Chapter 418: Gunshots
Oman's home is located more than 100 kilometers west of Kimberley, the diamond capital, in a small place called Kansey, there is a national highway passing by, there is no airport, after a five-hour flight, three planes landed in a place called Fort Nathan, southwest of Kaner. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"The airport was only established last year, and if we had previously had to divert from Kimberley, now it's half the distance." Aman explained to the crowd.
Central South Africa belongs to the plateau, but the altitude is not particularly high, and it does not have any impact on the human body, even if it is a 4C runway, but the airport is not busy, except for their three planes, it seems that there are no other planes, the barbed wire fence on the side of the runway is a wilderness, and the city should not be seen at all, which is not much different from Kutos in Xiao Yang's opinion, but for Rukie, most people who live in the city, it is a novel feeling.
Before arriving, Oman had already rented a car from Kimberley, leaving a team of accompanying personnel to handle the affairs of the airport, and they quickly got into the car with their luggage.
Out of the airport, it is the national highway, the name is quite bluffing, but it is just a gravel road, Xiao Yang They have run all over Africa, they are not used to it, although South Africa is one of the richest countries in Africa, but in terms of transportation, it can only be said that it is not satisfactory, I want to compare with the United States, Italy and other Western countries, hehe......
Highway north, gradually no houses and people, dense bushes on both sides of the road, and sparse bushes, a group of people all to the car with a walkie-talkie, all the way to drive, all the way to chat, half an hour of time quickly passed, after passing through a low valley, the scenery changed, the river that had not been seen before finally appeared, Oman immediately introduced to everyone, from here, the river will gradually increase, and these rivers have become a natural open-pit diamond mine.
Sure enough, the car continued to drive in, and they saw hundreds of people busy in the water with various tools in a river next to the road, and at the request of several girls, the convoy stopped and watched with binoculars on the road for a while.
However, their actions obviously made the guards in the mine nervous, and it was Oman who came forward to explain, so there was no misunderstanding.
You must know that South Africa is not like Kutos, here, every diamond mine is armed guarded, one is not good, and it is normal to exchange fire.
In the exclamation of several girls "so primitive", they set off again and continued to move forward, basically where there is water, there are people panning for diamonds in the water, looking at the figures of children who are a few years old and more than ten years old among those who are covered in muddy water, Doyle will inevitably sigh a little.
After twenty minutes of driving, the group finally saw the houses, and Aman told everyone that from here, slowly there were more houses, and in another ten minutes, they would be able to reach the town.
"Where's your diamond mine?" Lucy had heard that Oman also had a diamond mine at home, and asked curiously.
"It's still ahead, I'll tell you when it's time."
A few minutes later, there was another small river, there was a farm on the other side of the river, there was a lot of corn planted around it, and there was a group of people busy there three or four hundred meters from the roadside, and at this time Oman said on the walkie-talkie that this was their diamond mine, and that farm was their home.
The farm is not small, there are more than a dozen large and small buildings, although most of them are wooden houses, or they are sheds built with grass, but looking at the number of brick and stone structures and buildings next to the main building, you can see that the family situation of this family will definitely not be very bad, you know, although the housing prices in South Africa are not expensive, but the property tax and land management tax are quite not low, to be able to get such a large area of construction, it is definitely not a small household can afford.
"Not bad." After taking a look at the surrounding scenery, Xiao Yang praised it.
"It's good, not far from the city, convenient transportation, arable land, self-sufficient, and profitable, really good farm." Little Ivan also said.
Aman smiled, "My father must like to hear what you say. ”
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The convoy crossed the small bridge and got off the road into the trail, and it was obvious that their arrival had alarmed the people in the farm, and before they could get closer, they saw a lot of people coming out of the farm.
Seeing the men and women who appeared one by one dressed in Zulu national costumes, Xiao Yang knew that Aman had already notified his family that there was a guest coming.
The car drove into the farm, parked and got out of the car one by one, and Aman took the lead in leading the group of people over.
Oman's father is a man as tall as Oman, with a shaved head and a very similar appearance, if it weren't for a certain difference in age, I really thought the two were two brothers.
I don't know if the attitude towards the guests is different from that in private, Oman introduced everyone to him, Xiao Yang only saw enthusiasm and joy in his eyes, and it seemed that there was no old-fashioned and stubborn as Oman said.
"You can call me Nelson, my wives don't know English, they asked me to greet and welcome you on their behalf...... Oman's father may have spoken the language quite well for business reasons, but his wives, including Oman's own mother, do not speak English and can only rely on him to translate.
The Zulu people can take four wives, which everyone has known for a long time, and they have also heard Aman introduce the situation in his family, so they are not surprised at all, and each of them expresses a polite word, and it takes about half an hour for the meeting to end.
The private jet is not a civil airliner, and the 5-hour flight is not too long, and after settling down, several women, especially Rukie, couldn't stay idle, and shouted to see how the diamonds were made, so accompanied by Oman, a group of people changed their outfits and came to the area where the river was working.
I looked at a small river on the road before, but when I arrived, I found that it was actually not a natural river at all, but an artificial river formed by artificial water diversion, a group of people, regardless of gender, old and young, holding a sieve in their hands and loading a shovel of mud in the water to constantly wash it, all of them were covered in muddy water, in Xiao Yang's opinion, it was really nothing to look at, but in the eyes of several women, it was so mysterious.
"How many diamonds do you find in a day?"
"How big do typical diamonds get?"
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Oman was overwhelmed by the endless problems, and finally he had to take them to the shed on the river embankment, "This is the place where the diamonds are collected every day, and there are some questions that I don't know, so I have to ask the person in charge here." ”
A convoy of nearly ten cars came over, and everyone knew at once that the eldest son of the Nelson family was back, whether it was Xiao Yang or Doyle and others, all of them didn't seem to be ordinary people, plus they had heard about what Oman had done, so everyone naturally didn't dare to slack off, and immediately asked and answered.
Naturally, the women were a little disappointed because of the fact that there were not as many diamonds they could get in a day as they thought, and the size of the diamonds was not as big as they thought.
The diamonds they saw from the overseers were the size of a grain of rice, and they lost the idea of trying to find them for themselves, and instead ran to the cornfields to pick corn.
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As soon as the evening came, a bonfire was lit in the open grounds of the farm, and then more men and women dressed in Zulu national costumes appeared than before, and began to lift the long tables out of the room, and then brought out various kinds of objects and put them on the tables.
Xiao Yang is no stranger to this, because in addition to Oman, the Black Mamba also has several brothers who are also Zulu, and they have tinkered with this kind of activity when they were in Kutos, but it is simpler than the current scene.
But for the Doyle family, this is relatively new, even the always elegant Catherine is looking at it with curiosity.
"Is this going to dance?" Suddenly, a group of men with spears came out of the house, followed by some people with drums and instruments they didn't know, and even Zhao Nan was curious, after all, this was a show that Oman and others had never performed.
"yes." Aman nodded, "We Zulu are the bravest people, and all men must be able to dance, and although our tribe and have lived in modern society for many years, we have not forgotten this. ”
"War dance?"
"Yes, the war dance, the dance before the war, in the past, if we Zulu were going to fight, the warriors would dance before they set off."
Because of the relationship between Oman, Xiao Yang has some understanding of the Zulu people, after all, in this Internet era, it is not difficult to understand anything, indeed as Oman said, the Zulu people are a heroic and warlike people, it was established in the eighteenth century, once established the Zulu Kingdom, which was later annexed by the British, and now, this nation is also one of the largest ethnic groups in South Africa.
In the short history of a few hundred years, this race has lived through the Civil War, the War against the British, and then the apartheid at the end of the twentieth century.
In the mood of anticipation, the night was completely dark, and Nelson, as the host, presided over this Zulu welcome to the guests, music, war dance, and eating special food, although some of them were not to everyone's taste, but this did not prevent everyone from being happy.
"Da ......" Just as everyone was immersed in the joyful atmosphere, suddenly there was a burst of gunfire from the direction of the town, in the sound of music, although the gunfire was very weak, but Xiao Yang clearly heard it clearly, it seemed that the gunfire was coming from this side.
What's going on? South Africa isn't very safe, but it's so bad in small towns? If there were only a few big men with them, there would be no need to worry about it at all, but with Doyle and a stick of family members, they couldn't be careless.
Xiao Yang immediately glanced at Little Ivan next to him, withdrew from the crowd, and walked in the direction of parking.
Just in case, they had prepared guys, Xiao Yang took an AR rifle with a low-light scope from the car, and Aman directly took an M249 and was about to walk towards the intersection, when Xuanyuan Zhan, Wu Si'an, and Little Ivan also walked over.
"What's going on?" Little Ivan asked as he opened the trunk of the other car.
Xiao Yang shook his head, "I don't know, I'll go to the intersection with Aman, you guys find your own position, it's better to be careful." ”