Li Du had an extra follower with him .
This pygmy was not a teenager anymore . He couldn't tell before because he could hardly see anything in the cave . In the military camp, however, Li Du could see the wrinkles on his head . From the look on his face, Li Du could tell that he was not very young .
However, he was as timid as a teenager . He was still grabbing onto Li Du's clothes and mumbling, "Halp meh! Halp meh! It's my one! I no steal!"
Li Du gave Sophie a phone call . Sophie used his account and immediately transferred 500,000 dollars to Remonin's account .
When Remonin saw the money in his account, he became extremely happy and couldn't stop smiling .
As Lu Guan saw that, he said softly, "Boss, isn't he a little sad for a warlord? What can you achieve with 500,000 dollars?"
Li Du gave him a glare and whispered, "Nonsense . This is not a warlord . This is a tribal militia . "
Warlords and tribal militias were two different things . One acted with good reason, and one acted without justification .
If Remonin's army was a tribal militia, then he had the authority to legally own the army . Currently, there were many tribes who held autonomous armed power in Africa . This was the result of compromises in the government .
Everyone knew that before white people had entered Africa, there were few designated countries . Most of the places consisted of native tribes . There were often conflicts among these tribes, and tribal militias had formed, which ultimately resulted in tribal armies .
Later, white people established countries and managed their governments . In order to maintain their own rule, they adopted the strategy of enticing, isolating, and beating tribes .
The enticed tribes owned legal armed forces . The isolated tribes owned illegal armed forces . The beaten tribes could not own armed forces .
Thereafter, every country became independent, one after another . The white people left while the black people rose to power . In order to achieve independence, many tribes joined forces to oppose white people . They paid a huge price for this .
After independence, the governments began to allocate rewards . The tribes that had contributed more would enjoy more privileges . One of the privileges was to maintain legal tribal militias .
However, this did not mean that the government liked the tribal militias—it was a political compromise . Soon after, the armed forces of the major tribes were gradually weakened . And then, their military authority was retrieved .
The Chinese people were not unfamiliar with this kind of method . Among the feudal dynasties, such as the Western Han Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the centralized state power would have done the same . First, different emperors would be appointed . And then, they would gradually retrieve their territories and powers .
It was not an easy task maintaining a tribal militia . Aside from the diamond mine within the jurisdiction of Remonin's tribe, there weren't any other mines .
In South Africa, there was no income if there was no mine .
Therefore, 500,000 dollars was a really large amount of money for Remonin . It was enough to support his army for a long time . The salary of a tribal militia in South Africa was quite low . Most of the troops were tribal men . Food was all they needed .
Very soon, night came .
Remonin had prepared a banquet for Li Du . He went and had a look . A banquet? It was just normal western food served with bread, red wine, steak, fried fish, fried meat, salad, dessert, etc .
He did not eat much . First of all, he was not hungry . Second of all, this kind of food was nothing special . He would have preferred to try some African food . Normal food, of course . And not roasted mice, roasted bat, or any other sort of weird food .
Remonin agreed to hand Musa over to Li Du under one condition . "Have him obediently stay within the military . Do not allow him to leave the premises and prevent him from being seen by the miners . "
Remonin had announced that Musa was sentenced to death in order to intimidate the miners .
Li Du had to stay for a couple more days . Remonin would gather the diamonds while Lion Hunter contacted the diamond appraisal experts . They would rush over to identify the authenticity and quality of the diamonds . And then, both parties would negotiate a price .
Li Du had saved Musa and did not chop off his d*ck to cook . Based on Li Du's actions, Remonin now understood his personality . He knew that Li Du hated violence, cruelty, and strict rule .
On the second day, Li Du stayed in the room to get some rest . In the meantime, he took the opportunity to communicate with Musa . He was very intrigued by this man's Mandarin and wanted to know who had taught him . He was also curious about some of the things Musa had mentioned .
In the end, this man seemed to have some mental issues . He was talking to himself in bed for the entire day .
However, he seemed physically fine and was able to eat . It seemed as if there was a rubbish bin inside the tiny body of his . A basket of toast was prepared . Godzilla ate half of the toast while the other half was shared amongst the group .
This half was also split into two halves . One half was shared between Li Du, Brother Wolf and Lu Guan, while the other was eaten by Musa .
On the third day, Remonin invited Li Du for breakfast . He cheerfully said, "Mr . Li, Are you free today? Want to follow me to visit the tahayi?"
"Tahayi" meant market . Besides the big cities in South Africa, no supermarkets could be found . The country relied on local markets to maintain trade .
Li Du asked, "Tahayi? Which town or city is this?"
"The tahayi in our tribe . " Remonin smiled brightly . "The tahayi of our Golden Grass tribe . "
Li Du now knew the name of his tribe . After understanding Li Du's personality, Remonin no longer spoke the name of his democratic army .
In fact, his army was really shabby . They did not have any heavy weapons, no armored tanks mounted with gun turret—none of these, nothing at all .
They did, however, own two helicopters . One of them could fly . The other unit was assumed to be disassembled for parts in order to maintain the working one .
The helicopter was really small, mounted with a machine gun, which was its only offensive weapon .
On the other hand, the deadliest weapon in his land army was a modified pickup truck . A high altitude gun had been installed on the trunk and had been modified to shoot at a lower level .
If Li Du believed Remonin, then he was not a warlord . He was a tribal militia leader that had been rejected by the government . A warlord of this quality would be worse than the army of Mozambique, and would have been wiped out by them long ago .
It was a gloomy morning . Li Du, Brother Wolf and Godzilla got on a Jeep to follow Remonin north .
They traveled with a total of three Jeeps . Remonin rode in the first one . Li Du and his group rode in the second one . The last one was carrying the black troops . They were protected by the modified pickup truck .
Li Du turned back to take a look and snapped a photo . This was his first journey protected by armed forces .
A couple of kilometers away from the military camp, he began to see some tents . He had seen these tents before on the helicopter . He had thought they were abandoned by the people who lived here previously .
In fact, there were people still living here; the tents were packed with many people . The tents formed a small colony .
These people were obviously from Remonin's clan . As the convoy of vehicles arrived, many of them ran to the roadside and waved excitedly . The troops in the vehicles also waved back excitedly . These troops had no discipline whatsoever .
Chapter end
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