112 A century-old plan (has nothing to do with education)
The biggest problem in Rhodesia is the shortage of manpower. Roque’s advice to Stoudemire is to introduce Chinese people.
Although this is not the best solution, it can indeed solve Stoudemire's problem, and the key is that it will not cause Stoudemire or even white South Africans to be highly vigilant.
After all, this is the early twentieth century.
Rock has seen a lot of peaceful evolution in the 21st century, so Rock will be instinctively wary of the population growth of ethnic minorities.
But white people at the beginning of the 20th century would not pay attention to this. During this period, the problem faced by colonial countries around the world was insufficient population. As long as the colonial natives did not resist the colonists, the colonists would not massacre the colonial natives at all. They needed the colonies.
The indigenous people serve the white immigrants and create wealth for the white immigrants. How can they be massacred before they can plunder the population?
Therefore, countries all over the world are now trying every means to attract immigrants. Not only white people, but also people of color are laborers, and they are cheaper and more obedient. Why should European countries oppose it?
France has even formulated immigration policies to attract colonial natives to immigrate to France. Therefore, in this case, white South Africans will not be wary of the speed of Chinese immigration.
I am afraid that when most white South Africans see the influx of so much cheap labor, their first reaction is not to be wary, but to be overjoyed, because the increase in the number of Chinese means that the number of "slaves" serving them is increasing, and their "slaves" are increasing.
"Wealth" is increasing, who will have trouble with money?
That is to say, Roque was fighting for the suffrage rights for the Chinese in Johannesburg, which led to Ade and some Transvaal officials being dissatisfied with the Chinese. However, this dissatisfaction was not a complete denial. After Roque expressed his attitude, Ade just dismissed Roque.
It was just a scolding, but it did not deport all the Chinese.
Just kidding, drive the Chinese away, who will run the farm?
Who goes down to mine?
Who will build the reservoir?
Count on the duplicitous Boers or the lazy and undisciplined Zulus?
It's unreliable. It's the lesser of two evils. Since the existence of the Chinese has become a fait accompli, Adelaide will not completely overturn this reality.
What's more, there is no issue of suffrage in Rhodesia. Rhodesia does not implement a democratic representative system, but a corporate system. In this case, Stoudemire will not oppose Chinese immigration at all, only because the speed of Chinese immigration is too high.
Slow and worried.
"It's impossible. I want to develop Nyasaland first, and then I can immigrate to Rhodesia." Roque will not put the cart before the horse and has no ambitions for Rhodesia, so Roque must give priority to ensuring Nyasaland.
Lan’s interests.
Although Cecil Rhodes' purpose in giving Nyasaland to Rock was not simple, no matter what, Rock owed Cecil Rhodes a friendship, so Rock could poach the British government.
In the corner, he can support the Yao people to resist the Portuguese, but Roque will not target Rhodesia. Unless one day, Xiao Si starts to suppress the Chinese in Rhodesia, Roque will find a way.
This idea sounds a bit pedantic, but when you are alive, you must have a friend, an ally, etc. Xiaosi is Roque's friend and ally. As long as Xiaosi can ensure the interests of the Chinese people in Rhodesia, he will always be consistent with Roque.
, then Rock can guarantee Stoudemire's lifelong wealth and the stability and prosperity of Rhodesia.
At the same time, this is actually also for the future Chinese in Rhodesia.
"Don't be like this, Locke. There are many farms in Rhodesia. If you let the Chinese come, I will give them the land. I will give them as much land as they want." Xiaosi did not hesitate to spend money and got the people first.
This condition sounds quite favorable, right? In fact, it is done all over the world. Land is really worthless now. Large tracts of fertile land are deserted. Why are there so many protected areas in Africa, America and Oceania? To put it bluntly, there is no one
Development, if someone develops it, the country will not establish a Laoshizi protected area.
The farm can produce sustained economic benefits. There is nothing but grass in the wasteland, so Xiaosi doesn't care who runs the farm. First, build the farm and develop the land. The Boers have been able to sell the farm to their ancestors before.
No matter how you look at the Lu people and the Chinese, they are much better than the Zulu people.
It is a very sad fact that although the four colonies in South Africa are trying every means to attract immigrants from the British mainland, unfortunately the effect is not good. After the war, some new immigrants did come to southern Africa, but they all stayed there.
In big cities, people never leave the city and have no interest in farms in the countryside. So in the end, if the government wants to develop land, it still has to find another way.
Rock and Stoudemire were talking lively, but Frank was confused: "Rhodesia - not bad -"
Not bad?
Xiao Si laughed twice, and Rock laughed without saying a word. It's true, but it depends on who you compare yourself with.
It does look good. The road conditions in Rhodesia are pretty good. Objectively speaking, they are better than those in the Transvaal.
In the fields beside the road, there are also sporadic white people and Zulu people plowing. They also use horses to plow, with four or five horses working together. In this era, this is considered a heavy agricultural machinery.
If you observe carefully, you will find that these white people and Zulu people are not very efficient. They are dawdling and weak, and it feels like they can fall down and fall asleep at any time.
Although he is a bit lazy, this is normal. Farmers all over the world are like this. Frank doesn't think there is any difference.
After entering Nyasaland, Frank finally understood why Xiaosi had always been obsessed with the Chinese.
They are also plowing the land. The Rhodesian whites and Zulu people are plowing the land. One person drives four or five horses to plow the land, and there can be more than a dozen people standing around and watching.
The Chinese in Nyasaland are also plowing the land. They are also driving four or five horses, but there are no idle people around. More people are busy building roads, digging canals, and planting crops.
Fruit trees are even busy digging with shovels. It seems that everyone has endless work and endless work, but no one is idle. Even children under ten years old are busy helping adults do what they can.
Work.
"Director, you may not know that a month ago, this place was still deserted -" Xiao Si sighed quietly.
Frank looked far into the distance. As far as he could see, all the land had been plowed neatly. Not far away, there was a farm that was obviously newly built. The farm was surrounded by green trees, and there were vaguely children chasing and playing. Think about what Xiaosi said.
, Frank was extremely surprised: "One month?"
"Yes, a month! A month ago, this place was deserted - that's not right, it's not deserted. In fact, I don't know how many years ago, there was a Bantu tribe here, and the surrounding area is the land of that tribe. God really prefers it.
Those Bantu people, there are endless fruits and wild animals here. Those Bantu people don't even have to hunt. They can live very comfortably by picking fruits and poaching bird eggs. So for so many years, they have never tried to cultivate the land.
." Xiaosi's words strongly prove the diligence of the Chinese.
"So there are no wild fruits and wild animals now?" Frank doesn't think God favors the Bantu people, although the Bantu people have no worries about food and clothing.
"No more, there is nothing now - our dear Baron Nyasaland thought that wild fruits were not tasty, so he cut down all the wild fruit trees and planted improved fruit trees. As for those wild animals, our dear Nyasaland
Baron Salan believed that their existence would affect the growth of crops, so he hunted all those wild animals, or put them in zoos to try to tame them-" Xiaosi was very dissatisfied with Roark in his words, and it seemed that not only
It’s Rock who doesn’t want to immigrate to Rhodesia.
"Young Cecil, tell me honestly, which scene is more exciting, or the original natural scenery of the past that is more worth preserving?" Rock doesn't care about the original ecology. He has been in this world for so long, Rock looked at it.
I’m almost sick of seeing the original ecology.
"Shit original ecology and nature——" Xiaosi also yelled, turning it into a national park, who will pay the taxes?
All the way west, the closer to Lake Nyasa, the more complete the development. When arriving in Rock City, Frank was surprised to find that Little Rock was actually installing power supply equipment.
"There are two hydropower stations not far from here. Once fully completed, they will be able to provide stable power supply to Rock City. In two months, Nyasaland will enter the electric age.
"Roque felt a little relieved at this time. Unlike the Limpopo River, which has dried up, Nyasaland has abundant water resources. Roque has planned a total of 25 hydropower stations in Nyasaland. Within three years,
The entire territory of Nyasaland can enter the electrical age, which is undoubtedly a proud achievement at the beginning of the twentieth century.
"What does the Electric Age mean?" Frank still doesn't understand what the Electric Age is.
It's normal. There is no large-scale use of electricity in London yet. The War Office usually uses candles and electric lights?
Those are all legendary existences.
"As long as you stay in Nyasaland, you will know." If Rock doesn't explain, there's no way to explain this thing. Just using a light is the age of electrical appliances?
It's still early, but luckily Rock still has time and can take his time.
Little Rock is now the largest city in Nyasaland. In cities outside Little Rock, most of the residential buildings are wooden buildings. A large number of permanent buildings mainly made of granite and marble have appeared in Little Rock, running through the city to the
The main road in the port is called "King's Avenue". Rock said that it was named to celebrate the accession of Edward VII to the throne. This explanation satisfied both Frank and Chris.
But Stoudemire is pouting, bullshit King's Avenue, it was clearly called Suzaku Street just a week ago.
Neither Frank nor Chris noticed Stoudemire's expression, but Rock did, so when they came to the square in the center of Little Rock, Rock casually introduced it as "Cecil Rhodes" Square.
Xiaosi's eyes immediately turned red.
"Cecil Rhodes Plaza is the center of Rock City. There will be a statue of Mr. Cecil Rhodes here in the future, so that people here will always remember Mr. Cecil Rhodes, and let Cecil
"Mr. Rhodes can watch how we conquer Portuguese East Africa step by step." Roque didn't tell Xiaosi at all. He really wanted to do this. The Chinese in Nyasaland will also need patriotic education in the future.
Rock is now also consciously collecting information in this area.
Frank and Chris had no reaction to these words, but Stoudemire was excited: "Locke, thank you, how much does this square cost? I bought it!"
It's so cute. Money seems to be the only way for Xiaosi to express his emotions.
Rock liked this way of expressing his emotions, but not Cecil Rhodes Plaza.
"Thank you, I won't sell it. You are very discerning. In the future, this will be the commercial center of Little Rock." Roque will not kill the goose that lays the goose to lay the eggs. Although the current square looks like a large construction site, in the future Cecil Rhodes will
The value of the square is immeasurable.
Henry had just hardened the playground inside the Pretoria Police Station, but Roque had already hardened the entire ground in Cecil Rhodes Square.
Around the square, Rock planned shopping malls, supermarkets, city halls, courts, commercial districts, and high-end residential areas. Although the buildings around the square have not yet taken shape, judging from the scale of the buildings and the mountains of building materials,
It is not difficult to see the quality of these buildings.
The largest one is not the city hall, but the Rand Bank headquarters, which is undergoing underground construction.
It's amazing that Rand Bank would put its head office in Little Rock, Nyasaland.
This is actually not surprising. Little Rock, which has not been marked on the map, has been noticed by many corporate groups, not only Rand Bank, the newly established Nyasaland Mining Company, and Christian Exploration Company, which has invested in the mining company, Germany
Bills Unified Mining Company, as well as the Johannesburg Mining Alliance, have noticed the prospects of Little Rock. These companies have obtained land around Cecil Rhodes Square and are in full swing for construction. It is only the land transfer fee.
Saran Agriculture alone received more than one hundred thousand pounds.
Among all corporate land, Rand Bank has the best location and the largest area. Rand Bank's design is indeed worthy of Little Rock's attention.
In the design plan submitted by Rand Bank, the headquarters of Rand Bank is a magnificent building with eight floors above ground and underground. The above ground part of the building has six floors, but the height reaches 35 meters. There is an underground vault on the second underground floor.
Twenty meters below the surface, the construction of this underground vault alone will take up to three months.
Compared with wooden buildings, the construction period of stone buildings is indeed long, but the long time is worth it. For example, the entire construction process of the Rand Bank headquarters takes nearly two years, which is indeed a long time. However, once completed, unless there is a war,
, or serious natural disasters, otherwise the entire building can be used for hundreds of years.
