Once in southern Africa, the name of Cecil Rhodes could stop children crying at night. Now Roque's name is similar. At least southwest Africa dare not ignore Roque's note, so the situation Bechuanaland faces now
It is really not as serious as described in the newspapers in southern Africa. Otherwise, Roque would not station only one regiment in Rhodes City. Compared with the nearly 600,000 square kilometers of land in Bechuanaland, a regiment of more than 2,000 people is really
It's not enough. Even an organizer is not enough to maintain the security of the entire Bechuanaland State.
To put it bluntly, it is all a routine. Southern African newspapers and magazines are hyping up the humanitarian crisis in Tanganyika every day, and at the same time they are also hyping up the severe situation facing Bechuanaland. In the final analysis, they still serve politics and must serve
Southern Africa creates a weak image that is controlled by others, further enhances internal cohesion, and cooperates with Adelaide to integrate Southern Africa.
Of course, Rock will not explain these reasons to Anton in too much detail to avoid overturning Anton's world view. Rock does not need to explain many things to Anton. How Rock arranges them and how Anton executes them is enough.
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Therefore, Roque's attitude is very firm: "Don't worry too much about the Gurkhas in Bechuanaland, including the Chinese who immigrated to Nyasaland. The state government does not take care of everything, Nyasaland, or the southern part of the country."
Africa is not a paradise. If you want to live in Nyasaland or Southern Africa, you mainly have to rely on your own efforts. The state government only creates a suitable space for new immigrants. The specific choice depends mainly on the efforts of the new immigrants." Again, Rock is not a philanthropist. Every Gurkha family who voluntarily goes to Bechuanaland State will receive ten acres of land for free to maintain their livelihood. Considering the actual situation in Bechuanaland State, ten acres of land is not enough.
It's just about making ends meet. If you want to live a better life, you still have to work hard to expand your farm, work hard, and buy livestock, so that you can barely maintain the operation of a farm.
For those Gorkhas who are unwilling to go to Bechuanaland, if they are willing to stay in Nyasaland, of course they can maintain their livelihood. After all, the farms in Nyasaland require a lot of workers. As long as they work hard, they can make a living in Nyasaland.
It is not difficult for Saran to find a job, but it is very difficult to achieve greater development. At least in the long run, the future of staying in Nyasaland is far worse than that of voluntarily going to Bechuanaland.
“Last month, our population in Nyasaland exceeded 800,000, 80% of which are concentrated around Lake Nyasa. There are less than 100,000 people in the Zambezi River Basin, including Port Edward.
, and the rest are scattered along the coast of East Lake and Beihai. It is becoming more and more difficult to obtain new immigrants from the Far East. I think it is necessary for us to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty. At least the Qing Dynasty cannot restrict our immigration." Anton is also very worried now.
, these days, colonies all over the world are short of people. In Anton’s vision, Nyasaland must have at least two million Chinese to ensure the dominant position of the Chinese in Nyasaland.
The 800,000 here are just in Nyasaland. There are now many Chinese settled in Transvaal, Rhodesia, and even Cape. Overall, the total number of Chinese in southern Africa should be about one.
There are about 1.5 million people. This number is basically the same as the number of white people in southern Africa.
So the situation that Luo Ke and Anton are facing now is not only that the Qing Dynasty is restricting population outflow, but there are also people in southern Africa who are worried about this situation. If the current situation continues, then in ten years, maybe it will still be used
In less than ten years, the Chinese will surpass the whites and become the largest ethnic group in southern Africa. By then, whether southern Africa can maintain the rule of the whites will be a very serious question.
The person with the most intense attitude in this regard was the Colonial Secretary Jerome Wycliffe.
In fact, Roque and Jerome Wycliffe are also old acquaintances. When he was in Pretoria, Roque served as the deputy chief of police, and Jerome Wycliffe was the immigration chief of the Transvaal at that time.
Now that the federal government was established, Jerome Wycliffe naturally became the colonial minister of the federal government.
Speaking of which, Jerome Wycliffe is also Ade's confidant. As early as the Cape Town period, Jerome Wycliffe was deeply trusted by Ade, otherwise Jerome Wycliffe would not dare to propose
This question.
"Don't think about it, how do you want to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty? Send the Beihai over to intimidate the Qing Dynasty? Don't forget that we are Chinese too, let's find other ways -" Roque will not point his gun at the Chinese in any case.
Nyasaland really sent the Beihai to the Far East to conduct "gunboat diplomacy". It is estimated that it will be more difficult for Rock to immigrate from the Qing Dynasty in the future.
To put it bluntly, as a inner lake destroyer, it is uncertain whether the Beihai can carry out ocean voyages, so it is better not to take risks at this time. Even if the Qing Dynasty restricted Chinese immigration to Nyasaland, Rock still had many ways. What needs to be explained here is that after the Eight-Nation Allied Forces invaded China, the Qing government’s control over the Qing Dynasty was no longer what it used to be.
During the Eight-Power Allied Forces' war of aggression against China, Governor Liu Kunyi of Liangjiang, Governor Li Zhongtang of Guangdong and Guangxi, Governor Zhang Zhidong of Huguang and others reached an agreement with Britain and the United States and other countries to protect themselves and refused to implement the orders of the Qing government. This was known in history as "Southeast Mutual Protection"
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The reasons and results of the Southeast Mutual Guarantee will not be discussed here. Let’s just talk about the impact of the Southeast Mutual Guarantee, which has had a great impact on the rule of the Qing government. In fact, after the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, the Qing government had lost control of Liangjiang, Guangdong, and Huguang.
Therefore, the Qing government's ban on Nyasaland may still have some influence in the northern Qing Dynasty, but it cannot be implemented in the southern Qing Dynasty.
The immigrants in Nyasaland in the past two years have gradually moved from the north of the Qing Dynasty to the south and inland of the Qing Dynasty. Liang Dingxin used to live in the capital of the Qing Dynasty, but now he has moved from the capital to Songjiang. Hoover has also left the Qing Dynasty and returned to the United States, so
Although the total number of immigrants Nyasaland received from the Qing Dynasty in the past two years has been decreasing, the quality has been continuously improving. For example, among the Chinese who immigrated to Nyasaland in the past two years, the proportion of farmers has gradually shrunk, and the proportion of handicraftsmen, technology
The number of personnel and educated traditional intellectuals has increased significantly.
Especially the handicraftsmen. The Qing Dynasty still emphasized "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce", but Nyasaland did not discriminate against the handicraftsmen. Even if the handicraftsmen wanted to start a business in Nyasaland, it would be easier than taking a loan from the Rand Bank.
It is easier for farmers to get loans to expand their farms, so in the past two years, there have been a lot of craftsmen immigrating to Nyasaland. In the past, one or two immigrants out of a hundred would be good. In the past two years, the proportion has gradually increased to 15%.
Left and right.
"We are now cooperating with the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River and using the power of the local gentry to immigrate from the Qing Dynasty. The effect is actually quite good, but I am afraid it will take five to ten years to see the results -" Anton is also very helpless, and the world is not what he wants.
Eight or nine out of ten.
One thing must be noted. In recent years, due to large-scale immigration from Nyasaland, the number of street children in Qing's big cities has decreased significantly.
In other countries, the demand for adult labor is far greater than the demand for women and children. This is not the case in Nyasaland. Normally, Nyasaland cooperates with the gentry of the Qing Dynasty. Every time it gets an adult labor force,
The remuneration paid in Nyasaland is about ten oceans, and the reward for women and children is five oceans.
It sounds like it is twice as bad, and there is no comparison at all. In fact, compared to the adult labor force, women and children are easier to obtain, so for a while, the immigration ships in Nyasaland only sent women and children.
It once made Anton’s head as big as a bucket.
But for Rock, this situation is very good.
In fact, Rock doesn't attach much importance to the adult labor force. If it is purely for the labor force, there are actually better choices in southern Africa. The working ability of those adult Africans is actually not much different than that of the Chinese adult labor force.
But the key is that the local adult labor force in Africa costs almost nothing, so the difference is huge.
Relatively speaking, Rock prefers children with unlimited possibilities in the future. As long as these children are educated and exposed to new ideas and new technologies, countless Rudolf Diesels may be born among these children in the future.
Or countless John Moses Brownings.
As for women, although Roque does not mind a combination of Chinese and Western families, there are still many singles in Nyasaland. Some people missed the opportunity to start a family with Boer women and were unable to win the favor of Chinese women, so they decided to
Hit those Gurkhas who had just immigrated to southern Africa.
Not to mention, there are really many Gurkha women who are willing to start families with Chinese, and even age is not a problem. Compared with the impoverished Gurkhas, the Chinese who can at least stay in Nyasaland are more or less good.
Savings is not easy in this era.
"It doesn't matter, let alone five to ten years, we can afford to wait even twenty or thirty years -" Rock was not in a hurry, he couldn't catch up with the First World War, and the Second World War, anyway, these two
, in the past thirty years, Roque must seize the opportunity no matter what.
Objectively speaking, Nyasaland's overall education level has far exceeded that of Transvaal and Cape Town. This is not just because Nyasaland has the only university in southern Africa. Those who understand Nyasaland's education system
Everyone knows that Nyasaland has the most advanced primary and secondary education. In this regard, almost all primary and secondary schools in Nyasaland are comparable to Ziwei Public School.
You know, the standard of Ziwei Public School is ranked high even in the UK. So you can imagine how terrible the primary and secondary education in Nyasaland is.