After getting in the car, the Chinese style design hits your face.
Aka, Nodra and all the students all felt it was new and fresh, while Zhou Yisheng felt it was extremely cordial. "Made in China" has spread to every corner of the world.
After the train departs, the once old train line is on another parallel line not far away.
Before China Railway initiated construction assistance, the railway in Ancabín was still left by Portugal, and there was a medieval-style train operating in Rolda, the capital. However, now its sightseeing significance is greater than its practical significance, and it is regarded as a tourist train.
The newly built train lines bear the heavy responsibility of transportation between the east and west of the country.
I got on the train at noon and arrived in Belon at 11pm. The speed was definitely slower than that of a car. The design of the train lines was always circuitous. Ankabin could not do the spider-web-like railway transportation network like in China.
This east-west train alone must pass through multiple provinces, take care of people in multiple regions as much as possible, and carry the country's development.
Sitting in the aisle seat, Zhou Sheng couldn't help but laugh, thinking of a local song——
Weird, weird, really weird, cars are faster than trains.
The atmosphere on the train is basically the same as in China, except that the conductor selling melon seed drinks has become dark-skinned, and the passengers in the carriage also like to play poker to kill time during the journey.
It was the first time for Nodra and Aka to ride on such a new train, and they had a lot of fun.
Only Zhou Yisheng...
When the train left the city, I was attracted by the scenery outside the car window, and immediately understood Jack's longing and admiration for the African continent.
From the vast wilderness, to the wasteland filled with yellow sand, and then to the shocking experience of a corner of the rainforest when passing by Malanje... When night fell, Zhou Yisheng returned to his bed with excitement, eating snacks and chatting with everyone.
In fact, these landscapes are also mixed with traces of human activities. From time to time, there are houses built with torn tarpaulins and asbestos tiles. The building materials come from scavenging or even theft, because these building materials are still in the Chinese style and obviously come from aid.
The company's construction site.
Damn the scenery.
Only when you go deep into the eastern hinterland and away from the urban tracks can you see local-style houses.
However, during the train ride, Zhou Sheng didn't have that kind of blessing.
Along the way.
The two apprentices and students were so fresh that Zhou Sheng simply took a nap and was woken up by Nodra when he was about to arrive at the station: "The conductor reminded us that we will enter the station in ten minutes."
Zhou Sheng sat up, rubbed his groggy eyes and looked out the window, it was pitch black...
In China, the lights are brightly lit half an hour before the train enters the station. One can imagine the poverty and backwardness of African cities.
The capital of Belon, Cabarro.
From the northeast where everyone really wants to go, there is still a day's car journey tomorrow.
The local road network is also thin. There is only one road to enter the northeast, and the road is not straight. It borders several cities, forming an M shape, going north for a while, going south for a while, twisting and turning, and finally
to reach the destination Karur.
The train left the station and everyone got off the train with their bags packed.
Zhou Yisheng alone has four trolley suitcases, and he drags two of them himself. Aka diligently helps to drag two of them. In comparison, it is very convenient for others to travel, including Nodra, a girl who only has one large suitcase.
It’s just a hiking bag and a travel bag.
no way.
Three of the four trolley cases were newly purchased, and they were all filled with Tang Aiyun's 'materials'.
After Tang Aiyun learned that Zhou Sheng was really coming, he was not polite and ordered many things at once, including half a box of cigarettes, half a box of liquor, a box of daily necessities, and a box of packaged cooked food and instant noodles.
Will instant noodles also be scarce? Zhou Sheng couldn't imagine it. According to Lao Mode, because of the arrival of the aid company, many Chinese are doing retail business here, and there will never be a shortage of some basic supplies. Instant noodles? Master Kong and Uni-President both
It is a brand that Black Brothers is familiar with!
However, if someone wanted it, Zhou Yisheng would not refuse it. Just in case, he also brought half a box of food.
The Northeastern region and Rolda are two different concepts. Don't even think about seafood. Eating a real meal of rice and noodles is probably a luxury. The more barren the area, most of them rely on corn and potatoes as their staple food.
Several people left the station.
The people from the China Railway Bureau had been waiting for a long time, and the Chinese would recognize him as soon as they met. The man who picked up the car was a middle-aged man in his thirties, who said he was sent by Director Liu.
Two off-road vehicles and a pickup truck were prepared for everyone. After getting in the vehicles, they went to the hotel to stay. Only then did the other party take out the satellite phone and teach Zhou Yisheng how to use it: "Put this thing away, don't lose it, otherwise it will be difficult to explain.
, you know the value of a satellite phone, and there is also this..."
Zhou Sheng never expected that the other party would bring out a guy.
"Does it work? If not, I'll take you out in the car to try it now."
Damn it.
Give it a try.
I am here to treat illnesses, not to fight.
Zhou Shengsheng shook his head quickly: "No, no, no, you take this thing back."
But the other party did not agree: "This is also the leader's arrangement, an exceptional arrangement. Karur is unsafe, more unsafe than you think. It borders Congo, and there are still some sporadic armed organizations."
"I'm giving you something just in case. It's best if you don't use it, but you can't live without it!"
Zhou Sheng refused at first, but after hearing what the other party said, he became a little hesitant.
On second thought...
If it weren't for Zhang Zhongjian's arrangement, they wouldn't have come up with this thing.
He had no choice but to accept it, and secretly prayed that it would never be used.
"Would you like to try it?"
Zhou Sheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Forget it."
In fact, it is not a good thing to pick someone up when something goes wrong. On the contrary, it will bring bad effects and anger criminals. Unless it is absolutely necessary, Zhou Yi does not want to touch this thing in his life.
In this regard, the other party did not force it and simply explained how to use it.
The attitude is business-like, but there is no sense of intimacy like when a fellow villager meets a fellow villager and the two eyes burst into tears.
Zhou Sheng could probably tell that this guy was not a serious civil servant, but maybe a member of the security organization of the construction aid company.
The appearance of this person put tremendous pressure on Zhou Sheng, causing him to not sleep well all night.
But in fact, when he took a rest in some villages on the road the next day, he did not encounter any conflicts. On the contrary, the locals were very enthusiastic, which gradually made him get rid of his unreasonable fear.
Five o'clock in the afternoon.
The medical team officially arrived in Karur City. It was worse than the poor counties in China. There were contiguous loess houses with many collapsed roofs and no one had repaired them. The hotel where everyone stayed was of folk style. Fortunately, the sheets and bedding were relatively good.
clean.
After entering the room to rest, Zhou Sheng checked to see if there was signal on his mobile phone and called Zhang Zhongjian.
Mentioning the thing he received in the capital of Belon, Uncle Zhang was also shocked: "No, I didn't ask them to give you this thing... Oh, Director Liu, he made his own decision! You put the things away, tens of millions of dollars
Don't use them indiscriminately, and return them to them when you go back..."
"Forget it, there is a road and bridge company not far from Karur. I'll ask them to send someone to pick it up. If you have anything else, just contact them. They are the only Chinese-aided construction company around Karur.
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After working on it for a long time, something happened.
Also, if it was really that dangerous, Lao Mo would never dare to assign assistance work in this area. He had to consider the safety of the members of the medical team. No one could afford it if lives were lost.
Uncle Zhang asked for a satellite phone because he relied on connections in China. Unexpectedly, the other party made his own decision and gave him an extra one.
In the morning of the next day, people from Luqiao Company came. A middle-aged man named Xie, who was much more normal than the big boss he met yesterday, exchanged greetings and left each other's phone numbers, and asked Zhou Yisheng to be there.
We must contact each other for everything. In Africa, Chinese people have to stick together.
Finally, he entered the room and handed the guy to 'Brother Xie'. Brother Xie also couldn't laugh or cry for a while: "Nothing, China Railway is different from us. When they were building the 'East-West Railway', they were harassed by some organizations. In the end, the peacekeeping troops were all
They came forward, but there were no reports in the country, and they were suppressed by Ankabin officials. You know, they have to safeguard their official sovereignty and don't want others to know that there are still individual organizations."
"Later, some veterans from China were sent over to do protection work."
"Actually, Karul is not that dangerous now, so you don't have to worry too much."
Hearing this, Zhou Sheng was relieved.
After lunch, Brother Xie was sent away, and the medical team set off again.
Fifty kilometers away from the city of Karur, there is a rural tribe gathering place called Mora Domke...
The heart of the village.
A row of loess houses is the local medical clinic unit.
There was a local doctor inside, who was in his fifties and a local.
But he is not a herbalist, but a doctor of Western medicine.
In his early years, he participated in medical training organized by the government, but his grades were not good and he was sent back to work as a local doctor. He received a salary from Weibo every month, but he was a wealthy local...
His family was originally a wealthy gentry from the local tribe and grew large areas of tobacco.
As soon as he met the medical team, he showed warm hospitality: "Friends from far away, come with me quickly. The Leiya tribe will never neglect any guest from far away..."