In this era, Rock's views on Africans have actually changed a lot.
Africans in another time and space were lazy, unenterprising, selfish, and had various diseases that everyone avoided, becoming a cancer in society.
Africans in this time and space are taciturn and hardworking. Although they are still selfish and suffer from various diseases, they are not spoiled by the high welfare of society and are not a cancer in society.
Although Nyasaland also refused Africans to settle, Roque cannot deny that Africans played a very important role in the development of Nyasaland. While the Chinese were working hard to build Nyasaland, Africans were also working hard to build Nyasaland.
He worked hard and shed blood and sacrificed his life to build Nyasaland.
In more virgin lands developed by colonization, Africans were the first to complete the infrastructure construction, and then the Chinese moved in in batches. Therefore, many people did not understand why Roque excluded Africans. Some people in Nyasaland even suggested that Africans should be allowed
Settling here will be more beneficial to the future of Nyasaland.
Such suggestions are all made by white people, and they are not hypocritical. The starting point is free labor, so they make such suggestions.
But all Chinese, including Roque, know that people who are not of our race will have different minds, so Nyasaland is very insistent on this issue.
There are white people in Nyasaland. On the one hand, it is because of the white people's technology, and on the other hand, a certain number of white people are needed to balance the population ratio of Nyasaland.
As for black people, Rock would not explain that in southern Africa, Africans do not have any privileges. On the contrary, they will be punished more severely after breaking the law. As a minority, they will not receive any care. Not only do they not have any privileges when giving birth to children,
Subsidy, adults have to pay a hefty poll tax if they don't work. Southern Africa is the Southern Africa of whites and Chinese, and even the Southern Africa of Gurkha mercenaries, but it is not for Africans.
Since the beginning of this year, a considerable number of Gurkhas and Chinese who immigrated to southern Africa have come to Bechuanaland and started a new life.
Today, more than 60% of the land in Bechuanaland State belongs to the Bechuanaland Company.
Bechuanaland Company was the former Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company. Since the business of Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company was no longer limited to Bechuanaland State, Rock simply split Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company into several
For different parts, Bechuanaland Company is established in Bechuanaland State, Orange Company is established in Orange County, and all business in Cape Town belongs to Cape Company. Each performs its own duties without interfering with each other, and it can also form an effective
compete.
Limited to the situation in Bechuanaland State, raising cattle has become one of the few options for farms in Bechuanaland. Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company owns more than half a million acres of pasture around Rhodes City, and more land is still being developed.
, the new immigrants who came to Bechuanaland State were basically employees of the Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company.
These new immigrants in Bechuanaland State are under the dual care of the Bechuanaland State Government and Bechuanaland Company. The state government will bear part of the cost of the new immigrants' settlement. Bechuanaland Company provides job opportunities for the new immigrants so that they can work in Bechuanaland.
Live in Bechuanaland.
While the Northern Rhodesian Division was training in the Okavango Swamp, a colonial pioneer team from Nyasaland finally arrived at the border between northern Bechuanaland and German South-West Africa after a long journey of more than half a month.
Many river basins.
The Kuando River originates in Portuguese West Africa and has a total length of 800 kilometers. It flows through Southwest Africa, Bechuanaland, Rhodesia, and then flows into the Zambezi River.
This colonial pioneering team consisted of a total of 120 people, which was almost the same size as a standard company. There were four white people in the team, nearly 20 Chinese, and the rest were all African workers.
"This is Area 1065?" Mike Kelly, the only British-American in the team, had no intention of admiring the original scenery around him and was holding a map to confirm the location.
"Don't worry about it. Do you still have the strength to move forward?" Captain Ryan jumped off the oxcart, took off his fisherman hat to fan himself, then looked at the big sun above his head, shook his head and put the hat back on.
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"Whatever, it's right here. I want to take a good bath. Twelve, go get me some water -" Technician Jackson also jumped off the bullock cart. He was sweating profusely and could drink water from ten meters away.
Smell that indescribable body odor.
A thin young black man did not speak, but ran towards the river carrying a huge bucket. He was Twelve. Many Africans in the colonial pioneer team did not have names, so they used numbers instead. No one thought that this was important to Africa.
It's an insult to everyone, including Twelve himself.
"Then set up camp here. The security team picks up your rifles and sets up a cordon. The technical team finds a suitable place to set up the tent. The support team prepares dinner. Thirteen, have you seen the herd of antelopes? Find a way to get them back.
How many, I want to eat roasted leg of lamb tonight -" Ryan gave a series of orders, and the whole team immediately became busy.
"The soil quality is pretty good, it should be suitable for reclamation -" Jackson had already begun to work while waiting to take a shower.
"It's definitely good. Since we can grow grass, we should be able to grow crops. Look at the trees here. You can see them all. If they were all replaced by fruit trees, tsk tsk, there would be no problem in feeding a million people." Ryan was not surprised.
Strangely, Africa is indeed too rich, and as a result it has created unmotivated Africans.
It’s understandable if you think about it. You can live a comfortable life just by picking fruits and hunting. Who would work so hard to grow food——
Hunting here is ridiculously easy. Perhaps because humans have never appeared here, wild animals have no defense against humans. Thirteen and a dozen Africans used rope nets to circle a few trees.
Then, using only an apple, he easily lured a group of antelopes into the rope net. In the next few days, these antelopes will become delicacies on the dining table of the pioneer team members.
"This means that for you Chinese, you have to know that before you Chinese came to southern Africa, such conditions had no development value in the eyes of white farmers -" Jackson has now been conquered by the talent of the Chinese in agriculture.
, no matter what kind of land it is, it will shine in the hands of the Chinese.
In fact, the conditions in the Kuando River Basin are not good. There is the world's largest Okavango Swamp nearby, and there is also the world's largest Makgadikgadi Salt Marsh, but foreigners occupy 80% of the area.
The current area of the Kalahari Desert is still very small, and most of it is located in the western region at the border with Southwest Africa.
The vegetation in the Kuando River Basin does look good, but the ground is full of large and small gravels. Whites and Africans probably are not in the mood to clear the gravels, so this land has no development value.
For the Chinese, let alone a little bit of gravel, even a mountain of stones can be moved away bit by bit if necessary, so this problem is not a problem at all for Ryan.
I just kicked away a few pieces of gravel on the ground, and what I saw was the sandy land exuding the fragrance of earth. This kind of soil is no problem at all for growing crops.
These gravels will not be wasted. With the arrival of the colonial development team and the construction of residential settlements and roads and railways in No. 1065 area, these gravels can be fully utilized.
Hundreds of people worked together, and before dark, a temporary camp consisting of more than a dozen tents had been set up.
After nightfall, bonfires are lit around the camp. These bonfires can effectively prevent attacks by wild animals. A dozen bonfires are still very conspicuous on the African savannah at night. Outside the bonfires is endless darkness, and there is a faint blue everywhere.
Or the dark yellow eyes flicker on and off.
On the bonfire in the center of the camp, two plump antelopes had been roasted to a golden brown, and fat as big as beans dripped on the blazing bonfire. People around the bonfire were talking and laughing.
On nights like this, in Bechuanaland, Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and throughout southern Africa, hundreds of such colonial pioneer teams are busy,
"How many people can we settle here? From the looks of it, 10,000 people should be fine." Ryan was writing a report. 10,000 people would definitely be impossible. There wouldn't be so many people here. In the end, a basically complete colonial development site would only be completed.
Twenty or thirty families will be resettled, with a population of only about one or two hundred people.
"One hundred thousand people is no problem, but do you know how big the area is around here? Even if we exclude the Okavango Swamp and the Makgadikgadi Salt Marsh, the developable land here exceeds 30,000 square kilometers. Even if
Two families can be accommodated in one square kilometer, how many people do you think can be accommodated?" Jackson laughed and liked to see Ryan scratching his head while writing the report.
Two families per square kilometer sounds a bit luxurious. In fact, one square kilometer is only 247 acres. Bechuanaland will be allocated one hundred acres of land for every immigrant family it accepts, so it is enough to accommodate two families per square kilometer.
Not too much.
The family in this period was not a family of three. It was normal for a family of four generations to have dozens of people. However, in Bechuanaland, the situation of such large families has improved. In order to obtain as much land as possible, many people
After families come to Bechuanaland, they will declare according to their actual situation. As a result, it is common for a family to receive four to five hundred acres of land.
Of course, Bechuanaland State also has requirements for this situation. If all land obtained by immigrant families is not developed within five years, the state government will take back all of it.
In fact, this point has almost no effect in actual implementation. The so-called development does not require that all land be developed into arable land. Development into pasture is also development.
"These new immigrants are really lucky -" Ryan couldn't help but sigh. If he still can't live a good life in this situation, he can only blame himself for not living up to expectations.
