Chapter 431 Beautiful Town

  Some officers of the Xi’an Town garrison have made a fortune in the smuggling trade in recent months. They have ordered a sea-going vessel with a displacement of up to 1,500 tons from the Australian mainland and are preparing to do a big job in the construction of civil engineering in the town of Xi’an.

  The officers of these expeditionary contingents have a particularly sensitive sense of smell. After learning that the Berlin Conference had included Somalia in Queensland Territory, they were sensitive to the fact that a new round of development was imminent.

  The biggest advantage of Xi’an Town lies in its geographical location. It does not have the conditions for industrial development. The room for agricultural development is also very limited. The town development plan is positioned as an important supply base, transshipment center and storage center for ocean routes.

  Djibouti is arid and rainless, and the climate is hot. Most of the goods in transit need to be stored in warehouses and cannot be left exposed to the sun.

  In view of this

  Investment in the development of private warehouses is almost a steady profit. Ocean freighters passing through Djibouti can easily reach tens of thousands of tons. Unloading some cargo at will requires a large amount of warehouse storage, which is hard-core demand.

  It is exactly this kind of business opportunity

  Expeditionary contingent officers from all companies are raising funds, investing in shares to build warehouses, and preparing to take the lead in this round of development.

There are several very large stone buildings under construction. It is said that they are all warehouses. You can see the black slave workers who are working hard under the scorching sun attached to them, and there are ferocious black supervisors beside them, staring unblinkingly. Against them.

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  The main force of construction is black slave labor, relying on the tools of primitive hammers and irons to build houses and roads by quarrying mountains and rocks.

After the crimson rock is mined, it is formed by hammering and hammering it bit by bit. The finished stone is used for building houses, the stone powder is used to thicken the glutinous rice paste and the shell powder for filling joints, and the crushed stone is used for building roads. Laying the courtyard, all this is completely dependent on primitive manual labor.

The work of these buildings was contracted by local African chiefs and Arab merchants. The payments were varied, including rice and sweet potatoes from farms, poultry and livestock, cotton cloth and spirits, canned food and even toffee, as well as machine-made knives and farm tools. , Woks, etc. There are all kinds of things.

  Just pack out the work in the town. These tribal chiefs will try their best to get strong manpower to work. Most of them are attacking prisoners of war captured by other tribes, so they are not used as human beings, but they can be tortured.

  Black slave laborers eat worse than pigs, work more tired than cows, and break down after a short period of time.

  The construction site has to carry out a few corpses every three to five, and then go out to grab the manpower. With the money, the tribal chief can equip the tribal warriors with sharp iron knives and spears. The big deal is to run farther!

  The town can’t ask anything about these things, they are all between the local African tribes.

  The prosperity of the town of Xi’an is based on this layer of exploitation. This is the current reality in Africa. This is what all colonists do, including Queensland.

  I don’t have blood on my hands or violence. I just exchange money and property for services. As for whether the exchange is equal or how the local African chiefs do it, then the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom.

  Xi'an Town has been constructed till now

About thousands of black slave laborers died under the cruel pressure of local African chiefs and overseers. More small and medium-sized tribal warriors died in resistance and arrest. Driven by interests, powerful tribal chiefs were more enthusiastic. Attack other tribes and capture more prisoners of war.

  In the town of Xi'an

  There are wines that African tribe chiefs love, beautiful soft clothes, Arab women, delicious toffee and canned food, and there are so many jobs that they can't finish, and more and more people are needed.

In more than half a year, the small and medium-sized tribes in the surrounding areas of Somalia were almost completely devastated, and the rest were far away from the wind, and the black indigenous tribes were almost never seen again in a radius of more than 100 kilometers.

  This trick to drive away tigers and devour wolves is very beautiful. Queenslanders saved a lot of military expenses and instead used them for town construction, inducing more African indigenous chiefs and Arab businessmen to sacrifice their lives for themselves.

  They are familiar with the local situation, familiar with the local tribal language, and can wipe out the small and medium-sized indigenous tribes like a sieve. Even if there are two or three big fishes and small fishes left, it is difficult to survive in the harsh Gobi desert environment of Africa.

  It doesn’t matter if you fled far. As long as you pay a little money or promise to build a few houses, the town can dispatch a ship to send the slave slave team of the African chiefs to the designated coast to land, and then arrange a time to pick it up.

  The cooperation between the two parties is very happy.

  From the perspective of Queensland

  The cost of transporting migrants to the African continent is very high. After calculation, the death rate of long-distance shipping is between 10% and 20%. The cost of every migrant who arrives in Somalia healthily exceeds 37 pounds, which includes various expenses.

  Because the distance is too far, the special immigration ship can only run three voyages a year.

  In addition to the limitation of medical conditions, the outbreak of diseases in tropical areas is very dangerous. Cholera, malaria, rat slavery, and dengue fever may all take human lives at any time, and the population loss is not small.

  Therefore, the town of Xi’an is very cautious in the use of every Chinese immigrant, and of course will not let it be consumed unnecessarily.

  Generally, new immigrants will be organized to study the policy regulations, militia armed training, visit the farms and plantations of the pioneers, and discuss with the immigrants who opened shops. After fully understanding the situation, it is up to the immigrants to decide whether to work or farm.

  If you are willing to work in agriculture, Shangri-La Bank will support loans in kind, including grain seeds, cattle, farm tools, tents, etc., to reclaim wasteland in the designated area, and the reclaimed wasteland belongs to itself.

  After a bumper harvest, after paying the land, you can freely use it to repay loans or buy black slave labor, continue to reclaim wasteland, and expand production like a snowball.

Many immigrants who arrived early have reclaimed tens of hundreds of acres of barren fields, used the harvested grain to exchange materials, purchased cattle, sheep, poultry and livestock, moved out of the adobe houses and moved into spacious and bright brick houses, and even bought them. One or a few Arab women lived happily.

  The power of role models is infinite. Most immigrants choose to work in agriculture, hoping to live the same happy life.

  A small number of skilled immigrants choose to work. The most profitable one is to board a smuggling boat. Although it is dangerous, the income is high.

  The town of Xi’an is short of manpower. Carpenters, blacksmiths and painters are very popular, and their wages are relatively high. Many people are willing to continue to work in their old businesses.

  The 7.7-kilometer-long road from the harbor terminal to Xi’an Town has been paved with gravel, flat and wide, and trees are planted on both sides of the road to form a smooth boulevard.

  Xi’an Town vigorously planted trees in the surrounding areas and transplanted some flowers and plants suitable for tropical areas to beautify the environment. These green plants, which are abundant in the land of Lord Earl, are so rare in the desert Gobi area.

  A touch of green symbolizes hope and life.

  Only in an oasis where there is no shortage of water, can we use fresh water to irrigate trees and flowers so luxuriously. After more than a decade, this place will surely become a beautiful town surrounded by greenery and prosperous.

Li Fushou and his party did not wait for long in Xi'an. Tianshan dispatched personnel to the Suez Canal Administration Bureau to negotiate smoothly. The other party lifted the detention of the "Golden Age" without saying anything. The original restrictions on those who were not allowed to leave the cruise ship were also lifted. He also expressed his apologies for the intelligence error.

  There are no other substantive punishments.

  The Suez Canal Management Committee is an international organization composed of many countries, including British, French, Egyptian and European and American shareholders. France holds the most shares, followed by the United Kingdom. The two countries fight against each other in the Suez Canal Management Committee and have the final say.

  The perpetrator was a colonel of the British occupation army, a baron noble born in Oxfordshire. He privately led a person to detain the cruise ship "Golden Age" and created this self-slapped oolong incident.

It is meaningless to go deeper, and the arrogant British War Department will not give any comment on this. After all, the Earl of Queensland built 4 10,000-ton battleships for the Royal Navy, but did not give the Army even one cannon, no one owes anyone. Yes, this Liangzi ended here.

After the "Golden Age" express cruise ship arrived in Xi'an, it took a two-day rest, supplemented with fresh water, vegetables and fresh meat, and set sail again, arriving in Queensland, Australia at the end of 1884, ending this bumpy and uneasy trip to Europe. .

During his stay in Xi'an Town, Li Fushou did not express any opinions or instructions on the colonization work in the town. He only met with a group of expeditionary task force officers headed by Lei Xiaopeng to express his warm words and encouragement and encourage everyone to take root. Africa has opened up new prospects.

   Then, there is no more.

Queensland has formed a complete set of efficient and practical work processes in colonization work, and has a complete examination and evaluation system. This complete colonization system has experienced hundreds of cities and towns in Australia, Shangri-La, and Borneo. The proof is effective and efficient, and there is no need to say anything at all.

  As a superior

  Li Fushou has no intention of interfering with the work of his subordinates, nor is he interested in commenting on the construction of a town. What are the specific achievements?

  Queensland naturally has a set of appraisal system to test the pros and cons of schools, and make a fair evaluation of urban managers and builders, which will affect the promotion and development of officials in the future.

   may not be perfect enough, but this is the limit that can be done currently.

  Li Fushou saw the great construction projects in Xi’an town. Through the secret report of the Political Affairs Office (formerly Heiyiwei), he knew that the officers of these expeditionary contingents were not good at making money.

  But he did not comment, only commenting on the secret report;

  As you have read, you can consider the long-term development of relevant personnel in Africa.

  This simple sentence determines the fate of most officers of the expeditionary task force. I am afraid that in the future, I am afraid that they will develop on this land in Africa for a long time. It is no stranger to transfer to other troops.

  Li Fushou is also a bit bad, don’t you like to do business?

  Let’s do it, take root in Africa and create a new situation...

  From here, we can see the artistry of the upper person’s speech. People who are intelligent and can understand can see through, and those who don’t understand are still confused.

  The Queensland Army is essentially an army of feudal lords, or private soldiers of the lords.

Li Fushou has no ability to instill so-and-so doctrine on him, and he cannot produce it. While he is making a lot of money and expanding the land on a large scale, he requires the soldiers to be honest and perform their duties, not to take the masses, love the people as children, and treat the indigenous peoples. To be as warm as a loved one, put aside the mentality of the aggressor, and look at the problem with the mentality of a liberator, that's all nonsense!

  The Queensland army implements traditional feudal loyalty education. It pays for whomever pays, uses the blood relationship of the Chinese to maintain cohesion, and uses land and large rewards to create a new military class. The situation is similar to that of the Junker military aristocracy in Germany.

  Due to the limitations of the earl’s aristocracy, this emerging military class created by him can be called the Queensland civilian military aristocracy.

  The big lords govern the small lords, and under the big capitalists, numerous small capitalists have formed, forming a stable ruling class. This is probably the current real social situation in Queensland.

  (End of this chapter)