During the inspection, the sun was shining brightly and the heat was unbearable. The managers of the Chinese-funded enterprises were all wearing light-colored short-sleeved shirts and thin trousers and leather sandals. They were followed by a local black man holding a parasol with a humble expression, just like the black men in the colonial era.
slave.
A large number of local laborers were also employed on the construction site, but they were engaged in the lowest level of manual labor, and those with slightly more technical skills were all Chinese, Pakistani or Bangladeshi. Liu Ziguang saw this and felt unhappy, so he asked the project manager
: "Manager Liu, why don't you hire more local workers?"
The project manager is Liu Yuhang, who was in the same family as Liu Ziguang five hundred years ago. The total cost of the port project is several billion. Naturally, it is not ordinary people who can take on this task. He explained: "It's not that we don't want to hire local people, it's actually the local people who are willing to hire local people."
The workers are unavailable. Chinese workers can complete the same work in an hour, South Asian workers can complete it in an hour and a half, but local black people need three to four hours to do it, and the work is very frizzy."
A technician next to him also interjected: "The local workers are not good at work, but they have a strong sense of law. Here they are pouring cement, and when it is time to get off work over there, they can just abandon their work and leave, and their wages are high."
If you take the money and leave on a daily basis, you may not come back the next day.”
Someone else added: "They go out to drink after taking the money. They never save any money. They come to work after spending all the money. They go to buy alcohol after receiving their salary. It's all like this."
Liu Ziguang couldn't laugh or cry. These situations are basically true. Western Saddamoa is a small, backward and barren country. The colonists and those in power have never placed quality education on the people. Even the educated bureaucrats in San Juan City are very efficient in their work.
They are all as slow as a turtle crawling, let alone these illiterate black people who have no concept of time.
"We must vigorously carry out quality education, set up some Chinese classes, teach them the language, teach them skills, drive, weld, and operate machines, so as to cultivate a group of workers with excellent quality." Liu Ziguang said.
Everyone nodded, as if they were convinced.
When leaving the gate of the construction site, there were two black soldiers carrying AK47 standing at the gate, with a red star prefixed on their left chests. Liu Ziguang knew that these were foreign employees of the Red Star Security Company. Petty theft often occurred on the construction site, so he expected those six
There was no way he could take care of the ten Chinese employees, so he had to hire a large number of locals. Speaking of which, these people could be considered his subordinates.
The black security guard saluted with a gun, and the motorcade honked in return and drove towards the city. It crossed the street and came to the gate of the palace. The palace that was destroyed by missiles in the past has been repaired. There are gurgling fountains in the square, green trees and flowers, and neatly dressed people.
Uniformed black police officers were on patrol. A full-length bronze statue of former King Bobby stood in front of the palace. Two Royal Guard soldiers stood guard on the left and right. The motorcade slowly drove past the bronze statue, honked its whistle and then stopped at the palace gate.
forward.
Liu Ziguang got out of the car and walked into the palace greeted by royal staff. Armed guards stayed outside the door to guard. Only assistants and personal guards could follow him inside, but their sidearms had to be removed.
As soon as he entered the palace, little Arthur rushed over, as friendly as a son seeing his long-lost father. In fact, Liu Ziguang also served as the king's godfather and tutor, and was actually the equivalent of a father. Little Arthur
He was an orphan, and his "biological father" was killed in a bombing not long after he recognized his ancestor. He lived in a huge palace, surrounded by countless servants. In fact, he was still very lonely in his heart. The happiest moment was the moment his godfather arrived.
"Teacher, look what I have prepared for you." Little Arthur pulled Liu Ziguang into the courtyard. Twenty Royal Guards soldiers in red military uniforms stood in a row. The leading officer pulled out his saber and held it at the tip of his nose with a swipe.
, when the command was given, the soldiers all raised their guns in salute. They used old-fashioned fal automatic rifles, with shining bayonets, powerful and majestic, and the neat formation was enough to stand out among the heroes in the African army.
Seeing this small guard of honor, Liu Ziguang smiled, stroked little Arthur's head, and said approvingly: "It's very impressive."
After receiving the teacher's praise, little Arthur smiled proudly with two rows of white teeth, waved his hand and dismissed the honor guard, complaining: "The tutor Martin hired is very annoying. He doesn't allow me to fish or go out to play. He has to watch countless movies every day.
English book, I don’t like him very much.”
In order to be responsible for the young king, the cabinet hired some European teachers at a high price to teach him literature, history, art, Portuguese, English, French, poetry, prose, piano and oil painting. The schedule of piano and oil painting courses was full. Little Arthur was at a playful age.
, how can he bear this, but he has no say in education issues, so he can only ask his godfather for help.
Liu Ziguang said: "It's easy to handle. Later I will take you to the manor for hunting, fishing and horseback riding."
Little Arthur jumped three feet high. Several white teachers heard this from a distance and all shook their heads. They all knew about the relationship between this Asian man and the king. There were even rumors that this man was the one in power in Western Saddamoa. Even the Prime Minister
They all obeyed his orders.
Liu Ziguang was very proud of his status. He was the king's chief tutor, and he was also the Tai Tu. He was ranked among the top three tutors.
"I want to go fishing now, is that okay?" Little Arthur said, quietly glancing at the stern-faced butler.
"Of course." Liu Ziguang took care of everything. He didn't care at all about the murderous look of the palace manager, and took little Arthur to go fishing in the palace pond.
That night, the palace hosted a dinner for Liu Ziguang, with a formal European-style custom-made banquet table, sterling silver candlesticks, French red wine, British-trained waiters, snow-white napkins, shiny tableware, and exquisite food. It was full of aristocratic style and a huge restaurant
Inside, there were only two of them dining, but several servants stood around. Looking at the uncomfortable little king, Liu Ziguang pushed the plate and said, "Let's have something else."
Five minutes later, Liu Ziguang lit a bonfire by the pond in the Imperial Garden, skewered the fish he caught during the day on a rack and grilled it. Although it was half-cooked and only sprinkled with salt and pepper, little Arthur ate it abnormally.
Happy, Liu Ziguang lit a cigarette, sat next to him and smiled, as happy as a father looking at his son.
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The next day, I started to deal with complicated official duties, participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the hospital aided by China, registered a mining joint-stock company, and officially named it Wood Mine to commemorate this noble gentleman, and then inspected the offices of Red Star Company in the West.
Office and the project department of Zhicheng Overseas Engineering Company, and as the manager of the engineering company, signed the San Juan International Airport supporting project and national apartment project contracts with the Spanish authorities.
Airports, docks, railways, highways, power plants, water plants, hospitals, schools, stadiums and other infrastructure are all under bidding and construction. West Sadamoa is full of guests from all over the world, and there is consumption when there are people. San Juan Hotel
The rooms are full every day, and they are occupied by business negotiators from various countries and engineers who come to debug and install equipment. The infrastructure facilities in Western Saddamoa are so poor. Now that I have the money, they all have to upgrade to the latest ones, which is equivalent to destroying the country.
Replacement of the inside and outside is a huge project that will take more than ten years.
Xuanzi's business also expanded to Africa, and he opened a car repair center in the center of San Juan. Previously, there were no repair stations for adding Freon to car air conditioners in the entire West Sadamoa. Even small things like changing screws had to go to neighboring countries.
, Xuanzi's store can be regarded as a monopoly. There is constant business every day, making money makes his hands cramp. The people who help him work are a group of teenagers without passports. They are the delinquent teenagers from "Jiangbei Longtang" who Liu Ziguang ordered to be smuggled here.
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Xuanzi is not the only one from Jiangbei who has made a fortune in San Juan. Li Jianguo has stepped down from his position as the training director of the West Sadamoya Army Department and opened a security company. The business is booming, and he has even overthrown the momentum of Red Star.
After a lot of competition, Zhang Baiqiang, Chu Xiangdong and some other associates did not stay in the government to hold public positions, but found positions in the mines.
After finishing his official duties, Liu Ziguang took little Arthur to a private estate in the suburbs as scheduled.
Liu Ziguang's territory has 2,500 acres of land. In addition to mines, there are also large plantations. The original villa was burned down by fire. A Chinese engineering team was asked to rebuild a new one with reinforced concrete, a tennis court, a swimming pool, and a helicopter stopped.
Ping is equipped with all the luxury gadgets commonly seen in movies such as Ping, and there are several horses in the stables. Liu Ziguang is not yet leisurely enough to spend a lot of money on horse racing. These horses are just ordinary riding horses. He rides on horseback and carries a gun.
The territory is more comfortable than driving an off-road vehicle.
The territory includes a section of high-quality beaches, white sand beaches, swaying coconut groves, blue sea, and the gambling ship Captain's Joy, which is being decorated on the sea, all giving people a paradise-like feeling.
The local life is very leisurely. They fish, sleep, swim, barbecue and drink beer on the beach every day, and wear sunglasses under the coconut grove to watch the seagulls in the sky for several hours. There are no mobile phones, no phone calls, and no time.
The concepts are all vague. A day is only divided into morning, noon, afternoon and night. Anyway, everyone's life rhythm is the same. If someone is busy every day, everyone will find it strange.
Of course, these are superficial phenomena. If you live there for a long time, you will feel all kinds of discomforts. The climate is hot, mosquitoes are rampant, there is no electricity, no Internet, no running water, no steamed buns, dumplings, ramen and delicious Chinese food, only the scorching sunshine.
, the monotonous life, the beer warmed by the sun, and the same black faces, normal people will get bored after living there for a month or two.
But with the improvement of infrastructure, these regrets will no longer exist. Liu Ziguang has a plan to buy several uninhabited islands in the territorial waters of Sissadamoa and transform them into luxury private islands to create a tourism brand and get married in the future.
It can be held on the island, and no girl can resist this extremely romantic feeling.
After riding around on horseback, Liu Ziguang took little Arthur on a speedboat to inspect a few islands he intended to visit. They played until midnight before returning to the manor to start the dinner.
While he was enjoying a barbecue and beer, Liu Ziguang's cell phone rang. This cell phone used a card from Jiangbei Mobile. Only a few people knew that when he answered the call, the voice that came from the phone was the voice of Deng Miaofan, the son of Old Brother Deng.
"Teacher Liu, I... have something to do with you."
"Tell me what's going on?"
"I got into some trouble at school... and got into trouble with people in society."
"For this matter, you go to Huaqing Pool to find Uncle Zhuo and tell him that I asked you to go. He will help you settle it. I can't go back for the time being."
"Oh, I understand, Teacher Liu."
Thousands of miles away in Jiangbei City, Deng Miaofan put down the phone and said helplessly to several classmates who looked hopeful: "Teacher Liu can't come back from other places, so let's find Uncle Zhuo."
"Uncle Zhuo, are you the boss of Huaqing Pool?" classmate Wang Dongliang asked.
"right."
"You know him?"
"I don't know him, but he is my father's former colleague."
"Very good."
"What's good? The more this happens, the less likely we are to go to him. He will definitely tell my father. Okay, let's not ask for help and solve it ourselves." Deng Miaofan gritted his teeth.
Wang Dongliang hesitated and said: "Then we still go to school? The Aotian Club has made it known that we will be beaten every time we see it."