The police thought that they had succeeded. They looked at Li Du and the miners proudly.
In the end, the police searched Li Du, but other than some daily necessities and tools, they did not find anything. There were no diamonds!
The police searched him, then searched the luggage and bodies of the others, but still found nothing.
The last person left was Sophie. The young man named Scotty smiled sinisterly and extended his hand towards her. Brother Wolf kicked him to the ground and stuffed the muzzle of the gun directly into his mouth.
The police were furious. Li Du was even more furious. He pointed at the group and shouted, "Who dares to touch me? I swear, I will throw you all in jail! Your families! Your children! My mercenaries will definitely treat them well! "
The atmosphere became tense again. The tall policeman looked ferocious. He looked at Li Du fiercely.
Li Du did not budge an inch. He looked at him even more fiercely.
After a confrontation, the tall policeman took a step back. He said angrily, "Retreat, let's go!"
Seeing the police leave, the people around Buick cheered, "Long live the Gibra God!"
Buick smiled and walked over. He was about to speak when Li Du said, "Pack up and let's go. Let's get out of here first!"
He was worried that the police were up to something again.
Buick gave the order, and the people obeyed him. They pushed the carts, carried the sacks, and carried the bags out of the abandoned mine.
On the way, Buick said to Li Du, "You have helped us a lot, Mr. Li. Please come to our tribe. We have to thank you."
Li Du asked, "Are you from the same tribe?"
Buick smiled and said, "Yes, we are from the Gibra tribe. However, Gibra is our language. You may not understand it. In English, we are the snake tribe."
Li Du thought about it and agreed to his request. He wanted to find someone to understand the distribution of the diamond mines in this area. Buick and the others should be able to help him.
No wonder Buick had so much prestige among the black people. They were all from the same tribe. Buick was the chief, and the others were his people.
When the police appeared, the people of the Gibra tribe stood behind Buick and confronted the police. Those who escaped across the river were not from the Gibra tribe.
They had suffered heavy losses this time. Their harvest over the past few months had been snatched away.
At this point, Buick thanked Li Du again. Li Du waved his hand and said, "This is nothing, I was just helping out. Oh right, why are the police so black-hearted?"
Buick sighed and said, "They are always like this. Every once in a while, they will come to the mine to loot. We have no choice but to pray to the Gibra God to protect us and not run into them."
He explained to Li Du. This kind of thing was common, and they often encountered it.
After the diamond mine went bankrupt and was abandoned, the poor people in the surrounding villages and tribes often came here to try their luck.
The possibility of digging up a diamond was not high. They often worked hard for a month or two to harvest a small diamond. After selling the diamond for money, the family's expenses depended on it.
After the police found out that they had made some gains, they started to do business without any capital. The surrounding police would come to plunder every once in a while and find a random reason to chase them away and keep their diamonds.
For example, this time, the police said that there would be mudslides after heavy rain. It sounded nice, but it was actually an excuse to chase them away and plunder the diamonds.
As the number of times increased, fewer and fewer people came to look for ore. However, there were always people who lacked money who came to try their luck. The police would target them and make a fortune.
The police called this behavior 'harvesting wheat,' meaning that after one harvest, there would be another.
Li Du nodded to show that he understood. He said, "Is there any pattern to every time the police move? For example, how often do they do it? "
Buick said, "There is no pattern. They will plant some people as spies. The spies do not look for diamonds, but check our harvest. If they find that we have a lot, they will inform the police to harvest wheat."
Li Du suddenly understood and said, "When you first met us, you chased us away because you thought we were spies?"
Buick smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, we are always more alert to strangers."
They could not be blamed for being alert. During this time, they had a good harvest and found diamonds. What they were most afraid of was a raid by the police.
Besides, it was obvious that there were spies among them. However, the spies were not Li Du and the others.
The Gibra tribe that Buick belonged to was not far from the mine. It was about 20 miles away.
They were used to walking on the mountain roads. Even if they pushed the cart, they walked very fast. In less than three hours, they returned to the tribe.
The Gibra tribe was different from the tribes that Li Du had seen before. It was more like a village.
The houses of the members of the tribe were grouped together. There was a wooden fence around the fence, which was covered with vines.
There were cars and motorcycles going in and out of the entrance. The people were dressed more modern, no longer wearing grass skirts or animal skins.
This was the common tribe in South Africa. Nowadays, all the tribes were becoming civilized. The people were no longer eating raw meat and drinking blood like before. Instead, they were interacting with the outside world and becoming more modern.
As he approached the tribe, Li Du wanted to take pictures. However, as he approached the fence, he saw two colorful snakes moving slowly among the vines.
Subconsciously, he said, "Hey, there are snakes on the fence. Everyone, be careful."
However, he quickly realized that this might be normal. Buick had said that the Gibra tribe was called the Snake Tribe in English. Snakes might be their totem.
He told Buick his guess. Buick laughed and said, "You guessed wrong. Snakes are not our totem. They are our food and source of income."
Entering the tribe, Li Du first saw a large, flat square. Some women and children were drying white, round things.
These were skinned snakes. Buick said that the dried snake meat would be sent to the restaurants in the city. They would also sell the snakeskins to handicraft shops.
"The most valuable thing is the venomous snake serum. It is very expensive. It used to be as expensive as diamonds. However, it is dangerous and difficult to obtain venomous snake serum. Now that people have started to artificially breed venomous snakes, the price of the serum has dropped. We can no longer make money," Buick said as he shook his head.
The Gibra tribe now had two ways to make money. One was to catch snakes and sell them. The other was to find broken diamonds.
When they arrived at the tribe, everything was safe. Li Du took out the diamonds from his backpack and handed them to Buick.
Buick distributed the diamonds according to the markings on the small bags. Cheers rang out again.
After distributing the diamonds, Buick asked curiously, "Mr. Li, where did you hide the diamonds just now? I thought they would find them when they searched your backpack. "
Li Du pointed to a hidden compartment in the backpack and said, "In here. Fortunately, they were careless. Otherwise, our losses would have been huge."
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