Chapter 363 The sudden crisis
More than an hour later, three large off-road vehicles equipped with guardrails parked next to a sparse woods for a while. In addition to alleviating the bumps and fatigue, it is more important to let the people who came to the African savanna take photos as souvenirs to satisfy their feelings of showing off.
This era is the real camera era. Many people like to take selfies and other photos for themselves when they are at home, let alone traveling in distant places.
At this time, several women were happily posing in various positions, singles or taking photos to record the journey.
In other words, there is really no signal station here, and the mobile phones they use to take are not satellite phones, so there is no signal. Otherwise, they would have sent the photos to familiar people to show off. This is a trip in Africa.
This is the same for women in almost any country or region in the world, and they love to show off.
Compared to those enthusiastic women, Xu Nuo, who had been beaten up by dinosaurs, must have lacked interest in these zebras and giraffes. After being pulled together, Xu Nuo came to the local supervisor responsible for the management of the entire hunting ground with a hunting rifle, next to a burly black man named Mori.
"How is the safe environment here?" Xu Nuo glanced at the armed guards carrying guns around him, and asked in confusion, "Is it dangerous to carry live ammunition?"
"Boss." The burly black man Mori opened his mouth and showed a big white teeth. "The poaching situation in Africa is very serious. Especially elephants, rhinos, lions, etc. are very easy to be threatened by poachers. Ivory horns, lion skins and other things are very popular in the market. We only have landmarks and no isolation nets are set up with Kruger National Park next door, so if there are poachers there, they are likely to come."
"Yeah." Xu Nuo nodded and looked at the many small woods in the distance that were lushly dotted on the yellow earth. "Have you poached before?"
"Some." Morrie looked serious. "There are almost a few times in secret these years. After all, the environment here is much better, and many wild animals are willing to stay here. Except for the occasional bosses coming to hunt, there are almost no threats. So the number of wild species here is large, which naturally attracts those poachers."
"Then how do you deal with it?" Xu Nuo raised his eyebrows and withdrew his gaze. "What should those poachers who ran over do? You all carry live ammunitions, would you just kill them?"
"Yes, sir." Morrie smiled again, but the words in her mouth were filled with a strong smell of blood. "Whether it is privately breaking into a private hunting ground or poaching protected animals is a death penalty. We have surveillance equipment and armed guards, and they will be killed directly whenever they are found. In this way, people who are not afraid of death come every year. If they are not killed, the animals here will probably be finished long ago."
"Oh." Xu Nuo itself is a being who kills countless lives, so naturally he would not be scared by such a small scene.
He curled his lips and looked at the well-equipped armed guards and asked, "How much does this hunting ground cost every year? I think there seems to be a helicopter apron behind the manor, and the decoration and maintenance on the main building are very good. In addition, the equipment of the armed guards costs a lot, right?"
"Sir." James, who had been standing behind Xu Nuo, explained in a timely manner, "This private hunting ground requires nearly one million dollars in maintenance costs every year. It includes paying rental fees to the government, labor salaries, maintenance costs for manors and various vehicles and helicopters, etc. I have hired an accounting firm here to supervise financial expenses."
What do rich people value the most? Of course it is money.
James, who has been a rich man’s housekeeper for decades, thought Xu Nuo was concerned about the money he spent, so he explained it in detail. In particular, he focused on hiring an accounting firm to supervise finance because he knew that those rich people were very taboo about this, for fear that others would vilify their money.
Rich people usually have no problem spending water on their own, but even if they are blackened by others for a cent, they will be so angry that they will die. Although not everyone is Grandet, most people are like this.
Of course, Xu Nuo would not be like this. In fact, he has not really had the mentality of a rich man. After all, he has embarked on another road on the road from an ordinary person to a rich man. Money has become less important on that road. So he naturally has no unique habits of rich people.
"Oh." Xu Nuo just asked casually, and he wouldn't care about the real money or something.
"What is that?" The woman's confusion sounded from behind her. Xu Nuo turned around and walked over. Wherever she saw her eyes, in a small wood more than a hundred meters away, a leopard climbed up on a tall tree. At this moment, she was sleeping lazily with her tail hanging down.
"I know!" Lin Yuner, who had an excited face, suddenly clapped her hands and shouted, "That's a cheetah! I've seen it on National Geographic Channel!"
"Hey~" Seeing that the armed guards around had already vaguely controlled the route that the leopard might have pounced over, Xu Nuo smiled and shook his head. "Although they are all leopards, their physiques and patterns are different. They are leopards, which are much stronger than cheetahs. If it is a big leopard, it is the most powerful single carnivore on the grassland except for lions. The big leopard can even hunt crocodiles. The cheetah just runs fast."
"Can you go over and take a look?" For some reason, Lin Yun'er seemed to be very interested in felines, especially the leopard with beautiful patterns. At this time, she was looking at Xu Nuo with bright eyes. She really wanted to go over and take a look.
"If you really like it, I can buy you some leopard fur to wear." Xu Nuo's hilarious joke unexpectedly brought Lin Yuner's eyes.
Most women like soft and warm furs, but now they can't say that kind of words when they see the living creatures here with their own eyes.
"Look at the woods over there." Xu Nuo sighed, and pointed his hand at the woods where the leopard was in the distance and explained, "Look clearly what is there. This is the woods, not the park near your home. The ground is full of artificial lawns with neatly built and sprayed with insect-proofing agents. This is the wild."
This is a real wild environment. Most of the trees in the forest are a locust tree with sharp thorns on its branches and leaves. There are dense bushes between the trees, and similarly, the bushes are covered with various sharp thorns. Not to mention walking over, just standing next to it makes people feel a headache.
The woods in the wild are not parks in the city. There are herbivores everywhere. In order to survive, those herbivores can even turn over the land and eat the seed roots and stems underground. If they are not poisonous, they must have thorns, otherwise they would have been eaten up long ago.
Trees in cities do not need to grow thorns because humans in cities do not eat leaves at all. Therefore, they can grow lush branches and leaves.
But the wild environment is too harsh. How many kilograms of forage do those elephants eat in a day, as well as a large number of antelope, zebra wildebeests, cows, giraffes, etc. It can be said that plants that do not have spikes and have no toxins have been eaten many years ago.
There is no way, there are too many mouths. These wildlife don’t know what a breeding plan is. They eat as much as they want to fill their stomachs. Those who can survive under so many mouths are species that have chosen their own life. If they don’t evolve well, they will only be eliminated by nature.
"Follow me." Looking at Lin Yuner's face frowned and looked at herself with a pitiful look. Xu Nuo please sigh and accompany her towards the woods.
Compared to Lin Yuner, who likes cats very much, especially large cats, the other women are just standing in the distance to watch. Except for people who really like them, most people have a stay away from these creatures. Not many people like Lin Yuner.
"Okay, just watch here." Xu Nuo waved his hand and let Morrie follow him wait a little further, because if there were too many people, it would inevitably arouse the leopard's vigilance. At this time, the leopard, which was originally sleeping soundly in the tree, had opened its eyes and looked at Xu Nuo and his group with vigilance.
The location here is about dozens of meters away from the woods where the leopard is located. That is, Xu Nuo is strong and does not care about the danger. Otherwise, if the leopard strikes at this distance, it will only rely on the guards' guns to save their lives.
After all, the distance of dozens of meters may not be short for humans, but for those wild creatures, especially those with extremely fast speeds like leopards, it is just a blink of an eye.
Lin Yuner is not a little girl who doesn’t know anything. She also knows that it will be dangerous to get too close, so even if she likes it very much, she just stands here and takes photos with her cell phone.
Xu Nuo showed a faint smile on his face. He shook his head slightly and took out a cigarette to light it, enjoying the feeling of anesthesia of the nerves.
"Yuna." After a moment, Xu Nuo's body condensed slightly, threw down the cigarette and called Lin Yuna who had walked forward for a short distance without realizing it.
When Lin Yuner turned around and looked over in confusion, Xu Nuo curled her lips and smiled and walked slowly towards her, "You have to eat more delicious food, you are too thin, this won't work."
"Where am I thin?" Lin Yuner looked at Xu Nuo and walked towards her. She originally wanted to defend herself, but suddenly she saw that although Xu Nuo had a smile on her face, her eyes were extremely calm!
As a smart woman with a sharp mind, Lin Yuner's heart trembled suddenly. She was too happy before, so she walked a short distance in the direction of the woods without realizing it. But this is not a bustling modern city, it is a wilderness full of dangers!
Lin Yuner's body couldn't help but tremble. She didn't even dare to turn around and look behind her! At this moment, she could even feel that her back was covered with cold beads of sweat!
As smart as her, she naturally felt that Xu Nuo was attracting her attention. There must be a crisis around her!
"Look at me." Seeing that Lin Yuner's body was trembling slightly and was shaking, Xu Nuo narrowed his eyes and rushed over like lightning! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!