African Nationhood

Chapter 654 State Council-Land and Resources
After Cai Jinzhang finished speaking, Shi Jinyong looked at Jan Smuts, a senior Boer official in the Ministry of Land and Resources.

"Minister Smuts, please come and talk about the issue of land and resources."

Jan Smuts nodded, "Our land area has grown significantly in the past five years, and the German Pacific Colony, Tanga in East Africa, Uganda and Southwest Somalia have all come under our control.

Our department also sent personnel to conduct mineral resource exploration activities in these areas.

At present, the important mineral in Papua New Guinea is copper mine.

After exploration, it was discovered that there was a giant copper mine on Bougainville Island, and many gold and silver minerals were also explored on New Britain Island.

The archipelago surrounding the Papua New Guinea colony can vigorously develop the plantation economy, and a small number of immigrants or local Chinese free people can develop local planting industries.

As for the development of copper mines, we have established a copper mine development company on Bougainville Island.

Use the indigenous people on the island to serve as labor force for development. When these indigenous people are exhausted, the copper mining company will be handed over to the immigrants on the island.

By then, state-owned shares will occupy the shares, and local people will be able to improve their living standards due to the profits from the giant copper mine.

In this way, the local economy can develop based on this giant copper mine, and the mined copper ore can be transported to the country or sold abroad.

As for the mainland of New Guinea, our personnel did not go deep into the interior because the natural conditions were too harsh and the local indigenous people were too exclusive.

It can be seen from some information left by the Germans that there are some mineral resources in the interior of the island, but the natural conditions are too harsh, and larger resources need to be invested to achieve benefits.

The idea is to work with the black people we transport and have them act as prospectors and developers.

Defeat the indigenous people and then jointly develop the resources in the interior. This method has slow results, but it is extremely reliable and is also the most economical colonial method.

Those black people had nothing when they arrived on the island. They had to fight with the indigenous people.

In this way, the two sides will never be able to live in harmony, which is convenient for us to control.

Moreover, black people are not good at being gregarious. They speak more indigenous languages, so there is no need to worry about black people being gregarious and fighting against us. "

At first glance, these methods of Jan Smuts are no different from British colonial methods.

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After World War I, nationalism began to awaken, and Britain, France, and the United States also began to use nationalism as an excuse to interfere in other countries.

After South China became independent, the indigenous people could no longer be targeted for cleanup and killing as before.

Once they unite, the difficulties and losses they cause will increase exponentially.

In addition, Britain, France and the United States will also take the opportunity to attack South China.

If we want to solve the problem of indigenous people on our land without allowing countries such as Britain, France, and the United States to find fault, we must find other ways to achieve our goal.

Transporting West African natives to the island of New Guinea is the easiest and fastest way to avoid criticism from Britain, France, the United States and other countries and to transfer conflicts.

Although this method will waste some transportation capacity, it can reduce trouble.

Send the indigenous people far away, and even if their descendants find fault, they will not be able to return to Africa.

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The reason why Chairman Shi was eager to accommodate the fleeing immigrants from White Goose was because he wanted to lay the foundation for South China before 1920.

Considering that he is almost sixty years old, although he still has the energy to fight in bed with the young Maria.

But once a person's body reaches old age, it is no longer under the control of personal will.

Chairman Shi can't guarantee how long he can live, and only he in this world knows what the future will be like.

He cannot let the political system he worked so hard to create go wrong, and he does not want this political system to collapse like the red goose.

He must protect Nanhua in advance and make top-level designs before he dies.

Chairman Shi must consider the long term and cultivate spiritual Nanhua people in advance. These people will be to protect the dam of Nanhua. At the same time, he should not forget to build a firewall-type government around Nanhua to avoid continuous infiltration by the black uncle.

It makes everything in the country smelly and smelly, and it's not good for people who hate dogs.

These are delicate tasks that cannot be accomplished in one day.

Time was not on his side and he had to race against time. …

“Our people have conducted detailed exploration in the Tanga territory in East Africa and roughly estimate that this area is rich in resources and has a lot of gold mineral resources, most of which are distributed on the south shore of Lake Victoria.

Although there are mineral deposits, the gold mine here is of low grade, similar to the gold grade of the Namib Second Gold Mine (less than 2 grams per ton).

It has no large-scale development value for the time being and can be left to be developed later or handed over to private capital for mining.

The diamond mine reserves here are relatively sufficient. We predict that the diamond reserves in this area should exceed 5000 million carats, but they are insufficient compared to our Kimberley Mine and Stone Mine (Cullinan Mine).

Mining is not recommended for the time being and can be left to be developed later or left to basic private mining.

In addition, Tanga in East Africa is rich in gemstones, and gemstone minerals are the most abundant mineral resources in the region.

Gemstone mineral resources are widely distributed in the region. In addition to being abundant in the northeast and south, some gemstone deposits have also been discovered in the Arusha region and the southeastern region of Dodoma.

Among them, sapphire (tanzanite blue) is the most famous, and gem-quality minerals such as spinel, cat's eye, and emerald are also produced.

In addition to the above-mentioned advantageous mineral resources, iron ore, titanium ore, rare earth and other metal minerals are also found in this area.

Kaolin, bentonite, magnesite, graphite, coal and other non-metallic minerals.

The coal and iron ore deposits in Tanga, East Africa, are located in the southern region. The natural conditions there are too poor, and the initial cost of mining is high.

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In Uganda, preliminary estimates indicate that gold, copper, cobalt, iron, tungsten, tin, etc. in this area have great mining value.

Especially for iron ore, it is roughly estimated that there are hundreds of millions of tons of high-grade iron ore. Although the iron ore resources in this area are relatively rich and high-grade, there are also many associated elements.

Development is difficult and requires large-scale comprehensive smelting companies to be able to mine.

Most of the gold mines in this area are on the side of the Great Lakes in Victoria, and are mainly alluvial gold, with high mining value.

However, the harsh natural conditions in the area are one of the conditions that need to be overcome first.

Generally speaking, mineral resources in Uganda require more initial investment.

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Southwest Somalia is a very barren place with almost no decent mineral resources. Because of the Juba River and the Shabelle River, two large rivers that nourish the area, that area can develop some planting and agriculture and animal husbandry.

After talking about the above areas, let me talk about the land and resources situation in the autonomous territory.
In 1913, the output value of precious resources within our territory reached 72 billion yuan. This year, our output value has increased several times, reaching 333 billion yuan.

The annual output of gold is 1411 million ounces (about 400 tons), and the annual output of diamonds is 88 carats.

The output of these two products far exceeds that of other countries in the world, and it is still the world's largest producer of luxury goods. "

The production value of these two luxury goods is so high because we signed a good price for gold with Britain before the war.

Although the price was negotiated, the gold was not shipped back to the UK because of the debt the UK owed us, and it still stayed in our secret vault.

“my country’s crude steel production has reached 1050 million tons, ranking second in the world, second only to the United States.

We are far behind the first place, the United States, which is 3959 million tons, and there is still a lot of room for catching up.

Our country's copper ore mining volume remains at 50 tons. Thanks to the development of electricity, our country's copper production increased to 8.9 tons during the war, surpassing Chile, which ranks first in the world.

Although my country's coal mining volume has grown rapidly, reaching 33100 million tons, ranking second in the world, there is a large gap with the first place, the United States, which has 58940 million tons.

In terms of iron ore mining, my country's annual mining volume has reached 2200 million tons, ranking second in the world, second only to the United States, and the gap with the United States has narrowed.

In terms of crude oil extraction, the annual oil extraction output of the Sakhalin Administration is 12 tons, and the annual oil extraction output of the Sulu Sultanate is 35 tons.

Crude oil production from these two overseas territories is still at a low level.

The annual crude oil production of the Mills Oilfield in Sumatra reaches 220 million tons (1 ton = 7 barrels of crude oil). Our crude oil production is significantly lower than that of the United States.

To sum up, we have obvious advantages in land and resources compared to most countries in the world.

However, there is still a big gap compared to the United States, and there is ample room for growth. My speech ends here. "

(End of this chapter)