African Nationhood

Chapter 239 Changes in Jinshan Town
  On August 1886, 8, The Times of London published a headline on page two titled "Crime Under the Sun."

(Before 1966, the front page of the newspaper was full of luxury goods advertisements, so its second page news became front page news.

In addition, the newspaper was also the most independent newspaper in the UK during this period and was not controlled by the British government. )
  The news reported in detail that the Bailey Sheehan Group in the white-autonomous Jinshan Town in Southwest Africa used usury as a means to force bankrupt gold mine owners and their wives and children to become mine slaves, sex slaves, and child prostitutes.

The minimum age of a child prostitute is actually 9 years old. This is a serious violation of the laws and decrees of the British Empire. It is crazy!

(During the Victorian period, there were a large number of women engaged in prostitution in Britain, and women aged 12 to 37 accounted for the main force of prostitution.

In 1885, Britain introduced a law that stipulated that the minimum age for prostitution was 16 years old. )
  Most of the people who consume these young prostitutes are white gold mine owners who have become rich through mining.

What is even more cruel is that in order for the children of bankrupt gold mine owners to arouse people's goodwill, criminal gangs deliberately maimed these healthy children.

They also train disabled children to steal and kidnap. If these children cannot get money every day, they will be beaten and deprived of food. They are even asked to fish for greasy soap in boiling water pots to practice their stealing skills.

The details of the various inside stories are outrageous, and the British people are very angry about such criminal acts.

On that day, hundreds of people came to Downing Street to rally, demanding severe punishment for criminal gangs and the rescue of young children who have been enslaved and abused.

As the crowd at the rally grew, liberal members of the House of Commons lashed out at the conservative cabinet for inaction and allowing the colonial whites to blatantly violate native laws...

In view of the large number of people at the rally and the pressure from liberal MPs, the British Colonial Office and the Home Office had to send people to clarify: the cabinet had ordered the South China Company to severely punish the members of the criminal gang and impose heavy sentences on these criminals.

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After receiving instructions from the cabinet, the Chief Justice Department of the Nanhua Company immediately stationed in Jinshan Town, which had been occupied by military officers, and held a public trial in August.

Tie Lan, the head of the "Justice" department, is the presiding judge in the Bailey Sheehan crime case in Jinshan Town, and Qiaoson Stanton is the prosecutor. Fang Hui and Li Yan are Qiaoson Stanton. Dayton's assistant.

The information and witnesses they collected during the undercover investigation were sufficient and detailed, and they also collected more real cases during the on-site visit, which were shocking.

Even Chinese tycoon Li Jinhu testified in court as an enthusiastic citizen, accusing Bailey Sheehan and others of using unfair means to intimidate and threaten Chinese businessmen.

After more than ten days of trial, it was found that the criminal gang of Bailey Sheehan had committed such heinous crimes that the death penalty must be imposed otherwise it would not be enough to satisfy the people.

The "Justice" department submitted the execution opinion to Nanhua Company boss Shi for review, and Shi Jintang naturally agreed with it.

However, he still had to consider the opinions of the London Cabinet, so he did not sign and agree immediately.

Another week passed, and Nanhua Company communicated with the cabinet through many telegrams about the Jinshan Town incident. Finally, the cabinet reluctantly agreed to Nanhua Company's request: members of the criminal gang should be sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor, and the first offender should be executed.

As for the property of the criminal group, which amounted to more than half a million pounds, the cabinet required the South China Company to hand over 50% to enrich the British Empire treasury.

Nanhua Company fought hard and finally reduced the price to 30%.

The Nanhua Company also received the endorsement of the cabinet, allowing the Nanhua Company to exercise control over its administrative districts.

Faced with this hard-won negotiation result, Shi Jintang immediately drafted a new penalty opinion.

At the same time, Ouyang Geng was ordered to lead administrative staff to Jinshan Town and reorganize the Jinshan Town Governance Committee.

After more than a month of integration, the ratio of whites to Chinese on the Jinshan Town Governance Committee is 5:5. The mayor of Jinshan Town must be nominated by Nanhua Company before he can participate in the election of Jinshan Town.

In addition, the mayor of Jinshan Town must be Chinese, and white people can only serve as deputy to the town government.

Jinshan Town’s annual fiscal and tax payment ratio has been increased to 70%, from the previous 40%.

The establishment of the "Security Team" of Jinshan Town and the "White Mine Protection Team" of the Nawakabu Gold Mine Area were cancelled.

Instead, the Jinshan Town Police Department was established, and Jinshan Town was responsible for its annual budget.

The police station has a total establishment of 100 people, with a police chief in charge of the town's police affairs and deputy chiefs sharing the duties.

A police substation was also established in the Nawakabu gold mine. The subdirector is in charge of police activities in the gold mining area and is responsible to the chief of police.

The police chief of Jinshan Town is a white man, and the sub-chief is a Chinese. In addition, the police station has two deputy chiefs, who are assigned to Chinese and white men respectively. The Nawakabu Gold Mine Branch is also configured in the same way.

The branch establishment accounts for 70% of the total establishment of the police station, so that the main strength of the police station is in the hands of the Chinese. The police department purchases and assembles rifles produced by the Belgian company Herstal as the standard firearm.

Rifles are no longer used, and police officers are equipped with bicycles as a tool for duty.

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After the members of the original white mine protection team and Jinshan Town Security Team were disbanded, they were all transferred to the Jinshan Town Militia Team.

The militia captains were Chinese, and the financial budget was allocated by the Nanhua Company.

The weapons trained are kept in the militia department during normal times and cannot be accessed except in emergencies.

At the same time, the South China Company issued freedman regulations:
  At this stage, Asian immigrants and their spouses who own land and have identity cards in Southwest Africa are automatically converted to freemen, and white immigrants with identity cards are also converted to freemen.

Ethnic groups who immigrated through other channels but did not obtain identity cards were not recognized as free citizens.

These unrecognized ethnic groups include white European and American women who entered through other channels, indigenous women from Southeast Asia, and temporary naturalized personnel of Lanfang Company.

Freedmen could enjoy the benefits and benefits of the Nanhua Company, including purchasing land at affordable prices, enjoying the latest medical treatments, and taking the Nanhua Company's cruise services at low or free prices.

Jinshan Town will relax access restrictions to the Nawakab Gold Mine and allow some qualified Chinese free citizens to invest in gold mining in the gold mining area.

South West Africa Bank directly settled in Jinshan Town, established a business outlet, and launched microfinance services.

All forms of usury and private lending businesses in Jinshan Town are banned. Any individuals or groups that violate these regulations will be severely punished.

In addition, Nanhua Company once again reiterated several prohibitions:

1. The trafficking and sale of opium and other addictive drugs is strictly prohibited. Violators may be sentenced to five years of hard labor or, in severe cases, to death.

Anyone addicted must undergo compulsory detoxification, and those who relapse three times will be deported from Southwest Africa.

2. It is strictly prohibited for any group or individual to detain or enslave free women against their will, and to eradicate child prostitution.

If there is any violation, the penalty may be three years' hard labor, or the worst case may be life-long hard labor.

3. All forms of criminal activities of controlling and enslaving children are strictly prohibited, and offenders will be subject to hard labor ranging from three to twenty years.

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After Ouyang Geng entered Jinshan Town, he first released all the detained white children, and assigned a medical team to conduct physical examinations on these white children and young prostitutes. After treatment, they were returned to their parents.

For those without parents, the "Nanhua Orphanage" was established in Jinshan Town to take care of them. The director was appointed by a Chinese, and the financial budget was allocated by Nanhua Company.

After that, all the white orphans in the Nanhua Company were taken in here, and schools were set up here with bilingual teaching in Chinese and English.

In addition, with the help of the stolen money from the white criminal group seized this time, Nanhua Company decided to set up police stations in other regions.

Each locality selects personnel from the militia to serve as police officers and police chiefs. The establishment, treatment, and configuration of the police station are modeled on Jinshan Town.

The police budgets of each major district government are independent of the government budget, and the shortfall is made up by Nanhua Company.

From now on, the police department will prepare its own annual budget.

When the Police Headquarters was established in Anhai Town, Shi Jintang, the first director, thought over and over again and decided to appoint Dalian Deputy Tang Kui from the security company.

In addition to the director, the Police Headquarters has four other divisions, namely the Household Registration Division, the Criminal Division, the Civil Division, and the Prison Division. In addition, it has established a Forensic Office to assist the police in handling cases.

These things continued until the end of the year. The European giant melon finally broke out in 1886, but Shi Jintang did not expect that the giant melon would actually eat him.

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