Chapter 165: Spend more money
Ever since he suspected that there was a gold mine here, Zheng Jing searched for several kilometers in the surrounding area for several days.
In addition to searching in the wild, Zheng Jing would also go to the surrounding tribes and ask the chiefs of the tribes.
From their mouths, Zheng Jing got bad news.
That is, this place has already been conquered and explored, and there are no veins here.
Hearing this news, Zheng Jing was a little unconvinced.
Since there are no veins here, where did the two boxes of gold come from?
It can't be found somewhere else, right?
Moreover, the shape of the gold is similar, and it looks like it was found in a gold mine.
Therefore, Zheng Jingcai suspected that there was a gold mine nearby.
Although he didn't get the news of the gold mine in the mouths of these chiefs, Zheng Jing was not without the slightest gain.
He received a lot of good things in these tribes.
For example, bison horn, made animal skins.
For their tribes, these things are not worth much at all, so let Zheng Jing pick up a bargain.
In addition to these, Zheng Jing took out the tiger skin he had obtained in Bangladesh and asked the chieftain of the Rock Tribe to make it for him.
At first, the chief of the Rock Tribe was startled when he saw the tiger skin in his hand.
Curiously asked him where he got the call.
Zheng Jing told him that he was killed in Bangladesh.
Hearing Zheng Jing talk about his travels in Bangladesh, Chief Rock longed for it, and repeatedly said that he would go to Asia when he had time.
Because the tiger skin is very large, and the weather is good and bad, it took five days to make it.
The finished tiger skin is soft and smooth, and it is particularly comfortable to cover the body.
Zheng Jing stayed in the Okavango Delta for a total of eight days, and only after he was sure that there were no gold mines here, he left with what he received in the space.
Although he didn't find gold this time, he also harvested rare items such as horns and hides at a very low price.
There is no shortage of buyers for these things, either in the country or in the world.
He knows rich people too well, in addition to food, clothing, housing and transportation, these people's favorite collection is some rare items that are not common.
Back in Gaborone, the modern city made Zheng Jing feel a little disconnected.
After staying in the original place for a long time, it is still a little uncomfortable to return to the modern era.
Back at the hotel, Zheng Jing returned the car first.
This time he rented a car beyond the period written in the contract, so Zheng Jing also paid a fee.
Back in the room, the first thing Zheng Jing did was to take a bath.
After spending so many days in the desert and the Okavango Delta, he hadn't taken a shower, and he was already uncomfortable.
After taking a bath for an hour, Zheng Jingcai came out of it with ease.
Lying on the bed, Zheng Jing took out his mobile phone.
Found a lot of missed calls and text messages.
Zheng Jing replied one by one.
After replying to the message, Zheng Jing suddenly thought of something and called Chen Sai.
The phone was connected, and Chen Sai was an inquiry.
"What are you doing, why can't you get through on the phone?"
"Uncle Chen, I was on the prairie a few days ago, there was no signal there, and I just returned to the hotel when I saw your call."
"You're going to Africa?"
When Chen Sai heard about the savannah, the first thing he thought of was Africa.
"Yes, I'm in Botswana right now."
Hearing the name of the country, Chen Sai instantly knew that the place where Zheng Jing went was the Okavango Delta.
He was all too familiar with the country, having been there several times before.
"I see, what, what are you going to say on the phone?"
Zheng Jing thought for a while and said, "That's the case, didn't I send you that test result last time?" Is there anything special about it? ”
Hearing this, Chen Sai thought of the photo Zheng Jing sent him.
"You said this, I found someone to see it, judging from the test results, this unknown tree has great research value, you can go to the capital after you come back, and I will introduce a few people to you when the time comes."
"Who is it?"
Zheng Jing asked curiously.
Chen Sai laughed and said, "You'll know when you come." ”
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zheng Jing had no choice but to suppress his curiosity in his heart.
Later, the two talked again and hung up.
After hanging up the phone, Zheng Jing dialed Wu Shixun again.
As soon as the phone was connected, Wu Shixun was heard asking where he was.
Hearing that Zheng Jing was in Africa, Wu Shixun asked with concern: "I can't get through to call you, a few of us still think something happened to you." You're okay now, aren't you? ”
"It's okay, I just came back from the prairie. It's not like I saw you calling me and calling you as soon as I got back. ”
"That's good, it's okay. When will you be back? ”
Zheng Jing looked at the flight and said, "The plane the day after tomorrow will arrive home the day after tomorrow." ”
Hearing that Zheng Jing came back the day after tomorrow, Wu Shixun said: "Okay, when you come back, you will say it in the group, and we will get together when the time comes." ”
"Uncle Wu, how many of you are together?"
"Yes, the day after tomorrow, Poly is going to hold a special exhibition of Qing Dynasty items in Ocean City, and Hu Wenwen and I have already agreed to participate.
I was thinking of informing you, but who knew you weren't at home. ”
Hearing that Poly was going to hold a special session of Qing Dynasty items in Haiyang City, Zheng Jing was moved.
Unfortunately, he can't go back.
"It's a pity, you guys take me a few videos when the time comes, so I can see what's there."
"Okay, I'll post the video to the group when the time comes, and let you take a good look at it then."
"Okay, that's it, I'll talk to a few of them, and you won't have to call them one by one."
Wu Shixun knew that Zheng Jing was fine, and he was also relieved.
Since he met him on the plane, he really regarded Zheng Jing as his own.
Especially when they learned about Zheng Jing's life experience, several of them directly asked Zheng Jing to change his words and asked him to call them uncle.
In fact, they wanted Zheng Jing to call them grandpa.
Hanging up the phone, Zheng Jing opened WeChat and saw that there was a chat in the group.
Zheng Jing smiled, took out an ivory from the space, took a photo and sent it.
Several people who were chatting were stunned when they saw the photo sent by Zheng Jing.
Zhang Zhiyuan saw the thing in the photo, and was surprised to pick up the eyes on the side.
Well, a whole tusk.
Thinking of Wu Shixun saying just now that Zheng Jing is in Africa, this is hunting elephants?
As a carver, Hu Wenwen's breathing became rapid when he saw this tusk.
The granddaughter next to him, who was learning to carve with him, heard his breathing and hurriedly walked over and patted him on the back.
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?"
Hu Tao followed her grandfather's gaze to her phone, and when she saw the photo, her hand slowly stopped.
This is ivory.
Wang Yangming: "This is ivory? Zheng boy, are you going to Africa to hunt? ”
Qian Jin: "You're not really going to Africa to hunt, are you?" ”
Hu Wenwen: "Xiao Zheng, your three masters love you the most, and you also know that I will carve it, and you have to hand over this ivory to me." ”
Wu Shixun: "Okay, you old Hu, you..."
Wu Shixun hadn't finished speaking, and suddenly saw Zheng Jing send another photo.
When I opened it, I saw five intact tusks on the stall.
Wu Shixun: "......"
Wang Yangming: "........."
Zhang Zhiyuan: "........."
Hu article: "??? ”
Qian Jin: "\(?'(?)?) /”
Several people were dumbfounded for an instant.
Hu Tao was about to leave, and his mouth grew in shock when he saw the photo sent by Zheng Jing.
"Is this the one Grandpa said he was?"
Wu Shixun: "Xiao Zheng, you are still young, but don't commit crimes." ”
Zhang Zhiyuan: "That's right, you're still young, but don't embark on the road of crime." ”
Zheng Jing: "What are you talking about, I received this from the tribe and bought it with money." I received something other than ivory. ”
Subsequently, Zheng Jing took out bison horns, hippopotamus teeth, hippopotamus skin, crocodile skin, python skin, antelope horns, and antelope leather zebra skins, and put them together to take a photo.
Seeing the things on this photo, the five people in the group fell silent instantly.
After a long time, Hu Wenwen said: "How much did you spend on these things? ”
Zheng Jing calculated for a moment and said, "It's not expensive, it's only more than 30,000 yuan when converted into RMB." ”
Hearing this price, Qian Jin asked, "Is it considered ivory?" ”
Zheng Jing: "No, the ivory is a thousand." ”
Wu Shixun "......??? ……”
Hearing that there were actually 1,000 ivory, Wu Shixun and a few people hurriedly asked, "Where did you go, and do you have any more?" ”
Zheng Jing: "Don't think about it, just these few roots, I'm still lucky, there are not many Europeans and Americans in this season, otherwise these ivory will be bought by those people in Europe and the United States." ”
What Zheng Jing said was true, he had been to more than a dozen tribes around him in the days he was looking for gold mines, and he didn't see any ivory.
He asked, and the chiefs said that the ivory had been bought by the white men last year.
He's late.
If it weren't for the fact that the weather was hot at this time, and he came early, he wouldn't have been able to buy the animal skins that these tribes had preserved.
For Zheng Jing, spending 30,000 yuan to buy a lot of fur, horns, antelope horns and teeth is simply picking up a super big leak.
Hearing Zheng Jing's words, Wu Shixun and the others were envious.
Envy those who buy ivory for a small amount of money.
Zhang Zhiyuan: "No wonder there are so many ivory products in those countries in Europe and the United States, it turns out that this is the case. ”
Hu Wenwen: "By the way, can you bring these things back?" ”
Hearing Wu Shixun's words, several people were stunned for a moment, yes, can this thing be brought back?
If nothing else, ivory is impossible to bring back.
Zheng Jing: "Don't worry, I will definitely be able to bring it back, and I will give each of you a zebra skin when the time comes." ”
Hearing Zheng Jing say this, several people remembered what Zheng Jing did.
Since you travel all over the world, there must be some special channels.
Qian Jin: "Okay, we'll wait." ”
After chatting with them for a while, Zheng Jing saw that the time was not early, and decided to go out for a walk.
"Uncles talk first, I'll go out for a walk first, I haven't had a good look here yet."
"Then you can go, and we'll talk about it when you get back."
Putting the phone aside, Zheng Jing took out a suit of clothes to change into.
Don't know what to do in this city?
After getting dressed, Zheng Jing took his mobile phone and locked the door and walked down.
"Hello sir, are you going out?"
As soon as I came downstairs, the front desk greeted me warmly.
Seeing his bald head shining in the light, Zheng Jing said with a smile: "Yes, I haven't gone out to have a look when I came here, by the way, do you have any recommendations?" ”
Gaborone was not familiar with it, and he didn't know what to do here.
The front desk thought for a moment and took out a map from under the table.
"It's got all the sights in Gaborone, you can follow the map and see them."
Taking the map, Zheng Jing glanced at it and said to the front desk: "Okay, thank you." ”
"You're welcome sir, have a nice time."
Walking out of the hotel, Zheng Jing followed President Avenue to the Kewpie River not far away.
The Kewpie River is a tributary of the Limpopo River, known as the Catlon River in the upper reaches.
It's May, and the Kewpie River doesn't have a lot of water.
On the banks of the river, some people were fishing.
Zheng Jing looked up and saw that the sun had already risen overhead, and now it was the hottest time.
Sure enough, in order to fish, these people can really sit in the sun.
Shaking his head, Zheng Jing walked downstream along the riverbank.
Not long after walking along the Kewpie River, Zheng Jing looked up and found that he was going somewhere.
Coming to the side of the road, there is an intersection ahead, and at the left junction, there is a bridge over the Kewpie River.
After looking at the map given by the front desk, the weather was too hot, and Zheng Jing was going to eat first.
It's not too far from the Central Business District and it's also the busiest part of Gaborone.
Zheng Jing was going to go there and have a look.
"Dumaig La, in a car?"
"Don't sit, thank you."
On the way to the business district, there are many taxi drivers who will stop and ask if they can take the car.
Zheng Jing refused every time.
He has now seen the buildings in the business district, and it is not cost-effective to take a car.
It turned out that the American embassy was in this place.
Zheng Jing took out the map and looked at it, and found that in addition to the American embassy, the Zimbabwean embassy was also here.
Opposite the embassy, is the Marriott Hotel.
Around these embassies, there are a lot of shops and restaurants.
Seeing the students walking out of the restaurant and the store, Zheng Jing guessed that there should be another school here.
Continue to walk along the road, and soon Zheng Jing came to the central commercial street.
Looking at the red signboard erected on the side of the road, Zheng Jing looked up and saw that there were many brand names on it.
Except for a few familiar brands he knew, he didn't know anything else at all.
It seems that he will have to learn to spend money in the future, and he will not be able to open a museum for a while, so he can play more while he is still young, and he is not short of money anyway.
Come to the Field Mall, which is a very modern shopping center.
At first glance, Zheng Jing thought that he had come to Vientiane City.
He has been to Vientiane City, and he looks very similar to it.
I counted it, there are three floors, and I don't know if there is another layer below.
On the first floor is the lobby, and on both sides of the lobby are shops on both sides.
Zheng Jing took a look and found that these shops all sold clothes and shoes.
Most of the shops sell clothes worn by women.
Seeing this, Zheng Jing was furious.
When will we men be able to stand up?
Coming to the elevator, Zheng Jing looked at the guidance sign.
The hotels are on the third floor.
Zheng Jing took a look in the hall, and there was no elevator to the third floor.
came to the second floor, Zheng Jing didn't take a closer look, and took the elevator directly to the third floor.
Coming to the third floor, Zheng Jing saw a Brazilian barbecue restaurant at first sight.
Smelling the smell of barbecue coming from inside, Zheng Jing looked left and right and did not go in.
I don't eat barbecue on a hot day.
Good guys, is this an Indian restaurant?
See the name of the shop, Brahmin Restaurant?
Oh my boy, that's a great name.
If this is in India, this store must not be closed on the spot?
Maybe the name won't be approved.
Seeing the Indian restaurant, Zheng Jing thought of the yellow and thin food.
No, I can't think about it, it's smelly.
After retching twice, Zheng Jing hurriedly left from the front of the restaurant.
Seeing Zheng Jing's back, the waiter standing in front of the door looked confused.
After looking at half of the shops, Zheng Jing came to the other side.
There is no Chinese restaurant here, but unfortunately, he still wants to taste the Chinese food here is not authentic.
After looking at all the hotels, Zheng Jing already had a choice.
In front of a Spanish restaurant, Zheng Jing walked in.
"Welcome."
"Is there a place?"
"Yes, sir, come here."
Walking into the hotel, Zheng Jing followed the waiter to the position near the window on the left.
"Can you look here?"
Zheng Jing nodded, looked at it, and said with satisfaction: "Yes, this place is very good." Come on, order food. ”
"Here's our menu, what do you want to eat?"
After taking the menu, Zheng Jing opened it and looked at it.
He only knows a Spanish ham, but also a pastime called "bullfighting".
"Do you have any recommendations?"
After reading the menu, Zheng Jing didn't know what to eat, so he decided to ask the waiter.