Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1155 Seizing the Day and Night ([-])

At the end of March and the beginning of April, Xinhua Island was still shrouded in the power of violent storms. Although it was coming to an end, the rainy season was the rainy season. At least in the northern region, the rainfall did not mean that it would decrease at all.But fortunately, the rainy season doesn’t stop falling every day like a hole in the sky. There are always two days in a month when there is no rain or the rain is slightly weak. At this time, people on the east coast will Drive those laborers to the construction site one by one, and start working on the muddy land-no one will support idlers for nothing, let alone "slaves"!

This is the new town of Tianxiang (located near the later Ambanza) in the delta of the Nishui River (Sambirano River), surrounded by large planned sugarcane plantations (of course, the actual planting area is not so large). Extending to the sea, it is magnificent.Near the later city of Ambilobe, which is hundreds of kilometers away in the northeast, there is also a newly established colonial center town of Pompeii, which is also a newly established settlement with logging and sugar cane planting as its main economic activities. Most of the pioneers came from southern Italy.

In fact, whether it is Sweet Township or Pompey Township, more than 7000% of its total of more than 70 pioneers are from various Italian states, and the other 30% are from France and southern Germany. They belong to two colonial companies—the headquarters Located in Sweet Township is Delta Company (registered capital of 1600 million bank liras), and headquartered in Pompeii Township is Genoa Africa Company (registered capital of 2000 million bank lires).

Almost all of the two companies focus on sugarcane planting as their main business activity, supplemented by a small amount of logging and pepper planting. The homogeneity of products is relatively serious, and the competition between them is also very strong.Among them, the Delta Company has a good momentum because it has been established for a long time and the plantation has already produced initial output. However, the company's weakness is also obvious, that is, the financial resources of its shareholders are not as good as those of the Genoa Africa Company. The number of pioneers (about 2500) can be seen; although the Genoa Africa Company came later, due to the strong financial resources of the shareholders, a large number of pioneer immigrants were transported from Italy to Xinhua Island via Ottoman, so the future development The speed can be expected.

The sugar cane produced by the two companies will be transported to the Lobster Port of Bey Island by the boat of the East African Transportation Company for refining. There is a local sucrose refining enterprise called Bey Island Sugar Factory, which is a local state-owned enterprise affiliated to the Xinhua Island Development Team. At present, there are two main businesses. One is to refine the cane sugar produced in Tianxiang and Manghe areas, and the other is to use molasses as raw material to try to produce distilled wine to improve the utilization rate of the product.The two businesses have just started, and the company has limited gains, but it is believed that with the passage of time, after the production of sugarcane plantations in various places increases, the company Beidao Sugar will be able to go straight to the sky and become a wealthy company. Oily companies—otherwise, why do you think the local Ministry of Finance is clamoring for a stake in Beidao Sugar?Just like the East African Transportation Company that was forcibly acquired by the local Ministry of Transportation, if Bei Dao Sugar did not make money, who would come to him?

"The Italians really put in a lot of effort to open up the deltas of the Nishui River and the Mahawawi River to hit the plains, and the price they paid was not small." Gossiping while walking.This time, Lan Guo returned to Xinhua Island to recuperate from his illness. A while ago, when he led the troops to "rob" in Africa, he did not know what was wrong with him. up.But who knows that after being sent to Xinhua Port for more than ten days in an emergency, this guy miraculously recovered, and now he can go out with Ma Wanpeng, which is considered lucky.

"It's impossible to develop the tropical rainforest without killing a lot of people." Lan Guo said, "Although there were a few native villages on this impact plain, after all, the population is sparse and the area to be developed is limited. Logging, farmland, and plantation, I am afraid that only they themselves have a deep understanding of the hardships of this process. Haven’t you had statistics, and nearly [-] immigrants have been transported in these years, but now they are still alive and kicking. There are only more than [-] people, and many of them were newcomers last year, so it is hard to say whether they will survive in the future."

"People from the Delta Company have already come to me and talked a lot, but the core problem is the shortage of labor. Sugar cane plantations are very labor-intensive, let alone opening up wasteland for plantations, which requires more labor. Big. So what they mean is that everyone contributes people and money together, and finds a way to go deep into the indigenous settlements to obtain people to supplement the labor gap in the plantations. The Genoa Africa Company also has this meaning. A while ago, you plundered from the coast of East Africa A large number of Swahili people, didn’t a considerable part of them flow into their hands? Mario of the Doria family complained that foreign laborers (actually indentured slaves) can only be used for a maximum of seven years, because they work for every A Swahili adult paid 30 yuan and wants to use it until the end of time..." Ma Wanpeng said with emotion as he watched the Swahili laborers on the river bank who were shackled and digging the reservoir. .

"Hehe, Commander Ma, why do I feel that you agree with their decision in your heart?" Lan Guo glanced at Ma Wanpeng, and jokingly said, "I think that when Commissioner Shi Qinjie was in charge of Xinhua Island, the big The area stopped the introduction of Comorian contract slaves, and then forced the Comorians from all over the country to be sent to the Black Eight Banners in batches. So this large area has introduced Swahili people to work in Xinhua Island, but you immediately What about the commander’s credit? Why? You’ll feel the pressure from above? I’ve said that what you’re doing is crooked. You might as well concentrate your forces to arrest the natives of this island. There are more than 100 million people on the island, which is enough for you to arrest for many years. Yes. Even if each captured Malay native can only be enslaved for 5-7 years, and then sent to the North American continent to give them a free status, you will still make a lot of money! What else is there to be dissatisfied with?"

"What a waste!" Ma Wanpeng scolded with a smile, "It costs nothing to arrest people! It costs nothing to transport people! How cheap is it for the Spaniards to enslave Indians in Peru? If our labor costs are higher than theirs, how can we go to the world?" To compete in the market? At that time, I am afraid that under the protection of tariffs, we will be able to hang out in the local area, and the pattern will never be big."

"Ma Ling, now the central government is stopping the use of Swahili contract slaves again. In the future, except for state-owned farms that can be used on a large scale, private individuals can only sign long-term employment contracts with the natives of Xinhua Island. No renewal, all sent to North America. Although this sounds unreasonable, it is what the central government means, and the committee member Shi Qinjie who promoted you is also very concerned about this, and we still need to adjust the policy in the future." Lan Guo Wenyan smiled and said: "The navy and our third mixed battalion who are fighting in the area of ​​Kilwa will also gradually withdraw, and the more than [-] Swahili who are currently being imprisoned on Comoros Island We plan to hand over all of them to the Caribbean Shipping Company at a low price. They operate on the North American continent and have a huge demand for labor. 'Lend' it to you for your use, such as digging ditches, logging and repairing railways."

What Lan Guo said this time is also true. In the past few years since Ma Wanpeng took office, he has continuously sent people to plunder the population of the East African coast (almost all the aborigines on Comoros Island have been captured), and then either sent them to work in state-run farms, or Selling to privately run plantations as laborers made the plantation economy of Xinhua Island very prosperous for a while.It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. Ma Wanpeng's benefactor, Shi Qinjie, who was promoted from Xinhua Island to one of the "Nine Elders" of the Executive Committee, "stained" Ma Wanpeng in Xinhua Island (he strongly opposed this kind of behavior back then, and will A large number of Comorians were sent to South Africa) was very worried about the behavior, so through his own strength, the central government ordered the captain of the horse team to find a way to wipe his ass as soon as possible.

As a result, Ma Wanpeng, who was in pain, could only stop the private slave hunting activities, and at the same time sent people to count the number of Swahili registered in the major plantations and their working years, and planned to send them to the The North American continent becomes a free citizen—of course, if Air Canada is willing to pay to buy out the remaining "service years" of these people, then these Swahili can now go to work in the plantations in North America.

However, a large number of Swahili people have been sent away, and the growing plantations in the local area also require a large amount of labor. How to solve the contradictions between them, the only way to go is to enslave the natives of Xinhua Island!For example, the recently established New China Infantry Battalion (the first trial company to be converted into a battalion in an overseas colony) will be sent to Amber Mountain Fort (near Anchakuabe in later generations), together with some of the island's Eight Banners native soldiers, to sweep the surrounding area The indigenous tribes, and then obtain a large number of labor resources, the number of local Bezimisaraka people is quite a lot.

At the same time, Xiaobaitu, who has led his army to rest in Beiping Fort for a long time, is about to start a big move recently. The momentum picked up again.Especially the second son of the old king, Qi Maradona, who, after attacking the city of Mazhengha, turned to conquer the natives in the surrounding areas in order to cut off and isolate the city of Mahaenga.This move later had a good effect. At the beginning of this year (1658), Qimaradongna once again gathered tens of thousands of soldiers to storm the city of Majunga. After nearly a month of siege, it was finally conquered. Mahajanga suddenly fell into the hands of the Sakaravas, which shocked the Muscats, Persians, and Indians who had been trading here all year round.

And when the news of the fall of Marenga spread to Xinhua Port and Beiping Fort respectively, both Ma Wanpeng and Xiao Baitu realized that an excellent opportunity had arisen to completely conquer the northwest of Xinhua Island.

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