Chapter 178: Another World, Voodoo Wizard
"So, you don't usually have entertainment or go out?"
Su Ziyu looked out the window thoughtfully.
From his point of view, it can be clearly seen that the streets are full of sloppy civilians in scruffy clothes, although not to the point of rags, but there are many dirty ones, which are really ugly. There's even a group of teenage kids straddling the top of a tall garbage truck as if they're looking for treasure inside.
"Still out of the house?! The government's control over the whole country can only be said to be barely strong. Xiao Chen said and pointed to the street corner in front of him. "See, although the people here are poor, knives and guns are outrageously popular. Extensive management can no longer be extensive, no different from sheep herding. ”
"Our biggest entertainment, which is to play basketball and poker on the basketball court and football field we built, is already very good. After all, it's okay in the urban area, the oil well is in the province of Faravang, by the way, this province is equivalent to our domestic province, but in fact, except for the central province and a few near the seaport, the rest are places where birds don't, and the environment there is ...... You'll find out when you go. ”
Xiao Chen said and smiled, and knew from his expression that it would not be any better.
A few people looked in the direction of his finger, and just caught a glimpse of two young men with AK and Type 56 cheap weapons on their backs, talking and laughing out of sight, and suddenly looked at each other. It seems that the situation here is really chaotic, and the streets are full of civilians with knives and guns on their backs.
Along the way, after Xiao Chen's introduction, they probably also learned about the current situation of this so-called country.
Although there are relatively modern countries in Africa, there are also very backward wild lands, and Nimbe is one of the most backward countries.
Most people don't have a clear understanding of such a country, and they only know it from TV and documentaries, which can be roughly described in eight words: economic backwardness. The people have no means of making a living.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with being backward, but the people are not able to make a living. Because it is blessed with a unique climate and natural resources, there is no winter, so most of the time, there is no shortage of food. There are all kinds of ripe nuts to eat in the dry season, and there are even more foods in the rainy season. Unlike most of the world. People need to prepare food for four or five months to survive the long winter and the beginning of spring planting.
It is precisely because of such historical reasons that the local civilians have no sense of crisis. It was only after the modern population explosion that there was a tragedy.
Because when the population is small, even if the rainy season is delayed, civilians can still wander around and go to other places to find food. But when there are more people, there is not enough land. Because of the long-term blessed environment, people do not have the habit of storing food. If the famine comes, people will starve to death.
Fortunately, famine is rare, so the locals are still just as lazy. With the integration of global civilizations, high-yield crops such as potatoes and cassava have also spread here.
This kind of agriculture is not even extensive, it is simply a savage-like life.
So most of the time. Civilians are truly free of food and clothing, and they are naturally lazy to the extreme. If you want to hire local workers, then you can be considered a diligent person with one day off and one day off.
Such a society is too fragile to resist risks, and it is no wonder that in modern times, it was once reduced to a colony of major powers. But in a way, maybe for the locals. This kind of life is simple and happy, because there is no need for any sense of crisis.
And only those at the top, the so-called elite, who want to take power, will have a struggle.
So after listening. Su Ziyu and the three of them all had a strange feeling in their hearts, and they didn't know how to evaluate such a society, as if they had arrived in another isolated world.
When they arrived at the station of Haoyuan Group, they met Feng Sichao, the general manager, who was a more serious middle-aged man, but obviously vaguely knew the identities of several people, and seemed very polite, and did not arrange to send them to the oil well area as soon as possible, but invited a few people to participate in a simple welcome dinner.
Originally, Su Ziyu didn't mean to eat, but they just needed to learn more about the local situation as soon as possible, so they agreed from Shanruliu.
This dinner party was more lively, and there were some high-class people from Ningdan, including even a high-ranking official, Balami Kasa, who was a fat guy who was very polite and warm to several people, and spoke Chinese so-so. It is his position of a bit long, Minister of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Exploration, Water Conservancy and Renewable Energy Development.
A few people were a little surprised at first, their real intention should only be vaguely known by Feng Sichao, who was nothing more than a senior employee of the company, and could actually alarm a minister to attend the welcome dinner. However, after listening to Feng Sichao's explanation, I understood that Ningdan has no ability to explore and exploit at all, and it completely relies on cooperation with China, and it can't play after leaving, so it's normal for people to be enthusiastic.
"Xiao Chen, this kid, must be running the train with his mouth full again, don't listen to him, although Ning Dan can't ban guns, it's not dangerous to us. Ningdan officials were very polite to us, and local residents generally did not rush into us. Feng Sichao seemed to know Xiao Chen very well, and explained between pushing the cup and changing the lamp.
What he said is very clear, for the locals, those minerals are useless at all, and only when the aid enterprises come and bring better material conditions can they play a role, so the locals are generally welcome, and there will be no hostility.
"Is that so, why did our people suddenly disappear?" Qin En didn't buy it, and looked at him with a sneer.
Feng Sichao was stunned for a moment, and shook his head with some distress: "This is also my strange place, to be honest, only the living environment in the city is a little better, the area where the oil well is located, although a special station has been opened, the conditions are still relatively bad, diseases are rampant, mosquitoes, wild beasts and even swamps, it is quite dangerous." The local aborigines have been living here for a long time and have long been accustomed to it, but we outsiders are not very used to it......"
"We all know this, are there any other dangers?" Su Ziyu interrupted him directly.
Maybe what the other party said is the truth, but some diseases and insects and beasts are unlikely to pose a threat to Wu Si.
"Hey...... Brother, to be honest, I really don't know. You also know that your identity is more mysterious, and you won't tell me what you do......" Feng Sichao shook his head helplessly, although.
Su Ziyu and the others glanced at each other, they were all masters who could keenly sense people's minds, and they could judge at a glance that Feng Sichao was telling the truth. For the local construction aid enterprises, the identity of the Special Defense Bureau is also relatively mysterious, and Feng Sichao thinks at most that they are agents with a special mission, and he will not ask too much.
But in that case, you won't be able to ask for any useful information. Listening to the other party's meaning, it is obvious that Takeshi often moves alone and does not inform the movement.
At this time, Su Ziyu suddenly saw a person who was dressed a little strangely, and asked quietly: "Who is that?"
Although the local people were dressed in a variety of clothes, the elites who attended today's dinner were still dressed in modern clothes, suits and shirts, and only the person he saw was wearing a white cloth belt on his head, a white linen robe, and a bunch of strange decorations.
Feng Sichao turned his head and looked at it, "Ah". "That's a voodoo shaman, and his status in Ningdan is very high, equivalent to ...... It is equivalent to the archbishop in Catholicism, by the way, voodoo is the state religion of Ningdan, and all people believe in this religion. (To be continued.) )