East African colony, Second Town.

This is the location of the small town of Rufu in Tanzania in the previous life, and the name of the Little Rhine in the previous life was the Rufu River.

The Lesser Rhine runs southwest-northeast in East Africa, starting from the Uluguru Mountains, turning eastward in Kisaki and northeast before emptying into the Zanzibar Strait in the Indian Ocean north of Bagamoyo.

The second town is located on the eastern bank of the Lower Rhine, where more than 500 newly allocated Chinese immigrants were settled, and more than 50 immigrants who had lived for a period of time were transferred from the first town to guide the production and life of the new immigrants, and three Germans were in charge of local security.

Ernst was not afraid that these Chinese immigrants would have bad intentions, these were old peasants who had been selected and could not read big words, and they had no sense of resistance.

As we all know, the patience of the Chinese before they are forced to have no way to live is the second highest in the world, the first is the Indians who are good at non-resistance,

As for the French, they can surrender on the battlefield, but you have to reduce their treatment, and the next day the people of Paris will dare to besiege the government building. (Bad joke)

This is Ernst's opinion, but it is definitely true in this era, after all, the Chinese at the lowest level are well versed in the golden rule that "the people do not fight with the officials".

Looking at ancient times, even if those who took the lead in rebellion in Chinese history had not received education, they had read a few books, such as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which had just been suppressed, and its leader Hong Xiuquan himself had participated in the imperial examination, and he was considered a high-achieving student in this era.

In the long run, Chen Sheng, the earliest leader of the peasant uprising in Chinese history, can say things like "The Bird's Nest Knows the Ambition of the Bird", even if he really hasn't read a book, he must have heard some great truths and insights, after all, he can be a low-level bureaucrat and local magnate in the Qin Dynasty who can be contacted by the Qin Dynasty.

Therefore, when Ernst selected immigrants, the first priority was peasants, or even homeless people, who basically had no culture and knowledge, and at most they had been exposed to some opera and storytelling.

In his previous life, as a Chinese, Ernst knew the thoughts of these people best.

It is no wonder that the British like to use Indians in the colonies so much, obedience is one thing, and the ability of the fox and the tiger is also innate, just to cooperate with the British to suppress the colonies.

This will not be the case in the East African colonies, but the real ones who should be wary of the temporary captives are the natives who are not many of them now, and they cannot make trouble, and they need to be vigilant in the future.

As for the Chinese, their status in the East African colonies was not low, at least theoretically, after all, the Germans and the Chinese in East Africa were both hired workers of the Hexingen consortium in terms of status, and both signed contracts, so the two were nominally equal.

Just like the later generations said that everyone is equal, but in the company, you dare to say such things to your boss? So the reality is that the Germans in the East African colonies belong to the management, and the Chinese are managed, similar to the company.

Aborigines, on the other hand, were not counted among the people of the East African colonies from the outset, and are now assets to be sold.

Affected by the development of the East African colonies, the Sultanate of Zanzibar even played a strategy of small profits but quick turnover, and the price of indigenous slaves sold to the Arab region was reduced.

With these natives to compare, the new Chinese immigrants are more honest and hardworking, after all, the natives have proved that the Germans are not good at stubble, and the main and secondary are always in mind.

In this case, the second town was quickly developed, and with the experience of the first town, the second town appeared on the soil of East Africa as long as the process was followed.

There is also a new breakthrough this time, that is, rice cultivation, which is an indica rice introduced from India, Tanzania and India belong to the tropics, so the East African colonies did not directly try subtropical rice cultivation, and India is also convenient to transport, the distance is closer, as long as you negotiate the price with the British merchants who pass through the port of Dar es Salaam along the way, you can bring some with them on their return trip.

The second town is close to the Little Rhine River, and the water source is more secure than the first town, so a large number of rice is planted in the second town, and in the future, near the wetlands in the East African colonies, it is likely that rice will be planted in the same way as the second town.

After all, the yield of rice is higher than that of wheat, and in the East African colonies, which also require manpower development, it is said that the current labor cost is more than that of the pursuit of better yields.

Not only that, but in the future, Ernst also planned to grow more productive corn in the East African colonies, where in the past Africa was the continent where corn was widely grown.

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In the second town, new immigrants are cultivating newly developed paddy fields, which are channeled from the Lower Rhine into the ditches by waterwheels and into the paddy fields of the Leihao ridge.

Li Tiezhu and his fellow peasants and laborers were digging the new aqueduct, and their black and thin bodies waved the shovel effortlessly, and as soon as they stepped on the Prussian shovel, the soft red soil was brought out by the shovel.

"Uncle Jiaxiang, how many months have you been here, tell us what is the Kilman (German transliteration) person like? Does talking count? Li Tiezhu asked while digging a ditch.

Li Tiezhu was a newcomer who had just arrived in the East African colonies from North China, and he did not know much about the Germans in the East African colonies.

Zhang Jiaxiang was digging in front of him and said, "Why are you asking so much? Where is it not begging for food, this used to be a tenant farmer for the landlord in the Qing Dynasty, and came... Ah, Feika (German transliteration): Isn't it just for Master Kilman to be a tenant farmer, what are you afraid of? ”

Li Tiezhu said: "Then let's farm the land for the landlord master from generation to generation in the Great Qing Dynasty, and know the roots, we are not familiar with this Kilman master, aren't we afraid of the bottom?" ”

"What are you afraid of, at a young age, the Kilman people are more terrible than the old man Zhou in your village? If you don't have a way to live, you can run to Ah Feika to farm for Master Kilman, don't think about it all day long, some don't have it, as long as Master Kilman stutters, thank God. Zhang Jiaxiang said to Li Tiezhu.

"This is also, this year, my piece of land is dry, there is no water in the river, Master Zhou has gone to the city to live, and the rent collected cannot be less, there is no food at home, and the hungry can't live, Master Kilman came to recruit workers, I signed up, and finally got on the ship at sea." Li Tiezhu recalled.

Then he said: "That boat is the first time I have seen it in my life, bigger than the house of Master Zhou's house, but the life on the ship is not good, the whole land vomited and diarrhea in the first few days, and the little rations distributed at the dock were fed to the fish in the sea." ”

"It's good to come to Ah Feika, I started like this, and now I can eat enough every day, or three meals, how do I feel about this good day in the Qing Dynasty! At the end of the month, I can divide two taels of meat if I do a good job, this day is better than the New Year! Zhang Jiayi sighed.

"Well done, can you really eat meat? Uncle Jiaxiang, don't lie to me. Li Tiezhu asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

"What am I lying for? I've eaten it for three months, and as long as I don't get to the last place, each team can get a point. ”

Li Tiezhu heard this: "Then let's stay and work hard, I haven't tasted meat for several years!" ”

Saying that, they worked harder, and the others were also listening to the conversation between the two, and they also had expectations in their hearts, and the progress of repairing the canal was greatly accelerated.

The Second Town became more and more presentable in the hands of the new immigrants, and even the Germans in charge of the administration were a little surprised by the industriousness of these Chinese, who were indeed admirable in terms of their hard-working spirit.