Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 408 Land Redemption

Buck's second knife was to Nyasaland Agricultural Company and Nyasaland Agricultural Development Company. These two companies are giants in Nyasaland. Nyasaland Agricultural Company controls Nyasaland Most of the industrial and mining enterprises in the territory, as well as all the farms in Nyasaland, and even all the new immigrants in Nyasaland are employees of the Nyasaland Agricultural Company.

The Nyasaland Agricultural Development Company owns the land in the Zambezi River Basin, including Port Edward, which belongs to the Nyasaland Agricultural Development Company. The establishment of the Agricultural Development Company was originally to deceive people. Now the Agricultural Development Company has completed With his mission out of the way, it's time to change all that.

"Our experience in Johannesburg proves that the ownership of the farm is directly related to the enthusiasm of the farmer. Scarlett's large farm model is now close to bankruptcy, which shows that the farm model has too many limitations compared with private farms. If you want to If the agricultural company and the agricultural development company reach financial balance in a short period of time, then we have to cut off this part of the farm and sell the land to the farmer to be responsible for his own profits and losses. The agricultural company can save a lot of expenses and put all its energy on In the development of industry." Buck is becoming more and more mature, and he is confident in the adjustment of agricultural companies.

Scarlett bought more than 2 acres of farms in Johannesburg in order to take in Boer women, and took all the homeless Boer women into the farm.

After going through the initial difficult stage, Scarlett's farm has actually developed quite well, but the degree of development and the speed of development are significantly different from those of private farms.

The gap between women and men in labor is still obvious. Most of the women in the farm have children, and most of their energy is involved in children, and they spend less time on labor.

Since the second half of last year, the number of people at Scarlett Farm has decreased rapidly, from more than 5000 at the beginning to less than 2 now. Many post-war homeless women have re-established their families. The labor force is obviously insufficient. Now the farm has more than [-] acres of land, and less than half of it has been developed, most of which are pastures. Compared with other private farms in Johannesburg, this is out of place.

Nyasaland Agricultural Company is also in the big pot mode now, and Rock certainly knows that this model is not good, so the big pot meal will be broken sooner or later.

The main reason why he did not act so late was that Roque was not in Nyasaland most of the time and had no time to deal with Nyasaland's affairs. Now that Buck became the chief executive of Nyasaland, that Roque would do his best to Support Buck's work.

"It has been more than a year and a half since the first batch of new immigrants came to Nyasaland, they have now paid off their immigration fees, and if the agricultural companies continue to employ them, then they have to be paid salaries, agricultural company employees The minimum annual salary in Nyasaland is 36 pounds, not counting the Zambezi River Basin. Now the total population of Nyasaland has exceeded 30. Even if it is necessary to pay one-tenth of the people, it is a heavy burden, so we From now on, we must gradually turn these employees into self-cultivators, otherwise, as time goes by, the burden on the agricultural company will become heavier and heavier, and eventually it will be overwhelmed." Buck is not exaggerating, if this continues, the agricultural company will be dragged to death sooner or later .

Rock immigrated to the Transvaal, and was reimbursed by the Transvaal government.

To emigrate to Nyasaland, no one reimbursed Roque for the expenses, and these expenses were all borne by himself.

Fortunately, Nyasaland established a labor dispatch company from the very beginning, so Roque did not spend too much money to bring hundreds of thousands of Chinese from the Qing Dynasty to Nyasaland.

Of course, this part of the fee is not free. All the Chinese who immigrated to Nyasaland have to work for Nyasaland for a period of time to repay the immigration fees. Now, those Chinese who first immigrated to Nyasaland have basically paid off the immigrants. Fees, and then if they continue to work for the agricultural company, the agricultural company will pay them a salary.

Barker's intention is obvious, to turn all these Chinese who will be able to receive wages immediately into self-cultivation farmers, let them go to Rand Bank for loans, and then buy land from Nyasaland Agricultural Company to operate on their own, so that the agricultural company can get rid of the burden, Rand Banks have increased their business, and those Chinese who own their own land can also explode with greater enthusiasm.

No matter how you look at it, it's a good thing.

"Yes, when buying land, you should pay attention to the qualification issue. Families whose family members are in Nyasaland have the priority to buy the qualification. This qualification must be clear. It is only the right to use, not the ownership. Privately transfer the land, and if you want to sell it, you can only sell the land to an agricultural company.” Rock wants to avoid future troubles, and private ownership of land can indeed arouse the enthusiasm of farmers, but in the long run, the disadvantages are even greater.

One of the simplest reasons is that there is already a railway in Nyasaland, but the railway is not developed enough to form a network. In the entire Nyasaland, there is only one day's railway connecting Port Edward-Little Rock-Salisbury .

This is definitely not enough. In the future, the railway will extend to Beihai, East Lake, and Lubumbashi, which involves a land acquisition issue——

This problem is very troublesome, and if it is not handled properly, it will cause many social problems. Therefore, Rock must take precautions now. Nyasaland will not adopt the land redemption system, but can only use the contract responsibility system. This can also stimulate the enthusiasm of Chinese Americans, and the effect is better than Private ownership is similar.

No, it should be said that the effect is better than private ownership.

If the land is privately owned, then there will definitely be farmers who will not make full use of the land after they get it, and the contract responsibility system is different. This is the reason why "books cannot be read unless they are borrowed".

Of course, if Nyasaland expropriates the farmer’s land in the future, he will definitely give appropriate compensation, but this compensation must be within a reasonable range. Rock will not pay less, but he will not give more. Farmers are not fair enough, more—

Rock is not stupid.

"Usage right—it's not appropriate—" Buck hesitated a little.

"Why is it inappropriate? Nyasaland belongs to the king, not mine. I don't even have the right to sell the land ownership to other people." Rock said confidently.

Countries in the Anglo-American law system all advocate that "private property is sacred and inviolable". None, you can only enjoy the benefits of the territory.

In the actual implementation, there is still a big deviation in this point. Just like the current Nyasaland, Nyasaland is also owned by the king in name, but in fact Nyasaland is Rock’s private property. Even if the king wants to No matter, there are so many colonies in the world, and the king can't manage them.

"But in Johannesburg—" Buck couldn't understand why the method that worked well in Johannesburg had to be changed in Nyasaland.

"The actual situation in Johannesburg and Nyasaland is different. After all, Johannesburg is a white world in name. If the ownership of the land is not clear, then the situation may change in the future; Nyasaland is all Chinese, and the situation will change in the future. If it’s bad, it won’t be bad, so we need to analyze the specific situation.” Rock will not make mistakes of empiricism and dogmatism, what works in Johannesburg may not work in Nyasaland.

"Okay!" Buck was not stubborn either. Since Rock was so persistent, Buck had no choice but to obey.

"Nyasaland cannot have a large farm like Johannesburg. Generally, the size of a farm should not exceed [-] acres, which is enough for a family. The first batch of farms to be sold can choose the mature farms that are now developed. In terms of policy, we should also give support as much as possible, and let other people see the benefits, so that this policy can continue in the future." Rock still lures him for profit, although the Chinese in this era are relatively simple, but Rock still can't pin all his hopes on In terms of personal morality of the Chinese, this thing is the most unreliable.

"Okay, I will discuss this issue at the meeting of the management committee and fully seek the opinions of other members." Buck wants to make use of all the existing conditions as much as possible. Now that the management committee has been established, the management committee must give full play to its role .

The land redemption system is definitely a major event in Nyasaland, and it needs the cooperation of many parties to do it well, at least the support of the Rand Bank is indispensable.

Mrs. Capet of the Rand Bank has a son. Many people already know about it. This is an absolutely disgusting behavior in the East, but in Nyasaland and Johannesburg, no one dares to discuss it. Even if the matter is discussed, it will not focus on whether the matter is ethical or not, but on how much property Mrs. Capet owns, and whether Mrs. Capet's son will have the right to inherit the title in the future.

Yes, almost everyone knew that the child named Arthur must belong to Rock, even Phyllis knew it.

Of course, Phyllis did not explicitly express her dislike for Arthur, but Rock had worked a lot during this time.

"Very well, let's get started. I may return to Johannesburg in a while, and I will leave this to you." Rock can't stay in Nyasaland for too long, and Yang Smother has now returned to Johannesburg. Lange, Ade has decided to use Johannesburg as a pilot for implementing the democratic representative system. Half a year later, that is, in August, Johannesburg will try out the democratic representative system and hold general elections. Rock must return to Johannesburg as soon as possible to fight for the right to vote for the Chinese, otherwise Everything Rock had done before had lost all meaning.

"I understand—" Buck didn't say much, but his expression was still serious. Nyasaland is in a good situation now, and Buck is also under a lot of pressure.

(End of this chapter)