Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 987 The Envious German
If you want the happiness of civilization, you have to experience the pain of civilization. Civilization... always has a price.

What is civilization?
Civilization is the product of modern science.

This is the most direct and intuitive product of civilization. Before the Ming Dynasty came to Africa, it was a wild land, and the people here were still stuck in the primitive era of slash-and-burn farming.

After Daming arrived here, he spread civilization and enlightenment to this ancient land. Various products from Daming factories were sent to various places through the ports on the east and west coasts. The tropical rainforest on the African continent passes through the vast savannah.

For the rest of the day, the train kept heading south, through rugged hillsides cloaked in lush foliage, with beautiful flocks of birds flying among the trees, peeking through the palms and leaves and wrapping In the gaps between the vines and trees, the river in the distance flashes by near the train, and from time to time you can see the rubber plantations, plantations and cotton fields that have increased over the years. These industries are still in their infancy, and one day they will continue to satisfy Daming and world demand for these agricultural products.

Every few kilometers, they can see groups of indigenous people busy on water conservancy construction sites like ants. In order to promote the development of local agriculture, engineers have planned a large number of irrigation canals to irrigate farmland.

Every ten kilometers, you will pass a neat and simple small station. Although the station is small, it is equipped with water towers, signal facilities, ticket offices and neat flower gardens. This railway is a technological civilization that connects order, authority and planning. A thin line runs across this pristine land.

On the prairie under the setting sun, a cool and refreshing evening breeze blows, followed by spectacular scenery.People on the train are all addicted to the scenery in front of them.

"If you hadn't come here in person, who would have thought that this land of contradictory civilizations would be so fertile..."

Gustav Nahdigal sighed in an astonishing tone.

"Indeed, for a long time, the dangerous environment in Africa has kept Europeans in awe. After David Livingstone, the hinterland of Africa began to be known to outsiders, but it was often rendered as a barbaric place contrary to civilization. Any European country would be interested here."

Herman beside him said.

"It was at that time that the emperors of the Ming Empire set their sights on this land. They first established a colony in Madita on the Congo River, and then expanded along the Congo River. There are dense tropical rainforests everywhere. As the Europeans know, the Japanese warriors of the empire destroyed one tribe after another..."

As a scholar of African studies, Herman is very familiar with the past of this land, at least he is very clear about how Ming conquered this land.Of course, it was also because of this that he was so jealous.

"And this is also the most enviable place. When the Germans were still working hard for the unification of the country, Ming had already launched an impact on the last piece of virgin land in the world. Before we... the German nation has not yet realized this piece of land When they were precious, they marched from the east and west coasts of Africa to the hinterland, and finally Africa became the paradise of the Ming Empire!"

Now any European, when witnessing the drastic changes in Africa, facing this rich land, they all talk about the past they missed with a tone of envy and jealousy!
Yes, they missed it!

Almost all Europeans think they are missing out on Africa!When they focused on the development of the world, they forgot about Africa under their noses, and let the Ming Empire take advantage of it, which is why.I don’t know how many Europeans, whenever they see southern Africa on the map that has become a colony of the Ming Dynasty, they can’t help but look at this mysterious dark continent with envious eyes, and go to it with an envious tone. Discussing the happy and prosperous life of the Ming people in this land.

The British got up early to catch a late set, but what about the Germans?

They didn't even catch up with the evening episode, and now the last piece of virgin land in the world has been occupied by the Ming Empire, and the Germans...have nothing!Nahdigar nodded deeply and said.

"Perhaps, this is luck!"

While sighing, he looked at the wild land outside the car window and said.

"It is said that at that time, there were many cannibals here, right?"

Unlike Nahdigal, Herman came to Africa three years ago, and he is extremely familiar with this land.

"Yes, cannibals were even made into a movie five years ago."

"That's a scandal, a disgrace to civilized society!"

Nahdigar said with some excitement.

The cannibals were made into a movie six years ago. Six years ago, James, a rich man from England, entered the hinterland of the Congo River from Madita, and went deep into the north that the Ming Empire had not yet controlled. After exploring the area controlled by Tip Tip, James, after shooting the original dances and celebrations of the black aborigines with a camera, was still unsatisfied. He proposed to see the scene of cannibals eating people, and told the slave trader this idea. Pu Tib.

And Tip Tip said: "It's not difficult to see cannibals eat people, but you need to pay a fee, which is 6 handkerchiefs." Jameson, who heard it was so cheap, naturally accepted it and paid for it. cost.Then Tipu Tib brought a 10-year-old naked black girl from the local tribe.

After that, Tip Tip took the little girl and took her to a tribe of cannibals, and told their chief that this was food given to them by Mr. James.

The cannibal tribe who received the gift was very happy, so they tied the little black girl under a big tree, stabbed her to death with a knife, cut her up and cooked and ate her.The little girl who was being used as food never resisted, acting very obedient and dull.The rich second-generation James used a camera to film the whole process of the little girl being murdered and eaten.

A few months later, when this documentary film was screened in London, it caused a sensation in Europe, and of course shocked the high-level officials of the Ming Empire, so they sent people to investigate the matter and exposed the matter, which triggered a worldwide outcry. Shock.No one else, because even in the eyes of the great powers, "buying girls and giving them to cannibals as food" is a sensational, inhuman, and contemptible thing.

When Nahdigar's words fell, Long Dingchuan walked up to them and said while leaning on the back of his chair.

"Mr. Nahdigar, do you know the follow-up of this matter?"

Long Dingchuan smiled at Nahdigar, the "traveler" from the German Empire, and asked with a smile.

"Follow-up?"

Nahdigar asked curiously.

"What follow-up?"

"The follow-up is that the imperial army directly destroyed Tip Tib's slave empire, and of course the cannibal tribes in the rainforest!"

Sitting in front of them, Long Dingchuan said in an extremely serious tone.

"Six handkerchiefs are equal to 6 black girl. This is the value of black people at that time. Their lives are worthless. Tipu Tipu, a slave trader in Sambajill, sold hundreds of thousands of slaves and killed an unknown number of slaves. Black people, as for the cannibals... in the dense rainforest of the Congo River, there are hundreds of cannibals, modern civilization is insulated from it, but after the conquest of the empire, civilization..."

Pointing to the ground outside the car window, Long Dingchuan said in a proud tone.

"Civilization has really entered this land, and all barbarism and ignorance have been completely destroyed under the impact of the modern civilized order. We have brought civilization to this land!"

When his words fell, there was a faint sound of bells in the twilight outside the car window. It was the bells from the Buddhist monastery. Even on the train, you could faintly hear the lamas chanting Scripture...

(End of this chapter)