Cao Mo couldn't move men from Kanem into Benin in a big way, but since the decision to establish a base in Benin and put Stari in charge, he didn't do anything in Benin.

Tianyue International first set up an office in Cotonou, 30 kilometers away, which was directly supervised by Lucy, which was mainly responsible for investigating the economic and industrial development of Benin, registering companies related to business development in advance, and expressing investment intentions and establishing preliminary contacts with relevant departments in Benin.

On the security company's side, in addition to secretly setting up a few safe houses in Cotonou and Portonovo that can serve as contact points, it has also secretly purchased a cocoa plantation of more than 2,000 acres 30 kilometers south of Portonovo, which it plans to use to establish the security company's base in Benin in the future.

These properties were purchased in the name of Stari or someone else who could not be found.

In order to avoid the exchange of funds, which will be traced by the Jidam family and Taihua, who are colluded with the Jidam family behind it, Cao Mo used the gold he deposited in the United Bank of Oman, and directly let people take Benin to exchange local currency from the black market to buy these properties.

To the south of the plantation is the jungle of Benin's southeastern border, which stretches with the jungle northwest of Lonta, where most of the tributaries of the Antlers River originate.

However, this area covers an area of 40,000 or 50,000 square kilometers of dense forest, and the terrain is inclined to the southeast as a whole, so that many streams and rivers that flow into the Lujiao River to the south are relatively mature and have quite abundant water.

On the other hand, most of the rivers on this side of Benin are shallow and fast, and the hydropower resources that can be effectively exploited are limited.

Benin's southwestern part of the Gulf of Guinea has a tropical rainforest climate that not only makes the upper tributaries of the Antlers River abundant in the dry season, but also develops dense primeval jungles that block communication with the undulating hills.

The land transport between Benin and the western part of Canem is mainly a gravel road in the eastern part of the canton of Oyo, which connects with Catelo, which is also the most important land crossing in the southeast of Benin, and of course, the distance between Porto-Novo and Lonta by speedboat is even closer, reaching the northern shore of Lake Conero by just over 90 kilometres.

The only pity is that the two countries have not been able to overcome the difficulties to open a coastal road from this jungle to truly open up the land traffic between Portonovo, the capital of Benin, and Draculamo, the economic capital of Kanem, otherwise the economic ties between the two countries would have been much smoother and closer.

Last year, many Chinese businessmen entered Benin in search of new gold deposits in the jungle near Lunta, but the characteristics of the rivers on this side of Benin decided that it was impossible to find placer gold deposits that could be mined.

However, the scale of capital required for the exploration and mining of underground rock gold is beyond the capacity of ordinary small and medium-sized gold miners.

In addition, Benin is a small country with a stable political situation, this jungle is located in the south of its capital, Porto-Novo, and the exploration and mining of gold mines are strictly controlled, and it is far from being as low as the tax rate of Lonta, and even logs can be mined to make up for the loss in the early stage.

Therefore, the people who have come to explore the road for more than a year have all returned without any gain.

Cao Mo set up an office in Cotonou not only to inspect the production and sales of finished cement, power generation and power supply markets in Benin, but also to obtain exploration permits for gold deposits in the south of Portonovo.

Benin has previously surveyed this area, and some results have been obtained, which have a relatively long history, and the results are quite limited, at least not yet available

There is a clear mining value - the so-called no mining value, it is not that there is no gold mine underground, but that the mining cost is too high to be worth mining at the current international gold price.

However, if you want to regain the prospecting rights in this area, you still have to pay for the results of previous surveys, which alone cost millions of dollars, and it is no wonder that many speculative Chinese businessmen have been scared away.

The southern mountainous region of Porto-Novo and the northern part of Lonta are geologically homogeneous.

At present, Cao Mo has surveyed the area near the Ibogu River and the Gray Crow River, and the reserves are not high, but the rock gold reserves in the deeper sedimentary rock layers are quite considerable, and it is expected that the situation in the mountainous area south of Portonovo should be similar to the Ibogu gold mine.

Of course, the low gold content of the deep sedimentary strata makes the initial investment very high, and the cost of daily mining is very high, but the gold mining company wants to grow, and Cao Mo does not see a better option for the time being, except for a large-scale increase in investment in the mountains south of Portonovo.

In addition to the early acquisition of exploration rights in an area of about 1,000 square kilometers adjacent to the upper reaches of the Gray Crow River and the Ibogu River, it is necessary to directly pay 1.2 million US dollars for related expenses, and then to carry out a preliminary geological survey, at least 2 million US dollars will be invested, but this is already an opportunity cost that Cao Mo can afford.

Whether the follow-up value is worth investing a large amount of money in mining, it is necessary to make a decision based on the preliminary exploration results.

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I don't know how many people Baja transferred into Portonovo, and Cao Mo can call on a limited number of people, and Tya is injured again, so it is impossible for her to entangle with Baja and them in Portonovo, who is unfamiliar with life and has not yet opened up the upper channel.

Cao Mo and the others stayed in the safe house late into the night, taking advantage of the rain that was getting heavier at night, to drive out of the city to the cocoa plantation called Okuta, south of Podonov.

Compared with the oil palm plantation that Dongsheng acquired in Lunta, the Okuta plantation is very small, covering just over 2,000 acres, and in addition to continuing to employ the former workers, the two managers and the chef who will take care of the daily life and food of the base personnel are all members of the Ibogu tribe.

Not only can they be trusted, but they also have little contact with the outside world.

The plantation employs workers from nearby tribes, and the previous camp was very rudimentary, and after a month of renovation, the improvement was very limited, but it was a good place to stay.

In the afternoon, they noticed the anomaly, and until they received Tessa to escape, heal their wounds, and move to a new hiding place, until they left the city and entered the plantation camp, they had not eaten for more than ten hours, but they did not inform this side before they rushed over, and when they arrived here, they were hungry, and they only told the cook to boil some water, and tore the hard cold bread to chew to satisfy their hunger.

The newly built concrete house was empty, and there was no furniture except for wooden tables, benches, and beds made of logs.

Diesel generators rumble in the backyard, and the electric lights aren't very bright, but they make people feel safe.

Outside, the rain was heavy again, and the rain washed over the muddy roads violently—in which case there was no need to worry about Bahá's men finding their whereabouts......

"Even though I don't know how many men Baja brought into Porto-Novo, they prepared in a hurry, and it wasn't expected that there would be too many, and it should be safe for us to stay here. The political situation in Benin is more stable than that of Kanem, and four or five Kanem people died in the streets during the torrential rain, and the police will definitely investigate. We don't have to worry about anything, and we don't leave any clues, but as long as the Benin police track down the identities of these five people and the Jidam family and Gang

The Brotherhood of Boxing is related, and Baja will not dare to stay in Portonovo anymore, so that we will be completely safe......"

At this time, it has been confirmed that the families of Tya and the Kusky brothers have been taken out, and Cao Mo also asked them to wait patiently for a few days on the Oguta Plantation, to see what Baha and the Jidam family will do next, and then it is not too late to make the next step.

"Even if Baja will withdraw before the Beninese police tighten border controls, what will he do when he returns to Draculamo?" Stari asked Cao Mo.

"We have very limited understanding of Baha and other members of the Jidam family, but the Jidam family can take all the black and white in Draculamo and stand for so many years without falling, obviously not simply by fighting fiercely," Cao Mo said in a deep groan, "Today's situation is that we were caught off guard by Baha Jidam, but today they suffered a big loss, lost five good players, and may not even be able to figure out what the situation is, I think Bahaji Dam may not mistakenly think that all this is a trap carefully set by us...... ”

Stari thought about it, although Cao Mo didn't expect Tesya to be targeted before, but they made careful arrangements according to the worst plan, so that they not only noticed the anomaly as quickly as possible, but also responded to Tesya as quickly as possible.

In the eyes of the ignorant lover, it is really like Bahajidam and they have fallen into a well-designed trap, and if even Bahajidam mistakenly thinks that he has fallen into a trap, it is unlikely that the Jidam family will launch a crazy bloody revenge until the situation is clear.

Stari was still concerned about the safety of her family, and after thinking about it, her mind settled down a little.

Tya was injured and needed to recuperate, but then the Oguta plantation would be taken over by the brothers Big Kusky and Little Kusky first, and Cao Mo would also gather the people here and make a formal explanation.

In addition to the plantation and five trusted support staff, Cao Mo would leave them the two off-road vehicles she used today, as well as a batch of firearms, all legally registered in Stari's name.

Because of the official declaration of war and the fact that a legal security company has been registered in Benin, after confirming that Baja led people to withdraw from Benin, Stari and her sisters still have to go to the Benin police station to explain that they were chased and killed by five killers on the streets of Tyra, and finally fought back and killed.

Cao Mo does not have much foreign exchange in his hands now, and it is quite troublesome to exchange large amounts of dollars from the black market, and it will also leave clues, but he will leave two million dollars of gold for Stari to use for the construction of the base, the recruitment of personnel, and the bribing of Beninese high-level officials to open up the relationship with the judiciary.

Of course, Cao Mo hopes that the Tubman family can all move into Benin, but whether Stari can convince Tubman Jr. and how to deal with Cassia can only be considered for the next step......

"Let's rest today, if there is anything, I will think about it tomorrow. ”

Stari wants to establish her prestige in front of the brothers Tesya, Big Kusky, and Little Kusky, and Cao Mo can't pull her into a corner and ravage her, but today's torture is indeed very exhausting, and it is recommended that everyone recuperate first.

Cao Mo said this, Du Ganjie came over with a satellite phone and said, "Mr. Xiao just called, saying that your sister and her two classmates have arrived in London, and they will take the red-eye flight in the early morning to Draculamo, and they can't contact you after several phone calls." ”

Cao Mo's scalp was about to explode, Jiaying said several times that he was going to Kanem to play during the summer vacation, but he was perfunctory, but he didn't expect Jiaying to give him a prelude at this juncture......