In the Lungta area, except for cash crops such as oil palm trees and cocoa trees that are easy to plant and require low management investment, ordinary tribes rarely have the ability to develop a complete irrigation system.
Even though there is no shortage of water resources in Lungta, food cultivation depends more or less on the weather.
The entire Kanem climate is hot, rainwater evaporates quickly, and crop yields are much lower than those in intensively cultivated farmland in China.
This was a phenomenon that Cao Mo couldn't understand when he first arrived in Kanem.
In addition to the cultivation of cash crops in Kanem, the production of other food crops is even far lower than the level of the small farmer economy era before the liberation of the country.
Of course, as time passed, Cao Mo was able to figure it out.
In the era of traditional agriculture with mechanical irrigation, the weather in Kanem was so hot and the rainwater evaporated so quickly that the labor of manual watering was out of proportion to the final harvest.
In the early years, the population of the African continent was far less dense than it is today, and natural food sources were abundant, which led to the development of a tradition of relying on the weather for food.
After the world gradually entered industrialization, the African continent, especially the countries south of the Sahara, were still ruled by colonizers in the early years.
In order to make economic profits, the colonists sharpened their heads and used a large amount of arable land with abundant water resources to develop cash crop cultivation. After the 1970s and 1980s, they gradually got rid of colonial rule, but fell into civil strife to varying degrees. Naturally,
There is no development to speak of.
After Kanem ended colonial rule in the 1960s, during the more than thirty years of military rule, there were only six successful coups, which was extremely chaotic.
Even though the political situation in Kanem was generally stable at this time, the civil strife in the northeastern border areas had not completely subsided, and the security in other areas was also daunting.
The domestic economic lifeline is controlled by European and American companies or the descendants of colonists. It is really difficult for the whole society in Kanem to change.
The situation in Yibogu Village is better, which is related to the promotion made by the old chief Felician after returning to the tribe, but it is also limited.
Ordinary villagers in Iboko Village also mainly plant perennial cassava, which is drought-resistant and requires little care, along both sides of the Shikaku River as their staple food.
Apart from cassava and some legumes, there are basically no other crops in Ibogu Village.
The land farther away from the streams and rivers is difficult to water. Most of it is deserted and overgrown with weeds and bushes. No one in the tribe is willing to develop or cultivate it. In the entire Kanem, Cao Mo hardly saw many tribes farming.
The custom of drawing water from a well.
As a result, almost one-third of the women and children in Yibogu Village suffer from malnutrition to varying degrees. However, the situation in Yibogu Village in the entire Longta region is relatively good.
In Cao Mo's eyes, the abandoned land far away from the Lujiaochuan River was of great agricultural development value, whether it was drilling wells to collect water or buying mechanical irrigation equipment to dig channels.
Perhaps from an economic and business perspective, Cao Mo invested in building a farm with thousands of acres of land in Yibogu Village to grow vegetables and successfully sold them. Not only did it involve a lot of energy, but the income may not be as good as the concentrated thought and funds.
To engage in gold mining well, but for more villagers in Yibogu Village, the meaning is different.
In addition to vegetables, more land can be reclaimed in the future to grow rice, wheat and other staple foods, which will be of greater significance to the extremely poor tribal villagers in the area.
In the past, Yibo Ancient Village had no funds, but now Cao Mo can use part of the gold mine surplus to invest in preliminary irrigation equipment, water wells and ditch construction, and later investment in pesticides and fertilizers. In the past, Yibo Ancient Village had no technology, but now Cao Mo can invite experts from China's aid to Africa to provide guidance.
, helping Ibogu Village cultivate new farmer technicians, and even confirm which types of crops the soil here is suitable for and the subsequent production of many by-products.
When the old chief Felician heard this, he was also quite moved.
After all, gold mines only benefit a few people by hiring workers from tribes. However, if new crop planting can be promoted, it will not only benefit Ibogu and nearby tribes.
Cao Mo was born in the city and had little contact with farmland, but he was still very interested in introducing the crop cultivation situation in China to the old chief Felician in his impression...
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Owema, Kabuga and others went to the Lonta police station to report the crime and returned at 12 noon.
Of course Owema went there with anger, like a firecracker that was set off at the drop of a hat, but I don’t know whether Cao Mo’s shooting had shocked the Lonta Police Department, or whether the Lonta Police Department was completely unaware and thought there were real robbers pretending to be police officers.
They entered the mine to rob and were driven away. In short, Owema and Kabuga's reporting trip went smoothly and they did not face any difficulties.
The Lonta Police Department did not immediately send anyone to follow Overma to investigate, and no one pursued the details of Cao Mo as a foreigner who was armed with a gun in Kanem.
This is not necessarily a sign of guilty conscience. The efficiency of the local police is simply not worthy of expectations.
No one thinks that this matter is over like this, but they can only pretend that this matter is over like this.
Regarding the vegetable farm, Cao Mo just asked Lucy to collect some resources in Dracula Mo. He did not dare to leave the mine for the time being and rushed to Akashi's farm to meet with the aid experts to discuss guidance and training.
If he was stopped by these four corrupt policemen while driving, who would he cry to?
However, there is no mobile phone signal at Akashi's aid farm, and the aid experts in Africa are not allocated satellite phones, so they cannot be contacted for the time being.
Cao Mo thought that he would have to wait for a while to see how the situation would change in such a panic, but a few days later, he was called to the tribe by the old chief Felician and saw two Toyota cars parked in front of the chief's compound.
Lily, who was supposed to be studying in Catero, the capital of Oyo State, ran out happily, hugged Cao Mo enthusiastically, her small breasts were still squeezing against Cao Mo, and said: "Mr. Cao, you are so brave.
Already..."
Cao Mo walked into the big house where the chief received guests from the street, and saw Felician sitting on a straw mat with two local men, drinking new tea sent by Jiaying from China, and using Kung Fu tea made by a famous Jingdezhen cellar.
Utensils - After Cao Mo gave this tea set away, the old chief couldn't put it down, and he would never take it out easily unless he was an honored guest.
The two local men looked to be between thirty and forty years old - Cao Mo's age judgment of the locals was quite wrong, the younger one was probably less than thirty years old.
The two men were wearing traditional local robes made of high-quality materials. They were sitting with the old chief, full of energy and extraordinary bearing.
Looking at the four armed bodyguards standing at the door, Cao Mo couldn't guess where they were.
Of course, the older man sitting on the left had a stronger scholarly temperament under his chocolate skin. Cao Mo's intuition also told Cao Mo that this man was sitting next to the old chief, and he was somewhat restless and tense deep inside.
Is he Lily's father?
Cao Mo heard from Owema and Potu that the old chief served in the fifth military government of Kanem and was a member of the officer corps at that time. Lily's father, Ojosan, had already joined the opposition when he was a student in Catero in his youth.
The Patriotic Construction Front under the rule of the military government is a passionate patriotic youth.
At that time, the relationship between father and son had always been tense. Even though it had been almost ten years since the old chief retired and returned to the tribe, Lily's father rarely returned to the tribe.
Even after the democratically elected government came to power, the old chief was still targeted by local law enforcement agencies, and Ochosan, a member of the ruling party Patriotic Construction Front, was not seen coming forward.
Of course, this is more likely because the old chief has a stubborn temper, or he believes that the Patriotic Construction Front's rise to power is temporary and does not want his son Ochosan to suffer endless consequences because he offended local forces.
The locals generally get married early, and this man looked to be under forty years old. When he saw Lily following him into the house and sitting affectionately next to the middle-aged man, Cao Mo's guess was confirmed.
"This is Lily's father. This is Abacha Sika, the municipal councilor of the Longta area. He is also Lily's father's partner in the party..." The old chief Felician asked Cao Mo to sit down and introduced two local people.
Let the man know him.
Cao Mo guessed that little Felician, as a senior member of the Patriotic Construction Front who joined the Patriotic Construction Front more than ten years ago, even if he did not directly enter politics, was not that simple!
He quickly joined hands to perform local etiquette on Lily's father, little Felician and Abacha.
The Patriotic Construction Front is currently Kanem's ruling party and is also the party with the majority of members in the Oyo State House of Assembly.
Kanem implements a federal system, consisting of thirty-seven federal states. Each federal state is equivalent to a domestic prefecture-level city. The state assembly is elected through elections. The local leader of the majority party in the state assembly serves as the governor.
Each federal state is composed of several regions. The regions no longer have parliaments. Instead, several elected party representatives and the most powerful local tribal leaders (chiefs) serve as traditional representatives to form municipal committees to make decisions.
Regional affairs.
Just like the Abacha in front of me, he has dark brown skin and looks to be of mixed European and American descent. He is obviously younger than Lily's father Ochosan, but as the municipal councilor of the Lonta area, he can be said to be the leader in the local area.
of real powerful people.
Of course, several municipal councilors in the Lonta area are members of the Patriotic Construction Front, and Abacha's appearance here today is obviously entrusted by Lily's father, Ochosan Felician Jr.
"The day before yesterday, Ochosan told me on the phone that the Ibogu gold mine was in trouble. I went to the police station to inquire about the matter. It was indeed four corrupt people within the police station who came to extort money without permission. The police department has already
We took action and expelled these four people from the police force..."
Abacha first spoke straightforwardly about the police's handling of illegal trespassing into gold mines.
Of course, Cao Mo also knew very well that this was not the result of the local police department being able to enforce the law impartially, but the result of Lily's father, Felician Ochosan Jr., asking Aba to find out and putting pressure on the regional police department. But it was also
That's it for this step.
Cao Mo just hoped that the matter could be settled, so that people wouldn't worry about it, and he never thought about bringing these corrupt police officers to justice.
In addition to his almost telepathic intuition, Cao Mo also judged from Abacha's words that he knew about the actual operation of the gold mine from Ochosan Little Felician.
He came here with a purpose.
Otherwise, it would be enough for Ochosan or the old chief Felician to come forward and thank him for his help to the Felician family this time. Why do we have to meet him and the grandson still looks so gloomy?
Of course, Cao Mo was no longer the innocent young man who couldn't get a grain of sand out of his eyes.
Abacha knew the true situation of the gold mine. Although it was seen from the outside that Abacha helped the Felician family solve the big trouble, he still had to accept Abacha's favor.
Otherwise, if something happens to him in Longta in the future, don't expect others to take care of him!
Of course, he also had to be wary of Abacha's appetite.
After all, keen intuition is not mind reading. At this time, Cao Mo still didn't know what Abacha was trying to do. He didn't know whether giving him a sum of money as a reward and filial piety would satisfy his appetite.