Chapter 463 The Roof of Africa
Ethiopia is an inland country in eastern Africa and is known as the roof of Africa. The altitude of Homes is more than 2,000 meters. The temperature here is stable at 10 to 25 degrees all year round, which is really better than the hot weather in Cairo. As a famous big city in Africa, it is also the headquarters of the African Union.
The special plane landed at Bole International Airport. The Ethiopian Prime Minister did not come to greet him, but the Crown Prince Irma came to welcome him. Irma is 38 years old and is not young anymore. He did not make a big fuss like Leseven. He just arranged a line to welcome him, holding flowers and banners to express his welcome.
In fact, Ethiopia has not yet fully moved closer, and it is a bit like holding a pipa and half-covering its face. It is not as straightforward as the Sultanate. It is like a big girl who is waiting to find a good person, but she is afraid of the feeling of being entrusted with inhumane, and her mood is very complicated.
In addition to being invited to visit Ethiopia, Li Xiwen also talked about how to encircle and block the Somali People's Army. Since the Somali People's Army is located at the junction of the Three Kingdoms, any country's strike may force them to hide within the territory of another country, which is their magic weapon for survival.
However, Li Xiwen has arrived in Ethiopia. Prince Irma has verbally agreed to send troops to encircle the Somali People's Army. As long as they dare to enter Ethiopian territory, they will have to face dozens of times the enemy. Kenya did not want to make exciting moves when the Han Empire fleet was stationed in the Gulf of Aden, and he agreed to the imperial note very readily.
In this way, the attitude of the Somali government became very important. Earlier today, the United States suddenly intervened in to try to mediate the dispute between the two sides. They were obviously afraid that the Han Empire would stay in Africa and not leave. The Americans hoped that the Han Empire would sit down with Somalia to talk, rather than give a deadline, especially in order to relieve His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, the United States also suggested dispatching joint forces to attack the Somali People's Army.
None of the Han Empire, from the government to the people, did not know what the Americans were thinking about fighting. Of course, Li Jingwen refused the United States' request for military assistance. He said that the Han Empire could do this by itself. In order not to stimulate the empire, the Americans took the initiative to bear part of the military expenditure, saying that they were willing to provide logistics supplies to the Somali government forces or the troops landed in the Han Empire.
As the Americans used their perseverance to linger the spirit of braised candy, the empire had to hold a four-party meeting, including the Han Empire, the United States and Somalia, and also invited Egypt as observers. The meeting is currently held in Cairo. The Americans are extremely efficient this time, and they arrive before people from other countries arrive, and they are carrying out public relations activities everywhere, jumping up and down.
The Somali government is in a dilemma now. He neither wants the Han Empire to build a military base in China, but is also worried that it will attract the United States to intervene and give the imperial fleet that is close to the corner to land. Fortunately, Li Jingwen's main purpose is to fight rabbits. He did not force Somalia to accept the plan to build a military base, so they did not face too much pressure.
Li Xiwen has not many tasks in Ethiopia. In addition to finalizing the dispatch of troops to encircle the Somali People's Army, it is also some mutually assisted economic and trade agreements. They do not involve specific details, but are just large framework agreements, so there is no need for cooperation between departments for the time being. This task is relatively easy. So after arriving in Homelands Ababa, I will take a rest for a night before holding the talks.
Homes Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia, and the builder of this city is Mennirik II. The main ethnic group of Ethiopia is the Amhara people. They live a nomadic life and have changed their capital locations from different dynasties and eras. After the establishment of Homes Ababa, it has not changed its capital for more than 100 years, and it has become the "permanent capital" of Ethiopia. According to the local Tireg language, Homes Ababa means "fresh flowers".
Homes Ababa is divided into two urban areas, with upper and lower areas. The upper area is relatively high, basically a place where ordinary people and poor people live; while the lower area is relatively low. The houses are of high quality and greening are good, and it is a gathering area for the rich to gather. The rich here have a serious gap between the rich and the poor, and the annual income of the people in the shantytown may be only a few hundred beirs, while the wealthy areas may be as high as hundreds of thousands of beirs.
What is even more amazing is that the streets and alleys of Homes Ababa do not have names or house numbers. This result leads to the country having only post offices but no postman. If you want to receive letters or newspapers, you can only go to the post office newspaper box to pick it up by yourself. This is probably the biggest feature of Ethiopia. Everyone who first arrives at Homes Ababa will feel very uncomfortable.
Prince Irma sent them to the hotel and said goodbye. The hotel has no grade and is specially used to receive state guests. The surrounding buildings are far away and have high safety. The hotel is surrounded by green trees and has a pleasant climate. Birds can be seen flying between the treetops, looking like white-collar pigeons. This unique pigeon in Ethiopia has a half-ring "white-collar pigeon" in the back pillow, which is an extremely rare species.
As the sun sets, let's have a meal first. There are not many types of food in Ethiopia. It can be said that the entire African continent is not a place for foodies to come. If you don't have the ability to do it yourself, you can only make do with it here.
The raw material of the traditional Ethiopian delicacy "Ingira" is a small granular crop called tether bran. The Ethiopians grind these small particles into powder, then add water and make noodles, spread them in a large round basket woven with reeds, cover them with a lid and leave them for two or three days, and after fermentation, they will be taken out and steamed, and they will become round, soft, sour, and large pancakes covered with fine holes.
When eating this kind of cake, it is best to dip it in beef sauce. There is also something like Fite, which is also made of beef and mutton, but the taste is just that. Li Xiwen ate two pieces and stopped eating it. She also said with a self-deprecating voice: "I feel like I'm at the Northwest Plateau, and there are no noodles all day long, but there are no soap buns here yet."
Liu Jinpeng also felt that these things were too unsatisfactory. He asked the waiter and found that in addition to local specialty meals, he could also order Western food. Ethiopia was occupied by Italy for a period of time, so there were also some Italian-style foods in the area, such as pizza-like Fite, Watt with meat pizza, etc.
It can be said that the Ethiopians have completely inherited the essence of Italian cuisine. Apart from pizza, they are pizza, but the various ingredients are different. Liu Jinpeng is not interested in this kind of Italian sesame cake. He doesn't want to eat it after eating it a little, and throw it to Lin Lin along with the portion of Li Xiwen.
The waiter brought the menu again. Liu Jinpeng looked at it for two minutes, and finally picked a Wafu with a large piece of beef. Then Li Xiwen took the menu and looked at it for another five minutes. She was much more picky than Liu Jinpeng, and she also asked the waiter about the ingredients and methods for the dishes on the menu. She didn't even miss the ingredients. It took nine minutes before ordering two more dishes.
The food this time was more comfortable. Vafu was similar to grilled steak, but it was not that big and was cut in a scattered manner, which was suitable for the habit of some local tribes to grab it with their hands. The dishes ordered by Li Xiwen looked more artistic, which was rather uneasy. They looked good and disappeared after a bite. So she snatched another piece of beef from Liu Jinpeng.
After dinner, Li Xiwen couldn't stay idle. She planned to go out for a walk, but she had received the ivory mask, but she didn't have a suitable gift for her. Now that she has time, she certainly wants to buy something. Homepage Ababa is a famous big city in Africa, and shopping is very convenient. The hotel can provide vehicles, and it is completely free. She can even provide drivers and porters, but Liu Jinpeng doesn't need those people to be light bulbs.
Taking Linlin and Eva with her, the four of them drove out for a walk. Ethiopia is the third largest coffee producer in Africa. Most people in the country belong to the coffee industry, and there are also some handicrafts and artworks. Li Xiwen and Wan Qiwei both like to drink coffee, so she first had to go to the coffee market to check out the entire street there. There are coffee sells, and in addition to ground coffee, they also sell coffee beans and freshly ground coffee.
Li Xiwen visited half a street. She had seen more than 30 kinds of coffee and tasted 12 kinds. Finally, she only confirmed 3 good ones. Liu Jinpeng had no choice but to do so. She wanted to buy them all and try them slowly. When she saw that her boyfriend was impatient, she only chose two kinds of beans to buy one pound. She liked freshly ground, so she had to add a vacuum packaging fee.
After picking for an hour, Liu Jinpeng was completely caught in the thunder. Although he wanted to say that he would never accompany him next time, he couldn't say anything, so he could only forget it. The next thing was to buy other things. Li Xiwen looked at the small accessories, and Liu Jinpeng picked handicrafts, and he had to bring gifts when he went back.
Zhang Yu's wood-carved mask, Liu Mei's cross, Ye Ling's wood-carved prints, Meiling's bamboo flute, Meihua's bamboo drum, so that they can live together. Well, look at Lin Lin and Eva, Liu Jinpeng scratched his head and continued to choose. The one who gave Lin Lin was an indigenous doll, and the one who gave Eva was a colorful long feather, half a meter long, and could cosplay the Indians on his head.
The gift Li Xiwen bought for Liu Jinpeng was a lion statue. The lion is a very special animal in Ethiopia. Legend has it that Ethiopia's founding emperor was the illegitimate son of Queen Sheba and King Solomon of Israel, and the Solomon family's mark was a lion. Emperor Haier liked lions very much at that time, and he took Ethiopian lions to travel around the countries at all costs, which caused a great sensation.
The talks on the second day were also very smooth. Emperor Amha personally attended the meeting after the negotiations, and in a joint statement issued by both sides strongly praised the Han Empire as a responsible world power. This certain phrase even aroused the dissatisfaction of the US ambassador to Ethiopia. At the press conference after the meeting, Prince Irma issued a statement defining the Somali People's Army's actions in Cairo as terrorist action, and said that Ethiopia will firmly stand on the victim's side and oppose any form of terrorism.
At this time, the Somali government was really not a human inside and outside, and could not control the rebels inside. The outside was under various pressures, coupled with the soaring unemployment rate, unable to support itself, and even the tourism industry that originally relied on for survival was full of holes. The civil war was in full swing, and of course no tourists would come to Somalia to seek death.
The Chinese gathering area in Mogadishu has even hired two teams of 100 mercenaries as security guards. This group of mercenaries are indigenous mercenaries from the Pacific island countries. They are fearless and are very popular with African warlords. The wealthy area in Mogadishu is simply built on an offshore island. The only entrance connected to land looks like a military fortress from a distance. There are about 130 African mercenaries stationed in this fortress, and more than 300 soldiers are on standby at any time in the nearby military camp.
Under such circumstances, the Cairo Conference was held. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please read it.)
Chapter completed!