Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 675 Rewards

The Langkawi Islands are nominally composed of 99 islands. In fact, only Langkawi Island is inhabited, and the rest are uninhabited desert islands.

Speaking of which, Langkawi Island also has a long history. There is a tomb of a certain princess on the island, as well as the authentic works of Sambo Gong, which is enough to prove that Langkawi Island was inhabited a long time ago.

However, the population living on Langkawi Island is not large, and there are only more than 1000 people. Although British Malaya claims to have sovereignty over Langkawi Island, Langkawi Island is geographically far away from Siam. Luo is closer, so there are no white people on the island, only some aborigines.

It cannot be blamed that the British are not interested in Langkawi Island. When the British first arrived in the Malay Peninsula, except for the Lion City and Kuala Lumpur, they did not care about the aborigines in the Malay Peninsula. It is true that Britain has too many colonies, and the Chinese don't quite understand the mood of Britain.

Even Kuala Lumpur, known as the "Four Continents", was built in 1860, and the Federation of Malays has only been established for 15 years.

Therefore, the process for Adan Company to purchase Langkawi Islands is very simple. It only costs 500 pounds for more than [-] square kilometers, and the Langkawi Islands become the property of Adan Company.

Of course, if Adan Company wants to obtain a complete Langkawi Islands, it still needs Adan Company to do the work of the islanders.

The Umbrella Company also has extensive experience in this regard, and the process must not be written clearly. Then Adan Company will get an empty Langkawi Islands and thousands of construction workers composed of local aborigines.

The construction of the base will start immediately. Langkawi Island originally only had a simple pier. Now it is not difficult to expand around the pier. The original buildings on the island have all been bulldozed, and the tomb of the legendary princess has been dilapidated. The construction workers didn't have the awareness of protecting cultural relics. Anyway, when David noticed, the princess's tomb and the original Sanbaogong were nowhere to be found.

David doesn't care about the Langkawi Islands, the airport near the port of Medan is what David attaches great importance to.

If there are only fighter jets, building an airport is actually very simple, and fighter jets can take off and land smoothly on the grass, as long as the ground does not have too much ups and downs.

It is different with torpedo bombers. Before the torpedoes are installed on the aircraft, fuzes must be installed. If a 350 kg torpedo explodes, it can basically destroy the entire airport, so the requirements for the runway are a bit strict.

Medan Airport is located in the valley of a mountain near the port of Medan. Benson Tauherty originally wanted to introduce the name of the mountain, but David changed it directly.

"The name of this mountain is a bit too complicated. It seems to be the only mountain nearby, so it should be called Lonely Mountain." David said casually.

Changing the name is a habit of the Nyasaran people. The name Langkawi means a strong eagle in Malay, and there is an island next to it because it looks a bit like a pregnant woman, so it is called the pregnant woman island. David was very angry when he found out. What a mess, isn't it said that there are authentic works of Sanbao Gong?Although it is nowhere to be found now, we still want to commemorate it, so Langkawi Island has become Sambo Island.

"Lonely Mountain, well, that's a good name." Benson Tauherty didn't object, and David could do whatever he wanted.

I really dare not object. Although the Umbrella Company has not been in East India for a long time, it has already shown enough strength.

In the past, if the Dutch wanted to recruit workers, they had to discuss with the local land kings. The Umbrella Company had no such scruples at all, and I don’t know how the Umbrella Company threatened those land kings. Anyway, the Umbrella Company occupied Medan not long ago. Today, more than 1 workers have been added to the port of Medan, and they are working day and night to transform the port of Medan according to David's wishes.

This is how the airport came about. More than 2000 workers worked together, and the construction of the airport was basically completed in less than half a month.

Although the time is short, the requirements are very strict. There is a 400-meter-long runway in the airport, which is enough for albatross to take off and land.

These runways are all built with cement. Before laying the cement, more than 2000 workers used stone rammers to repeatedly ram the entire runway many times. When David finally checked, he could not smash the nails into the ground with a hammer, and then the cement was laid. .

In addition to the runway, the airport also has hangars and underground oil depots. In order to get enough stones, the mercenaries used explosives to blow up a nearby mountain, and then built houses directly on the stones with wood.

Benson Tougherty finally knew how the Umbrella Company built houses at this time. The construction workers transferred from Port Elizabeth were like building blocks. The two-story office building and the lighthouse control tower at the airport are all made of wood. I feel that there is nothing impossible in the hands of these people. Any construction worker who pulls it to Batavia can serve as Badawi Director of the Urban Construction Bureau of Asia.

At this point, the remaining work is to build various defensive facilities, but this is not something these local workers can touch. The workers from Port Elizabeth are fully responsible, and the local workers are sent back to Medan Port.

Compared with half a month ago, Medan Port has also undergone earth-shaking changes. The messy buildings built around the pier have basically disappeared, replaced by neat two-story wooden buildings, and the original camp of the servants has also been moved as a whole. Farther out into the suburbs, now that the camp has been turned into a freight yard, and laborers are now dredging the channel and expanding the docks to accommodate larger ships, Benson Taugherty is often sluggish, it's hard to believe that such a short There are so many changes in time.

"Benson, call the Chinese farmers near Medan. I have something to say to them." David is busy with work every day. Land, this is almost the limit of mercenaries. After all, the Far East Company only has 3000 mercenaries. If they occupy too much land, their troops will be seriously dispersed. Will be strangled to death.

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Benson Tauherty is also busy with official duties every day. He is still the chief executive of Medan Port, and he has fifty or sixty staff members under him. It is actually quite good to be busy every day. , If you can’t relax, you don’t have time to think about it.

The mercenaries are indeed very powerful. Benson Tauherty’s family has been picked up from Batavia by the mercenaries and sent to the Lion City. Even the daughter-like puppy was sent away. David gave Benson Tougherty's settlement fee of [-] pounds is said to have been bought by the mercenaries when they left Batavia.

This situation is normal. David didn't even ask how much the mercenaries who led the team earned. It was regarded as the extra income of the mercenaries. Of course, the contribution to David must be indispensable.

"Wait Benson, how did you make money before?" Andy, a senior employee of Adan Company, called Benson Tao Heti in time.

"Tax collection, various taxes, land tax, real estate tax, head tax, transaction tax, and even walking taxes. In the past, all intersections, bridges, ferries, and markets were basically closed. As long as someone passed by, they would have to pay taxes. , Even babies who are held by others have to pay taxes, this kind of tax is called butt tax." Benson Tauherty is not embarrassed, this is how his previous salary came.

"Is that so—" Andy was a little worried. In the Adan Islands and Port Elizabeth, Adan Company doesn't have to worry about revenue, and can collect a lot of various industrial taxes and commercial taxes.

It is no longer possible. East India is a country dominated by agriculture. There is basically no industry or commerce in the whole country. Andy is not used to collecting such things as "butt tax".

"Don't worry, wait for those Chinese farmers to come over tomorrow. While forming a militia, we also need to establish a tax system. We will definitely not be as shameless as the Dutch, but the taxes that should be collected must not be less." David is not in a hurry, Dong The Chinese in India are quite rich, otherwise they would not be raised by the Dutch as pigs.

This description is not good, it should be cut as a leek by the Dutch.

Benson Taugherty opened his mouth, but didn't speak.

"What do you want to say?" David looked around.

"It's not so easy to find Chinese to collect taxes. The rich Chinese are all in Batavia. They consider themselves overseas Chinese, believe in Catholicism, receive Western education, and are more Dutch than the Dutch; Chinese outside Batavia They are called Baba and Nyonya. These people are the descendants of Chinese and Javanese intermarriage. They no longer consider themselves Chinese, and there is no difference in appearance from the locals. Only those Chinese who immigrated to East India in recent years are easier to manage, but because of I have been in the East India for a relatively short time, and I don’t actually have much personal property.” Benson Tauherty is relaxed now, he used to be a tax official, and this was originally Benson Tauherty’s troubles, but now these troubles are all It's Andy's.

"It doesn't matter, there will be someone who is willing to cooperate with us." Andy didn't seem to be too worried. The consequences of not cooperating are obvious. There are several people hanging on the pier right now, and those are all consequences of not cooperating.

It must be emphasized that neither the Umbrella Company nor the Adan Company is a charitable enterprise, nor do they have the patience and sincerity to treat others slowly, so they are decisive and decisive.

Even for the Chinese, the Umbrella Company and Adan Company will not compromise unconditionally. The Chinese who commit crimes in southern Africa will also have to serve their sentences and be repatriated. The same is true in East India. If the Chinese farmers are willing to cooperate, then Andy will be very happy. Welcome, if the Chinese farmer is not willing to cooperate, then Andy will also be very welcome.

It is impossible for all of them not to cooperate, there will always be people who are willing to cooperate, and those who are willing to cooperate need to be rewarded.

Then those farms that are unwilling to cooperate are the rewards for these people.

(End of this chapter)