Chapter 3015： Warm hospitality

As soon as the tripartite joint exploratory team entered Ethiopia, they received warm hospitality from Ethiopians and felt the overwhelming malice.

Less than ten minutes after leaving the border, the convoy drove into a border town.

As soon as they entered this small town, the joint exploration team was baptized by a shower of stones.

A dozen fist-sized stones suddenly flew out from the roofs of the buildings on both sides of the street and fell in the air. Raindrops generally hit the tops and sides of the numerous vehicles of the United Exploration Convoy.

"Boom Boom Boom"

Suddenly a series of loud noises sounded in the street.

This sudden wave of stone rain shocked everyone in the tripartite joint exploration team.

Fortunately, everyone was riding in Israeli military vehicles, equipped with protective armor, and the protection capabilities were very good.

This wave of stone rain falling from the sky did not cause any harm, and no one was injured.

Not only stones, even one or two grenade, there is not much threat to this joint exploration team.

Only RPG rockets can truly threaten everyone's safety.

The tripartite joint exploration convoy stopped, and many security personnel increased their vigilance one after another, staring at the buildings next to the street, as well as the many people watching the excitement!

The Ethiopian military and police, responsible for protecting the joint exploration convoy, responded quickly!

They acted immediately, jumping off the military vehicles one after another and rushing directly into the buildings on both sides of the street.

At the same time, Ye Tian and the others saw through the car window.

On the roofs of the buildings on the street, some young people appeared. They were running fast on the roofs, trying to escape the arrest of the Ethiopian police.

The people gathered on both sides of the street stared at the joint exploration convoy.

It can be seen that almost everyone's eyes are full of anger, even hatred.

Some of them even yelled and made insulting gestures, such as the high raised **** used all over the world, provoking the joint exploration team.

If it weren't for the protection of a large number of Ethiopian military police, and if every car in the convoy was exceptionally strong, these angry Ethiopians might have rushed up and besieged the convoy!

Seeing this scene, the expressions of everyone in the tripartite joint exploration team were very solemn.

Everyone is very worried about the exploration activities that will be launched next.

If Ethiopians have this attitude, can joint exploration operations be carried out smoothly? It is estimated that the difficulty is not small.

Sitting in the car, David was amazed at the situation outside.

"Steven, I completely believe what you said before. Ethiopians are probably the least welcome group of people in the world who would like to join the tripartite exploratory team, and they are also the ones who least want us to find the Ark of the Covenant.

Look at these Ethiopians on both sides of the street. Everyone has anger and hatred in their eyes. If we were not sitting in the car and protected by a large number of security personnel, we would have been besieged."

Ye Tian looked at the situation on the street outside, then nodded and said:

"This situation is expected. As early as when the tripartite joint exploratory team left Tel Aviv, I thought that if I entered Ethiopia, I was likely to encounter this situation.

If we can find Solomon’s treasure and the Ark of the Covenant in the previous countries, it will not be used in Ethiopia. Unfortunately, we have not found the Solomon’s treasure.

This is the northern part of Ethiopia, very close to several famous religious shrines in Ethiopia. People who live here believe that the Ark of the Covenant is in the Church of St. Mary.

That's why they are this kind of performance! Relatively speaking, the situation in other parts of Ethiopia should be better, but it is a pity that the tripartite joint exploratory team does not go to those places."

While they were chatting, the Ethiopian military police who had just rushed into the buildings on both sides of the street had already walked out one after another.

They didn't catch anyone, and everyone was talking and laughing, and didn't take the attack just now seriously.

Seeing this scene, everyone still didn't understand that this was played by the Ethiopians!

Ye Tian could only smile and shook his head, rather helpless.

When the Ethiopian military and police boarded their vehicles, the joint exploratory convoy started again and continued to move forward.

On the way, the convoy continued to be attacked.

Fortunately, it was only stones and bricks that attacked the convoy, which did not cause any harm to the convoy, and no one was injured.

As for the crazy curses of people on both sides of the street, there are one after another, and there are countless raised middle fingers.

For these, Ye Tian could only choose to ignore it.

But he didn't forget to remind Matisse and them to make everyone more vigilant.

"Matis, from what happened just now, it can be seen that the Ethiopian military and police simply cannot believe it. They cannot be expected to protect the tripartite joint exploratory team. You have to rely on yourself for this.

Let the guys be more vigilant and be prepared to fight at any time, and don’t forget to remind the Israelis and the guys who entered Ethiopia in advance.”

When the voice fell, Matisse's voice came over from the walkie-talkie.

"Received, Steven, we will be ready!"

While talking, the joint exploration convoy has left this border town and drove along the highway towards the hinterland of Ethiopia.

As the convoy drove into the wilderness, the attacks and malicious gazes from the surroundings had disappeared.

Until this time, everyone was able to appreciate the natural scenery outside the car window and get to know this country on the roof of Africa up close.

Ethiopia, located in northeastern Africa, is an ancient country with a history of more than three thousand years.

Among all African countries, only Ethiopia and Egypt can trace their history back to ancient times.

However, due to successive conquests, Egypt has become increasingly isolated from its ancient culture, while Ethiopia has retained its uniqueness until the twentieth century.

In some ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that have been discovered, it can be seen that as early as two thousand years BC, the Ethiopian plateau had civilization.

The pharaohs of ancient Egypt once sent fleets and camel teams to buy precious items such as spices and medicines.

Some pharaohs even believed that ancient Egypt had accepted divinity from Ethiopia, and Egypt called Ethiopia Punte, or the land of God.

The ancient Greeks believed that Ethiopia was the first place to grow wheat and olive trees.

Some of these legends about Ethiopia have been proven to be true.

After ancient times, Ethiopia has experienced the rule of many different dynasties and a short history of colonization, but it has always maintained its own unique civilization until modern times.

The Ethiopian plateau has fertile soil and a mild climate. On the east, it is bordered by the sea with frequent ships and can be used as a fort guard against hostile people in the surrounding desert area.

Therefore, it is relatively safe, and Ethiopia can completely retain the unique culture left over by two equally gifted peoples who met in ancient times and slowly merged into one.

The two ethnic groups are the Kushtes, who may have been born and raised, and the Semites, who may have migrated from the Arabian Peninsula.

The Israelis happen to be a group of Semites. They moved from Jerusalem and have lived here for more than two thousand years, forming Beta Israelis!

And this is the reason why the tripartite joint exploration team came here.

Ethiopia is located on a plateau, with an average elevation of between 2,500 and 3,000 meters.

There are many volcanic peaks over 4,000 meters above sea level on the plateau, which are very magnificent!

Many famous rivers in Africa originated here, such as the Blue Nile, Atbara, Juba and so on.

These turbulent rivers are like scalpels, cutting the flowing area into pieces of table-like terraces with flat tops and steep edges.

In the middle of the Ethiopian plateau, there is a huge rift valley 40 to 60 kilometers wide, which is the northern part of the eastern branch of the famous Great Rift Valley. There are many lake basins at the bottom of the rift valley.

Although the Ethiopian Plateau is close to the equator, due to its high altitude, the climate here is not too hot, but rather pleasant.

The wet and dry seasons are obvious here, from June to September is the rainy season, and October to May is the dry season.

When the tripartite joint exploratory team entered Ethiopia, it happened to be the end of the rainy season. In addition, it was located in the northern part of the plateau with relatively little rainfall, which was a good time.

If you do not consider or selectively ignore the attitude of the Ethiopians towards the tripartite joint exploratory team, this can be considered a good journey of exploration.

At least in the landscape!

After entering Ethiopia, everyone's vision suddenly became more green.

Although there are deserts here, they are not as barren as the Sahara Desert and Arabian Desert that everyone passed through before. At least one can feel the breath of life!

As the convoy gradually penetrated into Ethiopia, the greenery on both sides of the road became more and more beautiful, and the scenery became more and more beautiful!

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The joint exploration team has been climbing, and the road conditions are relatively bad, so the speed is naturally not fast.

After driving for about ten kilometers, the convoy entered the next town.

The same as the previous treatment, the joint exploration team encountered the warm hospitality of Ethiopians.

However, what was used to entertain the joint exploration team was not food and wine, but stones and bricks, one after another verbal abuse, and countless raised middle fingers.

Not only that, the Ethiopians also threw a few broken ox carts into the middle of the road, completely blocking the road that was not wide.

The joint exploration convoy had to stop and wait for the Ethiopian military police to remove the bullock carts that blocked the road before they could pass!

However, the Ethiopian military and police were passive and sabotaged their work. They only sent a few people to work, while others stood aside watching the excitement, laughing and joking.

Those Ethiopian military policemen who were working were also working hard, and it took more than ten minutes to remove the tattered bullock carts.

During this period, the joint exploration convoy has been attacked by an unknown number of stones and bricks, and the ping-pong noise of these Israeli military vehicles in the convoy was smashed!

That is to say, the protection capabilities of these Israeli military vehicles were very good, so there was no loss and no one was injured.

As for the verbal abuse and all kinds of insulting gestures, there are always one after another, never cut off!

Seeing this, everyone in the joint exploration convoy has the illusion that they are in the Gaza Strip.

In the past, everyone has only seen this kind of scene on TV, that is, when the Israeli army enters the Palestinian-controlled area, it will encounter this kind of stone rain hospitality by the Palestinians.

However, this is not the Gaza Strip, but Ethiopia.

In the Gaza Strip, the Israelis have an overwhelming advantage and can quickly dispatch a large number of heavily armed military police to suppress the situation and control the situation as much as possible.

If the situation worsens and is on the verge of losing control, the Israeli military and police will use force without hesitation to quickly restore the decline and regain control of the situation.

But in Ethiopia, without a fatal attack, everyone, including many Israeli soldiers and police, can only endure it!

The Ethiopian military and police, who are responsible for protecting the tripartite joint exploratory team, take money and do nothing.

Most of the time, they are watching the excitement and gloating!

At this time, they are only controlling the people on both sides of the street, not letting people attack the tripartite joint exploration convoy.

They turned a blind eye to the stones and bricks flying in from all directions, as well as the insults and insulting gestures one after another.

The Ethiopian officials following the joint exploration convoy, as well as several religious figures, also turned a blind eye to this situation and did not make any intervention.

More importantly, they did not encounter any attacks at all, and their journey went smoothly.

It can be seen that the Ethiopians gathered on both sides of the street have very clear targets.

That is the tripartite joint exploration convoy, the Israeli military vehicles that everyone rides, and the target is also very conspicuous.

Seeing this situation on the street outside, everyone's expressions became more and more ugly, and a trace of anger gradually emerged in their eyes.

Ye Tian's expression is even more gloomy, but he has been patient.

It wasn't until the tripartite joint exploration convoy passed through this town and drove into the wilderness again, that he dialed Joshua's number and said in a deep voice:

"Joshua, you have to do something, such as putting pressure on the Ethiopian government to change this situation. Just now, this situation must not happen one after another.

If this situation is allowed to continue, it will soon become out of control! Seeing that there is no restraint, the behavior of Ethiopians will become more and more excessive and unscrupulous.

If it continues to develop, the Ethiopians will try to attack the tripartite joint exploratory convoy, and even looting our convoy. At that time, the joint exploratory operation will have to be terminated.

In the conflict between Israel and Paris Stan, you should have encountered this situation countless times, and you should know that you must not let it go. In that case, the situation will soon become out of control.

Another point is that everyone’s patience is limited, and no one can endure endless abuse and humiliation. We are here to explore Solomon’s treasure, not to accept abuse and humiliation.

If this situation does not change, for my own safety and the safety of my staff, I am afraid I have to consider terminating this exploratory operation and taking my staff out of Ethiopia! "

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and Joshua did not respond immediately, but fell into thinking.

After a while, he said:

"Steven, we didn't expect the Ethiopians to react so violently. Judging from their actions, it is possible that someone is planning to promote these things behind the scenes in an attempt to prevent this joint exploratory operation.

Who are the people who secretly promote these things? In fact, it is not difficult to guess! We will put pressure on the Ethiopian government and military to try to change this situation, but it will take time. I hope you can be patient!

After all, this is not Israel, and we cannot use many methods! I hope everyone can understand that the tripartite joint exploration operation has already been carried out. It would be a shame if it was interrupted at this time! "

"Okay! Joshua, we will try our best to be patient, but only for today! If this continues tomorrow, no matter where you go, everyone will still be attacked, verbally abused and humiliated.

In that case, I will have to suspend this joint exploration operation until you communicate with the Ethiopian government to really change this situation, and the exploration operation will continue! "

Ye Tian said in a deep voice, still leaving a little leeway.

Next, the two of them talked a few more words before ending the call.

Subsequently, Joshua and the Bishop of Kent joined forces to protest and put pressure on the Ethiopian government.

The Israeli government, the Israeli embassy in Ethiopia, and the Vatican also stepped forward and urged the Ethiopian government to change the situation faced by the tripartite joint exploratory team.

The joint exploration team was still galloping on the road, and the sky gradually darkened.

After driving for about ten kilometers, when darkness fell, the joint exploration convoy drove into a relatively large Ethiopian town.

Like the previous two towns, the Ethiopians living in this town have all received the news and rushed to the streets, ready to entertain the tripartite joint exploration convoy.

At the same time, a security guard who rushed to the front station in advance was reporting the situation here to Ye Tian.

"Steven, the news that the tripartite joint exploratory team is going to spend the night in this town has long been leaked out by the hotel, and now everyone in the whole town knows it.

The streets have become chaotic, especially the street where the hotel is located. Almost everyone has flocked here. Fortunately, there are no militants here The scene after the meeting must be very ugly, everyone. You must be mentally prepared. After you stay in the hotel, you must be careful about Ethiopians playing some tricks! "

Hearing the announcement, Ye Tian's face suddenly became more gloomy.

After pondering a little, he said:

"I have anticipated this situation. You only need to endure one more night to see the effectiveness of the communication between the Israelis and the Ethiopian government. If this happens tomorrow, then you don't have to endure it!

How about the drinking water and food prepared by you? In order to avoid being calculated, tonight everyone can only eat the food they bring, drink the drinking water they bring, and use sleeping bags to rest.”

"No problem, Steven, we have prepared a lot of food and drinking water, enough for the three-party joint exploration team to consume three or four days, and sufficient supplies!"

The security officer replied.

While talking, the joint exploration convoy has drove into the street where the hotel is located.