Chapter 73

The Land Rover Range Rover off‑road vehicle frolicked in the desert, its wheels kicking up yellow sand that shot backward, looking especially spectacular.

In the car, Qin Miao drove while communicating with the other party through Chu Miaomiao's translation.

"I am Karim, entrusted by the leader to take care of his two sons, who are on good terms with Prince Hassan of Al-Urdun. Today, Hassan brought them to prepare to go to the ancient city of Petra; along the way, His Excellency Udai said he wanted to go out and play in the sand, so he drove the car over, but unexpectedly—"

Upon arriving at the destination, Qin Miao saw two Jeep Wagoneers; one had its cab deformed, obviously having rolled down from a sand dune, having turned at least five times, while the other was presumably the one that had originally gone for rescue, but for some reason it also rolled over onto its side.

In the shadow of the vehicle lay three young people; under the scorching sun, even with shade, they could not stop the loss of bodily moisture, their lips were chapped and their eyes unfocused. A pile of bottles was thrown nearby; they had drunk all the water they brought.

Beside them were two servants who could barely move; upon seeing a vehicle approach, they instantly became excited and shouted at the vehicle.

"Here, here!"

The car stopped, Qin Miao took out bottled water from the car, several people took it, immediately twisted open the cap, glug-glug…

After gulping down a bottle of water, they only then felt life slowly returning.

"Damn it, Karim, where have you been all this time!" one of the youths cursed.

"Sorry, Your Highness..." Karim hurriedly apologized.

He was a scrawny young man with messy hair and a fierce look in his eyes; Qin Miao could tell at a glance that this guy must be Udai.

Born in 1964, he was only just over sixteen this year and already so ruthless; however, he did not meet a good end—after surviving an assassination attempt against him, he became disabled, and was eventually killed by the U. S. military.

Beside him was a youth who looked similar in appearance but somewhat timid; this must be Kusay, the son of Saddam Hussein, who appeared harmless but was actually more deceitful than his brother, and it was likely him who orchestrated his brother's assassination.

Of course, the brothers' relationship is still very good; Qin Miao saw the youth clutching his brother's arm, looking still frightened.

After being rescued, Udai's first reaction was to curse, Kusay showed no reaction at all, while beside them, Prince Hassan, after regaining his strength, tidied his clothes and then walked over.

"Hello, thank you for saving us; the Jordanian royal family will surely repay you greatly."

They were speaking English!

"You're welcome, I am Qin Miao, this is my wife Chu Miaomiao; we happened to meet this gentleman while traveling here, flagged down his car midway after hearing someone was stranded in the desert, so we naturally came to help—by the way, would you like to ride in my car? I'll take you to the ancient city of Petra."

"Then thank you!"

In 1970, Land Rover launched the first-generation Range Rover, with an all-aluminum body, four-wheel drive system, luxurious interior… After its release, it became the epitome of high-end luxury off-road vehicles.

Only the wealthy could afford it; even in this oil-rich country, ordinary people couldn't afford it! Qin Miao rented this vehicle, of course to show off his status, and… the Range Rover, since its first generation, has been a five-door, seven-seat model—not only can it show off, but it can also carry people!

They left water and food for the two servants; the other four got into Qin Miao's Land Rover, with Karim personally driving, Chu Miaomiao still in the front passenger seat, and Qin Miao and the others sitting in the back.

"Mr. Qin, which country are you from?" Hassan asked.

"The East."

"The East? Like us here, it's also one of the four ancient civilizations?" Udai became interested.

"Yes, we both have ancient history and splendid culture. So we came here to see historical civilization relics."

"Come to our Iraq; our country is the homeland of One Thousand and One Nights—if you come to our country, I'll take you around to various places…"

Toward servants, Udai was extremely ruthless, often beating and scolding them; but facing Qin Miao, he still maintained a certain respect, after all, without Qin Miao's appearance, they'd probably still be drying salted fish in the desert.

"Yeah, my wife and I originally planned to go see it, but… there's currently fighting over there, so… it's really a pity!"

The car fell into a brief silence; if it weren't for the war, they'd still be lording it over in their own country! They didn't even return to their hometown Tikrit, coming straight to Jordan, for fear that their hometown would also be engulfed in war.

"Those damned Syrians, they want to export revolution to us, they want to overthrow our regime, and they're also seizing our river water!" Kusay suddenly said.

"Yeah, this world was never fair; one must strengthen one's own power… especially cannons—if you could have tens of thousands of cannons, you'd surely blast the enemy to bits!"

Chu Miaomiao glanced at Qin Miao with a complex expression; bringing up cannons now—wouldn't that be a bit too hasty?

The sales plan Qin Miao formulated before going abroad was very thorough—market analysis, sales methods, customer management, etc., spanning over ten pages—but all of that was just superficial.

The core idea of the sales plan was to have Jordan front it, using someone from Saudi's funds, to buy equipment for Iraq!

After reading it, Zhang Wanhe also slammed the table in praise; nationwide, only Qin Miao could have come up with this, and the analysis was sound and well-supported, making it very likely to succeed!

With the intermediary in place, the East can openly sell; now they're still embarrassed and need a fig leaf, the money is also there—after all, they're brothers, share a common enemy, contribute money and effort; the first step of this sales plan is to establish ties with the Jordanian royal family.

This $100,000 is for building relations; even in the East, it's a society of personal connections.

But as the saying goes, plans can't keep up with changes; now that there have been changes, of course we must adapt them to local conditions.

"Qin, my friend, you just don't get it, do you? We indeed have tens of thousands of cannons, but moving them to the front line takes time, entering position and firing also takes time; this extra time will not only delay operations, but also let the enemy detect us—after all, while the ground is ours, the sky belongs to the Syrians."

Although Udai's temperament is ruthless, he also has strengths—for example, he is very knowledgeable about military affairs!

This stems from his father; Saddam Hussein often wore camouflage uniforms and a beret, appearing in the military, he greatly admired his father, aspiring to become someone like him, and at his age, he was filled with heroic ideals.