Dominate the Country

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In early September, the Chinese mainland is already full of golden leaves, but the Dead Sea at this moment still has a touch of summer heat.

This time of year is the busiest season for tourism to the Dead Sea. There is no way. The summer here is too hot. The temperature in the Jordanian desert can often exceed 50 degrees.

When the sun is at its zenith, the golden desert in Jordan emits rolling heat waves, which is the most beautiful contrast with the blue surface of the Dead Sea in the world.

Maybe you have seen such a picture: countless people lying on the sea like lying on a soft bed, some lying in the middle of the sea leisurely reading newspapers and magazines, or closing their eyes to rest or wearing sunglasses to look up at the sky, enjoying every ray of sunshine coming towards them. Yes, this is a classic photo that spread all over the world when the Dead Sea tourism was developed.

The car drove all the way from Jerusalem, Jordan to the Dead Sea, and there was desert all along the way. When we got to the seashore, we couldn't see any living creatures at all, and there were even few living creatures on the land along the Dead Sea. The lakeshore was deserted along the way, with almost no settlements. There was only the Dead Sea factory in Sedom that produced minerals such as potash, bromine, and magnesium, as well as several hotels and hot spring resorts. It was surprisingly quiet.

It's not accurate to say that it's a sea here, because it's just a saltwater lake with an area of ​​less than 1,000 square kilometers. The reason why it's called a sea is mainly because the name of this saltwater lake was called the Dead Sea as early as BC.

Just like Lake Baikal is called the North Sea by the Chinese, and the Caspian Sea is called the West Sea by the Chinese, it doesn't matter.

The Dead Sea, located at the southernmost end of the Jordan Valley, is an inland lake with a length of 80 kilometers from north to south and a maximum width of nearly 18 kilometers. Although it is not large in area, it is the lowest water area in the world. The east bank of the lake is the Transjordan Plateau, and the west bank of the lake is the Judean Mountains.

In this world without Palestine and Israel, this area, most of the Jordan River is the territory of the Kingdom of Jordan. The latter is China's loyal henchman in the world of the Arabs.

After the Second World War, the relationship between China and Istanbul became increasingly rigid, and eventually a war that started from within caused the huge Ottoman Empire to collapse. Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Crimea and other places became independent one after another, and of all the European lands of the Ottoman Empire, only Istanbul was still controlled by the Turks.

In Asia, led by the Eelam family of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula and so on also chose independence.

Tuji, they are still Tuji in a different time and space.

When the "global village" becomes smaller and smaller, and Tuji still has great ambitions, their friendship with China will inevitably turn from strong to weak, and finally destroy themselves.

Nowadays, the entire Persian Gulf region is under the control of China, and Persia and Egypt are also regional powers that are not inferior to Turkey. The status of Tuji is so pitiful that it makes the ancestors of the Ottoman Empire angry.

Jordan does not have rich oil reserves, lacks water resources and sufficient arable land, and the fastest developing industry here is tourism. Tourism is the economic pillar of Jordan. Petra, the Dead Sea, Jerusalem and Wadi Rum Desert have become the gathering places for tourists from all over the world to explore and relax.

Because the scenery of the Dead Sea is very unique, it has long been a place for tourists and adventurers from the East and the West to explore. Later, the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce, which belongs to the Chinese royal family, invested heavily here. Through the classic photos and the exaggerated reports and rich imaginations of reporters, the Dead Sea has gradually become a tourist destination.

At first, Western countries also extended their tentacles here, but with the opening of the third East-West War. Europeans have completely withdrawn from the tourism industry of the Dead Sea. If you leave, you leave. It is impossible to return again.

Forty years later, the Dead Sea has become a golden hen for the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce, and has also become one of the pillars of Jordan's tourism industry.

The summer and autumn seasons in the northern hemisphere are the peak tourist seasons here. Here you can see people from all continents in the world, including some Chinese soldiers. The closest Chinese overseas military base to the Dead Sea is on the west bank of the Jordan River. It became a resort for Chinese soldiers to recuperate as early as thirty or forty years ago.

The Dead Sea’s water is not only high in salt, but also rich in minerals. Soaking in the seawater can treat chronic diseases such as arthritis. The black mud on the seabed is rich in minerals. Just like skin care products, it can achieve the effects of brightening skin tone, improving dullness, deep cleansing, and fading lines. Moreover, a lot of bromine is left after the seawater evaporates. Bromine is famous for its sedative effect. Its density in the air around the Dead Sea is 20 times higher than anywhere else on Earth. At the same time, this is the place with the highest air pressure on Earth. It is the lowest lake in the world, with an altitude of -422 meters. The air contains a lot of oxygen, which makes people feel comfortable breathing.

These factors attract millions of tourists every year. A company under the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce has opened dozens of beauty salons by the Dead Sea, and the name of a sanctuary is well-deserved.

Sitting on a folding lounge chair, Yingchuan King Chen Xun squinted his eyes and looked toward the lake in the southeast, looking at the men and women playing in the shallow water on the shore, with a sincere smile on his face. Under the sun, everyone's face was glowing with a healthy rosy color, and from time to time there were silver bell-like laughter coming over, which made Chen Xun involuntarily think of his youth.

At that time, he had just entered college, and the Third World War had already started. Chen Xun participated in that war as a medical volunteer.

That war made him leave the competition for the throne early, because the Chinese emperor was the supreme leader of the three Chinese armed forces, and it was impossible to let a person who was frightened by blood and had neurasthenia sit on the throne. Even though the former was already an honorary title.

But Chen Xun didn't feel any regret at all. In the military hospital here, that is, in the Dead Sea, he met the woman he owed the most in his life. She was a female doctor from Persia. That beautiful time was enough for Chen Xun to remember forever. Although this relationship ended in tragedy.

Chen Xun didn't want to join the happy time of the group of young men and women. He was already sixty years old and his heart was no longer young.

Of course, Chen Xun was not dying and was about to die. He stayed in the Dead Sea now, not to miss the past, but to avoid leisure. A dramatic change is brewing in China, and many royal relatives have joined in. Their positions are either the same as or the opposite of the royal family, but some royal family members have chosen to stay out of it, and Chen Xun is one of them.

In the desert area, the temperature difference between day and night is very large. It is not uncommon for people to be sunburned to death during the day and frozen to death at night. To survive in such a place, you must learn to adapt to the natural environment.

The night temperature of the Dead Sea is still quite good, because there is water here, which can store enough heat.

In the early morning, the sun just appeared above the horizon and the temperature began to rise, but it was not yet hot.

Chen Xun casually put on a nightgown, walked to the window, stretched out his hand to push the window open, and looked at the street downstairs of the hotel. It was just dawn, and there were no pedestrians on the street. It was cold and deserted. Only a few guards in security uniforms and local Jordanian police stood at the intersection, looking around, with a vigilant posture.

Chen Xun is still a prince no matter what. Even though the power of the Chinese royal family is rapidly fading and the strong commercial color almost annihilates the royal family, if Chen Xun has an accident in Jordan, it will be a big deal. Across the street is a row of low-rise buildings in Chinese style, with some spacious courtyards scattered among them.

At this time, the entire resort is a small "Dead Sea", and few people will get up after five o'clock.

Taking advantage of the time before breakfast, Chen Xun used this free time to stand by the window and breathe fresh air. The King of Jordan and the King of Iraq, who is nearby, have repeatedly invited Chen Xun to visit Amman and Baghdad.

Now China has rolled up the tide of trade and transportation, with many political and business leaders endorsing it, and this influence has blown to the faraway world of Arabia. Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, Hejaz, and even Persia, Gorkha, Sikh, these countries that still have a strong feudal system are very concerned about China's every move.

For many years, they have been attached to the wings of the great emperor of China, and have gone through wars and storms. Now the great emperor of China is about to lose his last power, which makes many people at a loss.

Chen Xun turned around and walked to the living room, where there was a map of the Arabian world. He easily found the Persian Gulf and the Tigris River. That river is the most important river in Iraq. It and the Euphrates River, another river in the southwest, together form a two-river basin known as the "Fertile Crescent". There are abundant water resources and convenient irrigation here, which is a rare agricultural area in the Arabian world.

He first visited the two ancient rivers and Baghdad 40 years ago, during the war of that year. In the early stage of the Third World War, the Western Allied Forces had an important combat plan, which was to occupy Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, defeat China's rule in the Arabian world, and occupy the Suez Canal at the same time.

But in fact, the sun of the last empire on earth that never sets is still hanging high in the sky. The Chinese used 300,000 troops with the assistance of the indigenous army of Tianfang to resist the offensive of a million Western coalition forces, and the latter's battle plan failed.

Throughout the Third World War, the Tianfang world and the Eastern Mediterranean have always been a fierce battlefield. Similarly, after this war, China completely dominated the Tianfang world outside of Tuji.

Whether he is a sultan, an emir, a chief, or a king, he is a younger brother in front of China. China has protected them from the wind and rain, and in the past forty years, it has led them from ignorance to civilization, from faith to secularism. They are more dependent on China than in the previous forty years.

Because no one will go back to the conservative faith life after experiencing the rich material and spiritual life of modern civilization.

Jordan and Iraq are both loyal younger brothers of China. Although there has never been a serious foreign princess or queen in the Chinese royal family, Tianfang beauties have appeared from time to time among the concubines and concubines.

The exchanges between the Chinese royal family and the royal families of the two countries are very close. Obviously, the royal families of Jordan and Iraq are panicking. They are not sure whether this is a wave limited to China or a wave that will affect the whole world.

You know, in these Tianfang kingdoms, the royal family holds too much wealth and power.

Although this world does not want to have the two Cold War giants like the original time and space, being pro-European and American will offend Red Russia, and it is difficult to get a balance. The world now has only one boss, but it is precisely because there is a stable boss as a backer that these ruling classes have a stable position, and they will be more bold to grab benefits for themselves.

There are many "princes" here, many "royal family members". There are more Arab princes than Arab programmers. The older generation of Arab nobles have many wives. Although they can only have 4 at the same time, you can "keep 4 all the time", so they give birth to dozens or hundreds of children. These children give birth to children... In the end, there are princes everywhere. Therefore, those who become high-ranking officials and have a lot of money are almost certainly "princes", or royal families, or chieftain families.

In the Arab world, 80% of social wealth is in the hands of 5% of the people. It's just that because of oil, the per capita income of countries such as Syria, the Arab Peninsula, and Persia is not low, which makes the Arab world centered on the Arab Peninsula look very rich. But in fact, the society here is very polarized, and the class is stable. It is difficult for people at the bottom to climb to the upper level through hard work.

Now the royal family is of course afraid. If they are unlucky, they will have nowhere to run.