With such a large plantation, the labor required is naturally not a small amount. When Haihan recaptured the Ambuna Islands from the Dutch, the resident population here was only about 3,000, but Haihan continued to send immigrants here, and the population has increased tenfold in a few years, which is much larger than the colonial ports of Annam.

Of course, not all of these immigrants were Han Chinese who were transported from Hainan Island, some of them were traded from nearby countries such as Annam and Champong, and there was also a group that could not be ignored, that is, slaves trafficked here by human traffickers from various countries.

Most of these slaves came from South Asia, West Asia, and even East Africa, while the main traffickers were Portugal and the Netherlands, two countries that already had official trade relations with the Haihan. In fact, after the defeat of the Dutch East India Company in the South China Sea, the slave market in Batavia was not affected by the relations between the two countries, and there were already slave traders secretly selling human beings to the Haihan from that time. Later, the Dutch lost their strength in the defense of Batavia, and had to put aside their old grudges with Haihan to seek trade cooperation, and the slave traders had no scruples and put this population business directly on the table.

Although the business was not so humane, Haihan was anxious to develop the island of Ambuna, and the Executive Committee would not have too much of a Madonna mentality in such matters. What's more, for these poor people who have left their homeland to become slaves for various reasons, it may not be a bad thing to be bought by the customers of Haihan and put into the plantations of Ambuna Island to work. According to Haihan's law, as long as these slaves have completed a certain number of years of work, they can also be freed from slave status, and even apply for naturalization of Haihan to become official citizens. Some of them were selected by the military, or who had special skills in navigation, culture, handicrafts, etc., and were released from slavery within a short time of arrival in the port, and were reassigned to positions that could better use their strengths.

Such a population policy has also made the people on Ambuna Island diverse. The absolute majority is still Han Chinese, but in addition to the Han Chinese, all kinds of people from Europe to the Far East can be seen on the island, and in this respect alone, it has even surpassed Sanya, which is known as the first port in the South China Sea.

As the operator, the management committee has also selected many young people with flexible minds from various ethnic groups and taught them to speak Chinese and read Chinese characters. This is not to rush them into the Haihan society, but to have a business prospect on the island, which requires a group of overnight translators in Chinese and various ethnic languages. And this measure was not just to command the slaves who were sold to Ambuna Island, after all, in most cases only a leather whip was needed to achieve such a purpose, and it was not so much trouble. The real purpose of training translators is to be able to cope with the increasing number of foreigners coming to Ambuna.

Due to the limited port conditions of Ambuna Island, it is difficult to develop and operate as a large trading port like Da Nang or Sanya, and now it can be operated as an entrepot trading port in the South China Sea, relying more on the production of the island's plantations and the flow of people supported by commercial institutions and the tourism and entertainment industry. In addition to the immigrants and slaves who settled here, the flow of foreign tourists on Ambuna Island is actually mainly non-Han Chinese, so the differences in language and culture are also very prominent, and overnight translation of various Chinese languages has become an indispensable occupation on the island.

"We now have more than 20 translators, but when it comes to peak business season, this is far from enough. Mu Shabai said with a sigh: "Every year when there are large-scale events on the island, the port is almost as busy as you arrive, often many fleets arrive here in a day, and the reception work is not busy at all!"

"Then why don't you ask Sanya for help?" someone asked.

"The problem is that there are some ethnic translations, and there are no ones in Sanya, so we can only solve them on our own. Mu Shabai smiled bitterly: "It is not easy to teach these foreigners. ”

Tan Juren said: "I remember that before the crossing, I often saw short videos on the Internet about teaching black children to speak Chinese, and it shouldn't be difficult to teach them to speak, right?"

"It's just for them to read along, and it's not easy for them to understand what we're saying and then integrate it into their own language. Mu Xiabai was a little unimpressed by Tan Juren's question: "Ning Qi has made several trips here for this matter, and our group of people has gone up and down, and only he has taught international students when he was a teacher before, and he still has a little teaching experience." ”

Tan Ju heard that Ning Qi had come to Ambuna Island specifically for this matter, and there was more than one trip, which also showed the importance of this matter. Of course, what he didn't know was that Ningqi came to Ambuna Island not only to train translators for "trivial matters", but also to shoulder other important missions, such as representing the Executive Committee at official meetings of the South China Sea Trade Alliance. However, Mu Shabai just took out this matter and bragged about it, of course, he would not go into such detail.

In addition to political and trade considerations, the training of interpreters on the island is to cope with the increasing number of foreign tourists, and the main reason for attracting these foreigners here is the role played by the local tourism industry.

The tourism industry on Ambuna Island is mainly divided into two parts, the north and the south, needless to say, is naturally dominated by the wildlife area managed by Zhangyun, with rare birds and animals and hunting as the main selling points. Of course, this hunting is not to kill what you see, but to set aside a special hunting area for the dignitaries who come here for recreation to have fun, and the more dangerous carnivorous beasts are generally not put in the hunting area to reduce the risk of injury.

In the viewing area, there are all kinds of animals that Zhang Yun tried to collect from all over the world, which can be said to be a super large wildlife park, and the profits earned here by means of tickets, merchandise and other means are basically used to maintain daily operations, buy exotic creatures from merchants, and Zhang Yun's biological research work. To put it bluntly, I don't expect to make a lot of money with this project, but more to attract tourists, add a unique tourism project to the gold cave of Ambuna Island, and make some contributions to the natural science research advocated by Zhang Yun, after all, this person is determined to replace Darwin in this time and space, and the Executive Committee also gives full support to this.

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With such a large plantation, the labor required is naturally not a small amount. When Haihan recaptured the Ambuna Islands from the Dutch, the resident population here was only about 3,000, but Haihan continued to send immigrants here, and the population has increased tenfold in a few years, which is much larger than the colonial ports of Annam.

Of course, not all of these immigrants were Han Chinese who were transported from Hainan Island, some of them were traded from nearby countries such as Annam and Champong, and there was also a group that could not be ignored, that is, slaves trafficked here by human traffickers from various countries.

Most of these slaves came from South Asia, West Asia, and even East Africa, while the main traffickers were Portugal and the Netherlands, two countries that already had official trade relations with the Haihan. In fact, after the defeat of the Dutch East India Company in the South China Sea, the slave market in Batavia was not affected by the relations between the two countries, and there were already slave traders secretly selling human beings to the Haihan from that time. Later, the Dutch lost their strength in the defense of Batavia, and had to put aside their old grudges with Haihan to seek trade cooperation, and the slave traders had no scruples and put this population business directly on the table.

Although the business was not so humane, Haihan was anxious to develop the island of Ambuna, and the Executive Committee would not have too much of a Madonna mentality in such matters. What's more, for these poor people who have left their homeland to become slaves for various reasons, it may not be a bad thing to be bought by the customers of Haihan and put into the plantations of Ambuna Island to work. According to Haihan's law, as long as these slaves have completed a certain number of years of work, they can also be freed from slave status, and even apply for naturalization of Haihan to become official citizens. Some of them were selected by the military, or who had special skills in navigation, culture, handicrafts, etc., and were released from slavery within a short time of arrival in the port, and were reassigned to positions that could better use their strengths.

Such a population policy has also made the people on Ambuna Island diverse. The absolute majority is still Han Chinese, but in addition to the Han Chinese, all kinds of people from Europe to the Far East can be seen on the island, and in this respect alone, it has even surpassed Sanya, which is known as the first port in the South China Sea.

As the operator, the management committee has also selected many young people with flexible minds from various ethnic groups and taught them to speak Chinese and read Chinese characters. This is not to rush them into the Haihan society, but to have a business prospect on the island, which requires a group of overnight translators in Chinese and various ethnic languages. And this measure was not just to command the slaves who were sold to Ambuna Island, after all, in most cases only a leather whip was needed to achieve such a purpose, and it was not so much trouble. The real purpose of training translators is to be able to cope with the increasing number of foreigners coming to Ambuna.

Due to the limited port conditions of Ambuna Island, it is difficult to develop and operate as a large trading port like Da Nang or Sanya, and now it can be operated as an entrepot trading port in the South China Sea, relying more on the production of the island's plantations and the flow of people supported by commercial institutions and the tourism and entertainment industry. In addition to the immigrants and slaves who settled here, the flow of foreign tourists on Ambuna Island is actually mainly non-Han Chinese, so the differences in language and culture are also very prominent, and overnight translation of various Chinese languages has become an indispensable occupation on the island.

"We now have more than 20 translators, but when it comes to peak business season, this is far from enough. Mu Shabai said with a sigh: "Every year when there are large-scale events on the island, the port is almost as busy as you arrive, often many fleets arrive here in a day, and the reception work is not busy at all!"

"Then why don't you ask Sanya for help?" someone asked.

"The problem is that there are some ethnic translations, and there are no ones in Sanya, so we can only solve them on our own. Mu Shabai smiled bitterly: "It is not easy to teach these foreigners. ”

Tan Juren said: "I remember that before the crossing, I often saw short videos on the Internet about teaching black children to speak Chinese, and it shouldn't be difficult to teach them to speak, right?"

"It's just for them to read along, and it's not easy for them to understand what we're saying and then integrate it into their own language. Mu Xiabai was a little unimpressed by Tan Juren's question: "Ning Qi has made several trips here for this matter, and our group of people has gone up and down, and only he has taught international students when he was a teacher before, and he still has a little teaching experience." ”

Tan Ju heard that Ning Qi had come to Ambuna Island specifically for this matter, and there was more than one trip, which also showed the importance of this matter. Of course, what he didn't know was that Ningqi came to Ambuna Island not only to train translators for "trivial matters", but also to shoulder other important missions, such as representing the Executive Committee at official meetings of the South China Sea Trade Alliance. However, Mu Shabai just took out this matter and bragged about it, of course, he would not go into such detail.

In addition to political and trade considerations, the training of interpreters on the island is to cope with the increasing number of foreign tourists, and the main reason for attracting these foreigners here is the role played by the local tourism industry.

The tourism industry on Ambuna Island is mainly divided into two parts, the north and the south, needless to say, is naturally dominated by the wildlife area managed by Zhangyun, with rare birds and animals and hunting as the main selling points. Of course, this hunting is not to kill what you see, but to set aside a special hunting area for the dignitaries who come here for recreation to have fun, and the more dangerous carnivorous beasts are generally not put in the hunting area to reduce the risk of injury.

In the viewing area, there are all kinds of animals that Zhang Yun tried to collect from all over the world, which can be said to be a super large wildlife park, and the profits earned here by means of tickets, merchandise and other means are basically used to maintain daily operations, buy exotic creatures from merchants, and Zhang Yun's biological research work. To put it bluntly, I don't expect to make a lot of money with this project, but more to attract tourists, add a unique tourism project to the gold cave of Ambuna Island, and make some contributions to the natural science research advocated by Zhang Yun, after all, this person is determined to replace Darwin in this time and space, and the Executive Committee also gives full support to this.

(End of chapter)