"Boss, this area, great location, very good topography for the construction of mechanized farms, perfect for ......"

"Boss, the land here is fertile, the climatic conditions are good, you see the potatoes we grow outside the camp, they are growing well, but they don't use any fertilizer......

"Boss, we have already designed the whole plan, made a budget, and the investment will not be too ......"

Seeing that Xie Kai was going to change places, everyone naturally didn't do it.

In the surrounding area, the geographical conditions are indeed very advantageous places for them.

"Everyone, please be quiet!" Xie Kai pressed his hands to stop the discussion in the tent, "I understand everyone's thoughts. It's not in China, it's in Africa, and as long as Africa isn't a desert, it's really fertile land......"

"It's not about growing food in our country, it's not about feeding our people. We are a business, and we consider the question of how much investment and profit, how much time can be recovered, and how much profit is ...... per year," Xie Kai said while organizing language.

Africa is rich in land, but Africa is the most food-scarce place in the world, and a large part of the population is in a state of underfed.

There are reasons for the climate and geographical location, the frequent wars that make it impossible for people to grow crops with peace of mind, the reasons for the backward agricultural planting technology, and even the reasons why the lazy black people who are rich in materials do not need much labor to fill their stomachs......

But Xie Kai needs the money he has invested to be recouped quickly, and he has to make a profit.

"Boss, we have made a budget, and we need to invest about 160 million yuan in the early stage, including the construction of water conservancy projects and various equipment for land reclamation, and it only takes one year to ......reclaim part of the plain," said a thin middle-aged man about 50 years old with glasses and a white shirt, standing up and saying.

"How much time can there be output? Isn't this hundreds of millions of dollars money?" Xie Kai knew that professional issues should be handed over to experts. "If it is replaced by a place where there are not too many water conservancy projects and the natural conditions are better, how much will the investment be?"

He didn't want to reclaim even the mountains as in the country, but only the plains.

"On the way here, I saw that there were indeed plains around, but no crops were planted, and there were two dry seasons a year, each of which lasted for three months...... "Xie Kai now regrets what he regrets most is why he didn't think about it seriously in the first place.

Originally, it was just a pretext for mercenaries to set up a camp, but it turned out to be bigger and bigger.

It's not that he didn't think about it, but it didn't occur at all, that the level of Lake Tanganyika was so much lower than the land they had gotten.

The investment in water conservancy projects alone is tens of millions.

Xie Kai was naturally reluctant to get the funds into this.

"Boss, we have another plan, we can not pump water from Lake Tanganyika for irrigation, and the cost of the project will be much smaller. The construction machinery transported in China can continue to build various water conservancy and irrigation projects after the farmland is reclaimed...... "said the middle-aged man with glasses.

Even though Xie Kai was obviously unwilling, they still didn't give up.

This land, for them, is definitely worth developing.

"Tell me. Even if Xie Kai is unwilling, he can't just stop according to his own ideas, otherwise everyone's enthusiasm for work will be hit.

"Boss, please look at this map, the red line area marked on it is the land allocated to us by the Tanzanian government. In both places, they are ravines, and we have surveyed and mapped the ground, and if we build a reservoir in these two locations, we only need to build a dam, and two rainy seasons can completely meet the water use of the area above. And usually only need to use a lot of water in the rice seedling process...... During the rainy season, as long as the fields are cultivated, they do not need any irrigation and the water can be stored until the harvest ......."

Glasses took out a homemade map and showed it to Xie Kai.

Xie Kai has not studied the surrounding terrain, but this area is much higher than Lake Tanganyika, but the area near the lake is not much higher.

"We only grow two crops of rice, potatoes or sweet potatoes in the mountains, and according to our estimates, we can raise thousands of cattle and thousands of sheep every year. Potatoes and sweet potato seedlings can be used to feed cattle and sheep, and potatoes and sweet potatoes can be used to make feed, etc......," said another consultant. "The prospects are very big. ”

In the eyes of Chinese farmers, land can be recycled indefinitely.

"It's hot here, can you grow potatoes?" Xie Kai didn't know anything about farming, but he still knew some basic common sense.

Potatoes, that's the most common thing in the winter on the entire base.

"Because of the good weather conditions, we can continue planting after the harvest and only need to irrigate during ......the dry season," said another consultant. "In addition, it is completely possible to cut down all kinds of miscellaneous trees on the mountain and replace them with tree species to produce fruits. It's hard to store in hot weather here, but it can be produced into canned fruit, which is also a rarity in China, and in Africa, it's all high-end things......"

It's just that this consultant is a farmer.

Xie Kai saw that everyone was supporting the establishment of a farm here, and he was a little undecided for a while.

Decided to stop the discussion for a while, go out and take some breath and think about it.

"This place is indeed very suitable for the construction of a training ground, in the direction of the lake, there are some not high mountains, the terrain conditions are complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also the most ideal terrain ......for special operations," Liao Dong said to Xie Kai when he returned.

Xie Kai looked at him, "Didn't Tanzania say that it would provide military camps? ”

Now everything has to be spent, the problem is that he still has too little money in his hands.

"Their barracks, just a playground and a few barracks, all of which were learned from China, turned out to be a tiger and not an anti-dog...... That thing, even our militia training ground in China is much better than theirs. The rabbit looked disdainful.

Xie Kai did not understand when they had seen the Tanzanian military camp.

"It's not far from Kasanga, so it's easy to train in the mountains or in the water. We lack training in diving, etc. Liao Dong lit a cigarette. "The weapons and ammunition were handed over by the Iraqis to the soldiers who were guarding the ground here. ”

"Let's leave the arms deal in mind for now. But for now, you may have one more mission. Xie Kai said to Liao Dong.

Liao Dong and the rabbit both looked at him.

"To train guerrillas, on the one hand, you have to give them the appearance of regular troops, and on the other hand, you have to teach them guerrilla warfare. In addition, after the arrival of the domestic team members, there is another task, we will send 20 people, and form a team of 100 military advisers with the Soviets and Iraqis to go to Angola...... "Since he said this, Xie Kai will not hide it, "Whether you want to take this task, you should think about it." ”

Liao Dong didn't expect that he would have business as soon as he arrived here, and he would fight jointly with the Soviets and Iraqis.

For them, the other mercenaries were never more reliable than their brothers who were born and died with them, so they didn't reply to Xie Kai at the first time.

That night, in the East African grassland, there were no electric lights, only a few bonfires, what Xie Kai didn't expect was that Luo Feng and the others actually ran out to hunt with the mercenaries, and made two African oryx, and some hares or something, and roasted them on the bonfire excitedly.

Had a great time.

Xie Kai sighed with emotion, Chinese is coming, the fate of wild animals in the East African savannah will change, don't be eaten extinct at that time......

After sighing, he took a piece of roast antelope meat without any care, and sat by a bonfire with the consultants, and continued to talk about the things that were not finished in the afternoon.

Since Liao Dong also thinks this is good, let's listen to the opinions of the consultants of the agricultural company.

"Boss, you give such a high salary to farmers like us, which is better than the treatment of state cadres, and we must consider the interests of the boss. It's a great place to grow food, and even if we don't do any irrigation facilities, we can harvest two crops a year...... "said a consultant with a dry tobacco stick in his mouth and a wrinkled face.

They don't have the consciousness to work for the organization, after all, it was clear from the beginning that they were working for private individuals.

"Can it really work? What if you only invest 50 million in the early stage?" Xie Kai pondered, investing too much is not a problem, 50 million, it is less than 20 million US dollars, it should not be a big problem.

Professional things are left to professional people.

In terms of industrial things, he has no problem, especially various industries related to the military industry, let alone a problem.

Xie Kai, who can die if he plants a few flowers, is not to mention agriculture.

Listen to the opinions, even if the cost is high, it is okay not to lose.

"Boss, we can build gradually, as long as the construction machinery is in place, the land will be reclaimed in the dry season this time, and when the rainy season arrives two months later, you can sow ......," said the glasses who said at the beginning that they would invest more than 100 million yuan.

Lu Yang was on the side, he didn't interject all the time, and then he also spoke, "Boss, although our investment here is relatively high, we can lower their rent." Here, the areas with better conditions can be directly cultivated and planted, and almost all of them are controlled by several state-owned agricultural companies in Tanzania. Or there are a lot of smallholder farmers......"

"How much do they want for rent?" Xie Kai asked.

"At the beginning, the government of Luqua asked for $15 per acre, so our rent would reach $15 million a year, which is ridiculously high...... At the beginning, because of this condition, I talked to them, and they have reduced it to 5 dollars, and if you press it again, it may be ...... two dollars," Lu Yang said with some embarrassment.