African Nationhood

Chapter 211 Business of the Labor Department (Part )

"Well, I already know this, go on."

Yang Kuan pointed at the French Vietnam below with a wooden stick and said: "The French in Vietnam are typically asking for trouble. Didn't we return some of the leaders of the Black Flag Army in May?

Those people approached the French and said that they were willing to be obedient citizens, hoping to give them some preferential treatment.

Seeing their respectful attitude, the French thought that they really wanted to be obedient citizens, so they gave those leaders some local official positions.

Then the French began to integrate their colonies and divided Vietnam into three parts: South Qi, Central Qi, and Bei Qi.

They brought the southern Qi area under direct rule, while the central and northern Qi areas started colonial rule.

In order to collect money, the French began to tax the people under their rule.

What are personal taxes, land taxes, real estate taxes, article taxes, vehicle taxes, customs taxes, circulation taxes, consumption taxes, monopoly taxes, as well as alcohol taxes, salt taxes, opium taxes, etc.

Once these taxes were levied, the remnants of the Black Flag Army rebelled.

Relying on the fact that they had guns and men in their hands, they directly led the troops in an uprising and called on all Vietnamese and Mingxiang people to resist the French.

The French also wanted to gather heavy troops to conquer them, but Emperor Xianyi, the puppet emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty, took the opportunity to gather 2 troops from Beijing to attack the French Imperial Embassy and the French military camp in Zhendainan.

The French army held firm and waited for reinforcements until they launched a counterattack in the morning of the 23rd. The Nguyen Dynasty's army in Beijing was defeated and Hue was in chaos, but Emperor Xian Yi escaped.

Then Emperor Xian Yi, accompanied by the remnants of the Black Banner Army, issued an edict of King Qin calling on the subjects of the Vietnamese Empire to resist France.

After King Qin’s edict was promulgated, people in Vietnam rose up in uprising and set off the massive ‘King Qin Movement’.

At this point, the situation in Vietnam was very bad, and the French found us, hoping that we could persuade the Mingxiang and the remnants of the Black Flag Army in Vietnam not to oppose the French.

Of course we cannot agree.

As the situation in Vietnam deteriorated, the resistance became more and more powerful. The entire Beiqi was occupied by them, and Zhongqi was even more ready to move.

The French were afraid that Nanqi would also be incited, so they promised us that as many Mingxiang people as could be persuaded to leave in Nanqi, we could emigrate at will.

Therefore, in one year, we persuaded more than 2 Mingxiang people to agree to immigrate to Southwest Africa.

Most of these Mingxiang people had little property, so we came forward to negotiate terms with the French and helped the Mingxiang people sell all their property.

Although these Mingxiang people lost some of their profits, we promised to give them some compensation in Southwest Africa. "

Hearing this, Shi Jintang couldn't help but nod, "Well done."

Unexpectedly, the remnants of the Black Flag Army who were driven away would actually help Nanhua Company so much.

He thought for a while and then said, "Those people from Mingxiang who have moved here must make arrangements, and pay attention when splitting, so as not to be too obvious."

Yang Kuan nodded in agreement, "Director Futong personally met with their leaders, explained our policies, and helped them resettle their families and allocate land.

After they arrived, Director Futong directly arranged their elite children into local governments in different regions.

Before the placement, Director Futong made it clear that it was not easy to place their children, and he could only do his best.

Let them cherish this hard-won position.

After learning that they could become officials, they were all grateful to Director Futong and happily went to various places to take up posts. By the way, their families also separated.

The mayor of Futong District used a small plan to separate their families. "

Shi Jintang appreciated this, and Futong was still very capable.

“In addition to the Mingxiang people, we also negotiated with the French to exchange indentured labor for the indigenous women under their rule.

They readily accepted this kind of slave-exchange trade that came to their doorstep.

Our indigenous workers are much easier to manage than the Vietnamese, and these indigenous workers do not need to be paid at all. They are very happy to use our indigenous workers to build plantations.

Last year, more than 5600 indigenous women were exchanged and more than 8400 indentured laborers were used. "

Although this kind of slave exchange trade has some losses, it can send black people out and immigrate "Mingxiang people" for free, which is a good deal.

But in this way, Vietnam will also turn black, and Little China will be called Little Black Dragon in the future.

Shi Jintang doesn't feel any guilt about this result. Anyway, these monkeys are not good birds, so it's just bad.

"Well, that's good, let's continue."    "After that, Australia is the only one left in Vietnam.

The American Civil War broke out in 1865, which affected cotton and sugar production.

People in eastern Australia took the opportunity to start a plantation economy, and large plantations emerged in the eastern state of Queensland.

They were in urgent need of serfs, but the British mainland issued an abolition order, so they found another way to capture and lure islanders from small islands in the Pacific and work as indentured labor in Australian plantations. These islanders were no different from black slaves when they arrived in Australia.

These islanders are therefore called ‘blackbirds’, and this trade of trapping and capturing Pacific Islanders is called the ‘blackbird trade’. "

Hearing this, Shi Jintang couldn't help but smile when he recalled the remarks made by Australian politicians before he traveled through time.

This guy is so thick-skinned, he tells lies with open eyes, and then quickly gives in after being slapped in the face.

"Therefore, we contacted the plantation owners in Australia, and we sent indentured laborers there, with low prices and sufficient supply. They immediately welcomed us, but they had to ensure that we were islanders.

So we teamed up with Lanfang Company, found an island at random, and asked the Australians to collect it there.

Last year, 3.8 people were involved in this type of blackbird trade with Australians, earning 38 pounds. "

Boss Shi expressed his appreciation for the flexible thinking of his subordinates, "Well, this flexible method can be more vigorous. We have millions of indigenous workers.

If I don't take care of them for a day, I won't be able to sleep well! "

Upon hearing this, Yang Kuan immediately patted his chest and said: "Don't worry Sir, we have successfully formed a friendship through last year's communication, and we will definitely increase our efforts in the future."

"Well, I feel so relieved to have you share my worries like this."

Yang Kuan saw a satisfied smile on Master Shi's face, and he also had a smile on his face.

“In addition to the above, our old relationships have not been lost.

Former British merchant William Sfield expanded his fleet this year to be able to transport 1500 people at a time.

Now his fleet specializes in the northern Qing Dynasty, Korea and the Sea of ​​Japan. In addition to the traditional Qing male men, Korean women and young children, he will start transporting Japanese women in small batches this year.

The contract we signed with him is that we must transport 3 immigrants every year to the transit point of our company in Lanfang.

He welcomed this, but his shipment of slaves would be delayed.

To this end, we specifically contacted the Zanzibar people and asked them to come to Mapu Port to receive the indigenous people from the Portuguese or themselves.

The Zanzibar people said they could accept it, but the British inspections gave them a headache.

We gave them an idea to buy some flags from the French so that they could avoid British inspection. "

Upon hearing this idea, Shi Jintang silently gave his subordinates a thumbs up.

The British and French in this era are so shameless.

Although they kept talking about abolition of slavery, they used black slaves more violently than anyone else in the colonies.

Moreover, in the French colony of Reunion, the sugar cane plantations were full of black slaves, but they turned a blind eye and did not inspect the Portuguese slave ships.

The British and the French had a tacit understanding that as long as the French flag was flying on the ship, the British would not inspect it.

“In addition to William, the Huamei Company of the Li Jinlong brothers not only transported Chinese immigrants to North and South America, they also specially sent people to the inland provinces of the Qing Dynasty to recruit immigrants.

The contract we signed with them is to provide at least 2 immigrants to the inland provinces of Qing Dynasty every year.

Send them to our business offices in Zhanjiang or Shanghai, for which we promise to give them more black slaves.

As for other foreign ship owners, we have also signed similar contracts. Even if we cannot deliver to Lanfang Company, we must ensure that they can be delivered to our business offices in Zhanjiang and Shanghai.

As long as they arrive at our business store, Peninsula and Oriental Company's cruise ships can take them to Lanfang Company. "

After listening to Yang Kuan's account, Shi Jintang finally understood the immigration and slave exchange trade jointly conducted by the Immigration Bureau and the Labor Department, and was able to basically balance the income and expenditure.

This is also the reason why the immigration department did not prepare an annual budget list this year.

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