Chapter 363: A Sudden Crisis
More than an hour later, three large off-road vehicles with guardrails parked next to a sparse forest to recuperate. In addition to relieving the bumps and fatigue, www.biquge.info more important is to let people who come to the African savannah for the first time take pictures to satisfy their mood of showing off.
This era is the real age of cameras, and many people like to take a selfie or something when they are at home, let alone travel to distant places.
At this time, several women are enthusiastically posing in various poses, either alone or in a group photo, to record this journey.
That is, there is really no signal station here, and the mobile phone they used to shoot is not a satellite phone, so there is no signal. Otherwise, they would have sent the photos to familiar people to show off. This is a tour in Africa.
This is almost the same for women in almost any country or region in the world, love to dazzle.
Compared to the enthusiastic women, the dinosaurs had beaten up the promise that there must be a lack of interest in these zebra giraffes or something. After being dragged for a group photo, Promise carried a shotgun to the local supervisor in charge of the management of the entire hunting grounds, a burly black man named Murray.
"How's the security environment like here?" Xu Yu glanced at the armed guards with guns on their backs, and asked in a confused voice, "Is it dangerous to carry live ammunition?" ”
"Boss." Mori, a burly black man, cracked the corners of his mouth and showed a mouthful of large white teeth: "Poaching is very serious here in Africa. Especially elephants, rhinos, and lions are very vulnerable to poachers. Ivory horn lion skin is very popular in the market. We have only a boundary marker and no fence between us and the Kruger National Park next door, so if there are poachers over there, there is a good chance that they will come over. ”
"Hmm." Xu Promise nodded, and looked at the many groves dotted the earthy yellow earth in the distance, "Have there been poachers before?" ”
"Yes." Maury's expression became serious, "Over the years, I've sneaked over almost every year. After all, the environment is much better on our side, and many wild animals are willing to stay here. Aside from the occasional boss coming to hunt, there are few threats that happen. So there are a lot of wild species here, which naturally attracts those poachers. ”
"And how did you deal with it?" Xu Promise raised his eyebrows and withdrew his gaze: "What about those poachers who came over?" You all have live ammunition, are you just killed? ”
"Yes sir." Maury smiled again, but the words that came out of his mouth were full of blood: "Whether it is trespassing on a private hunting ground or poaching protected animals, it is a capital offense. We have surveillance equipment and armed guards, and if we find it, we will kill them directly. In this way, every year there are people who are not afraid of death, and if they are not killed, the animals here will probably be doomed long ago. ”
"Oh." The promise itself is an existence that kills countless beings, so naturally it will not be frightened by such a small scene.
He pouted and looked at the well-armed guards, and asked aloud, "How much does this hunting ground cost every year?" I see that there is a helipad behind the manor, and the decoration and maintenance of the main building are very good. Plus the equipment of the armed guards costs a lot of money, right? ”
"Sir." James, who had been standing behind Xu Promise, duly explained: "This private hunting ground needs to invest nearly a million dollars in maintenance every year. Including to the government. The government pays rental fees, labor salaries, maintenance fees for the estate and various vehicles and helicopters, etc. I've hired an accounting firm to oversee the financial expenditures here. ”
What do rich people value most? That's money, of course.
James, who has been a rich housekeeper for decades, thinks that Promise is concerned about the money he spends, so he explains it in detail. In particular, he focused on hiring an accounting firm to supervise the finances, because he knew that those rich people were very taboo about this, for fear that others would hack their money.
There is generally no problem with the water that rich people spend themselves, but even if they are hacked by others for a penny, they will be angry to death. Not all of them are Grandet, but most do.
Of course, the promise is not like this, in fact, he has not really had the psychology of a rich man. After all, he has embarked on a different path on the road of transformation from ordinary people to rich people, and money has become less important on that road. So he naturally doesn't have some habits unique to rich people.
"Oh." Promise is just a casual ask, and he won't care if he really spends money or anything.
"What's that?" Behind him, there were women's puzzled voices, Xu Promise turned around and walked over, and as far as his eyes could see, in a small forest more than 100 meters away, a leopard climbed up on a tall tree at some point, and was lazily hanging its tail to sleep at the moment.
"I know!" Lin Yun'er, who was excited, clapped her hands and shouted, "That's a cheetah!" I've seen it on the National Geographic Channel! ”
"Hey~~~" Seeing that the armed guards around him had faintly controlled the route that the leopard might pounce on, he shook his head with a smile, "Although they are all leopards, they are different in terms of physique and pattern." It was a leopard, much more powerful than a cheetah. If it's a male leopard, it's the most powerful single carnivore on the grassland besides lions, and it can even hunt crocodiles. Cheetahs just run fast. ”
"Can you go over and have a look?" I don't know why, Lin Yuna seems to be very interested in felines, especially leopards with beautiful patterns. At this time, she was flickering a pair of bright eyes at Promise. She really wanted to go and see it.
"If you really like it, I can buy you some leopard furs to wear." The promise of giggling jokes unsurprisingly brought Lin Yun'er's eyes.
Most women prefer supple and warm furs, but now that they see the living creatures here, they can't say that kind of thing anyway.
"Look at the woods over there." Xu Promise sighed, stretched out his finger and explained to the forest where the leopard was in the distance, "You can see what is over there. This is a forest and not a park near your home, and the ground is full of manicured and insecticide-sprayed artificial turf. It's the wilderness. ”
It's a real wilderness, and most of the trees in the forest are the kind of black locust trees with sharp needles on their foliage. Between the trees were dense bushes, which were also covered with various spikes. Not to mention walking over, just standing by and watching it is a headache.
A wild forest is not a park in the city. It is full of herbivores, and in order to survive, the herbivores can even turn the land over and eat the seeds and roots of the ground. If it's not poisonous, it must have long thorns, otherwise it would have been eaten up long ago.
Trees in the city can not need thorns, because the humans in the city do not eat leaves at all. So they can grow with lush foliage.
But the environment in the wild is too harsh, and those elephants have to eat how many kilograms of forage a day or something, and there are a large number of antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, cows, giraffes, etc. Suffice it to say, plants that don't grow spikes and don't have toxins were eaten extinct many years ago.
No way, there are too many mouths. These wild creatures don't know what a breeding plan is, they are the masters who eat as much as they want to fill their stomachs. Those who can survive under so many mouths are the species that have been selected by natural selection. If the evolution is not good, then it can only be eliminated by nature.
"Follow me." looked at Lin Yun'er with a wrinkled little face and looked at herself with a pitiful gaze. Promise to sigh and accompany her in the direction of the woods.
Compared with Lin Yun'er, who likes cats very much, especially big cats, the other women just stand from a distance and watch. Except for people who really like it very much, most people have a respectful attitude towards these creatures. There are not many like Lin Yun'er.
"Alright, let's just watch it here." Xu promised to wave his hand and asked Maury, who was following him, to stand a little farther away, because if there were too many people, it would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the leopard. At this time, the leopard that was sleeping soundly in the tree had already opened its eyes, and looked at the promise group vigilantly.
The location here is about a few tens of meters away from the woods where the leopards are located. That is, he promised to be strong and did not care about the danger, otherwise if this distance was in trouble, he could only rely on the guns of the guards to save his life.
After all, a distance of tens of meters may not be a short time for humans, but for those wildlife, especially leopards that are extremely fast, it is just a blink of an eye.
Lin Yun'er is not a little girl who doesn't know anything, and she also knows that it will be dangerous if she is too close, so even if she likes it very much, she just stands here with her mobile phone and keeps taking pictures and taking pictures.
A faint smile appeared on Xu Promise's face, and after shaking his head slightly, he took out a cigarette and lit it, enjoying the feeling of the cigarette numbing the nerves.
"Yuna." After a while, Xu Yu's body condensed slightly, threw down the cigarette and called softly to Lin Yun'er, who had unconsciously walked a short distance forward.
When Lin Yun'er turned to look at her suspiciously, Xu Yu hooked the corners of her mouth and smiled and walked slowly towards her, "You have to eat more delicious food, your body is too thin, this is not good." ”
"Where am I ...... thin," Lin Yun'er looked at Xu Promise and walked towards her. Originally, I wanted to defend a few words, but suddenly I saw that although there was a smile on the face of the promise, there was an unusually calm look in his eyes!
As a smart woman with a quick mind, Lin Yun'er's heart trembled suddenly. She had been so happy that she had unconsciously walked a short distance in the direction of the grove. But this is not a bustling modern city, this is a dangerous wilderness!
Lin Yun'er's body couldn't help but tremble, she didn't even dare to turn her head to look behind her! At this moment, she could even feel the cold beads of sweat on her back!
As smart as she is, it is natural to be able to feel that the promise is attracting her attention. And there must be a crisis around him!
"Look at me." Seeing that Lin Yun'er's body was trembling slightly and shaking, Xu Yu narrowed his eyes and rushed over like lightning! (To be continued.) )