The mysterious ancient jade is a secret, Lin Quan is not going to tell anyone, especially Denise, this guy is a fanatical archaeologist, if she knows the ins and outs of this ancient jade, Lin Quan is worried that she will do everything possible to get this ancient jade away. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Gu Yu is his biggest capital at present, of course, he still has a system, but this system doesn't seem to be very useful, except for the convenience of buying some things, it is relatively chicken at present.

When he arrived in Niger, he basically contacted Steiger and was provided by the Nigerien government, including saplings, the construction of houses, the wages of workers and the money to dig wells.

I don't know how much subsidy the Nigerien government has received from the United Nations, but Lin Quan is still very willing to spend money.

Lin Quan calculated that the construction of his farm cost about 100,000 yuan, the construction of hundreds of wells cost 670,000 yuan, the total number of saplings was almost 100,000 yuan, and the annual salary of the workers was close to 500,000 yuan, so the government's investment in this farm was only no less than 1.5 million!

Niger is a small country, one of the poorest countries in the world, and its per capita GDP is not as good as that of North Korea.

Although this is only 1.5 million, it is only a few meals for the government of the Great Celestial Empire, but for the government here, this is really not a small amount of money.

Lin Quan judged that the Nigerien government should not be able to take it, and it was reluctant to take the full amount if it could.

And I guess this is mainly due to the support of the United Nations!

Although the United Nations is not a country and cannot collect taxes, each member state needs to pay a certain amount of membership dues every year.

The annual membership fee of the United Nations is about 2.6 billion US dollars, and UNDP and EPA do not know how much they can share, but paying hundreds of thousands of dollars is completely drizzle, and it is not a big problem.

Most of the year they go to countries around the world to inspect and supervise, do some business trip-type work, and there is not much do-it-yourself work, and the greening of the Sahara is one of their key projects in the future.

As soon as I heard about this project, I knew that it would require a lot of investment, and the amount would definitely be amazing, and it would not be an exaggeration to call it the largest project of mankind.

However, the people of the United Nations take the lead, spend a sum of money in the future, and then lay the foundation little by little, and at the same time call on and attract other countries, especially in Africa, to increase investment, whether it is human or material resources, to make a centennial plan, little by little, it is still possible.

In this regard, the United Nations Environment Programme headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya is the main force, they also have a wealth of experience in preventing desertification, as early as the last world, they sent observers to countries around the world to observe and supervise the progress of the work of preventing and controlling desertification in member countries, among which the progress in China and Central Asia is quite good, the Middle East has not made much progress because of the war, and Mexico has too many problems and has not developed much, as for Africa, it is too poor and has no conditions for development, so as early as 1987, the UNEP and China were established in ChinaAn agreement was reached with the International Research and Training Center for Desertification Control, which is headquartered in Lanzhou and focuses on the prevention and control of desertification.

Ten years of sharpening a sword, the United Nations has been sharpening for 24 years, and now that the experience has almost accumulated, it is time to start doing something, so that this operation will be carried out in 10 countries in North Africa, that is, in 10 countries around the Sahara.

One of the most serious countries is Niger, Niger is the poorest, and completely landlocked country, the trend of land desertification is the most serious, once completely desertified, 20 million people in this country will become refugees, then the whole of North Africa is afraid that it will be chaotic, and the neighboring countries will also be greatly affected, so UNEP has invested its main energy here, ready to use Niger as the front line against the desert.

Wealthy countries in southern Niger, such as Nigeria and Cameroon, have also contributed their own efforts to prevent desertification in Niger.

These are all things that Lin Quan doesn't know, this is destined to be a protracted war, that's why the Nigerien government will show such enthusiasm, because most of the money is paid by the United Nations, and they also pay, but it is relatively small, and if this thing really succeeds, they will be the most direct beneficiaries, so they are very enthusiastic.

On the other hand, any activity will bring economic benefits, implantation afforestation can drive employment, for example, Lin Quan's farm, you can place 50 workers, the government can pay part of the salary, the United Nations subsidizes a part, and the benefit is the people, when the people pay taxes, the state also makes money, the people have money in their hands, they can naturally consume, and can stimulate the economy, and then the country can make a profit, which is equivalent to revitalizing a game of chess, as long as the government is not too short-sighted, it will definitely see the benefits here。

So in a daze, Lin Quan listened to Denise's suggestion, came to North Africa, and caught up with a good era!

"It's a good time!"

Zhao Cheng sat opposite Lin Quan, his face was tanned and shiny, his hair was cut short, and he looked more energetic, holding his Penny hat in his hand, fanning the wind while eating watermelon.

"Sweet! It's so fucking sweet, Europeans can't grow this kind of watermelon, and the group of muggles in our team grows watermelons that taste terrible, I really wonder if he peed himself into it for us to eat!"

Lin Quan's face was black, this guy, he had to hurt himself if he ate this thing, it was simple.

"You dare to say that you have caught up with the good times, what do you mean, what do you call the good times?"

Lin Quan remembered Zhao Cheng's previous words, so he asked.

Zhao Cheng finally entered the Libyan battlefield at the end of March, and they, the members of the Foreign Legion, were given priority to be sent to the battlefield in the French army, and they all signed contracts anyway, and they could directly compensate for a bereavement payment when they died, without so much trouble, and they did not involve political issues, which is very different from the French themselves.

There are no immortals in war, and if you want to win a war, you must do everything possible to defeat your enemy.

At that time, the powerful United States led a large number of fraternal troops to attack Iraq, and it only took 25 days to declare the end of the war, and they only lost 139 people and suffered only 265 casualties.

But then it was troublesome, and various terrorist attacks caused the number of US casualties to climb steadily, and by the time the complete withdrawal from Iraq, the casualty figure had soared to 50,000!

And as soon as there are casualties among the soldiers on the front line, the politicians behind will have the materials to play, so the turmoil in the upper echelons of the country will be very great, and the defense minister will be pounced on several times, who remembers Rumsfeld's?

But in the French army, these foreign legions don't have to think about this, they are not native French soldiers, they just take money to work, and they are also people who do dirty work, just pay a sum of money when they die, there is no problem, the main thing is that there are no political problems, so they have become the vanguard of the French army.

Lin Quan didn't quite understand what Zhao Cheng meant by the good times in this case.