Chapter 240: The Chief's Paradise
This is an interesting suggestion, although the chiefs do not have many privileges, they can buy and sell land more easily than others, and have the appeal of the people - see Tiger. The attitude of a large company almost represents the attitude of its workers and families, and its influence is powerful.
Meng Qian felt very funny, so he agreed: "What rights and obligations do you have?" β
"It's your duty to pay your taxes on time, it's your right to have control over the land, and you can organize a group of ......," Tiger couldn't remember looking at his wife, and Erica said, "The Grand Chief allowed an armed guard of 300 men, completely private." β
Tiger nodded: "300 armed guards." Of course, no one will check the specific number, you can grow to 1,000 people, and then say that those 700 people are just civilian security guards. β
"That's, isn't it?" Meng Qian smiled.
Tiger shrugged: "Who cares?" They are all eager to add more jobs. β
It's similar to buying and selling land in the United States, where the ground and the sky are all private property, and of course you have to pay taxes to the government on time. And the extra privilege of the sheikh here is that there is a fixed number of MPs and certain immunity.
The number of members of parliament who are chartered, which can be designated by the chief, is equivalent to part of the political representation. But here it is dispensable, anyway, the whole country is dominated by big business; Immunity, for example, for traffic violations...... If there is a traffic police here.
In a developing or developed country, immunity would be a very desirable chieftaincy privilege, but here, it is at the bottom of the rankings. A country where transportation is basically on walking and communication is basically on roaring, which is very chicken...... But if it is based on a long-term investment vision. Maybe it will be useful one day.
And then to the land, no. Chieftain's domain!
Tiger called someone to use it as a computer, and opened a professional satellite map, which showed a lot of minerals, oil, timber and resources that had been sold.
"I've contracted about 100,000 square kilometers of land." Tiger pointed to the area marked by the red line, basically the area north of the capital, which was his territory.
Meng Qian compared it in his heart, which is equivalent to the area of most provinces in China...... Tiger picked up the mouse and said as he searched, "Recommend that you have a northwest by the sea, with roads and islands?" β
"That's good." Meng Qian is not picky, just to satisfy the pleasure of buying land. Tiger randomly demarcated an idle area and let the software calculate the area.
He read: "About 40,000 square kilometers, but some of them are national parks, some are local cities and villages, and the rest belong to you." β
"40,000 square kilometers?" Meng Qian didn't expect it to be so big, he thought that there was a 10,000-acre one, and he was satisfied, now it's about 1 million acres!
Figuratively, it is equivalent to the area of six Shanghai cities.
"This is Africa, in addition to resources. What is land worth? Tiger smiled and saved the data, "When you have time, you can pay three million dollars to the government." When the money to buy land. β
"It's cheap!" Meng Qian sighed, "Then I have to buy more." β
"Whatever you want." Tiger gave him the computer.
Meng Qian was full of interest in painting on the map, and there should be coasts and islands. The views of the sandy beach and turquoise sea are the most pleasing, and then go deeper inland. Jungles and mountain peaks should also be there to enrich the landform as much as possible; Paddle next to two more rivers. Securing water resources.
Meng Qian finally completed his masterpiece, with a total area of 100,262 square kilometers, more than 100,000 square kilometers, and only about $10 million had to be paid; Correspondingly, he will need to pay 1% of the total value of the land every year in the future, according to the current transaction price, it will be 100,000 yuan per year.
It's really ...... It's simple and rude.
Meng Qian continued to use his notebook and looked at the satellite map, which was very clear at the professional level, and he could even see the village and the children playing outside. He browsed his territory, there were mountains, rivers and beaches, and if it could be developed, it should be quite beautiful.
The natural conditions of Malagasy are very good, the summers are not too hot, the water resources are abundant, the mineral resources are abundant, the natural scenery is outstanding, and the conditions are better than some European countries. The only thing that doesn't work is geography and industry, which is almost like breaking two legs.
Unlike when he studied these prospects, the ladies were already discussing the anecdote of "naming" their realmsβa privilege of being a chief.
For example, Tiger renamed their current location "Santa Sandra", a Spanish-style naming that was undoubtedly a pleasure for one of his ladies.
Gong Hui and Wang Manwen are also very interested, they want to name an island "Victoria Island" and a vacant land "Paredes......
"What about you, honey?" They asked him.
"I still want to call myself 'King.'" Meng Qian said.
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Becoming a chief will have to wait a day or two, and it will require the authorization of the president and the signing of the agreement.
The next day, the group of them officially started their trip to Africa - gentlemen and ladies abandoned beauty, changed into outdoor clothes, and put on sunscreen; The Boy Scouts, a total of four little ones, three are about ten years old, and Victor's son is nine years old, and he also has a good look.
After getting ready, everyone set off in five SUVs with modified roofs.
This tour-modified SUV features a roof prop up that allows visitors to stand up and observe, take pictures, and turn off if necessary. The cars made their way down the dirt road in an orderly manner, and their first stop was the zoo...... In fact, the moment you step into Africa, you are already in a zoo.
"Look!" The children pointed out the window and shouted, "King Julian! (Movie 'Madagascar')
A few lemurs passing by looked at the humans and dodged from a distance...... The children laughed.
The next zoo is a little more special, with a peninsula of about 300 square kilometres, isolated from the island β it houses lions, leopards, elephants, zebras and giraffes that are not found in Malagasy.
Malagasy has long been isolated from the African continent (the sea), resulting in a very different species from Africa, it has no large carnivores, there are only a handful of carnivores, the more ferocious is the Falklands meerkat, which belongs to the feline family, weighs about 10 kilograms, and is the largest carnivore in the region.
So Tiger chose an uninhabited peninsula, bought species from the African continent, and built his huge zoo, comparable to a wildlife gathering place, with a maximum length of 30 kilometers and a maximum width of 20 kilometers, and a special animal research team to conduct isolated biological research.
Their main purpose today was to visit the conservation center.
The center is home to small animals such as a lion cub that has lost its mother, a leopard cub that has just grown up, and even a surprise awaits them.
"Tiger?" Everyone was shocked when they saw the tiger cat creature in the house.
There are no native tigers in Africa, and although they are artificially brought in, they are all some research behaviors, which are very, very rare. I didn't expect to be able to see the "tiger striped big cat" here, and the voices of the ladies were cute, and I couldn't wait to hug them immediately.
The wish was also quickly granted, and the tiger cubs for a few months were not aggressive and cute, and they could walk into the breeding house and have close contact with these cats with large paws, holding them in their arms. Kissing and taking photos together, the children were so happy that they didn't stop laughing.
"Ouch! It bites! The little tiger in Gong Hui's arms opened his mouth to bite everywhere mischievously.
"Take a picture of you." Meng Qian took a picture of her with his camera.
"Daddy, look!" The laughter of several children in the next room was mixed with cheers, and the naughty Lili actually came back with a lion cub, which made the woman happy.
"It's so cute!" They watched.
"Hee-hee." Lili touched. Touching the lion's head and putting it on the ground, the lion walked a little shaky, but was as active as a puppy, running around the house and fighting with the tiger.
"Be sure to take a picture!" Wang Manwen was surrounded by tigers and lions, and it was obvious that these young animals had already subdued her.
They spent the morning in the reserve.
It's really interesting to be able to touch all kinds of small animals β they'll be in the car in the afternoon. Into the safari, in a broad sense. Because it is bordered by the sea on three sides and a river runs through it, this vast land of 300 square kilometers is inhabited by species that have migrated from the African continent.
"When I started funding the zoo five years ago, there were less than 1,000 animals," he says. Tiger's voice rang over the radio.
"Now, after many generations of breeding, there are more than 100,000 wild animals, including lions, cattle, zebras, antelopes and so on."
The car was driving on the dirt road, and everyone was holding binoculars to observe, and in the distance, the huge baobab tree stood like a boulder, and in its shade, several lionesses were lying on their stomachs to cool off, and in the distance was a group of gazelles drinking water by the river, and two of them were fighting.
"It's very primitive, natural." Meng Qian likes to live in a big city for a long time, and occasionally in this environment, there is an indescribable relaxation.
"The Chief's Paradise." Wang Manwen found a more vivid statement.
"Yes." Meng Qian agreed, "If I have the opportunity, I would like to spend money to import a batch of animals from the inland to enrich the species here and build a large zoo." (To be continued.) )