This is a lounge with an area of about 20 square meters. There are several dark brown single sofas placed against the wall. There is a coffee table on the right hand side of the sofa. There are tall potted plants on the left hand side, ensuring that every two sofas are placed.
There is appropriate personal space between them.
There is now a cup of hot coffee and a plate of scones on the coffee table at Li Wan's hand. The blonde beauty in uniform smiled at Li Wan when they brought them over. Now the beauty is working behind the desk outside the door.
Li Wan felt that she was very kind, because almost all the white people Li Wan had met before were arrogant and bossy, and they would only smile like that when facing white people.
If Li Wan knew that there was a pistol in the desk drawer in front of the blonde beauty, then I'm afraid Li Wan wouldn't think so.
Hanging on the wall opposite Li Wan is a huge world map. The most eye-catching colors on the map show the sphere of influence of Adan Company. Except for scattered dots, most of the peninsula has been painted red, and there are
Even the Port of Medan, and the small half of Sumatra including the Port of Medan, was also painted red, which shocked Li Wan.
"Sir, please take a rest here first. Mr. Andy is receiving guests." The blond beauty at the door attracted another guest.
Li Wan couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. The person who just came over was Ling Zhi, the largest farmer in Medan. He probably came over right after the meeting.
Ling Zhi smiled at Li Wan without saying hello, and then leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to rest. When the blonde beauty brought the coffee, he stood up and thanked her hurriedly.
I don’t know if they ran out of scones, but the blonde girl only brought coffee, not scones.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward, but it didn't last long. Soon someone came to visit Andy again, this time two uniformed Chinese mercenary officers.
"Do you mind?" A uniformed officer gestured to Li Wan and Ling Zhi with a pack of cigarettes.
"Please, please." Both Li Wan and Ling Zhi were frightened.
Then the two officers started puffing away, and one of them asked the blonde for an ashtray.
"Can't you restrain yourself? The cigarettes distributed to you are a bit too much." The blonde beauty brought the ashtray over angrily, her face as cold as ice, obviously disgusted with this behavior.
Although I am disgusted, it does not affect my work. I am complaining because I am familiar with him. There is actually intimacy hidden in my coquettish tone.
The two Chinese officers laughed. The younger one was more enthusiastic: "Let's go to dinner together after get off work?"
"We will wait until you quit smoking." The blonde beauty did not refuse directly. This time the treatment was even worse, not even coffee.
The two officers didn't mind either and kept chatting with their legs crossed.
"The army here is a bit weak. Our team arrived in Lansha a few days ago and didn't fire a single shot. Those servants just ran away——"
"What if I don't run away? I'll be caught by you and build a road?"
"Yesterday I ransacked the homes of two local kings. Those guys are very rich, but I don't know whether the land here will be sold in the future. If we sell it early, otherwise the price will go up if word spreads in the country.
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"The land here is too remote, so the income is probably not very good."
"It's better if it's remote. The price is cheaper if it's remote. Johannesburg is not remote. Can you afford it?"
"Then what can we do? They came early, and those of us who came late can only drink some soup."
"We're not too late in Medan—"
"We still have to find Sir Alex for a loan and buy a plantation of 1,800 acres here. We will have a future. After we retire, we will come here to retire. I just don't know if there is a public school here."
"Don't worry about it. There are public schools in places like Port Elizabeth, and there will definitely be one here in Medan in the future. But the quality of teaching is probably hard to say. We still have to send our children back to Nyasaland to go to school."
"You don't even have a wife, how can you get a child?"
"It's not easy to get a wife. There are so many slave girls in Port Elizabeth -"
The two officers chatted casually, and Li Wan and Ling Zhi listened attentively.
"Mr. Li, Mr. Ling, please come with me -" The blonde beauty came over to call for someone, staring at the slave girl she just mentioned, and the swishes were flying knives.
"I am very clean and self-sufficient, and I never give half-hearted thoughts." The slave girl who just mentioned her desire for survival is still very high.
Li Wan and Ling Zhi refused to listen and followed the blond beauty to see Andy.
Andy was sitting behind his desk, with the Union Jack and the Southern African flag hanging on the wall behind him. This was the first time Li Wan and Ling Zhi saw the Southern African flag.
"Please sit down -" Andy did not stand up, but just raised his hand to signal.
"Thank you." Li Wan and Ling Zhi sat down on the chairs opposite the desk, both of them sitting with only half their buttocks.
"You are all smart people, so I won't talk nonsense. Do you know anything about the situation in Medan?" Andy got straight to the point. Everyone was very busy and had no time to go around in circles.
Li Wan and Ling Zhi both nodded. Li Wan came later and had been here for many years. Ling Zhi was a native of Medan. His ancestors came to Medan and he knew the situation in Medan very well.
"Very good, let me first explain that the Adan Company is different from the Dutch. The Dutch are short of manpower and have a weak national power, so they have to rely on native kings to rule East India. Our Adan Company does not use it. You should know that we in southern Africa have always
When immigrating from the Qing Dynasty, there are also many Chinese in East India, so we don't need to rely on the Tuwang. These Tuwang must be eliminated, as well as those half-hearted Chinese farmers. Maybe you are not used to the working style of our Adan Company.
It doesn't matter, you can get used to it slowly." Andy attacked decisively. The biggest advantage of the Chinese is population. When there are many people and little land, population is a burden. When there are few people and more land, population is an advantage.
Both Li Wan and Ling Zhi were a little shocked. The traditional Chinese people pay attention to subtlety and authority. The East Indian Chinese have lived under the colonial rule of the Dutch for a long time. Most of the time, they have to swallow their anger and be cautious. They have never been so high-profile.
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However, they dared to stand up and join Adan Company when the situation was still unclear. Neither Li Wan nor Ling Zhi were ordinary people, especially Li Wan. Compared with the older Ling Zhi, Li Wan's attitude was obviously more radical.
"Great, I've had enough for a long time. I'm being exploited by the Dutch every day when I'm doing business. They're paying endless taxes. Once I run a business, I still make more money than I pay in taxes. Those local kings are also bastards.
Damn, they only single out us Chinese, and everyone can bully us Chinese——" Li Wan cursed loudly when he mentioned the Dutch, and he must have suffered a lot in recent years.
"We also have to pay taxes here -" Andy threw cold water. Taxes are the lifeblood, and both the Dutch and Adan Company attach great importance to them.
Of course, the tax collected by Adan's company is definitely not as high as that of the Dutch. At least the "butt tax" cannot afford to embarrass that person.
"Then I admit it. At least it's better to leave it to our own people than to those cheap bastards." Li Wan's wealth will not go to outsiders.
"Mr. Andy, we Chinese people in East India have been bullied by the Dutch for too long. In the past, we Chinese people in East India accounted for half, but now we are less than 30%. Ling is not talented and has a little wealth in his family. He would rather go bankrupt than
Give us East Indian Chinese a bright future." Lexus people are mature and know what Andy wants.
"Don't worry, our lordship has never treated our own people badly. Maybe you don't know yet, but all the Chinese brought to southern Africa by his lordship are now landlords and live a very good life. It's the same in our East Indies. Ah
Dan Company needs money, but it will never cheat its own people. All those earth kings are very rich, so find a way to get them to use it - "Andy has a good way of making money. Everyone wants to rob the rich and give to the poor.
These native kings in East India are actually the former tribal chiefs, or the kings written in history books. These tribes or countries are not big, and they have deep conflicts with each other. Even now, conflicts often break out.
The main reason why the Dutch were able to occupy East India was because East India did not form a unified country, and the various tribes did not unite and form a joint force.
After the Dutch occupied East India, they did not change this situation. In order to facilitate Dutch rule, the Dutch did not even forcefully implement the Dutch language in East India because they were afraid that the various tribes in East India would unite and affect the Dutch rule.
Adan Company did not have this concern. There were many Chinese in East India at this time. As Ling Zhi said just now, the Chinese once accounted for half of the total population of East India, so the Dutch were so afraid of the Chinese.
Unlike the Dutch colonial government, the Chinese are the natural allies of the Adan Company. Don't underestimate farmers like Lingzhi. There are a large number of Chinese in the plantations of East India. When these Chinese are organized, they are a huge force.
It's actually very easy to go Dutch.
"I'm afraid they won't take it-" Lexus still doesn't know how far Adan Company can achieve it.
"Isn't it easy to find a way to find a reason?" Andy laughed dumbly. Ling Zhi was probably not used to being a villain.
It doesn't matter, there is always an adaptation process when changing from obedient people to rulers. The Chinese in East India have been silent for too long, and it will take time for them to change.
"Those local kings have thugs -" Li Wan was more on the road, but there were practical difficulties.
"I will give each of you a hundred men, and you will form an army later -" Andy was generous. These one hundred men were not only the backbone of the army, but also to protect Li Wan and Ling Zhi.
In the current situation in East India, some people are willing to join the Adan Company, and there must be some who have been under the rule of the Dutch for a long time and are accustomed to being obedient people. Li Wan and Ling Zhi are just buying horse bones for a thousand dollars, so they must be protected at this time, otherwise something will go wrong.
, Adan Company lost face.
"We have no weapons -" Ling Zhi also understood the principle that political power comes from the barrel of a gun.
"Don't worry about this problem -" Andy smiled. He didn't dare to say anything else. There are enough weapons, so you can have as many as you want.
