Chapter 27: Raiders of Mogadisha
After obtaining permission, Chu Feng and his party, led by two black brothers, put away their weapons and came to the slums.
Entering the innermost area, Abadi Efuya was already waiting for them.
He is dressed in a white cotton robe, with a small garden hat on his head, and a floral cloth folded into long thin strips on his shoulders, which shows the owner's unusual status. On his exposed feet, he wears a t-shirt with the back part of the heel exposed.
Leather sandals.
The face was surrounded by a piece of white cotton, so the person's appearance could not be clearly seen, but the sharp eyes revealed showed that it was not that simple to understand this person.
This is the underground emperor of Mogadishu, who controls 80% of Mogadishu's army and the only dock in Somalia.
He controls the military power and finance. In Mogadishu, you would rather offend the government than offend Everya, because offending the government will result in a fine and expulsion, while offending Everya will make your life worse than death.
"In the name of Allah, friends from the East, tell us why you came. If you come with good intentions, we will have sweet camel milk. If you come with bad intentions, we will make them regret coming to Somalia."
After saying that, Abadi Evera took out a golden Desert Eagle and placed it on the table next to him.
Chu Feng remained unmoved and sat on a chair by himself, while Chu Yun and the four guards also stood behind Chu Feng.
"Abadi Efua, in 1991, the Barre regime in Somalia was overthrown, and the country fell into the chaos of warlords. At that time, he was only 12 years old and was captured by the warlords in his hometown of Pentland Province to serve as a soldier. He soon became a soldier.
He established a firm foothold in the military camp with his bravery and ruthlessness.
When he was fifteen years old, he followed the warlord leader back to the village where he was born. When he found out that his parents had already died of illness due to poverty, he burned down the entire village.
Because of this "brave performance", the warlord leader immediately admired him, and soon made him the platoon leader, and promoted him to the commander of the unit within two years.
At the age of 21, he led his cronies to shoot to death the warlord leader who was accompanying him, proclaimed himself king, and seized the title of the number one warlord in Pentland Province."
Chu Feng, who was sitting on the chair, seemed to be talking about something insignificant.
Abadi Evera's expression did not change: "Everyone knows these things."
The corner of Chu Feng's mouth raised slightly, and then he said: "Six accounts in Swiss banks, each account contains different funds, gold, and 12,563,425 Citicoins. There are twenty-two strongholds, tsk tsk...and..."
"That's enough!" Abadi Evera did not sit still this time. He felt a sense of fear of being stripped naked and exposed to the sun.
This person is so terrifying. He has never told anyone these things, even if he doesn’t understand them so clearly, but he has been stripped of everything by this person. It’s so terrifying that he can’t let him continue talking.
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When people outside heard Efuya's voice, a dozen of his henchmen rushed in with AK-47s.
"Get out!" Everya drove away his men with red eyes.
"Tell me, what is your purpose?" Everya stared at Chu Feng in front of him.
"It's nothing, I just want to cooperate with you."
Chu Feng's tone remained unchanged.
"What kind of cooperation?" Everya was a little surprised. He originally thought that Chu Feng knew that he was a loser and would blackmail him. He was prepared to fight to the death, but he was still a little unbelievable when he heard Chu Feng's request.
"Leave the Mogadishu port to me. Of course, it is still yours in name."
"Impossible! I will not betray my country," Everya said coldly.
The main ports in Somalia include the Port of Mogadishu, the Port of Kismayo, the Port of Berbera and the Port of Bosaso. The bulk cargo throughput of Mogadishu Port in 2016 was nearly 720,000 tons, and 128 container ships arrived at the port.
94,400 TEU. Most of Efua’s revenue is provided by port leases.
If he gave it to Chu Feng, not only would his source of funds be cut off, but he would also be unable to make his subordinates work for their lives. Most importantly, he would be Somalia's eternal sinner.
Although I am not a good person, I am a Somali, so I will not betray my country even if I die.
Hearing Efuya's words, Chu Feng smiled instead of getting angry.
"Very good, this is a worthy partner. If you ask and agree readily..."
Before he finished speaking, Chu Feng picked up the attack particle gun behind the guard robot and fired a shot towards the roof two seconds later.
There was no amazing sound or brilliant light. A round hole with a diameter of about half a meter appeared on the roof. The reinforced concrete seemed to have never appeared. The light from outside came in, like a beam of light, and it also hit Efua's heart.
superior.
"Gudong" Everya's heart seemed to be in his throat, adrenaline was secreted crazily, and his brain wanted to let this body escape from here quickly, but his body couldn't move. He could only stare at the shot.
The hole that comes out.
The mask on his face also fell off, and his carefully trimmed beard was trembling slightly.
This overturned Evera's cognition. It was really terrible. It could cause so much damage silently. If it were shot on a person...
"Who are you? Are you an alien?"
The tone of Evera's words changed.
"Haha, friend, don't be nervous, I am an out-and-out human being but I have a higher level of technology..."
Chu Feng answered with a smile, but in his heart he praised Efuya, "You guessed it right, this is simply alien technology!"
"It's not too late to decide on my cooperation method first, right?"
Chu Feng continued without waiting for Everya to speak. The battle must be resolved quickly, and the country is still waiting. If the delay is too long, there is no telling what will happen.
"You said." After all, he is a heroic figure. Although he is afraid in his heart, it is not visible on his face.
"I am only renting the Mogadishu Port. I will be responsible for all the security of the port. Moreover, I will increase the infrastructure construction of the Mogadishu Port and open factories in Somalia."
“Why Somalia?”
Hearing Chu Feng's words, Everya was even more puzzled. Logically speaking, the investment environment in China is much better than that in Somalia. Although he didn't want to blackmail his own country, Everya knew this place better than anyone else, so he was even more puzzled.
"mineral!"
Chu Feng's directness made Everya feel relieved.
Somalia is one of the least developed countries. Its economy is dominated by animal husbandry and its industrial base is weak.
Somalia has 8.2 million hectares of arable land, accounting for 13% of the country's land area. There are only more than 1 million hectares of cultivated land. The agricultural population accounts for 30% of the country's total population. Food is not self-sufficient. The main crops are sorghum, corn, rice, and beans.
, sesame, cotton, sugar cane and banana, etc.
Animal husbandry is the main economic pillar of Somalia. Somalia is one of the countries with the most livestock per capita in the world. About 80% of the population depends on animal husbandry and semi-agriculture and semi-pastoralism. There are many livestock including sheep and cattle, and it is also the country with the most camels in the world.
Mainly based on nomadic or semi-nomadic methods. The output value of animal husbandry accounts for about 43% of the GDP, and the export revenue of livestock products accounts for more than 60% of the total export revenue. It mainly breeds cattle, sheep, camels, etc. It is the world's largest breeding camel
s country.
There is a popular saying in Somalia: "If you raise a few camels at home, you can have enough food and clothing." To this day, camels are still popular in many places in Somalia as a symbol of wealth and a means of payment, such as murder cases due to civil disputes.
Camels are used for pension or compensation; when a man and a woman prepare for a wedding, the man's family first sends a few camels to the woman's family as an engagement gift; a certain family holds a marriage celebration ceremony, and people drive camels from all over to gather together to celebrate, etc.
Industrial output accounts for 8.7% of GDP (1990). Mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, the main industrial sectors include textile, leather, sugar, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, food processing, oil refining, electric power and building materials industries.
Since the civil unrest in 1991, industrial production has come to a standstill.
Moreover, Somalia is rich in mineral resources. Somalia’s natural resources mainly include low-grade iron ore, tin, manganese, tungsten, nickel, chromium, magnesium, zinc, aluminum, quartz stone, vanadium potassium uranium ore, beryl and gypsum. In addition,
There is oil and natural gas. Except for beryl and gypsum, most of the mineral deposits are undeveloped.
Many of the resources here are needed by Chu Feng, and they can be purchased domestically in the early stage. However, Chu Feng still feels that it is better to leave the resources to the future generations of his own country.
"What can you do for Somalia? You also know the situation in Somalia. Foreigners have opened factories here before, but you should know the final outcome." Efuya said cautiously.
Of course, Chu Feng knew that not everyone cared about Somalia. On the contrary, if Somalia could have China's investment environment, it would become the second Dubai in minutes.
Somalia is known as the "Horn of Africa" and its strategic location is very important. Geopolitics is also the reason why Citigroup interferes in Somali politics.
However, in 1993, Citigroup intervened in the Somali conflict and suffered a disaster. "Black Hawk Down" was even made into a movie, which became an eternal pain in the hearts of Citigroup people.
The second is to confirm Somalia's oil resources, which also made Somalia guilty. At that time, many companies wanted to exploit the oil here, but due to the turmoil and war, they finally failed.
Moreover, the location of Somalia also has important strategic value for the safety of oil transportation. Somalia happens to be in the northeastern corner of Africa. It happens to guard the exit of the Red Sea. It is close to Saudi Arabia and can monitor the direction of a large amount of oil in the Red Sea and the movements of warships.
It is also an important position guarding the Gulf of Aden, so no country will allow Somalia to be wiped out. Only then can Somalia survive in the cracks.
The Chinese ancestors once said: "Every man is not guilty of the crime of harboring a jade." With such a huge resource reserve, but no ability to protect it, if it were not for the balance of countries, Somalia would probably have ceased to exist.
"Then what do you want to do?"
Evera's tone softened slightly.
"I just need to ensure the safety of my factory, so I need a convoy of 400 people. I will arrange it myself. I am responsible for everything at the port. And I can guarantee that the profit will be higher than what you give to the Turkish company.
Moreover, I can help Somalia with infrastructure construction, and finally, I can promise not to interfere in Somalia's internal affairs."
Chu Feng's last words moved Everya.
Chapter completed!