Selling oil across Libya

Chapter 20 Freedom of Coming and Going

Tripoli has been occupied by the Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Spanish, Turks, Italians, and British throughout history, leaving behind numerous ancient buildings of different styles and so-called cultural heritage.

After days of fierce fighting, buildings in Tripoli have been severely damaged, too many corpses have been left in the city, and some neighborhoods have been hit by an epidemic.

The relocation was easier than Qin Rui had imagined.

Unlike agricultural peoples who have a strong attachment to their homeland, nomadic peoples do not have the same deep feelings for the land as agricultural peoples.

As soon as the fighting between government forces and rebels for Tripoli broke out, half of Tripoli's residents fled.

While the opposition was searching the entire city for the colonel, another group fled.

After the Nubidia Brigade entered Tripoli, one of the worst-hit neighborhoods saw its nearly 1,000 residents reduced to less than 100.

Before the charity withdrew from Tripoli, it did Qin Rui another good deed by reminding residents that the distribution of supplies would soon be stopped.

If you wish to continue receiving free supplies, you need to travel to the nearest city, Misrata.

Misrata is 200 kilometers from Tripoli.

At a critical moment, the Transitional Council was still assisting the Numidian Brigade, claiming on television and radio that the Numidian Brigade was massacring Tripoli citizens and blaming the entire tragedy in Tripoli on the Numidian Brigade.

Like Zawiya, the city center and port area of ​​Tripoli are not located together; the two areas are about 30 kilometers apart.

The city is divided by "Martyrs' Square," with the old town built during the Ottoman Empire on one side and the new town, mainly composed of reinforced concrete, on the other.

The old town has red walls and is known as the Red Fort.

The new district is dominated by Baroque and Rococo buildings from the Italian period and is also known as the Italian District.

Martyrs' Square was originally called Independence Square, but after the Colonel's coup in 69, it was renamed Green Square.

It was only after the Transitional Council occupied Tripoli that it was renamed to its current name.

To prevent a large-scale outbreak of plague, Numidian Brigade soldiers organized citizens stranded in Tripoli to clean up indoor rubble and corpses and carry out harmless disposal.

Qin Rui also did not expect that at the beginning, thousands of Tripoli citizens responded to the call of Numidia Tourism and worked in exchange for food.

But as time went on, fewer and fewer people were willing to work for Numidia, and by the 10th, only about a thousand people remained.

"The Transitional Council claims that we are carrying out a massacre and are luring Tripoli residents with food to cities controlled by the Transitional Council, such as Benghazi."

In recent days, more than 1 people have been leaving Tripoli every day;

They would rather give up everything they had in Tripoli and walk to Benghazi than work for food.

Yuri was helpless. For the vast majority of Tripoli residents, making them work in exchange for food was an act of exploitation.

"If they want to leave, then let them leave."

Qin Rui did not insist.

The Transitional Council probably thought that as long as all the people were relocated, the Numidian Brigade would be unable to continue.

Theoretically, that's true, since without people there are no soldiers and no workers.

If the population under the rule of the Numidians is insufficient to sustain the size of the Numidians, then the Numidians will eventually cease to exist.

However, Qin Rui's soldiers were obtained through the system.

The technicians were hired from East Asia.

Theoretically speaking, Qin Rui doesn't need any population at all.

Just as the people of Tripoli were fleeing in a frenzy, Ding Jian led the Third Construction Team to the border between Libya and Tunisia.

After the outbreak of the Libyan civil war, a large number of Libyans fled to neighboring countries. Tunisia, as an important transit point for Libyans heading to Europe, saw nearly a million Libyans pour into Tunisia within just a few months, causing great trouble for the Tunisian government.

To prevent Libyans from entering Tunisia, the Tunisian government has erected barbed wire along the border and deployed military personnel to patrol the border 24 hours a day.

On the other side of the barbed wire fence, in Libya, there are as many as 100,000 Libyans living in tents, waiting to enter Tunisia.

Faced with the heavily armed Tunisian soldiers and border police, Ding Jian was at a loss.

Wang Hai, carrying his briefcase, went to find the Tunisian officer in charge of guarding the border.

Moments later, several Tunisian military trucks sped over, and the soldiers guarding the barbed wire and border police boarded the vehicles and drove away.

Ding Jian was still unaware of what was going on when Wang Hai moved away the barbed wire and barriers blocking the road and signaled the convoy to cross into Libya.

"Is that all?"

Ding Jian was deeply shocked.

"What do you think!"

Wang Hai's briefcase has disappeared.

As the convoy entered Libya.

The Libyans who had gathered at the border to wait to enter Tunisia were overjoyed and rushed in.

The convoy sped along and arrived in Zavier.

Qin Rui, Miya, Zhong Fabai, and the guards were planting trees.

One Aleppo pine tree requires approximately 20 square meters.

Qin Rui and a dozen others have planted nearly four hundred Aleppo pines in the past few days, covering an area of ​​about ten acres.

It's not enough to just plant them; you also have to make sure they survive.

So Qin Rui brought a water truck with him, and after planting the trees, he had to water each of the trees he had planted.

There are wells in the port area, so water is still very convenient.

"Tiger?"

This was the first time Wang Hai and Qin Rui had met.

"Yes, I am Mr. Wang, Mr. Ding. Welcome to Zaviye."

Qin Rui put down the shovel in his hand and shook hands with Wang Hai and Ding Jian respectively.

"Mr. Qin, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Ding Jian didn't know how to address Qin Rui.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see the boss."

Qin Rui got into the car.

Mia followed Qin Rui into the back seat of the pickup truck.

Wang Hai wanted to keep up, but was separated by the whiteboard and the fortune board.

Hongzhong drove the car, Baiban got into the passenger seat, and Facai finally jumped into the carriage, leaning against the partition, his feet on the support of the dual-purpose machine gun, looking serious and unsmiling.

Ding Jian clicked his tongue at the AN/PVS-14 on Fa Cai's helmet and returned to the car.

Wang Hai stared thoughtfully at Mia's retreating figure.

Ding Jian's mission this time was to build a solar power plant in Zawiye, using 1 solar charging panels, next to the Zawiye port area.

The convoy also included ten communication vehicles ordered by Wang Hai from China, as well as 10,000 walkie-talkies.

Each of these communication vehicles can cover an area of ​​30 square kilometers and support 1,000 walkie-talkies.

As the convoy entered the port area along the highway, Ding Jian looked at the neatly arranged cars in the parking lot and felt a sense of déjà vu.

Libya has no automotive industry and relies entirely on imports for its cars, which come in a wide variety, but are mostly durable and reliable Japanese cars.

There were approximately two hundred cars parked in the parking lot.

Although the car models are not uniform, all the vehicles are parked in the parking spaces, and the front of the cars are as neat as if they were measured with a line.

This is truly remarkable for a civilian armed force.