Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

  Chapter 641 The Inconsiderate Prince

   This is not Mai Tai, really not Mai Tai.

   Yang Chen swears that Asan is really good in some aspects.

  Cough, good.

  Yes, it's really good.

   At the very least, the three of them still have a constitution, keep up with the trend of the times, and know how to govern the country according to the law.

   But in Saudi Arabia, as a monarchical kingdom, from the twentieth century to the twenty-first century, they did not have a written constitution.

   Of course, the absence of a constitution does not mean that there are no laws.

  Although Saudi Arabia does not have a constitution, they are not without laws.

  Compared with other countries, Saudi Arabia is relatively independent in this regard. The basis of their law enforcement is a Quran and the hadith of Muhammad, which is the so-called Islamic 'blue' law.

  The entire country operates on the basis of the so-called hadith in the Bible, which is much stricter than the laws of other countries around the world.

  The prince broke the law and committed the same crime with the common people. It is really no joke at all.

   In the 21st century, many countries in the world follow the constitutional monarchy, among which the most prominent representatives are the United Kingdom, Thailand, Japan and other countries.

   However, the constitutional monarchy kings like the United Kingdom are personally above the politics of the country, and they do not rule. The king and the royal family are just symbols of a country.

   To put it uglier, it is a living mascot.

   Even if they are stronger than Thailand, their kings usually do not interfere in the operation of the government. Only when the country faces civil strife, the king will act as the final mediator and save the country from danger.

   But Saudi Arabia is different. They do not have a clearly stipulated constitution, nor do they have any political parties. They are a complete monarchy and centralized state, and the king holds the supreme ruling power of the country.

  Since the world entered modern times, the population of each royal family has been decreasing, and the princes of each constitutional monarchy, such as Britain and Japan, are very few in number.

   There are two or three big fish and kittens. Once something happens, they are almost done.

   But Saudi Arabia is a bit different. Their country lacks two things, one is oil and the other is princes.

  Because Saudi Arabia has always followed the rules of brotherhood and brotherhood, the number of the royal family is particularly large, and the prince is even more flooded.

  According to the history of feudal dynasties in our country, there are too many princes, which is not a good thing, and it is not uncommon for princes to rebel.

  In ancient times, a dozen princes could turn the whole country upside down. In a country like Saudi Arabia with thousands of princes, if the laws were not strict, it would have been overthrown by the people long ago.

   Therefore, Saudi Arabia has always followed the unity of state and religion.

How terrifying religious people are, I don’t need to say more. Religious people don’t look down on anyone except believing in their so-called gods. Once someone violates the religious law, the end will not be easy, no matter how high the status of the offender is. Useless.

   The precepts of religion have always been very strict. In this country full of religious ideology and culture, even men are severely restricted, let alone women.

  Even if Saudi women’s rights were liberated that day, in essence, it would not have changed much.

  …

   Walking to an unknown car, a Saudi bodyguard bent down slightly and opened the door respectfully.

   Yang Chen was not polite, and sat in directly.

   Lan Meiren was placed in the front passenger seat, sharing the same car with Yang Chen and Hassar.

  Yang Chen's habit of going out is to bring more bodyguards. Fortunately, there are spare cars at the airport. Soon a group of more than a dozen cars quickly left the airport.

   On the way, Hassar, who was sitting in the car, has been introducing Yang Chen to the buildings along the way. Through the car window, Yang Chen looked at Riyadh, which already has the scale of a modern city, and not only felt that it was good to be rich.

  Although the current Riyadh cannot be compared with the later generations, the whole city is arranged in an orderly manner, and the prosperity can already be seen.

  I thought that if Saudi Arabia had no oil, Riyadh would be a different scene today.

Later, Saudi Arabia is the world's second largest proven oil reserve country after Canada. It holds 24% of the world's total oil exploration and is the world's largest oil exporter. Fiscal revenue has never fallen below 80 percent.

If it weren't for the two Middle East wars, if it weren't for the U.S. imperialists' implementation of the petrodollar policy, 70% of Saudi Arabia's land area is semi-arid wasteland or low-grade grassland, and the arable land area only accounts for 1% of the land area. The self-sufficiency rate Not less than 20 percent, but more than 80 percent of the country's agricultural products need to be imported from abroad.

  Without oil, Saudi Arabia is a big problem just to feed a population of 20 million, let alone build a prosperous metropolis in less than a dozen years.

   About half an hour later, Hassall brought Yang Chen and his party to his private villa, a private residence with a very large area.

   "Yang, this is a residence under my name, let's go, I'll take you out to have a look. My house, sigh, don't talk about this, anyway, I can't invite you to be a guest for the time being, I can only aggrieve you for staying here."

  Since last year, his father, the current king of Saudi Arabia, has been lying in a hospital bed, seeing that his health is about to die day by day, and now the entire Saudi royal family is filled with a tense atmosphere.

   In this case, no one dared to bring people to the house with great fanfare, especially the direct princes like Hasal. If the movement was too loud, they might be remembered by those uncles.

   Before he came, Yang Chen had already inquired about Saudi's current situation, so he wasn't displeased that Hasal didn't invite him to his house. On the contrary, he was quite happy that Hasal didn't bring him into that whirlpool.

  Politics is something he never wants to touch.

  As the son of the old king, the current king of Saudi Arabia is the direct prince. Even after the death of the old king, he cannot inherit the throne of the king, but with the favor of the old king, Hasal has already owned everything that he should have.

   After strolling around, Hassar brought Yang Chen to the pool of the villa, and said with a satisfied expression, "Yang, how is this villa?"

  Let's not talk about other things, just this pool, which is almost half the size of a football field, is not something that everyone can enjoy in a country with severe water shortages like Saudi Arabia.

   You must know that the value of water here is not much cheaper than that of oil.

  Yang Chen sincerely said: "It's very good and beautiful."

Hassar smiled and said: "This is a grown-up gift from my father when I was 20 years old. At that time, there was only one villa here, and then it gradually expanded until it is so large that it can be arranged in Riyadh. into the top ten."

Uh…"

  Hasar wondered: "What's wrong?"

Yang Chen imitated Hasal's way of speaking and said, "I thought you would wave your hand after asking me, and said very proudly: Yang, this is for you, don't refuse me, this way I will Very shameless…”

  In Yang Chen's memory, the local tyrants in the Middle East are the most affordable group of people. They send off the car and send the house, just like drinking water without blinking.

  I never thought about it. Listening to this guy's meaning, it seems that I can only live for a while, and I didn't mean to send it at all, which is embarrassing.

   "Cough cough..." Hassal heard Yang Chen's words, he almost choked to death by his own saliva, and there was a rare embarrassment on his face.

   To tell the truth, if it wasn't for the significance of this place that he couldn't give up, with Yang Chen's words, no matter how distressed he was, he would still grit his teeth and give it away.

   But not right now, if nothing happens, I'm afraid it won't be long before he will move to make room for the new king's sons.

   And here, is the little nest he left for himself, how could he just give it away.

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   (end of this chapter)