The request for help from the hunting party was led by the Dakar chieftain Maghan. As a young man, Chief Maghan traveled to the Niger River, the heart of the Mali Empire. There, Maghan saw agricultural life on the banks of the Niger River.

On the banks of the Niger River, farmers in the Mali Empire grow crops such as rice, sorghum and cotton. It seems that the local agricultural technology was brought back from Egypt by emissaries sent by the Mali Empire to make a pilgrimage to Mecca in the early years.

Since the conversion of the Mali Empire, it has often sent people on pilgrimage to Mecca. Even, Mansa. Emperors like Musa personally led a pilgrimage to Mecca. The pilgrimage route from the Mali Empire to Mecca relied mainly on camels, first through the Sahara Desert and into North Africa. Then it heads east, into Egypt, and finally into the Hejaz region. The custom of growing rice, sorghum and cotton in the Mali Empire was learned from the Egyptians halfway through the pilgrimage.

When he traveled to the heart of the Mali Empire, Chief Maghan was envious of the agricultural activities on the banks of the Niger River. Because, in the villages of those areas where agriculture is engaged, the people have a stable source of food. The chiefs of the land were also very rich. Unlike Senegal, the border region of the Mali Empire, even he, the chief, is a poor ghost.

Because of his extensive knowledge, after seizing the land originally occupied by rhinoceros, the Dakar chief Maghan had the idea of engaging in agriculture in the local area.

However, before his idea could be realized, he discovered that the elephant herds had broken into these areas......

An elephant eats 300 kilograms of grass a day, and 30 elephants can eat 9,000 kilograms of grass a day! If these elephants are allowed to eat indiscriminately, then should they engage in agriculture? If you let those elephants break into the farmland, the consequences are unimaginable!

If this had happened on the banks of the Niger River, at the heart of the Mali Empire, that would not have been a problem. Because, the Mali Empire can touch the army to hunt those rhinos and elephants. Because, through the gold trade, the Mali Empire had a large number of copper and iron weapons in its hands, and even many war horses. As long as an army equipped with metal weapons is dispatched, even the ferocious black rhinoceros is no match.

However, Senegal is a border area of the Mali Empire. The natives here have no metal weapons or war horses, and of course they can't beat the black rhinoceros of West Africa, and they don't dare to mess with the elephant herd.

So, after thinking about it, the well-informed Dakar chief Maghan approached the Senegalese Fur Company and asked Royce and other masters with "supernatural abilities" to help hunt elephants. Only when these "big stomachs" are dead can the locals develop agriculture with peace of mind......

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Royce was a little troubled, because elephant skin is no less thick than rhinoceros skin. It's just that the hardness is not as high as rhinoceros leather. However, if you want to hunt elephants, it is difficult to achieve the effect of ordinary lead bullets, and you must use steel ball bullets.

But the problem is that because the production of steel ball bullets is more troublesome, they don't have many steel ball bullets in their hands. Although after hunting rhinos, they can also recover some of the steel ball bullets, but the limited steel ball bullets in their hands are mainly used to hunt rhinos, and they cannot be wasted on hunting elephants......

In desperation, Royce had no choice but to refer the matter to Eschwein, the head of Gorée Island, and let him make a decision.

Eschwein has not yet expressed his opinion, but the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge. Morality. The representative of Rencastre, Mr. Mido, was excited:

"Promise them! Promise them! ”

Eschwein was a little surprised, but Mr. Mido was quick to give the answer:

"Ivory! Hunt elephants to get ivory! Ivory is very valuable, and it belongs to the interests of our Lord Duke. Therefore, I hope that the musketeers of your country will help hunt those elephants. That's ivory! Ivory! ”

"However, we have a limited number of ballball bullets...... "Eschwein hesitated.

"I don't care! I don't care! If the interests of our Lord Duke are not guaranteed, I will apply for Lord Duke to cancel the Fur Company on Gorée Island! We can't earn it, and you don't want to get rhino skins! Mido said.

Indeed, Marin and the Duke of Coimbra had agreed before that the rhinoceros horn and ivory would be owned by the Duke of Coimbra, and the rest of Marin would take care of it.

That is, the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge. Morality. Lencestre's point of interest lies in rhinoceros horn and ivory. Rhino horn aside, the ivory currently purchased by the company is mainly from the tusks taken from the dead elephants in the elephant cemetery by the local natives.

The custom of elephants is very strange, when an elephant feels that it is about to die, it will voluntarily leave the herd and go to a cemetery-like place, waiting for death. This cemetery is full of bones of dead elephants, also known as the "elephant cemetery".

Because the local aborigines can't beat the elephant herd, the ivory obtained by the locals is basically picked up from the elephant cemetery. But the number of elephants that die of old age each year is limited, and as a result, there are not many tusks that the local indigenous people can pick up.

However, if you use a Mushkert musket to shoot steel balls, you can still hunt elephants. Moreover, the hunting members of the Senegalese Fur Company on Bob horses were not afraid of the retaliatory pursuit of the elephants. Because, the elephant can't outrun the Bobu horse at all.

If elephants can be hunted normally, the number of ivory obtained by the Senegalese Fur Company will be greatly increased. You know, there are twenty or thirty elephants in a herd. If a few more elephants were to be hunted, the number of ivory would be very impressive.

And if he can get enough ivory, Mido is sure that he will be able to get the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge. Morality. Lencastre's appreciation, and was promoted and reused.

Therefore, Mido did not hesitate to play tricks and threaten Eschwein. However, the Senegalese fur company also needs a special authorization from the Portuguese side. After all, Senegal was the sphere of influence of the Portuguese. If you don't want to have bad news about Portugal's war, you still need the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge. Morality. Rencastel helped to play cover.

In desperation, Eschwein had no choice but to explain the situation:

"Mr. Mido, it's not that we don't want to hunt elephants. Mainly, the steel ball bullets we use to hunt rhinos are troublesome to produce and produce less. Under the premise that a large number of rhinoceros needs to be hunted, our steel ball bullets are simply not enough to hunt a large number of elephants. You also know that elephant skin is no thinner than rhinoceros skin, and you need to use steel ball bullets! ”

Mido thought for a moment and said:

"Then I don't care, we need ivory! If there is a shortage of steel ball bullets, you can apply to your Grand Duke and apply for more steel ball bullets to be produced locally. No, your first batch of rhinoceros skins is also going to be sent back to China, right? You can take an application report with you to return home with the ship! ”

"Okay, I'll try to make an application report!" Eschwein said helplessly.

"It's not a try, it's a must! You know, the right to run the company is actually in our hands. None of you can operate in West Africa without our mandate. So, this is not a suggestion, but a notice. Presumably, your grand guild agrees with our proposal......" Mido said confidently.

Eschwein really couldn't refute Mido's words. Because, what Mido said was the truth......