Li Xiwen had no plan to go to the Sudan. It was a sudden action, and the consultant could only list a few simple things to note. The problems facing Sudan are currently similar to those of Egypt. Food cannot be self-sufficiency, industry development is slow, unemployment rate is high, people's education level urgently needs to be improved, and export product structure needs to be adjusted. In addition, Sudan has oil disputes with South Sudan, as well as border disputes with Libya.

Before South Sudan split with Sudan, it was Sudan's main oil-producing area. Sudan undertakes most of the refining tasks. Now, after South Sudan's independence, oil output has become the focus of dispute between the two sides. In the middle of last year, Sudan even accused South Sudan of using force to occupy oil fields and refineries. Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, the United Nations sent peacekeeping forces.

The problem in Libya is even more serious. The Darfur area in western Sudan is a place where Arabs and Christians live in history. Libya incited Arabs in Darfur to attack Christians. Some villages and even the entire village were destroyed. This has caused a great response in the international community. Some people think this is genocide. This regional problem involving ethnic and religion is the most difficult to solve. The Sudanese government has no choice but to strengthen patrols.

Libya's head Colonel Karafi even threatened to let Darfur vote leave the Sudanese government. Although the locals have not yet worked together in this way, it has put a lot of pressure on the Sudanese government. Li Xiwen adhered to the consistent position of the Han Empire on this issue, opposed other countries' interference in the internal affairs of the Sudan, and was willing to contribute her own strength to the peace and stability of the Darfur region.

In fact, the itinerary of the Sultanate was not good. Khartoum was a little cooler than Cairo. It was probably because the terrain became higher and it was also far away from the Sahara Desert. Liu Jinpeng did not follow Li Xiwen to attend those boring meetings here. He received the visiting Li Zhongguo and also went out to see the appearance of Khartoum.

The city of Khartoum looks relatively neat. Although there are illegal buildings built randomly, it is much pleasing to the eye than Cairo. Li Zhongguo was not interested in the scenery of the city, but he caught a fruit stall and took a few photos. The fruit stalls in Khartoum are quite interesting. From top to bottom, they are stair-shaped. There is a fruit placed on each step, which is getting more and more expensive.

However, Khartoum, the city center, can be seen, and it will be much dirty when it comes out of the city center. Except for the roads, it looks yellow and even the sky seems to be dyed with a layer of yellow. Although the weather is hot, Sudanese like to eat fried food. You can often see such stalls on the street. There is also an old lady with a headscarf sitting in the shadows selling fermented yogurt wheat, which is the staple food of Sudanese.

Liu Jinpeng carefully observed the Sudanese on the street again. The people here looked very similar to those on the Saudis. The only difference was that they were darker in their skin and were indeed mixed-race Arabs. On the street, Liu Jinpeng also saw an extremely simple cigarette stand, a small shelf nailed with several wooden strips, and the gap was applied with random materials, including barbed wire, cardboard, wooden strips, etc.

There were a few cigarettes of unknown brands on the small shelf of this cigarette stall. The stall owner was a young man about 27 or 28 years old. He sat on the bench behind and lowered his head to play with his cell phone. He was not afraid of anyone taking something secretly. Li Zhongguo took his Chinese cigarette and talked to the stall owner for a while, exchanged a Chinese for his pack of cigarettes. When he came back, he coughed after taking a puff.

"This is just cigarette residue," Li Zhongguo found out that he was suffering. I don't know where the Tuyan workshop was produced, and all the cigarette residue was poured. "It's a big loss. It's almost the same for me to replace one of my Chinese with one."

"The price of curiosity, haha." Liu Jinpeng smiled unkindly. Old Li was really interesting. He actually went to change cigarettes and tasted it.

Li Zhongguo didn't know what to do with this pack of cigarettes, but he felt a pity if he threw them away. If he didn't throw them away, he would never smoke again. Liu Jinpeng drove him to a small supermarket on the street. This small supermarket that was small in size could be seen everywhere in the city of Khartoum, which was very convenient for citizens. Liu Jinpeng said a few words to Lin Lin, Lin Lin picked up the pack of cigarettes and entered the small supermarket. After a while, he changed it to several bottles of frozen drinks.

Li Zhongguo was so surprised that a pack of this kind of cigarette could be exchanged for several bottles of drinks? Lin Lin didn't explain, but in fact she added some money. In the big cities of Sudan, the blue yuan is better than the Sudan pounds and is absolutely hard currency. Next, I saw a Western view. Shepherds driving a flock of sheep on the streets of Khartoum. He was shouting something. Lin Lin explained that she was selling sheep. After a long time of trouble, Khartoum could sell live sheep on the streets.

After seeing the city, I returned to the city center. There is an ivory handicraft street, which sells all kinds of ivory products, including necklaces, candlesticks, decorative ivory, carvings, etc. Li Zhongguo bought an ivory cup, saying it was a luxury, while Liu Jinpeng took a fancy to an ivory indigenous mask and bought it for 490 blue yuan. This mask is the size of a palm. If you carve such a mask, the ivory must be at least half a meter long.

Lin Lin also took a fancy to a small object, which was an ivory object carved into a tiger, with a price of 999 Sultan Pound. Liu Jinpeng judged that it was carved in the form of a Bengal tiger, because there were no tigers in Africa. Lin Lin's bargaining skills were obviously not as good as those girls. After talking for a long time, he cut 938 Sultan Pounds. Liu Jinpeng couldn't stand it and leaned over and said, "200 blue yuan, will it be sold?"

He knew the reason why the Blue Yuan was better than the Sultan pound. He paid the Blue Yuan directly for buying things. The owner didn't look like a local, but he had a bit of an East Asian appearance. After hearing the offer, he looked as if he was insulted. Liu Jinpeng pointed to the tiger and said, "Look at this tiger's head, it has no momentum at all, and his neck is twisted as if it is about to be broken."

The owner looked at it and said with little confidence: "This is cut off from a one-meter-long ivory." Let's coax the ghost, it's still one meter long, and it's probably half a meter away, and it's still a bit of material.

Liu Jinpeng pointed to the tiger's body and said, "The belly is sunken, the waist is weak, and the tail is not hard. It's not like a tiger. This carving is too bad."

The owner laughed and wiped his sweat and said, "About 400, Lan Yuan."

Liu Jinpeng shook his head and wanted to reach out again. The owner quickly stopped him and smiled bitterly: "Stop talking, 350. The lowest price!"

"This is a Bengal tiger, it's a pity. It would be great if it were a Siberian tiger." Seeing that it was impossible to find fault, Liu Jinpeng started to talk.

The owner was almost crying and gritted his teeth and said, "I'm so sorry. Just because there are no tigers in Africa, I entered this place and wanted to sell it for freshness, but no one knew the goods! Forget it, I'll make you a friend today, 300, and jump off the property price!"

Liu Jinpeng is now pretending to be hesitant. Seeing that he had been picking up problems for a long time, Lin Lin also said guiltily: "If you don't like it, forget it."

The shop owner really couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed the tiger and stuffed it into Liu Jinpeng's hand and said, "I know you are aware of the goods. OK, I will sell it today as a big loss. 290!"

Liu Jinpeng wants to cut: "No, 266, it's a good luck."

The owner said nothing now, and he just wanted to send him away, so Lin Lin paid 266 yuan for the job. After going out, Lin Lin said worriedly: "If you don't like it, don't want it, I just chose it casually." Lin Lin wanted to give Liu Jinpeng, who was born in the Year of the Tiger, but she was asked about so many problems. She was a little unconfident.

"It's okay, I blink that guy, who's blamed for his guilt?" Liu Jinpeng must have comforted Lin Lin. Moreover, buying ivory products at such a price is pretty good, although it's a scrap, he had to say sweetly in the end, "This thing is good, it looks very majestic, and it will definitely bring me good luck. Besides, no matter what you buy, I like it."

Lin Lin then felt relieved and smiled happily. The owner was also afraid that Liu Jinpeng would scare away all the other customers, so he had to send the person away as soon as possible, otherwise he would lose a lot.

Li Zhongguo also turned back, and he said with deep emotion: "Have you carefully observed the stalls here? Have you found anything?"

Liu Jinpeng guessed what he wanted to say and nodded, "The stall owners and shop owners here are basically not locals. Most of them are from Eastern countries, especially in my country and Annan in Goryeo, and in Luzon, right?"

Li Zhongguo didn't expect Liu Jinpeng to see it, and nodded and said, "That's right, from the stalls, we can see that the industries that make a lot of money here are basically monopolized by foreigners. Do you still remember the big supermarket near the airport? It was also run by Malays, and it is a relative of the owner of Shangri-La Hotel."

"Old Li, you don't look like someone who is worried about this. Could it be that your arms are not sold well and you want to transform?" Liu Jinpeng joked.

Li Zhongguo laughed and said, "My business is very good, and South Sudan will soon have a big business."

"What are you buying? South Sudan can't afford drones, I guess they'll be automatic rifles or something." Liu Jinpeng said this on purpose to stimulate Li Zhongguo.

"I look down on Uncle Hei, I'll tell you quietly that South Sudan wants to buy stag beetles. This number." Li Zhongguo said as he stretched out two fingers, obviously it wouldn't be 20 units.

Liu Jinpeng didn't think that South Sudan, a small country, wanted so many stag beetles. He guessed: "Which countries should buy it for? You should be careful. Don't show counterfeit products on the market then, I don't have time to keep in mind those."

Although Li Zhongguo smiled, his eyes showed a fierce light. He said lightly: "I dare not play like this if I give them ten courage. If I don't say anything else, the peacekeeping troops have not left yet." There seemed to be other meanings in this sentence, but Liu Jinpeng didn't want to care about those bullshit matters and shook his head and stopped talking.

A group of seven people returned to the hotel where they were staying. Li Xiying did not come back. Li Zhongguo's followers went back with the things they bought. Old Li was chattering with Liu Jinpeng. Fortunately, he was about to leave after dinner, otherwise Liu Jinpeng would have to continue to suffer. It was already past meal time when Li Xi came. The President of the Sultanate took action personally this time, regardless of the arbitrary level, negotiated several aid projects, and also finalized an agreement to purchase two retired warships.

Li Xiwen didn't want to stay here for a long time. After dinner, she was about to go to Adis Ababa. Liu Jinpeng still advised her to rest for one night. It was not so many hours anyway, but she insisted on going early and returning early, and said: "It was a jet lag when she got there and rested overnight. The sisters at home were also anxious. I don't want to gossip about it."

So Liu Jinpeng went to say goodbye to Li Zhongguo again. Old Li was a little surprised. The young couple's professionalism was so strong. Sultanate Prime Minister Lesseven saw him off to the airport in person. This time there was no more etiquette than to cross the level. He just lined up to see him off. The embassy of the Han Empire in Sudan also came to see him off. They also made a lot of efforts in this negotiation.

Speaking of seeing off, Chen Zhongmao called and complained to Liu Jinpeng. He didn't say anything when he left Cairo. He originally wanted to give it away, but he couldn't catch up. Liu Jinpeng had to apologize repeatedly, saying that he would have to drink a few more drinks when he met again as an apology before giving up.
Chapter completed!