Then Li Qingying turned her head and looked at Meng Jingwen, who was ignorant next to her, and continued:
"And Jingwen and I, two weak women, have to face heavy rains and snakes, insects, rats, and ants that may fall at any time in such a barren mountain."
"It's better to go and see with you. The most we can do is ask Jingwen not to get out of the car..."
Meng Jingwen looked confused and said, "Ah, why?"
"It's better that you don't know..." Li Qingying raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said, "So as not to be frightened."
The lowest is thirty-five, the highest is even more than fifty, which is simply worse than an ox or a horse...
Seeing that several people were very insistent, Qi Feng had no choice but to continue driving towards the settlement of the Elephant People.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance to the dense forest outside the settlement, the people in the forest noticed movement, and soon more than a dozen dark-skinned, bare-chested adult men rushed out.
They were holding bows, arrows and spears, and blocked the way of the group of people with eager eyes.
And he was still chattering some unintelligible words.
Qi Feng quickly got out of the car, raised his hands, and loudly said in English that he and others were just here to visit and had no other malicious intentions.
But it's like a chicken talking to a duck, each talking about his own thing, and no one can understand each other's words.
Just then, an old man with a huge elephant trunk on his waist squeezed out of the crowd. He held a cigarette rod in his hand and pressed it down with the other hand, and the noise around him stopped.
The old man wears a colorful feather crown on his head. He should be the leader or chief of the Elephant tribe.
Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying also got out of the car, also showing kind smiles.
But the tribe's chief didn't give them a good look, and said a few words in a bad tone that a few people couldn't understand.
Xiao Qi didn't have much to do about this. Although he was the guide sent by the company to Angola, he didn't know the language of these primitive tribes.
Qi Feng looked at Tang Songyuan and Li Qingying, and said with a guilty conscience: "Mr. Tang, Miss Li, why don't we go back first..."
But Li Qingying did not retreat but advanced, crossing Qi Feng and stepping forward.
The surrounding tribesmen did not take any further action towards this weak-looking woman. Apparently they felt that Li Qingying posed no threat to them.
Then, Li Qingying opened her mouth and said in not very standard tribal language: "Hello, we are just travelers passing by. We don't mean any harm."
She had just looked through the memory of the tribe's 'chief' through her perception ability and barely learned a few words.
At the same time, her perceptual ability also allows her to understand the other party's words and achieve the purpose of communication.
"Miss Li can actually speak such a foreign language?"
Qi Feng was stunned and looked at Li Qingying in disbelief.
Tang Songyuan had a look of taking it for granted, but Meng Jingwen's face was full of admiration, as if she had transformed into Li Qingying's little crush.
After a brief exchange between Li Qingying and the tribe's 'chief', the other party finally allowed Tang Songyuan and his party to enter.
Surrounded by primitive Elephant men, walk into this primitive tribe full of unique customs.
The most exaggerated thing was Meng Jingwen, whose whole face was as red as a monkey's butt, and her head was lowered so red that she didn't dare to look up at all.
She was not ignorant of the world, so she could naturally guess what was inside the 'elephant trunk' in the middle of the waist and abdomen of the Elephant Man man.
On the contrary, Li Qingying comforted her with a smile: "Don't look at it from a secular perspective, look at it from a critical perspective, or from a scientific research perspective similar to a documentary."
"Raise your height a little higher, and you will feel more accepting..."
The center of the tribal settlement is an open space surrounded by dozens of huts, built with local grass and wood, exuding an ancient and natural atmosphere.
There was a bonfire burning in the open space, and there were several tribal women in simple clothes cooking something beside the bonfire with their children on their backs.
People from the tribe began to gather and looked at Tang, Song and Yuan's group curiously.
The four people were invited to sit around the campfire, and drinks were served to them in wooden bowls, which was juice squeezed from an unknown fruit.
Tang, Song and Yuan used fluoroscopy to identify it and found that there was no problem.
After drinking it all in one gulp, I suddenly felt sweet and refreshing, and a surge of vitality surged into my heart.
Li Qingying and the three of them drank it each. Tang Songyuan handed the wooden bowl back, and then expressed his request to the tribal chief to purchase land for mining.
Li Qingying acted as the translator.
The tribal chief smoked his pipe and chatted.
Li Qingying translated: "He said that the land was a hunting ground given to them by the gods, and no one would be allowed to approach it, let alone mine."
"Someone had told him about this before, but he didn't agree."
That person must be Macaulay of France. Tang Songyuan raised his eyebrows lightly and said:
"Please help me tell him that we only need up to half a year, and we will provide them with enough food and meat."
"If you have any other needs, I can try my best to meet them. Even if it requires money, I can tell you the amount!"
Li Qingying shook her head, sighed again and said:
"Their activity range is only about ten kilometers around here. What's the point of asking for money?"
Tang Songyuan added: "Then I will contact Angola's officials directly and purchase land and mining rights through official channels. They will not stop me."
Li Qingying chuckled and said: "They will definitely obstruct it. Even if you send out armed forces, they will find a way to do something."
As she spoke, Li Qingying looked at the bows, arrows and spears in the hands of the men around her.
Although these bows, arrows and spears did not pose any threat to the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, his goal was to hunt for treasure, and he did not have any conflicts with these people.
Especially they are still some uncivilized primitive tribes.
Forced mining does work, but it will inevitably lead to disputes, which will only be suppressed by force.
And Tang Songyuan really didn't want to bully such a 'weak' person because of treasure hunting.
But Li Qingying still translated the words of Tang Song and Yuan to the tribal chief.
Another chirping exchange.
Then Li Qingying still shook her head and replied to Tang Songyuan: "He probably means that foreign blood food will pollute the purity of the tribe,"
"It will also make the men of the tribe gradually become lazy and lose their enthusiasm for hunting, which will lead to the decline of the tribe..."
Ah this...
This won't work, and that won't work either.
Not even asking for money, Tang Songyuan felt so powerless for the first time.
At this moment, Li Qingying's face suddenly became strange again, and she said to Tang Songyuan:
"How about we go to Luanda first? I just discovered a very important secret. Maybe you will be very interested..."
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