African Nationhood

Chapter 319 Accident
  After a long voyage, Yuan Asheng and the others finally arrived at the Port of Beira in Southwest Africa.

Because there were so many people on the ship, the technicians were asked to stay on the ship without disembarking. This port only accepted ordinary immigrants.

So Yuan Asheng and three to four hundred skilled immigrants stood at the bow of the ship and watched ordinary immigrants disembark.

There are many ordinary immigrants, thousands of them, and they line up in long lines to register for naturalization.

After registration, you can go to the tent area at the pier to wait for guidance and reception.

Although the construction of Beira Port is somewhat crude, there are many people in this port. You can see Chinese people wearing red and blue jumpers running around and talking and laughing everywhere.

They could also see those foreign women wearing white robes and veils at the port. Liang Baoyou said they were Arab women.

Yuan Asheng immediately felt that those foreign women were very special. They looked very attractive with only one pair of eyes exposed.

The Arab men wearing headscarves are relatively common, but it is rare for these Arabs to run around on the pier to sell their products.

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They were allowed to disembark only after the ordinary immigrants on the ship had disembarked.

Then, before they knew it, they were taken to another small cruise ship. This ship was smaller than the one they took before, and they were the only immigrants on this ship.

They were told to go to the next port, so they wandered around on an offshore cruise ship for nearly ten days before arriving at a larger port.

Along the way, when they passed a port called Jolu (today's Port of Saisay, Mozambique), more than half of the skilled immigrants on the ship disembarked. Most of them were engaged in the shipbuilding industry.

In this way, the big port where the remaining more than a hundred skilled immigrants came was Map Port. The first impression when they arrived here was that there were so many people.

They were all in a trance for a moment, this place was almost the same as that in the Demon City.

Map Port is particularly busy. There are many ships moored in this port, and they are all large ships. When they disembarked, they actually saw a cruise ship with a huge paddle wheel.

Yuan Asheng and his party all lamented the prosperity here. From the boat, they could see that the people at the port were living a good life.
  Because most of them have smiles on their faces, and their bodies are strong and their faces are rosy.

The fact that so many Chinese people can live so well here shows that the gentlemen in power here are very clear-minded, at least they are not stupid officials!
  ……

Yuan Asheng and others got off the boat according to the instructions, and saw a young man with a smile on his face coming over.

"Hello everyone, I am the receptionist of Mapu Port. My name is Shi Ronghua. You can call me Xiaoshi or call me Ronghua.

I will be here to receive you in the next few days. If you have any questions, you can ask me. "

Standing behind, Hong Ye immediately resisted when he saw the young and energetic handsome boy Shi Ronghua. She was allergic after being injured.

And Liang Baoyou, who was familiar with him, came over to Shi Ronghua as soon as he saw him, "Master Xiaoshi, you're welcome, we are new to Guibao Land, it's..."

Shi Ronghua immediately waved his hand and said seriously: "My immigrant friend, please stop for a moment and listen to me.

When you came from the Qing Dynasty, you must have retained the etiquette and customs of the Qing Dynasty, but when you arrive in our Southwest Africa, I must first clarify to you the rules of our Southwest Africa.

That is: No matter who you are here, everyone is equal, and there is no such thing as a big or small person.

This is the rule set by Shi Jintang, the general manager of our Nanhua Company in Southwest Africa, that ‘everyone is equal’.

I hope everyone will remember that those who disobey this order are likely to be punished. The punishment includes being whipped in public, and in serious cases, they may even be sent to a forced labor camp. "

After listening to Shi Ronghua's introduction, the skilled immigrants were shocked. They were used to waiting for others, but the phrase "everyone is equal" sounded very new to them.

Hong Ye learned from the rules set by Mr. Shi that he was unusual.

"Everyone is equal", does that mean that women like her will not suffer discrimination?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shake her head. If everyone was truly equal, it wouldn't happen to her.

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"Okay, everyone is probably tired when they first arrived. Please give me your naturalization forms and I will take you to rest and stay.

Tomorrow I will take you to visit the Map Port City, and then I will arrange for you to join the factory. "

Yuan Asheng and others handed in the naturalization forms, and then followed Shi Jingrong to a large hotel by the dock. Hong Ye knew how to read. She saw that there was a signboard for this hotel, and there were common Chinese characters in it. After some identification, she could barely recognize a few characters: Ma, Jie, Suo.

Shi Jingrong was very responsible. He led everyone to the door of the room.

Because there are many men among the more than 100 skilled immigrants, most of these men are crowded into one room, while the conditions for a few women such as Hong Ye are better.

They all share a room with three people. The other two women in Hong Ye's room are both middle-aged embroidery workers.

The three women hadn't spoken much before, so they packed their clothes and didn't speak.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Hong Ye took the initiative to open the door and found the young and energetic Shi Ronghua standing at the door.

The young man smiled when he saw that it was Hong Ye who opened the door. He was not frightened by the birthmark on the woman's face, because he had also seen faces damaged by bullets.

He looked directly at Hong Ye with bright eyes, "This is hot water for you guys. Just get off the boat and wash your face to feel more comfortable. I will come and take you to the cafeteria to eat later."

Hong Ye felt quite uncomfortable with the young man's eyes. She lowered her head subconsciously, thanked her softly, and then reached out to take the barrel.

While taking the bucket, her hand accidentally touched the young man's hand, and she retracted her hand as if she was electrocuted.

"Dong~ah!"

The barrel fell to the ground and the hot water inside splashed out, pouring on Hong Ye's calves and feet.

Shi Jingrong was startled, jumped over the barrel, and supported Hong Ye, who was holding his feet and screaming in pain as he was shaking.

"Are you OK?"

Hong Ye was supported by the young man. She froze immediately and didn't know what to do for a moment.

The two women in the room also reacted. They hurriedly came over and helped get Hong Ye to the bed.

Shi Jingrong looked at Hong Ye anxiously like a child who had done something wrong, fearing that the female immigrant would be injured due to his mistake, and his evaluation for this year would be over.

The other two women looked at Shi Jingrong and stood there like a fool. One woman pointed at him and said, "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you hurry out?"

Only then did Shi Ronghua react and hurriedly walked out of the room carrying the bucket, then waited at the door of the room and kept pacing.

After a while, the middle-aged embroiderer inside opened the door and said, "She's fine. You can go back first."

Shi Ronghua nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he remembered that he was here to deliver water.

So he placed the bucket at the door and continued to deliver hot water to other rooms.

The middle-aged embroiderer picked up the barrel and closed the door. Looking at Hong Ye, whose feet were red and struggling to endure the pain, he couldn't help but smile.

"How can you still act like a young girl at your age? It's really strange!"

Hong Ye felt aggrieved by these words, but it was hard to cry in front of others, so he could only endure the pain and lay on the bed without speaking.

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After the middle-aged embroiderer finished speaking, he felt that it was not enough, and continued: "You said that it is really good for us to get here, and that young man looks very good.

The way you were standing at the door just now was so anxious, it seemed like you really cared about you.

This Southwest Africa is really different! "

Another embroiderer immediately echoed her, "Sister Liu, you are right, the people here are different from those in the Qing Dynasty.

The people here feel that they are very energetic at first glance, and people unconsciously believe that they are living a good life. "

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