The Gambia is close to the sea and is affected by the monsoon, which brings abundant rainfall.

In places closer to the inland, the quality of the land is not bad, but the local people's farming methods are too rough. The rice they grow can produce as little as 130 to 40 kilograms per mu, and as much as only two to three hundred kilograms.

It is not enough to meet domestic needs.

And the agricultural workers, under the guidance of experts from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, used selected rice seeds to cultivate the land intensively, and the yield was two to three times higher than them!

After finally getting the rice seedlings, Zhang Bing rushed to his farmland in the light rain.

Zhang Bing was not one of the first workers to come here to farm. He heard from people who came earlier that the farm was not big before, but later a big boss invested and bought all the land along the coast near the farm in one fell swoop.

It now has a scale of more than 1,000 hectares.

However, not all of such a large land is suitable for farming.

There are only about 800 acres of real cultivated land, with more than 500 acres used to grow rice, and more than 300 acres used to grow green vegetables and other cash crops.

In addition to the livestock farms where chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle are raised, other places have been transformed into agricultural and industrial dormitories, as well as farm headquarters.

However, some places have been renovated and turned into commercial land, such as department stores, small supermarkets, game arcades, movie theaters, and barber shops. The facilities are more complete than Zhang Bing's hometown.

These stores are basically opened by Chinese people who come to Africa to do business, and their supply of goods all comes from the farm's headquarters distribution center.

Zhang Bing feels that consumption here is no different from that at home. The currency used is RMB.

The most important thing is that prices are still very low.

He was walking, but when he passed a big tree, he intentionally or unintentionally turned sideways and quickened his pace to go around it.

He knew that there was a camera lens hidden in the dense shade.

He discovered this last year when he was lazy and climbed up a tree to dig out bird eggs. At that time, he didn't know what it was and was shaking the camera constantly, trying to pull it off the tree.

Soon a motorcycle drove up on the highway, and two men were under the tree, aiming their guns at him.

Zhang Bing was so frightened by the scene that he almost peed his pants on a tree.

Fortunately, the other party did not shoot directly, but asked about the situation. Knowing that he had no ill intentions, he did not pursue the matter further.

At the same time, the two men kindly told him that these cameras were installed because the black people near the farm often came to steal vegetables and harmed the farmland, so they asked him not to damage the surveillance on the trees in the future.

This is a fool!

The north side of his farm is all cut off by cement walls, and there are barbed wire fences along the river. Who would go to such great lengths to steal a few vegetables when they have enough to eat and nothing to do?

Zhang Bing didn't believe it at all.

Later, his coworkers in the same dormitory told him that the people with guns did not lie to him. People in The Gambia are very poor. It is one of the poorest countries in Africa, with a per capita daily income of less than US$1.5.

They don't steal vegetables, because Africans don't have the habit of eating vegetables, but they sometimes come to steal corn and potatoes, especially when the rice is ripe. They often swim around the river and harvest the rice.

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Zhang Bing was dubious about these words, but from then on, when he saw the big trees with cameras hidden, he would subconsciously stay away.

A few minutes later, the farmland he was responsible for appeared in front of him.

Zhang Bing reminded himself that he must work hard.

To be honest, he has somewhat adapted to this place now. The farm is full of Chinese people, everyone talks the same thing, and the food and supplies are no different from those in China. As long as you work hard and work hard, the wages are also very high.

There were many times when he didn't want to go back to his poor rural hometown.

Zhang Bing figured that when he made enough money, he would go back to his hometown and marry a wife, and then bring his daughter-in-law with him.

Unlike Zhang Bing, who is looking forward to the future, Wang Fangjun and his comrades are worrying about the problems faced by the base.

After nearly a year of construction, the farm has a completely new look.

There are more than 2,500 agricultural workers responsible for farming and livestock breeding, as well as people who open shops on the farms. The total number is close to 3,000, and there are more than 600 technicians secretly transferred from the six major laboratories of Infinity Company.

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There are more than 800 armed personnel, including some family members, and a few European scientific researchers. The entire base has a total of more than 8,000 people, and a steady stream of people come here every month. In total, it is quite large.

Inside the base is a small closed society where everyone has food, clothing and entertainment.

Chen Weidong and Lin Zeju will regularly send supplies to the base by ship.

Now we can be self-sufficient in food, meat, poultry, eggs, including dairy products, and our supplies have been changed to some daily necessities, as well as steel plate materials and other materials needed for military industry, as well as research materials.

For people living inside the base, entertainment is not a problem.

There is no shortage of cafes, cinemas, game rooms, teahouses, bathing centers, gyms, and underground shooting ranges.

Moreover, Infinite Company launched another rocket at the beginning of the year, carrying two communication satellites that can connect the base network to the Infinite Network.

Even the latest international movies and news can be seen immediately, without them feeling out of touch with the outside world.

As the base has developed to this day, Wang Fangjun, as the security director, is absolutely satisfied.

But the problem is that, for some reason, the African tribes nearby heard that prices here are very cheap, but the rice, corn and other crops sold to them are still sold at market prices, and they are very dissatisfied.

They threatened to drive away all the people here if the farm did not sell grain to them at the same price and allowed them to buy daily necessities on the farm.

The staple food in West Africa is rice. Although The Gambia attaches great importance to agriculture, the black people here are generally lazy, so their productivity is very low. They have to import about 60,000 tons of rice every year to barely supply domestic demand.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wang Fangjun did not pay attention to the armed forces of the local tribes at all.

Their current underground arms production lines, those machine tools can produce light weapons including light machine guns, automatic rifles, rocket launchers, grenades, etc.

If they can build another ammunition factory, they can become self-sufficient in arms.

If all the combatants from the base were dispatched, relying on their excellent tactical skills and sophisticated equipment to fight with real guns and live ammunition, they might even be able to take out the enemy's lair.

But they can't!

This is a secret base to begin with. Once a large-scale armed conflict breaks out, the inside of the base will be exposed.

They had no choice but to send people to negotiate with the local tribes and explain to them that all the farm's supplies were transported by ship from abroad, and these supplies were only enough to meet the farm's internal needs.

The grain sold to them actually has to be paid back after factoring in various costs.

The little money the farm earned here was all used to subsidize shipping costs, and until now, it was just barely breaking even.

In order to convince the other party, the representative also showed the purchase receipt. It can be seen from this that the farm's food and daily necessities are indeed sold at a loss.

As long as the tribesmen check the prices of agricultural products sold by the farms, they can conclude that the farms basically make no money in Gambia.

But knowing it is one thing, accepting it or not is another thing entirely.

Africans all have a problem. They always feel that others are exploiting them.

When they understood that the farm was profiting from them and subsidizing internal farm employees, the tribe members not only did not calm down, but became even more angry.

They said angrily that they were already poor enough and it was unacceptable for the farm to exploit them.

Although other international grain exporters will not charge them a penny less because of Africa's poverty, those grain exporters are not here after all, and they can only curse those black-hearted businessmen in their hearts.

But the farm is different. The farm is right under their noses.

The difference in life between the two is too strong once compared.

Several neighboring tribes were unable to accept this result calmly.

Instead, they became aggressive and demanded that the farms either supply them with food at low prices or get out of here.

Naturally, Wang Fangjun and the others could not agree to their unreasonable demands.

Besides, even if they agreed, how could the boss accept the result? He had paid in vain and benefited these tribes?

They notified the local government of the matter and stated that the land was private land purchased by the farm and hoped that the local government could help with the dredging work.

If the local tribes feel that selling rice to them at a high price is exploiting them, then the farm will sell the rice elsewhere.

The local government in Gambia also does not want the farm to close.

Domestic rice has always been imported. Buying it locally can at least meet part of the demand. How can anyone leave the rice at their doorstep and go to other places to buy grain?

However, the local government is also somewhat dissatisfied with the closed attitude of the farm.

Since the establishment of the farm, only some Chinese and white people have come to the farm, and it has never hired local farmers.

The local people have nothing to do every day, but they watch the people on the farm eating and drinking and living a prosperous life. How can their mentality be balanced?

Wang Fangjun cannot make the final decision regarding the local government's implicit dissatisfaction.

Locals are definitely not allowed to enter the base. There are too many secrets inside. If locals are allowed to wander in, they may cause even bigger troubles.

But at this time, it would not be appropriate if it does not meet the requirements of the local people at all.

This is Africa after all, and there is no rule of law.

Even the staff of the local government come from various local tribes, and their interests and demands are the same.

Finally, Wang Fangjun and the others came up with a solution, which was to build another farm outside, an open farm that was separated from their farm.

Then the entire farm will be handed over to local people for cultivation, and the farm will send people to provide them with some agricultural production technical guidance.

As for the local people, whether they can endure hardships and take care of farm work like the Chinese people is up to them.

Anyway, all the harvests from the outlying farms are sold to the locals at a fair price. If they themselves are not willing to take care of it, then they can't blame others.

Otherwise, would we still need farms to feed them?
Chapter completed!