Chapter 518: Under the Poplar Tree
After a few days, the matter on the farm side was basically taken care of.
In fact, there is not much to do, Zhang Chuan explained almost everything here before leaving, plus after Azak came back from Europe, he also did well here, this guy probably learned a lesson, I am afraid that if he doesn't do well in Niger, Lin Quan will turn his face with him, so he is very serious about doing things!
What Lin Quan has to do here is mainly to look at what happened after Zhang Chuan left, and by the way to see if the plan he made has been implemented, and after he is busy with these, he also checked the financial situation of the farm last year by the way.
As expected, after the number of workers on the farm has increased, the expenses in this area have also increased a lot, but correspondingly, after the scale of the farm has expanded, the income has also increased a lot, and last year there was progress in the domestic market and the European market, so it made a lot of money, deducting all costs, and the total income last year was about 6 million, which is actually a lot of money, but it is almost not worth mentioning compared with Lin Quan planting trees and selling mahogany in Europe!
He sold too much mahogany, so that now the mahogany market seems to be sluggish, and it is really rare and expensive, and the value becomes lower after more!
In this way, there are not many things on the farm, but everyone is not on the farm these days!
Zhao Cheng took a small team of security team members to participate in the anti-terrorism training organized by the Nigerien government army, Niger's national defense is not their own decision, their national defense used to depend on the face of the United States and France, among these two countries, France still has a lot of troops in Niger, so it has a lot of influence on Niger!
In the past, Niger seemed to enjoy the feeling of being protected, at least it could receive a lot of arms from France and the United States every year, even second-hand goods or even old weapons that were about to be decommissioned, it was enough for them to use, because the price of arms was very expensive, and their financial resources could not afford it!
And the United States, the unjust leader, is willing to pay, and African countries are also very happy, when the Ukrainian crisis broke out, the two Mistral-class amphibious dock landing ships ordered by the Russians from France were cut off by the Americans!
For the Russians, such weapons can greatly improve their naval force projection, after all, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, their naval development has been regressing, the number of naval ships is getting smaller and smaller, and the number of auxiliary ships is declining even more seriously, whether it is a conflict with Finland in the north or a maritime conflict with the four northern islands of Japan in the east, they need to rely on naval projection!
Although the Japanese do not even have an army, the equipment of their Maritime Self-Defense Force is much more advanced than that of Russia, and the Dayu-class dock landing ship also has a strong delivery capability, so the Russians will order it from the French when their naval shipyard cannot build amphibious landing ships!
However, the international arms trade is actually an extension of international politics, and sometimes it is not something that can be bought by paying for it, and the lessons of China's Fercom early warning aircraft are just around the corner, and the Russians have not learned the lesson!
As a result, as soon as the Ukrainian crisis broke out, they were immediately pitted!
The deal between these two warships was stopped by the Americans, and the French were originally very independent in diplomacy, but after Sarkozy became president, they slowly moved towards the face of the United States, and as soon as the American boss spoke, they naturally did not dare to sell it!
Then these two powerful landing ships were stuffed into Egypt, which did not need such ships at all, and Egypt also rejoiced to descend from the sky, and they did not spend a penny on these two 1 billion US dollars worth 10,000 tons of giant ships, and the money was given by the military aid of the Americans!
In this matter, the Americans posted a billion upside down, the French lost 100 million, the Russians were slapped in the face, and the international image plummeted, leaving Egypt happy to close its mouth, and two ships for nothing, if only they could hook up with the third brother of India and sell it to them at a suitable price, then it would be even more profitable!
There are still many things like the Egyptian Mistral in Africa, the United States has the Africa Command in Africa, and there is a lot of military aid here, and Niger has always been aided by the United States!
In the past, the Nigerien government had no money, and of course they were willing to accept the money and weapons given by the Americans, and they could endure a little interference in their internal affairs, but now it is different, they have discovered a large oil field in the country, which is equivalent to allowing them to find a mountain of gold and instantly complete the beggar into a rich man!
Then their national defense policy changed, and after they got rich, the government became rich and rich, and they no longer wanted to be rudely interfered with, but the United States was too strong, and Niger did not dare to offend the American father at once, so they began to test the United States little by little, while purchasing weapons from the United States to arm their own troops, while actively exercising their own troops, as if showing their strength in front of the Americans to prove that their army has the ability to protect their country!
After all, if there are always foreign troops stationed in the country, it is no different from a colony!
In such a situation, Zhao Cheng and the others were pulled over, this time there was also the French Waiji Legion who practiced together, these guys heard that they had made a lot of trouble some time ago, and they were a lot more honest during this time!
"The size of this forest has really expanded a lot!"
Lin Quan searched for a long time before he found the poplar tree in the bushes, looking at the nameplate hanging on it and the name on the nameplate, Lin Quan couldn't help laughing, time flies really fast, and several years have passed in a blink of an eye!
This poplar tree has grown so big, but I don't know what happened to the person who planted it in the first place?
Ringing out the young woman with sunglasses and carrying a travel bag, Lin Quan seemed to have returned to that scene on that day.
At that time, it was an empty area, but now it is full of trees, and the area that was planned before has already been planted, and the trees in this area near it are the earliest, and now they are the tallest and strongest.
And around this area, there are also a lot of tree planting areas, up to now a lot of people come every day, and even some people come to visit relatives, in front of the trees they planted to take a group photo, many trees have the latest photo column, which contains a lot of photos, looking at these photos, you can find the traces of the growth of plants in these deserts, as well as the traces of the quiet passage of time.
And the poplar tree in front of Lin Quan, there is also a photo below, a young woman in a white chiffon shirt, smiling, the smile looks very bright, and the orange-red leaves of the poplar tree are particularly matched!
flipped through the photo and found that there was a small line of words in the back, and Lin Quan silently read it out: "To the most beautiful you - youth!"
He shook his head, this guy, write such inexplicable words!
Touching this poplar tree, he didn't take care of it at the beginning, and now watching it grow up, Lin Quan's heart is like raising a child, and there is a sense of accomplishment!
And looking at the thousands of trees on the farm, Lin Quan's heart was suddenly full of a sense of achievement!
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