At night, the town of Sunset Valley is very lively, hundreds of tractor drivers resting here, local business residents, and retired soldiers are full of people, large and small restaurants are full of friends, noisy and lively, and the rich and fragrant aroma of food spreads all over the streets and alleys.

Tractor driver is a high-paying job, you can earn about 6 shillings a week, about 15~20 pounds a year, almost 2~3 times that of ordinary dock workers, and the difference is nothing more than whether the owner is generous, and there is a big red envelope on the New Year's Day.

This job is also very hard, rain or shine, and very dangerous, running between the mountains and mountains all year round, once you miss it, the car will be wrecked.

As for buying a heavy-duty tractor to run transportation, this idea can be thought about, the price of heavy-duty tractors is quite expensive, one is enough to be worth 5~6 light walk-behind tractors, and it is by no means a diesel machinery product that ordinary people can ask.

Therefore, the psychology of having fun in time is common among tractor hands.

As a transit point for overnight stops, many tractor drivers have good women in Sunset Valley Town, most of whom are Malay indigenous women or Nanyang sisters (generally referring to young women from Fuso), who are cheap and have a comfortable place here.

It is not difficult to do this as per the good remuneration of tractor drivers.

These tractor drivers eat young food, and there are very few Chinese women among the good women, and the situation of more men than women in the entire Queensland Earldom is still serious, and behind every innocent Chinese woman, there is a large group of suitors.

According to today's market

The yellow flower girl also has a bride price of at least 30 pounds, and the more beautiful ones ask for more money, and if you want to marry home, there are no sixty or seventy pounds, let alone the door, and there are no windows.

Such a big price must be a wife, only the family of the criminal may be reduced to a green building, and a large number of men rush to redeem him and marry him home.

After all, it is much cheaper than Ming Media Marrying, and it is very cost-effective.

Just think about it

The only people who can be corrupt are bureaucrats and wealthy businessmen with power and power, can the relatives of these people be poor?

Early times

Heavy tractors still use the braking method of early horse-drawn carriages, and heavy trucks often fail to brake when driving in the valley, resulting in many car crashes and deaths.

Four of the six experimental heavy-duty tractors of General Machinery Company were destroyed by the unreliability of the automatic system, and the chain often fell off at critical times, so that even if they tried their best to step on the brakes, they could not brake.

After the mid-term improvement, the innovative wheel brake method has greatly reduced this unnecessary accident, but it has not been eliminated.

This is because a small number of transport teams are lucky, always thinking about overloading and loading, and running fast to make more money, but as a result, they have caught casualties and heavy vehicle losses, but the gains outweigh the losses.

In light of this

The Koi Mining Bureau organized the owners of the transport team to agree on a charter, all heavy tractors are limited to 20 tons of cargo, overloading is fined, the proceeds are used to repair roads, subsidize the wages of road workers, and repeat offenders are given serious warnings and may be expelled from the carrier team.

After this rectification, the original chaotic transportation situation has been clarified, the order has been greatly improved, and the efficiency has also been improved.

From time to time, there are military police patrols wearing white armbands, and they have the power to rectify any drunks, troublemakers and soldiers who disturb the peace, and maintain the stability and prosperity of the market.

The entire territory of the Mines Bureau is a military district, where there is no royal police in sight, and the responsibility for policing is maintained by the soldiers on duty, and their methods are simple.

On the second day, those who are minor can leave after signing a letter of repentance and paying a fine.

Recidivists, wounders, and other serious offenders may be dragged back to treat their injuries after receiving the flogging and paying a double fine, so as to set an example and deter lawlessness.

As for the more serious cases, then congratulations to them, the rest of their lives may be spent in a hard labor camp, anyway, the koi copper-gold mine is not far away, just escort back by the empty return convoy.

The mines welcomed these free labourers, and every year they paid a handsome thank you to the gendarmerie.

Now the war is over

The number of indigenous prisoners of war who have been escorted in large numbers is getting smaller and smaller, and now there is not a single boatload of people for several months, and the task of increasing production in the mines is very stressful, and the construction team that is working on the Longjin Railway will also have to undertake some of the arduous and dangerous work of digging tunnels.

In the event of a landslide accident, it is not three or five laborers who will be lost.

Slips, cliffs, smashing and wounding, resistance and escape, plague and disease, and the reduction of manpower caused by hard labor have forced the mine to improve the living conditions of hard labor, so as not to affect the normal operation of the mine and reduce production.

Early 1886

Horn of Africa, Xi'an Town.

Compared with two years ago, Xi'an Town is more prosperous and lively, not only the size of the town has more than doubled, the perennial population has reached nearly 60,000, and the African Expeditionary Force with a population of up to 11,000 people has been stationed nearby, and the strong consumption has promoted the development of Xi'an Town.

On a mesa near the town of Xi'an

Li Xuan's column was wearing a wide-brimmed military hat unique to the Australian Queensland army, wearing a light gray military uniform of the African Korps, and carrying two silver stars on his shoulders in a straight military uniform, representing his identity as a lieutenant colonel and regimental commander, and was accompanying Colonel Huo Xiaohu, deputy division commander, to inspect the shore artillery position.

A loud whistle on the sea in the distance attracted the attention of the two senior officers, who stood up and took out their binoculars to look into the distance.

The Afrika Korps is a large-scale division-level unit, with a total number of more than 10,000 personnel.

The division commander is led by Mo Rufeng, and the deputy division commander is the experienced Koch and Huo Xiaohu, with 6 regiments and a division headquarters battalion, all of which are composed of elite generals.

Needless to say, the division commander Mo Rufeng was born in Jiangnan, and his family has a deep relationship with the Gu family, a famous family in Gusu, and is a confidant general who is focused on cultivating by the earl.

Huo Xiaohu is also a senior general, once served as the deputy commander of the leopard cavalry guard and the former battalion commander, in the northern Queensland clean-up operation personally arranged by Lord Earl, he led his subordinates in Burns to fight the white rancher's private soldiers, that battle was hearty, white horse bandits were everywhere, and was highly commended by the owner of the Red Fort.

Later, he was transferred to the deputy commander of the 1st Division in Kalimantan, and showed a vigorous military command style in the large and small battles of the march to Samarinda, Machen, Saimuda and other places, and he was also one of the organizers of the Skull and Bones Guild who fanatically worshipped Lord Earl, and belonged to the die-hard faction.

"It's a steam smuggling ship, it should be Captain Thunder's ship." Huo Xiaohu put down the binoculars in his hand and said with a strange expression.

From the lens of the telescope, you can see that the deck of this smuggling ship is full of Arab women wrapped in black veils, and I don't know how many are black.

The long whistle was filled with joyful emotions, a pleasure that could not be concealed after making a lot of money.

There are many kinds of popular commodities smuggled in Xi'an, and the biggest cargo that Basra gives back is the population, and it is said that 15 pounds a good choice in Xi'an Town, 40 pounds a piece to Shangri-La, and 50 pounds a ship to Queensland, all brought back by trading ships, gradually became a hot commodity.

No way, the Earldom of Queensland has always been more men than women.

So these Arab women come back as hard currency, and on the docks they will be divided up by the merchants and farmers who flock to the wharf, not only the merchants are involved, but also many merchant captains who return from ocean voyages are involved, and there are dozens of Arab women who buy them.

"Head Li, what do you think?"

"I don't think a soldier should be involved in this matter, money will corrode the will and combat effectiveness of soldiers, corrode the body of an army, and make it less pure, if the martial arts are not greedy for money, and the literati are not in love with power, our political system will become healthier and more combative."

"Yes, the above also thinks so, so this part of the African expeditionary team led by Captain Lei, the officers will be transferred on a large scale, and the soldiers will be placed on the spot, and this unit will be disbanded."

Speaking of which

Huo Xiaohu pursed a smile on the corner of his mouth, put down the binoculars in his hand, turned his head and continued; "Since they love money so much, it's better to make money here."

"Will Captain Ray also retire from active duty?"

"This will not be, Lord Earl is a person who values love and righteousness, Lei Xiao sacrificed in order to protect the safety of the lord, this incense will not be extinguished no matter what, benefiting from this, the two brothers of the Lei family will continue to be prosperous and rich in the future, Lei Xiaopeng will not be able to stay in the field army, there is no problem with turning into the commander of the local garrison force, this is probably also in his heart, no matter what, it will be arranged."

"Master, what about these smuggling ships?"

"Shangfeng did not mention these issues, and there must be internal debates, there is an argument that Arab women are healthy, plump, prohibitive, and beautiful, and belong to the typical white race, which is much stronger than the yellow-skinned mainland women, and is of great significance for improving the population, so it is not recommended to issue a ban."

"And what about their religion?"

"It's not a problem, most of the people who buy these Arab women are middle and lower class people, they don't even know English, let alone Arabic, and buying them back is more about passing on the lineage, rather than abandoning the things of their ancestors to convert, which will be poked in the backbone."

"Master, what you said makes sense, the above considerations are more thoughtful than ours."

Li Xuanzhu looked at the sea in the distance with resolute eyes, and said confidently; "Lord Earl is wise and powerful, and has insight into thousands of miles, let's just follow the instructions of the lord, that will definitely not be wrong."

"Heroes see the same thing, hehehe......"

Deputy Division Commander Huo Xiaohu and Regiment Commander Li Xuanzhu skipped this small episode, turned their attention to the coastal permanent fort under construction, carefully inspected every construction detail, kept asking the German engineers about the design concept, and expressed overall satisfaction with the construction of the fort, and the details are still debatable.