Chapter 988: The End of the Black Rhino in West Africa (Part II)

Arriving at the carcass of the West African black rhinoceros, Captain Royce examined it and found that the rhinoceros had been shot in four places in the head. However, one of the steel balls was unfortunate enough to break the rhinoceros horn......

"Uh...... I'm afraid this rhinoceros horn will be scrapped, and its value will be reduced by half......" Looking at the rhinoceros horn that was broken by steel balls, Royce was a little depressed.

Then, Royce and his companions drew their sharp, high-carbon steel short knives and began to cut off the thick layer of rhinoceros skin with flesh along the "weak spots" of the rhino skin's folds. At the same time, damaged rhino horns were also dug up.

In addition, the good meat on the four beef legs was also cut by them with short knives and put into bags and taken away. As for the remaining rhinoceros carcasses, Royce directly asked people from nearby indigenous tribes to carry them away.

However, the rhinoceros horn is a partner of the Portuguese Duke of Coimbra, Jorge. Morality. Rencastre's business is not a loss for Marin. But when Royce brought back the broken rhinoceros horn, the Portuguese representative had a dark face......

Moreover, not only the Reuss group damaged the rhinoceros horns, but also the rhinoceros horns of five groups were also damaged, which made the Portuguese representatives jump to their feet in anger.

Royce was a little embarrassed, he thought for a moment and said:

"Mr. Mido, why don't I send a team of three next time? This way, the chance of interrupting the rhinoceros horn is lower. ”

The Portuguese representative named Mido nodded with an ugly face, after all, the probability of hitting a rhinoceros horn with 3 steel balls is indeed much lower than the chance of hitting a rhinoceros horn with 5 steel ball bullets.

During the break, Royce approached Eschwein and asked for a batch of halters to stop the horses from neighing. Eschwein immediately arranged for the craftsmen to make it, after all, it was a good thing to hunt rhinos.

While Royce and the others were resting, the leathermen of the Senegalese Fur Company began to process the rhinoceros skins overnight. Because this is tropical, over time, the fat attached to the inner layer of rhino skin is easy to decay and may damage the rhino skin.

As for the rhino leg meat they brought back, it was salted by the chefs and waited until tomorrow to make rhinoceros ham. Some people bring back other parts of rhinoceros meat and make it into food. As for the rhinoceros ham, it was a tribute, and it was to be sent back to the Beihai Kingdom for Marin and other bigwigs to enjoy.

The idea of making rhinoceros ham was conceived by Lord Caesar, the little prince of the North Sea Kingdom. When Marin said that musketeers had gone to West Africa to hunt rhinos, little Caesar asked cutely, "What is a rhino?" ”

Marin replied casually, "A rhinoceros is a kind of cow," and then the snack seller asked if he could get some ham made from rhinoceros legs......

Marin's eyes lit up, and he sent someone to inform the Senegalese fur company that when hunting rhinos, he would bring some good leg meat and make rhinoceros ham and send them back to China......

Then, the West African black rhinoceros, which was brutally killed, was not only skinned and horned, but also cut off the flesh of four cow legs, which can be described as extremely miserable......

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The next day, when Royce's hunting party set out again, each horse was fitted with a muzzled halter. Of course, when you get close to the rhinoceros, the muzzle harrow will be put on. After all, this is the tropics, and if you keep the horse's mouth on it and don't let it gasp for breath, the heat on the horse's body will not be able to escape......

This time, because of the muzzle halter, no team was spotted by the rhinoceros because of the neighing of the horses. Then, before the next night, all 30 West African black rhinos on the Cape Verde Peninsula were killed......

On Gorée Island, Royce and other musketeers have returned to drink and celebrate. The chefs have finished 120 rhinoceros hams and started to dry them. The musketeers and fur company employees ate other parts of the rhinoceros.

In this day and age, people prefer to eat fatty meat. So, the rhinoceros that the musketeers brought back was half fat and half lean. The chefs then make it into greasy barbecue or rhino steak or braised rhino beef, leaving everyone in the room with their mouths full of oil.

On the same night, several indigenous tribes, such as the Dakar on the Cape Verde Peninsula, were even more amused......

The natives sang and danced wildly around the campfire, venting their joy. Because, the West African black rhinoceros on the peninsula, which they feared so much, has finally been cleaned up. From then on, they went out hunting, and they had no need to be afraid. The devil knows what kind of terrible life they had lived before, dominated by the fear brought by the black rhinoceros of West Africa......

The next morning, Eschwein returned to the Dakar tribe and asked for the help of the Dakar tribe to contact the tribes in the interior of the eastern Cape Verde Peninsula and ask them to allow the hunting party to enter their territory to hunt the West African black rhinoceros. After all, if they trespassed into the territory of the natives without proper communication, they might be greeted with javelins and bows and arrows...... It may be a little difficult to shoot a rhinoceros with those things, but it doesn't seem to be a big problem to shoot the people of the hunting team...... After all, the hunting team doesn't have heavy rhinoceros skins on them......

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As Eschwein had imagined, the local tribe heard that these people had come to help hunt the terrible black rhinoceros, and they did not refuse. Even the salt used to bribe the chiefs of the Dakar tribe and several other tribes was not used.

After all, the Dakar and other tribes were not familiar with Eschwein and had no trust in each other, so they needed to be smashed with salt. And those inland tribes, because of the assurances of the Dakar tribe, do not suspect their motives for hunting West African black rhinos. Therefore, they welcomed the arrival of the hunting party.

Then, led by the guides sent by the tribes, the hunting parties set out again and pounced on the West African black rhinoceros, unaware of the danger......

"Bang-bang-bang......"

"Bang-bang-bang......"

"Bang-bang-bang......"

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After the vicious gunshots, one head once dominated the wind and smiled proudly...... No, it is the fierce West African black rhinoceros that laughs at the West African savannah, and they have fallen in a pool of blood...... Then, they are skinned, horned, and the legs are cut off......

If it were seen by future generations of animal protection organizations, Royce and the others would definitely be besieged and perhaps beaten. After all, they killed animals......

But the indigenous black people who have been dominated by the fear of the black rhinoceros for many years have been singing and dancing to celebrate the death of those domineering black rhinos.

Unlike white rhinos, white rhinos have a relatively gentle personality and do not attack people casually. And the black rhinoceros, with a short temper, often attacks those who pass by the indigenous people of West Africa. Moreover, the local natives have nothing to do with them. After all, they were still indigenous to the Stone Age. So, for the West African black rhinoceros, they can only feel fear.

And now, the black rhinoceros of West Africa has been killed in large numbers by the musketeers of the hunting team, which has excited these black natives. You know, the territory of an adult male black rhinoceros is 10 square kilometers. The death of each West African black rhinoceros means that 10 square kilometres of territory can be freed up for new hunting grounds for the indigenous people. It can even be used for grazing......

Senegal was not the territory of primitive people, but the frontier of the slave Malian Empire. It's not that the locals don't know how to graze, it's just that the black rhinoceros is too domineering, robbing the fertile pastures and attacking any animal that comes close. Therefore, the locals do not dare to graze cattle casually. Because, if the sheep get close to the irritable West African black rhinoceros, the sheep will be killed and injured in a single charge......

And now, with the arrival of the Senegalese Fur Company's hunting team, the West African black rhinos that roam the West African savannah have ushered in their end. But at the same time, the indigenous black people, who were once dominated by the fear of the black rhinoceros in West Africa, are ushering in a bright future......