Go back in time and be a chaebol

Chapter 1501 Tangren City (First update, please subscribe)
Khrushchev visits Ethiopia!
This news seems very important, but in fact, it is not important at all. As for the people in Mombasa, not many people watch this news at all.

Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya and the location of its largest port. It was once the capital of British East Africa. Although the capital was later moved inland, it is still one of the most prosperous cities in East Africa because of the existence of the port.

In the past few years, with the prosperity of Kenya's grain export trade, the new port west of Mombasa has been continuously expanded. In Swahili, Kilindini Port means "deep water". The port is wide and deep, with a wide port, many berths, large cargo throughput and high degree of mechanization, ranking first in East Africa. It is not only the main distribution center for Kenya's import and export goods, but also an important seaport for goods from Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, eastern Congo and southern Sudan.

With the expansion of the port, the originally deserted new port area has also become a prosperous commercial district. Different from the old city area with its scattered European-style buildings and Arab architecture, the carefully planned new port area is full of modern high-rise buildings, allowing people to fully feel the breath of modern civilization.

"Not only is the architecture here completely different from the old city, but the population is also different. The old city is mainly populated by Bantu blacks, Arabs and Indians, while the new port area is mainly populated by Asians,"

Standing in this modern town, looking at the Asian faces passing by, April said to Caroline beside her:

“Look here, there are some Chinatowns in Europe and the United States, but here, this is a Chinatown.

The Chinese are the masters of the Xingang area, while the Japanese, Vietnamese and Koreans depend on them.

These people include employees of grain companies and laborers who came here from all over Asia to earn money. Now, there are more than 8 Asians living in Mombasa alone, and more than 20 Asians living in Kenya. In terms of quantity, they even exceed the Indians who came here as early as the 19th century!"

When mentioning "Indians", April deliberately emphasized the tone. In the era of the British Empire, Britain, which was short of population, needed a large population to supplement its expansion of colonies. Indians were regarded as "loyal laborers of the empire" and were brought to Africa following the footsteps of the British Empire, leaving extremely deep marks in various parts of Africa.

Millions of Indians live throughout Africa and they were once the backbone of British rule in Africa. Historically, when Britain began to withdraw from its colonies, Indians had already been integrated into the land.

However, now in this land, these outsiders have far surpassed the Indians in terms of both number and political influence.

"Economically, they have more influence, right?"

Caroline pointed to the International Grain Company building and said:

"International Cereals, even in Europe I have heard of them, and their products are also available in European supermarkets."

The products of International Grain Corporation are not only supplied to the local market. In fact, Europe is also one of the main markets of International Grain Corporation. A considerable portion of beef, grain and other products produced in Africa are exported to European countries every year.

It is not unusual to see products from international grain companies in European supermarkets.

"Yes, they control almost all of Kenya's agriculture. They own millions of acres of farms and produce tens of millions of tons of grain and other crops every year. To them, the whole of Kenya and even the whole of East Africa are farms of international grain companies."

After a brief pause, April continued:

“They have done in ten years what the Europeans failed to do in half a century – turning Kenya into a cow!”

A cow with milk flowing!
Once upon a time, it was a loss for Britain to maintain its rule in African colonies such as Kenya, because there were neither gold mines nor diamond mines here. As for agriculture, there were only some farms run by European immigrants. Although they paid taxes, they were not much.

Generally speaking, these colonies, which are basically in a semi-primitive state, require huge amounts of money to maintain their rule. For this reason, some colonies have always been a burden to Britain, which is why they took the initiative to give up their colonies.

“Is this also the reason why London is unwilling to give up its rule in Kenya?”

As a journalist, Caroline came to Kenya to report on the "atrocities of the colonial rulers" here. In fact, even in Britain, there were quite a number of people who opposed colonial rule. They took it for granted that now that the world was united, Britain should abandon its colonies and give freedom to the colonial people.

That is why she came here, trying to record the atrocities here, then publish them in British newspapers, and use public opinion to help the people here gain freedom.

"That is to say, to some extent, they are the biggest accomplices of Britain in maintaining its colonial rule in Kenya and East Africa."

Caroline's question was very tricky. It could be said that in her opinion, helping the people here develop the economy and modern agriculture was simply a continuation of colonialism.

It seems that in the eyes of some people, the people in Africa should live in a primitive life, and any modernization is a disturbance to their lives and a kind of colonial plunder.

As for the large farms opened up by international grain companies here, in their eyes they are simply a form of neo-colonialism.

"You can understand that if there hadn't been investment from international service companies here, the UK would have allowed this land to gain independence years ago."

April continued.

"But it is precisely because of the international service company's investment here that they export a large amount of food every year, allowing the Kenyan colony to obtain a large amount of funds, thus enabling them to maintain their rule over this land." Caroline nodded in agreement.

"You are right. It is precisely because of those bloody grains that Britain's colonial rule can be maintained. This is also the fundamental reason why I came here this time, to expose all this."

When she said this, Caroline felt an unprecedented sense of mission in her heart. She seemed to see that when her article was published in Europe, the whole world would see the "bloody grain", and then righteous people would boycott the products of international grain companies.

Faced with the boycott of the international community, the International Grain Company will eventually go bankrupt. Without the source of funds, it will be difficult for Britain to maintain its colonial rule over this land. By then, Kenya will win what the people here expect - independence.

At this moment, an unprecedented sense of mission permeated Caroline's heart. Even the modern city that had begun to take shape in front of him had changed in his eyes - those tall buildings and modern buildings seemed to have changed, and the other color was red.

This red is the color of blood.

Everything here is dyed red with the blood of the Kenyan people, just as their blood dyed the food here red.

“This is such a sinful place.”

While Caroline was saying this, in a roadside shop, Prince Yue was looking outside the shop with a smile on his face, and he said to his wife beside him.

"This place is really nice! It's much better than Saigon."

His wife beside him also nodded in agreement.

"Yes, this place is not as chaotic as Xigong, where people are always on edge."

"Then you were unwilling to come when I asked you to."

Prince Yue said with a smile.

“Who would have known that Africa would be even better than we imagined.”

The woman's words made the prince laugh even more. He looked at the city in front of him. A few years ago, when he first heard people talking about this place in Saigon, he thought it was just a poor and remote place in Africa.

At that time, many Chinese and Ming people in Saigon were eager to leave the war-torn land, but not everyone chose Mindanao or Si Shui.

Unlike some people, Wang Ziyue chose this place. Not only did he choose this place, but tens of thousands of people also chose this place and settled down here and started small businesses in Mombasa, just like in Saigon.

Although this is an unfamiliar land, since his ancestors were able to thrive in Saigon, he can also thrive and raise children in this land.

"Ah Yue, have you read what's in the newspaper? It's not peaceful here either. There's also a rebellion. I don't know if it will end up like Saigon, with people throwing bombs everywhere on the streets."

When talking about Saigon, the woman's eyes were full of panic. The reason why they left Saigon and came to this strange continent was because it was completely plunged into war. Even in Saigon, the streets were full of war. Either the guerrillas attacked the US military, embassy, ​​and military agencies, or the guerrillas threw bombs everywhere on the streets.

Even their youngest child died in guerrilla attacks because of guerrilla suicide attacks on the streets.

That is why they left Saigon and their families behind. But who would have thought that after arriving here, there was also war, even though it was very far away from here, but who knows what the future will be like?

His wife's reminder made Wang Ziyue frown. He opened his mouth to explain but said nothing.

Finally, he just pursed his lips and said:

"This is not Saigon. The company will definitely not turn a blind eye to it when the time comes. After all, the International Grain Company has a large business here."

Yes, the sky fell down, but there was someone tall holding it up.

The reason why he chose to come here was because there were relatively more opportunities here and the company had invested heavily. In this case, no matter what happened here in the future, the company would never give up on this place.

Even if there is war... maybe war is just an excuse for the company, who knows?
Looking at the locals on the street, Wang Ziyue frowned. Although he felt a little uneasy, he suddenly felt at ease when he looked at the double-star flag flying in the representative office not far away. He said to himself:
"As long as they are here, there is nothing to worry about..."

(End of this chapter)