Chapter 118: Heaven and Hell
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Zhang Zhongguo is the third group of Chinese Nord citizens to be granted immigration quotas, and the biggest advantage of obtaining citizenship is that he can live in the city. The city was loyal and not racially discriminatory in allocating resources, and he received the same housing as everyone else, but it was allocated relatively late, so it was a little far from the city center.
The house did not belong to him but to the Principality of Nord, but the low rent was no different from nothing, and the milk supplied by the welfare could be sold in exchange for a corresponding rent and even a surplus.
Of course, there are very few such things really done, Nord preaches is morality first, health second, science and technology third, in such a propaganda environment, it seems that every Nord citizen cherishes their own life, milk is good for health, who will take the initiative to buy and sell?
However, like everyone else, the high welfare of the Principality of Nord made him feel a little apprehensive while enjoying it with peace of mind, always thinking that such high benefits were not good, in case the finances of the Principality of Nord collapsed, wouldn't the citizenship he had obtained with great difficulty be like a blank piece of paper?
A few days ago, the government issued an announcement for citizens to go to the Western Sahara region to sign up, and Zhang Zhongguo wanted to sign up, but the words and gossip of the people around him made him dispel this idea. The policy is very good and very attractive, but living in a desert where no bathing and drinking water are problems, Zhang Zhongguo feels terrified when he thinks about it.
But at the same time of fear, he also began to worry, enjoying such high benefits, now that His Majesty the Honorable Grand Duke needs help, will only a few people promise to provoke His Majesty's anger?
In such a worry, Zhang Zhongguo ushered in the announcement that the cabinet government began to reduce the welfare of citizens, and sure enough, the Grand Duke was angry, but it was okay that the welfare reduction himself could escape the fate of going to Western Sahara with peace of mind.
This is not the case with such an idea, so no one has jumped out against the reduction of benefits, because they feel that they are at a loss. Of course, this is mostly due to the benefits of the national moral system, and there are almost no unreasonable people.
The newly established logistics company needs a large number of staff, and as a Nord citizen, Zhang Zhongguo quickly got the letter of appointment, looking at the workers who are still queuing, Zhang Zhongguo is very proud of his citizenship.
It is said that the idea of the logistics company was proposed by His Majesty the Great Grand Duke, what online shopping will be established in the future, God is pitiful, that thing will work? No one can see anyone, what if the other party doesn't give something or the thing is too bad?
While thinking about this, Zhang Zhongguo rode his bicycle and began to ride to those families who ordered milk, after all, a glass of milk every morning has become a habit, and it feels awkward if he doesn't drink it.
No one could have imagined how far the logistics company would grow in ten years, but for now, the logistics company is still quite profitable, especially after working with dairy farms.
At this time, Joseph was riding in a jeep in the desert, and there were many oasis towns near Laayoune, and Joseph's purpose was to see how they lived.
In fact, most of the residents living in Laayoune are Middle Eastern and Spanish immigrants from Morocco, and the real natives are in remote and backward areas, living in considerable poverty. What Joseph wanted to see was the poorest part of Western Sahara.
Smith and Herman weren't with them, as they still had a lot to attend to, accompanied by the chief of the Guards Bureau and several military generals.
It didn't take long for Joseph to see two loess houses on the dry yellow desert, and there was a small natural windshield wall near the earthen houses, which was actually a small hillside where the loess was condensed.
There is a sheepfold on one side of the loess house, and there are three goats in the sheepfold, but you can see how harsh the environment here is by looking at them...... Of course, most of this is due to the reluctance of Moroccan and Spanish immigrants to live in the oases.
Without an oasis, they have to travel a few kilometres to fetch water, and the goats eat as much as they can dig up the parched, half-dead grass.
"Your Excellency, please forgive me two more days, we really can't afford 50 dirhams!"
"Old Saiyib, this is what the Grand Duke of Nord meant, I can't help it, don't you still have a few goats?"
"Your Excellency, that's our food for next year! Please give me two days, just two days! ”
"You won't be able to pay taxes for ten days."
As he spoke, the door of the room was opened, but the impatience on the face of the Arab-faced tax collector turned to sluggishness and then horror when he saw the heavily armed soldiers and black-clad guards outside the door.
"If I'm not mistaken, just now you said in the house that tax is what I meant, I don't understand, Laayoune has a clear policy of exempting all taxes in the last three years, haven't you received this order or ...... You're not a tax collector at all? ”
As the words Joseph's tone became heavier and heavier, finally the tax collector couldn't bear it and couldn't help but kneel on the ground and didn't dare to speak again, just trembling and shivering, Joseph said so clearly, if he didn't understand the identity of the person who came, then he was a fool, and a fool obviously couldn't be a tax officer.
"He's the former tax collector here?"
Joseph was also a smart man, and he guessed the identity of the Arab tax collector by looking at the elderly black man who came out later, but this kind of thing still needs to be reconfirmed, so he looked at the black man.
Joseph was in English just now, and although the tax officer was not highly educated, he was still proficient in English, but for black people he could not understand it at all, so he just looked at Joseph and the tax officer kneeling on the ground in fear.
There were translators in the army who were familiar with the native language, and it was only after they translated the old black that they understood what was going on, and at the same time understood that the tax collector had been removed from his post and was now just coaxing him.
The old black man was furious, and Joseph looked at him as he thought something would happen, but in the end, he ...... The old black man just stood aside with resentment, how did the trace of fear in his eyes hide Joseph?
Joseph was very satisfied, he hoped that his people would be docile and timid, and those who were not afraid of death only needed to be soldiers of the Duchy of Nord, and civilians should have the character of civilians, and the easier it was to manage, the better.
"Drag it aside and shoot it! In addition, it was instructed that from today onwards the inhabitants of the outskirts of the city would be allowed to live around the town, and the meadows of the oasis would also be used. ”
"Your Majesty......"
The commander of the Major General of the First National Defense Army looked anxious to dissuade him, Joseph knew what he meant, the most valuable thing in Western Sahara was the oasis, and if a large number of residents came to the oasis, then the meadows in the oasis would not be able to support these people at all, and it was even very likely that the oases would disappear one by one.
Can...... Would Joseph be afraid of these? His arrival had already signaled that the future of Western Sahara would be a paradise on earth, not the hellish it is now.