The helicopter could not fly into the mine, otherwise the turbulence caused by the rotors would disperse the smoke in the air and cause a sandstorm in the mine.
Five or six kilometers away from the mine, there was an open space where the helicopter landed. Two large SUVs were waiting quietly.
Li Du looked at the logo. The two SUVs were also China brands.
The lion hunter noticed his gaze and laughed. "Made-In-China. We have a lot of Chinese goods here. Chinese goods are cheap and durable. Who doesn't like them?"
Li Du responded with a smile, which was a recognition of Chinese products.
They got off the plane and were about to get into the car when a group of black people rushed out.
It was unknown where these people had been hiding before. There were old people and children, all of them skinny and wearing shabby clothes.
When they ran out, they shouted at the lion hunter.
"Sir, give us back our land! We have no food! "" Don't destroy our home! "" Give me compensation, or I'll blow up your mine! "
Li Du asked in surprise, "What's going on?"
He knew the answer. There were fields around the mine, and they must have occupied these fields and not paid compensation.
So, the local people should now regret that the white people had occupied their fields when they opened mines, but at least they would obey the rules and pay them compensation or provide jobs to make up for it.
The lion hunter lit his cigar and waved his hand leisurely. "200,000 rand for an acre and a thousand kilograms of grain a year. That was the agreement, wasn't it?"
A woman cried, "My husband ran away with the money, and my parents took the grain. What should I do?"
The lion hunter said coldly, "I fulfilled the agreement, gave you the money, and gave you the grain every year. I got the money and the grain, and the rest has nothing to do with me."
Hearing this, Li Du did not speak.
He had said that to put pressure on the lion hunter. He thought the local people were the victims and the weaker party, but now it seemed that this was not the case.
The people were shouting, whining, and complaining, but the lion hunter did not care. He waved his hand, and strong black security guards came up and pushed the crowd away.
When they got in the car, Li Du and the others drove to the mine. The group of people who had come to complain left, and the motorcade followed.
There were a few children in the crowd who looked to be about the same age as Victoria and Ivana. They staggered behind the crowd and looked very embarrassed.
Sophie could not bear to see the children go to the river to drink water. She said, "Stop the car. We brought some food and water, right? Give it to them. I don't think we'll need it anyway. "
Food and water were prepared by Brother Wolf. He felt that in a place like Africa, as long as they were going into the wild, they had to prepare enough food.
The lion hunter in the passenger seat said slowly, "Miss Martin, I admire your kindness and brilliance of character. However, you do not understand this place, and your decision may not be the right one."
Hearing his words, Sophie immediately asked, "Please explain in detail."
The lion hunter did not say much. He said, "You can give them the food, and then everything will be clear."
The driver stopped the car and Sophie came in with food and water for the children.
The children were very polite. After receiving the food and mineral water, they thanked her excitedly and then quickly gobbled down the food and water.
Sophie got into the car. Before she could sit still in the car, the people around them rushed up and snatched the food and water from the children.
Some of the food even led to fights. Several women and young men tore at each other. As the owners of the food and water, the children could only lie on the ground and wail.
Sophie was shocked. She murmured, "When I was an intern in the Middle East, nothing like this happened. They are still children. How can they be treated like this?"
"This is not the Middle East. This is Africa. This is South Africa. Next door is Zimbabwe. It's a world of cannibalism." The lion hunter laughed, with a helpless smile on his face.
The car continued to drive forward and gradually approached the mine. Some tall mining trucks came into view.
These trucks were very large, with tires as tall as a person. The exhaust pipes were madly emitting black smoke. The carriages were full of ore, and one truck after another was carrying it out.
A truck came up and stopped on the side of the road. The driver of the truck got out, and Li Du was surprised to see that it was a white woman.
He asked, "Are all the workers in your mine also white?"
The lion hunter shook his head and said, "I would like to, but there are too few white people who want to work in the mine. It's tiring work, and the pay is low. They don't want to suffer like that."
There were white and black people in the mine, men and women, and the ratio was basically one to one.
The lion hunter said that the reason why black people were used was that some of them did not ask for high wages and were hardworking. However, such black people were few and far between. Most of them were lazy and greedy. They did not work and just wanted to get money.
Like the previous protesters, the lion hunter gave them a large sum of money to buy a house in a nearby town. He also gave them a thousand kilograms of food a year. As long as they worked, they could live in peace.
But these people did not do that. When they got the money, they either left their families or spent it quickly eating, drinking, and having fun. When they got the food, they exchanged it for money and continued to enjoy themselves.
What would happen when they had no money or food? They came to the mine to make trouble. If they could get compensation, it would be a gain. If they could not get compensation, it did not matter.
The lion hunter was very powerful in the area, but he would not easily arrange for his men to beat or kill people unless he was forced to. After all, South Africa was not like Zambia or Zimbabwe, where there was law.
He said, "The black miners here are restless, and I have spent a lot of effort to appease them. The living and eating environment in the mine are very good, as you will see soon.
In addition, I also threatened them that if it was not for the country's requirements, I would replace all of them with white people and not use black people, so that they would feel pressured, so that they could work with peace of mind. "
After entering the mine, the Hummer stopped and they changed into several ATV that could travel in extreme terrain.
The lion hunter's mine had two pits. The pit was spiral-shaped, with the largest surface area and gradually narrowing down to the bottom. The overall shape was like a funnel.
Such pits were determined by the nature of diamonds. Diamonds were the product of volcanic activity. They were sent to the surface by volcanic eruptions, and most of them were located in special rock tubes.
Because these rock tubes were formed by ancient volcanic activity, they often existed perpendicular to the underground world, so the diggers had to dig down as far as possible to find diamonds until the hill became a hole.
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