Chapter 1224: Population Problems
In order to speed up the local infrastructure construction process, it is necessary to solve the problem of serious labor shortage, and the source of labor must depend on the increase of the basic population. Sing Tao's current resident population is far from sufficient to provide sufficient labour to implement these infrastructure projects. The worst thing is that unlike other colonies, it either has a certain population base or a stable source of immigrants nearby, and it is basically impossible to achieve a desire here to make the local population explode in a short period of time.
Tan Juren secretly regretted in his heart, before he set off from Sanya, he also felt that the number of immigrants approved by the Executive Committee was less, and at that time he should strive for it again, so that the Executive Committee could increase the number of yards, even if it was only doubled, and the deployment of labor would be much more flexible than now, so that it would not be overstretched everywhere like now.
"When I was on Anbuna Island before, I saw that the plantations over there used a lot of slaves, can we refer to this method?" Tan Juren thought about it and proposed the solution he thought of to Roger.
It is obviously not practical to expect a large number of immigrants from Hainan Island to be transported to Sing Tao in the short term, and if the Executive Committee had such a plan, then the population of Sing Tao would not be at the current level, so Tan Juren just thought about it and gave up his plan to work in this direction. Another way to achieve rapid population growth in the short term is through the slave trade. Although this method will definitely cost a lot of money, for the deep-pocketed Haihan, the problems that can be solved with money are not big problems.
Roger smiled and said, "Who sold it to us?"
"Slave traders!" Tan Juren replied casually, but then felt that it was wrong, Roger first served as the leader of Ambuna Island for a period of time, and then transferred to Xingdao, this experience in dealing with human traffickers is also a lot of reason, and he will definitely not be a layman. He should have another hidden reason for making such an answer.
Sure enough, Roger went on to explain: "The slaves sold to Ambuna were mainly Dutch and Portuguese traffickers, but since last year they have consciously reduced their supply. No one told you about this when you were on Ambuna Island?"
Tan Juren subconsciously shook his head, during his inspection of Ambuna Island, he did not carefully inquire about the local slave trade, and Mu Shabai did not seem to take the initiative to mention this situation. Of course, it is also possible that Mu Xiabai once mentioned it, but it happened that Tan Juren and others were visiting the south of the island that made him miss this information.
Seeing this, Roger continued: "The situation in the South China Sea, I believe you should have done your homework, our control area has advanced to the vicinity of Portugal and the Netherlands, although they are ostensibly friendly with us, but they should also feel a real threat. Although they dare not openly confront us, they can still do it if they secretly use some small means to slow down our development. ”
"What do you mean...... They deliberately controlled the sale of slaves to our country in order to slow down our expansion in the South China Sea?" Tan Ju reacted as soon as he heard this, and asked Roger to confirm his guess.
"There is no other plausible explanation for this. Roger nodded in agreement with his guess.
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In order to speed up the local infrastructure construction process, it is necessary to solve the problem of serious labor shortage, and the source of labor must depend on the increase of the basic population. Sing Tao's current resident population is far from sufficient to provide sufficient labour to implement these infrastructure projects. The worst thing is that unlike other colonies, it either has a certain population base or a stable source of immigrants nearby, and it is basically impossible to achieve a desire here to make the local population explode in a short period of time.
Tan Juren secretly regretted in his heart, before he set off from Sanya, he also felt that the number of immigrants approved by the Executive Committee was less, and at that time he should strive for it again, so that the Executive Committee could increase the number of yards, even if it was only doubled, and the deployment of labor would be much more flexible than now, so that it would not be overstretched everywhere like now.
"When I was on Anbuna Island before, I saw that the plantations over there used a lot of slaves, can we refer to this method?" Tan Juren thought about it and proposed the solution he thought of to Roger.
It is obviously not practical to expect a large number of immigrants from Hainan Island to be transported to Sing Tao in the short term, and if the Executive Committee had such a plan, then the population of Sing Tao would not be at the current level, so Tan Juren just thought about it and gave up his plan to work in this direction. Another way to achieve rapid population growth in the short term is through the slave trade. Although this method will definitely cost a lot of money, for the deep-pocketed Haihan, the problems that can be solved with money are not big problems.
Roger smiled and said, "Who sold it to us?"
"Slave traders!" Tan Juren replied casually, but then felt that it was wrong, Roger first served as the leader of Ambuna Island for a period of time, and then transferred to Xingdao, this experience in dealing with human traffickers is also a lot of reason, and he will definitely not be a layman. He should have another hidden reason for making such an answer.
Sure enough, Roger went on to explain: "The slaves sold to Ambuna were mainly Dutch and Portuguese traffickers, but since last year they have consciously reduced their supply. No one told you about this when you were on Ambuna Island?"
Tan Juren subconsciously shook his head, during his inspection of Ambuna Island, he did not carefully inquire about the local slave trade, and Mu Shabai did not seem to take the initiative to mention this situation. Of course, it is also possible that Mu Xiabai once mentioned it, but it happened that Tan Juren and others were visiting the south of the island that made him miss this information.
Seeing this, Roger continued: "The situation in the South China Sea, I believe you should have done your homework, our control area has advanced to the vicinity of Portugal and the Netherlands, although they are ostensibly friendly with us, but they should also feel a real threat. Although they dare not openly confront us, they can still do it if they secretly use some small means to slow down our development. ”
"What do you mean...... They deliberately controlled the sale of slaves to our country in order to slow down our expansion in the South China Sea?" Tan Ju reacted as soon as he heard this, and asked Roger to confirm his guess.
"There is no other plausible explanation for this. Roger nodded in agreement with his guess.
In order to speed up the local infrastructure construction process, it is necessary to solve the problem of serious labor shortage, and the source of labor must depend on the increase of the basic population. Sing Tao's current resident population is far from sufficient to provide sufficient labour to implement these infrastructure projects. The worst thing is that unlike other colonies, it either has a certain population base or a stable source of immigrants nearby, and it is basically impossible to achieve a desire here to make the local population explode in a short period of time.
Tan Juren secretly regretted in his heart, before he set off from Sanya, he also felt that the number of immigrants approved by the Executive Committee was less, and at that time he should strive for it again, so that the Executive Committee could increase the number of yards, even if it was only doubled, and the deployment of labor would be much more flexible than now, so that it would not be overstretched everywhere like now.
"When I was on Anbuna Island before, I saw that the plantations over there used a lot of slaves, can we refer to this method?" Tan Juren thought about it and proposed the solution he thought of to Roger.
It is obviously not practical to expect a large number of immigrants from Hainan Island to be transported to Sing Tao in the short term, and if the Executive Committee had such a plan, then the population of Sing Tao would not be at the current level, so Tan Juren just thought about it and gave up his plan to work in this direction. Another way to achieve rapid population growth in the short term is through the slave trade. Although this method will definitely cost a lot of money, for the deep-pocketed Haihan, the problems that can be solved with money are not big problems.
Roger smiled and said, "Who sold it to us?"
"Slave traders!" Tan Juren replied casually, but then felt that it was wrong, Roger first served as the leader of Ambuna Island for a period of time, and then transferred to Xingdao, this experience in dealing with human traffickers is also a lot of reason, and he will definitely not be a layman. He should have another hidden reason for making such an answer.
Sure enough, Roger went on to explain: "The slaves sold to Ambuna were mainly Dutch and Portuguese traffickers, but since last year they have consciously reduced their supply. No one told you about this when you were on Ambuna Island?"
Tan Juren subconsciously shook his head, during his inspection of Ambuna Island, he did not carefully inquire about the local slave trade, and Mu Shabai did not seem to take the initiative to mention this situation. Of course, it is also possible that Mu Xiabai once mentioned it, but it happened that Tan Juren and others were visiting the south of the island that made him miss this information.
Seeing this, Roger continued: "The situation in the South China Sea, I believe you should have done your homework, our control area has advanced to the vicinity of Portugal and the Netherlands, although they are ostensibly friendly with us, but they should also feel a real threat. Although they dare not openly confront us, they can still do it if they secretly use some small means to slow down our development. ”
"What do you mean...... They deliberately controlled the sale of slaves to our country in order to slow down our expansion in the South China Sea?" Tan Ju reacted as soon as he heard this, and asked Roger to confirm his guess.
"There is no other plausible explanation for this. Roger nodded in agreement with his guess.
In order to speed up the local infrastructure construction process, it is necessary to solve the problem of serious labor shortage, and the source of labor must depend on the increase of the basic population. Sing Tao's current resident population is far from sufficient to provide sufficient labour to implement these infrastructure projects. The worst thing is that unlike other colonies, it either has a certain population base or a stable source of immigrants nearby, and it is basically impossible to achieve a desire here to make the local population explode in a short period of time.
Tan Juren secretly regretted in his heart, before he set off from Sanya, he also felt that the number of immigrants approved by the Executive Committee was less, and at that time he should strive for it again, so that the Executive Committee could increase the number of yards, even if it was only doubled, and the deployment of labor would be much more flexible than now, so that it would not be overstretched everywhere like now.
"When I was on Anbuna Island before, I saw that the plantations over there used a lot of slaves, can we refer to this method?" Tan Juren thought about it and proposed the solution he thought of to Roger.
It is obviously not practical to expect a large number of immigrants from Hainan Island to be transported to Sing Tao in the short term, and if the Executive Committee had such a plan, then the population of Sing Tao would not be at the current level, so Tan Juren just thought about it and gave up his plan to work in this direction. Another way to achieve rapid population growth in the short term is through the slave trade. Although this method will definitely cost a lot of money, for the deep-pocketed Haihan, the problems that can be solved with money are not big problems.
Roger smiled and said, "Who sold it to us?"
"Slave traders!" Tan Juren replied casually, but then felt that it was wrong, Roger first served as the leader of Ambuna Island for a period of time, and then transferred to Xingdao, this experience in dealing with human traffickers is also a lot of reason, and he will definitely not be a layman. He should have another hidden reason for making such an answer.
Sure enough, Roger went on to explain: "The slaves sold to Ambuna were mainly Dutch and Portuguese traffickers, but since last year they have consciously reduced their supply. No one told you about this when you were on Ambuna Island?"
Tan Juren subconsciously shook his head, during his inspection of Ambuna Island, he did not carefully inquire about the local slave trade, and Mu Shabai did not seem to take the initiative to mention this situation. Of course, it is also possible that Mu Xiabai once mentioned it, but it happened that Tan Juren and others were visiting the south of the island that made him miss this information.
Seeing this, Roger continued: "The situation in the South China Sea, I believe you should have done your homework, our control area has advanced to the vicinity of Portugal and the Netherlands, although they are ostensibly friendly with us, but they should also feel a real threat. Although they dare not openly confront us, they can still do it if they secretly use some small means to slow down our development. ”
"What do you mean...... They deliberately controlled the sale of slaves to our country in order to slow down our expansion in the South China Sea?" Tan Ju reacted as soon as he heard this, and asked Roger to confirm his guess.
(End of chapter)