Chapter 12 The Three Pillars of Africa
Walking into the store, the faΓ§ade of about 20 square meters actually gave Yang Tian a dazzling feeling.
The walls on both sides are covered with all kinds of gold jewelry, ranging from necklaces to earrings and rings.
And it can be seen that these jewelry have different shapes, not mass production at all, they should be handmade, and each one is unique.
The room full of gold jewelry is in stark contrast to the ruins outside, and the wealth and decay seem to be separated by only a wall.
The dog head couldn't help but say, "I feel that I have the urge to rob." β
"Don't say it's you, I have it too."
Yang Tian shook his head and smiled bitterly.
As he spoke, the shopkeeper walked out.
Dressed in a loose Arab robe, slightly curly black hair, with a scruffy beard, a burly figure, a very standard Arab.
However, what attracted Yang Tian's attention was that this guy was full of gold necklaces around his neck, and after a rough count, there were seven or eight of them, which were bright and heavy.
There are no earrings, but there are six gold rings on his hands, and if a mouth full of gold teeth is placed in the country, it is a standard coal boss, an upstart.
"Hello, I'm the owner of this shop, you can call me Aideed. Chinese? Korean? Or is it me? The shopkeeper smiled, looking very kind, and Yang Tian was slightly disappointed that there was no big gold tooth in his mouth.
"Chinese." Yang Tian stepped forward.
Aideed raised his eyebrows and said, "Chinese, good." β
He gave a thumbs up, and the smile on his face could be described as flattery.
Thanks to PetroChina, Sinopec's fortune plan in the North Soviet Union, the Chinese are still very popular locally, especially to the south, to Juba and other places, the Chinese are not generally popular.
When he went out, he was praised by foreigners, and Yang Tian couldn't help but feel some national pride, and he glanced at the dog's head and found that the dog's waist was much straighter.
"Do you need jewelry, my jewelry here is all the best gold, all handmade. If you look at this necklace, it fits your temperament very well. You are Chinese, that is my friend, is a friend, I give you a discount, ninety-five discount. Aideed graciously introduced, and pulled out a necklace from the counter.
Looking at the nested gold necklace in Eded's hand, similar to a chain, the thickness of a little thumb, Yang Tian really doubted, how could this match his temperament, was he a nouveau riche temperament?
With a turn of his eyes, Yang Tian noticed a ring, which was not small, and the ring was carved with an eagle ready to fly, with a realistic shape, which was very good.
"Show me this." Yang Tiandao.
"Sir, you have such a good eye, this is the handiwork of the best handmade master in our shop, Macindy, poor Macindy, has died in the hands of the damned Kamr Liberation Army, and his ring has become a masterpiece. Sir, if you really like it, I hope you will buy it and treasure it forever. I only need a cost price to give you the biggest discount. Aideed's face was so sad that he almost squeezed out two tears.
Seeing Aideed stretch out three fingers, Yang Tian asked, "Three hundred?" β
"No, no, no." Aideed hurriedly shook his head, glared at him, and said, "This is McCindy's absolute sound, I only need you three thousand yuan, of course, not Sudanese pounds, but US dollars." β
The expression on Aideed's face changed too quickly, one moment he was still sad, and the next moment he revealed the essence of the annihilator, an expression that I had vomited blood and sold it, and you would make money if you bought it.
Yang Tian couldn't cry or laugh, 3,000 US dollars, equivalent to more than 20,000 yuan, bought such a rotten ring, and he still earned it? I really think I'm wronged.
Putting the ring on the counter with a smile, Yang Tian smiled, turned his head and left.
"Hey, don't go, so, for the sake of you being Chinese, two thousand dollars." Aideed hurriedly walked out of the counter and directly grabbed Yang Tian.
Annihilator!
Hearing this latest offer, Yang Tian instantly confirmed his guess.
You cut off a third of it at once, and you still tell me the cost price?
Without speaking, Yang Tian broke free of Aideed, and Yang Tian continued to walk.
I have long heard that when you buy something in an Arab country, you will cut it in half directly if you bargain, and if you don't agree to turn around and leave, the boss will definitely stop you.
Although there is water in this statement, it is also a disguised proof of the Arabs' way of doing business.
"So, how much do you say?" Aideed unwillingly grabbed Yang Tian again.
Yang Tian thought for a while, raised a finger, and said, "One thousand yuan, but not US dollars, it is Sudanese pounds." β
The ring is not small, and the handiwork is not bad, but Yang Tian estimated that two or three thousand yuan would be the sky. The Sudanese pound is still very strong, and one Sudanese pound is worth more than two yuan.
"Ah, how can you be like this, such a good ring, such a handiwork, you only give a thousand, or a damn sultan pound!" Aideed exclaimed exaggeratedly.
That expression was a dog head who didn't understand at all, and he also felt that this old man was a little pitiful, looking at Yang Tian's gaze was a little wrong, with an expression that you bargained too hard.
Yang Tian didn't talk nonsense, turned around and left.
This time, Aideed didn't stop Yang Tian for the first time, and it wasn't until Yang Tian walked to the door and was about to push the door that he stopped Yang Tian.
"Well, Chinese, you win, a thousand pieces, a thousand pieces." But I don't want Sudanese pounds, you convert them into dollars, I want dollars. Aideed said with a look of chagrin.
Aideed promised to be so "refreshing", Yang Tian felt that he was still too soft-hearted, and he didn't bargain hard enough.
However, Yang Tian really liked the ring, so he took out his wallet at the moment, took out four hundred-dollar bills, and handed them to Aideed.
"What, you still have to make change, Chinese, the exchange rate of the Sudanese pound has changed today, you give me four hundred dollars, and I still lose it." As soon as he heard that Yang Tian was still looking for money, Aideed barked again like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Yang Tian took the ring, put it on his hand, and said, "It's okay not to give change, but I want to ask you a question, where does your gold come from." β
Listening to Andrew's briefing earlier, he learned that the Kamr Liberation Army had the money to buy weapons and equipment because it occupied a gold mine in the north, and now that he saw this astonishing scale of gold shop, Yang Tian was also interested.
Africa is a mess of backwardness, but why it attracts so many foreign forces, and the war has become a pot of porridge, it is still a profit at all.
What is the most in Africa, slaves? It was the old yellow calendar hundreds of years ago.
In Africa now, the most valuable items are the three major items, diamonds, gold, and oil!
Diamonds, neither in the North nor in the South.
But gold and oil are a lot.
After the referendum in the South Soviet Union, there were still disputes with the North Soviet Union, and the fundamental reason was for the large oil fields at the junction of the two countries.
And there are a lot of gold mines in the two countries.
Occupy a gold mine, that profit, just think about it is exciting.
Aideed glanced at Yang Tian vigilantly, then his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said without a trace: "You don't have to worry, my gold is bought from regular channels, and it is definitely real gold." β
Yang Tian didn't ask any more, he could see that this old guy was a typical man who didn't see a rabbit and didn't scatter an eagle, a full annihilator, and if he wanted to get useful information out of his mouth, it was impossible to spend money.
Yang Tian was still very curious about the source of the gold in the Aideed Gold Shop.
If he were in Khartoum, Yang Tian probably wouldn't ask such a question.
Khartoum, as the capital of the Northern Soviet Union, is still relatively prosperous, and should have a relatively sound gold market, but in Dafur, El Fasher, a broken place, there is still a large amount of gold, which is worth curiosity.
It's nothing to spend some money to buy news, but Yang Tian can't be too eager, otherwise, this guy will definitely sit on the ground and ask for death.
Just as he was about to speak, without warning, the ground trembled, and then there was a dull sound, like a muffled thunder.
Before Yang Tian could react, the dog's face on the side changed greatly.
"It's the sound of cannons!"
The dog head whispered in Chinese, quickly walked to the window, and looked out.
Yang Tian also chuckled in his heart.
The sudden sound of artillery could not have been more obvious, it was very likely that the Kamr Liberation Army had launched an attack on El Fasher!
Damn it!
With a scolding voice, Yang Tian also hurriedly followed.
Walking outside the door, I looked in the direction where the cannon fire came, and I could faintly see black smoke rising into the sky, wrapped in dust, and filling the sky.
And at the end of the street in the distance, you can already see the fleeing residents.
Da-da-da-da!
A series of machine-gun strafing sounds clearly reached Yang Tian's ears, his eyes shrank, and he clearly saw that at the street intersection two hundred meters away, a dilapidated pickup truck drove by, with a machine gun on it, and one person was in control, shooting indiscriminately at the civilians fleeing in all directions.
Blood flew everywhere, limbs were broken, and the crowd fell like wheat.
This is hell!
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