Unlike most colonial capitals, which use the domestic geographical term, Ping'an Port is borrowed from the indigenous Swahili word "Dares Salaam", which means "safe port", and from 1854, when African companies set up anchorage here, to 1858, it became the capital of the East African colony. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Since then, it has become the most important port in East Africa and a meeting point for immigrants, especially as the starting point of the "African Railway", which has further stimulated the development of the region, which four years ago was an anchorage of just a few thousand people, and now it has grown into a city of nearly 20,000 immigrants, and nearly 150,000 immigrants live in the entire colony.

In the distance, several electric cranes stand in the harbor on the wharf. Then there is the estuary beach of Ping'an Harbor, the beach bay, the scenery is beautiful and rainy, the buildings along the shore are lined with trees, this is definitely a bay with extremely beautiful scenery.

As the capital of the colony, you can see some things that you can't see in the country, looking from the boat to the shore, you can see palace-like houses everywhere, there are lush trees, and those palace-like buildings are hidden in patches of green, and the blue sky and white clouds form a beautiful scenery. The scenery is even reminiscent of a fantastic fantasy.

Horse-drawn carriages galloped along the wide avenue by the sea, as if they were running in a park built around a large lake. Buildings are built right next to the seaside boulevard. Some of the buildings are majestic, and the sun-bathed city and bay glitter. The morning sun shines with a sleepy glow, and its panchromatic mist spreads in all directions.

The migrant ship finally stopped sailing. The two tentacles are open and leaning against its side. Several gentlemen came up, all dressed in light-colored shirts, glasses and straw hats, with briefcases under their arms. Then came another uniformed person, the quarantine officer and the police, who came to perform their routine official duties, and after a while, two customs employees circled around the cabin, beckoning the people who had come ashore here to quarantine, Li Pingyi, a Jiangsuman whom Jiang Zhijie had met on the boat, came over and hugged him.

"Goodbye, I wish you to bring your family over soon!"

"I also wish you to bring your family over as soon as possible......"

Others were also saying goodbye, and soon the people who had come ashore here were able to disembark here, and on the docks, Jiang Zhijie finally saw the legendary natives, some people blacker than coal, and of course his attention was not here now, and as soon as Jiang Zhijie came ashore, they were shouted at as the laborers from the vassal countries left in droves, and when the brightly dressed women were enthusiastically discussing their unmet husbands in a language they did not understand. They, these immigrants from China, were stopped at the dock, and just when they were at a loss, a Cantonese brought a message,

"It's good now, it's unreasonable, only we are left here!"

"What's going on?"

"We have to go, or go somewhere, but we, the poor, say that we have food and a place to live...... But what I need is to work in the field immediately, I am here to work, not to waste time, I still have 200 acres of land waiting for me to open up the wasteland......"

As they spoke, Jiang Zhijie saw four people in uniforms and carrying foreign guns coming over, and when they walked over, people turned their eyes to them.

"Everyone, be quiet!"

One of the uniformed men shouted loudly, and he continued only after the people had quieted down.

"You should all know that the Empire and Britain are at war now, and Africa is also at the forefront of the war, according to the colonial decree, as a Chinese, every immigrant has the right to receive and buy land without compensation, and while enjoying the power, you also have the obligation to defend the colony......"

Then the man in uniform told them that from now on each of them would be part of the Colonial Defence Force, in other words, they had come to the colony from far and wide, and the colony had not given them the land, wealth, or new life they had hoped for, but had welcomed them in a different way.

"No, my lord, we are here to work, we are here to cultivate wasteland, not to fight! You can't force us to ......."

As soon as the adult's words fell, someone immediately retorted, but his rebuttal was exchanged for a gun butt, and he was hit hard by a soldier with a rifle butt, and when he bent down to the ground like a shrimp, Jiang Zhijie heard the adult say.

"You remember, this is a colony, this is different from the country, do you think you came here just to farm? No, where did the land come from, I tell you, every acre of land here was taken from the hands of the natives with bayonets, and what do you need to defend your land? You need to defend with weapons, if you don't know how to shoot, if you haven't even killed anyone, how can you defend your farm, how can you defend your property......"

"Brother, what's wrong? What's going on? ”

Jiang Zhilin looked at his cousin beside him with some confusion, he didn't know what was going on at all, and he didn't know what would happen next?

He was just instinctive, pinning all his hopes on his cousin.

After all, it's for them in Africa right now. Each other is the only thing to rely on.

"We've been caught! The Forest. ”

Jiang Zijie, who was more than ten years older, had a pale face, originally the reason why he came here was to make a fortune. And not to want to be a soldier. If you want to be a soldier, how can you need to be here? to such a distant place.

But does she have any other options now?

Of course, the colonial government did not give him any other choice. For the current colonial government. Conscription is undoubtedly the overriding task.

No job is more important than conscription, after all, if there are not enough soldiers, then there is a high probability that they will not be able to protect the colony.

What's the point of having so many immigrants if the colonies can't be protected? If the colonies were ruled by the British, who would protect these immigrants?

In this case, the military strength of the colony was enriched. It was a natural choice.

It's a simple choice. It doesn't even take much thought, but for immigrants like Jiang Zhijie, who have just come to Africa from China. For a while, they obviously couldn't accept this kind of gap between heaven and earth, after all, they were originally going to work here, not fight here.

"Fuck, who's to blame for that?"

I don't know who complained on the side.

"Isn't it providence that we came here while the fuck was going on, and now we've been pulled strong?"

Isn't it, if it weren't for the fact that it's a time of war. How could they enjoy such treatment after all the hardships they had come to the colony?

If it were in normal times, perhaps the official in charge of resettlement would have welcomed them warmly. Then choose the richest piece of land for them. For them to farm, but now it's a time of war!

No one would ever again regard them as priceless treasures as they had in the past, and now they were nothing more than a resource for war to the colonies.

Who can force what in such a situation?

But in the next few dozen minutes. The commander, dressed in military uniform, told them all about the advantages of joining the Wehrmacht in the colony. Of course, this is more like a carrot after a stick, but just to calm their hearts.

But a few carrots are better than nothing.

Without too many words, under the threat of gun butts and violence, Jiang Zhijie, like everyone else, turned into a flock of lambs in an instant, and the only relief to them was that when they signed the conscription form of the defense army, they received the first military salary - 25 yuan for settling-in payment, of course, this money is not given to them now, but will wait until they retire, and then distribute them with houses, farm tools and other materials, and even their military salary can be distributed by other options - You can exchange it for a family ticket to Africa, and you can enjoy a 7% discount.

In short, the colonies do not pay them immediately, unless they retire or die, unless they retire or die, all they receive is a uniform, a rifle, a pair of leather boots, and, of course, an unknown 400 acres of arable land, which they may need to take from the natives with bayonets and bullets.

And for these immigrants, they have no other choice.

"Brother, what do you say now, it's hard for us to do this...... Pulled by them? ”

Jiang Zhilin looked around a little nervously, and he even deliberately lowered his voice and said.

"Otherwise, let's run away!"

Run, where to run!

Jiang Zijie looked around, and when he looked at the dark-skinned natives, an extremely reluctant smile appeared on his face.

"Run, unless we fall into the coals. Otherwise, we will rely on our skin. And how far can you run? ”

Accept your fate!

Even if it is reluctant in the heart. Now I am afraid that there is no other choice but to accept my fate. Then she comforted herself.

"If you really give so many things, this will pull the strong man......

The tropical weather is slightly hot, swarms of flies chase the marching procession, even in the hot weather, all the soldiers still wear long-sleeved military uniforms to prevent the bite of tsetse flies, and in many colonial capitals, including Safe Harbor, there are African Disease Institutes, whose research results ensure the safety of soldiers and immigrants to the greatest extent.

Over the past month, the East African colonial defense force, made up of immigrants, has been advancing in the direction of South Africa. However, their enemies were not the British, but the local natives, who left behind one burned indigenous village after another, and those indigenous kings tried to resist them, but in the end the resistance was broken under modern guns.

War will change a lot of people!

Although he has only been a soldier for only one and a half months, and has only received half a month of training, Jiang Zhijie is no different from his comrades-in-arms now, he will always look around with a vigilant eye, as long as there is any wind and grass nearby, he will rush over unceremoniously, but what is disappointing is that most of the natives in the Kingdom of Lodz are hiding, although most of the villages and towns where they live have been burned, but they dare not resist anymore.

A month and a half ago, for Jiang Zhijie, he never thought that he would kill someone, and now as a soldier, he has killed the indigenous soldiers of the resisting Lodz Kingdom with bullets again and again, and the bayonet pierced their chests without the slightest relent. He even calculates in his heart how much land he can get in exchange for the military merits he has obtained by killing the enemy, and who cares who once lived on these lands?

Just as the land in front of us is just a wasteland, and in the future, millions of immigrants will turn this barren land into a fertile field, and millions of hard-working compatriots will cultivate this land. Of course, it is quite possible that they will also be included.

"Hey, it's a pity!"

When Enobayashi looked to the left and right, he looked at the endless meadow around him.

"Such a good place, it is so deserted, if you give me a few hundred acres, within two years, I can make them all grow food......"

Even now, they have not forgotten their dream of cultivating the land here and changing their lives, and even now, as soldiers, what they have in their minds is still such a realistic dream.

Sometimes, it's dreams that drive them and drive them forward.

"Let's wait until we defeat the British first......"

As he spoke, he saw a white man being escorted by a cavalry unit, and a group of natives stood there expressionlessly like dead stakes, their skin shining white in the sun, looking a little dazed.

They were natives hired by the whites to make trouble for the march of the troops, and the British missionaries and soldiers would always hire natives to attack the defense in this way.

An officer stood in front of them, as if loudly announcing that there was only one way to deal with mercenaries and rebels according to colonial decree - executions, and that there must be no mercy on rebels, and then he saw a group of soldiers with loaded guns standing in front of them, and that was a firing squad.

"Bang!"

The sound of gunfire behind him made Jiang Zhijie tremble, and the sound of a row of guns meant that a team of mercenaries had been executed, and this was just the beginning, and the tribes that cooperated with the whites would also be punished accordingly. But that's just the beginning......

As for Jiang Zhijie, he didn't have any sympathy for the deaths of those people, he was just thinking about a question in his mind.

"When will the war end?"

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