Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

When many people talk about sheikhs or kings, they think of the tycoons in Arabia, and then subconsciously think that they must be rich, but this is not all the case.

To give the simplest example, they are all chiefs or kings in Angola. Those chiefs or kings in the north are very rich because oil is found on their land, but it is hard to say about the ones in the south.

For example, this is the case in the kingdom where Liang En is now the chief. Except for some land and granite that can be used to build buildings, there are no valuable minerals hidden under this land.

On the other hand, the location of this large territory is also a bit remote, and there are not many woods, so it is not suitable for doing business or selling wood. There are only agriculture, animal husbandry and very few processing industries in the entire territory, which can be said to be extremely poor. .

This is why the chiefs came to get close to Liang En, because this hydropower station can be said to be the largest industrial facility on the land they own.

According to the analysis of the assistants on the way here, this small hydropower station may be ten times the total industrial output value of the territory ruled by the Tuwang every year. This is still considered a handicraft industry.

If you don't count the handicraft industry, the only industries on this land may really be an automobile repair shop, a bicycle repair shop and a machine mill for grinding locally grown corn.

Therefore, in addition to facilities, Liang En also said that he can contact various tribes for a batch of high-quality and low-cost solar cookers and solar panels to help everyone solve some of their energy problems.

So the guests and hosts enjoyed the banquet, and after the banquet, King Tu specially ordered his servant to deliver a large box to a pickup truck in Liang En's motorcade, saying it was another symbol for the chief.

What is this? After driving back to the construction camp of the small hydropower station, Joan looked at the box that was moved into the house and asked curiously, It looks quite heavy, and it must be a big thing in size.

You'll know after you take a look. Liang En stepped forward and opened the box, then his eyes widened. It's actually ivory and lion skin. This is a very valuable gift.

According to local tradition, in addition to the three-piece suit from the coronation ceremony, a chief must also have a chair covered with beast skin and a pair of ivory tusks placed behind the chair. It seems that this is completed.

After a brief inspection, Liang En found that both the ivory and the lion skin were at least fifty or sixty years old, which made him feel less guilty.

Although it is now more popular for rich Europeans to hunt in Africa, and there are also legal wild animal hunting activities in Africa, Liang En still doesn't like non-subsistence hunting, so it is not a bad thing to say that these things are in stock.

But then again, ivory tusks longer than 2m2 are now rare. After all, with the crazy poaching behavior of poachers in the past, it is equivalent to naturally screening out elephants with long tusks.

What needs to be said here is that although many people think that China is a big consumer of ivory, in fact the market has become much smaller since the international ban on ivory was issued in 1990. Now it is Europe, the United States and Japan that really consume a lot of ivory.

Among them, Europeans and Americans have always used ivory extensively. For example, ivory is used in furniture handles, cigarette holders, jewelry boxes, billiard balls, piano keys, etc. However, most of these items were made before the ban came into effect and remain to this day.

The really bad thing in this regard is the Japanese. Unlike most countries in the world, the Japanese have always advocated maintaining and operating the ivory market.

According to official statistics, Japan’s ivory inventory accounts for approximately 89% of Asia’s inventory and 31% of global inventory. Far more than China.

Japanese government reports show that as of the end of 2020, Japan's ivory inventory was 244 tons, of which 178 tons were complete single tusks (about 17,000 tusks) and 66 tons were cut ivory.

Theoretically, ivory was included in the import ban list under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora in 1990. At the same time, Japan also emphasized that most of the current stock of ivory was imported before that time.

But the actual situation is not like this. What is certain is that a large amount of ivory with unknown origin and storage time is circulating in the Japanese market. Considering Japan's whaling practices, this can also be seen as a reflection of their national character.

In Japan, these ivories are mainly used to make seals and jewelry. As of the end of 2020, there were 968,000 ivory seals in Japan and 3.18 million pieces of jewelry made of ivory.

But the strange thing is that it is the Chinese who bear the international stigma for this, while few Japanese and Europeans actually know about the large quantities of ivory purchased and illegal use.

So the so-called international public opinion - Liang En complained before closing the lid, and then motioned to the security personnel who came along to take this thing away and prepare to set up a temporary auditorium.

The auditorium is mainly used for the second day. Traditionally, newly appointed chiefs need to perform a ceremony on their own territory and obtain the loyalty of their subordinates. As for pure newcomers like Liang En, they need to go through this ceremony to recruit their first batch of leaders. civil.

I hope a few people can come tomorrow. Liang En thought before going to bed with the mentality of a contractor recruiting workers. Although non-chiefs are not important, it would be a bit embarrassing if no one comes -

Liang En went to sleep that night with a worried look on his face. Fortunately, the situation the next day was much better than expected. After the ceremony, a group of temporary workers from the surrounding area were willing to join Liang En's team.

At the end of the final ceremony, he found that there were a total of 150 households and more than 700 people who were willing to follow him as citizens of this territory and swore allegiance on the spot.

They are actually people from various tribes together, but because the land could not support so many people before, they had to leave the tribe to make a living on their own. said the ceremonial officer sent by the Tu King before.

So it is a good thing that His Highness accepts them now. Compared with living alone outside, it is obviously easier to get a better life by gathering together.

Liang En knew that the etiquette officer was right. After all, this place was still a traditional agricultural area. It would be very difficult for just one family to farm the land, and there would be many problems.

As for going out to work, it is even more difficult. This place is not an area with a high level of infrastructure like Europe, America or China, so they may need to prepare for a long trip for several months.

Not to mention the high probability problem that you may not be able to find a suitable job even if you enter the city. After all, when Liang En came out of the capital, he saw a lot of slums built with asbestos tiles, iron sheets, wooden sticks and steel pipes. All are unemployed.

In the long run, the addition of these people is obviously a good thing, but in the short term, this group of people looks more like a burden. Fortunately, there are only a few hundred people, so it is not difficult to take on this part of the work.

More importantly, most of this group of people are farmers or herdsmen, so after simple training, they can at least maintain the current vegetable plantation and assist in the subsequent breeding work.

Yes, according to the scholars we consulted before, the environment here is still relatively fragile. If they were all integrated into a unified plantation, various problems would easily arise.

Therefore, according to the design, the entire land will undergo overall overall planning to form a complete ecological farm to achieve the goal of sustainable development.