African Nationhood

Chapter 232 Secret visit to Jinshan Town ()
  After entering the Nawakabu mining area, Li Yan's eyes were opened. The nights here were actually sleepless.

Of course, this does not mean that electrification has been achieved here, but most of the buildings here are lit, and even the streets and alleys are illuminated by street lights.

"Brother, there are so many street lamps here, how much lamp oil do they cost?"

Hoda laughed: "These street lights are the responsibility of the mining area committee, and they spend tens of millions of dollars on public facilities here every year.

They used to burn kerosene, but after whale oil became available in Jinghai District, people here also started ordering whale oil.

It's just that the supply of whale oil is not timely, so people here use kerosene and whale oil together. "

Li Yan nodded, "Well, thank you, brother. This is the fare, please keep it."

Hoda took the four military tickets and waved goodbye to Li Yan with a smile.

Li Yan just took two steps and turned back, "Brother, where is the fighting arena you mentioned? I want to see it for a long time."

Hoda packed the military tickets, then pointed to the north and said: "Go north along this road for about 700 meters, and you will see a three-story building, right there.

It's just that you need an acquaintance to lead you there, and you can't get in without an acquaintance. "

Li Yan was dumbfounded when he heard that he needed to be brought in by an acquaintance. He nodded, "Thank you, brother. Goodbye."

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Li Yan walked aimlessly. Since he couldn't enter the fighting arena, he should look for other clues first.

He walked on the road for a while and found that there were not so many restaurants here.

Most of them are restaurants run by Chinese, and you can see liquor stores everywhere with their respective signboards written on them.

He randomly chose "Li's Old Store" and went in.

The hotel is not big, only about ten square meters. There are 5 round tables in the restaurant, 3 of which are full.

Li Yan casually sat on the table at the door. After sitting down, he found that the table here was quite clean. Li Yan felt better and shouted "order food."

"coming"

As the sound came, a girl with braids ran over and handed over a piece of paper.

"Hello uncle, what do you want to eat?"

Li Yan saw that the little girl was handsome and had a sweet mouth, and a smile appeared on his face: "Let me see, do you guys have any special dishes here?"

The little girl squinted her crescent eyes and said with a smile: "The sweet and sour fish cooked by my father is delicious. How about a plate of it, uncle?"

Li Yan nodded: "Then it's up to you. Let's have sweet and sour fish and shredded potatoes. What's the staple food?"

"Let me think about it. Mom made steamed buns and steamed rice today. What do you want to eat?"

Li Yan is a southerner. When he heard that rice was available, he immediately chose rice.

The little girl nodded, "Uncle, please wait a moment. You'll be back in a moment."

After saying that, the little girl quickly flashed back to the kitchen, and soon she heard her announcing the menu to the kitchen.

"The new uncle wants sweet and sour fish, shredded potatoes and rice."

A deep male voice agreed, "I know."

Not long after, the little girl came over again, this time she brought a cup of hot tea, the tea soup was green.

"Uncle, please use it."

Li Yan took the glass and thanked the little girl, then held the glass in his hand and listened to the chats of the diners here.

The guests at the three tables are all dressed differently, table 2 is white and table 1 is Chinese.

The white people were all talking about mining. They spoke slowly, and Li Yan could understand them. Most of these conversations were about a guy named James, who followed the advice of a prospecting engineer and dug up gold veins. .

After listening for a while and finding nothing new, Li Yan gave up eavesdropping and turned his attention to the Chinese diners.

After a little listening, he got useful information.

"Have you heard that Boss Li's fighting arena has new products? It is said that they are girls from Japan.

Although those girls are shorter, they have good figures and are very obedient. And I heard that Boss Li spent a lot of money this time to hold a fight draft. "

After listening to this diner, another diner also added: "Well, Boss Li plans to expand the size of the fighting ring and build one in Jinshan Town."

The diners next to him couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Can Boss Li in this town come in?"

"Well, the big boss Rhodes wants to send people to colonize the interior. All the elite white mine protection teams have been transferred away, leaving nothing but an empty frame there.

Boss Li took the opportunity to negotiate with the white people in the town and asked them to hand over some of their rights.

Setting up a fighting ring in the town was the result of negotiations. It was said that Boss Li would open another large-scale entertainment store, including a bar, casino, brothel and a fighting show. This amount is needed just for investment!”

The diner who spoke shook his five fingers, and the two diners next to him both said, "Oh, boss Li is really making a fortune!"

The diner who broke the news before nodded in agreement, "That's right. Boss Li's brother helps Mr. Shi transport immigrants. The number of people he handles every year is not a small number. The female slaves transported from the United States..."

His voice dropped so low that Li Yan couldn't hear it even if he wanted to.

At this time, a short and fat man came over with a food plate, "Your sweet and sour fish, rice, and shredded potatoes will have to wait a while."

Li Yan nodded, "Okay."

Now that the food has arrived, it’s time to cook.

I have to say that the sweet and sour fish is cooked authentically. The whole fish is fried to a golden color and the sweet and sour sauce on it is very delicious.

He just didn’t know what kind of fish it was. Most of the edible fish in Southwest Africa were marine fish. Marine fish tasted similar to freshwater fish. Before he could take a few bites, the short, fat man brought another plate of shredded potatoes over to him.

Li Yan nodded to the short and fat man, and then continued to listen to the diners' conversation.

At this time, the talk of white diners aroused his interest again.

"Do you know that the gold mines in the Rand Basin are said to be of high quality, and the company has also issued a notice on the quality of the gold mines in the Rand Basin.

Are you interested in trying your luck at Rand Basin? "

The other one shook his head, "No matter how good it is over there, I can't give up on the ore veins I've found here. I still plan to continue gold mining here.

Besides, the loan I owe Mr. Bailey has not been repaid, so how can I leave? "

The diner's words resonated with other white diners, and they nodded in agreement.

“Yes, Mr. Bailey’s loan is not easy to repay.

If everything goes well, it will take at least five years of work to pay off those loans, otherwise he will wait for his wife and children to become prostitutes and orphans. "

When Li Yan heard this, he was shocked. This was a major gain.

The loan from the white loan shark is not easy to repay. If the loan is not repaid, it is too cruel to let the wife and children pay it off.

At present, Mr. Bailey has a big problem.

Could it be that he was the white representative who held power in the town, and that Boss Li negotiated with him to obtain the right to enter the town and open a fighting ring?

Li Yan was thinking while eating, and the table of Chinese diners had already started to pay.

A Chinese diner said: "Would you like to join me in the fighting ring tonight to open your eyes? Once you've been to that place once, you'll want to go there more times."

The white diner at the table next to him actually understands Chinese. He directly said to the Chinese diner in weird Chinese, "Sir, can you take me there once? I want to see it too."

The Chinese diner looked at the white diner and shook his head with a smile, "Sorry, I won't take white people with me, I will only take my compatriots."

When Li Yan heard this, he immediately became energetic. He put down his bowls and chopsticks, stood up and raised his hands to the Chinese diner: "Brother, take me, take me. I've long wanted to see the world."

The Chinese diner glanced at Li Yan and said with a smile: "Take you, do you have money?"

Li Yan took out his wallet and said, "Yes, 1000 yuan in military coupons, right? I have it."

The Chinese diner burst out laughing, "I mean, you have to pay me to take you there."

Li Yan was immediately dumbfounded when he heard this, "I'll give you money, how much does it cost?"

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