The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

Cruelty to animals?

The guys in the mine guard team are not so busy. They put down one gun after keeping them, and don't throw them away.

With the presence of Huaxia’s cooking skills and the fact that Huaxia’s technicians accounted for a large proportion of the mine’s early personnel, this wild boar was very popular, and even created a "Western food model": some meat with bad parts was discarded because These thousands of square kilometers near the mine are basically a big wild boar nest, and the breeding speed is fast, and the people in the mine alone can't eat it for decades without letting go of the belly.

Northerners like to eat noodles, while southerners' staple food is rice. There is a difference. But the hobby for pork is the same, and I don’t get bored.

And one thing is interesting: not to mention the frozen goods, even fresh high-quality Australian beef is not as popular as wild boar in the mines.

Because it is 1989, except for the plateau, the northern pastoral areas and the west, in most parts of eastern China, whether it is in the north or the south, beef is not as popular as pork.

Because cattle are animal-powered and unsuitable for breeding, the people have never had the habit of eating beef for so many years. Moreover, even if the cattle raised are slaughtered, they are generally used as special supplies for military supplies, and there are very few local supplies during the Spring Festival.

In the past few years, the price of pork was higher than that of beef. Firstly, pork can make lard. In many parts of the east, beef is even considered to be a meat that cannot be served on the table.

The second is that I don’t have the habit of eating beef, or simply can’t be used to it!

This is unbelievable 20 years later, but it is a fact now: even 20 years later, in the eastern region, there are still many Chinese people over 40 or 50 who don't like beef.

It's not because it's expensive, or because it doesn't like the taste of beef, it feels weird!

It's incredible, but it's reality.

The mine protection team in Botswana is not as comfortable as our colleagues in Australia, because Africa is basically all protozoa, hunting can be done, not too exaggerated, but also to take care of the feelings of the tribal people.

They were all killed, what did the tribe beat?

Life is not as comfortable as Australia, or porcelain, Africa is also rotten and bad, and De Beers is staring at him nearby.

It's not that bold to mess with the other party blatantly, but you have to be guarded, and the actual internal situation of the minerals needs to be kept secret-commercial secrets, everything has to be prepared.

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The child sleeps up, wakes up in less than two hours, and then becomes a super active person!

There was no place where Lily could not go in the whole plane, and even the cockpit went in for a visit-she was such a small person in the plane, and everyone was kind to her.

But Lily Greene soon lost her freedom, was captured by Alice, and honestly played a game of assembling a train on the floor of the lounge.

The boss’s set of electric trains is ready to let Little Lily pass the time on the plane. It’s not okay for children to watch cartoons all the time, even playing boy games is better than watching TV.

But after a few hours of playing after eating, Little Lily went to bed again. The 10-hour voyage was not so easy.

Thanks to the earth's rotation, the sky was still bright when the plane arrived at Gaborone International Airport, the capital of Botswana, and the city center was about 10 kilometers southwest of the airport.

This is a very young African city. Construction started in 1964 thanks to the development of mineral resources. In the past, it was an uninhabited jungle.

Because the city has been formed for a short time, looking out from the porthole of the lounge just before landing, the vicinity of the airport is almost a wasteland.

If it weren't for the fence, the African antelopes would probably run to the track to add to the chaos, but the lion would be even more lively.

Getting off the plane from the tarmac, the temperature is less than 30 degrees, the entire international airport's runway is long, but the terminal looks like an old-fashioned train station.

There are also a few small planes nearby, many of which are propeller-type, and there are not many international flights to this country.

Gaborone is a city with a weird location. As the national capital, its city center is only 10 kilometers away from the border with South Africa, and there is no strategic depth at all!

Not to mention the cannon, a 120mm mortar with a longer range on the South African side of the border can smash the shells into the capital of Botswana sturdily.

After getting off the plane, Zhang Nan maliciously said in his native dialect to Guan Xingquan on the side: "If you build the airport north, are you afraid of getting bombarded and running faster?"

"The G5 howitzer has a range of 30 kilometers, it's useless."

The South African military of the white regime is leveraged, and many of the armaments made are of world-class level, such as their artillery.

Botswana puts its capital in such a place, I just hope that the next door will always be a good neighbor, otherwise, people can throw kitchen knives at your home after a fight!

Officials from the Ministry of Mining and Tourism of Botswana are greeted by officials, because the black guys know that the capital of the American financial giant who came here is several times the annual GDP of Botswana!

This kind of wealthy people is more meaningful than the visits of the presidents of many small countries, because the benefits that Zhang Nan can bring are far higher than those of countries that are poorer than Botswana.

It feels very good, but it's a civic status, otherwise Zhang Nan would have enjoyed the treatment of reviewing the guard of honor and salute.

Thomas was in the welcoming crowd, and there were many security personnel wearing Botswana uniforms in the distance.

Botswana officially speaks English, and communication is not a problem. Just when Zhang Nan and Brown exchanged greetings with each other, Zhang Nan's bodyguards actually surrounded this side.

Thanks to the simplicity of the airport, Guan Xingquan and Liu Wendong can clearly observe all the commanding heights nearby and everything is normal.

This is Africa, and everything is possible, although the possibility of De Beers getting nervous is slim.

The car prepared for Zhang Nan was an old-fashioned Rolls-Royce. The bodyguards boarded a Toyota Coaster minibus and were escorted by police vehicles both front and back.

Old cars in the right-hand driving position are well adapted to the rule of driving on the left here.

It was Zac who drove, and Alyosha was in the co-pilot position as always, but Brown was sitting next to Zhang Nan.

Alice and Lily are not suitable for a car with Zhang Nan now, and Brown is still familiar with Botswana.

From the airport to the city, after driving five or six kilometers, Brown pointed to a compound that resembled a three-story factory building in front of him and said, "Boss, that is the headquarters of De Beers in Botswana."

Zhang Nan saw that the two long strip "factories" over there echoed each other, and he knew that one was the De Beers Botswana Diamond Company building, and the other was the Botswana Diamond Trading Company building. These two were sister companies at all.

Noting the boss’s expression watching there, Brown continued: “De Beers currently owns two diamond mines in Botswana~www.readwn.com~ regularly handing over the mined rough diamonds to the Botswana Diamond Trading Company, which sorts, After the valuation, it can be sold out.

Botswana people sort and estimate prices, but buyers can only be more than 100 global spectators designated by De Beers.

After the sightholders get the rough diamonds, they sell them or ship them to India and other countries for further processing, and the finished diamond jewelry finally enters the consumer market. "

Zhang Nan heard this and said: "It's all loopholes. The actual control of the mine is in the hands of De Beers. Even if a supervisor is stationed, it is still no use."

Brown smiled and said, "This requires a tacit understanding of business."

Not to mention, this car is provided by Botswana. Although it has been checked before, it is not 100% insurance.

Business tacit agreement, every year the Botswana government has a satisfactory income, the diamonds are too small to watch all of them.

It is a hotel called Regent. In the southern suburbs of the city, there is a huge reservoir that provides water for the city during the dry season. It is also close to the National Museum of Botswana and not far from the University of Botswana.

The entire hotel was covered, security was taken over by some of the "united forces" personnel who arrived early, and there were local policemen watching the gate outside.

The 40 rooms have kitchenettes, outdoor swimming pools and other resort facilities, and the gardens are quite beautiful.

Satisfied with the environment, but Zhang Nan still said: "After tomorrow's meeting, Brown, you and the negotiator are arguing with them here, and I have to go to the mine as soon as possible."

"Okay, boss."

Zhang Nan didn't bother to wrestle with the bureaucracy, and he didn't have that thought and need at all. After having the necessary politeness, it is okay to pose in this posture, but people will look at you high.

On the third day, I took a plane again, three twin otters, "Star International" own plane, one of the best means of transportation in the African wilderness: the mine is 500 kilometers away.