Chapter 1713 It's not that I can't control it, but I'm too lazy to control it
South Africa's development and success are almost difficult to replicate.
First of all, the terrain and climate here are quite friendly to the people of the Tang Dynasty. This place has a Mediterranean climate, suitable for living and living, and it is also a flat plain terrain.
Fighting in the plains with this kind of climate, the Tang Army said that there was no pressure and they could directly push forward.
At the same time, the mountains in the north are also called natural city walls. As long as these two small plains are cleared, regular patrols are carried out on the northern border, and military fortresses are set up in some areas, the security of the South African plains can be guaranteed, and there is no need to worry about the northern border.
The natives rushed in.
Because of this, the military quickly wiped out the indigenous people in the entire South African plains with thunderous force. By the time the empire established the African Affairs Office and South Africa at the same time, there were actually no indigenous people in this plain.
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But apart from South Africa, the empire's other overseas territories in Africa were very shabby. For example, the famous West Indian State, although it has a big name, is actually still very small. It only controls a small amount of surrounding coastal plain areas and only has tens of thousands of immigrants.
It’s just a handful of people, not even one-tenth of what it is in South Africa.
As for other strongholds, they generally only have a few thousand people, and some may even have only a few hundred people.
Most of these places have shortcomings of one kind or another, such as the terrain is too complex, the climate is too extreme, or there are too many indigenous people nearby, etc.
In short, just two words: Trouble!
This also led to the empire's unilateral emphasis on South Africa and its neglect of immigration strongholds in other places.
The same thing only leads to the overall underpopulation of Africa.
Nowadays, the total number of controlled areas in Africa controlled by the Tang Empire, including Ceuta in North Africa, is only about 350,000 people, and this still includes the number of garrison troops.
The large population in Africa also makes Tan Youling deeply aware of the difficulties of localization.
After all, there are only a few people there, so why talk about localization?
In comparison, even if the environment in the Nanyang region is harsher, it is still close to the mainland and has many immigrants.
Although the Americas are far away, their natural environment is quite good and they have always been very popular with immigrants.
Even in India, although there are now hundreds of chaotic states, warlords, etc., the local natural environment is still pretty good, and immigrants from the empire will not face too harsh natural challenges in the past.
In addition, the wars between Indian states have also brought a lot of opportunities for immigrants to make money. They can make money by doing anything, especially for those who like adventure. Today's India is simply an amusement park, and they can do whatever they want.
You can probably get back a lot of gold or something if you mess around.
Therefore, many people will still go to India, and if more people go, there will always be many people left behind.
Only in Africa, the natural environment of this poor place is harsh, the indigenous people are dark and ugly, and all of them are uncivilized savages. Moreover, it is far away from the mainland of the empire, so not many people are willing to come.
The combination of many conditions has led to the current difficulties in localization work in Africa.
However, affected by the accelerated progress of localization in Nanyang, Tan Youling, Supervisor of African Affairs, could not sit still and thought of many ways to speed up localization.
On the one hand, it is increasing efforts to attract immigrants from the country, and on the other hand, it is beginning to expand the land of some immigration sites to expand the capacity. In addition, more importantly, it is to do a good job in disease prevention.
The most important thing for localization work in overseas territories is to attract domestic immigrants. Only with immigrants can we talk about localization. Without immigrants, no matter what we do, it will be in vain.
In addition to doing his own job, he also found an African labor service company. He was very dissatisfied with the work efficiency of the African labor service company in the recent period. It has only taken a long time and it has only hired hundreds of thousands of workers.
It's just that the African Labor Service Company belongs to an enterprise, and the management agency also belongs to the Aboriginal Labor Department under the Immigration and Reclamation Department. As the Supervisor of African Affairs, he really does not have much authority to directly manage it.
However, this does not mean that he cannot exert influence on them and ask them to be more agile and not to be slow. The number of indigenous workers under the Nanyang Labor Service Company has exceeded one million. This is not only effective.
It accelerates the localization process and provides great assistance to local infrastructure construction.
After all, the cost of using these indigenous laborers is very low. They don't need to pay any wages, just give them whatever they want, and the indigenous people don't ask for vacations, pensions, etc.
Today, Nanyang Labor Service Company has received a large number of infrastructure construction orders from government offices at all levels in Nanyang.
However, the work efficiency of African labor service companies is much lower. They only employ hundreds of thousands of workers in total, which is far from enough.
While this put pressure on African labor companies, Tan Youling also gritted his teeth and squeezed out a large amount of money from local finances in Africa for infrastructure construction, the development of new immigration sites, and many other projects.
At the same time, he still found the Spaniards, the Portuguese, the English, etc., saying that there are so many indigenous people in Africa, do you have a shortage of labor, and if there is a shortage of labor, just use the indigenous people in Africa.
For example, recently we are planning to develop parts of the northern part of South Africa, especially near Western India. There are so many indigenous people there. If you want it, just hire people and bring it to America and other places for your plantations.
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After these European labor companies clear out the indigenous people, these places will be able to welcome new immigrants from the Tang Dynasty.
This can be said to be a good thing that accomplishes multiple things with one stone.
When Tan Youling on the other side of Africa was worried that there were too many natives, Spain and the Portuguese, no, should be said to be one country, because these two countries now have only one king, and to some extent they have been merged.
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The Spanish are currently short of manpower. They are very short of manpower for their development in the Americas, but their local population is not large. At the same time, because they face the threat of the Tatars, they need to maintain a large-scale army in Europe and the Tatars.
Tartar fighting.
There is not much population left to immigrate to Europe.
At the same time, in the Americas, there was originally a large population. However, after the Europeans arrived in the Americas, especially in South America, Central America, Mexico and other areas under their control, the original number of indigenous people has been greatly reduced.
Foreign diseases, internal indigenous struggles, persecution by European colonists and other factors have already led to a significant reduction in the number of indigenous people in the Americas now controlled by Spain.
There are still relatively many indigenous people in the areas controlled by the Tang Dynasty.
So when the Tang Dynasty proposed moving the indigenous people of North America to Mexico and other regions, the Spaniards welcomed it very much.
Now, the Tang Dynasty asked them to move the native Africans to the Americas, and they also welcomed them very much.
After all, there was no slavery in the Tang Dynasty, but they did.
The Tang Dynasty wanted land but not people, and had always insisted on refusing to allow the indigenous people to enter the areas under its control. Even if it had previously opened a door to establish a labor service company, it was still very restrictive and could only be centralized management and engaged in infrastructure construction.
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But many European colonists in this era were not limited to using indigenous people for infrastructure construction. They also asked indigenous people to farm, mine, etc. for them.
Especially in various farms, plantations, and mines controlled by Europeans, you can see many indigenous people working there.
But the Datang Empire did not do this. So far, except for the four major labor service companies, Datang still does not allow other Datang individuals or institutions to hire non-Datang people or temporary residents, no matter what form of employment is allowed.
In fact, the Tang Dynasty did not allow the natives to enter the areas controlled by the Tang Dynasty at all, so there was no talk of employment.
Once you are caught hiring aboriginals, it is a felony and you will be fined and bankrupted in minutes.
Of course, no one is stupid. The government does not allow the employment of indigenous people, but that is only limited to the areas controlled by the Tang Dynasty. In fact, the areas controlled by the Tang Dynasty are not large in the world. For example, in India, except for Ceylon
Outside the island, the land directly controlled by the Tang Dynasty was only about 100,000 square kilometers, and the rest was still an area controlled by indigenous people.
As for the Tang people, they were in the area controlled by the indigenous people, so no one could control what they wanted to do.
Many people from the Tang Dynasty would go to the indigenous-controlled areas to open plantations, mines, etc., and the labor force used would be free labor.
However, the Tang government does not actually welcome such measures, and will impose certain restrictions on companies or individuals who do so. After all, the laws of the Tang Dynasty never say that they are only limited to the areas controlled by the Tang Dynasty. In theory, they are global. No,
It should be said that all known and unknown spaces are within the legal coverage of Datang.
Because the territory of Datang theoretically includes all known and unknown spaces.
Therefore, it was against the laws of the Tang Dynasty to some extent for merchants to employ indigenous people outside the actual control areas of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, outside of the existing control areas, there are no law enforcement officers from the Tang Dynasty elsewhere, so they just turn a blind eye to the illegal activities of the people of the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, this situation cannot be managed, it is just that Datang is too lazy to take care of it.
The difference here is huge!
If it goes too far and causes bad effects, the Tang government will arrest people and confiscate their homes if they are serious.
But no matter what, being too lazy to care basically means acquiescence.
As long as you are smarter and don't make a fuss, the imperial officials will generally treat it as invisible but not heard!
Therefore, although many businessmen hire indigenous people in indigenous-controlled areas, they generally do not do so blatantly. Most of them use indirect methods, that is, they directly cooperate with the indigenous people, package various tasks and entrust them to them, or simply directly
Purchase minerals, agricultural products and other raw materials from indigenous people.
Let the indigenous people organize their own manpower for production.
This was considered a side kick, bypassing the law that prohibited Tang people from directly employing indigenous people.
The Tang Dynasty had strict restrictions on the employment of natives by its own people, but it didn't matter if the natives did it themselves.
On the European plantations in the Americas, a large number of native Americans and Africans worked in chains.
Against this background, the indigenous migration work in North America has become extremely smooth. If the indigenous migration is smooth, the subsequent immigration development will be even smoother.