Section 1197 - Poor
Seeing that he had offended the anger of the public, Brudo, the leader of the Tagma tribe, hurriedly smiled and said: "Hehe, don't be angry, don't be angry, I don't just earn this money for myself, a hundred dollars, I take a hundred dollars to support praying for rain, how about it?"
One tribe scolds the other eight tribes, not counting the Huaxia who didn't express their stance and the Hosenmars tribe who came together.
The leader of Brudo, who had always been a philistine, panicked.
One of the leaders of the original eight tribes, Kemara of the Nighthawk tribe, said with a cold face: "It's only a hundred dollars, Brudo, you have earned a thousand dollars, and if you want our forgiveness, you should take it all out." β
The name "Night Eagle" comes from an ancient local language, and because the pronunciation is more obscure, it is easier to understand when translated directly into Chinese.
The tribe still maintained a primitive matriarchal leadership, with a female leader who didn't care about it, but no one kept watching.
Huaxia people don't even take a second look, with the figure of the Tuhei, coupled with their age, it will be a nightmare to take a second look.
Only the hungry will be interested in the women of the Nighthawk tribe, who are often welcome, but often turn into miserable rice, after all, there is more meat and less wolf, and there is not enough portion.
The act of personal heroism in the Night Eagle tribe is purely looking for death, even if it is a pervert, when he hears the name of the Night Eagle, he has to go around, otherwise it is impossible to be released without being squeezed into the human body.
Don't look at the Night Eagle tribe is headed by women, but those female warriors are notoriously crazy and belligerent, quite difficult to mess with, the leader of the Tagoma tribe Brudo said with a bitter face: "No, no, I still have to keep a little, how about supporting two hundred dollars?"
RBQ, RBQ!
"Worthy of the stingy Bludo, everyone is doing their best to organize the rain prayer ceremony, but you are so careful, be careful that the gods will get angry and bring disaster to your tribe. β
The leader of the Takira tribe, Kari, directly called out the nickname of the leader of the Tagma tribe, which is a well-known stingy name.
Brudo is not only stingy with other tribes, but also stingy with the people of his own tribe, the poor temple rich abbot, talking about the Tagoma tribe, and there are many complaints inside.
If it weren't for the locust plague and drought that hit all the tribes indiscriminately, and the Tagoma tribe suffered considerable losses, he would not have taken the opportunity to participate in this rain prayer activity.
The wizard of the Tagoma tribe rolled his eyes, even he hated the chief's petty temperament, and if he hadn't tried his best to persuade him, I'm afraid that the leader of Brudo would not have agreed to join the rain prayer activity.
Wouldn't it be nice to sit back and enjoy it?
The situation of the Horserimas tribe was similar to that of the Tagma tribe, this time the disaster was quite severe, famine, disease, looting, almost in turn, for which many tribesmen died, making the people panic, the tribal leader finally made up his mind, saved some sacrifices, and came at the last minute to participate in the rain prayer ceremony held by several tribes.
"Five hundred, five hundred dollars, no more, our Tegoma tribe is also very difficult!"
The leader of Brudo poured bitter water violently, crying hard and poor, and he didn't know whether he was really poor or false, I am afraid that only he himself knew.
"Seven hundred dollars, take it out or leave! Isn't it good to leave you three hundred dollars? You stingy fellow. β
The female leader of the Nighthawk tribe, Kemala, has a very tough attitude, which is her bottom line.
What's more, there are already ten tribes here plus the Chinese people, and there is not much more Tagoma, and there is not much less Tagoma, which is enough to support this grand rain prayer activity.
"yes, don't fool people with one or two hundred dollars, take out seven hundred dollars or leave, no one is going to force you to stay here. β
Kari, the leader of the Takira tribe, stands directly as the female leader of the Nighthawk tribe, and he really can drive people away.
"Just be it! Stingy Bludo, do you want us to give you a new nickname, called Stingy Bludo? β
The leader of the Yudalala tribe followed together to exert pressure, and the name of the leader of the Tagoma tribe was added to the "hesitant", I am afraid that there will be no face in this area, and even the people in the tribe will be disgraced and unable to raise their heads.
The stingy leader of the Tagoma tribe is not like a native-born black man but more like a cunning white man, and it is no wonder that he would accept the bribes of those white men to watch their rain prayer rituals in a grand manner.
In the past, any foreigner who dared to snoop on the sacred rituals would definitely have his head cut off and used as a sacrificial offering to appease the wrath of the gods.
Listening to the translators around him constantly translate the contradictions and disputes between these indigenous tribal leaders, Luan Zhengwei sipped tea steadily, still not moving.
No matter how happy these local blacks are, they have nothing to do with the Chinese peacekeeping forces, as long as they don't go too far, he won't care.
At dawn tomorrow, the wizards of each tribe will take turns to climb the earthen platform in front of the scaffolding steel pipe shed to "jump the gods" and pray for rain in turn, so that Xiao Li can follow the waves to show the presence of the Chinese people, and then they can call it a day.
As for the rest, the Chinese peacekeepers are not involved in local Somali affairs at all, which should have been a concern for Mogadishu in the first place.
However, it is clear that the Somali government is not even able to manage itself well, let alone want to govern the region, and if it had this strength, I am afraid that there would have been so many warlords and armed tribes of all sizes.
"It's poor enough to fight for a thousand dollars. β
Hearing the interpreter's words, Li Feng shook his head, his monthly allowance is more than 1,000 US dollars, and the treatment of the peacekeeping forces is quite favorable.
This money was not given by the United Nations, but paid by Huaxia.
The United Nations is only a platform for international communication and coordination, and it does not have much surplus food in itself, and it is impossible to pay military salaries to the peacekeeping troops.
Dongying people are often ready to move, and they want to be big hooligans if they want to charge a lot of money, but they are always pressed by Huaxia's understatement, and they can't jump up at all, and they are very aggrieved.
"It's a poor thing to look at!"
Li Bai was quite sympathetic to these dirty people, as if he had never seen money.
Obviously, they have fertile land and a lot of cheap labor, and they can engage in agriculture and handicrafts, accumulate capital little by little, and become bigger and bigger, but these indigenous tribes are begging for food with golden rice bowls, guarding ready-made resources but not knowing how to use them, or they don't want to use them at all, they just want to eat relief all day long, and wait for alms from outsiders.
In Huaxia, any village chief can do better than these indigenous tribal leaders, like this, eat and wait for death, hang all day long, can you have a good life?
Li Bai once went to the poor areas of China, and he still remembers it vividly.
Almost all poor counties and townships are not poor because of laziness, only a few families are poor because of laziness, most of them are because of inconvenient transportation, or they are not competitive, or they cannot find opportunities for economic growth, but in any case, there is still no problem in filling their stomachs.
"Go, it's nothing to do with you, don't show off your wealth!"
Li Feng waved his hand to prevent Li Bai from mixing blindly.
Rich and amazing?!
He really didn't give Li Bai a chance to show off.
"Xiao Li, don't open your mouth, let them continue to make trouble, it's none of our business. β
Luan Zhengwei and the person in charge of the medical team had the same attitude and resolutely excluded Li Bai.
These hard-working indigenous tribes are not having a good time, and they can't even eat enough, to a large extent, they are self-inflicted.
Li Bai is personally rich and can activate the ability to make money, that is his own business, there is no reason to act as a wronged boss at this time, and cheap these black barbarians for nothing.
With these energy, manpower and material resources, it is better to give up praying for rain and do something practical.
For example, mobilize the tribes to build water conservancy projects with all their might, bring in nearby water sources, store rainwater for the rainy season, develop poultry farming, and prepare for the resumption of planting, even if the locust plague is rampant again, they will be able to have a bite to eat no matter what.
There are many animals that eat locusts, and when the locusts explode, raise more chickens and ducks, and these poultry can also follow the explosion.
The incubation cycle of locusts is about 21 days, the incubation time of eggs is also about 21 days, and the incubation time of duck eggs is about 28 days.
It takes about 55 days for the locusts to become adults, and during this time, the chicks and ducklings are enough to form a fighting force, and they can start laying eggs in about 120 days, one egg a day or one egg every other day under the condition of sufficient food.
Just calculating fecundity, locusts do not have any advantage, no matter how many eggs there are, they can't stop ducks from eating chicken shaves, so the eggs and duck eggs produced can also be processed into non-staple foods with higher economic value or fresh eggs from high-quality protein food sources.
Among others who came to Somalia with Li Bai, animal husbandry experts have already begun to organize an explosive breeding project for eggs.
A large number of eggs and poultry fertilized eggs were airlifted from Huaxia, escorted by incubator all the way, and continued to hatch after arriving at the farm.
It is foreseeable that if the drought continues and the locust outbreaks resume, these poultry armies will be able to come in handy, sweeping through the locust-infested areas of Somalia and the surrounding areas with their pointed or flat beaks.
The white men who followed the Tagoma tribe circled the hill and returned to the shed where the tribal leaders were, and looked inside curiously.
Except for the camp of the Chinese people, the other sheds are shabby, except for this temporary structure made of metal steel pipes that stands out like a flock of chickens on the hill.
βHello! Excuse-meβ
The white female with her blonde hair coiled behind her head waved her hand and tried to break into the shed, but was stopped by the tribal warriors guarding outside.
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