Chapter 34: "The African Construction Corps"

"Your Royal Highness, are we being too merciful to the natives of Africa? These guys have no civilization and can only be counted as a cheap tool of labor, and they can only be made to work if they are given limited means of subsistence. We can command them with rifles, just like the colonial authorities! Major Huck said cautiously.

"With a rifle? Of course, the result of this is that one day you may die under the scimitars and poisoned arrows of the natives, I really don't care about this, although the Kingdom of Bavaria is not large, but at least there are three armies and 18 cavalry regiments. The traverser said angrily. Without you, I could easily pull out another team. ”

"Ugh." Huck was speechless.

"Remember our purpose, we are here to make money! Is it good to make money! Where does the cost of Lao Tzu recover if he doesn't make money? If you don't make money, what are you doing in Africa under the scorching sun and mosquito bites? The investment and benefits that should be given are not missing! Do you know why the colonies run by the empire are losing all their money? The funds for suppressing the uprising are too high! Black people are also human beings, and if you don't give others a way to live, you will still play with your life! "The traverser is really in a hurry.

Lao Tzu paid you to have a good relationship with the local local snake, but you didn't do it? Think you're very NB, don't you? Lao Tzu tells you as a "coming" person, it's useless! It's not that Germany can't beat those natives, it's that it can't be counted! From 1904 to 1907, the Germans threw away 600 million marks in order to suppress the uprising in Namibia! In the end, the Germans had to change their tactics and became, as long as they worked, and began to absorb Africans into the colonial army.

600 million marks, why not? Not to mention 600 million, you can't spend one percent of the money to buy and hire locals! A Herero farmer in Namibia bought a bag of corn on credit, and in the end, the Germans who claimed the debt took the principal of 8 bulls and the interest of 2 cows! Who can bear this matter? Things like land expropriation without compensation, forced labor without pay, and such things abound.

The Germans thought they had saved money, but in the end Germany got out of the game, and the local Namamen and Herero people just flipped the table and stopped doing it! As soon as the uprising broke out, the Germans took in more than 2,000 lives and 600 million marks of military spending for more than 3 years, which is not counting direct and indirect losses!

"Eat your own meat and give soup to the natives" is the principle of the traverser! The "civilized Germans" and the local natives jointly built a colony in Southwest Africa was the purpose of the traversers! If anyone can't get along with these two points, I don't care if you're a German or an indigenous! To put it bluntly, don't both blacks and whites work for the traversers? They are all the toiling masses at the bottom, what kind of superiority do they show?

At that time, the blacks did not have such a strong national consciousness, and they were all poor people who were struggling on the poverty line, giving ordinary people a few pieces of black bread, giving the chiefs a few thousand marks of something, and everything was solved, and Bavaria did not lack this money! Don't even need those big-headed soldiers to pay for themselves, listen to the words of the chief, just do your job well, and don't care about anything else!

"Major, between your words and your performance, I don't think you are fit to be the commander of the African Pioneer Team, from now on, you have only one job, and that is to be in charge of the security of the camp and personnel, you will work under the command of Dr. Itmer, and in addition, I will set up a monitoring team in the team to punish all actions against the will of the kingdom!" The prince said in a fierce voice.

"Your will is my responsibility." Even if Major Huck was ten thousand dissatisfied, he was not willing to say anything, not to mention the terrible punishment, the simple treatment of three times his annual salary and the guarantee of higher and faster promotion made him unable to give up. How can you get the true scriptures without going through the ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties? If you don't go around Africa, your concubine who is a declining baron will have no chance to revive the family.

"Alright, you can go out now, let Dr. Itmel in, I have something to say to him." The traverser looks at the fire and is almost there, just scare it. Major Huck was just an appetizer for the day, and we talked for no more than 20 minutes, and the two hours from now until lunch were reserved for Dr. Itmel from Holland!

"As an expert in the mining field, I believe in your abilities, and for this trust I have paid you a large sum of money and a title of nobility, and I hope you do not disappoint me." For those who have the ability, the traverser is still very respectful, just because he has found tin for the French in West Africa, gold for the British in South Africa, and iron ore in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the traverser thinks that he has no problem finding diamonds in the place he has carved out!

Shallow diamond mines, railroads less than 30 miles from the sea! If you can't find it again, the traverser will even have the heart to kill him! Spending money is one aspect, and more importantly, this guy is insulting his own IQ! Of course, this Dutch-born expert mining is only one aspect, and more importantly, this guy has a good relationship with the Boers, and has also mined together with the same species!

O Boers! A typical gentleman is innocent and guilty! If it weren't for the gold and diamond mines dug up in the territory, the British would not have bothered to care about you, and when the world's largest gold mine, the Rand gold mine, was discovered in the Transvaal of the Boer Republic, things would have been abnormal! In 1895, 62,700 kilograms of gold were produced a year! In 1898, the Rand gold mines accounted for 27.55% of the world's total production! Just on this point, the British have a hundred and twenty reasons to fight you!

What did the British start for? Pirates at heart! Criticize a gentleman's hard skin and fill a civilized person! Historically, as early as early 1895, Rhodes and a group of mine owners were ready to overthrow the rule of the Boers, and were supported by the newly appointed colonial minister at that time, this man was named Chamberlain! (This guy is also a celebrity.) As a result, he was beaten by the Boers, who were all soldiers! Then Chamberlain directly shook the pot and said he didn't know.

Then Wilhelm II, the bear child, sent a telegram to celebrate the defeat of the Boers in England. This led to a series of things, in fact, this matter, it is not to blame Germany, the arms used by the Boers, the explosives used in the mines, and the construction of railways have German capital, and the Boers are finished, and the British will compensate the Germans? Even Bismarck couldn't stand this!

More than 80% of the reasons for the time-travelers to hire this man were because he had a good relationship with the Boers, and he had to do with the development of the Rand gold mine in 1884, and this guy was an important technician in it at that time. He had dealings with the Boer government and was said to have known some of the most important figures. O Boers, O gold mines, O diamond mines, O Boer War! The traverser's blood boiled when he thought about these things! There's so much room to maneuver inside!

Do a good job, help the kingdom find the diamond mines, take care of those big soldiers, don't cause trouble, coordinate the relationship with the surrounding natives, especially to go up the upper route and have a good relationship with the chief, don't be afraid to spend money, all food and clothing will be reimbursed above. There is also a plan to revise before leaving. In addition, it is possible to tie up with the Boers. It is estimated that during the 2-hour meeting, the traverser tossed around this question for more than 1 hour, and Dr. Itmer on the other side became more and more unable to sit still, as if he was sitting not on a stool, but on a tiger chair!

"Can't sit still for just over an hour? Please, sitting across from you is the prince of a country, your boss, it's good to be dedicated, you were the master who worked 10 hours in a row in the cave. The Doctor's unusual behavior caused the traverser to frown slightly.

"Well, you have to respect intellectuals, after all, you still have to expect people to work for you, don't you?" The traverser thought to himself and then put on a posture of Corporal Lixian: "Is there anything else the doctor needs?" Despite the proposal, if it can, the royal family will try to be satisfied. ”

"Your Highness, I will do my best to do what I should do, my work history and ability have been reflected in my previous work, and now, I only ask you for one thing, I have a friend who wants to see you. It's close to lunchtime now. The doctor looked at the wall clock in the corner of the living room. I hope you'll be able to spare even half an hour this afternoon. ”

"Oh, it turns out that someone wants to go through the back door! This needs to be understood. "The traverser suddenly realized." For your sake, I can give him half an hour. ”

"I am touched by your generosity and kindness, he is from the Transvaal Republic, his name is Kruger, he is a high-ranking person in the Republic, he has come for a big business." The doctor said with some embarrassment.

"Kruger. This name is so familiar! With a click, the teacup fell to the ground. The traverser is hit by a great sense of happiness!

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