246.Seeing the Ruler (3)
With an off-road vehicle in front and a van behind, the two cars drove into Pietermaritzburg at a high speed.
The Ministry of Land Reform is a rising star and young man in South Africa's state sector, and since its establishment, it has had a shocking impact on the entire country, agriculture, animal husbandry, commerce, construction, and all walks of life are inseparable from the land, so its influence is really terrifying.
Mr. Yang sat in a van and their destination was the Kwa Provincial Land Development and Reform Office in Pietermaritzburg, where a gorilla colony was being held.
There are two main species of African gorillas, namely the eastern gorilla and the western gorilla, and their habitats are not in South Africa, so the local land reform department is embarrassed after getting the gorilla population, they don't know where to send it, and they don't have their habitat!
It wasn't until Metosh discovered a large area of orchards on Yang's territory that he found that it was a reasonable place to settle – mainly because there were no predators such as leopards and hyenas in the orchard, and the gorillas were estimated to live for two more years.
The gorillas were handed over to the logistics department of the Land Reform Department, and the review team of the Land Rights Protection Working Committee drove into the office compound and asked Yang Shubao and his party to wait for a while, and he went to contact the relevant personnel.
More than an hour later, McTosh and two black women walked together, and Yang Shubao, who was waiting in the shade of the tree, stepped forward, and McTosh introduced: "This is Alice Jas, the director of the logistics office, and Ms. Claes Cober, who are now the main leaders of the orangutan group. ”
Yang Shubao shook hands with them, and Director Alice Jas looked like the kind of middle-aged woman who was difficult to wrap around, with high cheekbones, deep eye sockets, and thin lips, and wrinkles appeared prematurely on her forehead because she always liked to frown.
But the breath of the Tree of Life helped Lao Yang, as long as he didn't have a preconceived feeling of disgust towards him, then ordinary people would have a good first impression of him, especially the opposite sex would favor him even more.
It's a pity that Lao Yang is determined to devote himself to animal protection work, otherwise he will be a duck with his temperament, a proper king of ducks and a rich woman killer.
Director Jas had already prepared a bunch of questions to make it difficult for him, but after shaking hands, the bitter and resentful expression on her face was relieved, and she only made the most important request: "Mr. Yang, I hope that your idea of adopting a gorilla is not hot-blooded, and once you take them away, you will be responsible for them." ”
Yang Shubao said sincerely: "Please rest assured, dear lady, I promise your team that this ethnic group will be properly resettled, I accept the supervision of the media, and I am willing to accept financial punishment if their lives are in danger." ”
Hearing this, Director Jas's expression was even better, and she smiled: "Then I'll take you to meet them, I hope they are in a good mood today and don't bully us." ”
McTosh blinked in surprise, the logistics iron lady was in a good mood today, and she actually smiled.
You must know that he was most worried just now that the Iron Lady would come up to hold Yang Shubao accountable and then drive people away, so he deliberately spent more than 20 minutes saying good things to Yang Shubao.
They walked to the backyard of the office compound, where there was a grove.
"They're woodland animals, we can only contribute to the garden, and God knows what they do to the garden, which used to be our favorite place for afternoon tea," Cooper said. ”
Now the garden has been turned into a pig farm, and it is barricaded with barbed wire, which hangs in black clouds of stuff, baked by the blazing sun, and smells strong.
Just as they reached the door, a black beast burst out of the woods.
With a big head, thick arms, rock-like pectoral muscles, and a big belly like a sandbag, a gorilla can't wait to run over.
Because of its posture, the gorilla looks no taller when it runs over, but its burly body, open and hard jawbones, and dense and well-developed hair make it much more intimidating than that of humans, even if it is a strong man or a bodybuilder.
Brutal, wild, and fierce!
It's no wonder that Hollywood used their images to create the most charming monster King Kong in European and American history, even if the figure is not exaggerated to the size of a hill, the gorilla is still the most wild beast.
A cleaner came up and slapped the barbed wire fence with a broom and shouted, "Go back, go back, there's no food here, it's not time to feed!"
Threatened, the gorilla first cautiously took two steps back, then grunted dissatisfiedly, crouched down and reached out to touch its buttocks.
The faces of McTosh and his party changed greatly: "Run, it's going to throw again." ”
Uncle Yang stood in front of Director Jas and Ms. Cober, and John hurried to the barbed wire door to whistle at the gorilla, who heard the whistle and looked back, then threw away the that was already in his hand and ran over.
"Get out of the way, it's going to knock you off!" shouted the janitor anxiously.
Yang Shubao waved his hand and said, "It's okay, my guy is from the equatorial rainforest, and their tribe often deals with gorillas. ”
All four subtypes of gorillas live in equatorial rainforests, but have been sent around the world for their ornamental properties.
The gorilla was clinging to the barbed wire fence and John, the mesh of the iron mesh was very large, John reached in and stroked its face, and the fierce beast suddenly burst into tears, and the tears fell down in a clatter.
Taking advantage of the fact that John blocked the gorilla's face and no one noticed the abnormality, Yang Shubao said in a low voice: "Okay, don't go too far." ”
John whistled again, and the gorilla turned and ran back.
Its back hair is no longer pure black, but mixed with large patches of bright silver, which is known as the silverback gorilla.
Yang Shubao asked Maison to drive the van over, and he brought some gifts from the van, including fruits, dried beef, and all kinds of gifts, and he brought everything he could collect in the town that was suitable for gifts.
You can't take the gorillas away from the government department for nothing, so you have to show that it's not strange to have many people.
He gave the gift to Director Jas and said, "Let's stop here, otherwise the gorillas will be threatened and won't get into the car honestly, let's avoid them for a while and give them to my people." ”
"Is that okay?" Cowper asked worriedly.
Yang Shubao smiled: "It's okay, my guy drank gorilla milk when he was a child, and he has the breath of a gorilla." ”
The logistics department accepted the gift, but Director Jas did not accept the gift in vain, she called out the boss of the unit, a middle-aged black man named Pritz Kuhl, who was the director of the provincial land reform department.
"This is Mr. Yang, who has twice bought the land on the edge of the reserve that we have sold, and he has managed a very large and comprehensive reserve to help with wildlife conservation in our country. Director Jas introduced.
Pritz-Kuhl was dignified and serious-looking, he shook Yang Shubao's hand and thanked him in official words, and finally told him a very important news: "Well done, young man, we need international friends like you for our land and environmental protection work, and we have a relevant land sale plan next year, and if you are still interested, we will have a discount for you at that time." ”