There was more than one person like Campos who was slightly repulsed by accelerated colonization, and the news of the 2,000 recruits sparked a lot of discussion.

It's not that they hate colonization itself, but they think it's too expensive.

In these years, colonization often lasted for several years and more than ten years, because it mainly relied on the people's consciousness to go.

But they could only do what the king commanded, and the proclamation soon appeared in the newspapers of the various cities.

Everyone willing to go to Equatorial Guinea is given not only a free ticket, but also a rifle and 20 rounds of ammunition, as well as a settling-in fee of 300 pesetas per person.

In addition, if you wish, you can apply for a low-interest loan of up to 350 pesetas without collateral as an individual.

Such conditions are quite lucrative, for an ordinary migrant worker in Madrid, the salary for a day's work is about 3-4 times higher than Seta, and the Italian is slightly lower.

This amount of money is equivalent to the labor income of an adult for more than half a year.

It's not a huge amount of money, but it's not a small amount of money.

Of course, with the current medical and health conditions, it is good luck to be able to survive 5 out of 10 people in Chiji.

This money alone is obviously not enough to make people take a risk, and additional conditions must be given.

……

Roberto Speranza is an Italian, to be precise, a Neapolitan.

As usual, he woke up early at five in the morning.

At this time, the three roommates were still sleeping, and the sound of snoring was echoing in the room.

"It's been 4 months...... Roberto muttered silently, full of emotion in his heart.

He had fled his homeland years earlier to avoid King Francesco's conscription.

He wasn't afraid of death, but he didn't want to spend his life in a pointless civil war either.

After paying the black ship merchant the equivalent of 60 pesetas in lira, he was successfully taken to the shore near Valencia.

Later, there was an incident of police arresting people in the summer, and he hid in Tibet, but was eventually arrested because of language problems.

Fortunately, the police did not embarrass him, not only gave him food to help him through the most difficult years, but also issued him an identity card, which gave him the right to move around in Spain legally.

There were too many migrant workers on the east coast, and there was too much competition, so he moved to the capital, Madrid.

Originally, he planned to build a shed to sleep in the wilderness, but he did not expect that Madrid would provide accommodation for the homeless, and under the guidance of well-wishers, he came to the workers' home and received a house of his own.

It has to be said that it was good luck that the dormitory was officially sold out in less than a week after him, and the latecomers had to build their own sheds or sleep under the bridge.

…

Roberto wakes up and doesn't bother with his sleeping roommates, who, in his experience, wake up an hour later.

The reason why he got up earlier than others was because he got a part-time job at the manure drying plant, and every morning he waited for others to dump the manure, instructed them to dump the excrement into the buckets, and then assisted the staff of the manure drying plant to load the truck.

It's such a simple job that can bring him an additional income of 1 peseta per day.

Generally speaking, after completing this part-time job, he can still go to the recruitment office to find a permanent job as usual, at most an hour late.

The only problem is that I can't eat breakfast... But it's just enough to save money for a meal.

"Early."

"Morning."

“…”

Along the way, many early risers greeted Robert, some of them working part-time in the cafeteria, some of them were patrolling security guards, and the common thing was that they all knew him.

Not only because he is 26 years old and in the prime of life, but also because he is righteous and keeps his promises, and he is a leader among Italian workers.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to find a part-time job at the manure drying plant.

If you want to restrain all kinds of people and keep them from dumping feces, you still need some deterrence to a greater or lesser extent.

When everything was done and Robert hurried to the recruiting office, it was already 8 a.m.

Generally speaking, good jobs are all picked out at this time, but Spaniards are usually used to finding a leader when recruiting Italians to work, and with Robert's good physical fitness and popularity, he is not worried about finding a job.

Today, however, things changed, and when Robert came over, he saw a large crowd of people around one of the billboards, far more numerous than before.

"What is this job so good?" Robert frowned, his steps quickened.

In his experience, this kind of thing happens, and most of them are highly paid and demanding, which is why people don't want to participate and don't want to leave.

But today he wanted to fork it, and before he could get closer, there was a teenager-looking, black-haired and chestnut-eyed boy who saw him, and his eyes lit up and shouted loudly.

"Robert, come over and see something good! The government is hiring! ”

Hearing this, Robert kept walking and forced himself into the crowd.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the Italian workers have a tendency to huddle, even the Spaniards do not want to provoke nothing, and they are soon squeezed out of a way by Robert.

"Ricardo, what is this?" Robert stood beside the boy who had spoken earlier, puzzled.

He could see that the bulletin had an intricate Spanish flag representing the government, and even in black and white, the castle and lions on it were still quite eye-catching.

But he couldn't understand the specific content.

He currently only communicates in Spanish and is still limited to writing his own name.

Moreover, he did not know him even if he wrote in Italian, and he did not have many opportunities for education when he was in Naples.

"The government recruits people to open up Guinea, and the pay is quite good!" The teenager who was called Ricardo was quite excited and responded loudly.

Then, without waiting for Robert to continue asking, he relayed the content of the reward that the announcer had read out earlier.

“…… Equatorial Guinea...... Where is this place? Robert said blankly.

"Africa, according to the government official just now, is a warm climate, a great place with gold and trees." Ricardo wistful.

"Africa!? Isn't there everywhere cannibals and diseases? Robert was taken aback, even a person like him who didn't have much knowledge knew that if you go to Africa, you will never come back.

"No, no, the government said that there were already a lot of people there before, and we went to pick up ready-made.

And as long as we can carve out farmland and manors there, it will be directly counted as ours, Robert, we can also be big landowners! ”

"Smack!" Robert slapped Ricciardo directly on the head: "If it's so good, why should it be our turn?" Give back so much money? Those government officials are the ones who are the best at deceiving people. ”

"No......" Before Ricardo could argue, Robert grabbed him: "Find a job first!" If you don't look for today's food, I won't lend you any more money! ”