From Draculamo to the north, there are still roads in most places, but at the junction of Oyo and Ogun states, many roads are broken.

This is closely related to the political and economic system of Kanem.

Kanem's industrial foundation is extremely weak, the local area is poor, and the indigenous people are strong.

As Africa's largest oil-producing country, its central government relies on crude oil exports for 80% and is almost completely independent of the contribution of local taxation.

In this way, the Kanem federal government is also extremely indifferent to local people's livelihood and municipal construction.

Draculamo City belongs to Ogun Prefecture, and the Longta area where the village of Ipogu is located belongs to Oyo Prefecture.

As a federal state, Kanem, the federal government does not come forward to coordinate, and the coordination and cooperation capabilities between different state governments are even weaker.

This also led to the fact that Lonta, as one of the closest towns to the old capital of Dracula, in Oyo State, does not have a complete road connection.

Fortunately, the broken road is not long, and there are muddy paths between them - a narrow rural wooden bridge connecting the streams and rivers.

This reflects the advantages of off-road motorcycles.

With the map, following the general direction, there were indigenous villagers along the way to guide the road. Cao Mo and Kabuja arrived at Longta at 2 pm.

Longta said it was a town, but seeing that there were mostly simple tin houses on both sides of the gravel road, there were not many decent buildings. It looked worse than the poor towns in the central and western China. It was hard to imagine the town center of the entire Longta area, including Yibo Ancient Village.

When they passed by before, they didn't stop, and they thought this was just a backward township with relatively dense population in Oyo State.

Arriving at Longta again, parked Lindao Motorcycle on the side of the road, Cao Mo took out his cell phone and found that even if it was weak, there was still a signal.

This shows that there are signal transmission towers nearby. No matter how far the Longta area is lagging behind, it is not as far behind as it is isolated from the world.

In addition to the mobile phone signal in Longta, Cao Mo and his team also saw a simple gas station next to the highway, with only a small oil storage tank less than two meters high, standing alone on the open space in front of several cement rooms.

When I passed by, I didn't notice it, and it was really inconspicuous.

Cao Mo and Kabuja stepped forward to inquire, there was gasoline and diesel supply.

There is only one oil storage tank on the site. Cao Mo doesn’t know how the merchants supply gasoline and diesel at the same time, but this is good news.

If they can contract the gold mine project in Yibo's ancient village, diesel and other most urgently needed materials, they can purchase them from Longta without having to go to Catero, the capital of Oyo State, 140 or 50 kilometers away.

That's really a waste of time.

Longta Town is only seven or eight kilometers away from the Yibo Ancient Tribe. In the early stage, they were short of funds and could hire villagers to use livestock to transport diesel.

In the 21st century, Cao Mo felt that he was planning to use a ox cart to transport diesel, but this was West Africa, which had just entered the 21st century.

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From Longta to Yibo Ancient Village, it is already considered to have entered the border forest area between Kanem and Benin.

The rugged road is located in a shallow valley, and next to the road is the turbid and turbulent Lujiaochuan River after the rainy season.

Seeing Cao Mo and Kabuja appeared again, the children in the village surrounded him excitedly and chased two off-road motorcycles in the wilderness on both sides of the Nigui Road.

This time, Cao Mo also brought sugar cubes, bread and other foods, parked the car in front of the glutinous yard of the old chief Felician's house, and distributed the sugar cubes and bread to the children.

"mr. Cao..." The girl Lily ran over excitedly.

"Where are the chief?" Cao Mo didn't need Kabuja to see the young girl Lily, and his expression rose like a wild dog in heat. He asked where the old chief Lily had gone.

"In the temple..." Lily pointed to the direction of the temple, and the happy leader Cao Mo and Kabuja went over.

The temple is probably the most spectacular building in the ancient village of Yibo, but in Cao Mo's eyes, it is just Er.

The tall red rammed earth walls and gray-white rock pillars are full of traces of wind erosion. They stand deep in the woods that deviate from the center of the village, giving a sense of mysterious vicissitudes.

Cao Mo heard Kabuja say that before the Portuguese merchant ships docked at the Salt Lake Island in Dracula, they, the Yoruba people, established a kingdom in the Longta area, and the Ipo Ancient Temple - which translates as the Snake Temple, has a very important position in the history of the Yoruba Kingdom.

Cao Mo briefly settled in Yibo Ancient Village. He didn't know what the locals were forbidden, and he didn't come over to watch the fun.

However, after the disaster in Yibo Ancient Village last time, he intuitively felt that it was almost telepathic and became more intense and sharp.

This made him feel a little guilty and afraid when he saw a corner of the red clay wall exposed deep in the woods.

He was even more reluctant to go to the Snake Temple with Lily to meet the old chief Filitian, so he decided to wait here for the old chief Filitian to come back after finishing his work.

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The girl Lily couldn't wait, so she happily ran to the Snake God Temple to help Cao Mo inform him. After a while, she dragged the old chief Filitian over.

Kanem's average life expectancy is only in his forties.

Of course, locals get married and have children early.

The old chief Filician had a gully wrinkle on his face, and his tall figure had already been hunched over, and his curled short hair was grey. He could not tell how old he was.

The old chief Filician did not feel too old, and he looked at Cao Mo's empty hands shamelessly.

Cao Mo resisted the urge to pat his forehead.

As for the promised "Yipogu's Kiss", as for the promised "Snake God's favor", you can't always think about receiving gifts, should you change this bad habit?

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Walking into the main house of the old chief's house, Cao Mo sat down and told him about the conflicts between him and Yang Deshan and Guo Jian, as well as his intention to cooperate with Yibo Ancient Village to mine gold. He said that he would not hide it and let the old elder Philip An know.

Kabuja was quite surprised.

Although Yibo Ancient Village is dilapidated, it does not mean that there are no people in the village who have seen the world.

Now it is a business negotiation. Where can I get up and hand over my bottom?

In his eyes, Cao Mo was still a little cunning in the past. Where did this cunning force go?

Cao Mo naturally had his considerations.

When he came over, he was full of thought that the old chief's affection for him was his greatest advantage, but this shameless person always thought about receiving gifts, and Cao Mo felt a little guilty again.

No matter what, Cao Mo still knew very well.

Even if he didn't say anything now, he had negotiated an agreement that was absolutely beneficial to him with the old chief, but when Yang Deshan and Guo Jian rushed over and put forward a more favorable cooperation suggestion, the old chief directly tore up the agreement. Can he still hold on to this shameless old discussion contract and be honest?

He is not qualified to say beautiful words like "business is business" yet?

No matter how guilty he is, if he wants to accomplish something, his only advantage is that he can only hope that the old chief can trust him more.

Then he cannot destroy this trust.

Not only did he tell him about the conflicts between him and Yang Deshan and Guo Jian, as well as the advantages and conditions that Yang Deshan and Guo Jian had, he also proposed several choices in terms of cooperation.

The best choice Cao Mo was looking forward to was naturally to contract the gold mines and nearby land and hire the staff of the original gold mining team. The old chief directly occupied the corresponding dry shares in the gold mining company he wanted to register and establish, and then he would get dividends according to the share ratio.

Compared with Yang Deshan, Guo Jian and others, he has no advantage in this choice.

Yang Deshan and Guo Jianneng took out 300,000 to 400,000 US dollars to buy the entire set of equipment at once, increasing the scale of gold mining in Yibo Gu Village by hundreds of times. Even if the old chief holds 20% of the shares, his income will increase twenty times compared to before.

And what about him?

Only by initially, we can invest 20,000 US dollars and optimize the process. In the early stage, we can increase the scale of gold mining in Yibo Ancient Village ten times or twenty times, which is quite ideal. The old chief holds the same shares and his income can only double compared to before.

Kanem's overall education level is extremely backward, but it does not mean that no one has been educated.

Lily can also speak extremely fluent English. According to tribes, Lily's father is also a scholar - English is the official language of Kanem. Locals with junior high school education are fluent in English, but in a tribe, they may not be able to find ten or eight people.

The worst choice is that he gave up his dominance and provided necessary equipment and technical support to help the old chief Philipian improve the scale and efficiency of gold mining. He charged a certain amount of equipment rental and technical service rewards.

However, the villagers, including the old chief, do not have the experience of corporate management. It is difficult for Cao Mo to provide equipment and technical support to improve efficiency at once.

There is another option, that is, the old chief can divide the mining area, and Cao Mo only contracted a small area.

With the investment he can make now, even if he only sets out a dozen acres of small mining areas, it is enough for him to work for a long time.

Cao Mo knew his disadvantages and did not even expect to squeeze out Yang Deshan, Guo Jian and the others. His current strategy is to try his best to seize the opportunity he can seize.

Even a small opportunity means the beginning.

"Mr. Cao, you are the one favored by Yibogu. I look forward to your return and believe that you can bring good luck to the tribe,"

The old chief Felician thought for a while, but after all, he didn't turn against him because Cao Mo came empty-handed this time, and said,

"I am old, and I don't have the energy to deal with too complicated people and things. The people who could take over the gold mine and tribe are unwilling to come back - I can hand over the gold mine to you for management. I can only get 20% of the final dividend, but you must also ensure that the monthly dividend cannot be less than 300,000 naira..."

To put it bluntly, just agree to a guaranteed dividend.

The guaranteed dividend of 300,000 naira per month is a big number in the local area, but the exchange rate is converted to only one thousand US dollars, which is about twice the monthly output of the quarrying point in Yibo Ancient Village at this time.

This is probably the best choice Cao Mo expects. Even though his intuition told him that the old chief was sincere, he still asked with some uncertainty:

"Chief, are you sure you will make a decision after meeting Yang Deshan and Guo Jian?"

"It is no need to see each other. Those who abandon their companions for the sake of their interests are not trustworthy. Besides, I will not betray the Snake God's oracle." Filichian said.

Is it really good to be bitten by a poisonous snake?

Cao Mo suddenly felt that the Yibo village was backward and conservative, and it was a bit cute...
Chapter completed!