Chapter XXXVIII

"Why?" Qin Tian asked suspiciously: "Because you're worried about the militia's retaliation?" I've already told Laeri that I'll let the tribe have its own armed resistance militia! ”

"No, Qin!" Bablu replied: "Not just because of this, but after this?" ”

"You're worried we're going to do you like a militia?" Qin Tian asked.

"I can guarantee that, Chief!" The chief advised Baburu: "They don't force the villagers to join the ranks with guns like the militia, they hire them with commissions, people are free, they can leave at any time!" ”

"I know, Laeri!" Bablu replied, "But have you thought about it...... On the one hand, guns can bring us bad luck, and on the other hand, they will also cut off their assistance to us! ”

"Them?" Qin Tian was still a little confused at first, but soon understood that this "they" referred to the United Nations.

The chief confirmed Qin Tian's speculation, and he said to Qin Tian: "The United Nations only assists refugees, not militants!" ”

This may be true from the UN's point of view, but the irony is that if the people are not armed, most of the relief supplies will fall into the hands of the militants, and the refugees will have no power to resist. And if the people are armed against the militants, they will not be able to get assistance......

"If you can't get help!" Baburu continued: "We simply can't feed ourselves with our income, so what's the use of resisting the militia? ”

Qin Tian and the chief couldn't help but be silent when they heard this.

After listening to the chief's explanation, Bertrand said: "We can help them!" ”

"That's not the way, Bette!" Qin Tian said: "You must know that there are more than 2,000 of them, and they are still for a long time!" ”

As soon as Qin Tian said this, Bertrand stopped talking.

He wasn't a charity, and he didn't want to get involved in it in the first place.

In fact, Qin Tian thinks that this is not feasible because of the problem of money, if he can't even fund more than 2,000 refugees in the future, let alone fight against the "heavy rain" in the future, he will simply surrender now.

Qin Tian was worried that if the "ghosts" came to the aid of the entire tribe...... will raise a large number of idlers, and these idlers have no fighting spirit, because they have only one thing to do, that is, to wait for help.

Don't doubt it, a significant part of Africans are "drunk today" and don't think about anything else.

As a result, everything Qin Tian did was meaningless, he couldn't recruit better soldiers, and at the same time, he couldn't arouse the fighting spirit of the troops, let alone let the troops have some kind of faith.

After thinking about it, Qin Tian said to Bertrand: "The Chinese have a saying, 'It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish', do you know the meaning of this saying?" ”

"What?" Bertrand looked confused.

Qin Tian didn't explain, because it didn't matter, the important thing was that Baburu could understand.

"Honorable Chief!" Qin Tian said to Baburu: "So, I think it's more important to let your people support themselves!" ”

"That's what I think, Qin!" "But you know," sighed, "but we can't catch fish from the sea......"

"That's not what I'm talking about!" Qin Tian said, "Why don't you grow crops? ”

"Growing crops?" Baburu looked at Qin Tian in surprise: "We have always fished for a living, we don't know how to plant!" ”

"I know!" Qin Tian said.

"And the land here is not suitable for farming!"

"Then let's find a suitable piece of land for planting!"

Saying that, Qin Tian spread out the map, then pointed to the Shabelle River and said, "As long as the land is close to the river, it is suitable for planting, it is not far from here!" ”

The Shabelle River flows parallel to the coastline 20 to 25 kilometres in this area until it turns southwest into the Indian Ocean.

In other words, the land suitable for planting is only about 20 kilometers away.

"But we don't have land!" Bablu replied.

"It's not a big deal, is it?" As he spoke, Qin Tian turned his gaze to Bertrand.

"What?" Bertrand was confused because he couldn't understand the tribal language.

Qin Tian could only explain to Bertrand: "I mean buy a piece of land close to the Shabelle River!" ”

"Yes, it's not difficult!" "For example, if we want to build a factory, we can buy a piece of land. And it's still in the suburbs, so it doesn't cost much! ”

It really doesn't cost much, not only because Bertrand said it was in the countryside, but also because Somalia is in the midst of war, agriculture has been destroyed to a great extent, and almost no one is interested in these lands...... When the species comes out, it is for others to rob it.

The chief's eyes lit up as he listened to the plan: "Very good plan, sir. We will have our own armed forces to defend our land, and then we will be able to grow crops on this land to feed ourselves, i.e. without the need for help...... It won't be long before we can live a much better life than we do now! ”

Bablu remained calm.

He was silent for a moment, then said, "I need a tribal meeting to hear from the others!" ”

Qin Tian could understand this, after all, it was not a trivial matter. However, Qin Tian believed that he would not give up such help, unless he was a fool.

But the result once again surprised Qin Tian.

The meeting lasted for more than an hour, and Qin Tian and his group of "S" troops surrounded the open space of the village with pickup trucks to build defenses and set up tents, and even took a few people to walk around the village to investigate how to protect the villagers from the militia before the tribe moved.

Then the chief came back in a rage.

"I'm sorry, sir!" The chief said, "They don't think they can do it!" ”

"Why?" Qin Tian asked, "What's the problem?" ”

"Two sides!" The chief replied, "One is like the chief said, they think that guns will bring bad luck to the tribe. ”

Qin Tian couldn't do anything about this, because it was a matter of their minds.

However, Qin Tian believed that this was not the main reason, because the chief also carried a gun, and he also used the gun to earn commissions for the tribe to feed many people.

As a result, young people will dismiss it, and only the older generation will adhere to this traditional view.

"Another point!" The chief said, "Elder Mopti thinks that you have spared no effort to do this for a purpose, and the purpose is to control the tribe and use our ......"

Qin Tian couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this, the current situation of the tribe could not be worse, even if it was controlled and used, how bad could it be?!