African Nationhood

Chapter 107 Internal Affairs-Industrial Chapter

After returning to Walvis Bay Port, Shi Jintang was stable for two days, and then began to deal with various official duties.

I have to praise Kim Xiyue here. This North Korean official lady has evolved into a full-time administrative secretary.

She filed all the official documents that needed to be processed into categories. In addition, she creatively used small slips of paper to summarize them, and the types of official work were also distinguished using different colored slips of paper.

For example, documents for the education portal use blue paper strips for abstracts, economic portal documents use yellow paper strips for abstracts, and industrial portals use red paper strips.

What Shi Jintang wanted to see now was the documents from the Industrial Port, so he directly took a pile of documents with red slips on them and looked at them carefully.

The industry in Southwest Africa has achieved remarkable results after three years of development. As of September 3, the total industrial output value reached 1882 million yuan.

This output value has been accumulated over the past three years, and is only 100 million pounds when converted into pounds. It is still far away from the goal of becoming an industrialized country, but it has already made a difficult start.

In industry, a total of more than 2300 jobs have been created. Most of the industrial workers are Korean women, and a small number of special industries are Chinese male workers.

With the introduction of indigenous female immigrants from Southeast Asia, more and more non-Chinese women will be naturalized throughout Southwest Africa.

In order to allow non-Chinese women to combine with Chinese men, Nanhua Company introduced special policies.

The "Interim Regulations on Non-Chinese Female Immigration in Southwest Africa" ​​clearly states that non-Chinese female immigrants do not enjoy the free land allocation policy. Unless they marry Chinese male immigrants, foreign female immigrants can only serve as industrial workers in industries and mines, and they must work within a limited period. Immigration fees will be refunded.

Non-Chinese female immigrants have made significant contributions to the industrial development of Southwest Africa. The rapid development of garment factories and canneries is due to the hard work of a large number of Korean female immigrants.

The production capacity bottlenecks of these two factories have been highlighted. The next step is to continue to introduce new production lines and expand production capacity.

The glass factory and oil pressing factory are also developing rapidly, but due to different sales directions, the development of the two factories is somewhat uneven.

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The oil pressing plant created the lowest output value among the four factories, and was already far behind the other three factories.

It is not difficult to understand that the sales market of oil pressing plants is too narrow and the product type is single.

Although two new products, peanut oil and rapeseed oil, have been developed, they are only targeted at internal sales in Southwest Africa and have basically no external sales.

Nowadays, with the accelerated development of several large areas in the north, the disadvantage of oil pressing plants being too far away from the origin of agricultural products has become apparent.

The long-distance railways in Southwest Africa have not yet been completed, and relying on horse-drawn carriages for transportation is too inefficient, and it is uneconomical to purchase agricultural raw materials from outside.

Therefore, Shi Jintang plans to split the oil pressing plant, and move most of the workers and equipment to Hot Spring City in Zhongyuan District, and then expand to other regions.

The agriculture there has the largest proportion, and it will also be a major grain-producing area in the future.

Only part of the factory in Walvis Bay is reserved and can be transferred to private capital for operation.

This will not only keep factories running, but also activate private capital.

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The output of mirrors and cans produced by glass factories is gradually increasing, but now it is unable to keep up due to the booming production capacity of canning factories.

Shi Jintang plans to introduce more equipment and continue to expand production capacity.

The new glass factory and cannery will no longer be located in Whale Bay, but will be moved to Pingshan District in the south.

Although large ships cannot be docked at the Golden Hook Port (Port of Lüderitz, Namibia), small and medium-sized merchant ships can still dock.

Coal ships coming from Cape Town can also save freight by taking less shipping routes.

Coupled with the development of the Orange Grove region, development in the southern region of Southwest Africa will also accelerate.

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In the future, a new canning branch will be opened in the Orange Grove area. The rich wildlife in the Crocodile District and the large number of crocodiles in the Crocodile River will be the source of meat for the canning factory.

Wild animal fur and crocodile skin are good raw materials for industrial products, and crocodile skin is the top leather material for manufacturing luxury goods.

It would be a waste to leave these resources unused.

Shi Jintang plans to develop a series of canned luncheon meats, which will not only make use of the rich wildlife resources in the territory, but also open up a new living space for immigrants.

As for things like environmental protection, they are still too far away. We should wait until the population size increases before thinking about what is available and what is not available.

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In addition, Shi Jintang plans to set up a wool spinning factory in Southwest Africa. The livestock industry in Southwest Africa has been booming, and the output value of relying solely on fur exports is too low. In addition, Nanhua Company needs to import a large amount of woolen cloth, linen and cotton cloth every year. It deploys the entire industry under the framework of the planned economy, which can not only train industrial workers but also expand domestic demand.

In the initial stage of industry, economic benefits are not the first priority, so even if there is a loss, we have to grit our teeth and persevere.

Shi Jintang will send a telegram to Alice in Paris in the near future, asking her to help find a suitable woolen mill.

Try to choose small factories, which will not cost much to purchase.

It is also easier to convince factory workers to come to Southwest Africa to make quick money, or even to stay and settle in Southwest Africa.

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As for the garment factories, they will also be split. The factory in Walvis Bay will only retain the production lines for making pullovers, "August 1st-style Chinese clothes" and student clothes.

The newly opened shirt production line will be transferred to New Orange Town in the Orange Grove area (now Kuruman Town, South Africa).

It is close to the town of Kimberley in the Cape Colony. There is a train transportation line between Kimberley Town and Cape Town, which facilitates the transportation of raw materials.

At the same time, it is also very close to the market, which can save a lot of freight.

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The two dye factories (picric acid and TNT) acquired and relocated from Europe are also on the right track.

The output value of these two factories for producing supporting dyes for garment factories is negligible, mainly for military use, which will be introduced separately later.

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There are limestone and marble mines near Mafeking (now Mefogen, South Africa) occupied by the third advance battalion, which is suitable for setting up a cement factory.

Whether Shi Jintang can agree to this matter himself, he has to discuss it with the Boers and the British.

After all, Mafujing has a dangerous geographical location and is a battleground for military strategists.

It was originally the land of the indigenous Barolon people, because the British deceived the Barolon people and were able to establish a settlement here.

Later, when the Boers returned to their country, they found that this dangerous place was occupied by the third advance battalion.

The Boers immediately recognized Mafetin's dangerous position, so they had to cross this land when signing a contract with the British.

When it came time to sign the New Bloemfontein Agreement, Shi Jintang took a tough stance.

In order to prevent their capital from being threatened by the Rand Fortress City (Pretoria is only 60 kilometers away from the Rand Fortress City), the Boers had no choice but to agree to entrust Mafeking to the South China Company for management.

In the original time and space of 1895, Dr. Jameson, the pig mate of Cecil Rhodes, the governor of the Cape Colony at the time, led 500 policemen in Rhodesia with the intention of raiding the Transvaal Republic, which was from Maver Beijing invaded.

Unexpectedly, they were blocked by the Boers, Dr. Jameson was captured alive, and most of the 500 policemen were killed or injured.

Cecil Rhodes took the blame for the incident and resigned. Dr. Jameson survived because he was British, but was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

In 1899, the Second Boer War broke out.

A great battle also took place here, which was called the "Battle of Mafeking".

The Boers suffered heavy losses, which made British General Baden Powell famous. This general later founded the International Scouting Organization.

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Shi Jintang notified the Cape Colony government and the Transvaal Republic government via telegram, and the three parties jointly funded the construction of the Mafeking Cement Factory.

The governments of the Transvaal Republic and the Cape Colony agreed.

Therefore, in October, representatives of the three parties signed an agreement to establish the Mafunjing Cement Plant.

The agreement stipulates that the Maferking Cement Factory has a total share capital of 20 pounds, with Nanhua Company as the operating entity, accounting for 40% of the shares, and the Transvaal Republic and the Cape Colony Government each accounting for 30%.

All cement plant equipment was imported from Britain, and workers were hired from black natives near Mafeking.

The management of the company is dominated by Nanhua Company. The general manager assigned is Shi Jinyong. The two deputy general managers are Boer Louis Botha and the former subordinate of Shi Jintang Patent Office - civil servant David Bell.

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