From arms dealer to king of war

Boss Joe followed his own pace and swam down the river to Kinshasa like a demonstration.

Along the way, we passed through the four cities of ‘Irebu’, ‘Lukelala’, ‘Bolobo’, and ‘Langalanga’…

The riots in these cities stopped abruptly wherever they went!

The 500 Congolese National Army trained and equipped by P·B sent a distress call to Boss Joe via radio when he passed by Irebu, a city at the confluence of the Congo River and the Ubangi River...

Then less than four hours after the Blue Whale anchored, two Su-27s each carried 6 cluster bombs. Under the guidance of the ground troops, they used "heaven's punishment" that the Congolese could not understand, and carried out a bloodbath. A rebel gathering place.

A total of 12 cluster bombs destroyed the rebel camp and killed nearly 600 people, including a group of European mercenaries who were training the rebels.

When the "Blue Whale" was stationed, Team D took a speedboat to land. Under the leadership of the Congolese Defense Forces, they went to the enemy's camp to perform a reconnaissance and guidance mission...

After coming back, the 'Gray Wolf' reported to Boss Qiao. In the footage they recorded with the camera, those mercenaries didn't look like they were working for money at all.

P·B itself is a military contracting company. They have seen countless mercenaries used. Sometimes they can tell whether the identity of the other party is true or false by smelling the smell.

The white man, aged between 25 and 30 years old, is very energetic, but very impatient with the harsh environment.

Judging from the performance of this group of people, they are active soldiers. Even if they are really mercenaries, it will not be long before they retire.

Qiao Jia arranged for fighter jets to perform a scalpel bombing, and then pretended not to know the existence of those 'mercenaries' and ordered to move on.

In the second city 'Lukelala' that passed through after the bombing, when the 'Blue Whale' passed by, a large number of residents gathered at the riverside to watch...

The local tribal representative was also on Kabila's line. Like a guy who had been wronged in ancient times, he had someone drive a small boat to stop in front of the Blue Whale.

After forcing Boss Joe's car to stop, an old black man with white hair roared loudly as if he was acting, asking P.B.'s river guard to perform their duties and help the riot-torn city of 'Luclara' Troubled cities solve security problems.

Boss Qiao stood on the bow of the boat and sincerely expressed to the old black man that he was extremely sorry for not doing his job well...

This time, four members of the ferryman attacked. Under the leadership of several defense forces from 'Lukelala', after 12 hours of hard work, they finally locked the location of the enemy camp.

Immediately afterwards, four dazzling F-16s entered the Congolese border and launched brutal bombings on a guerrilla training camp and an opposition gathering place.

Huddled in the jungle, the training camp's dozens of acres of battlefield were bombed into scorched earth.

Hundreds of soldiers recruited by the guerrillas were sent to the West before they could complete their training under the guidance of white instructors.

It was even worse at the opposition gathering place. An arms warehouse there was hit by a cluster bomb and then exploded. All the valuable arms inside were destroyed.

The death caused by the bombing is like a miracle to the locals of 'Lukela'.

But if you zoom out, the death of hundreds of people in a terrible place like the Congo will not have much impact at all.

Explosions are scary, but only those who have seen them with their own eyes and been there understand the meaning of 'terrible'.

During this period, Afika did not have Internet entertainment software like Doulang, and the internal signal base station construction was not complete enough.

Except for a small number of wealthy people who have mobile phones and took pictures of the smoke rising after the bombing, there are also various gossips circulating among high-level officials. Most of the remaining information is limited to 15 kilometers upstream and downstream. Inside.

Even in order to spread this influence, Boss Joe had to participate in a celebration organized by local people at the invitation of an old black man.

The so-called celebration seems extremely ridiculous to Boss Qiao...

A chair, two long elastic wooden sticks...

Eight black men lifted him up like a sedan, and then carried Boss Qiao and several tribal leaders around the city center of "Luclara" as if they were being paraded through the streets, singing and dancing. One lap.

Boss Qiao was still patient in the first half, but in the second half he really couldn't stand it anymore...

It's okay for a black guy to sing and dance, and it's okay to carry a sedan chair and parade him through the streets, but it's a bit too much to rock the sedan chair as if it's riding the wind and waves.

Qiao Jia saw with his own eyes that a middle-aged black man in front of him was enthusiastically knocked into the air by four black men, and then fell into the crowd and lost a tooth.

There was also an older man in a white robe. Halfway through the ceremony, he took the bucket handed to him by the bodyguard and spat out the half-full plastic bucket with a loud 'vomit' sound.

Boss Qiao was a little bit overwhelmed by what the white-robed old black man did...

After trying hard for nearly 40 minutes, when the ceremony entered the final stage, Boss Qiao asked for leave from the enthusiastic local people. Amid the good-natured laughter of most people, he rushed into the bushes on the roadside and emptied his stomach. Everything was vomited out.

When Qiao Jia walked into a palace surrounded by white curtains on cotton steps, and sat down, he looked at the elders who also had unsightly faces...

He felt that this so-called 'celebration' was a special way for local civilians to express their resistance to these 'nobles'.

Otherwise, how could any ‘carriage’ think of knocking the people sitting on the sedan off their feet from the very beginning?

Black coffin bearers are not so unrestrained!

Boss Qiao's treatment was pretty good, but the ups and downs were a little sharper. Everyone else, except the old black man who blocked the river to ask for help, had to suffer a little bit in the end.

After the civilian entertainment is over, it’s time to show mercy!

Congo's tribal leaders, or local 'kings', take care of their people in an extremely simple and crude way.

Except for the 'king', the other 'ministers' brought their own tables and chairs and lined up outside the 'palace' to solve problems one by one for the locals who were queuing up outside.

Has your sheep been stolen?

It doesn’t matter, you keep the $5!

Your wife's sister wants to find a job?

It doesn't matter, bring it to me for a look. If it looks good, I'll introduce her to the job.

Your pot is broken?

It doesn't matter, here is 10 yuan. You can buy a new pot and a few plates for eating.

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All troubles worth less than 10 yuan are intercepted by people outside...

Those in big trouble are sent to the 'Palace' where their 'King' and Boss Joe sort things out.

Qiao Jia was pulled by the enthusiastic old black 'King' and became a '20-dollar savior'.

Truly a savior!

Although the leaders of this group of tribes did not do anything serious and just spent some money to pay for it, the locals felt extremely satisfied.

This situation made Qiao Jia feel extremely deeply!

The locals did not have high expectations for these rulers at all...

Don't cause trouble, and occasionally give us some benefits, then you are a good boss!

This may be Afika’s version of ‘governing by doing nothing’…

So fucking fucked!

Facing these optimistic civilians, Qiao Jia was too embarrassed to take the crumpled change sent by the 'King'. Instead, he asked Dorian to get a pack of brand new 20-yuan banknotes from the ship.

As a banker, he feels ashamed to use banknotes of less than 20 yuan when going out.

What? Is someone in your family seriously ill?

Use this hundred yuan to buy medicine and cure your illness!

What? All the livestock in the family were robbed?

Take two hundred yuan to buy livestock cubs!

What? Your wife is going to have a baby and you don’t have a house yet?

Take five hundred yuan to buy a beggar’s version of a simple house!

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The malicious inflation created by Boss Qiao made the old black 'King' around him miserable.

In the end, the 'king' had to end the 'grace meeting' hastily because his cash reserves were exhausted, and led a group of ministers to respectfully send Boss Qiao back to the dock...

This bizarre experience made Qiao Jia deeply aware of the situation in the Congolese interior...

Not because they are really ignorant, but because they deeply feel some kind of Afika's original wisdom.

The "king" of the tribe who looks like a lunatic is actually an overseas student who graduated from Oxford University, and his subordinates all have experience studying in Europe and the United States.

Having come into contact with capital, they don't care about the locals at all, or in other words, those locals are a huge burden to them.

The 'king' of a tribe is not the same thing as the kings in Europe. You have to be responsible for the tribe.

You can't let the people of the tribe starve, otherwise you will really make the people below anxious, and they will really kill your whole family.

This kind of 'grace party' is not so much 'grace' as it is that these 'kings' are paying 'king tax' to the people below as the price for their possession of some valuable resources.

This happens four times a year, and the total amount is agreed upon. Anyway, if the year is good, you will be given less, and if the year is bad, you will be given more.

Congo is said to be a democratic country, but in fact it is a country composed of countless tribes.

Most tribes rely on similar methods to manage the civilians below, but there are some differences between the north and the south.

It is this kind of primitive management method. In the past, no one would deliberately oppose them as long as they did not really cause anger and resentment.

Unfortunately, as Congo gradually began to integrate with the world due to its huge mining resources, the influx of modernization and democratization led to the benefits being magnified and the distribution becoming unfair.

The high-ranking officials of the faction headed by the president and the powerful tribes occupy most of Congo's government resources, that is, state-owned resources, and the remaining parts are divided up by other tribes.

Congo seems quite big when you look at the map, but in fact the area actually managed by the Kinshasa government is far smaller than everyone imagines.

The division of tribes and warlords in various places is no secret at all!

If the negotiation goes well, I will accept the recruitment and recognize you as the boss and get a legal title. If the negotiation goes badly, I will live my own life. How can you still bite me based on your National Defense Force?

In order to expand his influence, President Kabila tried to carry out reforms in South Kivu but failed.

There are influences from external forces, but more importantly, the Kinshasa government itself is too poor.

Without strong means, super political ability, and huge capital support, it is simply impossible to integrate Congo’s resources just by being greedy and shameless.

Joga has no delusions about integrating the entire Congo. He now wants to fight all the way to Kinshasa, push his power to the highest point through blood and death, and then see who will be the first to slap him!