After Lin Youde arrived in Baghdad, he enjoyed a tour in Baghdad, and then went north to inspect the preliminary preparations for the railway to Istanbul, Turkey. While he was doing this, the water storage particles he brought were transported to the already selected test area for release. ¡°Subsequently, Lin Youde returned from northern Iraq and inspected the construction of oil extraction facilities and large refineries along the Persian Gulf coast. The oil production capacity of the Persian Gulf has now exceeded that of Borneo, so many oil tankers can already be seen in ports along the Persian Gulf. However, current shipbuilding technology cannot yet build super-large oil tankers like those from another time and space, and oil shipping may not be able to keep up with the oil development in the Persian Gulf. Lin Youde knows very well that only when oil production is ramped up can paper marks have enough energy to seize international settlements - as long as most of the oil output in the Persian Gulf is settled in paper marks, other countries will have to prepare some paper marks at any time even if they are unwilling. Mark, and all countries holding paper marks will naturally allow more capitalists to choose paper marks as their settlement currency. In another time and space, before Lin Youde traveled through time, China was negotiating with oil-exporting countries about settling oil trade in RMB. This negotiation made the United States very nervous because of the impact that oil trade settlement could bring. However, in another time and space, China, as the world's factory, exports a large number of industrial products that can actually become the backing of the RMB. For example, if a country continues to import a large amount of goods from China, and China suddenly requires the country to settle these goods only in RMB, if the country does not hold RMB, it will be very passive - especially When domestic prices are basically maintained by Chinese goods. It is precisely in order to avoid this risk that such countries must have RMB in their hands. Before Lin Youde traveled through time and space, many countries in that time and space had actually fallen into such a situation, such as the United Kingdom. Once it was unable to import sufficient industrial products from China for one reason or another, the British people would suddenly find that their living costs had increased. Times or even several times, because a large part of the industrial products imported by the UK from China are daily necessities. Some people may say that the UK can import from other countries. Unfortunately, at that time and space, no country had the production scale of China, so no country had the same advantages as China in terms of production costs. When China If certain products are not provided to the UK, it will be impossible for the UK to buy substitutes at the same price, so the cost of living for ordinary people will increase exponentially. So although the RMB settlement of oil has been blocked by the United States, the pace of RMB internationalization has never stopped. In short, to control the settlement of international trade, you must have a certain type or many types of commodities that account for the majority of international trade. Now for Lin Youde, this thing is oil. He does not expect that Germany¡¯s small population can become a super factory like China in another time and space. After inspecting the oil production facilities, Lin Youde boarded the replenished cruise ship again and set sail for Australia - this cruise trip was originally scheduled to be a circumnavigation. When crossing the Indian Ocean, the cruise ship crossed the equator for the first time. As usual, a celebration of crossing the equator was held on the cruise ship. ? ** ¡°What are you dad and uncle doing?¡± Xiao Lu looked curiously at the sailors gathered on the open rear deck of the cruise ship. ¡°It was a tug-of-war competition, part of the celebration of crossing the equator.¡± Lin Youde, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and big shorts, holding an iced drink in his hand, explained to his daughter while drinking. "Is tug of war delicious?" Xiaolu asked as expected. Lin Youde, who was well prepared, quickly explained the rules of tug-of-war to his daughter. Xiaolu immediately became interested: "I want to play too! I am very confident in my strength!" "Oh, okay, no problem." Lin Youde nodded. , because Xiaolu's voice was very loud, the crew members heard what Xiaolu wanted to play, so the game that was about to start stopped, and both teams looked at Xiaolu and Lin Youde. Lin Youde's interest was also very high. He thought for a while and said to the sailors: "In this way, Xiaolu will be alone, and you pick the twenty strongest ones to pull with her." Lin Youde's statement made the sailors look at each other, including one Someone yelled: "Isn't this too bullying of the eldest lady?" "Hmph, I'm very strong." Xiaolu, who had jumped onto the deck, waved her claws like a windmill, "I can lift all twenty of you up !¡± Xiaolu¡¯s fighting spirit excited the sailors, and soon twenty strong men with round waists were selected, and they stood at both ends of the field and picked up the ropes. </p The starter glanced at Lin Youde and got the point.?After agreeing, the whistle was blown. Then Xiaolu was dragged across the line that represented victory and defeat. Xiaolu looked confused. She looked at her paws, then looked up at Lin Youde, and asked loudly, "Why?" Lin Youde was also stunned. At this time, Sophie raised her head from the book and said slowly: "Dad, are you stupid? The tug-of-war competition is not about the strength of the arms. During the tug-of-war, the force on both sides is the same, because it happens to form a force A balanced system. It doesn't matter if Xiaolu is strong. The important thing in the tug-of-war competition is the maintenance of the contestant's posture and the friction with the ground. Xiaolu's muscles are very strong, so there is no problem in maintaining the posture, but her weight is very light. The friction coefficient of the shoes is not particularly high, so the friction is low. Of course, it will be pulled over at once. "Dad, you are indeed a liberal arts person." Lin Youde scratched the back of his head. Xiaolu obviously lost. She was so happy that she followed her sister and shouted: "Dad, idiot! Idiot!" "Come on, Xiaolu, sister will teach you how to win." Sophie also jumped from the swimming pool deck on the second floor to the stern deck, and then on Xiaolu A few words were whispered into the ear. "Okay!" Xiaolu responded loudly, "I understand! Come again!" The unhappiness just now disappeared. The second game started immediately. As soon as the whistle sounded, Xiaolu inserted her feet directly into the iron ring used to tie the cargo on the deck, and then used the iron ring as a fulcrum to pull the rope hard, and all twenty strong men were He fell forward and fell into a pile of dominoes. ¡°Hahahahaha, I won!¡± Xiaolu laughed and waved the thick rope in her hand. Viola didn't know when she appeared next to Lin Youde, and said softly: "This is a foul, using a deck ring or something." "Xiaolu, you committed a foul!" Lin Youde shouted, "And Sophie, don't teach me Xiaolu¡¯s way of making fouls. ¡°Is fouling good?¡± Xiaolu asked loudly. Sophie raised her head and glanced at Lin Youde. At this time, the sailors also started to boo. So Sophie whispered a few words in Xiaolu's ear again, but this time Xiaolu frowned and said in embarrassment: "Why should I cry?" "Sophie, what are you teaching Xiaolu!" Lin Youde shouted loudly. She said, "Don't teach my daughter a bad lesson." "I'm just teaching Xiaolu to make use of her own strengths." Sophie said disapprovingly, "But since I can't break the rules and I can't pretend to be pitiful, there's nothing I can do. "At this time, someone among the sailors said: "I think it's fair for Miss Xiaolu to use the iron ring. After all, there are so many of us." "Yes, although she is a goddess, Miss Xiaolu is still there. She's not even two years old." "It would be better to say that it would be very uncomfortable for us to win against her like this." The sailors who were still booing now all agreed with the original person's statement. "That's good," Charlie appeared on the other side of Lin Youde. Her bikini outfit made many sailors whistle. The French girl also seemed to enjoy the feeling of being whistled, and she especially posed in a charming pose. He continued, "How about lengthening the rope, doubling the number of you, and competing with Xiao Lu who has her feet stuck on the iron rings on the deck? Isn't this fair?" Xia Li's suggestion was immediately agreed upon by everyone, so The third tug-of-war begins. At this time, the news that the little princess was tug-of-war with the sailors had spread throughout the cruise ship, and all the crew members who were not working came to watch. In addition to Lin Youde's family, there were more than a thousand staff, maids, etc. on the ship. , at least three hundred people arrived at this time, almost completely surrounding the deck. After the whistle sounded, the situation turned into a stalemate - it seemed that even Xiaolu, who was extremely strong, could not simply pull forty adult men. Xiaolu suppressed her blush, and the blood vessels on her big paws were pulsing. The sailors were in a similar situation, but they were trying hard to keep their bodies leaning back. "Now it's a competition of endurance." Viola said softly, "Whoever can't hold on first will lose." At this time, some of the sailors were already dying. The red flag on the rope is slowly moving towards Xiaolu. Xiaolu even started to slowly pull the rope back, but as a goddess, the little guy was still better in terms of sheer strength. Finally, the sailors' team situation could no longer be maintained, and everyone fell forward. "You win!" Xiaolu threw away the rope and clapped hard, with a smile on her face, "I won, dad!" "Well, I won in an upright manner this time, good!" Lin Youde gave Xiaolu a thumbs up, And then don¡¯t forgetA word of warning, "Don't be opportunistic like your sister Sophie!" "Yes, I am a negative example this time." Sophie didn't seem to care. She climbed up the stairs to the second deck and returned to the swimming pool. Sit down and continue reading her book. Then Xiaolu jumped up to the second floor, trotted to Sophie's side, kissed Sophie's cheek gently, and said softly: "Sister, thank you, sister is the smartest." "Of course." Sophie responded. , and gave Xiaolu a thumbs up. "Hahahaha," Viola elbowed Lin Youde's waist, "Smelly dad was defeated by sister Tao, right?"