to become, like the United States in later generations, controlled by interest groups. For example, the oil dealers and the arms dealers.

When dealing with oil dealers, Yan Shao's chosen solution was to nationalize the oil resources. In this way, the country's oil resources are equal to the ownership of the state, and there is no need to worry that these oil merchants, who have obtained large sums of money, will direct the state to use force against areas that may contain large oil resources for their own interests―――――― even during this period. China already has the Middle East, where oil is the richest, but there are other places in the world that can be rich in oil, such as East Timor, Venezuela, and so on.

However, in the case of arms dealers, it is a bit more difficult.

After all, Yan Shao himself knows very well that if the government is to lead the arms development plan. Then it is easy to lead to the bureaucratization of the entire armaments development. From a certain point of view, the competitive approach of the United States in later generations is the most reasonable.

Of course, this is unavoidable. What if these arms dealers grow stronger, but come over and influence the government? After all, it is impossible for the Nationalist government to rule the country forever, and Yan Shao is the same, although Yan Shao has always hoped that he can live a long life. But after all these years. Yan Shao was still very helpless to find that he was aging day by day.

He is now 37 years old, and in three years he will be 40 years old.

And by the time the First World War broke out in history, he would probably be in his fifties...

Although Yan Shao also wanted to live a long life, he knew very well that there were too few people who could do this, so he couldn't help but make some preparations in advance. In this way, even if he really dies young in the future, at least the country can still move forward according to the route he has given. Instead of striding backwards.

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After learning that China's oil resources are owned by the state, many people immediately complained loudly. There were even some Americans who shouted loudly on the spot. "It doesn't make sense!"

This is unreasonable, at least in the eyes of the Americans, who believe that since there is a business opportunity in Kuwait, it should be announced so that everyone can enjoy the benefits.

However, this is impossible, after all, the greed of oil merchants, Yan Shao is very clear in later generations. This is true even in this era, after all, when the oil field of Tampico was discovered, Yan Shao could be said to be threatened, no matter from which direction.

Later, I still found the BOSS of Standard Oil, and it was only then that things were completely settled.

And then after the end of the Tampico incident, Yan Shao saw the greed for oil again, because after that, the Mexican government wanted to recover state-owned resources many times, but every Mexican government did not escape the end of being overthrown, naturally, it must be the US government that did it directly, but it was the British and American oil merchants who prompted the US government to do this―――――― of course, Yan Shao actually had a hand in it, although Yan Shao did not let the national government provide some help to Britain and the United States, But at least some of the forces controlled by Yan Shao, especially the Yushi group, have helped the U.S. government in this matter, otherwise the Americans would not have overthrown so many Mexican governments so smoothly.

As for why Yan Shao supports the Americans, the reason is also very simple, because Yan Shao also has very huge interests in Mexico. Although Yan Shao sold Tampico's oil fields to the Rockefeller family, this does not mean that Yan Shao has no interests in Tampico, after all, Tampico is still providing considerable profits to Yan Shao every year, even if it is for the sake of these profits, Yan Shao will not sit idly by and watch Mexico's oil resources be nationalized.

In this way, it became a matter of course for Yan Shao to make a move.

As for the question of Kuwait ...

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"Oil..."In the White House, in Wilson's office, looking at a report that had just arrived, Wilson couldn't help but sigh softly.

Although the U.S. government is currently more isolationist, Wilson is equally aware of the threat posed by a strong China. Originally, China was already a very huge threat to Britain and the United States, and if there was anything that could counterbalance China, then oil was one of them.

In fact, China has developed some oil resources, at least not at all, as it was in the past. It can only rely purely on imports.

But to be honest, in the case that some oil in the northeast has not been extracted, only some oil fields have been mined in Yumen and other areas. For the time being, it will not be able to meet the needs of the national government.

After all, in addition to its relatively large navy, China also has an extremely large army and aviation force. All of this requires a fair amount of oil to get started. What's more, with the rapid development of the domestic economy, more and more people have begun to use cars. Nowadays, even the railways are driven by a considerable number of diesel locomotives, and there are fewer and fewer coal-burning locomotives...

A diesel locomotive is a locomotive that uses the internal combustion engine as the driving force and drives the wheels through the guò transmission. According to the type of internal combustion engine on the locomotive, it can be divided into diesel locomotive and gas turbine locomotive. Due to the fact that the efficiency of gas turbine locomotives is lower than that of diesel locomotives, as well as the high cost and noise of high-temperature resistant materials. So its development lagged behind diesel locomotives.

In fact, in the original history, diesel locomotives were only put into use in 1925, and the first to be put into use was the United States. However, during this period. Since China's scientific research strength is much greater than in its original history, and China is currently in a period of great railway development―――――― of course, the most important thing is Yan Shao's attention.

After all, for Yan Shao, who has experienced the era of internal combustion engines and high-speed rail, diesel locomotives are not a strange thing. Plus in this era, the internal combustion engine has already been invented. So after the formation of the national government. After investing a lot of money and scientific research strength, the first diesel locomotive was finally put into use on the railway in 1919, which even caused a sensation on a certain chengdù.

After all, diesel locomotives are much more efficient and cleaner than bulky steam locomotives, and they are not as limited as electric locomotives, which in a way can be called an epoch-making scientific achievement.

And after a large number of patents have been registered. The government is not only trying to export to foreign countries, but also stepping up the replacement of all domestic steam locomotives with diesel locomotives.

Like I said before. Nowadays, China is in the era of great development of railways, and many railways need a large number of locomotives, so this is not a particularly difficult thing. Now the share of diesel locomotives has been increasing, while steam locomotives are becoming less and less, according to the plan of the national government and the Ministry of Communications, the national government will completely replace the steam locomotive with diesel locomotives within ten years, which is completely epoch-making.

It is precisely because of this that China's domestic oil resources have not been fully exploited, and now China has always relied on the import of foreign oil resources. After all, a large number of diesel locomotives need to consume a considerable amount of diesel.

But now, with the news of Kuwait's discovery of a large amount of oil resources, I'm afraid for China...

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"Like a tiger with wings..."After hearing Wilson's sigh just now, sitting opposite Wilson, Roosevelt said with a straight face.

Unlike history, although Wilson valued Roosevelt in the past, I am afraid that he may not have reached this point. However, in this era, because Roosevelt can be said to be one of the few US government officials who know China very well, coupled with Roosevelt's own excellent ability and the current international status of China and the impact it may have on the United States, he was quickly valued by Wilson, and the future can be said to be bright.

Not so long ago, for example, Wilson and Roosevelt were discussing the possible impact of the Far East Peace Treaty. It's just that who knew that while the two were discussing, they would get such a piece of information.

"Winged?" Unlike Roosevelt, although Wilson now attaches more importance to intelligence from China, he does not know much about Chinese culture, at least he will never go to learn Chinese for this reason, and naturally he does not quite understand what Roosevelt just said about the 'idiom'.

Seeing that Wilson didn't seem to understand, Roosevelt hurriedly explained. This is a Chinese idiom, which is a metaphor for a person who receives strong support, as if a tiger has grown wings. Sichuan? Zhuge Liang's "Heart Book? Soldiers": "Will be able to hold the power of the army, the momentum of the army, and under the group, the arms are like tigers and wings, and soar all over the sea." ”

Wilson didn't understand Roosevelt's later words at all, but he could still understand the front ones.

"A tiger with wings...", hearing this. Roosevelt nodded approvingly. For China, which originally lacked oil resources, it has Kuwait's oil resources and let the tiger grow wings. I am afraid it doesn't make a difference.

In fact, the U.S. government has been concerned about some information about China, especially about China's growing power.

According to the assessment of the US intelligence department, although the Chinese government's crude steel output is still only about 9 million tons, with the development of the second five-year plan, especially the success of some of the expansion projects, China's crude steel output is likely to reach more than 12 million tons this year, and the Chinese government may also become the second largest steel producer after the United States for this reason.

Of course. This figure is certainly insignificant compared with the US government's crude steel output of more than 40 million tons, after all, the US crude steel output is about four times that of China. At least three times as much.

It is important to note, however, that the current rate of growth in China has been achieved in the last seven years, since the establishment of the Nationalist government in 1913. And before, even if it was counted the Xiangshan Iron Works of the Anhui Military Government. It's just over a million tons.

In other words. Over the past seven years, China's crude steel production has increased by at least 10 million tons. And considering that China has several times the population and vast territory of the United States, it can be said that China still has a very huge room for growth...

There are even fears that if this growth continues, it may not be long before China surpasses the United States to become the most powerful country in the world―――――― both industrially and otherwise.

Although Wilson didn't worry too much about that. But it is also clear that China is indeed a challenge to the United States.

And for China, which has such strength, Kosovo's oil resources. It is definitely a pair of wings given to the tiger, and it is completely predictable how China's strength will grow after having these wings.

However, what Wilson is most interested in now is whether Kosovo's oil resources are as much as the Chinese government claims, after all, comparable to the whole of Mexico―――――― you know, from the map, Mexico is more than ten times larger than Kosovo. Even Mexico's oil resources may not be much inferior to that of the United States as a whole.

If Kosovo is a small part of the country that has the same oil resources as Mexico, then it is unbelievable...

However, after hearing Wilson's words and groaning for a while, Roosevelt spoke with a slight movement in his expression. "It may be a little hard to believe, but I believe that what the Chinese say is likely to be true, and even the actual situation may be more exaggerated than what the Chinese say..."

Saying this, seeing Wilson's puzzled expression, Roosevelt hurriedly continued to speak. "Think about it, why do the Chinese choose this time to announce the affairs of Kuwait..."

"This..." Roosevelt pursed his lips, if it was because the Chinese only discovered it today, it was obviously impossible. After all, the Chinese government's announcement has made it clear that Kuwait's oil reserves are likely to be on par with Mexico's, and it is unlikely that Kuwait's oil reserves will be drawn without an in-depth understanding of Kuwait's oil resources.

As for the special purpose of pising the British? Please, you must know that the matter in Macau only came out not long ago, and although China and Britain had some contradictions before that, it was not like this.

Therefore, it is very likely that the Chinese have come to such a conclusion a long time ago, but they have been hiding it and not announcing it ...

Seeing that Wilson seemed to understand a little, Roosevelt hurriedly continued. "Therefore, the only reason why the Chinese will do this, that is, they are worried that if this matter is announced, it is likely to affect China's interests at the Washington Conference, after all, if the Kuwaiti matter is announced, it is very likely to lead China to be targeted by other countries, in this case, it is better to wait until after the meeting..."

"And—" At this point, Roosevelt's expression was a little complicated. I suspect that Chinese found oil may be much more than Kuwait........."