Cao Mo couldn't massively transfer people from Kanem into Benin, but since he decided to establish a base in Benin and put Stari in charge, he didn't do nothing in Benin.
Tianyue International first set up an office in Cotonou, 30 kilometers away, which was directly managed by Lucy. In the early stage, it was mainly responsible for investigating the economic and industrial development of Benin, registering companies related to business development in advance, and working with relevant departments of Benin.
Express investment intentions and establish initial contact.
The security company, in addition to secretly setting up several safe houses in Cotonou and Porto Novo that can serve as contact points, has also secretly purchased a cocoa plantation of more than 2,000 acres 30 kilometers south of Porto Novo.
It will be used in the future to establish a security company's base in Benin.
These properties were purchased in the name of Staley or other people with no traceable background.
In order to avoid any traces of fund transactions being traced by the Jidham family and Taihua, who were colluding with the Jidham family behind the scenes, Cao Mo used the gold he had deposited in the United Bank of Oman and had it directly exchanged in Benin on the black market.
local currency to purchase these properties.
To the south of this plantation is the jungle on the southeastern border of Benin, which stretches together with the jungle in the northwest of Lonta. Most of the tributaries of the Antler River originate from this primitive dense forest.
However, this dense forest covers an area of 40,000 to 50,000 square kilometers, and the overall terrain slopes toward the southeast, making the many streams and rivers that flow into the Lukaku River in the south relatively mature and with abundant water.
However, most of the streams and rivers on the Benin side are shallow, short and rapid, and the hydropower resources that can be effectively developed are very limited.
The area in southwestern Benin, close to the Gulf of Guinea, has a climate similar to that of a tropical rainforest. Not only does the upper tributary of the Antler River have abundant water during the dry season, but it also develops extremely dense virgin jungles, which are isolated from the undulating mountains.
transportation between the two places.
The land transportation between Benin and the western region of Kanem is mainly a gravel road located in the eastern part of Oyo State, connecting Catero, which is also the most important land port in the southeast of Benin; of course, you can take a speedboat to sea and go to and from Porto Novo.
The distance to Lonta is even closer, with only over 90 kilometers to reach the north shore of Lake Cornero.
The only pity is that the two countries failed to overcome the difficulties and open a coastal road from this jungle to truly open up the land transportation between Porto Novo, the capital of Benin, and Draculamo, the economic capital of Canem.
Otherwise, the economic ties between the two countries will inevitably become smoother and much closer.
Last year, many Chinese businessmen entered Benin, hoping to find new gold mines in the jungle near Lonta. However, the characteristics of the creek on this side of Benin made it impossible to find placer gold mines with mining value.
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However, the scale of capital investment required for the exploration and mining of underground rock gold is no longer affordable by ordinary small and medium-sized gold miners.
Another one is that Benin is a small country with a stable political situation. This jungle is located south of its capital Porto Novo. The exploration and mining of gold mines are strictly controlled. It is far from having tax rates as low as Lonta, and even logs can be mined.
Make up for previous losses.
Therefore, people who have come to explore the road for more than a year have all failed and failed to gain anything.
Cao Mo set up an office in Cotonou, not only to inspect Benin's finished cement production, sales, power generation and power supply market, but also to obtain a gold mineral exploration license in southern Porto Novo.
Benin has previously surveyed this area, and has achieved some survey results. The history is relatively long, and the results are quite limited, at least not yet concrete.
There is a clear mining value - the so-called no mining value does not mean that there are no gold mines underground, but that the mining cost is too high and it is not worth mining at the current international gold price.
However, if you want to regain the exploration rights in this area, you still have to pay for the previous survey results. The fee to be paid alone is as high as millions of dollars. It is no wonder that many speculative Chinese businessmen are scared away.
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The southern mountains of Porto Novo and the northern part of Lonta belong to a geological structure.
Cao Mo is currently surveying the area near the Ibogu River and the Gray Crow River. The reserves are not high, but in the deeper sedimentary rock layers, the rock gold reserves are quite considerable. It is expected that the situation in the southern mountainous area of Porto Novo should be similar to the Ibogu gold mine.
resemblance.
Of course, the gold content of deep sedimentary rock formations is low. In addition to the large initial investment scale, the cost of daily mining is also very high. However, gold mining companies want to develop. At present, in addition to large-scale investment in the mountainous area south of Porto Novo
, Cao Mo couldn't see any other better choice.
In addition to acquiring exploration rights in an area of about 1,000 square kilometers adjacent to the Gray Crow River and the upper reaches of the Ibogu River in the early stage, it is necessary to directly pay the relevant fees of 1.2 million US dollars, and then conduct a preliminary geological survey, which also requires at least
An investment of two million US dollars was already an opportunity cost that Cao Mo could afford.
Whether it is worth investing a large amount of money in subsequent mining will depend on preliminary exploration results before making a decision.
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I don’t know how many people Baha transferred into Porto Novo, and the number of people Cao Mo could mobilize was limited. Taya was injured again. For the time being, it was impossible for Baha to follow Baha in Porto Novo, where he was unfamiliar with the place and had not yet opened up the upper channels.
Ha, they are entangled.
Cao Mo and the others stayed in the safe house until late at night, and took advantage of the increasing rain at night to drive out of the city and rush to the cocoa plantation called Okuta in the south of Bodonov.
Compared with the oil palm plantation land acquired by Dongsheng in Longta, the size of Okuta Plantation can be said to be very small, covering an area of only more than 2,000 acres. In addition to continuing to employ the previous workers, two managers and future responsible persons
The cooks who take care of the daily life and food of the base personnel are all members of the Ibogu tribe.
Not only can they be trusted, they also have almost no contact with the outside world.
The workers employed in the plantation were all villagers from nearby tribes. The previous camp was very crude. After a month of renovation, the improvements were very limited, but at least it was a good place to stay.
They noticed something unusual in the afternoon, helped Taya escape, treated her injuries, and moved to a new hiding place. Until now, they left the city and entered the plantation camp. They hadn't eaten for more than ten hours, but they didn't notify this place before they rushed over.
, I was very hungry when I arrived here, so I just asked the cook to boil some water, and chewed hard cold bread to satisfy my hunger.
The newly built cement house is very empty. Except for wooden tables, benches, wooden beds, etc. that are planed from logs, there is no other furniture.
The diesel generator roared loudly in the backyard, and the electric lights were not very bright, but they made people feel safe.
The rain outside became heavier again, and the rain violently washed away the muddy road - in this case, there was no need to worry about Baha's men discovering their whereabouts...
"Even though we don't know how many people Baja brought into Porto Novo, they prepared in a hurry and didn't expect too many. It should be safe for us to stay here. The political situation in Benin is more stable than in Canem. Heavy rains
Among them, four or five Kanem people died on the streets, and the police will definitely investigate. We don’t have to worry about anything, and there are no clues left. But as long as the Benin police can trace the identities of these five people and the Guidamu family, and the
steel
Since the Brotherhood of Boxing is related, Baha will not dare to stay in Porto Novo anymore, then we will be completely safe..."
At this time, it was confirmed that Taya and the Kuski brothers' families had been brought out. Cao Mo also asked them to wait patiently for a few days at the Oguta Plantation to wait and see what the Baha and Jidam families would do next.
, it’s not too late to make next steps.
"Even if Baja will evacuate before the Benin police tightens border control, what will he do when he returns to Draculamore?" Stari asked Cao Mo.
"We have very limited knowledge about Baha and other members of the Ghidamu family, but the Ghidamu family's ability to fight both black and white in Draculamore and remain standing for so many years is obviously not just about being strong and ruthless.
Cao Mo pondered and said, "Today's situation is that we were caught off guard by Baha Jidam, but in the end they suffered a big loss today, losing five good players, and they may not even be able to figure out what the situation is."
, I think Baha Jidam may not mistakenly think that all this is a trap carefully set by us..."
Stari thought about it. Although Cao Mo had not expected that Taya would be targeted before, he made careful arrangements based on the worst plan. Not only did they detect the abnormality the fastest, but they also
Reached Taya.
In the eyes of an unsuspecting insider, all this really seems like Bahajdam and the others have fallen into a well-designed trap; and if even Bahajdam mistakenly thinks they have fallen into a trap, but the Jidamu family
Until the situation is understood, the next step is unlikely to be a crazy and bloody revenge.
After all, Starlie was still concerned about the safety of her family. After thinking about it, she finally calmed down a little.
Taya was injured and needed to recuperate, but the elder and younger Kuski brothers would take over the Augeta Plantation first and put it into operation officially. Cao Mo also called the people here and made a formal
explain.
In addition to the plantation and five trustworthy logistics personnel, Cao Mo will also leave them the two off-road vehicles used today and a batch of firearms - all of which are legally registered in Stari's name.
Because war has been officially declared and a legal security company has been registered in Benin, after confirming that Baha and his people have withdrawn from Benin, Stari and the others still have to go to the Benin police station to find Taya who was killed by five killers on the street.
The matter of chasing and killing, and finally fighting back and killing, should be explained clearly.
Cao Mo doesn't have much U.S. dollars in foreign exchange at the moment. It's quite troublesome to exchange large amounts of U.S. dollars from the black market, which will also leave clues. But he will leave two million U.S. dollars in gold to Stari for the construction of the base and manpower.
Recruitment, bribery of Benin senior officials, and connections with the judicial institutions.
Of course, Cao Mo hopes that all the Tubman family can move to Benin, but whether Starlie can convince little Tubman and how to deal with Cassia's problem can only be considered in the next step.
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"Let's rest today. If you have anything to do, we'll think about it tomorrow."
Stari wants to establish prestige in front of Taya, Big Kuski, and Little Kuski brothers. Cao Mo can't drag her into a corner and ravage her, but today's torture is indeed very tiring. I suggest everyone
Get enough energy first and then talk.
As Cao Mo said this, Du Ganjie came over with a satellite phone and said, "Mr. Xiao just called and said that your sister and two of her classmates have arrived in London and will take the early morning red-eye flight to Dracula.
Mo, I couldn’t reach you after calling several times.”
Cao Mo's scalp was about to explode. Jiaying said several times that he wanted to go to Kanem during the summer vacation, but he ignored it. He didn't expect Jiaying to give him a blow at this juncture...