Chapter 1835

Egypt may seem to be winning big, but in fact, it is not easy... With the implementation of the embargo, their imports and exports have completely stagnated. Contrary to the usual impression of Egypt, Egypt is actually a major oil exporter!

Egypt has considerable oil and natural gas resources. According to proven reserves data, Egypt's proven oil reserves are 4.45 billion barrels, and the proven reserves of natural gas are 2.186 trillion cubic meters. Egypt's daily oil and natural gas production is also considerable, at 711,500 barrels and 168 million cubic meters respectively. Compared with some Gulf countries, it is more limited, but these resources are still important pillar industries for Egypt, providing the country with a major source of export income.

Egypt has abundant oil and natural gas resources. In addition, Egypt's proven oil and natural gas reserves rank fifth and fourth among African countries, respectively, and it is one of the most important oil and natural gas producers in Africa. Egypt's oil and natural gas production areas are mainly distributed in the Gulf of Suez, the Sinai Peninsula, the Western Desert and the Eastern Desert.

At the same time, they are extremely dependent on food imports... Even if their agriculture is in their own hands, the limited arable land area cannot feed Egypt's huge population. As early as the third week of the war, Egypt's food reserves were exhausted. The food embargo is too lethal to them.

Moreover, Egypt's main food importers are Da Mao and Er Mao. With the outbreak of the war, Er Mao directly followed the European big daddies to impose an embargo on the Egyptian army, while Da Mao's side is more complicated. These guys in Europe continue to set obstacles for Da Mao, not allowing Da Mao's food to be transported to Africa... The original transportation capacity is insufficient, and the outlet is controlled by European countries, which makes Da Mao very uncomfortable. These guys find a good reason, and Da Mao is also stuck.

So the situation in Egypt is actually very bad.

It's just that the great victory on the front line suppressed domestic conflicts. Even if there are some difficulties, the country gritted its teeth and endured it, but it can endure anything, but it can't endure hunger. So Tianqi also knows that some things must be stopped in moderation.

When the Middle Eastern countries still support him, he can resist, after all, the allies can't let Tianqi fall directly. So although it is difficult, the allies still buy food from Asia and America to support Egypt... By the way, when it comes to international embargoes, the United States always shouts the loudest and does the least.

Just kidding, the United States is a world food exporting power! The United States is far ahead in the world in terms of total agricultural product production, crop yield, and crop export volume. Take 2018 as an example, the total value of agricultural products exported exceeded US$1,395! In terms of corn production, the United States also ranks first in the world, accounting for 42.6% of the world's total production. Among them, the export volume of corn in the United States has reached 64.5% of the world's exports; in terms of soybean production, the United States' soybean production accounts for about 32% of the world's total production. Among them, the amount of soybeans exported by the United States accounts for 39.4% of the world's total exports. Wheat production accounts for 10% of the world's production, and rice production accounts for 1.8% of the world's total production. The production of corn, soybeans, wheat, and rice alone accounts for 21% of the world's total grain production. This shows that the United States has great agricultural strength.

You know, the United States cannot consume such food production... Do you know which industry was the most damaged in the land and sea war of Atlantis?

Answer: The global food industry!

And which country's food industry suffered the most?

Answer: The United States!

The American food industry is the industry that relies most on exports in the world!

You know, the food industry is a very advantageous weapon as long as it is used well. A strange thing happened in the international community. A US cargo ship carrying 180 million kilograms of soybeans departed from Los Angeles to China. It is estimated that the price of soybeans on this ship is about 360 million yuan. In other words, the price of soybeans on this ship is two yuan per kilogram, which is basically cheaper than the current international soybean price. The price of soybeans in the United States is basically sold to China at a loss, so why would the United States rather sell them to China at a loss?

As American soybeans are shipped to other countries, many people find that American soybeans are basically sold at a loss. Because the current international soybean prices are high, the price of soybeans in October is 2.9 yuan/kilogram, but the price of soybeans sold by the United States to China is only two yuan. The price difference is 0.9 yuan. American farmers are here to do business, not charity. Why are they willing to sell soybeans to other countries at such a low price? In fact, it is because the money is paid by the US government. The United States paid this money to farmers in the form of export subsidies for agricultural products, so in fact, the money that farmers actually sell soybeans is similar to that in other regions, but the money that American farmers sell soybeans is paid by two people. But this raises another question, why is the United States willing to pay American farmers to export soybeans? The first reason is that the United States is a major agricultural country with a very advantageous geographical location. The vast plains basically run through the Mississippi River across the entire border of the United States. This is a gift from God for agricultural production. The United States has developed a developed agriculture on this land relying on the gift from God.

In addition to the gift from heaven, American agriculture is also world-renowned for its technology, scale and industrialization. While Chinese people are still working hard under the scorching sun, American farmers sit in the shade and rely on machines to complete the workload of Chinese people with super high efficiency. One of the great benefits of industrialization is that it can maximize production. Farmers don't need to spend too much energy on this, so they can have more time to take care of more farmland. Originally, the United States has more agricultural products than other countries because of its inherent advantages, and it has left other countries far behind in later development. This is the main reason why the United States, as a developed country, can become the number one exporter of grain.

However, the United States has a vast land and a sparse population, and the domestic market cannot consume so much grain at all.

Of course, the United States would rather export agricultural products at a loss. In addition to the requirements of American farmers, the most important thing is that expanding agricultural exports is beneficial to it. Food is the foundation of the country and the people, but there are great regional differences in food planting in the world. For example, the United States has fertile land and is very suitable for growing food, so they are not worried about having no food. For example, Africa is not suitable for most food planting, so they can only import a large amount of food. Of course, in addition to the influence of geographical factors, population is also a problem. India has the most arable land in the world, but one-seventh of its population still cannot eat. The United States exports a large amount of food so that these countries that are not suitable for growing food or lack food can rely on food imported from the United States. If the United States has a conflict with this country in the future, directly banning food exports can solve many problems.

But once the export is blocked... or even completely unsalable, then what awaits those farmers is large-scale bankruptcy! The United States simply does not have that much money to subsidize... There was even a scene of the Great Depression, and many farmers would rather throw away food and milk than sell them... because the cost of selling is more expensive than throwing them away.

It has been a little better in the past two years, but American agriculture has not recovered.

In this case, even an embargo cannot stop the United States from selling food... If it does not sell, there will be more bankrupt farmers, which will undoubtedly make the already very bad American agriculture face another cold winter, so although the United States also called for an embargo, in fact, they are selling food very happily.

Even for the sake of international reputation, they can still transfer it... For example, many small countries in Asia did not participate in the embargo at all, so they just transferred it directly.

The only real embargo is Europe... However, it doesn't matter. I have been cheated for a long time and I am used to being cheated. I don't feel anything special. It's just that Ermao suffers... Ermao is the biggest sucker in this world... No, in any world line... It's hard to imagine that an independent country can be so easily fooled.

As a member of the Soviet Union, Ermao received nearly 30% of the former Soviet Union's legacy. According to the records of the US Intelligence Agency, Ermao has 176 former Soviet strategic nuclear missiles, 1,272 nuclear warheads, SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missiles, etc. Ermao, who was originally the third most powerful military country with the title of rich second generation, cut off his own martial arts and destroyed himself because of the deception of the United States and the wrong guidance of the big comprador government. As the heart of the Soviet Union at that time, Ermao owned 27% of the world's total black soil. The endless grasslands are known as the "granary of Europe". One ounce of soil and two ounces of oil, whatever you plant grows, and animal husbandry is also very developed. Moreover, Ermao also owns 30% of the Soviet military power and is the construction base of tanks, aircraft carriers, etc.

But Ermao did not fool himself and abandoned his martial arts... It became a non-nuclear country, and even its military industry was severely cut, and finally became a sick man.

It's simply.

Let's get back to the point.

Before, Egypt could barely support itself with the money of its allies, but when the holy city was occupied, the allies were not so easy to talk to, and they began to dawdle.

What can Apocalypse do?

He can only pretend to be generous and hand over the holy city.

But Xiaobawang is not good either. Not only do all the residents of Xiaobawang have to move out, but even the land around the holy city has to be returned to neighboring countries. In addition, war compensation is also indispensable. After all, it was not Apocalypse who fired the first shot, but Xiaobawang.

The little bully must bear this responsibility!

The most important thing is that the little bully itself also needs to use compensation to ensure its own safety... Yes, it relies on compensation to ensure its own safety!

At least when it owes money, Egypt and Apocalypse will not allow the little bully to have problems.

With the signing of the Holy City Agreement, the two countries officially ceased fire.

However, the Egyptian army was still left in the holy city. Before the handover was completed, the Egyptian army was responsible for the safety of the holy city, and the neighboring countries, the little bully and the United Nations would bear the military expenses of the Egyptian army stationed in the holy city... There is no way, if it doesn't do this, Egypt will be under great pressure.

Of course, Egypt also reaped a lot of benefits!

In addition to a large amount of compensation and various aid agreements, Egypt has gained the most from its reputation, and Apocalypse himself has absorbed the most dividends.

He has completely become a living prophet in Egypt!

The whole of Egypt is full of Apocalypse's portraits and slogans, and his rule has been completely stabilized. At the same time, Apocalypse has also gained a huge amount of reputation in the entire Islamic world, although there are still many people who refuse to recognize the status of Apocalypse as a prophet... There are even many extreme groups that hate Apocalypse very much.

However, his title as the Liberator of the Holy City made these criticisms temporarily irrelevant. At least no one would question him in public for the time being.

But this situation will not last long. Nasser was a perfect leader, unrivaled in both personal morality and reputation, but he was still hated in some countries, not to mention that Apocalypse itself had such a big flaw.

While the world situation was turbulent, Asgard, far away, was also experiencing a family turmoil.

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"Get out!!! I don't want to see you again!!!" Orm smashed everything in the prison crazily, and yelled at Atlanna, who was tearful outside the prison.

I don't know if there was something guiding him, or if it was just Thor's bad taste.

The prison where Orm was was the prison where Loki had been.

"Om..." Atlanna finally learned the whereabouts of her two sons two days ago. Kai did not break his promise and really brought his children to Asgard!

Perhaps out of guilt, Atlanna begged Kai to let her go to Asgard to see her son who had been ignored by her.

"Shut up! Put away your face! I feel sick when I see your face!! I don't want you to be hypocritical!" Om completely ignored all of Atlanna's words, and said the most vicious words with a heart of stone... At least for a mother, Om's words were vicious enough.

Atlanna was hit by these words and felt powerless... She knew that she was not a qualified mother, but she never thought that her child would hate her so much.

Queen Frigga supported her new friend and watched this scene with great emotion.

How similar, she also looked at her youngest son in this way, and was hurt by his decisive words.

But unlike her new friend, at least her youngest son did not really hate her... He was still a child who wanted to be loved in his heart, he just... couldn't accept that his parents had deceived him for so many years.

That's why he was so decisive, but in fact, he just hoped that he could be treated the same as Thor.

Loki is very sensitive.

And the child in front of her... Frigga could feel the incomparably deep hatred!

"Atlana... He didn't mean to do that. His soul is lost. He didn't mean to do that!"