Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 941

Although the Chinese laborers were workers in name, they arrived in Europe in the form of the army. Within the Allies, the Chinese laborers were called the "Chinese Labor Brigade", which originally used the military method for militarized management.

The Chinese workers who came to Cyprus are all from the Zhili area in the north of the Republic of China. All of them are between 18 and 25 years old. Physical health is the basic requirement. Before coming to Europe, they have undergone several months of physical recuperation to adapt to Europe. high-intensity work.

The height of these Chinese workers is generally above 1.7 meters zero, which can be considered tall in Europe at present, but their bodies are still relatively thin, and their arm circumference is generally more than two centimeters smaller than that of Chinese in southern Africa.

The person in charge of managing these Chinese workers was an Englishman named Spike, who was an employee of the Nyasaland Human Resources Company, which was responsible for organizing the Chinese workers to work in Europe.

"You are really lucky to be assigned to Cyprus. Lord Nyasaland himself is Chinese. You have also seen that there are many Chinese faces in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. In fact, they have just immigrated to southern Africa for a few years, but look It seems that they are not much different from European whites—" Spike's high evaluation of Chinese is actually not enough, but as a white man, Spike will not admit that Chinese are better than whites.

The Chinese in southern Africa, especially the second-generation Chinese who grew up in southern Africa, are more popular than whites.

Although the whites are unwilling to admit it, under the same educational conditions, the academic performance of Chinese students is often better than that of whites. Many Chinese who have just arrived in southern Africa are extremely poor and their lives are extremely difficult. However, once they stabilize, they will be amazing. The speed of adapting to the environment in southern Africa. Farms run by Chinese are generally better than farms run by whites. After life gradually stabilizes, many Chinese farmers have to set up a study room at home regardless of whether they can read or not. Buy as much as possible. various books.

Although this is suspected of being arty, it itself expresses the yearning for culture and the worship of knowledge. The favorite recreational activity of white farmers is hunting, and the favorite recreational activity of Chinese farmers is playing chess. different way of life.

In a short period of time, there is not much difference between hunting and playing chess. Over time, the gap can be seen. Now even among young white girls, Chinese students who are more gentle, hygienic and have better academic performance are significantly better than white students. more popular.

The Cyprus soldiers are another image representative of the Chinese in southern Africa. This image is courage and discipline.

It is an undisputed fact that the southern African army has fully proved the strength of southern Africa by virtue of its own achievements in the world war. This strength is not only sufficient material supply and strong industrial strength, but also the overall quality of soldiers It is also one of the important conditions.

Objectively, it must be admitted that before coming to Europe, soldiers in southern Africa, whether they were Chinese or white, had some inferiority complex when facing Europeans.

Now the inferiority complex has basically disappeared. After the "Operation Horn of Victory", the southern African army proved that it could still defeat the mighty German army without the cooperation of the British and French allied forces.

The Battle of the Dardanelles strengthened the confidence of the southern African army. Although the Ottoman Empire was the "sick man of Europe", it was also a veteran imperialist country after all. Centipedes were dead but not stiff, and emaciated camels were bigger than horses.

As a result, in the Battle of the Dardanelles, the Ottoman Empire was completely defeated, the Fifth Army was completely annihilated, and the Second Army was almost disabled. The southern African army proved with their strength that they can become the leading force on the battlefield.

The performance of Chinese soldiers in this process is obvious to all. The officers and soldiers of several outstanding southern African expeditionary forces are mainly Chinese, and the officers in the African division are also mainly Chinese. The officers are all Chinese. For the vast majority of Europeans, the "sick man of East Asia" only exists in outrageous legends. The Chinese soldiers in southern Africa are the first time they have come into contact with Chinese.

"Many people from my hometown immigrated to southern Africa—" Spike's deputy was Chang Shan from Hejian.

"Why didn't you go?" Spike was curious. Compared with southern Africa, the old Qing Dynasty really had nothing to miss.

"I—" Chang Shan had a complex expression, wanted to explain but didn't know where to start, he could only let out a long sigh in the end, the world of adults is so helpless, people live far away from home, parents don't travel far, children don't think their mother is ugly , There are too many reasons not to immigrate.

Unlike poor people with no long-term possessions, Chang Shan was one of the few foreign students sent by the Qing Dynasty ten years ago, and he was also a government-sent international student in the Qing Dynasty. Yes, some tenants of the Changshan family have immigrated to southern Africa.

However, there are many reasons for emigrating, and survival is the most legitimate reason. In the Far East where the people are struggling to make ends meet, the big families from Chang Shan are already unable to take care of themselves. Chang Shan himself even had to "sell himself into slavery" in order to survive. Working is similar to selling one's body into slavery. If it weren't for the fact that the boss of Nyasaland Human Resources Company was Chinese, Chang Shan would not have worked for Nyasaland Human Resources Company even if he died of starvation.

People can't have arrogance, but they can't be without arrogance.

"Chang, I don't want to interfere with your lifestyle, but if you look at the dinners of these workers, look at the new clothes they just got, and look at their smiles from the bottom of their hearts, you should know their yearning for a better life, Everyone has the freedom to pursue a better life, and you are the same, your younger brother seems to work in the county magistrate's book office, he is also a very outstanding young man—" Spike and Chang Shan are also having dinner, Compared with other laborers, Spike and Chang Shan's dinner was obviously richer. In addition to beef and fish, each had a bottle of fruit wine from southern Africa.

Fruit wine includes but is not limited to wine. After the outbreak of World War II, the consumption of alcoholic beverages is increasing. The alcohol needed by the front line is calculated in tons every day, and the output of wine is obviously insufficient.

In addition to grapes, southern Africa is also rich in many other fruits, so there are more and more varieties of fruit wine brewed from other fruits.

While the workers were eating, the soldiers who served as supervisors were also resting. Most of them were Chinese, and they were proficient in Chinese. They laughed before speaking, and they still showed eight teeth when they smiled. It was really hard to imagine that their performance on the battlefield would be as brave and invincible as in the legend.

An officer wearing a medal of bravery on his chest is distributing cigarettes to the surrounding laborers in a friendly manner. The prosperity of southern Africa is fully reflected in these seemingly inconspicuous little things. Soldiers can get a cigarette every day whether they smoke or not. A pack of cigarettes is standard, and officers are more fully supplied.

Many workers have never smoked cigarettes before, so they are reluctant to smoke cigarettes when they get them. They clip them to their ears and enjoy them after dinner.

The officer wearing the Warrior Medal cheerfully didn't take it seriously. A pack of cigarettes was quickly dissipated, and then he took out a pack of toffee and began to distribute. Although there were not many ones per person, it would also become part of the workers' memory.

"If you have a chance, you can go to the construction sites of Indians or Persians. Only by comparing them can you reflect the special care you receive as Chinese. Don't take all this for granted." Spike was ready to take a shower after dinner, This is a standard procedure for laborers. No matter how late or tired they are at the end of work, they must take a shower before going to bed.

Chang Shan didn't even need to go to the construction sites of Indians or Persians, he knew how miserable the Indians and Persians were.

Don't think that the soldiers in charge of the supervision have smiles on their faces. These supervisors are easy to fool. When the Chinese workers disembarked, there was a whole row of corpses hanging on the pier. They were all local Ottomans who committed crimes or workers from other colonies.

Next to the camp where the Chinese laborers live is the camp of the Ottomans. On the side of the Chinese laborers, there are often wine and meat for three meals a day. The landlords and riches in the Qing Dynasty did not have such a luxury; the Ottomans were much more miserable. Their three meals a day except potatoes It’s still potatoes, sometimes you can’t eat enough potatoes, and workers work harder than Chinese workers. Chinese workers work eight hours a day, while Ottomans work 11 hours a day, not less than a minute.

Although the welfare in southern Africa is good, the punishment for those who have made mistakes has never been soft, and the punishment is heavier than other regions. You will be imprisoned, and you will lose your skin if you don't die.

After taking a bath, Chang Shan lay on the bunk and tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep. The other people in the room were very excited. They were already ready to cross the ocean to be piggies, but unexpectedly they were treated as "lords" for sacrifice. with.

The masters of the Qing Dynasty did not know how to fish and eat meat in their daily lives, and they had to go to the fields to work when the farming was busy.

"We are just low-class coolies, and we can eat big fish and meat every day. Think about what kind of life the real southern Africans live, and we still can't eat enough meat every day—"

"Someone from my hometown went to southern Africa. At first, I thought they would never come back. I didn't expect to get rich suddenly the year before last, and they even took away their wives and children. I heard that the county master sent them away when they left—— "

"Then why didn't you go?"

"I haven't seen this kind of thing with my own eyes, who knows if it's true or not—"

"It's too late to go now. I heard that when I went to southern Africa, the government directly allocated the house and the land—"

"And this good thing!"

"That's still false—"

These days, Chang Shan is really not the only one who can't sleep at night.

(End of this chapter)