African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 1331 Batavia

At this time in the previous life, the population of Qatar was about 16,000 people. Of course, this was definitely not what Ernst knew. After all, who cares about the population of this small country of Qatar?

Qatar's population is nearly 3,000 fewer than in its previous life. It was also influenced by East Africa, mainly due to the early emergence of artificial cultured pearl technology, which severely impacted Qatar's pillar industry.

In a previous life, at the beginning of the 20th century, Qatar's population was nearly 30,000. It was due to advances in Japanese cultured pearl technology that the population dropped to more than 16,000.

Later, it was not until the 1930s that Qatar truly made its fortune from oil. In 1935, Qatar formally signed an oil concession agreement with the United Kingdom, and formal exploration began two years later. In 1939, oil fields were finally discovered in the western region of Qatar.

Therefore, even if East Africa does not intervene, Qatar will have to wait for at least more than ten years to live a good life. Now they can go to Batavia in advance to "enjoy the blessings".

It is worth mentioning that today's Doha is far from the big city of Qatar in its previous life with a population of more than 1.5 million. It is just a small settlement in the Gulf with only more than 200 residents.

"Everyone board the ship in an orderly manner." East African officers and soldiers commanded on the coast.

Most of the Qatari men, women, and children were temporarily concentrated in Doha. In order to maintain order, the 37th Brigade took the initiative to help.

This is in sharp contrast to when East Africa started shouting and killing the Arabs on the Pirate Coast (United Arab Emirates). Some of the East African officers and soldiers even had several lives on their hands.

The armed East African officers and soldiers even took the initiative to support the elderly among the Qataris and helped them successfully board the immigration ship. They were quite similar to the "grace" of American soldiers in Afghanistan promoted by the American media in their previous lives.

In less than a month, the 37th Brigade followed the clues and emptied the entire population of Qatar. The biggest trouble in finding Qataris was some nomadic tribes or families. The traces were difficult to find, which took a lot of time.

But as long as they found the people, it was easy. The East Africans took them directly to Doha in trucks. Considering the small size of Qatar, it didn't take much time at all.

In this East African invasion, Qatar was evacuated in one go, and not a single person even lost their lives due to wars and conflicts before leaving Doha.

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Batavia.

Looking at the entire Southeast Asia, Batavia is indeed a very developed city. After all, it is the center of the Dutch East Indies.

The Dutch occupation of Batavia can be traced back to the early 17th century, so the city has developed under Dutch control for nearly three hundred years, and the entire city is full of "Netherlands" flavor.

Next year will be the 300th anniversary of the founding of Batavia. Of course, Batavia has a longer history. This so-called 300th anniversary is based on the fact that the Dutch renamed the city Bata in 1619. Starting from Via.

Compared with most of Southeast Asia, Batavia can be said to be a completely different world. Whether its roads or buildings are unified in European style, the Dutch have systematically planned Batavia, which is also the economic center of Southeast Asia. one.

In addition to being an important spice distribution center in Southeast Asia, Batavia's economic development was stimulated by East Africa's desire to reopen the Sunda Strait route and East Africa's demand for colonial construction in the Southeast Asia region.

In Batavia, apart from the indigenous people and the Dutch, the citizens of their sovereign state, the most common people you can see are East Africans.

Batavia is the nearest trading place for some colonies in East Africa. In Southeast Asia, the most developed city in East Africa is Pontianak, but Pontianak is not as prosperous as Batavia. Therefore, some goods or transactions can only be made in Batavia. Via and other cities can be obtained or carried out.

For example, if some specialties produced in the East African colonies were to be resold to Europe, Dutch merchants would be a good choice, and the largest trade among them was the spices, a specialty of Southeast Asia. Batavia is the largest gathering place for Dutch spice purchasers. Most of the spices from the entire East Indies are concentrated here and then transported back to Europe for sale by the Dutch.

Therefore, some colonial merchants in East Africa like to come to Batavia to deal with the goods on hand, not only spices, but also other cash crops or minerals.

Coupled with the fact that many East African ships choose to dock in Batavia, especially when it comes to East Africa's colonial and native connections in the South Pacific, Batavia can be said to be a must-stop.

"That's Sanguiang Island. Now this island has been turned into a large construction site. I heard that the empire will build this island into a strong fortress of the empire in the Sunda Strait to ensure the safety of local merchant ships."

The East African captain transporting the Qataris pointed to the isolated Sanguiang Island in the middle of the Sunda Strait and said to the crew.

"In the past, there was a green rainforest on Sanguiang Island. Now a large part of the island has been cleared. The empire has built several military facilities on the island. The prototype is not yet visible, but I I guess it’s a fortress.”

"At that time, by building a few reinforced concrete turrets, the entire Sunda Strait will be within the range of the empire's 'truth'."

While the crew listened to the captain boasting about the empire's great achievements, the Qataris on the ship also looked at both sides of the Sunda Strait in great surprise.

This is the first time they have seen land after leaving the Gulf of Oman, and the scenery is completely different from the vast deserts on both sides of the Persian Gulf. The land here is covered by lush green forests, which can be said to be two extremes from their living environment.

Sanghiang Island is the first island with buildings that Qatar has seen in the past few days. Of course, there are no ordinary residents on this island, only East African officers and soldiers and engineering teams.

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On Sanghiang Island, in addition to the construction of turrets and other infrastructure, the biggest attraction is an airport built in East Africa. The airport has not yet been formed, but near the center of the island, there is the largest open space, which is what East Africa has built for this airport. Preparations for construction.

After crossing Sanghiang Island, the next stop was Batavia. Before dark, the immigrant ships arrived at Batavia, the central city of the East Indies.

After seeing the prosperous city of Batavia and learning that this was where they would live in the future, all the Qataris on the ship breathed a sigh of relief and began to look forward to a new life.

Judging from the scale and construction of Batavia alone, this city exceeds Qatar's imagination. It can be said that most Qataris have never seen such a prosperous city in their lives.

The Dutch Governor's Office in Batavia, which had received the notice long ago, also sent personnel to receive this group of Qataris.

The Dutch Governor of Batavia was not surprised by what East Africa did. It can be said that Batavia is the destination of the persecuted people in East Africa. In the past, when East Africa colonized Southeast Asia, there were also many wealthy natives from Kalimantan or Mindanao. The ruler fled to Batavia.

It's just that this is the first time we have seen "victims" being escorted to Batavia from East Africa on such a large scale, and the victims who came to Batavia this time are from the Middle East, which is even more strange. .

Therefore, many Dutch people came to the dock to watch the excitement. They were not worried that these Qataris would cause trouble. After all, the most indispensable thing in the East Indian colonies was Arab believers, and the most valuable thing in the entire East India was Arab believers. For the Dutch government, more than 10,000 Qataris are nothing but a drop in the bucket.

According to the requirements of the East African government, the Dutch only need to find a place to settle these Qataris. The Dutch Governor of Batavia plans to directly integrate some Qataris into the colonial army to suppress some indigenous ethnic groups in East India. , especially the Indonesian resistance.

(End of chapter)