Chapter 1331 Batavia

At this time in the previous life, the population of Qatar was about 16,000. Of course, this is definitely not what Ernst knows. After all, who cares about the population of Qatar, a small country?

The population of Qatar is nearly 3,000 less than in the previous life, which is also affected by East Africa. The main reason is that the artificial pearl culture technology appeared early, which seriously impacted Qatar's pillar industry.

In the previous life, when it just entered the early 20th century, the population of Qatar was nearly 30,000. It was due to the progress of Japan's artificial pearl culture technology that it fell back to more than 16,000.

Later, Qatar really made a fortune from oil until the 1930s. In 1935, Qatar and Britain officially signed an oil concession agreement, and began formal exploration two years later. In 1939, oil fields were finally discovered in the western part of Qatar.

So even if East Africa did not intervene, Qatar would have to wait at least a dozen years before it could live a good life. Now they can go to Batavia to "enjoy" in advance.

It is worth mentioning that today's Doha is far from the big city with a population of more than 1.5 million in Qatar in the previous life. It is just a small settlement in the Gulf area, with only more than 200 residents at ordinary times.

"Everyone board the ship in an orderly manner." The East African officers and soldiers commanded on the coast.

Qataris, men, women, old and young were basically temporarily concentrated in Doha. In order to maintain order, the 37th Brigade took the initiative to help.

This is in sharp contrast to the East African shouting and killing Arabs on the Pirate Coast (UAE) at the beginning. Even among the East African officers and soldiers, some people have several lives on their hands.

The East African officers and soldiers with live ammunition even took the initiative to help the elderly Qataris to successfully board the immigration ship, which is quite similar to the "style" of American soldiers in Afghanistan in the previous life under the propaganda of American media.

In just less than a month, the 37th Brigade followed the clues and cleared the entire population of Qatar. The biggest trouble in finding Qataris is some nomadic tribes or families, which are difficult to find, which took a lot of time.

But it was easy to find people. The East Africans used trucks to pull them directly to Doha. Given the small area of ​​Qatar, it didn't take much time.

This East African invasion emptied Qatar in one go, and no one even lost their lives due to war and conflict before leaving Doha.

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Badavia.

In the entire South China Sea, Batavia is indeed a very developed city. After all, it is the center of the Dutch East Indies.

The Dutch occupation of Batavia can be traced back to the early 17th century, so the city has developed for nearly three hundred years under the control of the Netherlands, and the whole city is full of the flavor of "Netherlands".

And next year, it is the 300th anniversary of the founding of Batavia. Of course, Batavia has a longer history. This so-called 300th anniversary of the founding of the city is based on the Dutch renaming the city Batavia in 1619.

Compared with most of the Nanyang region, Batavia is a completely different world. Whether it is roads or buildings, they are all in a unified European style. The Dutch have systematically planned Batavia, which is also one of the economic centers of the Nanyang region.

In addition to being an important spice distribution center in the Nanyang region, the economic development of Batavia has been stimulated by East Africa's desire to reopen the Sunda Strait route and East Africa's demand for the construction of its own colonies in the Nanyang region.

In Batavia, in addition to the natives and the Dutch citizens of their sovereign country, the most common people to see are East Africans.

Batavia is the nearest trading place for some colonies in East Africa. In the Nanyang region, the most developed city in East Africa is Pontianak, but Pontianak is not as prosperous as Batavia. Therefore, some commodities or transactions can only be obtained or carried out in cities such as Batavia.

For example, if some specialty products produced by some East African colonies are resold to Europe, Dutch merchants are a good choice, and the largest trading scale is the spices of Nanyang specialty.

Batavia is the largest gathering place for Dutch spice buyers. Most of the spices from the entire East Indies are concentrated here and then shipped back to Europe by the Dutch for sale.

Therefore, some colonial merchants in East Africa like to come to Batavia to handle their goods, not only spices, but also other cash crops or minerals.

In addition, many East African ships choose to dock in Batavia, especially when East Africa's colonies in the South Pacific are connected with the mainland, Batavia can be said to be a must-go place.

"That's Sangiang Island. Now this island has become a large construction site. I heard that the empire will build this island into a solid fortress of the empire in the Sunda Strait to ensure the safety of local merchant ships."

The East African captain who transported the Qataris pointed to the lonely Sangiang Island in the middle of the Sunda Strait and said to the crew.

"In the past, Sangiang Island was completely covered with green rainforests. Now a large part of the island has been cleared. The Empire has built several military facilities on the island. We can't see the prototype yet, but I guess they are most likely fortresses."

"When the time comes, build a few reinforced concrete turrets, and the entire Sunda Strait will be within the range of the Empire's 'truth'."

When the crew listened to the captain bragging about the Empire's great achievements, the Qataris on the ship also looked at both sides of the Sunda Strait in amazement.

This was the first time they saw land after leaving the Gulf of Oman, and the scenery was completely different from the vast desert on both sides of the Persian Gulf. The land here was covered with lush green forests, which was two extremes from their living environment.

Sangiang Island was the first island with buildings that Qatar had seen in the past few days. Of course, there were no ordinary residents on this island, only East African officers and soldiers and engineering teams.

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On Sangiang Island, in addition to the construction of basic settings such as turrets, the biggest attraction was an airport built by East Africa. The airport has not yet taken shape, but near the center of the island, the largest open space is East Africa's preparation for the construction of this airport.

After crossing Sangiang Island, the next stop was Batavia. Before dark, the immigrant ship arrived at Batavia, the central city of the East Indies.

After seeing the prosperous city of Batavia and learning that this was where they would live in the future, all the Qataris on the ship breathed a sigh of relief and began to look forward to a new life.

Judging from the scale and construction of Batavia alone, this city is beyond Qatar's imagination. It can be said that most Qataris have never seen such a prosperous city in their lives.

The Dutch Batavia Governor's Office, which had received the notice long ago, also sent personnel to receive this group of Qataris.

The Dutch Governor of Batavia was not surprised by what East Africa did. It can be said that Batavia is the destination of the people persecuted by East Africa. In the past, when East Africa colonized Southeast Asia, many wealthy indigenous rulers from Kalimantan or Mindanao fled to Batavia.

It's just that this is the first time I have seen such a large number of "victims" escorted to Batavia from East Africa, and the victims who came to Batavia this time are from the Middle East, which is even more strange.

So many Dutch people came to the dock to watch the excitement. They were not worried that these Qataris would cause trouble. After all, the East Indian colony is least lacking in Arab believers, and the least valuable thing in the entire East Indies is Arab believers. More than 10,000 Qataris are a drop in the bucket for the Dutch government.

According to the requirements of the East African government, the Dutch only needed to find a place to settle these Qataris, while the Dutch Governor of Batavia planned to directly incorporate some of the Qataris into the colonial army to suppress the resistance activities of some indigenous ethnic groups in East India, especially the Indonesians.