1014.Funeral (3/5)
In Central Africa, death is a major event, and so is a funeral, and when someone dies, the first thing to do is to report the funeral to the relatives of the deceased and the tribe.
The war between Remonin and Gude has nothing to do with Li Du in essence, the two sides will definitely fight, and it is Gude who fights Remonin, and may annihilate the entire Remonin clan.
However, directly speaking, he caused this war, it was Remonin who started it in order to save him, and he played an important role in it.
Therefore, he is the main character in this funeral, Lei Moning is not a god of war or a master of tactics, but he is a smart person, and he has relied on Li Du from this point.
Li Du stayed to attend the funeral, and he also had to participate in the whole process, and he had to participate in the funeral procession.
African tribes have their own unique methods of reporting funerals, some beat funeral drums, some blow horns, some cry and howl, some shout, and some use a specific funeral item.
The reason why Li Du knows so much is because he has seen them all......
Remonin is the leader of the Golden Silk Grass Tribe, and the armed forces under his command call themselves the Free Army, which belongs to the tribal armed forces, but the soldiers are not all from the Golden Silk Grass, but from all surrounding regions and tribes.
Forty-five soldiers were killed in the war, including blacks from many countries and tribes.
These people have no sense of identity with the country, they are black people at the bottom, they are uneducated, they only recognize tribes, and there has been no bloody conflict between tribes, so they can join together to fight as soldiers.
Among them, some of the soldiers killed in the battle were Cecil, and they and Gude were the same country, but they fought Gude the most.
Gude was so cruel that he ruled his region for many years, killing a large number of civilians of the tribes, and the people of the various tribes feared and hated him.
Knowing that he was going to Cecil's tribe to report the funeral, Li Du flatly refused, saying, "I don't want to go to that country again, what if Cecil's government is investigating the killing of Cecil?"
Remonin said nonchalantly: "Who will investigate? Don't worry, if the Cecil government knew that we killed Goodswin, they would even give us a peace prize!"
African governments have a deep hatred for armed forces that they cannot control, and Cecil's government really hates the existence of Gude.
This battle involved two countries, but Li Du went online to see it, and neither country reported it, as if the war had not happened.
There are few people living in the border areas of Africa, and even if there are inhabitants, they are tribes, they don't know how to use the Internet, they don't know how to write, and this war is in their eyes, but no one will go to the Internet to discuss it, let alone take a photo to make a special report to attract attention.
Remonin told Li Du that there are no known number of battles on the borders of African countries every year, but no media will pay attention to such incidents unless the fighting is related to the city.
The government also does not pay attention, for them, the armed forces that they cannot control, it is better to bite each other to death dog after dog.
With Remonin's promise, Li Du was willing to return to Cecil.
He was accompanied by several tribal youths who had taken off their military uniforms, driving a pickup truck with two large drums, clapping the drums with their hands as they drove.
The tribe of dead soldiers was not far from the border, and pickup trucks were passing between some tents, and someone appeared at the sound of drums and watched their car.
At this time, the soldiers would get out of the car and tell the people about the soldier's death, and at the same time find his family and give them the food, household items and food stamps paid by Remonin.
Watching the families of the deceased soldiers happily take away food, daily necessities and other bereavement items, Li Du said: "Here, human life is too worthless!"
Brother Wolf shook his head and said, "It's a poor man's life, it's too worthless." ”
He also took part in another funeral to a tribe called the Hachibi, who sent a loaf of bread mixed with tobacco dust to the tribe and handed it to the chieftain of the tribe.
The chief would cut the loaf of bread, and someone would come to receive the bread and money, a piece of bread with a penny.
The person who gets the money will attend the funeral as a relative of the deceased.
Li Du donated 40,000 and 50,000 U.S. dollars respectively to the two tribes, and one deceased person gave a pension of 10,000 yuan.
After all, these soldiers did pay with their lives to save him, and in this regard, Li Du lost money to them no matter what.
The dollar and the renminbi are hard currencies on the African continent, and he gave a wad of dollars to the families of the deceased, making the families of the deceased very happy.
When they left the Hitchhites, the chieftain brought with him a group of teenagers and youths, ranging from fifteen or sixteen to twenty-five or sixteen.
The chief asked, "Do you still lack soldiers?" they can all be, they are very good!"
The teenagers nodded, and some even took off their shirts to expose their chests to show Li Du their muscles.
Of course, most of these people are very thin, with no flesh on their chests, and they are skinny.
Li Du was stunned and said, "Mr. Chief, you want to send them to be soldiers?
The chief said lightly, "Aren't we all going to die eventually? If everyone's death can be exchanged for ten thousand dollars, then I think they are willing to die now." ”
Li Du didn't know what to say, the two sides had different concepts, different growth environments, and different cultures, so he couldn't change the chief's mind.
In desperation, he could only say to the chief: "I am not a soldier, I have no authority to take them to the army, sorry, we are leaving." ”
The chiefs were disappointed, as were the teenagers and youth.
After getting into the car, Li Du said to the soldier who was driving: "Zazakun, are you volunteering to be a soldier?"
The black youth grinned toothily and said, "Yes, I am not like them, I am fighting for the Golden Silk Grass Tribe, not for money. ”
A soldier standing on the pedal outside laughed: "Zazakun, braggart Zazakun, I still remember when you came to be a soldier, you were dying of hunger." ”
Zazakun said embarrassedly: "I'm fighting for the tribe now, and I was at that time, but I also wanted to be able to eat food in the army at that time, I have nine children at home, isn't it normal to not have enough to eat?"
Li Du now understands why African warlords can gather their armies so easily, and why there is always news of a war between government forces and rebels on the news.
In this land, people don't think life is precious, that's why they kill.
This kind of problem cannot be solved by him, and what he can do is to send condolences to the family of the deceased at the time of funeral and give his share of the pension.
Originally, he was reluctant to join the funeral procession, but after joining, he found that it could help him learn more about Africa, and the more he learned about Africa, the more he wanted to leave this place sooner.
This is a land abandoned by God and civilization!