The London Naval Conference is still in progress, and the Olympic Games have concluded successfully.
The Southern African team performed well. In 14 major events and 117 minor events, the Southern African team won 42 gold medals, 35 silver medals, and 19 bronze medals, taking the lead in the gold medal and medal lists.
During the Olympic Games, a total of about 1 million tourists flocked to southern Africa. Affected by the economic crisis, the per capita consumption of tourists dropped to only about 120 rand, and the entire southern Africa benefited from this.
During the Olympic Games, about 20,000 people decided to immigrate to Southern Africa and acquire Southern African citizenship after learning about the real Southern Africa.
These talents are the main force of consumption. If they want to immigrate to southern Africa, the most convenient and quickest way is to invest in immigration. Therefore, the Olympic Games prepared for athletes are very popular, with an average price of R5,000. For this alone, Pretoria
The municipality alone received more than R5 million in revenue.
During the Olympic Games, the farms around Pretoria attracted much attention. Some farms launched various experience projects at the right time. Most tourists were very curious about the lives of the farmers. After getting to know them in depth, this curiosity turned into various forms.
envy, jealousy, hate.
In the world under the economic crisis, agriculture has already become the hardest hit area. Farms in the United States can still produce milk, but many farms in other countries have filed for bankruptcy because they are unable to operate.
Operating a farm also requires costs. When enumerating government revenue data earlier, property tax is an important component. Farms also have to pay taxes. If you cannot pay the taxes, you will naturally file for bankruptcy.
Farms in Southern Africa have not been greatly affected because of the federal government's appropriate response. Although farm income will definitely decline compared with before the economic crisis, it has not yet reached the point of bankruptcy.
Even if some farms go bankrupt, it has little to do with the economic crisis and more to do with the farmers.
Farms in Southern Africa are rich in products and can be self-sufficient most of the time. Unlike those farms with a single business project, even if the farm owners in Southern Africa have a single business project, such as mainly planting vineyards, the farmers will set aside a piece of vegetable land for planting.
Order food, raise some chickens, ducks, geese, etc. in front of and behind the house. Cows and sheep are definitely indispensable. Many farms can meet almost all the needs of the farmer and his family except that they cannot produce gasoline.
Don’t worry about gasoline. Gasoline in southern Africa is very cheap, the lowest in the world.
So what is presented to tourists from all over the world is a picture of a leisurely pastoral life, where they grow vegetables, feed chickens, and have nothing to do. The old men go hunting in groups on motorcycles with their dogs, and the hostess goes shopping in the city together.
, they know very well when there are promotions in stores. After the Olympics, many Olympic-related products begin to be sold at discounts, and the hostesses of the farms around Pretoria are the main buyers.
Such life scenes were not worth mentioning before the economic crisis. Many farms in other countries can also do this.
But in the context of the economic crisis, all this is particularly valuable, especially for many wealthy people, who need a strong government to ensure the safety of their property.
"In southern Africa, we never need to worry about security. We have the most powerful military in the world, the most efficient federal government in the world, and we also have rifle associations everywhere. If anyone dares to invade southern Africa, they will be
There is no need for federal mobilization. If we farmers gather together, we can beat the shit out of our enemies——"
On the lawn of Qingxi Town Mayor Liu Yang's home, an open-air barbecue was going on.
Clear Creek Town is located between Pretoria and Johannesburg. Because part of the Olympic Games is held in Johannesburg, many tourists choose to live on the farms between Pretoria and Johannesburg.
Pretoria is about 40 kilometers away from Johannesburg. The land between the two cities was previously bought out by Roque and used to grow medicinal herbs. After the World War, Roque leased many of his farms to retired soldiers for cultivation.
The rent is a symbolic amount every year, and these farmers have become Rock's most loyal supporters.
Liu Yang participated in the World War and received a Hero Medal and a Dedication Medal for his bravery in combat, at the cost of permanently losing the little finger of his left hand.
Although the prosthetic industry in southern Africa is very developed, Liu Yang has never been equipped with a prosthetic limb. He regards his incomplete palm as a military medal he carries with him.
"For us civilians, the biggest threat is not foreign enemies, but domestic consortiums and capital consortiums -" Paterson, who comes from the Champagne region of France, feels deeply that land annexation in France is also very serious.
"Hahahaha, Pate, the largest consortium in southern Africa is the Nyasaland Company. We are all subordinates of the Marquis. Anyone who dares to threaten us is seeking death!" Liu Yang laughed, as if he had heard something terrible.
joke.
Paterson smiled bitterly. This was also his biggest feeling during his time in southern Africa. What southern Africans take for granted is what many people in other countries can only dream of.
"Gentlemen, try the wine brewed on our farm -" Liu Yang's wife is enthusiastic and cheerful. She is an Ottoman and she met Liu Yang during the World War. After the World War, she returned to southern Africa with Liu Yang.
Now Liu Yang and his wife live a very happy life. They have four children, two boys and two girls. The eldest child is already in school and the youngest is still in infancy.
"Thank you, madam. Although I come from the Champagne region of France, I have to say that the wine of Johannesburg is the best wine I have ever tasted outside of France." Paterson did not belittle the wine when he touted the wine of Johannesburg.
French champagne is rare and comprehensive.
"Try our roasted lamb again. I just forgot to mention that we also have the best sheep in the world. They can not only produce goat milk, but also shear sheep, and finally turn them into mutton and appear on our table -" Liu
Yang is quick with his hands and feet, and Paterson's eldest son is Liu Yang's assistant.
There were more than a dozen guests on the lawn, from different countries, and a few men from the town were helping. They all brought specialties from their own farms, some were freshly picked fruits, some were salted duck eggs that had been pickled to perfection, and some were
Home-baked cakes and biscuits, and on the stove next to it, two young men were making grilled fish with a smile. For such a sumptuous dinner, each guest only had to pay 0.5 rand.
"Your life is so enviable!" Paterson runs a factory in France and also has trade relations with southern Africa. This is his first time in southern Africa.
"This is why we are so grateful to the federal government. You may not know that just twenty years ago, my family and I were wandering in the Far East. We had nothing to eat, no house to live in, and when we got sick, we had no money for treatment and had to resort to hard labor.
Come on, my two sisters died in this way, and I barely survived because I was a boy——" Liu Yang knows how to be grateful, which is better than many people.
Paterson looked at Liu Yang blankly, and suddenly understood why southern Africans were more patriotic than the French.
The French used to be very patriotic. When France was invaded by Germany, those French who actively joined the army to surround the country were all patriotic French.
But how does the French government treat those veterans?
Just after the World War, in order to reduce the burden, the French government disbanded many troops on the spot, and all soldiers were demobilized and returned to their places of origin. Many of them did not even receive retirement pensions.
France was very difficult at that time, and it is understandable that there was no retirement pension. After all, American veterans and British veterans did not have retirement pensions.
For normal people, they can find a job and support their family without pension.
For those veterans who are disabled due to injuries and even need medical treatment after the end of the world war, losing the government's protection is very miserable.
Unknown to other places, in the Champagne area where Paterson is located, many veterans who are unable to work due to injuries and disabilities and do not want to burden their families end their lives by committing suicide.
How can one fall in love with France like this?
"It was Lord who brought me and my family to southern Africa and gave me the opportunity to receive an education in Nyasaland. I had just graduated from high school when the world war broke out. I originally had the opportunity to become an engineer, but when I knew
When the federal government needed me to take up arms to defend the country, I put down my schoolbag and went out and signed up. At that time, I thought, if the Lord needs it, my life will belong to the Lord-" Liu Yang did not show much excitement.
While chatting, I was brushing honey on the steak to make the grilled meat more delicious.
"——This is Nyasaland steak, the best steak in the world. It was improved after investment by the Lord. It is said that it was improved by the first heir to the title of Lord himself. Think about what the nobles of your country are doing, and then look
Look at our southern Africa, the Lord's eldest son is actually studying improved breeding cattle -" Liu Yang clicked his tongue in surprise, his words full of pride.
Paterson was a little confused. Of course, he did not dare to say that France had overthrown the aristocracy and was more advanced in system than you in southern Africa.
If Paterson dared to say this, Paterson suspected that Liu Yang would directly take out the pistol from his waist and kill him.
"Haha, Uncle Liu, you are wrong. The Lord's eldest son is a baron in Cyprus, not the one in the institute." The young man grilling fish next to him was obviously more interested in this kind of celebrity gossip.
"Shut your mouth and concentrate on your work. You don't need to say these things. Everyone here knows it-" Liu Yang was angry. He would not allow anyone to slander Roque.
It's not okay to spread gossip about Roque.
The young man grilling the fish took a deep breath and did not dare to reply a word. Liu Yang was still very prestigious in Qingxi Town.
"Speaking of the Baron of Cyprus, he is also very outstanding." Paterson knew what to say at this time. As a businessman, he always knows what to say.
