Chapter 1593 Hired (1/2)

However, Li Du found it weird that Li Qi was shaking his head. Hence, he asked, ”What do you mean by shaking your head? Was it wrong of the general to do that?”

Li Qi looked at him and said, ”Of course not. He's like a pig.”

”What do you mean?”

Li Qi explained, ”This Remonin is trying to buy his way up the ranks, right?”

Li Du nodded. ”Yup.”

Li Qi continued to shake his head. ”He won't be able to go through. Those high up in the ranks in Mozambique are stingy and shortsighted. They already see the resources of the country as their own. Why would they allow someone else to climb the ladder and vie for the resources with them?”

”Remonin is very rich. He has successfully climbed up by bribing the legislators and military commissioners to gain their support. But he has not thought that the other party promotes him and gives him power only to get more money from him.”

”When those in the higher ranks have extorted enough money, and when Remonin's power is large enough, the higher-ranked officials will think of ways to kill him.”

”This entire process is like rearing pigs. Have you ever done that?” Li Qu asked.

Li Du said, ”When I was younger, my family did rear pigs. I know what you mean now. The owner of the farm will feed the pigs well so that he can make money after killing them, right?”

Li Qi nodded. ”That's right. Perhaps this pig has understood the intentions of the owner. Perhaps it has thought of resisting or running away. Hence, it chose the path of eating and drinking as much as it can to grow bigger and stronger. It is hoping that when it is strong enough, it will be able to resist the owner.”

”But that's a stupid idea. On its own, it will be unable to resist the farmer. Besides, the farm owner will not let it grow forever. If you've reared pigs before, you'll know. A pig is slaughtered not when it is the fattest, but when the ratio of growth to feed consumption is greatest. ”

Li Du started to nod too. It was indeed true.

When the pigs were sold, they were actually not that big in size and were capable of growing further.

In the different phases of their growth, they will consume a similar amount of feed. When they are younger, they will grow faster than when they are older. That was the issue of feed utilization.

Needless to say, when the feed had high utility, the owner of the farm would make a large profit. When the feed had low utility, keeping the pigs would just be a loss.

Li Qi believed Remonin was in a similar predicament. The difference was that the pigs consumed the feed to grow in size, but Remonin spent money on bribing higher-ranked officials for more power.

Initially, the officials in Mozambique had given Remonin a small role and a little power. They were able to gain a huge amount of money from Remonin.

Later, as Remonin's rank became higher and he gained more power and ambition, the highly ranked officials would want to get more money from him. Remonin would have to fork up more.

There was a balance between price and profit in their dealing with Remonin. When that bottom line was achieved, the officials would kill him.

Understanding that logic, Li Du asked, ”Is there any way he can get out of that situation?”

Li Qi glanced at him and said, ”Yes. There are two routes for the pig to take to save itself. One is to escape when the owners are not paying attention. However, then it would not be able to enjoy a safe environment and tasty feed…”

Yang Dong interrupted with a laugh. ”Tasty pig feed? Haha.”

Li Qi laughed too and said, ”Remonin will not choose this route. That's because his motivation is, to use your metaphor, to survive on the farm and enjoy the feed that can expedite his growth.”