Chapter 990: Mido's threat
The request for the hunting team to help hunt the elephant was led by the Dakar Chief Maghan. When Chief Maghan was young, he traveled along the Niger River, the core area of the Mali Empire. There, Maghan saw the agricultural life on the banks of the Niger.
On the banks of the Niger, farmers in the Malian Empire grow rice, sorghum and cotton. It seems that the local agricultural technology was brought back from Egypt by the ambassadors sent by the Malian Empire to Mecca in the early years.
The Mali empire often sent people to Mecca for pilgrimages after they converted to religion. Even an emperor like Mansa Musa personally led a pilgrimage to Mecca. The route from the Mali Empire to the pilgrimage to Mecca relies mainly on camels, first crossing the Sahara Desert and reaching North Africa. Then head east, into Egypt, and finally into the Hanzhi area. The customs of the Malian empire planting rice, sorghum, and cotton were learned from the Egyptians on the pilgrimage.
When Chief Maghan visited the core area of the Mali Empire, he was very envious of the agricultural activities on the banks of the Niger. Because in the villages in the agricultural areas, people have a stable source of food. The local leaders are also very rich. Unlike Senegal, a border region of the Mali empire, even his chieftain is a poor ghost.
Because of his insights, after seizing the rich water plants that were originally occupied by rhinos, the Dakar chief maghan gave birth to the idea of farming in the local area.
However, before his idea was realized, he discovered that the elephants broke into these areas ...
An elephant eats 300 kilograms of grass a day, and 30 elephants can eat 9,000 kilograms of grass a day! If these elephants are allowed to "chaotically" eat, do they need to engage in agriculture? If you let those elephants break into the farmland, the consequences will be disastrous!
If this happened in the Niger River area at the heart of the Mali empire, it would not be a problem. Because, the Mali empire can touch the army to hunt those rhinos and elephants. Because, through the gold trade, the Mali empire held a large number of copper and iron weapons, and even many war horses. As long as a large army of metal weapons is dispatched, even the fierce black rhinoceros is not an opponent.
However, the Senegalese region is a border region of the Mali Empire. The indigenous people here have no metal weapons and no war horses. Of course, they can't beat the black rhinoceros of West Africa, and they dare not provoke the elephants.
So, after thinking about it, I saw Maghan, the well-known Dakar chief, found the "Mao" company in Senegal, and asked Royce and other masters with "supernatural abilities" to help hunt elephants. Only when these "big appetite kings" are dead can locals develop agriculture with peace of mind ...
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Royce is a bit difficult, because the thickness of elephant skin is no less than that of rhinoceros. However, the hardness is not as high as rhinoceros. However, in order to hunt elephants, ordinary lead bullets are also difficult to achieve results, and steel ball bombs must be used.
The problem is that because the production of steel ball bombs is more troublesome, there are not many steel ball bombs in their hands. Although after hunting rhinos, some steel ball bombs can also be recovered, but the limited steel ball bombs in their hands are mainly used for hunting rhinoceros, and cannot be wasted on hunting elephants ...
In desperation, Royce had to submit this question to Eschwein, the general manager of Gore Island, to let him make a decision.
Eschwein has not yet expressed his opinion, but Mr. Mido, the representative of Jorge Drencastre, Duke of Coimbra, was excited:
"Promise them! Promise them!"
Eschwein was a little surprised, but Mr. Mido quickly gave the answer:
"Ivory! You can get ivory by hunting elephants! Ivory is very valuable and belongs to the interests of our Duke. So I hope that the musketeers in your country must help hunt those elephants. That is ivory! Ivory! "
"But we have a limited number of steel ball bullets ..." Eschwein hesitated.
"I don't care! I don't care! If our Lord Duke's interests are not guaranteed, I will apply for Lord Duke to revoke Gore Island's skin" hair "company! We can't make it, don't you want to get rhinoceros!" Mi Say more.
Indeed, before Marin and the Duke of Coimbra had negotiated-the rhino horns and ivory were owned by the Duke of Coimbra, and the rest of Marin took care of it.
In other words, the point of interest of Duke Jorge Deron Castre of Coimbra is above the rhino horn and ivory. Rhinoceros horns are not mentioned. The ivory currently acquired by the company mainly comes from the ivory removed from the old dead elephants in the local cemetery.
The elephant's custom is very strange. When an elephant feels that it is dying, it will leave the elephant group and come to a place similar to a cemetery, waiting for death. This cemetery is full of dead elephant bones, also known as "elephant cemetery".
Because the local indigenous people cannot beat the elephant herd, the ivory obtained by the local people is basically picked up from the elephant cemetery. But the number of elephants that die every year is limited, so there are not many ivory that can be found in the local soil.
However, if you use a Musquete to shoot a steel ball, you can still hunt elephants. Moreover, the hunters of the Senegalpi "Mao" company riding the Berber horse are not afraid of the revenge "sex" chase of the herds at all. Because, the elephant can't run beyond the bob horse.
If the elephants can be hunted normally, the number of ivory obtained by the "Mao" company in Senegal will be greatly increased. You know, there are twenty or thirty elephants in an elephant group. If you hunt a few more elephants, the number of ivory won will be a very impressive number ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ And if you can get enough ivory, Mido is sure that he will be able to get Coimbus Appreciation of Duke La Jorge De Lun Castre and was promoted and reused.
Therefore, Mido did not hesitate to swindle and threaten Eschwein. However, the "Mao" company in Senegal also needs authorization from Portugal. After all, Senegal is a Portuguese sphere of influence. If you do n’t want the bad news for Portugal to go to war, you still need Jorge Duron Castre, Duke of Coimbra, to help cover.
In desperation, Eschwein had to explain the situation:
"Mr. Mido, it ’s not that we do n’t want to hunt elephants. Mainly, the steel ball bullets we use to hunt rhinos are troublesome and have a low output. Under the premise that a large number of rhino hunts are needed, our steel ball bullets are not enough Elephant hunters. You also know that the skin of an elephant is not thinner than that of rhinoceros, and steel ball bullets are needed! "
After thinking about it, Mido said:
"Then I don't care, we need ivory! If there is a lack of steel ball bullets, you can apply to your grandfather to apply for the local production of more steel ball bullets to send over. This is no, your first batch of rhinoceros will also be sent back to China Is that right? You can take an application report and take it home with you on the boat! "
"Okay, I'll try an application report!" Eschwein said helplessly.
"It's not a try, it's a must! You know, the company's management rights are actually in our hands. Without our authorization, you can't start activities in West Africa. So, this is not a proposal, but a notice. Presumably, your big The guild agrees with our proposal ... "Mido said confidently.
As for Mido's words, Eschwein couldn't really refute it. Because, what Mido said, it ’s all a big truth ... The latest chapter of "The Emperor's Rising Claw Book House" is free to read for the first time.
