After taking the plane continuously, Zhang Wei was very tired and slept until night, and dinner was also sent to the room by the orderly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The house where Zhang Wei lives looks very ordinary from the outside, and the interior is very luxuriously decorated, it turned out to be the residence of a Kuwaiti prince, not far from the dock, and is now enclosed within the scope of the naval base, which happens to be Zhang Wei's temporary residence.

In the evening, Zhang Wei summoned Governor Du Shihui alone to learn about the situation in Africa.

Du Shihui trotted to Zhang Wei's door and shouted loudly: "Report!" “

"Come in!"

After entering the house, he gave Zhang Wei a military salute and said, "Your Majesty! “

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "It's all my own people, and there are no outsiders, so you don't have to be so serious!" ”

He pointed to the chair across from the desk and said, "Sit down!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Du Shihui sat on the chair according to the standard sitting posture of a soldier, with his legs together and his hands on his thighs, looking a little nervous.

In the Xia Empire, there are too many people who are higher than him, and there are even more people of his level, they don't have many opportunities to meet the emperor, can they not be nervous when they see the emperor?

"Tell me about the North African Special Administrative Region, including what you think of the black people?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Du Shihui adjusted his mood and continued: "Your Majesty, the productive forces of the North African Special Region are very backward, the blacks there are very poor, they have no clothes, they don't have enough food, and they are still in a tribal state of primitive society, and they don't even wear shirts, and they don't feel ashamed; The people there are very lazy, but they are all strong, and they are also very efficient when they are forced to work, and they can work well when they are tempted by materials, but they can only do manual work, and if they are controlled, they are good free labor in the empire; They are particularly superstitious and very religious believers, and each tribe has its own belief in gods, who can sacrifice their lives for the sake of the tribe's interests, and attack each other cruelly and savagely. “

Zhang Wei thought for a moment and said, "It seems that they are very loyal to the tribe, and if you want to turn them into good free labor, you must break their tribal system." “

"Your Majesty is not wrong at all, this is determined by the harsh living conditions of the locality, and they must be in a group and closely united in order to produce under those conditions, in order to resist the attacks of other tribes; In order to turn them into labor, they must be eliminated from their dependence on the tribe. “

"Then do you have any good ways to eliminate their dependence on the tribe?" Zhang Wei asked curiously, since Governor Du could see the crux of the problem, he should think of a way to deal with them.

Du Shihui said: "What I am doing now is to hire some strong black people who can understand English among the indigenous people when they are carrying out infrastructure construction, so that they can use their families as their labor units, and when distributing food, they are also family-based, so as to gradually reduce their dependence on the tribe. In addition, we set up schools in large tribes or large towns to educate them ideologically, and for those who come to class and pass the study assessment, they will be given one meal a day, and if they fail to pass the assessment, they will be revoked from eating at school, and those rice and white flour steamed buns will have a great temptation for them. ”

"These methods are feasible, but the results are relatively slow, and are there other methods, for example, if you are asked to recruit 100,000 free laborers now, what will you do?"

Du Shihui thought about it for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if you recruit 100,000 free laborers, one is to hire and pay wages according to the daily workload, that is, to distribute enough food for their family; The other is to find the chiefs or elders of each tribe and ask each tribe to send labor according to a certain proportion; Then there is the fact that their tribes attack each other and buy their prisoners of war; Finally, the army was sent directly to the tribe to capture the labor force. “

Seeing that Zhang Wei did not speak, he continued: "These blacks are too capable of giving birth, every woman is giving birth one after another, and they must find ways to curb their population, or if there is a stable source of food, the number of people will increase exponentially; I have an idea, which is not yet mature, and I hope that Your Majesty will give me advice. ”

"You say, I'll listen first."

"I hope Your Majesty's approval to introduce Lamaism to Africa."

"This is also relatively slow, but you can start to try to implement it, you can contact Wu Wenbin, the ambassador to the Chinese Empire, directly, and ask them to invite some enlightened lamas to preach; Also, how much territory have you occupied during this time? Zhang Wei asked, he was most concerned about the territory.

"Back to Your Majesty, the whole of Somalia has now been occupied, and the south is connected to the German colony; It's just that the number of troops is too small now, otherwise they will start grabbing territory with Ethiopia now. ”

This speed is not slow, Zhang Wei is very satisfied, but he also wants more officers and soldiers, and he can't give them to North Africa for the time being, so he said: "The natives of these tribes are very good soldiers, and they can organize those blacks and let them attack." ”

"Your Majesty, it's not yet time, now those indigenous chieftains and elders are very wary of the empire, I want to gradually break down the dependence of the black people on the tribe, and establish a certain confidence in the empire, only by following the pace of the empire can you have enough to eat, and then it is logical to form a force." Du Shihui explained.

Since they had their own ideas, it was inconvenient for Zhang Wei to interfere too much, so he said: "At present, I will give you two orders, first, organize 100,000 strong laborers as soon as possible and send them to Aden and Jeddah to carry out infrastructure construction; The second is to occupy the eastern part of Ethiopia as soon as possible and straighten the border from Djibouti to southern Somalia. ”

Pointing to the map on the wall, he marked an area that must be occupied, "There is no need to wipe out Ethiopia now, let it be a buffer zone between the empire and the European countries, and only occupy its southeast." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"When will the Northern Special Zone become self-sufficient?" Zhang Wei is very concerned about this issue.

"Your Majesty, next year should be flat, if you increase investment, you will be able to make a profit next year; Now the distribution of arable land is being organized on a household basis, and by the way, their dependence on the tribe will be reduced, and the tax revenue will be expanded next year; Moreover, animal husbandry there is very developed, and tribal warfare is now forbidden, and productivity can be quickly restored after stabilization, but camels, cattle, and sheep are the majority; If dairy cows were introduced, they could be used as an export source for the empire's dairy products; It can also use local resources to build cement factories, brick and clay pots and pots, textile factories, felt factories, beef and mutton canning processing plants, fur tanneries, etc.; Moreover, the surrounding waters are rich in fishery resources, which can increase the investment in the fishing industry and promote the development of the seafood processing industry; The ports of Berbera and Mogadishu will also generate a lot of tax revenue. ”

Zhang Wei was very satisfied with Du Shihui's report, and in a few months, he had an overall idea and plan for North Africa, and it seemed that he had worked hard, so he said: "Yes, very thoughtful, what are the difficulties at present?" “

"Your Majesty, whether to send a group of administrative personnel and business personnel, as well as doctors and teachers, etc., I am really too busy to do it alone, and I hope that Your Majesty will increase his investment in North Africa."

"For personnel needs, you can directly telegraph to the Imperial Government Council to apply, and Premier Zheng will arrange it for you; Doctors and teachers this time I will arrange; For the time being, I don't want to increase investment in Africa, which can be used as a source of raw materials for the empire, and for materials that are sold to Europe and are inconvenient to preserve, I can build a few factories, and I will make a plan as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"