The Rise of the European Emperor

On the West African prairie in July, the sun is scorching the earth. The heat wave was rolling on the ground, and even the wind blowing head-on was carrying steaming heat. Only at night will the grassland cool down. But at that time, the grassland became the world of mosquitoes again.

Of course, the West African savannah is not only so hot in July, but it is hot all year round. It is also a misfortune to live in such a harsh climate.

In such a hot climate, it is difficult for people to produce labor activity. Because, as long as you move, you will sweat all over your body. What is lost by sweating is salt, but African black people in this era do not know how to make salt. Once sweating, it is difficult to replenish the salt...

In order to keep the body's salt from being lost casually, the old blacks in the tropics have developed a lazy habit for generations. Of course, it doesn't mean the otaku-like laziness of later generations, but the relative laziness compared to the hardworking Chinese people.

In the eyes of the old blacks, food is obtained by hunting on the grassland with spears, javelins or bows and arrows. For each kill, it is best to kill the prey that is just finished eating. Too much is a waste, because, in the hot weather in Africa, the meat will go bad in less than half a day.

What? You say marinate the extra meat into bacon? Please, Lao Hei doesn't know how to make salt in this age! In this era, the salt of the Mali Empire and the Songhai Empire mainly came from several large salt mines deep in the Sahara Desert. However, the salt bricks or salt slabs (large slabs or brick-shaped salt) produced in those salt mines are mainly supplied to the gold-salt trade market in Timbuktu. In other words, it was exchanged for gold produced in West Africa.

In the Senegal area on the West African prairie, because no salt mines or gold were found, the local people could not get the mineral salt produced in the Sahara Desert.

Therefore, the locals have formed a habit of "hunting as much prey as they can eat". After all, they didn't salt the extra meat.

Some people may say that if there is no salt, you can make smoked meat, and the bacon leaves can be used without salt. That's right, but Old Hei can't...

Moreover, working people all know that if you don't eat salt for a day, you will feel tired. Therefore, the old blacks who lack salt have formed the habit of doing as little heavy work as possible. Of course, if they don't dare to do heavy work, such as playing drums and dancing for fun, which doesn't consume much energy, they are quite happy...

Then, these customs were passed down from generation to generation, and in later generations, there appeared the "excellent tradition" that Lao Hei loves to be funny, but just refuses to work hard. They would rather commit crimes and rob than work hard to cultivate the land. Go to the UN when hungry, or blame the European countries that colonized them in the first place. Although the later generations of Marin are very happy to see the old black accuse European countries and ask for assistance, but he knows very well in his heart that even if the Europeans do not invade Africa, the southern part of Africa will not be able to develop... Can people thrive in a slave society?

You know, although they are both called cultures, there are differences between cultures and cultures. Because culture can be divided into advanced and backward.

Advanced culture can promote the development of society and promote the progress of science and technology. A backward culture will become the biggest obstacle to social progress...

For example, in the 21st century, there are still a large number of chiefs in Africa who are above the people. Even, there are Chinese people who have been named black chiefs, and this has been praised everywhere...

Nima, the existence of these chiefs obviously hinders the development and progress of society. To take the simplest example - they hinder the exercise of national judicial power. In many parts of Africa, there is no law at all, but the chief has the final say, and the chief can marry thousands of wives...

It is said to preserve traditional culture, but is such traditional culture worth preserving? Marin even felt that the African people lacked a ten-year catastrophe. Because those backward traditions need to be smashed. Otherwise, Africans will never be able to develop.

Sometimes, Marin is even reflecting on—is the movement that was criticized for nothing really worthless? Perhaps, it smashed the shackles on the minds of the Chinese children,

As a result, after the reform, people were able to travel lightly in thought, and then China's economy took off... The so-called "break and then build", probably is like this...

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Pulling away, let us switch the camera to the West African prairie in 1508...

The West African black rhino is a branch of the rhino. It should be pointed out that the black rhino is a more violent type of rhino. As a kind of black rhino, the West African black rhino is also very tempered.

In this era, the West African black rhinoceros was not a rare species, but was widely distributed on the West African savannah. Moreover, it is the tyrant of the grassland. Neither the local blacks nor the lions, leopards and wolves on the grassland dared to provoke them easily. why? Because it can't bite... Moreover, the tonnage of the West African black rhino is so large. Once it rushes over, not to mention the rhino horn can pierce you. . Of course, the young rhinoceros can still be eaten by lions, leopards and jackals because the rhinoceros hide has not grown well. Therefore, some lions and leopards will poach small rhinos. However, the premise is that they can escape the pursuit of adult rhinos.

And the Senegalese old black, who was still in the stone age, obviously did not dare to provoke the black rhinoceros in West Africa, and could only watch them be arrogant.

The black rhino has a bad temper. Although it has bad eyesight, it will attack when it smells an abnormal smell. Unless, there are a large group of blacks together, making strange noises to scare away the rhinos. However, it is also necessary to prevent the black rhino from running wild and rushing into the crowd...

Therefore, for the local old blacks, the West African black rhino is definitely a nightmare in their hearts, which is much more terrifying than lions, leopards and wolves. why? Lions, leopards and wolves usually come out to hunt at night, and do not meet humans.

And rhinos come out to roam during the day. If a black man encounters a rhinoceros, he usually has to detour with a bitter face. Because, I can't afford to offend...

Facing the local blacks in the Stone Age, the West African black rhino is like a tank. What to do in the face of tanks that attack at any time? Without "anti-tank missiles", we can only avoid it far away...

However, today is different. Because, on the Cape Verde peninsula in Senegal, a team of musketeers on horseback came...

After waiting for a while, the Berbhorse imported from Morocco finally arrived on Goree Island. Then, these bob horses were transported to land and joined the 100 musketeers who were very good at marksmanship.

Then, the 100 musketeers began to train those bob horses to adapt to the sound of gunfire. After all, the gunshots of the Mushiqt musket are very loud. If you don't go through training, once the gunfires, it is easy to startle the horse. At that time, once the horse is frightened, the musketeer on horseback may be finished. Of course, in order to enhance the adaptability of those Berber horses, the Senegal Fur Company also equipped these horses with earplugs to reduce the impact of gunfire.

After a period of adaptation training, most Berb horses have adapted to the sound of the gun. Then, the musketeers confidently carried muskets and rode bob horses, and began to track the West African black rhinoceros across the grasslands...