The Rise of the Empire

"Major Huck, this is the labor we sent you this month. There are a total of 2,000 people, Mbendu people, all young adults from 20 to 30 years old, with absolutely excellent physical fitness, and there is no infectious disease and Bad habits. They are obedient and obedient, and they have some mining experience, so they are definitely the best miners under your command." Portuguese businessman Navarro said respectfully.

"Well, very good. If the labor you provided this time can be of the same level as last time, then next year's labor can also be provided by you." Major Huck just finished speaking, and Navarro wisely paid a check. go up.

"Stinky boy, don't take this thing to buy me, I don't lack this money! I want to stay in Lüderitz Bay for a while! Do your business well, and spend more time on business!" Colonel Huck Immediately pushed the check back, and carefully looked at the civil affairs personnel who were ready to receive labor not far away.

Major Harker was enjoying his life more and more. The helplessness, pain and even resentment when he first arrived in Africa have been thrown into the Atlantic by him. After more than 5 years of construction, the current Lüderitz Bay is not what it used to be. The towns developed around diamond mining have provided a high quality of life for all. In this "special zone" controlled by the Kingdom of Bavaria, there are a total of 2,000 Germans and 11,000 "registered" blacks, as well as tens of thousands of migrant workers. And Major Huck is one of the core personnel who manage this area of ​​80,000 square kilometers!

Recalling the hard life when he first came here, and thinking about the order given to him by His Royal Highness at the beginning, Major Huck is now more and more admired by his master, which is so prescient! Although Major Huck has the title of a nobleman, he is a complete native. The biggest city he has ever been to is Munich. The trajectory of life for more than 20 years has not left Bavaria.... His image of Africa is undoubtedly backward, savage, black javelin, horrible poison or something.

As a cavalry officer, he was not afraid of any enemy. When he came to Africa with confidence, the biggest problem they encountered was not the hostility of blacks. But no one.... Yes, you read that right. no one! Anyone in the future can know the situation in Namibia with just one click. The area of ​​820,000 square kilometers is about equal to the area of ​​4 and a half Hebei Province, and the result is only 2.4 million people.... Not enough 3 people per square kilometer! And that's the population of the early 21st century!

If time goes back to 1895, under the harsh environment, under the bayonet of German colonists. You can imagine how many people there are here. How many people are not even clear to the colonists. After all, there was no household registration in this place at that time. Germany didn't care about it, but one thing is certain is that there are very few people. …

Then Major Huck was instantly transformed from cavalry officer to foreman! no way. A diamond mine is a must! If you can't find African workers, then you can only let Huck and the others pick their own picks! Huck once protested to the prince that it was an insult to himself to let the soldiers do this!

Then the prince decisively gave him two choices. The first choice is to give you 1 million marks, no matter what method is used to solve the problem of labor shortage and living materials. The second option is to get out of here immediately, I find someone else! There are a group of poor nobles in Bavaria waiting for promotion, many of you!

At the critical moment, Dr. Itmel helped Major Harker a lot. As an old fritter who has been in South Africa for a long time, the doctor has a good relationship with the Boers and the British. After all, he found many gold mines. The British needed him to mine,

He also recommended the Boers to buy weapons, and they can eat both sides!

Introduced by the doctor, the British provided Major Huck with a group of black laborers, and the price of each person was about 40 pounds. These people are all rebels and their families in British South Africa. They were sold to Major Harker at a low price on the principle that they could pay back the money.

In the face of 500 black buddies named laborers who were actually slaves sent by the British, Huck had no idea of ​​directly draining the labor force of the other party with the capitalists of the same period! The reason is very simple, if these people all kneel in the end, then Huck will have to lead people to talk about pickaxes! What's more, Major Huck also worked for others. I'm not the boss either, the boss has approved the funds, just use them up.

Of course, someone will think about corruption. But Huck and others quickly figured out the current situation. Even if you get money, how will you spend it in Africa? It's ridiculously expensive to buy through the black market! Moreover, the rations sent by domestic regular ships are sufficient, and a more popular saying in later generations is that the means of life can already be distributed on demand. Anyway, there were only a few hundred Germans in the beginning. . . . As for sending money back home? If you think too much, there will be a special person responsible for the exchange of emails, if it is discovered. It was really unbearable to go around.

If you want people to work for you, you must at least eat your fill first. Although the food is not good, in order to ensure the progress and quality of the project, Major Huck still manages enough food quantity. And just this treatment, for the black buddies who just came out of the concentration camp, it is already heaven! The black buddies who came here saw that life was pretty decent, and they didn't plan to resist or run away.

The crows in the world are as black, but the black compatriots in the world are not one family! Where did those people come from when the Europeans engaged in the slave trade? The Europeans caught only a small part of it themselves, and most of them were caught by the black tribes! Black people from South Africa come to Namibia without any relatives. Even if he escaped, it is possible to be caught as a slave, not to mention whether he can eat enough to eat!

Therefore, after ensuring the basic nutritional supply of black workers, the black people chose to cooperate very honestly. And a small number of senior officers such as Huck also asked for heavy manual labor and began to engage in some more valuable and creative activities! Because they found that the vegetables and grains shipped from their own country were too expensive, it would be cheaper to buy them locally, but the problem is, the local grains are not enough for themselves....

"Damn the capitalist, the farmer!" Hacker, a colonist, cursed his German colleagues who belonged to the colonists more than once. This is not to say how high the ideological level of Major Harker is, but because the capitalists and farmers The practice harmed the interests of Major Harker. The method of planting a single economic crop on a large area that they promoted did make a lot of money, but the consequences caused by this were all paid for by the German colonial government!

The direct consequence of planting all cash crops is a substantial reduction in food production. As far as the relationship between Namibia's population and land is concerned, it stands to reason that there will never be a shortage of food. However, after the farmers’ tossing, there is a shortage of food, and they still need to be imported. When there is less food, and the price of food is high, some people go hungry. The turmoil in Germany’s African colonies is partly because of the brutality of German rule, and partly because of lack of food. .

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