The car drove for a long time in the city of Hargeisa, almost across the entire city, and all you saw was depression and desolation and backwardness, the city was full of traces of war, buildings that had been destroyed by shells, houses that had been destroyed by shells, not to mention bullet holes, which could be seen almost everywhere, full of devastation, as if you were in a battlefield of bullets. (Updated with the latest chapters of the book)

In fact, the city of Hargeisa is a battlefield, countless armed forces are vying for its dominance, years of fierce battles, each other's blood debts, the momentum is like fire and water, almost every day there is friction, small-scale wars continue, Chen Chen and his party in the process of riding sporadically heard a burst of gunfire not far away.

"If this is also a paradise, then we can be anywhere in the country is Elysium." Chen Chen listened to the fierce gunshots in his ears, shrank his head and knocked on the car window, and said to himself: "This is a bulletproof car, right?" Your sister, I originally planned to take the time to go shopping or something when I got here, but now that I think about it, forget it, maybe a bullet will kill me somewhere.

An Yue frowned unhappily and said, "You don't say unlucky things!" ”

"Just kidding, what's the anger?" Chen Chen scratched his head and said.

"Is this angry? I see that I care! The glamorous looked at the little man and chuckled, "You, you really don't understand the amorous feelings." ”

"Really?" Chen Chen looked at An Yue very splashed, the beautiful girl looked faint, and she didn't admit or deny it, making him bored.

The battle not far away was even more intense, the gunfire was mixed with the bombardment of bazookas, the smoke was billowing out, the fire was everywhere, the ground was trembling slightly, and a few small stones that were bombarded by the artillery fire even fell a few meters away from the car, splashing yellow mud and water.

"Hit it, hit you, mom it!" Chen Chen couldn't help but roll down the window and scold.

As if in response to his swearing, Xie Lanlan said casually for fear that the artillery fire would be more fierce in the distance: "You just calm down, this little movement is nothing, there are a few times a day, and you will get used to it if you hear more and see more." ”

Chen Chen reluctantly closed the window and said, "It's more chaotic here than Mogadishu, how can the locals get by?" ”

"Why can't you get by? Look at those people on the side of the road, aren't they all the same, they should be doing business and doing business, and those who should be working are still working, in troubled times, death is a relief, and life is a kind of torment. The glamorous said lightly.

Chen Chen looked at the somewhat unfamiliar beauty and said with a wry smile: "I think you are already a thinker and philosopher, and every word you say is the truth, pointing directly to people's hearts."

"In fact, if you live here for two years, you will be able to understand all capitalist philosophy and Marxism." Xie Lanlan quipped.

After driving in the city of Hargeisa for about three hours, the car finally got out of the city and drove into a desolate plateau, if the city still has a bit of the shadow of the city, then after entering the plateau, it is almost extinct, not to mention people, not even a bird!

When he learned that Xie Lanlan's mine and military base was in a deserted corner, Chen Chen didn't know how many times he sighed and shook his head along the way, bluntly saying that he had been deceived.

The glamorous covered her mouth and smiled, in order to coax the little man to protect her, Xie Lanlan deliberately concealed the location of the mine, only said that it was in Hargeisa City, but did not tell him that the surrounding environment of the mine was so bad.

"You're still laughing? At the beginning, you said that I went to your place where I could live in a luxury villa and eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, don't tell me that I don't. Chen Chen said angrily.

"There are really no luxury villas, but a three-story small western-style building is okay, right? As for the delicacies of the mountains and seas, there is no problem with the delicacies, you can go up to the mountains to hunt by yourself, there is really no seafood, but there is a small river if you are interested, you can go fishing or something. "People have already been deceived, and there is no need for Xie Lanlan to hide it anymore, she will tell the truth with a smile.

Chen Chen rolled his eyes and said, "Count you ruthless!" ”

The glamorous flattered and said: "Don't be like this, you will only live here for two or three months at most, but I have been here for two years, you think I want to wronged myself, the key is that it is unrealistic to build a luxury villa in that place, it is too eye-catching and easy to attract shells, just those small western-style buildings have been attacked several times until not long ago, I fenced off the entire mine and built a military base to deter the local armed tribes." ”

"Why, there are armed tribes in this place?" Chen Chen asked in surprise.

"Why not, those armed forces with strong strength and the support of foreign consortia gather in the urban area of Hargeisa, and compete for the dominance of the city center, and the local tribal armed forces with weaker strength occupy the plateau and mountainous areas, and those factional armed forces in the urban area fight with each other, and most of the different tribal armed forces intermarry with each other and form an offensive and defensive alliance, so they are very united, and the united power should not be underestimated." Xie Lanlan said in a deep voice.

Chen Chen said lightly: "Don't worry, it's just a rabble, your three thousand private armed forces plus the wolf tooth mercenary group are enough to deter any force, if they don't dare to hit the door again, we will kill the chicken and show the monkey" I'm afraid it's not so easy, you don't know, although these tribal armed forces do not have the support of big businessmen, but Hargeisa borders Ethiopia, most of these tribal armed forces have a relationship with the local military and political forces over there, I recently received information, There are signs of collusion with foreign forces to put pressure on me. The glamorous smiled wryly.

Chen Chen quipped: "It seems that there are really a lot of people who are jealous of your diamond mine, you are so fragrant and gluttonous, everyone wants to take a bite." ”

After about half an hour, the window was no longer the same loess, and gradually there were fields, streams and lonely forests, and the population was still sparse, but at least a touch of life.

"Alright, it's my place." Xie Lanlan pointed to the large reinforced concrete buildings that could be seen in the distance, and said with a smile: "It's safe inside, you don't know, there are often tribal armed people patrolling the mountainous area of the Loess Plateau just now, and we are lucky not to meet it today." ”

Chen Chen said lightly: "You are wrong, they were lucky not to meet me." ”

"I think so too." An Yue's look and tone were exactly the same as those of her sweetheart.

The glamorous was slightly stunned, and soon laughed again, it was really a natural pair, even the temper is so similar, the same arrogance, three kinds of confidence!

The car stopped steadily in front of the sentry post about a hundred meters away from the base, Chen Chen saw four black men with loaded guns coming over, and immediately saluted her after seeing Xie Lanlan, the color of worship was overflowing, and it seemed very fanatical, and the glamorous nodded lightly at them, signaling the sentry to let them go.

"No, how do they see you as if they see God, what's the matter?" Chen Chen looked at the soldiers who were still standing in place after the car started slowly and watched them go away, and asked puzzledly.

Xie Lanlan smiled triumphantly, and said with a wink: "This is the power of faith, you know." ”

Chen Chen scratched his head and said with a blank face: "I'm sorry, I really don't understand this, what is the power of faith?" ”

"What stupid!" The glamorous glanced at him charmingly, and said in a low voice: "Don't you think that today's Somalia is very similar to our Chinese Xinhai Revolution, the situation after death?" ”

Chen Chen was stunned, hey, it's true, Somalia has been in a situation of warlord melee since the fall of the Siad regime in the first year, and the situation after the Xinhai Revolution in China is very similar, neither has a unified government, government, has not been recognized by the international community, the same economic collapse and the people are not living, but what does this have to do with faith?

Seeing that he didn't understand, Xie Lanlan rolled her eyes and said, "It's really stupid, okay, I have to make it clear!" I ask you, how can I, a foreigner, gain a foothold in this foreign country? You might say that money makes the devil grind! Yes, yes, having money will make it easy for me to raise an army of more than 3,000 people, but I'm telling you, it's useless, it's not reliable at a critical moment! ”

"Don't you know, the more than 3,000 people under my command were refugees before they were recruited by me, and they didn't have any professional qualities of soldiers, and several times when the local armed tribes came to me to fight the autumn wind, I thought about destroying them with the advantage of numbers and armaments, but what I didn't expect was that when the fight really started, this group of guys carrying AK47 and M16 couldn't do what others were holding shotguns, and they collapsed after a charge from the enemy, causing me to lose money and lose people."

"Haha!" Chen Chen was overjoyed, he could imagine the angry appearance of the glamorous milf after encountering this scene, spending so much money to raise a group of waste, it was strange that she was not angry and vomited blood.

"Later, I figured out that money alone is useless, it is true that money can form an army, but money cannot be exchanged for the absolute loyalty of my subordinates, and it cannot be exchanged for letting them die for me! So I wondered how I could get them to be loyal to me. Xie Lanlan said with a smile: "Fortunately, it didn't take long for me to find a way, and this method is faith!" ”

Chen Chen was still confused, and asked confusedly, "What faith?" ”

"Marxism-Leninism and Taizu Thought!" The glamorous said bluntly: "In Somalia, a land of war, poverty, and hunger, there is no more suitable belief in revolution and life than Marxism-Leninism and Taizu thought, so I invited more than a dozen people who are engaged in political and ideological work from my father to come over, and hold a meeting every day to spread the revolutionary and religious beliefs, and tell them how rotten capitalism is, how cruel the landlord class is, how great communism and prostitution are, and by the way, to advocate a cult of personality, I portrayed Xie Lanlan as a pioneer and a great man who came to Somalia to save them, and I did it for a year, and the brainwashing effect was very good, and you can see that those people under me worship me like worshipping God, and if I let them die for me, do you believe it or not, no one will frown? ”

Chen Chen was dumbfounded when he heard this, and after a while, he said to Xie Lanlan with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you are going against the sky!" ”！