Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 249

The topography of Portuguese East Africa is like a giant pincer. The jaw at the northern end is Nyasaland, and the northwest salient is surrounded by Nyasaland and Rhodesia. Tete is located in the center of this salient.

Portugal’s rule over Portuguese East Africa is a company system. From 1888 to 1893, the Portuguese colonial authorities successively established the Mozambique Company, Niassa Company and Zambezia Company, granting these companies franchise rights in Portuguese East Africa. The "franchise rights" were similar to those granted by the British to the South African companies that controlled two-thirds of Portuguese East Africa.

Tete is under the management of the Zambezia company.

White people in Tete are really miserable.

Prior to this, white people enjoyed emperor-like treatment in Portuguese East Africa. There are about 3 white people in Portuguese East Africa, which is not worth mentioning in front of the Yao people with a total population of 350 million.

The white people in Portuguese East Africa are not purely Portuguese. Immigration in this era is very free, so the white people in Portuguese East Africa come from various European countries. , so they choose to immigrate.

One can imagine the quality of people who can't get along, so the white people in the colonies are generally very arrogant, extortion and other things are basic operations, and the white people in the Congo Free State are a model of evil. The aborigines are more brutal than the devils of a certain period when they try their marksmanship as targets.

The white people in Portuguese East Africa are not as brutal as the white people in the Congo Free State, at least the white people in Portuguese East Africa will not kill the Yao people.

This is not because the white people in Portuguese East Africa are kind, but because the white people in Portuguese East Africa want to sell Yao people for profit. Since the seventeenth century, Portugal has exported slaves from Portuguese East Africa. By the eighteenth century, slaves had replaced gold. and ivory, which became the main export commodities in the Zambezi Valley.

commodity!

The slave trade in Portuguese East Africa continued until the end of the 19th century. It was not because of the conscience of the Portuguese, but if the slave trade continued, the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa would be sold out by the Portuguese. Therefore, from the end of the 19th century, Portugal The forced labor system was implemented in Portuguese East Africa, and a large number of indentured laborers began to be exported to neighboring countries, namely Rhodesia and Tanganyika.

These laborers are still slaves in essence, but the Portuguese's mode of operation has changed from a one-time buyout to a lease.

Relying on the slave trade, the Portuguese ran plantations or did business in Portuguese East Africa and lived a "happy" life.

This "happiness" must be illusory. All the gifts from God have been secretly priced. Now, it is time for the Portuguese to pay the price.

Almost overnight, all the Yao people around Tete disappeared. In many plantations in remote areas, vicious incidents of slaves killing plantation owners occurred.

After the news came out, almost all the plantation owners fled back to Tete, only then did they realize that there were no Yao people in Tete city either, so the happy and happy Portuguese East Africa soon became a hell.

Portuguese East Africa was indeed happy when there were "endless" Yao people to enslave.

Without the Yao people, the white people in Portuguese East Africa found that they had to mow their own gardens and lawns, cook their own meals, clean themselves, and open doors for guests themselves——

It was at this time that many white people in Portuguese East Africa realized that they could not do without the Yao people in every aspect of their lives. Without the Yao people, many white people had degenerated to the point where they could not even take care of themselves.

It’s amazing. Among the white people in Portuguese East Africa, many people have never cooked or washed their clothes since they were born. Most people don’t know that freshly squeezed milk needs to be boiled before drinking, so It is simply a tragedy for the white people who left the Yao people.

In just three days, the white people in Tete realized that they could not live without the Yao people, so the Zambezia Company organized a 200-member slave hunting team, preparing to catch some Yao people back as in the past Continue to be enslaved by white people.

One day later, the slave hunting team returned without success. Of the 200 people who left Tete, only 13 returned to Tete. These 13 people hardly hesitated after returning to Tete. After packing up their belongings, they took their families with them Get out of Tete as fast as you can.

It was too late to even sell the property.

So Tete fell into a great panic. At this time, Tete had cut off all external communication because of the interruption of the telegraph line. Renzo Marquez called for help.

The thirteen families who left Tete did not go far. Soon, they returned to Tete and were hanged on the cross.

Roque only sent "military observers" to Portuguese East Africa at the end of March. By the beginning of May, Tete was on the verge of collapse.

Such is the power of the countryside to encircle the city.

Rock knew nothing about what happened in Tete, and even if he knew, Rock didn't care. Rock's current focus of work was in Nyasaland, and he didn't even care about Johannesburg.

The construction of Nyasaland is advancing rapidly. The Chinese who left the quagmire of the Qing Dynasty cherish the opportunity to survive. They undoubtedly felt uneasy when they first arrived in Nyasaland. It disappears after a full meal.

Rock still did not explain, all the Chinese who arrived in Nyasaland had to cut off their braids first, wash off the dust on their bodies, and put on the clothes prepared for them by the agricultural company before they could sit Eat in the spacious and bright dining hall.

The logistics provided by Stoudemire are still very good. The cafeteria daily supplies fruit, bread, mashed potatoes, vegetables, broth, fish, and milk and eggs specially prepared for children. The clear soup of this oil star is different. It is a broth with real meat. The meat comes from wild animals around Lake Niassa. The young men of the militia have field training every day. The wild animals near Lake Niassa are It's unlucky, the canteen will eat whatever the young men of the militia hit.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the Chinese, Rock promised that after the completion of Xiaoshi Town and Xiaoshi Port, all workers involved in the construction will be rewarded with one mu of land each.

All Chinese people will go crazy after hearing the news. Even women and children help on the construction site day and night. Simply live on Likoma Island to witness the birth of Little Rock Town and Little Rock Harbor.

"What is there to witness? If you think it is a miracle, then such miracles will be repeated in Nyasaland in the future, and one day you will get used to it." Rock is used to it, and it is created by the Chinese. There are many miracles, building speed is just one of them.

"Lock, I now understand a little bit why you are always full of confidence." Stoudemire has a new understanding of the Chinese group, and this time it is no longer limited to Rock alone.

Compared with whites and blacks, Chinese have obvious advantages.

The white people in Africa are spoiled. When these shabby and "poor whites" arrived in Africa, they became emperors or masters. The mentality of the poor and suddenly rich has dazzled most people. Killing, looting, doing all kinds of evil.

The whites in the Congo Free State and Portuguese East Africa have no shame, and the whites in Cape are not much better. Blacks are also slaves in Cape, and they have no status at all. For hundreds of years, blacks have been massacred, enslaved, and They were bought and sold at will as if they were commodities, and all the blacks who dared to resist had been killed. The vast majority of the remaining blacks were insensitive, did not know how to resist, and did not dare to resist, working hard like livestock.

The appearance of Chinese in Africa is definitely a clear stream.

Different from the tyranny of the whites and the numbness of the blacks, the Chinese are industrious, brave, smart and kind. They do their own work, don’t enslave blacks, don’t flatter whites, build their own farms, build their own homes, hungry I don’t beg at all times, and when I’m rich, I donate the extra milk to the school instead of pouring it into the river. From the Chinese, Stoudemire saw the long-lost pioneering spirit of the white people, and saw the gentlemanly demeanor that many people sneered at. This feeling made Stoudemire intoxicated, so Stoudemire did not want to leave Nyasaland.

"Cecil, this is just the beginning. Sooner or later, Nyasaland will shock everyone." Rock has always been confident that as long as the Chinese are given enough space and freedom, the energy that the Chinese erupt can sweep across the world. world.

About every other week, a boat of Chinese arrives in Nyasaland. The ticket for each Chinese is 15 pounds. The Nyasaland Agricultural Company signs an agreement with the owner of the ship that transports the Chinese, requiring the owner to treat the Chinese during the voyage. Take good care of it.

After the Chinese arrived in Nyasaland, the agricultural company will conduct random visits to the Chinese who have just arrived in Nyasaland. If someone reports that the ship owner abused the Chinese during the voyage, or the Chinese died more than 5.00% during the voyage, then the agreement will be terminated. At the same time, the owner of the ship has to compensate the loss of the agricultural company.

In the agreement signed between the agricultural company and the ship owner, these immigrant Chinese are the property of the agricultural company. If the ship owner accidentally damaged the cargo owner's "goods", compensation is a matter of course.

Although the name is not very pleasant, these agreements still protect the safety of the Chinese to the greatest extent. The Chinese continue to arrive in Nyasaland. Within a month, nearly [-] Chinese arrived in Nyasaland.

Most of these Chinese were settled in Xiaoshi Town——

It is no longer Xiaoshi Town, and a settlement with more than [-] residents is eligible to be called a city, so Xiaoshi Town is called "Little Rock City" now.

Some Chinese went to the northernmost end of Lake Nyasa, where a new port city is also under construction. The name of this port is Xuanwu Port, which is very oriental.

Considering the poor traffic in Nyasaland, the early development of Nyasaland must have been carried out around Lake Nyasaland, and the transportation of production materials and food also depended on Lake Nyasaland. A shipping company was established, six ships for inland navigation were purchased from the British mainland, and he was preparing to set up his own shipyard in Stone City.

"Shipbuilding looks complicated, but it is actually very simple. Merchant ships do not pursue protection and attack, but only pursue tonnage and speed. The current diesel engine is not complicated. As long as there are suitable materials, it can be produced locally in Nyasaland. Merchant ships with diesel engines are more powerful than steam engines, and they are quite stable in operation. We can completely produce merchant ships for inland waterway transportation by ourselves, not only for our own use, but also for sale.” Duncan, the manager of the agricultural company, studied in England before. Shipbuilding, now I'm finally back to my old job.

"Don't think so far ahead, just build a fishing boat or something for practice now, and then build a merchant ship when you are sure." Rock is not willing to aim too high, Nyasaland is now a blank sheet of paper, and Rock can do whatever he wants, but he must Take it slowly according to the basic rules, you can't become a fat man by eating in one bite.

For example, to make bullets, having a machine does not mean everything will be fine. Now that raw materials have to be purchased, it is estimated that they will not be able to produce them themselves within three to five years.

The same goes for shipbuilding. Everyone knows that shipbuilding is very profitable. The center of the world's shipbuilding industry is the UK. The UK can build ships thanks to a relatively complete industrial chain. Nyasaland has nothing now, and it can't even produce the steel needed for shipbuilding. , It's useless to think too far, look up at the distance and look down at the road at the same time.

For the current Nyasaland, fishing boats are more useful than merchant ships.

Nyasaland is a freshwater lake. There are more than 200 kinds of freshwater fish living in the lake. These freshwater fish can provide enough nutrition for the Chinese. Therefore, fishing will be agricultural companies for a long time before the farms are stable and profitable. main project.

Now the agricultural company has organized a fishing team with more than 200 people and ten fishing boats to fish in Lake Niassa every day to provide nutrition for the Chinese who built Little Rock.

The fish in Lake Niassa was unlucky. In the past, white people and Africans near Lake Niassa didn’t like fish very much. Flooding, these fish do not know how to avoid after seeing the fishing boat, let alone reach the level of "scooping fish", basically a fishing boat can be filled with three or five nets.

Therefore, the Chinese who built Little Rock are very nutritious. It doesn’t matter if Stoudemire buys beef or not. The chef in the cafeteria stews fish soup in different ways every day. Frying and cooking one by one can exhaust the chef to death.

"After the scale of Little Rock reaches a certain level, we will start farm construction. As for the tractors you mentioned, we will also send people to Europe and the United States to purchase them at the same time. After the samples come back, we will study whether it is possible to replicate them." Duncan I have a certain understanding of the internal combustion engine, but the understanding is not detailed. How to use it requires Rock's guidance.

In fact, Rock doesn't understand internal combustion engines, but it doesn't matter if you don't understand. Agricultural companies now also have a so-called "tape department". They don't know how to design, so they can imitate first.

　1 words are updated three times a day, which is probably my limit. Brothers, forgive me, the handicapped party, can’t compare with the master who writes tens of thousands of words every day. That’s a talent——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)