【Chapter 703】 Set Sail (Ask for Subscription!)

Departing from Helena, the Nini, which has a range of more than 15,000 kilometers, can go directly to the port of Marseille without landing and refueling, which saves Xiao Feng a lot of trouble.

Compared with the strictly controlled routes in China, the application for private routes abroad is quite convenient, and you only need to submit an online application to the American Aviation Administration and the European Union Air Traffic Management Agency, and it can be approved quickly.

Of course, this kind of thing does not need Xiao Feng to do it himself, Dai Bin, as the captain, in addition to doing a good job in daily flight tasks, also needs to be responsible for contacting various air traffic control bureaus to determine the route according to Xiao Feng's travel needs.

Xiao Feng accompanied 10 cowboys from China, after all, in the next few days, the long journey home of 4,000 breeding cattle will need to be taken care of.

Compared with the slowness and discomfort of the civil airliner, Xiao Feng arrived at the port of Marseille on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea after lying in the spacious airline seat of his own plane for ten hours.

The port of Marseille, on the northwest side of the Mediterranean Sea, is a natural harbor with no strong tides and currents, safe shipping lanes, and navigable day and night.

Founded in 600 BC as an ancient city pioneered by the Greeks, Marseille has developed into the largest commercial port in the Mediterranean, the third largest in Europe, and one of the largest passenger ports in the world.

During the reign of Louis XVI of France, social contradictions intensified, the emerging bourgeoisie sympathized with the plight of the peasants, and under the influence of the Jacobins in Paris, Arno led the citizens of the port of Marseille to design and seize the fortress, obtain weapons, and expel the duke. They held a rally and resolved to organize 500 volunteers to march to Paris to rescue the parliamentarians who were sympathetic to the reform, and the citizens of Marseille actively joined the army, singing the Marseillaise song and marching forward, opening the prelude to the French great **.

The marching song "La Marseillaise" composed during this period has also become a hymn to inspire morale, and the most popular and popular is the hymn to freedom.

Historical changes, the current Marseillaise has become the national anthem of the French Republic, and it has also made the port of Marseille have enough international popularity.

When Xiao Feng was on his honeymoon, he also went to the port of Marseille, not far from the port of Marseille, to Proswan, which is the most desirable place for petty bourgeoisie all over the world.

This time when he went to the port of Marseille, Xiao Feng didn't have the leisure to walk around, and after leaving the airport, he took a taxi and went straight to the port, and saw Ma Wanli, who had been running around Europe for half a month!

"Uncle Ma, it's been a hard work!" Looking at Ma Wanli's red eyes and face full of scum, Xiao Feng was still quite moved.

Ma Wanli is almost fifty years old this year, and it stands to reason that he should do some maintenance work in Ginkgo Village and not be so tired, but for the construction of the 'Dream Ranch', he is as busy day and night as a thirty-year-old young man.

When it comes to Ma Wanli's help to Xiao Feng, it is not something that can be reflected by simply raising the salary. It can be said that if there is no Ma Wanli, the construction progress of Xiao Feng's top ranch will definitely lag behind, where can it be as famous as it is now?

"It's okay, I'm not old enough yet!" For Ma Wanli, physical exhaustion could not hide his mental exaltation, and he seemed quite excited.

When he was studying at Cornell University, Ma Wanli had excellent grades, but he was always discriminated against by his classmates in Europe and the United States, believing that the Chinese would never be able to build the best pastures in the world and breed top beef cattle and dairy cows.

This breath has not been swallowed until now!

The success of 'Jinghu Ranch' has broken some prejudices in Western society, but this is far from enough, and only by breeding the world's best beef cattle in the nest of the American imperialists can it be regarded as a slap in the face!

Speaking of which, now Ma Wanli is also a gold-collar with a net worth of hundreds of millions, even if he doesn't work for the rest of his life, he is also rich and powerful, but for his dream back then, the old man can also have the enthusiasm of young people!

This time, with the introduction of two of the world's top beef cattle breeds, plus Angus cattle and North American bison, Ma Wanli tried to breed a one-of-a-kind top-quality beef cattle that would beat the Dongying Wagyu beef!

"Uncle Ma, you will rest in Marseille for a day first, and then take the 'Nini' back to Helena, and leave the rest of the journey to me!" Xiao Feng didn't give Ma Wanli a chance to refuse, and quickly settled the division of labor between the two of them, and asked the assistants to take Ma Wanli away.

It basically takes seven or eight days from the port of Marseille to New York, which is still calm, and there will be a delay if the weather changes; plus the road transportation from New York to Helena, the whole thing is really not complete in half a month to three weeks.

Xiao Feng naturally wouldn't let an old man who was almost fifty years old follow him all the way, let him take the 'Nini' ranch first, and he could also do all kinds of receiving work in advance.

Originally, Ma Wanli still had to insist, but under Xiao Feng's tough attitude, he had to accept Xiao Feng's arrangement, and the ranch also needed someone to do a good job of receiving it, and his task was not light.

Because the time for the freighter to depart was relatively tight, Xiao Feng and Ma Wanli didn't bother to talk too much, Ma Wanli returned to the airport hotel to rest, waiting for the approval of the route; Xiao Feng took 10 cowboys plus 20 cowboys who had followed Ma Wanli to Europe before boarding the 10,000-ton freighter responsible for transporting breeding cattle - Anyuan!

The Anyuan, a Chinese-flagged bulk carrier belonging to the Haizhou Ocean Shipping Group, was hired by the Jinghu Group to transport 4,000 head of breeding cattle, which was the first time the ship had carried such a transport order.

In order to meet the requirements of the 'Jinghu Group', under the guidance of Ma Wanli and others, the Anyuan has carried out certain modifications to the cargo hold to adapt to the various conditions of transporting breeding cattle.

Although this kind of transformation is a little troublesome, it can help domestic enterprises and earn enough profits, and the senior management and employees of Haizhou COSCO are willing.

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"Captain Zhou, I'm sorry for you this time!" When Xiao Feng boarded the Anyuan, Captain Zhou Xiao brought the first mate Liu Qiang and the second mate Lin Hetian to greet him.

For Zhou Xiao and others, although they are usually adrift at sea and don't know much about domestic news, Xiao Feng's richest man is still famous.

This time, Xiao Feng boarded the Anyuan to New York Harbor, which was a great honor for the Anyuan and the entire crew, at least there was more to talk about chatting with relatives and friends in the future.

"You're welcome, this is what we should do!" Zhou Xiao was both surprised by Xiao Feng's youth, and impressed by Xiao Feng's politeness and politeness.

In fact, Chinese people are extremely tolerant of celebrities, and they will always subconsciously raise celebrities high, and once celebrities show the same attitude as ordinary people, everyone will have a feeling of flattery.

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The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Zhou Xiao introduced some important crew members on the ship to Xiao Feng's side, and then took Xiao Feng to watch the Anyuan start all the procedures for leaving the port in the cockpit.

For Xiao Feng, he has driven the world's most expensive supercar, ridden the world's best private business jet, and once taken a luxury yacht, but it is the first time to watch such a behemoth chopping waves in the cockpit of a 10,000-ton giant ship!

Seeing the boundless blue sea being conquered by the steel beasts under his feet, even if it wasn't Xiao Feng controlling the Anyuan, his heart still swelled with infinite pride!

It is no wonder that many maritime nations have infinite ambition in the process of rising, and the thrill of conquering the sea and the sense of accomplishment are indeed incomparable to those on land.

China has been weak for a hundred years, and its maritime rights and interests have been suppressed by Western countries, and it is not until the 21st century that this situation is gradually reversed.

In recent years, the Chinese Navy has begun to transform into a deep blue navy, and the Chinese ocean freight and ship manufacturing industry has begun to have a place in the international competition, which is also what many Chinese sons and daughters are happy to see.

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After the Anyuan left the port of Marseille and entered the public route of the Mediterranean, Zhou Xiao set up an automatic cruise and began to take Xiao Feng to visit the Anyuan.

Compared with the ultra-large container ships and oil tankers that are often hundreds of thousands of tons, the maximum displacement of the Anyuan is not more than 10,000 tons, which is really pediatric.

But even so, the Anyuan has a total length of more than 150 meters, a width of about 20 meters, a design draft of 8 meters, a maximum displacement of 18,000 tons, and a carrying capacity of 12,000 tons!

This is also the biggest machine that Xiao Feng has ever touched, countless steel structures are connected and become sea monsters, Xiao Feng really can't imagine what those 400,000-ton super freighters will be like?

In order to ensure the life of the breeding cattle during transportation, the Anyuan set up fences in the cargo hold, and surrounded the places where the breeding cattle may touch with foam to prevent the breeding cattle from being injured.

On the floor of the cargo hold, a thick layer of straw was laid, and staff were also arranged to continuously inspect the cargo hold to solve various emergencies!

Xiao Feng walked around, quite satisfied with the arrangement of the Anyuan, of course, such transportation conditions are already the best, if according to the normal situation, after the breeding cattle arrive in New York, how many heads can be left, whether they will be infected or not, it is somewhat resigned to fate.

However, since Xiao Feng followed the Anyuan, he naturally had his own way, and he added a sufficient number of 'Space Spirit Springs' to the water supply system of the Anyuan, which was also Xiao Feng's biggest reliance.

Over the next eight days, Xiao Feng and 30 cowboys will take care of 4,000 breeding cattle aboard the Anyuan, crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, across the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and finally arriving in the world's most prosperous city, New York!

Xiao Feng, who had never spent time at sea, was still looking forward to the sunrise and sunset on the sea, and wanted to see if he could meet large marine animals such as whales on the vast ocean to add some fun to his first sea trip.

Flying the bright national flag, the Anyuan has been sailing westward, no one knows that it is such an ordinary bulk carrier, which opened the wonderful prelude to the world's top beef cattle breeding!R1152