The Rise of the European Emperor

Asking the hunting team to help hunt elephants was organized by the chief of Dakar, Maghan. When Chief Maghar was young, he traveled along the Niger River, the core area of ​​the Mali Empire. There, Mag'har saw agricultural life on the banks of the Niger River.

On the banks of the Niger River, farmers in the Mali Empire grew crops such as rice, sorghum and cotton. It seems that the local agricultural technology was brought back from Egypt by the envoys sent by the Mali Empire to Mecca in the early years.

Since the Mali Empire converted to Islam, it often sends people to Mecca for pilgrimage. Even an emperor like Mansa Musa personally led a team to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. The pilgrimage route from the Mali Empire to Mecca mainly relies on camels to cross the Sahara Desert and arrive in North Africa. Then to the east, into the territory of Egypt, and finally into the region of Hijaz. The custom of growing rice, sorghum and cotton in the Mali Empire was learned from the Egyptians who were halfway on the pilgrimage.

When Chief Maghar visited the core area of ​​the Mali Empire, he was very envious of the agricultural activities along the Niger River. Because, in those villages in agricultural areas, people's food sources are very stable. The local chiefs were also very rich. Unlike Senegal, a border region of the Mali Empire, even he, the chief, is a poor ghost.

Because he is well-informed, after seizing the land with rich water and grass originally occupied by rhinos, the chief of Dakar, Maghan, had the idea of ​​engaging in local agriculture.

However, before his idea was realized, he found that the elephant herds had broken into these areas...

An elephant grazes 300 kg of grass every day, and 30 elephants can graze 9,000 kg of grass every day! If these elephants are allowed to eat randomly, should we still engage in agriculture? If those elephants are allowed to break into the farmland, the consequences will be disastrous!

If this happened in the Niger River region at the heart of the Mali Empire, that would not be a problem. Because, the Mali Empire can trigger the army to hunt those rhinos and elephants. Because, through the gold trade, the Mali Empire held a large number of copper and iron weapons, and even many war horses. As long as an army equipped with metal weapons is dispatched, even a ferocious black rhino is no match.

However, the Senegal region is a border region of the Mali Empire. The natives here don't have metal weapons or war horses. Of course, they can't beat the West African black rhinoceros, and they don't dare to mess with the elephant herd.

So, after thinking about it, Maghan, the well-informed chief of Dakar, approached the Senegal Fur Company and asked Royce and other experts with "supernatural abilities" to help hunt elephants. Only when these "big stomach kings" are dead, can the local people develop agriculture with peace of mind...

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Royce was in a difficult situation, because the thickness of an elephant's skin was no less than that of a rhinoceros. It's just that the hardness is not as high as rhinoceros leather. However, if you want to hunt elephants, ordinary lead bullets are also difficult to achieve the effect, and steel ball bullets must be used.

But the problem is that because the production of steel ball bombs is more troublesome, they don't have many steel ball bombs in their hands. Although some steel ball bullets can be recovered after hunting rhinos, the limited steel ball bullets in their hands are mainly used for hunting rhinos, and they cannot be wasted on hunting elephants...

In desperation, Royce had to submit this issue to Eschwein, the general manager of Goree Island, and let him make a decision.

Eschwein has yet to comment, but Mr. Mido, the representative of the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge de Rencastre, is agitated:

"Promise them! Promise them!"

Eschwein was a little surprised, but Mr. Mido quickly gave an answer:

"Ivory! You can get ivory from hunting elephants! Ivory is very valuable, and it belongs to the interests of our lord duke. Therefore, I hope that the musketeers in your country must help hunt those elephants. That is ivory! Ivory!"

"However, our steel ball bullets are limited..." Eschwein hesitated.

"I don't care! I don't care! If our Lord Duke's interests are not guaranteed, I will apply for the Duke to revoke the fur company on Gorey Island! We can't make money, and you don't even want to get rhino hides!" Mi What a shame.

Indeed, Marin had previously negotiated with the Duke of Coimbra—the rhino horn and ivory belonged to the Duke of Coimbra, and Marin could handle the rest.

In other words, the interests of Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, lie in rhino horns and ivory. Not to mention the rhinoceros horn, the ivory currently purchased by the company mainly comes from the ivory taken from the dead elephants in the elephant cemetery by the local aborigines.

The custom of elephants is very strange. When an elephant feels that he is about to die, he will take the initiative to leave the herd and come to a place similar to a cemetery, waiting to die. In this cemetery, the bones of dead elephants are everywhere, also known as the "elephant cemetery".

Because the local indigenous people can't beat the elephant herd, the ivory obtained by the local people is basically picked up from the elephant cemetery. However, the number of elephants that die of old age is limited every year. Therefore, there are not many ivory that the local indigenous people can pick up.

However, if you use the Mushiket musket to shoot steel balls, you can still hunt elephants. Moreover, the hunting team members of the Senegal Fur Company riding Berber horses are not afraid of the retaliatory pursuit of elephants at all. Because an elephant can't run a bob horse at all.

If elephants can be hunted and killed normally, the amount of ivory obtained by the Senegal Fur Company will be greatly increased. You know, there are twenty or thirty elephants in a herd. If more elephant herds are hunted, the amount of ivory obtained will be a very impressive number.

And if he can get enough ivory, Mido is sure that he will definitely be appreciated by the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge de Rencastre, and be promoted and reused.

Therefore, Mido did not hesitate to play tricks and threatened Eschwein. However, the Senegalese fur company also particularly needs authorization from Portugal. After all, Senegal is the Portuguese sphere of influence. If you don't want the bad news that Portugal is going to war, you still need the help of Duke Jorge de Rencastre of Coimbra to cover.

In desperation, Eschwein had no choice but to explain the situation:

"Mr. Miduo, it's not that we don't want to hunt elephants. The main reason is that the production of the steel ball bullets we use to hunt rhinos is troublesome and the output is small. Under the premise of hunting a large number of rhinos, our steel ball bullets are simply not enough for a large number of elephants. Elephant hunters. As you know, the hide of an elephant is no thinner than that of a rhinoceros, and steel ball bullets are needed!"

After thinking about it, Mido said:

"Then I don't care, we need ivory! If there is a shortage of steel ball bullets, you can apply to your Grand Duke to apply for more steel ball bullets produced locally. No, your first batch of rhinoceros hides will also be sent back to China Right? You can make an application report and bring it back to China with the ship!"

"Okay, I'll try to make an application report!" Eschwein said helplessly.

"It's not a try, but a must! You know, the right to operate the company is actually in our hands. Without our authorization, none of you can carry out activities in West Africa. Therefore, this is not a suggestion, but a notice. Presumably, you all The guild agrees with our proposal..." Mido said confidently.

Eschwein really had no way to refute Mido's words. Because, what Miduo said is the truth... Please read the latest chapter of "The Rise of the European Emperor Claw Machine Bookstore" for free for the first time.