On the West African savanna in July, the sun was scorching the earth. The heat waves on the ground were rolling, and even the wind blowing towards them was steaming. Only at night did the grassland cool down. But at that time, the grassland became a world of mosquitoes.
Of course, the West African savanna is not only so hot in July, but it is hot all year round. Living in this harsh climate is also a misfortune.
In this hot climate, it is difficult for people to develop the desire to work. Because as soon as they move, they will sweat all over. What sweat loses is salt, but in this era, African old men can't make salt. Once they sweat, it is difficult to replenish the salt...
In order to keep the body salt from being lost casually, the old men in the tropical areas have developed the habit of laziness for generations. Of course, it is not about the laziness of later generations, but about the relative laziness of the hardworking Chinese people.
In the eyes of old blacks, food is obtained by hunting on the grassland with spears, javelins or bows. Every time you hunt, it is best to hunt down prey that you just finished. Too much is a waste, because in the hot weather in Africa, the meat will break down in less than half a day.
What? Do you say marinate excess meat into bacon? Please, Lao Hei didn’t know how to make salt in this era! In this era, the salt from the Mali Empire and the Sanghai Empire mainly came from several large salt mines deep in the Sahara Desert. However, the salt bricks or salt slabs produced by those salt mines (large stone slabs or brick-shaped salt) mainly supplied the gold-salt trading market in Timbuktu. In other words, it was used to exchange for gold produced in West Africa.
In the Senegal area on the West African savannah, no salt mines were found and no gold was found, so the locals could not get the mineral salt produced in the Sahara Desert.
Therefore, locals have developed a habit of "fishing as much as they can". After all, they do not pickle excess meat with salt.
Maybe some people say that if you don’t have salt, you can make smoked meat, and if you don’t have salt, you can’t use salt for bacon leaves. This is true, but Lao Hei doesn’t...
Moreover, working people know that if you don’t eat salt for a day, you will lose energy. Therefore, the old men who lack salt have developed the habit of doing less heavy work as much as possible. Of course, when you don’t dare to work hard, such as playing drums and dancing, it will take less physical strength, and they are quite happy...
Then, these customs were passed down from generation to generation. In later generations, Lao Hei was foolish, but he was unwilling to work hard. They would rather commit crimes and rob them than farm hard on their own. When they were hungry, they would look for the United Nations or accuse the European countries that colonized them. Although Marin was happy to see Lao Hei accuse European countries and demand assistance, he knew very well that even if Europeans did not invade Africa, the southern African region could not develop... because, can you expect a group of people with a cultural level in the slave society to become more developed?
You should know that although it is also called culture, there are differences between culture and culture. Because there are differences between advanced and backward culture.
Advanced culture can promote social development and promote the progress of science and technology. 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 Chinese people are named black chiefs, and this matter has been praised everywhere...
Damn, the existence of these chiefs has obviously hindered the development and progress of society. To give the simplest example - they hindered the exercise of national judicial power. In many places in Africa, there is no law at all, but the chief has the final say. The chief can marry thousands of wives...
It is said that traditional culture is preserved, but is such a traditional culture worth retaining? Marin even feels that the African people lack a disaster for ten years. Because those backward traditional cultures need to be destroyed. Otherwise, Africans will never have the possibility of becoming prosperous.
Sometimes, Marin even reflects on whether the movement that was criticized for being useless is really useless? Perhaps, it smashed the ideological shackles of the Chinese people, leading to the people being able to go into battle lightly in their minds after the reform and opening up, and then China's economic takeoff... The so-called "breaking and then establishing" is probably like this...
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Let's switch the camera to the West African savanna in 1508...
The black rhino in West Africa is a branch of rhino. It should be pointed out that the black rhino is a more irritable type of rhino. As a type of black rhino, the black rhino in West Africa also has a very strong temper.
In this era, the black rhinoceros in West Africa is not a rare species, but is widely distributed on the West African prairie. Moreover, it is a tycoon. Whether it is the local black people or the lions, leopards and jackals on the grassland, they dare not provoke them easily. Why? Because they can't bite... Moreover, the tonnage of the black rhinoceros in West Africa is so large that once they rush over, not to mention that the rhinoceros horns can pierce you, the impact force alone is like a tank, and lions, leopards and jackals are definitely not the opponent. Of course, the young rhinoceros can still chew on them because the rhinoceros skin has not yet grown well. Therefore, some lions and leopards can poach little rhinoceros. However, the premise is that they can avoid the pursuit of adult rhinoceros.
The Senegalese Lao Hei, who was still in the Stone Age, obviously did not dare to provoke the West African black rhinos, and could only watch them arrogant.
Black rhino has a bad temper. Although his eyes are not good, he will attack when he smells an abnormal smell. Unless a large group of black people make strange screams and scare away the rhino. However, it is necessary to prevent the black rhino from rushing into the crowd...
Therefore, for the local old man, the West African black rhino definitely makes their hearts much more terrifying than the lions, leopards, jackals. Why? Lions, leopards, jackals usually come out to hunt at night and do not meet humans.
And rhinos come out like a day. If a black man encounters a rhino, he usually has to take a detour with a bitter face. Because he can't afford to offend...
Facing the local black people in the Stone Age, the West African black rhino is like a tank. What should I do when facing a tank that launches attacks at any time? Without "anti-tank missiles", I can only avoid it from afar...
But today is different. Because, on the Cape Verde Peninsula, Senegal, a team of musketeers on horseback...
After waiting for a while, the pibo horses imported from Morocco finally arrived at Gore Island. Then, the pibo horses were transported to land and met with the 100 100 musketeers with good shooting skills.
Then, the 100 musketeers began to train those pyrbu horses to adapt to gunshots. After all, the gunshots of the Mushket muskets were very loud. If they were not trained, they would easily startle the horses. At that time, once the horse was frightened, the musketeers riding on the horses might be done. Of course, in order to enhance the adaptability of those pyrbu horses, the Senegal Fur Company also equipped these horses with earplugs to reduce the impact of gunshots.
Chapter completed!