African Nationhood

Chubby Shitai looked at the flat farmland in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief. It took more than ten days to level and plow the one hundred acres of land.

The slow efficiency of cultivating the land is purely due to the poor tools of the indigenous people, most of which are hoes.

If we had a tractor, we could plow this hundred acres in less than two days.

And compared with the local black people, the indigenous people here are only a little stronger, so you can't expect too much.

After their agricultural team arrived here, they asked Prime Minister Reini to help them coordinate 100 acres of land on the outskirts of the city.

Then they asked Reinni to come to Prime Minister Aledniwari to help them find more than a hundred indigenous people. These indigenous people were all tenant farmers of the prime minister's family.

Although the British and the French did not allow slavery, there was no problem with tenant farming. Most landlords had a large number of tenant farmers serving the landlords.

Both indigenous landowners and French landowners were engaging in serfdom in disguise.

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The Agricultural Technology Institute needs to plant a season of crops here first and compare them with the local ones after harvesting to avoid crop failure due to unsuitable soil and water.

They had encountered this kind of thing in their home country before. The Agricultural Technology Institute planted very good crops in Singapore and Sumatra, but when they arrived in South China, there was a bad harvest, which caused a big problem in agricultural production that year.

After careful comparison, it was found that there are huge differences between the two sides in terms of light conditions, soil and water fertility, and pests and diseases.

Insufficient light and incorrect pesticides are the main reasons for the severe harvest failure.

After learning this lesson, their agricultural department will conduct trial planting for one season before promoting new varieties on a large scale. Only after confirming that there are no major problems will they be promoted on a large scale.

After sowing the farmland in front of them, their team will go to other areas on the island to conduct trial planting.

However, the troops dispatched from the mainland are currently limited, and it is not appropriate to escort them to other areas yet.

……

"Lao Shi, Lao Shi?"

Shitai followed the sound and found that his old partner Li Lei was waving to him from a distance.

He walked over and asked, "What's the matter, so urgent?"

"Minister Zhong asked us to have a meeting."

Since official matters could not be delayed, Shitai arranged for the people at the Agricultural Technical Institute around him to sow new corn as soon as possible and arrange for the transplanting of new rice seedlings.

……

When they arrived at the Queen's Palace, they found that Prime Minister Zhong Yilin, Reinni Laidnivori and others were there.

"Hello, Minister Zhong."

"Take a seat, you two. We have been here for a long time. Next, let's discuss taking over the farmland on the island."

Shitai and Li Lei have different divisions of labor. Shitai mainly prefers technical work, while Li Lei prefers administrative work.

"Minister Zhong, please tell us, we will all listen."

“I have discussed with Prime Minister Reini Laedniwori that we will establish the Falklands Agricultural Development Company on the island.

You two serve as the general manager and deputy general manager of the company. After the company is established, you will start to confirm the rights to the farmland on the island. "

The work of confirming land rights is very important because land is the basis of government administrative power.

Only when the government masters the most important means of production can it have the natural legal principles of administration.

"Well, okay. So what are the rules for confirming land rights this time?"

"After you establish an agricultural development company, I will ask Commander Tian Guang to dispatch four battalions to follow you.

The confirmation of land rights must be carried out region by region, and no mountain and forest land can be spared.

As long as valid certificates cannot be produced for the land, it is state-owned and will be fully recovered.

They will be distributed after the Chinese immigrants arrive in the future. "

After saying this, both of them understood.

To put it bluntly, this land rights confirmation work is to turn the indigenous people on the island from property owners to proletarians (this is what the Japanese did on Baodao). Only in this way can sufficient labor be provided for the transportation construction announced by Minister Zhong. Otherwise, large-scale infrastructure plans and the relocation of indigenous people will be impossible to discuss.

The land is in the hands of the government, which can hire indigenous people to farm or move them to the mainland to allocate land.

There is almost no resistance in this approach. If the land property rights of the indigenous people are recognized, most of them will not follow the government's instructions.

“What about the original landowners and the French on the island?”

“Whether they are indigenous or French, each person can retain up to 100 acres of land, and the government must redeem all the extra land.

The price will be based on the price when they bought the land. If it is ownerless land without a certificate, they will be held accountable for occupying state-owned land without authorization and causing losses to the government. "

Shitai and Li Lei smiled and nodded. That's right. These former dignitaries and the French used their power to embezzle land, and now it's time for them to pay their debts.

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The Queen and the royal family have been forcibly relocated to the mainland one after another. The land under their names is in addition to the stipulated 100 acres per person.

The rest are all state-owned, and the harvest from these lands during the season is a considerable amount of income.

In addition, most of the vanilla cultivation on Nobbe Island in the north must be nationalized, because these vanillas are very popular in international trade, and the government wants to seize this financial source.

When they came, the mainland allocated a lot of supplies, and they could not continue to allow the mainland to allocate funds. They had to collect some capital from the Falklands as soon as possible to facilitate future administration.

The Prime Minister Lenny Alade Nivoli's family in front of him also has a lot of land. He is also a target of relocation, but he is still needed now, so we won't do anything to him for the time being.

"Okay, we get it."

Shitai and Li Lei said goodbye and left.

After sending the two people away, Zhong Yilin looked at Prime Minister Lenny Alade Nivoli in front of him.

"Next, we are going to promote some reforms on the island, and these require your cooperation, Mr. Prime Minister."

Prime Minister Lenny Lai Aled Nivoli immediately smiled and nodded, "Dear Minister Zhong, please tell me and I will cooperate well."

"The first thing is to reform your names. Our skin colors are similar, but the differences in our names are very obvious. I hope you can cooperate with us in reforming our surnames."

Malagasy surnames are very complicated, and foreigners are often confused, but locals are very happy with their long and peculiar surnames.

Because their names are all short sentences, and the indigenous people with very long surnames are mainly the Melina and Bejillo people.

The monarchs and descendants of these two tribes like to use special surnames to show their unique identities.

In the 18th century, a prince of the Melina dynasty chose a 20-letter surname because he expanded his territory through wars and alliances. The meaning of his name was "the prince that the Kingdom of Melina is looking forward to."

Later, another prince took a 33-letter name, which meant "a good prince who is not like other princes."

In front of me is Prime Minister Lenny Alade Nivoli, whose name means "the noble one from Melina".

Such names are very annoying to the Chinese people. It takes a long time just to name them, so reform is bound to continue.

Prime Minister Reinni Aradniwari was very resistant when he heard the content of the reform, but he was helpless.

Not changing your name means disobeying your new master. If you don't obey your master, you can imagine your fate.

"Minister Zhong, is this what Chairman Tudushi meant?"

Zhong Yilin smiled and nodded, "Our Chairman Shi is very kind to the good people who obey him. If they don't obey, they are the enemies of Nanhua Kingdom. There is no need for us to be polite to our enemies.

Since the establishment of our political system, we have never been soft on the black indigenous people.

Because your skin color and hair color are very similar to those of us Chinese, Chairman Shi decided that you belong to our Chinese heritage.

Therefore, we give you the same status as the local Chinese. If you don't cherish this honor, you are ungrateful! "

When Prime Minister Lenny came to Alednivoli, he was so frightened that his legs weakened. He knelt down with a thud and begged: "Don't worry, Minister Zhong, I will actively cooperate with your reforms. What do you think we should do?" That’s it.”

Zhong Yilin smiled and helped up Reini to Prime Minister Aledni Wari, "That's right, as long as you obey, we will absolutely guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing, and your honor will remain the same.

By the way, your name has the word "Lai" in front of it. How about changing all your family names to Lai, and your name is Lai Deli? How about that? "

Prime Minister Lenny Lai Aled Nivoli nodded bitterly, "Okay, I am willing to change my name. Thank you for giving me a name." (End of Chapter)