Chapter 1343: Rahuma City

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The tourist brochure says that the small town of Rahuma, with a population of 20,000, is the only way to reach Lake Victoria in Kenya. Every year, many tourists come from here to Victoria to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the African wilderness. So this small town has also become a distribution center for tourists, and after Xiao Ping arrived here, there were many golden-eyed European and American tourists on the streets of Lahuma City. In addition, there are many Asian tourists with black heads and yellow skins, and a large number of them are Chinese-speaking Chinese.

This situation did not surprise Xiao Ping, after all, there are more and more wealthy people in China, and many people have lost interest in ordinary tourism. And this kind of tourism to see wildlife in the African wilderness has gradually become the choice of some wealthy people who are looking for novelty and excitement.

And because there are so many tourists in Rahuma, there are also many guides who come here to wait for customers. These guides are familiar with the surroundings of Rahuma and the northern shore of Lake Victoria, as well as the wildlife in the area. In fact, many of the tour guides used to be hunters of local tribes in the area, but later became tour guides because more and more wild animals were protected by the government.

With these guides, if you're not too lucky, you'll be able to see the wildlife that lives on the north shore of Lake Victoria while enjoying the spectacular scenery.

However, Xiao Ping is not a tourist here, and his interest is not in wild animals such as lions, elephants, rhinoceros, hippos, etc., Xiao Ping only wants to find the local tribe that Capet has come into contact with. In this way, Xiao Ping's requirements are very different from ordinary tourists, and naturally he can't find ordinary tour guides to take him deep into the African wilderness.

Xiao Ping's idea was to find a few locals who knew the north shore of Lake Victoria very well, and see if they could take themselves to the tribe called Mocania.

Of course, before finding a tour guide, Xiao Ping had to find a place to stay. However, it is now the peak tourist season, and thousands of tourists are flocking to the tiny city of Rahuma. The hotels in the city were almost all full, and Xiao Ping asked several hotels, but could not find a single room.

Xiao Ping didn't know. The situation of looking for a place to live everywhere has fallen into the eyes of those who have a heart. When he couldn't even ask five hotels and was about to try his luck at the sixth hotel, two people quietly followed him.

Even on the streets of Lahuma, the two guys who followed Xiao Ping did not hide from his eyes. Although Xiao Ping pretended to be casual and walked forward, he was secretly sneering in his heart. Even if he temporarily lost the Demon Refining Pot, it was not something that ordinary people could bully casually. If these two guys dare to be unfavorable to Xiao Ping. He will not hesitate to fight back. In the past few days, Xiao Ping has been sullen because of the matter of refining the demon pot, and if someone sends it to the door, he doesn't mind taking out his anger on the other party.

Just when Xiao Ping was secretly guessing when these two guys would make a move, a broken English sounded behind him: "This gentleman, are you Japanese?"

Xiao Ping stopped and looked behind him, and it was the two guys who were following him who were talking. To Xiao Ping's surprise. These two are also Asian. In this foreign Africa, seeing the other party's black-eyed and yellow-skinned appearance really made Xiao Ping feel a little close.

But even so, Xiao Ping did not let his guard down, and kept a distance of three or four steps from the other party and shook his head: "No, I am Chinese." ”

Listening to Xiao Ping's words, both of them showed a smile of relief. One of them immediately smiled at Xiao Ping in Chinese and said, "It's such a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet a fellow domestic countryman here, and we are both Chinese." ”

The other person also smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes, we are all fellow countrymen!"

Xiao Ping listened to the accents of the two men and felt that his hometown should be north of the Yellow River. And Xiao Ping is an authentic Jiangnan person, if you want to say that he and the two are fellow countrymen in China, he can simply laugh off people's big teeth. However, in this small African city thousands of miles away, as long as they are all Chinese. There's nothing wrong with saying it's a fellow.

Since the other party is Chinese, Xiao Ping is a little less wary of them. Although it has not yet reached the point of "the villagers see the fellows, the eyes are full of tears", but there is a little more smile on the face.

The two introduced themselves very enthusiastically, the tall one was called Fan Li, and the short one was called Qin Jianjun. When the two were in the village, they still had some kinship with each other. With this relationship, in Africa, which is thousands of miles away from his hometown, it is natural to live together.

Xiao Ping and the other party exchanged their lives, of course, they would not tell the truth about the purpose of coming here. I just said that I was a PhD student in anthropology at NTU. I came here to learn more about a local tribe on the north shore of Lake Victoria and gather information for my doctoral dissertation.

Xiao Ping is about the same age as a doctoral student, and he deliberately brought a camera and other equipment in order to hide people's eyes, so this statement is quite credible. In fact, Fan Li and Qin Jianjun didn't care about Xiao Ping's purpose for coming here, all they cared about was whether they could make money from him.

After listening to Xiao Ping's intention, Fan Li smiled and said: "It's not a coincidence that you came at the same time, it is the tourist season on the north shore of Victoria Lake, and many tourists choose to go out of Lahuma City, not to mention finding a guide to take you to that tribe, even if it is not easy to find a place to stay." ”

Xiao Ping had already tasted the bitterness, and when he heard this, he could only smile bitterly: "I didn't think about this problem before I came out, and ...... I had a tight deadline for my PhD dissertation, and I didn't have time to wait until the off-season, which was a bit of a bad thing. ”

Fan Li and Qin Jianjun were waiting for Xiao Ping's words, and the two quietly exchanged glances, or the slightly older Fan Li said: "Mr. Xiao, how can we say that we are fellow countrymen, it is always impossible to help when we see fellow villagers, I have a Jianyì, I don't know if you are willing to think about it?"

Xiao Ping was anxious to find that tribe, and when he heard this, he naturally nodded immediately and said, "Mr. Fan, please speak." ”

"You don't have to be so outside, just call me Lao Fan. Fan Li first said politely, and then said to Xiao Ping: "I won't tell you, Jianjun and I have also been mixed in this Lahuma City for several years, and we are no less familiar with this neighborhood than those local hunters, and we usually act as guides for tourists." At present, we are actually in trouble with our fellow countrymen, and of course we cannot sit idly by. If you can trust us, we can take you to that tribe. ”

Listening to Fan Li's words, Xiao Ping couldn't help but hesitate. He also knows that many Chinese people go to Africa to pan for gold, but most of them are in business, and they make money by pouring some daily necessities between the two countries. And like Fan Li and Qin Jianjun, there are really not many people who have started field lighting tour guides in the local area, which will inevitably make Xiao Ping feel a little uneasy.

Xiao Ping was not worried that these two people would be unfavorable to him in the wild, but he was afraid that they were not familiar with the neighborhood and would delay his progress in finding the divine bones. Xiao Ping's time is running out, in case the skull in that tribe is not a god bone, he has to find other ways to repair the demon refining pot, and he really can't afford to lose any time.

Seeing that Xiao Ping was silent, knowing that he couldn't trust himself, Fan Li and Qin Jianjun were also a little anxious.

In fact, the two are indeed authentic tour guides, and Fan Li said that his familiarity with this area is no worse than that of the locals, and it is indeed true. In fact, all the tourists who hired Fan Li and Qin Jianjun praised the skills of the two of them. Because they can indeed see a lot of wild animals with them, and the two are also very familiar with the terrain, they can always find the nearest shortcut, so that tourists do not have to take many unjust roads.

But these are all benefits that can only be realized after the tourists hire Fan Li and Qin Jianjun, who would have thought of these things before? In this city of Lahuma, where black people are the main residents, two yellow people from China as tour guides look really unreliable, so it is not easy for Fan Li and Qin Jianjun to find an employer.

Even during this tourist season, almost all the other tour guides in Rahuma already have employers, but the two are still struggling to find guests. At the moment, it is difficult to meet Xiao Ping, who needs a guide, and the two sides are both Chinese, so the psychological distance is always closer, Fan Li and Qin Jianjun naturally hope that Xiao Ping can hire them and earn a lot of money.

In recent years, Fan Li and Qin Jianjun have both worked as tour guides in Lahuma City, and they have encountered a lot of similar situations, so they naturally know what Xiao Ping is worried about. Seeing that Xiao Ping couldn't make a decision for a long time, Fan Li hurriedly said to him: "Xiao Xiao, don't look at me and Jianjun from China, our understanding of the surrounding area is really no worse than any local." To tell you the truth, a few years ago, Jianjun and I were not guides, but ...... Instead, they did business with local tribes in this area, and dumped some animal products to sell back to China. It's just that in recent years, the state has tightened its control in this regard, and it is difficult to do a lot of business, so we will work part-time as guides during the tourist season. ”

Although Fan Li's words were unknown, Xiao Ping already understood what he meant. The so-called "doing some animal products business" will definitely not be as simple as Fan Li said, and it will definitely involve some protected species that are prohibited by international conventions, such as elephants, rhinoceroses and other animals. Whether it is ivory or rhinoceros horn, it can be sold for a lot of money in China, and what the two of them are doing must be similar to smuggling.

Since Fan Li said so, it also made Xiao Ping a little moved. After all, to be able to smuggle animal products in such a place, you must be very familiar with the local area, and the two of them must also have connections with many local tribes that live by hunting, maybe it will be easier to find the tribe called Mocania than other guides.