Chapter 8 The Rich Zone
Lizova's mercenary force is mainly based in El Fasher, the capital of Northern Darfur Province.
Yang Tian is going to Khartoum, the capital of North Sudan.
According to the dog head, Fasher is going to break out into battle, the situation is unstable, and Yang Tian is not suitable to take risks.
On the contrary, Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, is relatively stable.
But it's just a bit more stable.
Andrew would go with Yang Tian and a few people, he was the dog head he received in Khartoum, these days, the mercenaries have no tasks and have free time. In El Fasher, there is only a mess, and in Khartoum, there are bars where women can be found.
Andrew is more familiar with crossing the border than a dog, abandoning the car and crossing a desert in the Celima Oasis as he approaches the border.
The defenders on the border line will only set up guards on the border crossing roads and places where it is easy to cross the border.
The people who pass by here don't say that they are dead, but they are not far behind.
Andrew has a lot of experience, and in one day and one night, he crossed the desert from the border line to save Yang Tian, and took Yang Tian and the two of them back again, which was naturally not a problem.
It's just that the process is very painful, the fiery sun, the endless desert, you can't see a living creature for an hour, you only hear the wind, cut off all life, such a scene, the dead silence makes people desperate.
Yang Tian didn't know if he could support it, but at least Zhou Kai couldn't, not long after entering the desert, this guy suffered from heat stroke, so he could only let Yang Tian and the three of them take turns to carry him away, and the speed of travel slowed down a lot.
Although there are no black storms in the Sahara Desert, there are still many dangers, such as poisonous scorpions and rattlesnakes hiding in the cracks of the sand.
I could only rush overnight, but fortunately, when the night came, the temperature dropped, and Zhou Kai recovered a lot, so he didn't need to be carried.
It took fourteen hours for the four of them to cross the desert and officially enter Sudan.
After that, things were much easier, finding a car parked in a small tribe, and Kotou and Andrew took turns driving to Khartoum.
And Yang Tian fell directly on the back seat, like Zhou Kai, and slept like a dead pig.
In the past few days, Yang Tian has maintained a high level of mental tension, afraid that the military people will track him, afraid that Hamler's black will eat black, and there are two battles, which will exhaust his energy.
Rare tranquility.
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When I opened my eyes again, the car was already driving on the road in Khartoum.
"Yangzi, look, what is sold on the side of the road, firewood, the Sultan is very poor, and he is not poor enough to burn a stove." Zhou Kai woke up earlier than Yang Tian, slept for a while, regained his vitality, looked at the scenery outside the window with great interest, and shouted for Yang Tian to see.
Yang Tian followed what Zhou Kai pointed at, and saw that on both sides of the four-lane road, which was not too wide, there were wooden sheds that were ventilated on all sides, and a large number of dry firewood with a small arm length were piled up in front of him.
Indeed, as Zhou Kai said, he is selling firewood.
The dog head turned back from the passenger seat and explained with a smile: "It's not firewood for fire, it's a kind of fragrant wood made locally, similar to sandalwood, and after burning, it will produce smoke." The local women smoke their bodies with this wood. I heard that it should be smoked every day, because the men of Sudan are especially fond of this fragrance, and if they don't smoke it, they don't let women go to bed. Seriously, because this can be filed for divorce. ”
"Say, it's not uncomfortable to smoke this thing every day, it's better to buy some perfume and spray something." Zhou Kai was speechless.
Yang Tian was also surprised, these exotic customs can only be understood if you see them with your own eyes.
Andrew, who was driving the car, turned his head, squeezed out a stiff smile, and said, "I'll give you a piece of advice, local women can't go on, the smell on their bodies stinks to death, and they want to vomit." ”
Yang Tian was speechless, and he didn't know whether a North Sudanese woman, who mostly believes in Islam, would engage in this kind of leather and meat business.
"Yang Tian, let's go to the hotel first to settle down, you have a good rest in the past two days, I'll take you around, it's not too late to talk about anything." Kotou proposed.
Yang Tian did not refuse, and the matter of buying mercenaries was not in a hurry.
When South Sudan was divided, Khartoum suffered a lot of artillery fire, and with the continuous development of the past few years, the capital of a country is not as prosperous as a prefecture-level city in China.
Staying in the only star hotel in the city, the dog head also moved over directly.
The 100,000 cash given to him has been almost spent, and he lives with Andrew in a small hotel in the city. Now that Yang Tian, a local tyrant, is here, he naturally wants to take a clear stand and fight the local tyrant.
Andrew has a three-year history of mercenaries, earns a lot, spends quickly, and is also a poor bastard, Yang Tian invited him to move over with him, and immediately agreed.
According to him, the exceptional service offered by this hotel is the best in Khartoum.
In this regard, Yang Tian was speechless.
The hotel is adjacent to the city's Omdurman neighborhood, which, according to Goutou, is a wealthy area in Khartoum, Yang Tian doubts.
The rows of low-rise houses with detached courtyards and earthy yellow look like brick houses in the countryside.
No, now villas are being built in the countryside, and only the poor live in brick houses.
I only heard that Sudan is the poorest country in the world, and there is no one, but now that I have seen it, I can believe it.
After resting for one night, Yang Tian didn't sleep well.
The soundproofing effect of the room is really not very good, and Andrew, who lives next door, hummed and tossed all night, so angry that Yang Tian wanted to rush over and beat Andrew fatly.
And early in the morning, when he went downstairs for breakfast, Yang Tian found that Andrew was in good spirits, and when he saw Yang Tian, he took the initiative to say hello and smile at Yang Tian cordially.
Of course, he was kind to Yang Tian, and Yang Tian paid for the money for the two black mambas last night.
"Hey, what is this, Yang Zi, you can help me ask, is there any preserved egg and lean porridge." At the dinner table, after tasting the slimy, yellow-green thing in the bowl, Zhou Kai spit it out directly.
The dog head and Andrew looked surprised, Yang Tian smiled and put down the spoon.
Dead friends don't die in poor ways, Yang Tian originally planned to let Zhou Kai be an experiment.
The dog head picked up a pancake from the table, tore it into a piece, dipped it in the yellow-green soup, and said, "That's not for you to drink directly, it's for you to dip and eat." ”
Zhou Kai pushed away the bowl in front of him and gritted his teeth to thank you.
Yang Tian learned from the dog's head, tore a piece of cake similar to XJ naan, dipped it in the yellow-green soup, and brought it to his mouth.
Sour, with a hint of fermented cheese.
The cheese in the American uncle's burger has always been hated by Yang Tian, so he tried it and pushed it aside.
Andrew ate by himself, occasionally raised his head, and asked with a smile: "Yang, you are not a soldier, are you?" ”
"Why do you ask?" Yang Tian asked rhetorically.
Andrew poured the yellow-green soup directly into his mouth, this thing is made of chicken soup, and the nutritional value is not bad, and said: "Soldiers, especially a mercenary, don't care what they eat, they only know whether the food can replenish their strength." ”
After speaking, Andrew gave Yang Tian a thumbs up again and said, "But your marksmanship is very accurate." ”
Andrew has always been curious about Yang Tian's identity.
The dog head only said that Yang Tian was a friend of his.
Judging from Yang Tian's various behaviors, Yang Tian is not a soldier at all, not a soldier, but he has good marksmanship, Andrew knows, China is a gun ban.
It's a very strange thing.
And the most important thing is that Yang Tian is very skilled in killing people and very calm, not like a novice at all.
By the way, it's also very rich.
Andrew couldn't help but wonder about the purpose of Yang Tian's visit to the Sultan.
The dog head guessed what Andrew was thinking, and scolded with a smile: "Don't treat him as a potential customer." No...... Well, maybe he might be your customer. ”
Andrew asked curiously, "How do you say that?" ”
Previously, Andrew did consider whether a rich man like Yang Tian came to Sudan on any special mission, and such people were all potential users of mercenaries.
There are special people in the mercenary army to take over the business, but Andrew can also introduce customers, after all, the mercenary who belongs to him has not received business for a long time.
"Let's talk about it." Yang Tian interrupted Andrew with a smile.
Yang Tian also has to investigate, at least see this Lizova, just like buying something, you always have to look at the product to decide whether to buy it.
If Lizova's mercenaries were still valuable, Yang Tian would consider the next step.
"Okay, Yang Tian, if you can't get used to it, I'll take you out to eat barbecue, there are many barbecue restaurants around here, and the taste is not bad." The dog head clapped his hands, seeing that Yang Tian and Zhou Kai were obviously not full.
Yang Tian would not refuse, and Zhou Kai even raised his hands in agreement.
This guy is a foodie.
In the residential area of Omdurman, there are indeed a number of barbecue restaurants on both sides of the street.
There is no need to choose deliberately, according to the dog's head, the taste of each one is similar.
There was a lot of fresh mutton hanging on the meat stall in front of the store, and the owner of the store greeted him cordially and asked Yang Tian and the others to choose the meat first.
It's the same as roasting a whole lamb, and you choose your own meat.
I randomly chose a piece of moderately fat and thin, and the boss cut it into pieces and asked the proprietress to take it for pickling.
This kind of roast mutton is a local specialty, when marinated, some special spices will be put in, as well as lime, marinated for five or six minutes, and then barbecued.
The pan used for barbecue is also a little special, the bottom of the pot is pierced with many eye holes the thickness of little fingers, Yang Tian looked at his eyes and found that this eye hole is used to seep mutton fat.
The lamb that comes out of this barbecue is not too greasy.
There are very few vegetables in Khartoum, only some tomatoes, cucumbers and other side dishes, Yang Tian is not used to eating them with his hands.
This place is the same as Ah San, they are all eaten with their hands.
"It's not good, the smell of finger lamb." Zhou Kai muttered, but he was afraid to stuff his mouth behind him.
Yang Tian was speechless and couldn't help but say, "You're not afraid of getting angry." ”
The weather is hot and dry, and I still eat roast mutton, so it's strange if I don't get on fire.
However, to Yang Tian's surprise, there is also a drink on sale here, which is sheep yogurt, which is mixed with Sprite, and after being chilled, it is very sweet and sour.
While eating, Andrew's phone rang suddenly.
connected, and after listening to two sentences, Andrew's expression changed greatly.
"What's wrong?" When Andrew hung up the phone, the dog head hurriedly asked.
Andrew's expression was serious, he glanced at the dog head apologetically, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll have to go back to Farsher first, there is a problem with our people, and now the regiment commander and five people are missing, I want to return to the team and rescue people." ”
Yang Tian was silent, but he also moved his mind, and listened to the dog's claim to go together without hesitation.
"No, it's an internal matter for us, and if you want to contribute, you'll have to pay for it." Andrew said, this guy is German, and he does things with a single eye.
The dog scolded and was about to argue, but Yang Tian stopped him and said to Andrew, "You can take me with you." ”
"Why?" Andrew was puzzled, it was forgivable for the dog head to go, and he could help, but Yang Tian was a half-hanger, and if he went, he would only help.
Yang Tian smiled.
"Because I want to meet your leader, Lizova."
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