Chapter 61 Arriving at the Loyal Zhang Family City
On the vast Atlantic Ocean, a cargo ship flying the American flag cuts through the waves and moves forward rapidly.

Zhang Feng stood at the bow and looked at the sky in the distance. Behind him stood Qin Qingning and his four eldest sons, Zhang Chengtian, Zhang Chengyun, Zhang Chengqin, and Zhang Chenghan. This time they were a family of six traveling together.

These four sons were all born in 1927. Today they are over four years old and can go on a long sea voyage. The other five children are still too young, so Gertaire Garbo and Lin Huiyin stay at home to take care of them.

The Meihua Company has been building in Madagascar for nearly two years. Zhang Feng thought it would be a good idea for him to go and inspect the project so that it would not get out of his control. He also wanted to check on the current progress and see if the agreed standards could be met before the partner (Germany) came to inspect it.

The last time I went to sea was to Europe, but the trip was blocked. I hope it will go smoothly this time.

When the freighter left the Cape of Good Hope, the destination of this journey, Madagascar, was already in sight.

"Go further away to avoid being discovered by the French." Zhang Feng ordered.

They had to go around the west side of the island to Zhangjiacheng in the east, so Zhang Feng asked the captain to stay away from the coastline to avoid being discovered. Half a day later, the ship docked at a simple pier a few kilometers away from Antalaha Port.

This is the smuggling port closest to Zhangjiacheng. The Meihua Company bribed Sean's soldiers to build this port. Currently, only a small number of the Meihua Company's ships will stop in Antalaha to unload.

After the freighter docked, Zhang Feng and his family got off the ship with the help of bodyguards and servants. At this time, the employees of the Meihua Company at the dock learned that the big boss had arrived, and quickly sent someone on horseback back to the city to inform Lei Wanting.

Zhang Feng and his group waited at the reception desk for nearly an hour before Lei Wanting arrived with a carriage. Without much greeting, he returned to the Meihua Company headquarters.

After dinner, Qin Qingning took the children downstairs to rest, and Lei Wanting began to report to Zhang Feng on the recent situation of the company.

"Boss, the natives attacked us two days ago, and Xiao Cheng has already gone there with the guards and militia." Lei Wanting said, and also told Zhang Feng the entire action plan discussed by the company's top management in the meeting.

"Well, the response was good. None of us have fought a war before. Even if the enemy is aboriginal, we cannot let down our guard. We should focus on stability. What is the latest battle situation?" Zhang Feng affirmed after listening.

"We received news yesterday that Xiao Cheng has already built a defensive position in Meiquan Village. The indigenous soldiers are not far from Meiquan Village. They are expected to launch an attack on us today. There should be news tomorrow morning." Lei Wanting told Zhang Feng his prediction.
"Well, let's wait and report on the current situation of the company first." Zhang Feng said later.

"Yes, boss. Currently, the company has a total of 857895 employees. After your new plan was implemented three months ago, we accelerated the pace of immigration. Now the number of new immigrants per month has reached 3. With the continuous addition of new ships, it is expected that there will be an additional 8 people per month. By the end of 1, the number of employees will reach 1933 million."

There are still two years left, and we need to add another 400 million immigrants. Everything else is easy to deal with, but the food gap will probably be huge. Fortunately, we are now in the midst of the Great Depression, and prices of all kinds of goods are relatively low, so we can spend less.

However, it would be difficult not to attract the attention of the French by then. This would be a very troublesome problem. But there was still time to think about a solution. Zhang Feng did not propose it for the time being, but just nodded and motioned him to continue.

"The company owns more than one million mu of arable land. This is a coastal area, and we can achieve three crops a year, which is barely enough to feed the current population. The agricultural population accounts for 80%."

"Yes, we need to vigorously develop agricultural machinery. The current population is too small, and we can't let them all farm." Zhang Feng emphasized. "Yes, boss, the company is now opening an agricultural machinery factory. The scientific research institute has improved the American agricultural machinery to suit the local machinery. There is a mature plan, and it will be ready for production soon." Lei Wanting immediately agreed and continued to report.

"The company is now involved in the military industry, finance, mining, breeding, building materials, real estate, agricultural machinery, food processing, fishing, retail, and small-scale production of some daily necessities."

"In terms of military, there are nearly 2000 guards, including 1200 infantry, 300 cavalry, and 500 artillery. There are 5 qualified militiamen, but their actual combat effectiveness has yet to be tested." Lei Wanting told the truth. These qualified militiamen can only fire one bullet a month at most, and the rest of the time they are practicing how to maintain guns, load ammunition, and aim.

Because the Meihua Company really couldn't afford the free ammunition, and these 5 people were trained in turns because there were not enough guns for practice.

Most of the guns produced by the Meihua Company were later sold to its employees, and the money was used to buy ore materials from the mining company. The training of the militia would then be gradually reduced, and employees with guns would be directly recruited in the future.

In this place with low cost of living and plenty of money to spend, the reasons why men buy guns are simple, and no man would refuse such a toy. The shooting range run by the Meihua Company is always packed every weekend.

Moreover, during the rest time, the Meihua Company would provide free hunting permits in the mountains, but half of the prey caught had to be handed over. After all, everything here, including themselves, was the property of the Meihua Company.

"Okay, arrange someone to take me around tomorrow, and inform me in time if there is any battle report from the front line." Zhang Feng had a rough idea in his mind after listening, and then said.

The next day, Zhang Feng had just finished breakfast when Xiao Cheng sent someone to report back about yesterday's battle. Zhang Feng felt much more relieved after learning about the victory.

This good news disrupted his original plan. His original plan was to inspect the territory. If the situation was stalemate or at a disadvantage, he would stay in the rear and give remote commands. If the situation was not good, he would leave by boat.

If the war was going in a favorable direction, he would wait until he had a complete advantage and then go to the front line to see the war and get familiar with the army.

Unexpectedly, the natives were so weak that they were repelled in the first encounter. According to Xiao Cheng's estimation, it would not take a few days for the follow-up militia to arrive and the number of personnel would reach 1. After all the soldiers were familiar with the war, they would launch a counterattack.

Zhang Feng felt that he could not wait any longer. If all the natives were annihilated, he would not be able to see anything if he went there, so he planned to take his sons with him to appreciate the scenery of the battlefield.

After telling Lei Wanting about this, he tried his best to stop it as he was worried that something might happen to Zhang Feng.

"What are you afraid of? When we trained together in America, no one of you was better than me in marksmanship, physical fitness, or boxing. Moreover, Xiao Cheng repelled the enemy with only more than 3,000 people. Now you have organized 5,000 militiamen. I will take them with you this time. I also have more than a dozen bodyguards like you who are as good at helping others to guard me closely. Don't worry, we are as stable as a rock and as solid as a fortress. Nothing will happen." Zhang Feng said arrogantly.

There was no choice, Lei Wanting had to agree, and just like that, Zhang Feng took his sons to fight the indigenous people.

(End of this chapter)