The price guarantee system is the first of its kind in the world. There is no experience from other countries to learn from, and the Ministry of Agriculture has to cross the river by feeling the stones.
In the afternoon, two staff from the Ministry of Agriculture came to a farm in Johannesburg to conduct research and obtain more first-hand information.
This is a standard farm of about 150 acres. The operation method is mainly to raise Nyasaland cattle and Merino sheep. There are about 50 Nyasaland cattle and 300 Merino sheep on the farm. The farmer annually
The income is expected to be around R2000.
“Two thousand rand, this income is higher than our director!” Bruce, who had just graduated, sighed. His annual income was only 250 rand, which was probably just above the average level.
“It’s not too much. Look clearly, there are nine people in this family, which is about the same as us on average.” Sunan, who has been working for five years, is Bruce’s senior. They both graduated from Nyasaland University.
After the establishment of the federal government, the population of Southern Africa has been growing explosively for more than ten years, from less than 5 million at the beginning to nearly 67 million now.
The number of 67 million is the latest data this year. As we all know, the population statistics of southern Africa were inaccurate for various reasons. In some years, the population of southern Africa even declined. This is not because someone is lazy and cannot remember.
data, but is caused by the great mobility of the population.
The simplest example is that a new immigrant comes to southern Africa from Port Edward and is then resettled to Victoria through the Immigration Bureau. In this way, the new immigrant leaves two entry records in Port Edward and Victoria.
In the era before computer networking, population statistics was a very complex task that required a huge investment of manpower and funds. In addition, a certain state's immigration bureau deliberately produced erroneous data for reasons that cannot be disclosed, which ultimately led to the federal
Since the establishment of the government, there has been no accurate data on population.
Even the figure of 67 million cannot be guaranteed by the Ministry of Interior to be correct.
"It's about the same as me, but far behind you. You also have a farm in Victoria. It seems bigger than this -" Bruce said sourly. It was easy to buy a farm in southern Africa five years ago, but it's basically impossible now.
Unless you spend money on it.
Five years ago, just after the World War, South West Africa and Tanganyika became the Mandate of Southern Africa, which was the last chance to obtain farms cheaply.
In southern Africa now, even in the most remote areas, the price of an acre of farm has soared to more than 10 rand. Compared with Luo Yi who only spent 280 pounds in Chapter 82 to buy a full 12 square kilometers in the Bechuanaland protected area.
, it really feels like a world away.
Sunan graduated from Nyasaland University five years ago. At that time, farms in Victoria were still very cheap. Sunan only spent R500 to purchase a 300-acre farm in Victoria. This investment was in
Today it seems to be a great deal. Even if Su Nan quits her job and goes home to run the farm, she will be able to live without worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life.
“My farm grows rubber trees, which are different from this one.” Sunan was also an old Versailles man, and he couldn’t hide the smile on his face.
The 300-acre rubber plantation generates annual profits similar to the farm Sunan and Bruce are going to.
The owner of the farm, whose surname was Liu, came to southern Africa in 1901 and settled down there. He married a Boer wife and the family was happy.
Coming to the farm along the path lined with bigster trees, Liu Zhen was waiting by the roadside in a Diesel pickup truck produced by Nyasaland Motors.
Once the pickup truck was launched, it became the most popular helper for farmers. Farms in southern Africa are relatively scattered. Farmers all live on their own farms. In some remote farms, the utilization rate of cars is limited. They can not only pull people but also
Pickups that can transport goods have become standard equipment on farms in southern Africa.
I won’t discuss the difference between pickup trucks and SUVs here. Although SUVs can be loaded, their application scenarios are also limited. Farmers in southern Africa can load cattle onto pickup trucks and send them to the market, but SUVs certainly can’t.
"Hello, Mr. Liu, I am Su Nan who contacted you yesterday. This is my ID. This is my colleague Bruce -" Su Nan introduced himself proactively, not because he was Liu Zhen's direct leader.
Arrogant attitude.
Su Nan and Bruce are employees of the Ministry of Agriculture, and Liu Zhen is the farmer. If calculated this way, it will be rounded off. Su Nan is indeed Liu Zhen’s direct boss, so there is nothing wrong with it.
“Hello, Mr. Su, hello, Mr. Bruce——” Liu Zhen was also polite and did not check the documents of Su Nan and Bruce.
There is nothing to worry about. The farmers in southern Africa are rich in wood, and Liu Zhen is clearly wearing a cowboy revolver on his waist. This is normal in southern Africa.
Handguns are not banned in southern Africa. Weapons such as pistols are very popular in southern Africa. Basically, every family will prepare a few of them.
"Call me Su Nan, you're welcome -" Su Nan and Bruce drove into the farm following Liu Zhen. The country road paved with gravel was very impressive. In September, the bigster tree had entered the flowering period, and the lavender bigster flowers
It blooms in the wind, and there is a faint fragrance in the air.
Knowing that Sunan and Bruce were coming, Liu Zhen's wife Zora was preparing afternoon tea for Sunan and Bruce. The house with blue bricks and red tiles was very oriental, and the white fence around the house was rich in color. There were several fat cats.
The strong South African Mastiff did not react much when seeing the stranger. This was because Liu Zhen was present.
If Liu Zhen is not present and a stranger wants to enter the farm, be prepared to be attacked by a South African Mastiff. An adult South African Mastiff is definitely more powerful than an adult male. If it bites, it will not let go.
That kind of thing, and it's also good at group combat. Thinking about a South African mastiff weighing more than 100 pounds rushing up with its bloody mouth open, it would be an absolutely sour scene.
The afternoon tea at Liu Zhen Farm is very characteristic of southern Africa. There is no black tea that the British like, only green tea produced in southern Africa.
There are no common snacks, but there are salted duck eggs with oily yolks and Zola's carefully made pies.
Bruce took a bite of the pie and immediately praised it.
"Mr. Liu, how is the farm's business situation?" Su Nan didn't waste time and got to the point as soon as he got up.
Bruce hurriedly put down the pie in his hand, opened his notebook and started recording.
“Not bad——” Liu Zhen didn’t say much, mostly because he was cautious when facing strangers.
“Tell me more specifically, how is the income from the farm? There are nine people in your family, it’s really a big family——” Su Nan wanted data, and it was too general.
“It’s not all my children, I only have four children, the other children are from my brothers, they are in Bechuanaland, but as you know, the education level in Johannesburg is higher, so they send their children to
Come here to go to school, the children are at school now, and they will come back on weekends-" Liu Zhen said truthfully.
Sunan and Bruce are helpless. This is the reason for the demographic chaos in southern Africa.
“Why? Is the public education system in Bechuanaland not perfect enough?” Sunan asked. The education system in southern Africa is very complete and this situation should not happen.
“Are you Chinese?” Liu Zhen asked.
"yes--"
"Then you should know the Chinese people's requirements for education. Bechuanaland does have a complete public education system, but the education level is much worse than that of Johannesburg." Liu Zhen looked matter-of-factly. If he didn't go to a good school, then
Aren't you sick?
“How is it possible? The Ministry of Education treats the public education systems of all states equally.” Sunan does not think this is the case. He is a government official and must speak for the federal government.
“Mr. Su, there are Locke Middle School and Ziwei Public School in Johannesburg——” Liu Zhen looked proud. Although public education in southern Africa is good, compared with Locke Middle School and Ziwei Public School, it is obviously much worse.
Sunan and Bruce fell silent immediately.
Locke Middle School was formerly the school for miners’ children in the Locke Gold Mine. Together with Ziwei Public School, both were founded by Locke himself.
Roark founded these two schools to solve the educational problems of the Chinese in Johannesburg. At that time, Roark even spent a lot of money to hire local teachers in the UK in order to find excellent teachers.
Both of these schools have a history of more than 20 years, earlier than the establishment of the federal government. They are also well-known in secondary education in southern Africa. In the entire southern Africa, only the High School Affiliated to the University of Nyasaland can compete with these schools.
Compare the two schools.
Bruce is not very clear about the importance that Chinese people attach to education. Sunan himself is Chinese and knows this very well.
"Are the children's grades okay?" Su Nan noticed that there were many photo frames on the fireplace in the living room, including a boy wearing a bachelor's uniform. It seemed that they should have been taken at the graduation ceremony.
The background of the photo, Sunan, is very familiar, and the words Nyasaland University are very eye-catching.
"Not bad. My eldest son has graduated from Nyasaland University and now works at Port Edward Customs; my eldest daughter went to Ziwei Hospital after graduating from Johannesburg Medical College. She just got married last year. Her husband is a police officer in Johannesburg.
Officer, several other children are in Locke Middle School, and their grades are all very good. There may be several college students in my family in the future. What I am most worried about now is that no children may be willing to come back and inherit my farm in the future-" Liu Zhen looked distressed.
, but no matter how you look at it, it seems like you are showing off.
It’s not like, just remove the likeness.
"It doesn't matter, you're not too old and you still have a chance." Su Nan was not joking. Liu Zhen is only in his early forties and must have the ability to have children.
“No, no, no, I still want to wait for the children to inherit the farm, and then my wife and I will simply retire—” Liu Zhen was joking. Retirement is impossible. He and Zora still have to help the children take care of the children.
