African Nationhood

Chapter 189 Sumatra Tropical Agriculture Corporation
  Dumai Port, Sumatra Island.

Ye Shilong and Wang Zhongyi, who were sweating profusely, stood at the port to receive the black indigenous people who were driven off the "Anhai Town". This time, more than 2500 black indentured laborers were transported from Mapu Port.

It has been three months since they returned from Vietnam and arrived in the Riau region of Sumatra.

Nanhua Company established the Sumatra Tropical Agriculture Company in this plantation, and the two of them were the general managers and deputy general managers.

Three months was enough for them to cover the entire area of ​​Sumatra Tropical Agriculture Company.

In general, this vast area is really big, but there is not much good land (the specific location is Riau Province in later Indonesia).

This terrain can be divided into three parts. The west is the eastern section of the Barisan Mountains; the middle is a swamp plain, accounting for most of the entire plantation area; and there are some offshore islands in the east.

They all suspected that Mr. Shi was deceived by the Dutch when they signed the contract. When they drew lines on the map, they had no idea that this area was actually a swamp.

After conducting on-site surveys, they also reported it to the company. The company responded that the area had been demarcated with the Dutch and could not be changed.

Therefore, the two of them could only look up to the sky and sigh. A person as smart as Mr. Shi could stumble sometimes.

As for oil exploration, the two of them were speechless.

In May this year, a Dutchman drilled an oil well in the eastern part of Sumatra, and then the whole of Sumatra became a sensation.

This place has also attracted the attention of many oil companies. Mr. Shi must have heard about this news, so he spent a lot of money to invite exploration personnel from the United States to drill for oil here.

But three months later, not even a hair was drilled, and three Americans on the drilling team died, two of whom died of malaria, and the other was killed by an indigenous person.

The company lost a lot of money, and drilling for oil was a losing business.

Not to mention oil in advance, they did something within three months.

They established 10 tropical plantations in the western region of the Tropical Agriculture Company, growing tobacco, pepper, cardamom, oil palm, coffee, coconut, sisal and rubber.

There are still remnants of the ruling order of the Intraqili Sultanate, so the company instructed them not to conflict with the indigenous people.

Plantations should also be set up to avoid indigenous lands as much as possible. If conflicts arise, try to find the Dutch to resolve them. If the Dutch cannot resolve them, they will resolve them themselves.

In addition, all staff within the Tropical Agriculture Company must be the company's indentured black laborers, and local indigenous people are not allowed to be hired.

The Sumatra Tropical Agriculture Company has established a battalion of escort teams. Most of these team members are from Lanfang Company and are all Chinese.

Each of them is fully armed, and apart from patrolling, they undergo high-intensity training every day.

Ye Shilong took it out on his guards when he had nothing to do. Some of his guards in the manor outside Dongwanlu City were also transferred to serve as the backbone of the agricultural company's guard team.

In addition, Tropical Agriculture Company also hired a group of Borneo natives from Lanfang Company, who specifically acted as supervisors and were responsible for supervising the daily work and picking work of black indentured laborers.

The entire Tropical Agriculture Company currently has 2.8 black indentured laborers and less than 1000 other personnel.

Apart from supervising the work of black laborers, the two of them had nothing else to do every day. Ye Shilong returned to his old ways and organized a large number of slaves to serve him.

Wang Zhongyi couldn't stand this and accused Ye Shilong of not being so public.

Ye Shilong chuckled, "Brother Wang, if we hadn't experienced life and death, I wouldn't have told you the secrets here.

What are we out there, expatriates, right?
  But compared to those of the Nanhua Company, we are just princes sitting outside.

Who has been the most jealous of people since ancient times?
  Except for the generals who support their troops and respect themselves, it is the princes like us who no one can control.

If we don't live a little extravagantly outside, some people will wonder if we are harboring any bad thoughts.

Only when you are extravagant and extravagant, and have something to hold on to, will Mr. Shi feel at ease. Do you understand? ” ˆ ˆ After Wang Zhongyi listened to Ye Shilong’s fallacy, he seemed to understand but he was still not used to such a trend. He just found a Chinese beauty to serve him in his daily life and warm the bed.

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"Mr. Ye, including these indentured workers, we have more than 3 people under our command.

Do we need to expand our escort team and supervisory team? "

Ye Shilong didn't speak, just shook his head.

"It's better not to mention this matter. We already have a large number of establishments in one battalion. Lanfang Company only has two battalions now. Their territory is larger than ours."

"Aren't you afraid, where are the more than 3 people?"

"What are you afraid of? We provide food normally and pay wages every month. Besides, we don't make them work 24 hours a day and leave them 8 hours of rest. Isn't that good enough?

Moreover, our area is quite civilized. If they don't listen to the advice and run into the territory of the local indigenous people, they may not be treated how they will be treated. "

Wang Zhongyi listened to Ye Shilong's words and nodded in agreement, "That's right, things are pretty good here. Fortunately, it's the dry season.

When the rainy season comes, the disease will rise, which will be a disaster for these black workers. "

Ye Shilong glared at Wang Zhongyi and warned: "What nonsense are you talking about? You also want to follow Old Man Tie to try the case?"

Wang Zhongyi woke up immediately and realized that he had made a mistake.

Tie Lan made outstanding achievements in Nanhua Company's special operation to deal with "Chinese molestation of black indigenous people" and arrested many criminals.

Therefore, Shi Jintang specially appointed him as the chief judge of Nanhua Company and authorized him to establish two major courts, criminal and civil, to hear various illegal cases within the company.

Since the appointment of Justice Tielan took effect, most of the people who usually sympathized with the black indigenous people and made weird remarks were transferred to the justice system.

That place became the official distribution center of Nanhua Company. The civil servants of Nanhua Company became very angry, fearing that one day they would be dismissed if they made their boss displeased.

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The two talked some more about opening up new plantations. Seeing that it was getting late, they saw a young, strong man running over.

"Mr. Ye, Vice President Wang, we have gathered all the new workers and can return to the company's headquarters."

Ye Shilong nodded to the young man, "Zheng Ming, you've been doing well recently. Work hard and I'll give you a job later."

The young man immediately smiled and nodded, "Thanks to your respect, I can get a platform to perform. I, Zheng Ming, dare not say anything else, but I can still do my duty faithfully."

Ye Shilong nodded, "Go and get busy."

Zheng Ming smiled and left.

Wang Zhongyi couldn't help but curl his lips, "You still want to win over such a person, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

Ye Shilong laughed, "Brother Wang, you are still too young.

Employing people is a science, and you will understand it later. "

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