Super Zoo

Hearing what Adnan said, Zhao Yun, who was always there, and Lyudmila, who was fearless, both frowned at the same time.

If it is for money, then we still need to discuss it, but when it comes to religious issues, especially in places like the Middle East, any issue involving religion is a big problem and there is basically no room for negotiation. Giving money rashly will not only fail to make the other party make concessions, it may have the opposite effect and make the other party feel that it is an insult to their beliefs.

What will happen if you insult a Middle Easterner's faith? Just look at Basel on the plane. This is more serious than digging up someone's ancestral grave in China.

"Boss, the soldiers in this platoon are all Luers, from the same tribe. The Meriks of their tribe need a large amount of powder ground from rhinoceros horns to perform religious ceremonies and communicate with their gods, so they must take away the two A rhinoceros," Adnan translated.

Su Ming was confused. Zhao Yun explained: "'Melike' is the leader of a tribe, a tribe with religious beliefs. The Melike is generally held by the oldest and most prestigious priest. The Luer people are from Iraq. A minority of less than 5,000 people, living in the mountainous area bordering the government forces, IS, and the Kurds in the north, supports the government forces. Soldiers from small tribes like this are only loyal to their own tribes, and the government treats them. There is not much control. Also, religious rituals are very sacred here and must not be profaned.”

Su Ming nodded and asked Adnan to ask: "Do you need so many rhino horns? There are two rhinos. Can't you cut off a section of the horn and take it away?"

Anyway, he wants to be a rhinoceros. It’s not a big problem if the horn is missing. It can still grow back. It’s not like the other party wants to eat rhinoceros meat.

Unexpectedly, the other officer quickly shook his head and took out a crumpled document. Adnan looked at the document, turned to Su Ming and said helplessly: "They insisted on taking away the two rhinos, and the government departments have already agreed. , they have approval documents.”

"How about money?" Su Ming finally came up with his trump card, "As long as they can keep the rhinoceros, I can pay them a considerable amount of cash. Of course, the rhino horns will still be taken away by them."

Adnan boldly translated again, and the officer suddenly became furious. He didn't need to translate this time. He could tell by his expression that it was no good.

"You're still being unreasonable! The bastard is so determined to pay back the weight!" Su Ming was a little annoyed. He was eating eggs and killing the hens. He already agreed to give them rhino horns. Why did he insist on rhinoceros? What a brain. It's just like a stick.

"You are the one who is being unreasonable. They have government approval and it is legal to take away the rhino!"

Lyudmila seemed to be happy to see Su Ming deflated. Seeing that Su Ming was depressed, she was in a good mood. She transformed into a 'charming female bear' and touched Su Ming's face, "My dear, it's a pity. You're a step too late."

"Too late!" Su Ming waved his hand, opened Lyudmila's hand, held the heavy machine gun on the car with one hand, and sneered.

Lyudmila was not angry either, and looked at Su Ming with a smile to see how he would solve this problem.

Zhao Yun knew Su Ming well. This little kid had a bad temper and dared to make a move. He quickly persuaded him: "Calm down, Lyudmila is right. Even though the people in the zoo are not happy, these soldiers are indeed Legally, in order to gain the support of various tribes, the Iraqi government has offered many preferential conditions. Maybe these two rhinos are one of the conditions in exchange for the support of the Luhr people. If there is a riot, the Chinese Embassy and the Iraqi government will never stand. On your side, don’t do anything stupid.”

"Don't worry, I can do anything stupid." Su Ming waved his hand and said to Adnan: "Tell them, since we have the approval, of course we will not stop it, but we want to go with them and take a last look at these two rhinos. It’s always okay.”

The officer looked at the armed off-road vehicle in confusion and said a few words. Adnan translated: "He said yes, but he can only keep the pistol he carries with him. He must leave the off-road vehicle and rifle, for fear that we will harm the rhino."

"Damn it, I've become a bad guy!" Su Ming laughed and jumped out of the car first. He was completely covered with only a Colt pistol on his waist and a large military water bottle on his back. , nothing else.

"What are you going to do? Is there any meaning in taking a look at the rhinoceros?" Lyudmila also followed and asked in confusion.

Su Ming smiled and said nothing.

If you play religion with me, you will not be killed!

So a group of people walked towards the National Zoo in Baghdad. The zoo staff were almost led by a squad of soldiers holding them down with guns.

Even though the other party had approval, the people at the Baghdad Zoo were still unwilling to let the soldiers take away the rhino. Su Ming could completely understand this feeling. If someone forcibly took away the animals from the Yangchuan City Zoo, even if it was approved by the government, he would definitely feel sad and would argue vigorously.

Su Ming and his group walked in the middle, followed by a squad of soldiers, as they walked towards the inside of the park.

The Baghdad Zoo is much larger than the private zoos I visited in the afternoon. It is almost as big as half of the Yangchuan Zoo. What I saw along the way is that various animals do not live in iron cages like private zoos. Each has its own small area. However, many areas are empty, deserted and without animals.

A large sunken cement pond, about more than 100 square meters, half of the pond is mud, and the other half is grass. Two large one-horned rhinos are lying motionless in the mud.

"Oh my god, it's so big!" This was Nangong Huang's first time observing a real rhinoceros up close, and the visual impact was quite strong.

An adult great one-horned rhinoceros weighs about two tons. What is this concept? A strong tiger weighs about two to three hundred kilograms, which is five to six hundred kilograms, or two tons.

Two thousand kilograms, a full four thousand kilograms. If the 'density' is the same, the volume is six or seven times that of an adult tiger.

Of course, it cannot be simply converted like this. To put it in perspective, the height of an adult tiger's back is about the same as Su Ming's belly button, and the height of an adult rhino's back is about the same as the height of Su Ming's nose. The two rhinos lying in the mud looked like two slightly smaller elephants.

"What a pity." Zhao Yun couldn't help but shook his head.

A team of soldiers had prepared a large iron cage and urged the zoo staff to drive the rhino into the cage and take it away.

"My dear, take one last look at your Chinese rhinoceros." Lyudmila said, crossing her arms.

"Who is your dear? Don't get involved!" Su Ming glared, pointed at the rhinoceros below, and said confidently: "They can't take the rhinoceros away!"

Zhao Yun, Nangong Huang and others looked at Su Ming in confusion at the same time, while Liu Demila sneered disdainfully and said, "There is a saying in China that a dead duck has a tough mouth, which is very suitable for you now."

Su Ming didn't bother to pay her any attention. He pointed downward and said, "Didn't you realize that these two rhinos are already dead?"

Following the direction of Su Ming's finger, the two great one-horned rhinoceros not far below remained motionless, as if they were indeed dead.

In most Islamic sects, dead objects are unclean. If the two rhinos were really dead, these soldiers would never use any part of the dead rhinos to perform religious ceremonies. That would be blasphemous!