Chapter 29 Folklore Investigation Office (Thanks to Mr. Qiongzhu for the reward, the supporting character Guanmao is now online)
A few days later, Little John and Lei Wanting met Captain Sean as they wished. He was wearing a dark blue officer's uniform and an officer's cap on his head. Although the uniform was old and the color was a little dull, and there were signs of damage on the cap, the overall look was still very clean and tidy. Wearing it, he looked tall and straight, like a standard soldier.

Madagascar is a poor colony, and the treatment here can be imagined. Moreover, soldiers of this era have no status, especially the army, who are not taken seriously at all. I am afraid they have not received new supplies for a long time. Looking at his clothes, you can understand the situation of a lower-level officer in a poor colony.

After everyone was seated, they had a brief exchange of words. It could be seen that Mayor Ed was quite polite to Sean. At this time, the colonial soldiers were directly under the jurisdiction of the Governor, and often needed Sean's assistance.

"Captain Sean, our Meihua Company is going to run a plantation in Antalaha, and we need a lot of workers. At that time, we will transport many Chinese from the East to come here to farm. I hope you can relax the control in this regard." Seeing that the atmosphere was almost set, Little John went straight to the point.

"Oh, Mr. John, how many foreign workers does your company plan to introduce? Can't you use local natives?" Captain Sean raised his own question after hearing this.

"Captain Sean, the company plans to transport 20,000 to 30,000 workers in the early stage to open up a plantation. As for why we don't use local natives, in this place thousands of miles away, Chinese workers can be used anyway. If they are natives, once there are casualties and labor disputes, it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among local natives and cause conflicts. You can't send your soldiers to protect us. And as far as I know, Chinese are the most hardworking and docile in the world. Not only do we not have to pay them wages, we can even lend them money to pay for their tickets to Antalaha and their living expenses for a period of time. Then we set a high interest rate, so that they need to pay off the loan for a lifetime, so that they can achieve paid work. After accumulating more than ten years of experience and squeezing out the value, we will send these carefully cultivated talents back to China, and maybe we can earn another talent training fee. This will not only improve the company's efficiency, but also reduce management costs. You know, I need to be responsible to the company's shareholders."

Little John proudly stated his reasons, which were simply impeccable, but Lei Wanting beside him had a rather unhappy expression on his face. Having followed Zhang Feng for so long, he was still influenced by Zhang Feng in some way. However, he could not refute anything. In fact, he also knew that these were just excuses made by Little John.

When everyone present heard Little John's explanation, they were extremely shocked and could not calm down for a long time. The scene was extremely quiet for a while. Everyone wondered what kind of divine operation this was, and that capitalists were really vampires, coming into the world with blood and dirty things dripping from head to toe in every pore.

"Mr. John, your company has too many people. This may threaten the empire's rule over Madagascar. I can't agree to it." Sean thought about it and refused.

"Mr. Sean, these people are just unarmed yellow-skinned farmers. Don't worry, the company will give you a satisfactory price." Little John really didn't know the ultimate goal of Zhang Feng's plan. Only Lei Wanting knew most of the plan, so his tone was very sincere.

In the end, Sean still did not agree. You know, many colonists' initial method was to acquire a piece of land locally, then slowly migrate there, and finally use force to take it by force.

The Meihua Company is not a French company, and Sean really cannot be completely reassured. As a soldier of the empire, he cannot do this, even if he has to pay more money. He still has a bottom line.

After the conversation ended in an unpleasant manner, Little John and Lei Wanting returned to the hotel. After a simple lunch, the two sat opposite each other and discussed what to do next.

"Cap, it looks like we have to find another way. If it doesn't work, we'll just change to another place. But this way, more people will know about it, and it will be hard to guarantee that we won't be discovered by the Governor of Madagascar. If we can't satisfy Ed, he will definitely tell on us." Little John said with a frown. He didn't expect things to turn out so unexpectedly.

"No need. After the last incident with Ed, I arranged for people to inquire about Antalaha's information to avoid unnecessary situations from happening again." Lei Wanting said confidently.

"Oh, I wonder what good news the investigation has revealed." Little John immediately cheered up and said.

"According to reports from my men, Captain Sean's family is also Antalaha. His wife is a vain woman who often complains about the poverty and backwardness here and criticizes Sean for making too little money. So we can start with her wife." Lei Wanting laid out his plan.

"Well, this is a good idea. As long as his wife accepts our benefits and takes our money, why should we be afraid that he will disagree? Haha." Little John said happily.

A few days later, Antalaha Port.

Finally it's done, Little John sighed and murmured: The boss's plan finally got off to a good start.

Finally, Captain Sean gave in. In fact, as long as they continued to increase the money, he would have compromised in the end. However, they could not use this trump card unless it was absolutely necessary. Although Zhang Feng had repeatedly taught them that there was nothing that could not be solved by money, if there was, it meant that what they were given was not enough, but they could not really do so. They needed to rely on their own abilities and try to spend less money on the boss and do more work. Otherwise, what value would they have and they themselves would not allow themselves to be incompetent.

Although they obtained immigration permits and land by bribing officials, this was not their end, but the starting point to go higher and farther. They would use this as the cornerstone to build their own homes, oh no, to build a company's plantation, on this vast land, bringing new hope and future to this land.

Lei Wanting had packed his bags and boarded a merchant ship, ready to leave this land and go to the unknown Far East. He knew it would be a challenging road, but at the same time, it was also an opportunity to change his destiny. John Jr. stayed in Antalaha. He needed to conduct an investigation nearby, select a suitable piece of land, and build a temporary base with a few people. After Lei Wanting returned with the immigrants, he would follow the fleet back to America. Lei Wanting would be in charge of this place in the future. He only needed to leave a few white people to be responsible for foreign affairs, that is, to keep in touch with colonial officials Ed and Sean.

America, Los Angeles, Monchi Manor, in the study.

Zhang Feng sat upright on a chair. Behind him was a row of bookshelves, on which were placed many books collected from the Eastern Hua Kingdom. There were literary works such as the Analects of Confucius and Zhuangzi; there were also military books such as the Art of War and Six Secret Teachings; there were also medical books such as the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine and Qianjin Fang.

This was a byproduct of what Zhang Feng had done when he asked Shennong Pharmaceutical Company to look for mysterious prescriptions from tribes in other countries. He plans to collect these books in his own library in the future. These are treasures of human history and civilization.

Protecting ancient civilizations is not only a respect for human history and culture, but also a contribution to this era and the future. It can be regarded as a small reward for his gratitude to the mysterious power for escaping him from the sea of ​​suffering and bringing him to the present world to live a human life.

Especially in ancient China, in the following decades of war and special periods, how much valuable knowledge inheritance was cut off. Since he made a lot of money with this knowledge, he also had the obligation to preserve the fire of this ancient civilization and let it be reborn in another place, especially the bloodiness of men and the integrity of women. These two are the backbone of this ancient civilization. Because of them, no matter how many painful hardships it has experienced, there are many heroic people who stand up and fight with their lives, which leads to the revival of generation after generation.

Putting his thoughts aside, Zhang Feng picked up the warm green tea on the table and took a sip. It was bitter at first, but then a sweetness came up. Zhang Feng savored it carefully.

Looking at the two people in front of him, one was the butler John, and the other was Zhang Feng's newly appointed captain of the manor guard. Lei Wanting went to carry out the Fire Plan and would not be able to come back for a few years, so he promoted the former deputy captain Guan Mao.

"Butler, please arrange for someone to contact New York Governor Roosevelt first. I need their support for my business."

Zhang Feng first told Butler John that he planned to invest in these two people. As for Roosevelt, Zhang Feng's initial requirements were not high, because his strength was still very weak and it was impossible for him to pay attention to him. Zhang Feng only hoped to use his power to deter those capitalists who coveted his property.

After their friendship deepened and their power grew, they would push for the early repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act in order to gain a certain reputation among the Chinese and facilitate greater benefits in the future. Historically, the Chinese Exclusion Act was not officially repealed until 1943.

Speaking of which, Roosevelt (deleted) still has a lot in common.

Roosevelt served as governor of New York from 1929 to 1932. Because of the world economic crisis, he defeated Hoover in the 1932 election and was elected President of the United States.

"Okay, sir." Although Butler John didn't quite understand, he said immediately.

"Well, before you do this, you should communicate with Sharlock first and separate some of the personnel that Shennong Company sent to various parts of the world to investigate and collect medical secrets. Set up an intelligence agency, let's call it the World Ethnic Customs Investigation Office, or the Folk Customs Investigation Office for short, and let Guan Mao be in charge."

Zhang Feng had long planned to set up an intelligence investigation agency. Now he needed to investigate and interrogate Roosevelt and delete the two people, so he might as well set up the intelligence agency directly and then develop it slowly later.

"Thank you for your trust, boss. I will definitely live up to your expectations." Guan Mao was cheered up. Although he had been the captain of the guard for several months, there were not many things for the captain to do. He only managed a small number of Chinese guards. He felt that this did not allow him to display his talents. Now Zhang Feng handed over this obviously important intelligence agency to him. How could he not be excited?

Guan Mao was wearing a black uniform, he was tall and strong, had short hair, a somewhat gloomy look in his eyes, and thin cheeks, looking very smart and capable.

"Well, do a good job. I believe you can do it. Don't let me down. Okay, you guys go down and do this first." After encouraging, Zhang Feng finished his work for today.

(End of this chapter)