African Nationhood

Chapter 149 A large ship that can hold 4000 people (please subscribe!!!)
  When looking for shipping companies, Shi Jintang visited many shipping companies.

For example, Germany's Bremen Atlantic Line, Norddeutsche Lloyd Line, and Hamburg-American Line Steamship Company.

Most of the routes of these shipping companies are routes between Europe and America, and their main business is the route for German immigrants to the Americas.

The ships of these companies all have one characteristic: they have large warehouses.

For example, the Elbe cruise ship of Norddeutsche Lloyd Line has a load capacity of 4967 tons, a length of 133.96 meters, and a width of 14.66 meters. It is equipped with a three-cylinder composite steam engine.

It has a single-shaft propulsion, a maximum speed of 17 knots, and can carry 150 first-class passengers, 90 second-class passengers and 1000 steerage passengers.

Most of the immigrants they transport are impoverished lower-class people, so cruise ships like theirs are very suitable for immigration routes.

He asked the bosses of several shipping companies, but most of them were unwilling to sell their shipping companies. Moreover, these German shipping companies were relatively small and their ships were somewhat old.

The immigration company arranged by Shi Jintang in Germany has immigrated a total of more than 2 people in the past two years, which is far lower than the more than 3000 immigrants from the UK.

The German immigrants here didn't know much about Nanhua Company. They felt that Nanhua Company was a Chinese colony and were unwilling to go there.

During the period from 1820 to 1900, German immigrants to the United States reached their peak, with a total of nearly 600 million people.

Most of them are farmers who lack land, industrial workers who are not competitive, and believers who are persecuted by sects.

The Nanhua Company could provide them with the same preferential conditions of land, industrial production, and freedom of belief as the United States.

But all this requires someone to patiently publicize it. Nanhua Company is a colonial company under the British command, and it is not suitable for high-profile publicity here.

Since the German bosses are unwilling to sell the company, they are certainly willing to open a direct immigration route to Nanhua Company.

Shi Jintang signed an immigration contract with them. The contract stipulated that for every healthy immigrant transported, Nanhua Company would pay the equivalent of 100 German marks in pounds.

In this way, these German shipping company owners would definitely be happy to transport German immigrants to the South China Company's colonies. There would be no subsidies for sending immigrants to the United States.

German immigrants are honest, hard-working, and well-disciplined. They are much better than the ignorant and arrogant British immigrants.

In addition, there are already German whites in Southwest Africa, so at least they will not be unable to speak the language when they arrive in Southwest Africa.

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He learned from the boss of the German shipping company that most of their cruise ships came from British shipyards, so Shi Jintang returned to the UK and stayed at Prince Leopold's manor outside London.

While at the manor, he made contact through His Royal Highness Prince Leopold and planned to visit several famous shipyards in the UK and buy a few cruise ships.

This day Shi Ming came to report that his old friend Sir Freire came to visit him.

A few years have passed, and this former acquaintance has begun to gain weight. His appearance has not changed much, but his spirit has become a bit broken.

The moment Sir Freyr saw Shi Jintang, he immediately smiled and said to Shi Jintang affectionately: "Sir Henry, long time no see."

In the UK, in addition to hereditary nobility (5th-level titles for the royal family and princes and uncles), there are also two categories: life-long nobles and poor nobles like Shi Jintang.

The nature of lifelong nobles is similar to that of poor nobles. Most of them are non-hereditary titles, but the status of lifelong nobles is higher than that of poor nobles.

Poor nobles, that is, nobles like "Jazz".

There are many ways to obtain a knighthood.

One is to obtain a specific knighthood, or be awarded a lower-level knighthood, such as Shijintang.

The other is to be granted a baronetcy by the Queen of England, such as Sir Freire. Sir Freire is a hereditary "baron" knight, while Shi Jintang is a knight whose title is lost when the person dies.

Therefore, the social status of the two people is basically equal, but Sir Freire is only a rich man at this time, and the status gap between him and Shi Jintang, the general manager of the colony, is still a bit big.

"Well, long time no see. How are you doing?"

Sir Freire didn't mind Shi Jintang's indifference. He smiled and took out the Lucky Strike cigarette from his pocket, handed it to Shi Jintang flatteringly, helped him light the cigarette, and then said with a smile: "As usual, I heard you came back When I arrived in London, I rushed over immediately.

I was not in the UK when you came to London. I went to India for a while and I just came back. "

Shi Jintang was a little surprised by Sir Frere's arrival, but he was not disgusted. This guy came to him at this time, and he must have something to ask for.

After blowing out a puff of smoke, Shi Jintang said calmly: "How is India? Is it hot?"

“It’s so hot that I can’t stay here at all. If I stay in the country for a long time, I’ll get irritated and don’t want to stay.

So I want to ask you a favor, okay? "

This person was so direct, Shi Jintang became even more indifferent.

"What are you talking about? How can my connections in London compare to yours.

Don't say please or not. If I can help, I will definitely do it. If I can't help, there's nothing I can do. "

Sir Freire turned a blind eye to the coldness on Shi Jintang's face. He still smiled and said: "I heard that you and Prince Leopold are very close. Can you introduce him to me?"

This request was nothing to Shi Jintang, but he had to figure out what this guy wanted to do.

"Meeting the prince, this request is difficult to handle. I just helped the prince treat his illness once. Besides, I don't know what you have to do with him. If your matter makes the prince unhappy, wouldn't I want to offend His Highness? "

Sir Freire was not impressed by Shi Jintang's excuse. He continued to smile and said: "His Royal Highness and Princess Louise have a very good relationship. Her husband, Marquis Ron, is now the Governor-General of Canada. I want to find a job in the Canadian Federation." position, so I want to meet the prince."

This matter was easy for Prince Leopold, as long as he wrote a letter.

But for Shi Jintang, it was of no benefit.

"Sir Freire, you are also an old man in the officialdom. This matter is big or small. You should know the rules."

After listening to Shi Jintang's words, Sir Freire's smile became even thicker, "I understand the rules. Aren't you looking for a boat? I happen to have one here and will give it to you for free, but you must help me complete this task." thing."

After listening to Sir Freire's words, Shi Jintang couldn't help but feel a little curious. He really despised Sir Freire.

He picked up the cigarette and took a long drag, "You have a boat?

What tonnage is it and how many people can it hold? "

Sir Freir chuckled, "This ship has a carrying capacity of 27700 tons and can carry 4000 people at a time. How about this ship? Does it meet your requirements?"

After hearing Sir Frere's words, Shi Jintang's eyes widened immediately, and he almost blurted out "fuck".

With such a displacement, it must be the number one ship in the world. Why don’t I have the slightest impression of it in my mind?
  ps: I don’t know if anyone knows about this ship, it will be revealed in the next chapter.

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