As Kevin Martin and Carl Morris said at lunchtime, the Old Town of Gudames is indeed a miracle created by God.

The area of ​​this ancient city is not large, with a radius of about 1.5 kilometers. The entire old city is located on an oasis.

Although the city is not big, there are many coconut trees and banana trees in the city. Except for the area in the center of the ancient city, 80% of the other places are covered by tall coconut trees.

This is not another tree, this is a coconut tree!

Perhaps in many people's impression, coconut trees can only grow in tropical or subtropical coastal areas. In fact, this evergreen palm family plant likes high temperatures and abundant water. But, in fact, there are so many coconut trees that can be seen in the Sahara Desert. Isn't this a miracle created by God?

"Even if you look at the entire Sahara Desert, this oasis is an extremely important water source. According to archaeologists, people lived here as early as the fourth century BC. During the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus in the first century BC, the Roman governor Lucius Cornelius Balbu invaded the city, making Gudamis appear in history for the first time. During the reign of Severus, due to the important strategic value of Gudamis, the Roman Empire permanently garrisoned here. It is said that the emperor of the Roman Empire even built it himself.

Visit the place. However, during the crisis of the Roman Empire in the third century AD, the ancient city was forced to abandon it. In the sixth century, under the rule of the Byzantine Empire, Gudamis had his own bishop and was one of the central towns of Christianity in the Sahara Desert. But in the seventh century, with the arrival of the ***, the local residents quickly converted to the *** religion and continued to this day. Gudamis played an extremely important role in the trans-Sahara trade that lasted for thousands of years. He once flourished and left behind a large number of monuments."

Kevin Martin was obviously very familiar with this ancient city. While accompanying Yang Jing to visit the ancient city, he introduced the history of the ancient city to Yang Jing.

Yang Jing asked, "Kevin, why are you so familiar with this place?"

"Haha, if you stayed here for several months, you would probably be like me." Kevin Martin smiled bitterly. "When the civil war broke out in Libya a few years ago, this ancient city was also affected. Fortunately, the buildings in the ancient city were not destroyed by Duoda. I had not joined Carl's team at that time. I was on a mission here and stayed in this city for several months."

The group walked freely along the narrow roads in the ancient city, without any exact destination, just walking around casually.

Although it is deep in the Sahara Desert, when walking on the shaded streets, it is not very hot. On the contrary, it also has a very comfortable feeling. This ancient city has a history of more than 1,500 years. All the houses are connected together. The gap between the two houses becomes a street. These streets are well connected, like spider webs, and you will get lost if you accidentally.

However, the houses here are relatively short and the doors have to bend down before entering.

The group walked to the deep deep well in the center of the ancient city, found a place covered with green shade and sat down casually. Kevin Martin said this.

Kevin Martin's words aroused some curiosity of Yang Jing. He couldn't help asking: "Are you working for the CIA at that time? Or are you working for a powerful agency?" As soon as this was said, Yang Jing immediately realized something was wrong. Each of these mercenaries had some secrets that they could not tell. It was very impolite and dangerous to ask about their past rashly.

"Sauri, Kevin, I shouldn't ask you about these things."

Kevin Martin shook his head, "BOSS, it's all things from the past, there's nothing to hide. BOSS, have you seen this well? This is a very important source of water in the Old Town of Gudames. The water extracted from this well passes through a special waterway and passes through every household for them to drink. So this well is like a center in the entire Old Town of Gudames. Haha, actually, I used to work in such an intelligence center in the United States, and it's CIA."

"I was directly selected into the CIA from the army. Because I stayed on the Iraq battlefield for four years and had rich desert combat experience, I was attracted by the CIA and directly retired and joined there. Sorry, there are some things I can't say more. All I can tell you is that after I joined the CIA, I became a field staff member in Libya."

Carl Morris, who was beside him, said angrily: "Kevin, it's time. Are you still keeping the secrets for those bureaucrats? Come on, have you forgotten how you were abandoned by those cold-blooded guys? If it weren't for us, you would have died here."

As soon as he heard this, Yang Jing's eyes suddenly showed a strong fire of gossip. He had only seen those almost omnipotent American agents in movies before, but they were all artistic exaggerations and had no basis at all. Now, the strong man sitting next to him is a former CIA agent. How could Yang Jing not gossip?

Kevin Martin shook his head with a wry smile, "Okay, in fact, there is nothing to hide now. After joining the CIA, I have been in Tripoli. I don't need to say what I do. I think you all know that it is just to provoke this and contact that, and it is to make it difficult for Gaddafi to have a hard time. At the beginning of 2011, Libya did get what it wants, and Gaddafi's 42-year rule of Libya finally came to an end that year."

"But I got a news in Tripoli that part of Gaddafi's treasure was hidden near Gudamis by his confidants. The news was not true, but my superiors ordered me to come to Gudamis to find out the authenticity of the news."

"Gaddafi's treasure?" When Yang Jing heard this, he became interested.

Gaddafi ruled Libya for as many as 42 years. During his ruling period, Libya's economic lifeline was basically controlled by Gaddafi and his children, and the entire family was as rich as a country. It is estimated that since Gaddafi became the leader of Libya, Libya's oil and natural gas revenue totaled more than tens of billions of dollars, and about half of it entered Gaddafi's pocket. An African financier once said that during his time as a leader, Gaddafi never knew the difference between the country's money and his own money.

In addition to turning the property of Libyan countries into his own private property, Zafi also invested heavily overseas. Gaddafi owns 7.6% of the shares of United Credit Bank of Italy, 2% of the shares of Italian company, 7.5% of the shares of Italian Juventus Football Club, 3.27% of the shares of British publishing giant Pearson Group, and a small number of shares of Russian aluminum giant Rusal... and many more.

In addition to the shares of some foreign companies, Gaddafi also purchased a large amount of real estate. For example, in the center of London, where every inch of land is valuable, Gaddafi owns many real estate shops and office buildings; he uses a mansion with an area of ​​70 square kilometers in Spain. Yes, it is not 70 acres, nor 70 acres, but a full 70 square kilometers! In addition, Gaddafi also has a mansion with an area of ​​more than 10,000 square feet in New Jersey, USA. Twelve kilometers west of Tripoli, the capital of Libya, he also owns a private resort city with a diving center, tennis courts, swimming pools, football fields, restaurants and hospitals. Gaddafi's children each have an independent villa, some villas have a gym and swimming pool, and a row of motorboats tied by the sea, which is extremely luxurious.

According to experts' estimates, the Gaddafi family owns more than 200 billion US dollars, which is absolutely wealthy enough to rival a country.

But after the outbreak of the Libyan civil war, Gaddafi and his son died quickly. During his lifetime, the huge amount of funds from major foreign banks were quickly frozen, including the United States frozen US$37 billion, the United Kingdom 12 billion pounds, Germany 7.3 billion euros, Italy 6 billion euros, the Netherlands 3 billion euros, Canada 2.4 billion US dollars, Austria 1.7 billion US dollars, Sweden 1.6 billion US dollars, France 1 billion US dollars, Switzerland 900 million US dollars... The funds frozen by banks alone were as high as 80 billion US dollars, and in the vault of the Libyan central bank controlled by Gaddafi during his lifetime, there were as high as 144 tons of gold!

But these are not all of Gaddafi's property. These only account for about half of Gaddafi's assets, and half of them are missing.

This huge amount of property with unknown whereabouts is called the "Gaddafi Treasure".

However, no one has found this treasure with a valuation of up to $100 billion.

Although in this huge treasure, nearly $40 billion of assets were controlled by Bashir Saleh, the former head of Gaddafi's office, known as the "Gaddafi's banker", this guy was elusive. Even though he was on the Interpol wanted list early, no one can find this guy who "hidden" on the African continent.

But even if Bashir Helisa controlled the property left by Gaddafi for up to $40 billion, the whereabouts of at least $60 billion were unknown. Many people estimate that these properties should be hidden in certain parts of the country by Gaddafi.

And the news that Kevin Martin got about Gaddafi's treasure is very likely true.

Seeing Yang Jing showing a very interested expression, Carl Morris next to him smiled and said, "BOSS, just listen to it as a joke. If Kevin really knew where Gaddafi's treasure was hidden, would he still work hard for you here? That's a treasure of tens of billions of dollars. Even if it's only one percent of it, it's enough to make Kevin a real billionaire."
Chapter completed!