The other expedition team hired by Xiaoxue is much more powerful than us at first glance. It is a standard team of twenty people, all composed of gay men. They stand with a straight military posture, but we know that they are professional inspection teams.

team, otherwise they would have thought they were mercenaries going to Iraq to carry out assassination missions.

It seems that Adalin is very familiar with the leader of the expedition team and has been discussing something nearby. We are just like others and have been put aside. Xiaoxue told me that someone will receive us when we arrive in Baghdad. A lot of professional equipment is there.

I thought to myself, just give two shovels a try. Anyway, the main work is not ours.

To be honest, I don’t actually fly that many times, and 70% to 80% of times it will be delayed, but apparently the plane we took this time was fine. It seemed that Xiaoxue had taken it down. How old is this woman?

Ability? I really don’t know. Obviously, we may not be able to do even one or two percent of what this person of the same age has done in our lifetime.

Brother Peng might have felt a little bored on the plane, so he simply told us about Baghdad.

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and the capital of Baghdad Province. It is a relatively powerful city in the Islamic world, but in the Middle East, it ranks fourth, followed by Cairo in Egypt, Tehran in Iran and Istanbul in Turkey. As for Baghdad

The reason why it is so awesome is because it is built on a river that passes through the city, joins another large river in Qunai, and finally flows into the Persian Gulf and leads directly to the Arabian Sea. This is why we often see it in Arab stories.

The reason why there are so many sailors in Baghdad. It is obviously an inland city, which has created various legends. This river is the Tigris River, and Baghdad is only more than 30 kilometers away from the Euphrates River. These are the legendary two rivers.

Basin, where the ancient Babylonian kingdom arose.

I remember that I often listened to Jay Chou's songs when I was in middle school. I heard one on the radio by chance. It sounded really good. I just didn't know what the name was. I could only vaguely hear a few words. What about Hammurabi and I give it to you?

Love is Ten Yuan. In fact, I have never quite understood what Love is Ten Yuan, so I started asking people about it and asked them if they had heard of Jay Chou's Love is Ten Yuan. Many people said they didn't know.

Until I asked Brother Peng, he told me with sincerity, don’t ask random questions in the future, and let others laugh at you. The name of this song is Love in B.C.

Later, I copied another copy of the lyrics from someone else and tried to learn it, but I always made a mess after learning it. But one thing is good, that is, I know: the king of ancient Babylon promulgated the Code of Morabi

...and then what Mesopotamia.

Both rivers originate from the Anatolian Plateau in southern Turkey. When they flowed through Iraq, they alluvialized to form the Mesopotamia Plain, which we heard in the song. The soil here is fertile and very fertile.

Suitable for human habitation, many people summarize this as the main reason why human civilization first appeared. Ancient China in the Yellow River Basin, ancient Babylon in the Mesopotamia Basin, ancient Egypt and the Ganges River in the Nile River Basin, and ancient India in the Indus River Basin all

It was in places like this that civilization arose.

Around 2000 BC, the Amorites replaced the Urdian dynasty of the Sumerians and established the ancient Babylonian Kingdom, which existed for hundreds of years before being destroyed by the Assyrian Empire, which fell into disrepair only twenty years later.

It was destroyed by the Chaldeans and the Neo-Babylonian Kingdom was established. Similarly, it was annexed by the powerful Persian Empire at that time in just more than 80 years. The story of the Thousand and One Nights that we are familiar with is that the park began to exist in 750

The folk tales collected by the Abbasids were also the city of Baghdad that officially began to appear at that time.

Baghdad was actually recorded in the Code of Hammurabi in the 18th century BC, but it was only until the Abbasid Dynasty that it truly became the core of the Arab world, and was called the Black Era by the Chinese at that time.

However, since the Abbasid dynasty was crushed by the Mongol Empire in 1258, the two river basins have never been unified again. First, they were tortured and killed by the Mongols, then they were abused by the later Turkish Empire, and bullied by the established power Persia, mainly

Turkey was occupied by the Ottoman Empire for a long time until it was colonized by the British in the early 20th century. Then in 1921, Iraq became independent and declared its capital Baghdad. Only then did this ancient cultural city with a long history completely restore peace. Of course, we will not consider the US military's influence on Iraq for the time being.

Military operations are being carried out, this is what is happening now.

After Peng Geluoli talked a lot, he realized that we had all fallen asleep long ago, and only Adalin and Hesha smiled at him.

"I can't tell, but you are really an expert in history." Adaline said.

"This is called doing a job and loving a job. This is what I rely on for a living. How could I not understand it before coming here." Brother Peng said politely.

"Then do you know the racial makeup of Iraq?" Adaline asked.

"They are mainly Arabs, and some Kurds." Brother Peng answered quickly.

"What about their religious beliefs?" Adaline asked again.

"They are all Muslims..." Brother Peng replied again.

“What about the internal divisions among Muslims?”

"..."

"Do you know the taboos between them and why they should be distinguished?"

"..."

"It seems that your understanding is not thorough enough." Adalin said with a smile: "But it is much stronger than they should be."

"So you know?" Brother Peng asked.

"I don't know." She shrugged.

"Damn, you didn't know yet and you asked me." Obviously Brother Peng felt that Adalin was looking for trouble for him.

"But I didn't talk nonsense there." Brother Peng choked and almost vomited blood.

He looked very useless as he was holding his breath. He sat there fuming and stopped talking.

In fact, I don't think it's too far from Beijing to Baghdad, that is, I just need to sleep a bit, then be woken up and have some food, and then I'm almost there.

The climate here is different from that in China at the same latitude. It has a polarized trend. It is very hot in summer and very cold in winter. Fortunately, the equipment Xiaoxue prepared for us is great, otherwise the thick clothes alone would make us miserable this time.

The task is even more difficult. In Baghdad in November, there is a cold feeling in the air.

As soon as we got off the plane, we found the people we had arranged for. They were responsible for taking us to the hotel. Adalin said that they would communicate with the local government about the details. We could rest in downtown Baghdad for a day, but we couldn't go too far. Tomorrow

It’s time to set off for the northwest.

We were really happy to hear this warning, which meant that we could have a good day walking around here, and maybe we would actually encounter an Aladdin's lamp or something.

Of course, this is just obscenity, but it's like if you're used to living in a village and suddenly go to a big city, you will feel very grand. You are used to seeing high-rise buildings in Beijing, but here you have a different flavor.

One thing I have to admit is that the environment here is much better than that in China. The girls are still a bit conservative, and the three-point style is almost impossible to see here. Apparently the cat has no idea about Muslims, and he was still looking for it while eating.

Fatty, Brother Peng sighed and told him: "Thankfully this is Iraq. If this were in China, I would have killed you."

The cat found that there was no pork here, and said angrily: "Why kill me? It's not like going back to the hotel here, and eating pork is also illegal?"

"It's terrible if you don't have knowledge. The reason why the Hui people taboo pork is because they believe in Islam, and the birthplace of Islam is here, do you understand?" Brother Peng said excitedly.

"Oh!" Cat suddenly realized.

"Islamic taboos are not mainly against pigs. What they taboo is about animals with hooves that don't chew cud. They don't eat it, so there are a lot of Islamic-style grilled lamb pulls, beef pull noodles, etc. Rumination, you know what it is.

Right? It means that cows and sheep eat things and put them in their stomachs, then spit them out and chew them when they are hungry." Brother Peng started class again.

"Okay, let's stop talking about it. Let's just eat some local delicacies here. If you can eat whatever you want in China, you might as well stay at home. When you have children in the future, you can tell him that you

I have been to Iraq, and he asked you what good food you had there. If you told him about the beef ramen you had here, it would make people laugh!" I really feel that now is the time to eat and discuss rumination.

The question is inappropriate.

After dinner, Liu Yun and the others said they were going to go shopping and buy some Islamic-style clothes, but I stopped them: "We are going to be exiled to a sparsely populated place tomorrow. You guys carrying so many useless things in big and small bags are just a burden."

, I will negotiate with Adalin at that time, and I will give you a day off to buy things after the task is completed." I imitated Brother Peng's sincere tone.

Generally no one would object to a reasonable opinion, so we wandered around the hotel for a few times without anything to do. When we first arrived, we saw that the Islamic style buildings were quite beautiful, but we didn’t have enough time to see them in the day.

It's a bit tiring. Just like I have been to Hainan before. When I arrived in Sanya on the first day, I thought it was great to be surrounded by the sea. But on the third day, I was disappointed. Why was there sea everywhere? It was so boring!

In the evening, Adaline called me and asked me to go back quickly and make arrangements for tomorrow. So we hurried back and she and other members of the expedition team were waiting for us in the conference room.

"Mr. Ye, the Iraqi government has arranged six vehicles for us, with five people in each vehicle. Which of you can drive?"

"I have a driver's license, what about you?" I asked them.

They collectively shook their heads: "Ms. Lin, I am the only one who can drive."

"I said, you can call me Captain Lin or Ada Lin, but don't call me Miss Lin."

"Okay, Captain Lin, please give me instructions." I said helplessly, this stinky bitch really stinks.
Chapter completed!