the world is at stake

As for what the West thinks, that's none of my business.The more the enemy jumps and curses, the more it proves that we are doing the right thing.If the enemy praises it, I will instead examine it more. "

The equipment and materials needed for construction are all brought in by railway, and the local government organizes labor to work.The 'three links and one leveling' have been completed on the construction site, but the road surface was dusty with trucks transporting construction materials.

Kajia carefully observed the workers on the construction site, and found that most of the technical positions were Han Chinese, and the locals were often doing coolies, and there were not many of them.

Zhou Qingfeng sighed: "Don't worry, the local technicians are receiving training, and there will be a big change in a year or two. After all, we have experienced 20 years of grassroots laxity, and a whole generation has lost control."

Katya also asked with emotion: "I heard that your central bank issued a special national bond, and 'Holy Light' subscribed for 100 billion U.S. dollars?"

"It's a special national debt of 5000 billion yuan. 'Holy Light' happened to get a low-interest loan from the British guy, and subscribed for 100 billion US dollars of it.

The Hong Kong government and Macau subscribed for the rest.I have to say that the Hong Kong government is really rich, richer than the central government.I helped Mr. Dong collect so much real estate tax, Mr. Dong had to show it anyway. "

"What will the money be used for?"

"Increase military spending, build railways and ports, increase power supply, increase investment in research and development and education, and help the poor. 5000 billion may seem like a lot, but if you spend it everywhere in a huge country, it will be gone."

Zhou Qingfeng spread his hands out on purpose, saying that '5000 billion' is really not enough at all.Katya curled her lips and asked displeasedly: "Do you know how much Russia's defense budget will be next year?"

"do not know."

"73.6 billion U.S. dollars, not as much as the government bonds bought by your group."

"Ah, that's all?" Zhou Qingfeng really didn't expect Russia to be so poor now, "You can sell more oil. Hurry up and repair the 'Anta Line', so you don't want to be fooled by the Japanese anymore."

Uncle Zhou really didn't know which pot to turn on and which pot to lift, he almost choked Kajia to death.

The Sino-Russian oil pipeline 'Anna Line' was about to be signed in 2001, but Mao Zi, who has always had little credit, was seduced by Japan and turned to repair the 'Anna Line'.

When Maozi understands that Japan is just playing tricks and doesn't want oil at all, 20 years have passed-by 2021, the damn oil pipeline has not been repaired.

To be honest, Pu Dadi's ability is just like that. He looks bluffing and speaks tough, but he is actually strong on the outside but on the inside.But such third-rate goods are almost extinct in Russia.

Emperor Pu has extended his term of office again, but the lessons of the old man's politics are still vivid in his mind.

Zhou Qingfeng smiled cheaply——everyone has 20 years of history and knowledge, and it is clear who is a tiger and who is a paper cat.What kind of shameless operations will Da Mao do, but Rabbit has a small notebook to remember.

Kajia was completely speechless and could only ask from another angle: "Will such a huge investment put pressure on China's finances?"

"If you knew that your economy was about to take off, and that your foreign exchange reserves were about to soar from more than 1000 billion US dollars to [-] trillion US dollars in about ten years, would you happily run a fiscal deficit?"

"However, China's entry into the WTO has once again encountered obstacles from Europe and the United States."

"Even if China does not enter the WTO, China is still doing business with the whole world. This is a matter of mutual benefit, not a charity from Europe and the United States. It is of course good to be able to enter, but it is just a little troublesome, and it does not hinder our progress."

Zhou Qingfeng knows the importance of entering the WTO.But in front of the Russian-born American horse, he had to speak a little harder.

After visiting the construction site, Katya went to the "education and training center" to take a few glances - the locals rarely take the initiative to receive training, and the grassroots cadres must earnestly mobilize.

But the grassroots has collapsed for too long, and it will take a lot of time to rebuild.

In addition, it is not easy to mobilize people. The language barrier is just a problem - bilingual education is a bit deceptive, and what is even more detrimental is that the locals are unwilling to receive education.

"It's difficult!" Standing outside the classroom, Zhou Qingfeng also shook his head, "This is hard work and meticulous work, but it's impossible not to do it. Even if the results are extremely low at the beginning, you have to grit your teeth and implement it."

Katya smiled and helped out with ideas, "A few decades ago, the Soviet Union implemented ethnic policies quite easily."

That's true, Hei Maozi was obedient back then.

"Let's not talk about the Soviet Union. It was easy for the United States to implement ethnic policies 200 years ago." Zhou Qingfeng immediately added, "Besides, 2000 years before the United States and the Soviet Union were established, the Han people had long used your ethnic policies to the brim. "

Don't mention history to the Chinese, you will definitely lose if you mention it.

Isn't it just killing, who wouldn't?

But now it won't work.

Katya came out of the education and training center, and suddenly saw a training ground nearby, hundreds of soldiers were being trained.She asked strangely: "These soldiers are..."

"They are security personnel." Zhou Qingfeng said sternly, "It is normal for us to engage in international trade to enter war-torn areas and hire some foreign security personnel."

"But they use..."

"Farm tools are all farm tools. What you see are 107mm plowing tools." Zhou Qingfeng was as serious as the presiding judge in the court, "Next to it is a 40mm hoe."

Katya smiled unconsciously, "Victor, your cold jokes are too uncreative."

Chapter 26 "Getting Rich"

Seyit, who is from the Middle East, is sitting in the self-study room of a "teaching and training center" in Kashgar, under the bright white fluorescent lamp, frowning, reading a book he has never read, not even the same type.

The book was the latest in print, with a crude cover.The title of the book is in Arabic, and it is translated as "The Book of Getting Rich".The content in it ranges from car maintenance, chef cooking, excavator operation, mushroom planting, livestock silage, everything.

"This... this is really... too... hard to describe." Seyit had mixed feelings in his heart.He has also drank European and American inks, and knows the Western brainwashing methods.

Democracy, religion, freedom, marches and protests, and color revolutions are all similar routines.But China does the same job, but the prescription given is completely different from that of the West.

It is teaching you how to work hard to get rich, teach you to broaden your horizons and see the world, and teach you to break free from chains and enhance your revolutionary nature—land reform and the like are not needed, and you can become Amitabha if you can loosen your mind a little.

But after reading "The Book of Getting Rich", not only Seyit felt incredible, but also his "foreign friends" from the Middle East and Central Asia were all frowning.

China is really a different country.

Many people came to Kashgar thinking that they could get a large sum of money and weapons and equipment, took photos with high officials to sign an agreement, and talked about it in the media to make their names known, and their status rose like a rocket.

Dreaming, there is no such good thing.

The 'Holy Light' who was in charge of the integration sent some laughing and transferred cadres to teach the 'foreign friends' how to go to the grassroots level, how to mingle with ordinary people, and how to do research to find the root of social conflicts.

A large part of this work is to target poverty and change the mental outlook by improving lives.So that the people at the bottom will not be unable to survive, and then be used by extremist forces.

"Get Rich" version 1.0 is not only available in Arabic, but also in Urdu and Pashto.The latter two languages ​​still rely on English translation, which is quite frustrating.

This version 1.0 is only temporarily compiled directly from the domestic version, and has not been revised for the society and environment of Central Asia.But as long as it is used, there will definitely be more suitable versions 2.0 and 3.0 in the future.

But "Get Rich" was not popular at all.

Many "foreign friends" would rather accept military training than learn this stuff. They generally feel that learning this stuff is too wasteful, and it is too far from the ideal blood-boiling jihad.

farming?We never thought about farming.The national tradition in Central Asia is robbery, which is to rush through the Khyber Pass of the Hindu Kush Mountains and enter India to become a Brahmin.

But 'Holy Light' said that it loves peace. It is a private company that hopes to develop the Central Asian market. At most, it will cultivate some self-defense forces to protect itself. There will be absolutely no military training, and it will never interfere in the internal affairs of Central Asian countries.

'Foreign Friend' was disappointed.Some of them turned their heads and left, ready to defect to other forces.Some instead accused the 'Holy Light' of not respecting themselves enough.

Only a small number of those who are really desperate will continue to make a living in the "education and training center". In terms of study, they are also "fishing for three days and drying the net for two days", and they don't care at all.

Seyit does not fall into any of the above categories.

This old man in the Middle East has a bit of a brain, but he has been calculating for a lifetime and has path dependence. He is used to 'getting the most benefit at the least cost', and he is very uncomfortable with the meticulous work done by the 'Holy Light' that takes effect in ten years.

However, the Middle East has been in chaos for decades, and will continue to be in chaos for decades. Numerous examples have proved that all the routes in the past were wrong.

For example, the 'Taliban' attempted to use fundamentalism to reshape the country, but it quickly became corrupted due to overly idealistic policies - because too extreme ideas were not feasible, and the people naturally resisted.

There is also the extremely vicious ISIS, whose prosperity is booming, and its death is also sudden.Apart from messing up the countries in the Middle East and tarnishing the reputation of Greenland, it has not played any positive role.

As for Saudi Arabia and Qatar and their ilk, they only survived by bringing their own dog food and relying on US imperialism.On the contrary, Iran, which has been "wanting to invest in the United States but cannot obtain it", has been forced to "self-reliance" to develop a little basic industry.

There are more than a dozen volumes of "The Book of Getting Rich", as well as a supporting CD, with detailed content and rich pictures and texts.Seyit basically rummaged through it all, but finally put it down.He is in his fifties, and he can't keep learning.

It's not enough to just not learn.

Seyit's followers came in from the study room and complained bitterly:

"Two more brothers were expelled because of poor studies and were asked to leave the country within a specified time limit. 'Holy Light' has no sincerity at all. We really shouldn't come to China, we should go back to Pakistan."

"Pakistan is not safe now." Another follower said gloomily, "Don't forget, bin Laden died in Pakistan. There are many lackeys of the Americans there."

Not only does Pakistan have lackeys of the Americans, but it is also extremely poor.Seyit was a wealthy businessman in the past, so letting him hide and live a hard life might as well be dead.

The former follower continued: "Many strange faces came to the vocational education and training center today, it is said that the 'Holy Light' has contacted the 'Northern Alliance' in Afghanistan.

In addition, China has opened the Karasu port, and Tajikistan will be able to conduct commodity transactions with China more conveniently in the future.The Russians helped to make connections again, and 'Holy Light' sent people to Central Asia for business inspections. "

The anti-Taliban Afghan 'Northern Alliance' is a warlord armed force, originally incorporated by the US military.Now that the U.S. military has not come, the days of the 'Northern Alliance' are extremely sad.

Seyit helped lead the line, and brought the life-saving straw of "Holy Light" to the "Northern Alliance"—it was really a straw. The power is too weak.

But this is already a shot in the arm for the 'Northern Alliance'. At any rate, they can get some assistance, and they are looking forward to it, lest the team fall apart immediately.

In addition, several "stans" in Central Asia are considered landlocked countries and are very closed.Because of their isolation, they desperately need to maintain business relations with the outside world.

Russia is traditionally the largest trading partner of Central Asia.However, the ordinary industrial goods provided by China are of high quality and low price, and they account for an increasing proportion of trade.

The Southern Xinjiang Railway transported a large number of automobiles and accessories, household appliances, rubber and plastic products, clothing and textiles from the inland.After the goods are loaded and unloaded in Kashgar, they have to drive more than 200 kilometers by truck to enter Tajikistan.

These goods are often transported across the whole of China to the border, and the price is several times or even ten times higher than that in the interior, but they are still popular in Central Asia and irreplaceable.

On the return trip, the trucks took away some agricultural and pastoral products such as beef, mutton, and cashmere to make up for the trade deficit, which is beneficial to both parties.

In contrast, the U.S. military spends money generously in Central Asia. A little leakage between the fingers has caused the population of Afghanistan to increase by more than half in 20 years.But apart from throwing money, the U.S. military only creates hatred.

In the long run, once the U.S. troops withdraw, Afghanistan, which has an explosive population and poor resources, will lose its source of income and will inevitably fall into an extremely brutal civil war.

The only thing that can save the country seems to be... Seyit looked at the "Getting Rich" on the table again, shook his head, and sighed repeatedly.

Back then, the Soviet Union gave aid all over the world.In East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America, there are little bears everywhere.

But with the exception of China, none of these younger brothers became angry, and they all died after weaning.The good intentions of the Soviet Union were wasted in vain, and it also dragged down the Soviet Union.

How can we make the country rich and strong?There are only a handful of countries that can give perfect answers to this questionnaire.

There are not only Seyit and others in the self-study room, but also many local youths who were persuaded by the local cadres to study, but the general learning attitude is not good, and it will take time to change their ideas.

Seyit observed with the eyes of a passerby, sighed for a long time, and could only reach out and grab the books on the table.He also advised his followers, "This is an unimagined path, choose a suitable book and read, maybe you can succeed."

The followers were reluctant, but they still chose the books they were interested in and started to learn.

The vocational education and training center will have teachers to teach during the day and encourage self-study at night.The teaching content is very simple, if you really work hard, you can definitely master a practical skill in half a year.

Not far from the vocational education and training center, the armed forces that Seyit has been thinking about are also being formed—this is cooperation at the official level to combat extremist forces under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

The outside world should not make random interpretations, this is all for peace.

As an officially designated commercial organization in Central Asia, 'Holy Light' invites domestic and Kazakh retired personnel to protect their own interests, which is also very reasonable.

On the training ground, a group of Chinese-Kazakh mixed 'security personnel' are practicing night search.They wore domestic night vision goggles, ceramic bulletproof vests, and carried the 'August [-] Bar', leaping towards each other between artificial bunkers.

After an hour of rehearsal, the sweaty 'security staff' complained to the commander about various problems with the new equipment.

Central Asia is full of plateaus with an altitude of several thousand meters. It is too tiring for light infantry to wear body armor of several kilograms or even tens of kilograms.

Domestic night vision goggles are good, but they are too heavy, very uncomfortable to wear on the head, and easy to loosen during running.

The ACU kit is a good thing, as is the backpack hydration pack.

The commander is also a retired member of both China and Kazakhstan, and he has some criticisms about the problems that occurred during the exercise.Zhou Qingfeng was sitting in the tent-style headquarters, answering all kinds of questions with just one sentence...

"The group will equip the Northwest Branch with plateau helicopters."

What...helicopter?

The PLA in 2000 was still poor, and helicopters were rare.

However, Zhou Qingfeng concluded from the 20-year experience of the U.S. military in Afghanistan, "In the Central Asian plateau, you really can't rely on the two legs of infantry, you must have helicopters. Otherwise, you can't do anything, and all your time is wasted on the road.

There is no suitable model in China, but the Russian Mi-17 power-enhanced version is very cheap, and the group will buy at least a dozen of them for modification.In addition, imitation of 'Black Hawk' is already underway, and there will be some in a few years. "

Hearing that there was a helicopter instead, the eyes of a group of commanders turned green.They immediately discussed whether to continue to strengthen the infantry defense and firepower.

"Shooting on plateaus, small calibers will definitely not work. The 'August 89 Bar' is also a little weaker. Let's equip it with our ultra-light Type [-] heavy machine gun."

"Can individual soldiers bring a few more rocket launchers?"

"Why do you need a bazooka? Wouldn't it be better to go directly to the missile?"

"Didn't you say there are drones? Even if it only has a combat radius of [-] kilometers, it would be excellent."

"Oh, if we do this, our security team is stronger than the regular army."

While talking, the commanders took a peek at Zhou Qingfeng, wanting to know what cards the CEO had not revealed.According to their thinking, the current formation is already a very strong mountain rapid response force.

But in Zhou Qingfeng's heart, he said silently: "The domestic military enterprises have finally found an actual combat environment to test weapons."

Chapter 27

By the end of 2000, ice and snow had already closed the peaks of the Central Asian plateau.The strong wind blows over the blade-like mountain top, and the blown snowflakes are like floating white gauze in the sun.

Kahevich was on board an Airbus A320 cargo plane that was circling and descending over Kabul International Airport.Looking down from the porthole, the ancient and backward city has just had a snowfall, quiet and lifeless.

The cargo plane that landed belonged to Turkish Airlines. It was a refitted second-hand cargo plane that was relatively old.

The cargo plane was loaded with US military aid, worth millions of dollars, and the UAE paid for it.Kakhevich transported it to Kabul in his private name, and prepared to hand it over to the Taliban who control Afghanistan.

This batch of materials includes 'Dow' anti-tank missiles and 'Stinger' anti-aircraft missiles.

But for the 'Taliban', these equipment are battlefield weapons, enough to win a unilateral advantage.