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Chapter 940 Ivory
Chapter 940 Ivory
Many people think of a bunch of local tyrants in Arabia when they talk about sheikhs or kings, and then subconsciously think that they must be rich, but this is not the case for all.
To give a simple example, they are also chiefs or earth kings in Angola. Those chiefs or earth kings in the north are very rich because oil is found on their land, but it is hard to say that in the south.
For example, this is the case in the kingdom where Liang En is the chief. Except for some land and granite that can be used to build buildings, there are no valuable minerals hidden under this land.
On the other hand, the location of this large territory is also a bit remote, and there are not many forests, so it is not suitable for doing business or selling wood. The entire territory only has agriculture, animal husbandry and very little processing industry, which can be described as extremely poor. .
That's why the group of chiefs came to make friends with Liang En, because this hydropower station can be said to be the largest industrial facility on the land they own.
According to the analysis of the assistants on the way here, this small hydropower station may be ten times the total industrial output value of the current territory ruled by the Tuwang every year. This is still considered a handicraft industry.
If you don't count handicrafts, the industry on this land may really only include an auto repair shop, a bicycle repair shop, and a mechanical mill for grinding locally grown corn.
So in addition to the facilities, Liang En also said that he could contact various tribes with a batch of high-quality and cheap solar cookers and solar panels to help them solve part of their energy problems.
So the guests and hosts enjoyed the banquet, and after the banquet was over, the earth king specially ordered the servant to deliver a large box to a pickup truck in Liang En's motorcade, saying it was another symbol for the chief.
"What is this?" After driving back to the construction camp of the small hydropower station, Jeanne of Arc looked at the boxes moved into the house and asked curiously, "It looks quite heavy, and it should be a big thing in terms of size."
"Just take a look." Liang En stepped forward to open the box, and then his eyes widened. "It turned out to be ivory and lion skin. This is a very expensive gift."
According to the local tradition, in addition to the three-piece suit at the coronation ceremony, a chief must also have a chair covered with wild animal skins and a pair of ivory placed behind the chair, which seems to be a complete complement.
After a simple inspection, Liang En found that both the ivory and the lion skin had a history of at least five or sixty years, which made him feel less guilty.
Although it is more popular for wealthy Europeans to hunt in Africa, and there are legal wild animal hunting activities in Africa, Liang En still doesn't like that kind of non-subsistence hunting, so it's not a bad thing to say that these things are in stock.
But then again, ivory longer than 2m2 is rare now. After all, with the crazy poaching behavior of poachers before, it is equivalent to naturally screening out elephants with long ivory.
What needs to be said here is that although many people think that China is a big consumer of ivory, in fact, the international market has become much smaller since the ban on ivory was issued in 1990. Now the real large consumers are Europe, America and Japan.
Among them, Europeans and Americans have been using ivory extensively, such as furniture handles, cigarette holders, jewelry boxes, billiards and piano keys, etc. all use ivory.However, most of these things were made before the ban took effect and are left to this day.
The really bad thing about this is the Japanese, who, unlike most countries in the world, have been advocating the continued maintenance and operation of the ivory market.
According to official statistics, Japan's ivory stocks account for about 89% of all Asian stocks and 31% of global stocks.Far surpassed Huaxia.
According to a Japanese government report, as of the end of 2020, Japan's ivory inventory was 244 tons, of which 178 tons were complete single tusks (about 1.7 tusks) and 66 tons were cut ivory.
In theory, ivory was included in the import ban list in the 1990 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and Japan also emphasized that most of the current stockpiles of ivory were imported before then.
But the actual situation is not the case. It is certain that a large number of ivory with unknown origin and storage time are circulating in the Japanese market. Considering Japan’s practice in whaling, this can also be regarded as a manifestation of their nationality.
In Japan, these ivory are mainly used to make seals and jewelry. As of the end of 2020, there were 96.8 ivory seals in Japan, and 318 million pieces of jewelry made of ivory.
But the strange thing is that it is the Chinese who bear the international stigma for this, and few Japanese and Europeans who actually buy and illegally use ivory in large quantities know about it.
"So the so-called international public opinion—" Liang En complained, then closed the lid, and then signaled the security personnel who came along to take this thing away, preparing to set up a temporary auditorium.
The auditorium is mainly used for the next day. Traditionally, newly appointed chiefs need to perform a ceremony on their own territory and obtain the allegiance of their subordinates. As for pure newcomers like Liang En, they need to go through this ceremony to recruit their first batch of leaders. civil.
"I hope that some people will come tomorrow." Liang En thought with the mentality of a contractor recruiting workers before going to bed, "Although it is not important to say that non-chiefs are not important, it would be a bit embarrassing if no one came—"
That night Liang En fell asleep with a look of worry on his face. Fortunately, the next day the situation was much better than expected. After the ceremony, a group of temporary workers from the surrounding area were willing to join Liang En's command.
At the end of the ceremony, he found that there were a total of 150 households, and more than 700 people were willing to follow him to become the citizens of this territory, and they swore allegiance on the spot.
"They are actually people from different tribes together, but because the land could not support so many people before, they had to leave the tribe to fend for themselves." said the ceremonial officer sent by the earth king before.
"So it is also a good thing for His Highness to accept them now. Compared with living alone outside, it is obviously easier to get a better life together."
Liang En knew that the ceremonial officer was right. After all, this place was still a traditional agricultural area, and it would be very difficult for a single family to farm the land, and there would be many problems.
As for going out to work, it is even more difficult. This place is not a region with a high level of infrastructure like Europe, America or China, so they may need to prepare for a long trip for several months.
Not to mention the high probability that he might not be able to find a suitable job even if he entered the city. After all, Liang En saw a lot of slums built of asbestos tiles, iron sheets, wooden sticks and steel pipes when he came out of the capital. All are unemployed.
In the long run, the joining of these people is obviously a good thing, but in the short term, this group of people looks more like a burden. Fortunately, there are only a few hundred people, so it is not difficult to undertake this part of the work.
More importantly, most of these people are farmers or herdsmen, so as long as they have simple training, they can at least maintain the current vegetable plantation and assist in the subsequent breeding work.
That's right, according to the scholars I consulted before, the environment here is still relatively fragile. If all of them are integrated into a unified plantation, various problems will easily arise.
Therefore, according to the design, the entire land will be planned as a whole to form a complete ecological farm to achieve the goal of sustainable development.
(End of this chapter)
Many people think of a bunch of local tyrants in Arabia when they talk about sheikhs or kings, and then subconsciously think that they must be rich, but this is not the case for all.
To give a simple example, they are also chiefs or earth kings in Angola. Those chiefs or earth kings in the north are very rich because oil is found on their land, but it is hard to say that in the south.
For example, this is the case in the kingdom where Liang En is the chief. Except for some land and granite that can be used to build buildings, there are no valuable minerals hidden under this land.
On the other hand, the location of this large territory is also a bit remote, and there are not many forests, so it is not suitable for doing business or selling wood. The entire territory only has agriculture, animal husbandry and very little processing industry, which can be described as extremely poor. .
That's why the group of chiefs came to make friends with Liang En, because this hydropower station can be said to be the largest industrial facility on the land they own.
According to the analysis of the assistants on the way here, this small hydropower station may be ten times the total industrial output value of the current territory ruled by the Tuwang every year. This is still considered a handicraft industry.
If you don't count handicrafts, the industry on this land may really only include an auto repair shop, a bicycle repair shop, and a mechanical mill for grinding locally grown corn.
So in addition to the facilities, Liang En also said that he could contact various tribes with a batch of high-quality and cheap solar cookers and solar panels to help them solve part of their energy problems.
So the guests and hosts enjoyed the banquet, and after the banquet was over, the earth king specially ordered the servant to deliver a large box to a pickup truck in Liang En's motorcade, saying it was another symbol for the chief.
"What is this?" After driving back to the construction camp of the small hydropower station, Jeanne of Arc looked at the boxes moved into the house and asked curiously, "It looks quite heavy, and it should be a big thing in terms of size."
"Just take a look." Liang En stepped forward to open the box, and then his eyes widened. "It turned out to be ivory and lion skin. This is a very expensive gift."
According to the local tradition, in addition to the three-piece suit at the coronation ceremony, a chief must also have a chair covered with wild animal skins and a pair of ivory placed behind the chair, which seems to be a complete complement.
After a simple inspection, Liang En found that both the ivory and the lion skin had a history of at least five or sixty years, which made him feel less guilty.
Although it is more popular for wealthy Europeans to hunt in Africa, and there are legal wild animal hunting activities in Africa, Liang En still doesn't like that kind of non-subsistence hunting, so it's not a bad thing to say that these things are in stock.
But then again, ivory longer than 2m2 is rare now. After all, with the crazy poaching behavior of poachers before, it is equivalent to naturally screening out elephants with long ivory.
What needs to be said here is that although many people think that China is a big consumer of ivory, in fact, the international market has become much smaller since the ban on ivory was issued in 1990. Now the real large consumers are Europe, America and Japan.
Among them, Europeans and Americans have been using ivory extensively, such as furniture handles, cigarette holders, jewelry boxes, billiards and piano keys, etc. all use ivory.However, most of these things were made before the ban took effect and are left to this day.
The really bad thing about this is the Japanese, who, unlike most countries in the world, have been advocating the continued maintenance and operation of the ivory market.
According to official statistics, Japan's ivory stocks account for about 89% of all Asian stocks and 31% of global stocks.Far surpassed Huaxia.
According to a Japanese government report, as of the end of 2020, Japan's ivory inventory was 244 tons, of which 178 tons were complete single tusks (about 1.7 tusks) and 66 tons were cut ivory.
In theory, ivory was included in the import ban list in the 1990 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and Japan also emphasized that most of the current stockpiles of ivory were imported before then.
But the actual situation is not the case. It is certain that a large number of ivory with unknown origin and storage time are circulating in the Japanese market. Considering Japan’s practice in whaling, this can also be regarded as a manifestation of their nationality.
In Japan, these ivory are mainly used to make seals and jewelry. As of the end of 2020, there were 96.8 ivory seals in Japan, and 318 million pieces of jewelry made of ivory.
But the strange thing is that it is the Chinese who bear the international stigma for this, and few Japanese and Europeans who actually buy and illegally use ivory in large quantities know about it.
"So the so-called international public opinion—" Liang En complained, then closed the lid, and then signaled the security personnel who came along to take this thing away, preparing to set up a temporary auditorium.
The auditorium is mainly used for the next day. Traditionally, newly appointed chiefs need to perform a ceremony on their own territory and obtain the allegiance of their subordinates. As for pure newcomers like Liang En, they need to go through this ceremony to recruit their first batch of leaders. civil.
"I hope that some people will come tomorrow." Liang En thought with the mentality of a contractor recruiting workers before going to bed, "Although it is not important to say that non-chiefs are not important, it would be a bit embarrassing if no one came—"
That night Liang En fell asleep with a look of worry on his face. Fortunately, the next day the situation was much better than expected. After the ceremony, a group of temporary workers from the surrounding area were willing to join Liang En's command.
At the end of the ceremony, he found that there were a total of 150 households, and more than 700 people were willing to follow him to become the citizens of this territory, and they swore allegiance on the spot.
"They are actually people from different tribes together, but because the land could not support so many people before, they had to leave the tribe to fend for themselves." said the ceremonial officer sent by the earth king before.
"So it is also a good thing for His Highness to accept them now. Compared with living alone outside, it is obviously easier to get a better life together."
Liang En knew that the ceremonial officer was right. After all, this place was still a traditional agricultural area, and it would be very difficult for a single family to farm the land, and there would be many problems.
As for going out to work, it is even more difficult. This place is not a region with a high level of infrastructure like Europe, America or China, so they may need to prepare for a long trip for several months.
Not to mention the high probability that he might not be able to find a suitable job even if he entered the city. After all, Liang En saw a lot of slums built of asbestos tiles, iron sheets, wooden sticks and steel pipes when he came out of the capital. All are unemployed.
In the long run, the joining of these people is obviously a good thing, but in the short term, this group of people looks more like a burden. Fortunately, there are only a few hundred people, so it is not difficult to undertake this part of the work.
More importantly, most of these people are farmers or herdsmen, so as long as they have simple training, they can at least maintain the current vegetable plantation and assist in the subsequent breeding work.
That's right, according to the scholars I consulted before, the environment here is still relatively fragile. If all of them are integrated into a unified plantation, various problems will easily arise.
Therefore, according to the design, the entire land will be planned as a whole to form a complete ecological farm to achieve the goal of sustainable development.
(End of this chapter)
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