As Kevin Martin and Carl Morris said during lunch, the old city of Ghadames is indeed a miracle created by God.
The area of this ancient city is not large, only about 1.5 kilometers in radius, and the entire old city is located on an oasis.
Although the city is not big, there are astonishingly many coconut trees and banana trees in it. Except for an area in the center of the ancient city, the other 80% of the area is covered by tall coconut trees.
This is not any other tree, this is a coconut tree!
Many people may think that coconut trees can only grow in tropical or subtropical coastal areas. In fact, this evergreen palm plant prefers places with high temperatures and abundant water. But in the Sahara Desert, there are so many coconut trees. Isn't this a miracle created by God?
"This oasis is an extremely important water source even in the entire Sahara Desert. According to archaeologists, people have lived here as early as the fourth century BC. In the first century BC, during the reign of Roman Emperor Augustus, Roman Governor Lucius Cornelius Barbu invaded the city, making Ghadames appear in historical records for the first time. During the reign of Severus, due to the important strategic value of Ghadames, the Roman Empire permanently stationed troops here, and it is said that the emperor of the Roman Empire even visited the place in person. But during the crisis that broke out in the Roman Empire in the third century AD, this ancient city was forced to be abandoned. In the sixth century, under the rule of the Byzantine Empire, Ghadames had its own bishop and was one of the central towns of Christianity in the Sahara Desert. But with the arrival of Islam in the seventh century, local residents quickly converted to Islam and have continued to do so to this day. Ghadames played an extremely important role in the trans-Sahara trade that lasted for thousands of years. It was once very prosperous 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 had stayed here for several months, you would have been 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 did not suffer much damage. I had not joined Carl's team at that time. I was on a mission here and stayed in this city for several months."
A group of people strolled along the narrow roads in the ancient city, without any specific destination, just walking around casually.
Although it is deep in the Sahara Desert, walking on the green streets, it is not too hot, on the contrary, it feels quite comfortable. This ancient city has a history of more than 1,500 years. All the houses are connected together, and the gaps between two houses become streets. These streets are interconnected, like a spider web, and you will get lost if you are not careful.
But the houses here are relatively short, and you have to bend down to enter the doors.
The group walked to the very deep well in the center of the ancient city, found a place shaded by green trees and sat down casually. Kevin Martin said these words.
Kevin Martin's words aroused Yang Jing's curiosity. He couldn't help but ask, "Were you working for the CIA at that time? Or were you working for a powerful organization?" As soon as he said this, Yang Jing realized that something was wrong. Each of these mercenaries had some secrets that could not be told. It was very rude and dangerous to rashly inquire about their past.
"Saury, Kevin, I shouldn't be asking you these things."
Kevin Martin shook his head. "Boss, these are all things of the past. There is nothing to hide. Boss, have you seen this well? This is a very important water source for the old city of Ghadames. The water drawn from this well is passed through a special waterway to every household for drinking. So this well is like a hub in the entire old city of Ghadames. Haha, actually I used to work in such an intelligence hub in the United States, for the CIA."
"I was directly selected from the army to join the CIA because I had been in the Iraqi battlefield for four years and had rich experience in desert combat. So I was selected by the CIA and was directly retired and then joined there. Sorry, there are some things I can't say more about. All I can tell you is that after I joined the CIA, I became a field agent stationed in Libya."
Carl Morris said unhappily, "Kevin, it's already this late. Are you still keeping it a secret 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."
Upon hearing this, Yang Jing's eyes immediately revealed a strong fire of gossip. In the past, he had only seen those nearly omnipotent American agents in movies, but those were all artistic exaggerations and had no basis at all. Now, the strong man sitting next to him was a former CIA agent, how could Yang Jing not gossip?
Kevin Martin smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Well, actually, there is nothing to hide now. After I joined the CIA, I have been stationed in Tripoli. I don't need to tell you what I do. I guess you all know it. It's nothing more than instigating this and contacting that. Anyway, I just want to make life difficult for Gaddafi. In early 2011, the civil war broke out in Libya as expected, and Gaddafi's 42-year rule over Libya finally came to an end that year."
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