Expedition to Europe

The response of the Lanfang military headquarters was fast enough. Huang Li's report was quickly approved. Wu Qing was transferred back to Lanfang for other purposes. Huang Li's deputy was replaced by Zheng Jing, who had a background in the National Security Agency.

Zheng Jing, who has completely gone dark, is completely different from Wu Qing, who is struggling between ideals and reality. Although he has the rank of lieutenant colonel, Zheng Jing never wears military uniforms. Every day, he takes several of his subordinates brought from the National Security Bureau. He was wearing a suit and was quite eye-catching in the "Exploration Guard" camp.

Zheng Jing quickly got into work mode. After arriving in Manantenina, Zheng Jing had a long talk with Brad Johnson, general manager of Reynolds Bauxite Company, and then the "Exploration Guard" provided the information provided by Reynolds Bauxite Company. The cost of each of those "workers" changed from 100 francs to 300 francs.

This alone directly changed the remuneration of the "Exploration Guard" during this period from 700,000 francs to 2.1 million francs.

Huang Li was very satisfied with Zheng Jing's performance, so Zheng Jing gained more trust.

"You want to build a team mainly composed of Manantenina people and arm them. This issue should be discussed in the long term." After Zheng Jing gained greater power, he immediately posed a difficult problem to Huang Li.

"If you want to make more money and finish your work here early and go home, you'd better do as I say." Zheng Jing was serious in his words, and his words showed little respect for Huang Li, the commander.

Although Zheng Jing is now Huang Li's subordinate in name, Zheng Jing and Huang Li actually belong to different systems. Huang Li's leadership of Zheng Jing is limited to the current period, so Zheng Jing's attitude towards Huang Li cannot be said much. Respectful, just for the sake of Major General Huang Li's rank.

As for generals, there are not many in Lanfang now. Almost all of them are "old guys" from the Foreign Legion period. They still have certain privileges in Lanfang.

"Tell me what you think?" Huang Li at least wanted to know the reason before he would consider whether to do what Zheng Jing said.

After the Manantenina Massacre, the Chinese and the Malagasy have already forged a bloody feud. This hatred will never be resolved in the short term, so Huang Li has reservations about the proposal to arm the Malagasy people. Who knows after arming the Malagasy people? , who would the Malagasy people point their guns at.

"It's very simple. Just like what we are doing now, Lanfang's justice needs people like General Wu to protect it, and Lanfang's dark side also needs people like us to protect it. If you want to end the work here as soon as possible, Get out of this damn place, then you should use something more efficient In terms of working methods, I think it would be better to let the Malagasy people deal with the Malagasy people. We only need to provide logistical support and an upward mechanism, and we can successfully complete the work here without having to work so hard. "Zheng Jing has an idea. , the suggestions made sound quite reliable.

In fact, it is still the same thing as the Westernization Movement of the Qing Dynasty, "using barbarians to control barbarians." Western colonists actually did this in the Republic of China, and now Lan Fang can do the same in Madagascar.

"You mean - horse traitor?" Huang Li was a little unsure.

"What kind of horse traitor? They are Malagasy people who yearn for a bright, just and beautiful life!" Zheng Jing gave a lofty definition, which is definitely more acceptable to Malagasy people than "horse traitor": "The Malagasy people are not monolithic. The Chinese are doing this in Antananarivo. The French have already established a force composed mainly of the Antesaka people. The French are not doing anything at all. They can just stay in Antananarivo and drink tea and wine. Making a lot of money, don’t you want to feel better?”

From the perspective of the Malagasy people, the Antesaka people are the standard "horse traitors", but from the perspective of the French and Huang Li, the Antesaka people are the standard "imperial people".

"Isn't this a bit too despicable and shameless? I'm so embarrassed." Huang Li said hypocritically, with excitement on his face that could not be concealed.

"I won't laugh more shamelessly than you do now!" Zheng Jing immediately exposed Huang Li's hypocrisy. He is a real villain: "General Wu's matter is definitely not an isolated case. The current exploration escort team and General Wu There must be more than one or two people who hold the same view. If you don’t want these people to If they will live in pain for the rest of their lives, then it is best to let them do what they like, such as serving as instructors to train the Malagasy people. You don’t need to train them too well, as long as they can kill people with guns, and let them keep the rest. nature, so that they can play their role better.”

Zheng Jing still considered it all. It seems that this idea has not existed for a day or two. Maybe it has been tested in Korea or Japan.

What Zheng Jing said is also true. Lanfang soldiers have been instilled with concepts such as "loyalty" and "honor" from the first day they joined the army. Strictly speaking, what the exploration escort team is doing now is in line with what they have always accepted. This is contrary to their education, which is an earth-shaking subversion of their initially formed values ​​and outlook on life. If they do not do a good job in ideological work, it will definitely affect their future lives.

When it came to business, Huang Li immediately became serious: "You're right, just do as you say. Just tell me what you need me to do."

With Huang Li's complete delegation of power, Manantenina's work began rapidly.

In fact, in the current Manantenina, including the hired Annan and Korean people, as well as the work results of the "Exploration Guard" during this period, Manantenina's "workers" have exceeded 20,000 people. These are 20,000 young people in their prime, all of whom are strong and healthy. If possible, they can all be recruited into the army.

Zheng Jing would definitely not raise a force of more than 20,000 people, then Pierre would probably doubt Zheng Jing's true purpose. Zheng Jing only found Brad Johnson and asked for less than 500 people, and then began to recruit them to the "Exploration Guard" military camp for training.

Now Manantenina is different from before. With the gradual increase in population and the gradual development of mining sites, Manantenina has formed several residential areas with different functions, namely the military camp where the "Exploration Guard" is located, the headquarters of Renault Aluminum Company, the workers' dormitory where workers are recruited, and the shantytown where the Malagasy people are located.

That's right, the place where the Malagasy people in Manantenina live is the shantytown, where the facilities are simple, sewage is flowing, the sanitation is worrying, and the public security situation is not very good, just like the slums in London and Paris.

Zheng Jing didn't spend much, even just a promise to leave the shantytown, and he recruited enough soldiers from the Malagasy people. After these soldiers joined Zheng Jing's colonial army, each of them would get two sets of new clothes, eat a full meal every day, and even if they did a good job, there would be extra rewards, and they could even bring their families to live with them.

Of course, this is based on the premise that they can still find their own families.

To be honest, Zheng Jing didn't promise much, and there was not even any welfare. It was just the guarantee of basic survival, which was enough to attract those Malagasy people.

At Renault Bauxite, these Malagasy people did not enjoy the treatment of being "human beings". The food provided by Renault Bauxite to these "slaves" was not even as good as pig feed. The quantity was insufficient, and there was often moldy food. With that food, these Malagasy people could not eat enough.

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While not eating enough, the Malagasy people also undertook heavy physical labor. In the mines of Renault Bauxite, these Malagasy people did the dirtiest and most tiring work. Because there was no labor protection, Renault Bauxite did not need to compensate for any work-related injuries, so as long as there was dangerous work, it was left to these Malagasy people to do.

The French at Renault Aluminum did not treat the Malagasy people as human beings at all. They would beat and kick them if they were not satisfied. It was common for them to be tied up and put on display. If the Malagasy people were sick, they could only wait to die. The French would not use their limited medical resources on them.

In this case, a place to sleep peacefully at night and a job where they could eat well and not be abused became the biggest hope for these Malagasy people. So when Zheng Jing was authorized, it took only half a day for Zheng Jing to recruit 500 soldiers.

In order to get these 500 soldiers, Zheng Jing and Brad Johnson reached an agreement that Zheng Jing could take these people away from Renault Aluminum without paying any money. After Zheng Jing completed the training of these people, Zheng Jing would repay Brad Johnson 1,000 people free of charge in return for Brad Johnson's generosity.

The training went very smoothly. When it came to the training stage, Huang Li finally understood why Zheng Jing insisted on only training these Malagasy people to use weapons, and not to train them in any discipline such as formations and queues.

Zheng Jing still had standards when selecting people. The Malagasy people he selected had basically made their livings by hunting before. In other words, the 500 people under Zheng Jing were basically all hunters before.

Of course, the weapons these hunters used before were primitive weapons such as bows and arrows and bamboo spears. It was with these extremely simple weapons and the keen sixth sense that was close to the instinct of wild beasts that these hunters fought against those large prey. Zheng Jing wanted to keep these things. If these hunters were equipped with modern weapons, what kind of combat power these hunters could burst out was really exciting.

The slogan of the colonial army was also very distinctive. "Fearless" and "brave" were the things that the colonial army emphasized most, and there was nothing related to "honor" and "loyalty" at all.

In the second month after arriving in Manantenina, Zheng Jing sent out his colonial army and officially began to undertake the "slave hunting" mission on behalf of the "Exploration Guard".