African Nationhood

Chapter 311 Annual Internal Affairs Meeting (Part )

(Some book friends have doubts about the materials accumulated by Nanhua Company for more than ten years of colonization. Let me talk about it here.

The company's reserves of materials come from three aspects: in-kind taxes paid by Chinese immigrants, the surplus value of plundering indigenous serfs and new immigrants, and war seizures. The ratio of the three is 3:28:42.

In addition, the data summarized by stages is the most intuitive reflection of the development status of Nanhua Company. If each project is written separately, it will definitely be criticized. )
  James Lister stood up and spoke, "In the past two years, the main focus of our Transportation Department's work has been: road construction within the East Africa Administration and the construction of railway transportation within the company's territory.

So far, the East African Administration has built 2.6 kilometers of first-class roads and 1.02 kilometers of second-class roads.

Secondary roads have initially connected key towns, employing 23 indigenous indentured laborers.

As for the construction of domestic railway transportation, the two railway lines of Wen (Hot Springs City) - New (New Orange Town) Line and New (New Orange Town) - Bu (Bulawayo) Line have been fully connected.

The Ma (Port of Mapu)-Bu (Bulawayo) line has been 40% completed. The slightly slower construction speed requires the erection of railway bridges over several rivers along the way.

After crossing the railway bridge, the construction speed should be accelerated, and the expected completion date is between 1895 and 1896.

The Beira-Jianye Line is currently 1895% complete and is expected to be completed in .

The main investment in this main railway line is Dutch capital, and the company only invested a small part. The contractor is Dutch Railways. "

Shi Jintang welcomes the Dutch investment in building railways. The Dutch money does not need to be wasted. They can just find a way to waste it later.

"Well, you have done a good job in this matter. We must be good at utilizing foreign capital. As long as the facilities can be built within our territory, we will still benefit in the end."

James Lister nodded in agreement and continued: "The Mei (Meibu Town)-Lu (Lusa Town) line is currently 70% complete and is expected to be basically completed next year.

In addition, our Transportation Department has planned two short-distance railway lines, the Qiao (Qoma Town)-Jin (Bulawayo) line and the Jin (Jingou Port)-Sai (Horse Race Town) line.

(The new railway map is in the Easter egg chapter. The map is too big to be posted.)
  The Joe-Golden Line is mainly to improve the resource allocation in Matabeleland, and also to strengthen the connection between Matabeleland and Lunda.

Hwange (today's Hwange City, Zimbabwe) on this trunk line has rich coal resources, which after mining meet the needs of one or two steel plants in Shuangkui Town.

The Jin-Sai Line is mainly to strengthen the connection between Jingou Port and the inland. After all, the glass factory, cannery, guano and diamond mines there all require railway transportation.

These two lines will be the focus of our work in the next three years. We have already contacted the South West African Railway Company and are also communicating with other railway companies in the UK. "

Shi Jintang nodded, "Commissioner Shi, please tell me."

Shi Jinyong stood up and spoke: "The company's current industrial level has made great progress. The number of industrial employees has jumped from 18.9 before to 35, and the industries in which these people are engaged have become more and more diverse.

Among them, light industry has the largest number of employees. Most of the female immigrants from the Qing Dynasty and Japan are engaged in the textile industry, food industry and clothing industry.

Male immigrants from the Qing Dynasty mainly worked in heavy-duty industries, such as steel, shipbuilding, metallurgy, and other heavy-duty jobs in various industries.

After receiving simple education and training, these people have a good understanding of the labor requirements and work instructions of the job.

At present, the company's industrial output value has increased compared with last year, among which the food industry and light weapons manufacturing industry have experienced large increases.

Forestry and animal husbandry have experienced a slight decline. Last year, the total output value of various industries reached 48 billion yuan. "

Shi Jintang looked at Cai Shaoji, who understood and stood up to speak directly.

“Because of the company’s continuous large-scale immigration, the education rate of people in the company has dropped significantly, which is also a normal phenomenon.

Our department will tighten the control over newly arrived immigrant children and strive to raise the children's education level to normal levels as soon as possible.

As for the company’s educational achievements last year, the most important one was the successful construction of the ‘Jinling Electric Power College’.

Another comprehensive college is still in the preparatory stage because European scholars are concerned about health reasons and language communication problems, which cannot be solved for the time being. "

The tsetse fly incident caused a setback to the company's education program, which was the last thing Shi Jintang wanted to see.

"Well, I'll think of a solution for this matter, don't worry."

After Cai Shaoji finished speaking, it was Xia Yi from the medical department. She did not forget to take a deep breath when she stood up. “The company’s large-scale immigration has disrupted the rhythm of our department. In addition, not long after the relocation, our department is a bit chaotic and needs time to sort out.

At the moment I can only update you on some of the information I know.

We have joined forces with two other companies and local research on tsetse flies in the UK and have already achieved some results.

We have identified the cause of narcolepsy in humans and animals due to the ‘tsetse fly’ currently appearing in southeastern Africa.

This is because the trypanosomes carried by the 'tsetse flies' can infect the host's blood and enter the host's brain through the blood, causing the host to become drowsy.

Infection with this trypanosome is very rapid, usually taking weeks or months to make the host sick.

At present, we have no good way to deal with this kind of trypanosome infection. The atropine synthetic project that Mr. Shi previously reminded is still in the laboratory stage and cannot produce results for the time being.

The output value of our pharmaceutical department last year reached 23 billion yuan, but the company's cost of immigration was 35 billion yuan.

Such a huge gap mainly appears in this immigration wave, and we believe that the gap here will gradually decrease.

In addition, the vaccine research and development capacity of the company's pharmaceutical department has been at a low level. Our department needs more support from the company, such as hiring more researchers from Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals in the United States to conduct joint research with us. "

Shi Jintang agreed with this, "Okay, we will make a report after the meeting, and I will forward it to the United States for their cooperation."

Xia Yi nodded, "Okay, Mr. Shi."

Sansa Bruce stood up and looked at Shi Jintang with a serious face, "Mr. Shi, the company's immigration pace needs to slow down.

In the year and a half from last year to this year, the arrival of 200 million people greatly worsened our financial situation.

Medical care, housing, food, clothing, and other aspects have greatly consumed our material reserves, and at the same time, it has also put various industries in the company under tremendous pressure. "

Shi Jintang sighed, the company's financial resources were still too thin.

"Well, tell me the specific situation."

"The company's total fiscal revenue last year was 53.28 billion yuan, of which 15.9 billion yuan was from taxes within the company's territory, 30.5 billion yuan was distributed from overseas companies, and 6.88 million yuan was from indigenous taxes.

Last year, the actual expenses of various departments were 38.1 billion yuan. By the end of June, the total cost of large-scale immigration this year had reached 6 billion yuan.

It is foreseeable that the fiscal deficit this year will be very serious, and there will be a large number of immigrants entering the country in the second half of the year. Our financial department will be extremely struggling! "

Sansa Bruce was talking about calculated figures. Most of them were materials in the company's strategic reserves, so the real expenses were materials such as clothing, medicine, and vaccines.

Of course, there is also the company's industrial product output value. If these things are looked at through numbers, there will undoubtedly be huge losses, but immigration cannot be calculated based on numbers.

"Well, I understand. The fiscal deficit can be made up from the company's secret treasury.

We can also divert some funds from Commissioner Shi Jinyong. This matter must continue to be pushed forward, and the immigration matter cannot be stopped. "

Sansa Bruce sighed and sat down.

Tie Lan stood up and nodded to Shi Jintang, "Our problem still lies in immigration. The large-scale immigration has led to a sharp increase in the number of our civil cases.

At present, our legal and police systems are struggling to support themselves. We hope that the company will allocate more budget to our two departments.

The pressure on us to increase the number of grassroots legal workers and police officers is currently the greatest among all departments in the company. "

Shi Jintang had to agree with Tie Lan's proposal, "Okay, you guys will report it as soon as possible. This matter has the highest priority, and the finance department must also respond quickly."

Sansa Bruce and Iron Lan nodded at the same time, "Yes."

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