Chapter 168: Huck’s anomaly in Africa

"Major Huck, this is the labor we sent to you this month. There are 2,000 people in total. The Mbundu are young and middle-aged from 20 to 30 years old. They are absolutely in good physical condition and are free from any infectious diseases. Bad hobby. They are obedient and obedient, and have a certain amount of mining experience. They are definitely the best miners under your hand." Portuguese businessman Navarro respectfully said.

"Well, very good. If the labor you provide this time is at the same level as last time, then you can also provide the labor next year." Just after Major Huck finished speaking, Navarro consciously offset a check. Go up.

"Boy, don't use this thing to buy me off, I don't need this money! I still want to stay in Lüderitz Bay for a while! Do your business well and spend more time on business!" Colonel Huck Immediately pushed the check back, and carefully looked at the civil affairs staff who were preparing to accept labor not far away.

  Major Huck is more and more enjoying life now. The helplessness, pain and even anger when he first arrived in Africa have been thrown into the Atlantic Ocean by him. The current Lüderitz Bay has not been what it used to be after more than 5 years of construction. The towns developed around diamond mining can already provide a high-quality life for all people. In this "special zone" controlled by the Kingdom of Bavaria, there are 2,000 Germans and 11,000 "resident" blacks, as well as tens of thousands of migrant workers. And Major Huck is one of the core personnel who manage this area of ​​80,000 square kilometers!

  Recall the hard life when he first arrived, and think about the order that His Royal Highness gave to himself. Major Huck now admires his master more and more. He is too prescient! Although Major Huck is an aristocratic title, he is a full-scale turtle. The largest city he ever visited is Munich. The trajectory of life for more than 20 years has not left Bavaria... His image of Africa is undoubtedly backward, barbaric, black javelin, terror poison or something.

  As a cavalry officer, he was not afraid of any enemies. When he came to Africa with confidence, the biggest problem they encountered was not the hostility of blacks. But no one... Yes, you read that right. No one! Anyone in future generations will know the situation in Namibia just by clicking Baidu. The area of ​​820,000 square kilometers is approximately equal to the area of ​​four and a half Hebei Provinces. As a result, there are only 2.4 million people... Not enough 3 people per square kilometer! And this is the population at the beginning of the 21st century!

  If time goes back to 1895, it would be under the bayonet of the German colonists in the harsh environment. It's conceivable how many people can be here, and how many people don't even know about the colonists. After all, there was no household registration in this area at the time. Germany didn't care about this matter, but it is certain that there are very few people. ......

  Then Major Huck immediately transformed from a cavalry officer to a contractor! no way. Diamond mines must be mined! If you can't find African laborers, you can only let Huck pick their picks! Huck once protested to the prince, thinking that it was an insult to him to let the soldiers do this!

  Then the prince decisively gave him two choices. The first choice is to give you 1 million marks, no matter what method is used to solve the problem of labor shortage and subsistence. The second option is to get out immediately, I find someone else! There are a group of down-and-out nobles in Bavaria who are waiting for promotion, many of you!

  At the critical moment, Dr. Itmayer helped Major Huck a lot. As an old dough stick who has been in South Africa for a long time, the doctor has a good relationship with the Boers and the British. After all, he found many gold mines. The British need him to open a mine, and the Boers are also recommended by him to buy weapons. Both sides can eat!

  Under the recommendation of the Ph.D., the British provided Major Huck with a group of black laborers at a price of around £40 per person. These people were all rebels and their families in British South Africa, and they were dealt with at a low price to Major Huck based on the principle of not seeing it and paying back.

  Faced with the 500 black buddies who were called labor slaves sent by the British, Huck didn’t have the idea of ​​using the capitalists of the same period to squeeze the other’s labor directly! The reason is simple. If these people all kneel at the end, then Huck will have to lead someone on the pickaxe! What's more, Major Huck also works part-time. I'm not the boss. The boss approves the funds and uses them up.

  Of course, some people think about corruption. But Huck and others quickly figured out the current situation, even if you get the money, how can you spend it in Africa? Things bought on the black market are too expensive, too expensive! Moreover, the rations sent by domestic regular ships are sufficient. The popular saying in later generations is that the means of living can already be allocated on demand. Anyway, there were only a few hundred Germans... As for mailing the money back to China? I think too much, and there is a dedicated person in charge of incoming and outgoing mail, if it is discovered. That's really too much to walk around.

  If you want someone to help you work, you must at least eat your meal first. Although the food is not good, Major Huck still manages enough food in order to ensure the progress and quality of the project. And with this treatment, for the black buddies who just came out of the concentration camp, they are already considered heaven! The black buddies who came here saw that life was pretty good, and they didn't plan to resist or run away.

  The crows in the world are as black, but the black compatriots in the world are not a family! Where did those people come from when Europeans engaged in the slave trade? Europeans caught only a small part of it themselves, and most of them were caught by black tribes! When the blacks of South Africa arrived in Namibia, they were unaccompanied. Even if you escaped, let's not say if you can eat all you can eat, it is possible to be caught as a slave!

  So after ensuring the basic nutritional supply of black laborers, UU reading www.uukanshu.com black people chose to cooperate very honestly. And a small number of high-ranking officers such as Huck also requested heavy manual labor and began to engage in more valuable and creative activities! Because they found that the vegetables and grains shipped from their home countries are too expensive, it would be cheaper if they were purchased locally, but the problem is that the local grains are not enough for themselves...

"Damn capitalist, farmer!" As a colonizer, Huck cursed his German colleagues who belonged to the colonists more than once. This is not to say how high the level of thinking of Major Huck is, but because of the capitalists and farmers. The practice harmed Major Huck’s interests. The method they promoted to grow a single cash crop on a large area did make themselves a lot of money, but the consequences caused by it all made the German colonial government pay the bill!

  The direct consequence of planting all cash crops is a substantial reduction in food production. As far as the relationship between population and land in Namibia is concerned, it stands to reason that there will never be a shortage of food. But after the farmer’s tossing about it, there was a shortage of food, and it needed to be imported. There was less food, and when the price of food was high, people were hungry. Part of the turmoil in the German African colonies was due to the brutality of German rule, and part of the reason was lack of food .

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