Eschwein didn't know that he had become a "Kaizi" in the eyes of several black chiefs, but even if he did, he would scoff at it. Why? As a middle-level manager of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce, he knows that the Beihai Chamber of Commerce is definitely not short of salt.

In short, don't look at the price of salt in Europe, but he has seen the ships of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, which come back from the Americas by boat.

Although he didn't know the secret of boiling salt in Beihai Country, he could also guess that Beihai Country might have discovered a large salt mine on the side of the Savage Continent, which produced a large amount of unbitter refined salt. So, a few packets of salt given to several local chiefs are really not worth mentioning.

And, once the Senegalese Fur Company colonists landed on land, hunted enough rhinos, and got rhino skins, they were immediately back at home.

Although it is said that the most valuable rhino horns and ivory have to be disposed of by the people of the Duke of Coimbra, but, but rhinoceros skin, it is enough to pay off. Because, it is said, rhinoceros leather can be made into high-quality leather armor that supplies the army.

Although it is not profitable to supply the rhinoceros skins obtained internally to his own army, Eschwein does not care about those profits. Because, Marin once told him personally - as long as this matter is done well, there will be many good things to be promoted and rich in the future.

Who is Marin? O Grand Duke of the North Sea Kingdom! The promotion and fortune he personally promised, can there be anything worse? According to the meaning revealed by Kohler, the second leader of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce, if this thing is done beautifully, maybe he can mix the noble title of knight or knight!

Although it was the lowest title of nobility that could not be hereditary, it was enough to make Eschwein, who was born a serf, excited. How many years has he been out of serfdom? If you can mix up a noble title, it won't be too amazing.

And the only requirement that Marin gave him at the beginning was "fast", the cost could be higher, but the speed must be fast. After all, Marin was in a hurry to use troops against Siena, and needed a lot of rhinoceros leather armor.

It was precisely in accordance with Marin's "fast" requirements that Eschwein did not grind crookedly with the other party during the negotiations, and directly threw out the table salt that the other party was most interested in. Then, sure enough, he bought those dirt buns.

Then Eschwein began to prepare intensively for the landing to hunt rhinos.

The 100 musketeers brought from the homeland were already in place, and they were a group of men who had been selected and were not afraid of the heat. Their mission is to hunt rhinos in the West African grasslands with mushkert muskets and steel ball bullets.

Steel ball bullets are different from lead bullets, which are heavier and have more kinetic energy. But because the lead is too soft, the hardness is too poor to break through the rhinoceros's thick skin defenses. Therefore, lead bullet can only hurt the rhinoceros, not kill it. But a wounded rhinoceros is terrifying, it will go berserk, and its combat effectiveness will be explosive. Therefore, hunting rhinos with lead bullets not only does not kill the rhinoceros, but may also take their lives. For this reason, Marin had to make a batch of steel ball bullets, which were specially used to hunt rhinos. Although the rhinoceros skin is thick, it can be hated in front of steel balls weighing more than 30 grams. In particular, Marin specifically requested that the head of the rhinoceros be specifically shot. As long as the head is shot, no matter how strong the rhinoceros is, without the command of the brain, it will be finished immediately.

Moreover, rhinoceros is different from fierce beasts such as lions, tigers and leopards, which either flee or attack when they see hunters. Once running, the arquebus is difficult to aim.

And the rhinoceros is probably very arrogant because it has no natural predators. In general, rhinos are blind to animals that come close to them. Because, in their consciousness, no animal can threaten them.

Therefore, for the arrogant rhinoceros, the hunter can calmly approach and then calmly aim at the rhinoceros at a distance of 30 meters......

And of course, don't get too close. Otherwise, it is easy to irritate the rhinoceros. Especially during the mating season, if you encounter a male rhinoceros that has a spring, it is easy to be attacked.

However, although the arquebus is far away, it can be within 50 yards (45.7 meters), and the accuracy is okay. In particular, the 100 musketeers sent by Marin all had very good marksmanship.

Rhinos are not the same as timid herbivores such as fawns and antelopes. Because of their strength, they generally don't run away when they see people. They will only run away if humans are too close and there are a lot of them. And at a distance of thirty or forty meters, the rhinoceros is too lazy to run.

What's more, rhinos have poor eyesight and rely mainly on their sense of smell. At a distance of 30 meters, as long as it is not upwind, rhinoceros generally cannot smell and cannot see clearly. Therefore, as long as the hunter finds a good downwind outlet, at a distance of 30 meters, he can calmly aim and hunt the rhinoceros.

Of course, be prepared to fail. Because, if you aim for the head, there is a chance of failure. For example, if a rhinoceros just raises or lowers its head, it will avoid a bullet that kills.

In such a situation, the rhinoceros is likely to be enraged and chase after the sound and smell. Therefore, at this time the shooter needs to run for his life.

But the West African black rhino is fast, reaching a limit speed of 45 km/h. With the strength of human feet alone, under the pursuit of the black rhinoceros, there is no doubt about death.

Therefore, Marin specifically allowed the Senegalese fur company to use horses to escape for their lives. Because, when horses run, they can reach speeds of more than 60 kilometers per hour and up to 100 kilometers per hour. It's not long-lasting, but it's enough to escape. After all, a musketeer with excellent marksmanship is difficult to cultivate, and it is best not to die easily.

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However, West Africa has a hot and dry climate, and European horses are clearly not well adapted to the local climate. And the Arabian horse, Marin himself is not enough. Because, basically, every Arabian horse has been bred by Marin, and it has become very kidney deficient.

After thinking about it for a while, Marin suddenly remembered that the Bobu horse, which seems to be produced in Morocco, is also a very good horse breed.

The Bobu horse is said to have been brought to North Africa by the Arabs and has the blood of the Arabian horse. However, it does not resemble an Arabian horse. The only thing that is similar to Arabian horses is that they have the same super stamina, fast speed, and quick reactions. Moreover, the Bobu horse can bear hardships and stand hard work, and is more resistant to rough feeding, which is much easier to serve than the delicate European horse. After all, Moroccans are predominantly nomadic. The most important thing for the horses bred by nomads is to be resistant to rough feeding. Otherwise, with the poverty of the nomads, where can they afford to feed the concentrate? Therefore, any good horse bred by nomads must be resistant to rough breeding. Otherwise, the nomads can't afford it.

This horse from North Africa is clearly well adapted to the hot and dry climate of Senegal. Moreover, it is also very close to transport Bobma from Morocco to Senegal, and the transportation is very convenient.

Therefore, at the same time as sending ships to Gorée, Marin sent men to the colony of Laayoune and ordered the local governor to buy a batch of Bobu horses from the nearby Saad tribe to escape for the musketeers who hunted rhinos.

The Bobu horse has a fast reflexes, speed, and good stamina, making it an excellent mount for escaping the pursuit of the West African black rhinoceros. As long as there were Bobu horses, the musketeers were not afraid to be chased to death by angry rhinoceroses if they failed to shoot. After all, a rhinoceros can't outrun a bob horse.

After reaching an agreement with the Dakar and other tribes, Eschwein began to build a landing dock near the Dakar tribe. The 100 musketeers also began to adapt to the local climate. Along with 100 musketeers, there were more than a dozen craftsmen skilled in working with leather. They would also ride bob horses to facilitate their escape. If the hunt is successful, they will step forward to deal with the rhinoceros, cutting the rhinoceros skin with a short knife and treating the rhino skin. After processing, it was sent to Gorée Island, where it was transported back to the mainland, where it was handed over to craftsmen who specialized in leather armor to make rhinoceros leather armor and supply it to the army......

Of course, it will take some time for Laayoune to buy the Bobma. Therefore, they had to wait until more than 100 Bobu horses arrived before they could go out and hunt rhinos. Before the arrival of the Bobu horse, they took the opportunity to learn some daily communication terms from the local aborigines with the two interpreters, so as to facilitate communication with the local black aborigines and avoid misunderstandings and frictions......