African Nationhood

Chapter 108 Heart-to-heart talk between king and minister
  The hot spring city is still warm in November, and it is in the rainy season. I don't know that a light rain will suddenly fall that day.

After living in Hot Springs City for a long time, you will get used to the little surprises that come here from time to time.

Because the temperature is suitable, you won't feel cold even if it rains here.

Shi Jintang stood on horseback on a hillside, facing the rising sun. His whole body seemed to be coated with a layer of golden light, and he was extremely majestic.

Behind him was also a handsome knight, Fu Tong, the district chief of the Central Plains District.

In addition to the guards, there were several carriages parked behind them. In one of the carriages were Futong's wife and children.

Jin Xiyue and Ye Rong were sitting in another carriage. The two women had become closer because of the death of Mr. Shi's parents.

This time Shi Jintang planned to come to the hot spring city to relax, so he brought Ye Rong over.

As a result, Jin Xiyue and Ye Rong became more familiar.

Qin Ru, the wife of Futong District Mayor, has a gentle temperament and good looks, and her children are also very lively and lovely.

Ye Rong looked at it with envy, imagining that she and Master Shi could give birth to such lovely children that day.

Jin Xiyue rarely spoke along the way, and most of the time she just responded with um and ah.

Ye Rong couldn't help but wonder if this North Korean woman was deliberately perfunctory.

When Qin Ru arrived at the place, she comforted her children and then slowly got out of the carriage.

Kneeling on her little feet, she came to Jin Xiyue's side, gave the two people a Wanfu gift, and then said: "Miss Jin, Miss Ye, come down, let's go sit over there."

When Ye Rong heard District Chief Fu call Jin Xiyue "Miss", and he was just called "Girl", she felt a little unhappy and kept silent.

When Jin Xiyue saw that Ye Rong was silent, she had no choice but to smile at Qin Ru and answer with a hoarse voice.

"Okay, I'll come down right now."

Qin Ru nodded and turned around to pull her children, while Ye Rong was a little curious about Jin Xiyue's voice.

"What's wrong with your throat? It was fine yesterday."

Jin Xiyue was helpless in response to Ye Rong's inquiry. When she arrived at the hot spring city yesterday, Mr. Shi took her to take a bath in the hot spring. When she came back, her voice became hoarse.

She couldn't tell Ye Rong the secrets of the boudoir outside, so she had to say, "I caught a bit of wind and cold."

Ye Rong heard that the other party suffered from cold, and immediately thought about getting some medicine for her when she went back.

Although Mr. Shi prefers this woman, he cannot be stingy. A good relationship with her should make Mr. Shi happier.

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Shi Jintang and Futong stood side by side on the hillside, looking into the distance at patches of green bean sprouts and corn seedlings.

"What is the current effect of intercropping these two crops? Has it increased yields?"

Futong responded quickly to Shi Jintang's question.

"According to Mr. Shi's advice, the immigrants below have been farming for two seasons, and the yield has indeed increased.

There is an increase of about 1%, which is really a great idea for planting! "

Shi Jintang nodded. He also issued instructions to the district below on a whim. Now that he arrived in Hot Spring City, he just came over to check it out.

"Well, I heard this trick from a farmer when I was a child. Now it has been tested and found to be effective. You must remember to promote it vigorously."

"Well, my subordinates have also looked for many immigrants with planting experience, and even asked many Boers, and obtained a lot of useful agricultural knowledge from them.

The subordinates were thinking about setting up an organization dedicated to increasing crop yields.

Arrange specific personnel within the institution to teach immigrants how to farm. "

Futong is indeed a person who has studied abroad and has an international perspective.

Europe and the United States had already begun to establish modern agricultural disciplines in the late 18th century, and in the late 19th century, the great development of industrial civilization also led to the great development of agriculture.

After the role of struvite was discovered, more and more countries began to pay attention to mining struvite as a fertilizer for farming.

Nauru, an island country in the Pacific, is a small island country where all the people are obese.

It was at the beginning of the 20th century that Europeans discovered the guano ore on the island and made a fortune.

The islanders don't even know what their last names are, and they have all kinds of tricks.

But their game of wealth withered as the guano was used up, and the islanders became an international laughing stock.

Shi Jintang has always cared about that island, but his strength is not enough.

If you have the strength, you can go directly to Whitehall to occupy the island, and you can make a fortune by then.

In the original time and space, in 1888, this small island and several surrounding islands were occupied by the Germans and became a German colony.

Shi Jintang kept this in mind and must occupy this island in the future.

"Well, your idea is good. I think we can make it bigger and establish an agricultural association or agricultural school.

In this way, the whole of Southwest Africa can benefit. "

Futong always paid attention to Boss Shi's words and nodded directly, "Okay, I will arrange for someone to get this done."

Shi Jintang nodded, then jumped off the horse and said to Futong, "Let's go for a walk." Futong immediately dismounted and accompanied Shi Jintang towards the hillside.

"Recently I have been thinking about what are the hidden dangers in Southwest Africa. What does the mayor of Fu District think about this?"

"We have only over 130,000 immigrants under our rule in Southwest Africa. The hidden danger is naturally that the population is too small, so we have to increase immigration efforts."

Shi Jintang sighed slightly when he heard what Fu Tong said.

Recently, he had received some rumors that the officials below were dissatisfied with Nanhua Company's violent treatment of black indigenous people.

Among them, the one who complained the most was Tie Lan. This old man who had been baptized by European and American civilization could not accept the cruelty of his boss Shi.

Tielan and Futong are both core subordinates of Nanhua Company. If they are taken over openly, it will definitely cause shock to the whole company and is not conducive to the stability of the company.

Therefore, he planned to have a heart-to-heart talk with Futong first, and after influencing him, he would then use Futong to work for Mr. Tie Lan.

If Tie Lan is still stubborn, then we can only let him retreat.

“Yes, our small population is a hidden danger, but as long as we continue to transport immigrants, we can always solve this problem.

But District Chief Fu, have you ever thought that the number of black slaves under the control of the company is also very large, as many as 70,000 to 80,000.

It is undeniable that the labor of these black slaves provided important assistance when the company started its business.

At the company level, we shouldn't treat them so cruelly, let alone kill them all, right? "

Futong breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Shi Jintang's side face, and found that the young lord's face could not see his facial expression clearly because of the sunlight.

So Futong carefully considered and said, "You open your heart to me today, and I don't dare to hide anything.

When I first came here, I was somewhat resistant to your indigenous policies.

I feel sorry for China, which has experienced many disasters over thousands of years and finally survived.

The Han nation did not disappear because it suffered foreign rule.

Historical records say: Wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever mountains and rivers reach, they are all Han lands.

The Book of Songs also says: On the shore of the land, are they the king's ministers?

Therefore, when we Han people are in power, we should drive foreigners to educate the people and use them for our own use, which is the king's way.

In this way, it will be more practical and not more conducive to your rule? "

Hearing what Fu Tong said, Shi Jintang relaxed a little. Since the other party dared to tell the truth in front of him, it meant that he had no rebellious intentions towards him.

Therefore, the corners of Shi Jintang's mouth turned up and he chuckled.

“The reason why I took violent measures against them was because I always had an unknown premonition in my heart.

I have a hunch that these black slaves will be a serious problem for us.

You have also lived in the United States, so you should be familiar with the situation of black people there.

They are lazy and ignorant and unwilling to change themselves.

For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has been fighting against the dangerous environment and trying to survive.

Today, 40 million people in the Qing Dynasty are struggling to survive, struggling to survive.

If they were as submissive as these black slaves, would the Chinese nation still exist?

Let’s not talk about the distant past, let’s talk about the “Dingwu Disaster” a few years ago. In the northern part of the Qing Dynasty alone, 10 million people died of starvation.

How great would it be if these people could immigrate to our Southwest Africa?
  But we cannot and cannot do it.

As you have seen the conditions on the African continent, Southwest Africa is already a very barren land.

But how much wildlife is there in this land?
  How many people can it feed?

In the three years since we came here, we have basically arrested all the black people in Southwest Africa and the adjacent Bechuanaland area. How many people are there in total?

Less than 200,000 people!
  What a strong contrast, haven't you ever thought about why this phenomenon occurs?
  Are we really cruel?

When other people come here, who will hold back the malice in their heart and not do anything to them?
  Besides, the Qing Dynasty had a huge population of 40 million!

All European and American countries combined could not keep up with the population size of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, the European and American powers used force to deter them and cut their flesh step by step through trade dumping.

The intention is to slowly bleed the Qing Dynasty and let the Qing Dynasty die naturally.

This world is so cruel, if we allow these indigenous people to live on our land.

When that day comes, the great powers suddenly appear and reenact the scene of killing the Qing Dynasty with a dull knife. How should we react?
  With these stupid and lazy natives, I'm afraid we won't know when we will die.

Therefore, I must eliminate them without mercy, even if they leave them with eternal infamy! "

After listening to Boss Shi's words, Futong felt in awe of this young man covered in golden light.

I couldn't help but secretly guess, how did this young man manage to be so thorough and cold-blooded?
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