African Nationhood

Chapter 281 Internal Affairs Meeting-Population
  The matter of the East African Administrative Office was settled, and Zhou Chuanjian was appointed as the Commissioner of the Administrative Office. As for the East African garrison, Shi Jintang thought about it and decided to call back Ye Shilong from overseas.

He had a great fight with the British at the oil company, but he was a bit overqualified, so it was better to use his expertise as a military leader.

Ye Shilong jumped for joy when he got this transfer. After handing over the position of general manager of the oil company to Wang Zhongyi, he happily returned to his hometown with several concubines.

Wang Zhongyi wears many hats and is even more busy.

His newlywed wife, Louise, complained and snickered at the same time. The higher her husband's position, the more attention he received, but it was unfortunate that she had to follow her husband around.

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February 1891, 2, the Spring Festival was just a few days away, and the officials were all busy with the work at hand.

Boss Shi took advantage of the short time before the year to hold the 1890 internal affairs meeting.

The first person to speak was Fu Tong from the Immigration Bureau. Today, Fu Tong was wearing a brand-new August 1st-style Chinese dress and had his hair and face shaved, looking even more energetic.

“Our Immigration Bureau developed greatly in 1890, and our number of immigrants passed a major mark in this year.

Last year, the number of immigrants reached a record-breaking number of more than 30. This achievement is thanks to the strong support of the Transportation Department, the commercial department and Lanfang Company.

According to this immigration growth rate, our Immigration Bureau can achieve the eight-year immigration target of 1893 million people set in 1885 before 8.

At present, the total number of immigrants under the company's rule is 139.6 million, including 92 Chinese, 12.7 Koreans, 9.1 Mingxiang people, 7.5 Borneo natives, 3.8 Beijing people, 3.3 Japanese people, 5.3 British people, and German people 3.5, including 2.4 Portuguese and 1 Boers.

The immigration recruitment points newly opened by the company in the Outer Northeast and Yantai Port in the Qing Dynasty became a breakthrough point for company immigration.

The Northeastern and Shandong people there are very happy to bring their fellow villagers out to make money. The number of immigrants between the two places has reached more than 10, which is very effective in balancing the population ratio between the north and the south within the company. "

The Immigration Bureau and the Commerce Bureau used industrial products in exchange for a large number of people in the outer northeast. One bicycle can be exchanged for nearly a dozen young men in their prime.

The outer commercial points are even connected to some big bandit leaders in the Northeast region, who are in urgent need of guns and ammunition.

Nanhua Company's shell guns and Martini-Henry rifles have found precise customers.

These bandit leaders really like the power and long range of the shell gun, and the semi-automatic and more trouble-free design directly touches their preferences.

Nanhua Company promised that as long as they can bring a large population, they can also bring them more new weapons, such as Maxim machine guns, which can also be traded.

The bandits were naturally very happy, and they also liked the fur coats, gold chains and riding boots provided by Nanhua Company.

(There was really no use for the gold accumulated by the Nanhua Company. Shi Jintang had an idea and directly forged it into a gold chain. It would definitely be popular in the Qing Dynasty.)
  A leopard print coat, a big gold chain, shiny riding boots, and a cannon on the shoulder, this is a well-dressed rich man plus!

As for the people in Shandong Province, they were lured with benefits, telling them that they could pan for gold and mine gold mines in Southwest Africa.

This has attracted a large number of immigrants from Shandong Province. They are willing to go to the bitter and cold Guandong in order to survive, and they are naturally more rare for overseas gold mines.

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Japan was the best place to receive immigrants during this period. Although Japan started the Meiji Restoration at this time, industrialization required a large number of proletarians to serve as labor force.

Therefore, the Japanese government tried every means to carry out various reforms and created a large number of proletarians.

In order to survive, ordinary Japanese families had to send their female family members abroad to make money to support their families. The areas where they immigrated were mainly Southeast Asia.

These Japanese women arrived in a foreign land without any skills and could only rely on selling their bodies to earn foreign exchange and send it back to their families.

These huge amounts of foreign exchange helped the Japanese government to carry out industrial development in disguise, and "Nanyang Sister" became the collective epitome of this generation of Japanese women.

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William, a British businessman, came to Japan and put up a sign saying "You will be allocated land when you marry", which won a warm welcome from the Japanese people. In addition, there are many Japanese immigration companies in Southeast Asia. Without contacting them, they will rush to your door and want to exchange Japanese women for money.

Therefore, in just one year, a large number of Japanese women set foot on the land of Southwest Africa. The arrival of these women greatly alleviated the gender pressure in Southwest Africa.

The immigration department accepted many Chinese immigrants during last year's tour of surrounding islands. They have been here for many years. Although they know about the existence of Nanhua Company, they can't help themselves.

The Nanhua Company came forward to negotiate with various island countries and obtained the freedom of these Chinese immigrants.

There are more than 10,000 Chinese immigrants on several islands, and more than 10,000 white women have been replaced through industrial product transactions.

Last year's East African clean-up operation took in thousands of white women in "prazo".

With these measures, the gender pressure on immigrants under the rule of the Nanhua Company has been reduced a lot. The efforts of the Immigration Bureau and Futong are very crucial.

"Here I would like to commend Director Futong, you did a great job!"

Boss Shi took the lead in applauding, which also triggered applause from the audience. Futong smiled and squinted his eyes after receiving this honor, "It's well deserved. This is the result of everyone's hard work."

After the applause stopped, Futong continued to speak: “At present, the remaining indigenous population in the company totals a little more than 110 million, and the infrastructure of Matabeleland Office and Lunda Office has mostly taken shape.

I suggest that the remaining indigenous people be concentrated in the East African Administration.

The first is to carry out infrastructure construction, the second is to engage in farmland development, and the third is that the company's indentured labor trade must be close to coastal areas in order to be exported. "

The Portuguese, who are currently holed up in Mozambique, still control the trading channels with the French on Reunion Island. Shi Jintang has already instructed the immigration department to contact the French.

At present, the demand in the French Reunion colony is not high, and the indigenous laborers in several companies in Vietnam and Southeast Asia are mostly saturated.

There are currently only two effective output channels left, one is the plantation in Eastern Australia, and the other is the gold mine in the Rand Basin.

But the consumption rate of these two sides is not high, so overseas export is really not possible.

Being able to export 3 to 4 people in a year is considered to be the best. Therefore, using the natural environment to consume the indigenous people has become the most effective method at the moment.

Futong understood Boss Shi's troubles very well, so he took the initiative to propose this.

"Well, Director Fu's suggestion is very pertinent and can be implemented.

In addition, starting from this year, the Matabeleland Office’s restrictions on immigration and naturalization will be relaxed, and future immigrants will be arranged in the Matabeleland Office as much as possible.

I will step up work on the regional administrative subdivision of Matabeleland.

As for the Lunda Administrative Office, it is not open for the time being. The natural conditions there are still a bit harsh, so some indigenous people are temporarily retained to continue development and transformation. "

The Lunda Administrative Office is close to Portuguese West Africa and the Congo Free State. Shi Jintang plans to move to Portuguese West Africa after immigrating more than 200 million people.

The security situation at the Lunda Administrative Office will definitely not be very good by then, and the natural conditions there are indeed harsh.

Priority will be given to resettling immigrants in the Mata area to build a basic base.

The Mata area will be the core area of ​​Nanhua Company and the future industrialization base. This place must be managed well with great efforts.

Once this place is built, it will be a solid rear and base camp whether it is fighting the British or conquering other areas in the future.

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