Bian Chunsong came home this time and brought gifts to Abba and Mom, Second Mother and younger brothers and sisters, nothing more than pipes, toffee and other light things, the price is not high, mainly a heart, put a small bag on the back seat of the bicycle.

He immigrated to Australia from the mainland with his mother when he was 12 years old to join Abba's family.

Bian Chunsong remembers;

At that time, Abba Bian Shoutian was a cavalry squad leader of the Dragoon Guard, wearing a very imposing military uniform, and the Red River Valley was just a small town, at best with a population of less than 20,000, and it was a wilderness out of the town.

By the time the mother and son arrived in Australia, Bian Shoutian had already married a native-born white man from Cuba as a second house, and the family lived in a wooden building in Christchurchtown.

It is said that at that time, it cost no money to marry a white daughter-in-law, and it was rewarded by the earl, and each of the brothers of the dragoon guard had one, which was regarded as a benefit for the soldiers.

Later, Bian Shoutian participated in the battle of the thylacine rock, in the battle a bullet hit the left chest and fell off the horse, after recuperating from the injury, he got a large number of military merits and retired from the field, came here to open a private farm, and lived a comfortable life.

Most of the private farmers in the neighborhood are retired soldiers, including dragoons and tigers. The leopard guards and wolf guards are all staunch supporters of Lord Earl, and many people have bust statues of Lord Count hanging in their halls.

In the fiefdom of the Earl, which covers an area of 220,000 square kilometers

Only soldiers who have obtained military merit fields can open private farms, and there is only one private ranch, that is, Rear Admiral He Fang, chief of staff of the Navy, and the entitled "Guardian Knight" is not far from here, only a little more than 4 kilometers, the name is "Hejia Town", and the entire "Hejia Town" is the fief of Rear Admiral He Fang.

Generally speaking, Major General He Fang rarely stayed in Hejia Town, and everything here was left to the He clan to manage, and he almost never asked.

Bian Chunsong lived here when he was a teenager, but he didn't go to the town much, and he never saw Sir He, but he often heard about Sir He's brilliant achievements in the newspaper.

The nature of fiefdom mining is completely different from that of military merit, which belongs to the private domain of feudal nobles, not only does not have to pay taxes, but also has the right to collect taxes, and the armed family of the He family has the right to maintain the security of the territory and expel the undesirable.

Hejia Town is the center of the gathering of nearby farmers, and it is also in this town that Bian Shoutian drives a carriage to grind noodles, and every time he has to brag and fart with a group of old friends until the evening.

Since the relocation of the livestock market in the North Shore District to Hejia Town, it has quickly become prosperous, with a very large daily trade of cattle and sheep and livestock, and the town has also built an asphalt road to the wharf at the mouth of the river.

The traded livestock is transported by rail and water into the metropolitan area with the Red River Valley and Brisbane Twin Cities as the core, and supplies the city's residents with cattle, sheep and pork for consumption.

This alone will bring benefits of at least 100,000 pounds to Hejiazhen.

It was approaching evening

A carriage came back with dozens of bags of flour, and sitting in front of the carriage were two men wearing wide-brimmed cowboy hats, the older middle-aged man was Bian Shoutian, and the younger one was the family's helper Bian Dahu.

Bian Shoutian saw his son Bian Chunsong put down the work in his hand and greeted him, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, but he got off the carriage with a serious face on his face, and asked with his hand on the revolver on his waist; "You kid, you don't have a holiday or a holiday, why are you coming back at this time?"

"Abba, the company has just taken over a big research project, and I'm afraid that I've been busy for a while recently and won't have time to come back to see you old people, so I'll take the time to come back and have a look."

"Your Abba and Aunt eat well and sleep well, what's there to see...... Just do your job. ”

"Oh......" Bian Chunsong was choked by this sentence and couldn't come back, hesitated for a moment before saying with a smile; Abba, I bought you a pipe and sent it back for you to try. ”

"What are you spending that money for?"

Although Bian Shoutian said that, the expression on his face was already relaxed, and he looked very useful, and said with a wave of his hand; "Hurry up and help unload the car so that the noodle bag doesn't get wet."

"Oh, okay, Abba, you can rest for a while, and Brother Big Tiger and I will be fine." Bian Chunsong saw that Abba was about to unload the car, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, put up a clean sack cloth by himself, unloaded the bag with Brother Dahu, and carried it to the storage room to pile it up.

Life on the farm was really good, and when the evening came, several women had already prepared a large table of dishes, opened a jar of rice wine, and prepared a family reunion banquet.

On the table, there are cold lettuce shreds, fried peanuts, salted duck eggs, and a large pot of hand-grabbed mutton, killing two chickens, one stewed and one fried, salted meat stewed radish, salted fish stewed potatoes, eggs and fried tomatoes, it is really rich and tight.

Bian Shoutian's family, together with the helpers Bian Dahu and Bian Erhu, sat at a full table, enjoying a warm family banquet under the bright oil lamp, talking and laughing between words, which seemed very warm.

The daughter-in-law of the helper Bian Dahu is a Malay woman, and she said a few years ago that she would resolutely not want to give it to Bian Chunsong, but it turned out to be cheap Bian Dahu.

Bian Dahu is Bian Shoutian's nephew in the same village in mainland China, because of the lack of manpower to run a private farm, so he asked someone to send a letter back to his hometown to help Bian Dahu, Bian Erhu and the two brothers paid for the ferry ticket to Australia, and stayed on the farm to work to pay off the debt.

After all, they are the same people in the township, so they can rest assured that they can use it.

The cost of buying a daughter-in-law of more than 20 pounds was paid in advance by Bian Shoutian, and this money was deducted from his salary, which meant that Bian Dahu had to work for two more years.

This Malay woman gave birth to a big fat boy to Bian Dahu in the second year, and Bian Dahu smiled happily, thinking about it, it is really cost-effective, such a cheap Malay daughter-in-law can't be bought now.

Borneo's indigenous population is 1 million people in total, but after the brutal war, the population has been greatly reduced, a large number of men in the prime of life have died, and a large number of remaining prisoners of war have been escorted to the mines to serve hard labor, and the young female population from 12 to 30 years old does not add up to 300,000, and you want it, and he wants it...... Where can we withstand such a calamity?

Now a large number of Chinese immigrants to Borneo cannot find a daughter-in-law, so they have to fight their minds on the populous island of Java, which leads to the local trafficking in women, which is the subsequent chain reaction.

Among the people who immigrated to Australia, there is no such thing as dividing land.

The Earldom of Queensland was originally a feudal lord's fief, and it was okay to give it to knights and lower nobles, and there was no need to take out their own fields and pastures to give them away, and if they wanted to cultivate the fields, they were either tenants or bought with money.

Therefore, the local Chinese immigrants in the Red Fort's sphere of influence either work in factories, or open their own businesses, or engage in the service industry or find jobs on their own, or enter major ranches as hired workers, anyway, there are many ways to make money.

With the great economic development of Queensland, the wages of Chinese workers have also risen.

The average worker in the city can reach 9~10 pounds, the city is slightly higher, the small city is slightly lower, and it is almost this level.

In pastures and farmsteads, the annual income of hired workers is between 5~6 pounds, which is not a lot of difference.

From a worldwide perspective

Due to the economic development of the powerful countries promoted by the second industrial revolution, such a salary level is almost between the 2~3 streams in Europe, slightly lower than the average national income of the Netherlands and Belgium, almost at the income level of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and higher than the average income level of the Ottoman Empire by as much as 50%.

Compared with similar industrialized countries, it is about 60% of the income level of the United States.

However, this is only the case in Queensland and does not include overseas territories.

The overall economic level of Queensland is in a semi-industrialized society, with a high level of industrialization in the south and a new industrialization in the north.

Overseas territories, which are dominated by agriculture and plantation economies, do not have such high income levels, with an average annual income per capita of £3 and 14 shillings in Shangri-La, and an even lower annual income in Borneo due to its relatively short development period, around £3 6 shillings and 9 pence.

The African colonies are uneven, with the Somali region, dominated by Xi'an, having a per capita annual income of £9 and 2 shillings, ahead of the surrounding areas, especially the smuggling trade in Xi'an Town, which is in full swing and has a per capita annual income of more than £12.

Mogadishu in Somalia is much less impressive, with an annual per capita income of no more than £6, which has greatly lowered the average income in the region.

The lowest income is in Mozambique, where there is still a lot of room for improvement due to the late development and the worst infrastructure, with an annual per capita income of £2.17.

Cotton farming and textiles, for example, are the powerful wings of Mozambique's economic take-off, and once developed, they can become the backbone of the region's economy.

At nightfall

The room was lit with a dim kerosene lamp, Bian Chunsong was lying on the window of the room and looking out, the night was dark, and the forest in the distance could be faintly seen in the moonlight, showing a large and thicker ink color.

On the nose, there is a mixture of horse manure and the earthy scent of green grass, which is a unique smell of the farm and has a timeless aftertaste.

Bian Chunsong thought a lot in this quiet night......

If Abba Bian Shoutian hadn't been disarmed and returned to the field early because he was wounded, he would have been able to get a battalion officer to do at least now, and many of his old buddies are now deputy regimental or even regimental adults, and a few outstanding ones have been promoted to high positions at the deputy division level and have become military bigwigs.

There are countless paths forward in life, and how to choose in the critical window of opportunity will affect a person's life.

Bian Chunsong didn't want his future to be on this farm, and after nightfall there was a dead silence, and the distance between them was so far away that it was impossible to find someone to talk to.

He likes the glittering big cities, the seductive singers walking down the street in cheongsams, revealing their white thighs and rouge-coated toenails, the hustle and bustle, and the roaring of the Crown car......

It will only make him feel dull and wasted here.

He hopes that one day he will be like Professor Wu Fusheng, who will be awarded the title of "Honorary Knight" for his outstanding contributions, rewarded with a luxurious villa and a large number of glittering pounds, and will be honored and respected everywhere he goes, and become a famous family in society.

Everyone has their own wishes, and Bian Chunsong's wishes can only be fulfilled in the city, and his opportunities and future are in the city, not in this farm full of the smell of horse manure.

If a person has no ideals, what is the difference between him and Xianyu?