In addition to the high cost of diesel engine power generation and chain saws, the jungle north of Ibogu Village is full of towering trees.

Cao Mo wants to cut down a few trees to build a house. Will the old chief Felician charge him extra money?

When Cao Mo cut down trees and sawed boards, he was very environmentally conscious. He avoided old trees that were hundreds of years old or even hundreds of years old, and only selected big trees that were twenty or thirty years old. He would never admit that this was mainly due to manual work.

The tools are so crude that even if they can cut down a big tree that can be carried by two or three people, they cannot drag it back for processing.

In addition to cutting down large trees at will, Kanem's labor force is also unimaginably cheap.

Cao Mo gave the workers of the gold mining team, including two free meals, a monthly cost per person of only fifty US dollars.

And this is already an extremely decent job in the Lonta area.

Just like in China in 2004, migrant workers in remote counties could earn tens of thousands a month.

"Really, how much does it cost? Is there any rent for the land?" Song Yuqing asked excitedly.

"If the area is not very large, just to watch the stars, a small wooden house, wood, labor cost, two thousand yuan - two thousand is RMB, not US dollars. As for the land, just to build a house to live in, we will give ten yuan a year

U.S. dollars in rent, let me make some money from it..." Cao Mo said.

"I take that seriously!" Song Yuqing asked seriously, "How can it be so cheap? The house prices and rents of Dracula Mo are not too low compared to those in China!"

After Song Yuqing arrived in Draculamore, her mind was still on the company's business, and she lacked interest in Kanem's economic and social development. At the same time, she was also worried about local security and had no intention of integrating into the local society.

Even though she had been in Kanem for half a year, she still didn't understand many deep-seated things deeply enough.

Of course, it was only after Cao Mo took over the Ibogu gold mine that he got to know the local area step by step. Before that, he mainly learned Yoruba from Kabuga and Lucy.

Xu Sheng, Xie Sipeng and the others wandered around the Quarry Stone and wouldn't be back for a while. Cao Mo had to find some topics to talk to Song Yuqing and patiently told him some deeper information he had learned.

Building materials were expensive, labor was cheap, and wood was plentiful. As a by-product of rock gold mining, Cao Mo had plenty of sand and gravel.

However, apart from paving roads, sand and gravel cannot be used alone in construction - cement is really unavailable in Kanem.

However, all the abundant resources in Kanem that can be directly produced by manpower or given by nature are quite cheap.

There is no shortage of river sand in the Longta area; even though the fine stones are basically made by manpower, the labor is too cheap and the price is not expensive.

In addition to forest and sand and gravel resources, the Lungta area is also rich in pumice, limestone, volcanic ash and other raw materials for making cement. However, without sufficient power supply, cement production is just a dream.

The construction of large-scale power plants and power grids can only be implemented if local and even federal governments make determined investments.

As the old capital, Draculamo is also the most economically developed and prosperous city in Kanem. There is a new power plant under construction, but this has nothing to do with Lonta and Ibogu Village, which are 60 to 70 kilometers away.

Draculamo belongs to Ogun State, and Lonta belongs to Oyo State. As a federal state, Kanem has legislative power in both states, and the two state parliaments are dominated by different political parties with great differences.

It is much more difficult to connect a power grid from Draculamo in Ogun State to the Lonta region of Oyo State than cooperation between different regions in the country...

After listening to Cao Mo's talk, Song Yuqing looked at him in surprise: "How old are you, how do you know so much? It seems that you can really manage this mine by yourself. I thought you were struggling..."

In the past, we had a relatively close relationship as colleagues, living under the same roof, but in addition to work, we usually chatted about things happening in the country and even gossip about celebrities, and the parents were at odds with each other.
Chapter completed!