African Nationhood

Chapter 199 Development of Aboriginal Kingdoms (Part )
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Anhai Town, conference center.

What is being held now is the development meeting of the two major indigenous kingdoms, and the host of the meeting is Winston Brown.

This indigenous white man from Walvis Bay is only 38 years old. He is of medium height, has a striking big nose, and a kind, round face.

Since he was promoted by Boss Shi to serve as the mayor of Tongcheng District, he has been staying in Tongcheng District and working hard and developing steadily.

The immigrant population in Tongcheng District has exceeded 5, and more than 1000 grazing spots have been expanded.

The number of cattle, sheep and horses has exploded to 9.1 cattle, 19.8 sheep, and 6.2 horses.

In addition to the rapid development of animal husbandry, District Mayor Brown also took advantage of Tongcheng District's rich mineral resources and convenient transportation to attract a lot of British investment.

Fifteen metal mining companies including copper, lead and zinc have been established in the suburbs of Meibu City.

More than 300 mines have been excavated, attracting a total of more than million pounds of foreign investment.

These mining companies employed thousands of Chinese and white people to work together, and hired more than 2 black indentured laborers from the Nanhua Company.

The income generated from human resources alone amounts to more than 4000 million yuan in military bills every year, which is a gratifying progress.

The annual mining volume of copper ore in Tongcheng District has reached 2.9 tons, the mining volume of lead ore is 1.8 tons, and the mining volume of zinc ore is 1.3 tons.

This series of achievements were all the political achievements of Winston Brown, so Boss Shi directly placed Winston Brown in the position of Commissioner (Governor) of the Administrative Office of the Kingdom of Lunda (Zambia).

He did not participate in the previous internal affairs meeting because he belonged to the local official system and was not a central official of Nanhua Company.

He is the undisputed protagonist of this indigenous kingdom development meeting.

He stood in the middle of the conference room, holding a stick and pointing at the chart behind him while talking.

“After more than half a year of development, the Kingdom of Lunda has built 28 copper mines on its own. The scale is not high, but it can already mine nearly tons of ore per month.

In addition, there are more than ten coal mines and iron mines under construction, and the output is also not high.

These mines employ a total of more than 3 indigenous people. They can earn about 1.5 to 1.8 yuan in military coupons for a full day's work, and about 50 yuan in military coupons in a month.

At the end of the year, an adult native could receive 600 yuan in military coupons, which was enough to pay the head tax.

In addition, we have started the planning and construction of "state-owned farms" in accordance with the plans of the company's Agricultural Bureau. Currently, we have cultivated more than 30 acres of farmland.

At present, more than 5 indigenous people are driven to grow cotton, tobacco, sugar cane, wheat, corn and sorghum for us.

In addition, we are also exploring areas convenient for planting bananas, citrus, apples and other fruit trees according to the plan of the Agriculture Bureau. The attributes of these orchards are also "state-owned". "

After listening to Winston Brown's introduction, Shi Jintang nodded, "Commissioner Brown's work is still in place. It is not easy to achieve so many achievements in just six months."

What Shi Jintang said is well-founded. The soil and water conditions in the Kingdom of Lunda (Zambia) are really bad, and the mortality rate of the indigenous people there has always been high, as high as 38%.

As development expands, the indigenous population will be depleted at an increasing rate.

This is good news for Nanhua Company. Transporting the indigenous people out of the country also consumes material costs, and the cost is much more hidden in the harsh mountains and rivers.

The employees of Nanhua Company are equipped with enough medicine, and there is still a 4% loss rate there, which shows how bad the conditions are.

Even Winston Brown fell down due to malaria when he first arrived there. If he hadn't been lucky, we would never have seen him again.

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After being praised by his boss, Winston Brown waved his hands humbly, "This is all the credit of everyone in the Ronda Administrative Office. I dare not take the credit alone."

The influence of Chinese culture is very effective. Even white people have learned to be humble, which is not easy. Shi Jintang nodded: "We already know the internal affairs development of the Lunda Kingdom. Now let's talk about the traffic situation."

Winston Brown nodded, and then changed to a new chart.

“This is a statistical table made by the Lunda Administrative Office. At present, we have built 1.3 kilometers of simple roads, 3082 kilometers of first-class highways, and more than 550 kilometers of second-class highways.

More than 3 indigenous people were used to build these roads, because they were labor services and cost very little. "

Labor service was a means of exploitation of the indigenous kingdoms by the Nanhua Company.

A few are long-term projects and most are temporary projects.

Road construction and canal repair are fixed long-term projects that require labor service, while temporary construction of houses or courtyard walls are common temporary projects.

Usually the Kingdom's Administrative Office issues orders to the indigenous chiefs in the area, and the indigenous chiefs order the indigenous people to work for free.

With the amount of rainy season rainfall in the Lunda Kingdom, labor service would be a long-term and effective means of depleting the indigenous people.

Shi Jintang knew all the content and nodded directly to express his understanding.

Then Winston Brown introduced the progress of railway transportation in the Kingdom of Lunda.

“According to the company’s Transport Bureau’s plan years ago, we have already contacted Birmingham Main Line Company, British Railways and England Railway Transport Company.

They were very interested in the rich mineral resources in the Kingdom of Lunda and proposed to reduce the scope of land along the railway in exchange for the mining rights of copper mines.

The authority of the Administrative Office cannot be decided, so it should be reported to the Transportation Bureau. Director Liszt asked you for instructions and agreed.

However, the current focus of the negotiations between the two parties is the length of the mining rights of the copper mine.

The other party requires the mining life of the copper mine to be as long as possible, so naturally we are not willing to authorize it for too long.

Because the demand for pure copper in various countries around the world is currently rising, this is a harm to us. "

When Shi Jintang heard this, he expressed his appreciation for Winston Brown's acumen. This indigenous white man had a profound insight into the development direction of the world.

Electricity is developing in full swing in the United States, and military frictions and conflicts between countries continue. Copper resources are related to the lifeblood of bullet manufacturing and wires and cables.

“We can give in a little on this matter and just leave the copper mine to them for development. It doesn’t matter if it lasts longer.

As long as they are willing to invest in us, we will satisfy them and let them develop vigorously.

When we take over the project in the future, we can save the initial investment in construction. "

Shi Jintang still had something to say. European capitalists are not philanthropists. They must vigorously tap the potential of human resources when they come in. The more brutal they are, the faster they can consume the indigenous population.

Shi Jintang didn’t mention this reason, but everyone sitting here knew it well.

Now that the boss has set the tone, what do they have to fear?

"Well, Mr. Shi, how many years do you think is appropriate to give him?"

Shi Jintang considered it for a moment and said, "10-15 years, any more will not be appropriate."

Winston Brown nodded, "Okay, I understand."

After talking about the Lunda Kingdom, next is the Matabeleland Kingdom (Zimbabwe region).

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