In the colonies, even the most ordinary Ming people could live an extremely wealthy life.
However, not everyone is like this.
For naturalized citizens, naturalization may double their income, but there are still many restrictions due to the invisible ceiling.
After all, the people of the Ming Dynasty are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the naturalized people are the naturalized people.
However, for Taketaro, being able to become a naturalized citizen was enough to make him excited. Even now, he still remembers that when he just took the oath of naturalization a year ago, he knelt down in the naturalization hall excitedly and spoke fluently.
The Nanjing Mandarin expressed loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor over and over again.
In fact, before he became a naturalized citizen, he had shown his loyalty to the empire time and time again on the battlefield. In the Saber Team, when quelling the tribe's rebellion, he once killed nearly a hundred people at a time. It was by virtue of his
With outstanding military exploits, he will become the first batch of naturalized citizens of the Guinea Company.
After naturalization, he had no intention of staying in the Ba Dao team. He hoped to change his destiny through doing business. Even until now, he has not married a native woman like other team members.
After all, the status here is very clear. If he marries a native woman, it means that his status will always stay in the middle and lower classes of society. After all, he is a naturalized
As a citizen, their status is not high.
"In Guinea, even the most ordinary Ming family has five or six maids. A slightly more prestigious family has at least fifty maids, just like them..."
In the restaurant, Wu Tailang turned his attention to the waitresses who were busy in the restaurant. They were often the maids of the owner's family.
As a civilized country, the Ming Dynasty definitely did not have slaves. These indigenous maids were all local "contracted female workers". Although the cheap wages may only be three meals and a few cents, they are definitely not slaves.
"This is everything we deserve to enjoy."
He picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and then Zhang Zhi said proudly.
"This is the reward for us being far away from the mainland of the empire and pioneering in this barbaric land."
Anyone who lives in a colony will follow the local customs. Compared with Europeans, the Ming Dynasty was very civilized. At least they did not cut off their hands at every turn. Even in the face of rebellion, they tried to kill as little as possible and be careful with them. At most, they were forced to serve in labor force.
That’s it. Even if local workers are recruited to build roads and open mines, they will still be paid.
What is civilization? This is civilization!
As for the civilization those Europeans talked about there, it was just lip service. To them, they had never regarded the indigenous people as human beings.
"Yes, Mr. Zhang, this is indeed something we should enjoy!"
Wu Tailang nodded in agreement and said, "Can you disagree?"
"But, Mr. Zhang, haven't you noticed that there are business opportunities in this!"
"What?"
As soon as he heard about the business opportunity, Zhang Zhi immediately became interested.
"Maid training!"
Wu Tailang said with some excitement.
"Zhang Jun, thousands of Ming people come here every year. Of course they need someone to take care of their daily life. Those maids should be able to speak Ming dialect. They should have received strict training, understand etiquette, and know their duties as servants.
of."
Although Taketaro came from a declining noble family, and although he had never had a servant when he was in Japan, his sister was a servant of the feudal lord.
"Now, those servants have not been trained at all. How can such people serve their masters? So, I think it is necessary for us to establish a maid school to specially train maids. Then introduce them to their masters, what we need
It’s just a little training fee.”
Staring at Zhang Zhi, Wu Tailang said proudly.
"You know, this is a market for tens of thousands of people every year. Even if a maid charges a few yuan, that's a market of tens of thousands of dollars!"
Tens of thousands of dollars!
In an instant, Zhang Zhi was moved!
He thought about it in his mind for a while, and realized that this matter was very promising, and he even took the initiative to say it.
"We don't have to train for others. We can also train a group of our own maids and then rent them to the newcomers for two yuan a month, no, one yuan and five cents. In this case, our profit will be at least one yuan and thirty cents.
money……"
Well, the salary of a maid is generally only 20 cents, which is just to take care of three meals a day, and the employer has to provide four sets of work clothes every year. Calculated in Guinea, it is still a lot of money. You know, those
The wages of "contracted laborers" who work on construction sites are only 50 cents. That is, one yuan for those who go overseas.
Of course, this wage level is linked to the price level, and of course the colonies cannot be the same as the mainland.
At this time, Wu Tailang had no idea how brilliant the career he had created here was. It was also after him that colonial maids almost became a sign of the Ming Dynasty in Africa. Almost every Ming Dynasty who lived and worked in the colonies,
They would all use words of praise to describe their maids in their memoirs. In the context of the Ming Dynasty, the term "black pearl" was even added, which was specifically used to describe those well-trained maids. If not
Because there is a ban on colonial residents not being allowed to enter the mainland without amnesty, I am afraid that those "black pearls" will also allow more Ming people to experience the "emperor-like" superior services.
However, that kind of "imperial service" can only be enjoyed by Emperor Zhu Da himself. Even on an airship with a small space, as the emperor, he can enjoy an exclusive box and communicate with other people outside the cabin.
The difference with that kind of cot is that his bed even has soft cushions.
When the airship flew over Guinea, Zhu Xianhai, who was lying on the bed, deliberately looked towards the ground. Although the airship did not need to land in Guinea, Emperor Zhu Da still let the airship pass here.
This is the colony of Ming Dynasty!
Looking down from the air at the green gem-like Guinea on the ground, in fact the purpose of occupying this land is simple, it is for iron ore.
Perhaps, this is one of the biggest advantages of being a person in the future. Although there are no large-scale iron mines in the Ming Dynasty, this large iron mine in Guinea with reserves of billions of tons can just solve the urgent needs of the Ming Dynasty.
Even in Emperor Zhu's plan, even if Brazil's iron ore is mined in the future, Guinea's iron ore will still be extremely important - its ore can be exported to France, the United Kingdom and other European countries. Well, there is also the North German Federation
, Germany, which failed to gain Alsace and Lorraine from France, must also need Guinea iron ore.
"Everything is under control!"
When he uttered this sigh again, Emperor Zhu Da was so proud!
The reason why I am so proud is that the land below the airship is not only vast, but most of the area is still an unclaimed land.
If the Ming Dynasty could seize the opportunity, it would be possible for the Ming Dynasty to turn this vast land into a Ming Dynasty colony while Europeans' attention was attracted to Turkey and other places.
By that time, the Ming Dynasty would really be the largest colonial empire in the world.
"Africa is also extremely rich."
Looking at this land from the airship, Emperor Zhu smiled slightly. At this moment, he saw a future...
This chapter has been completed!