The Battle of Lissa, over, but had little effect on Ernst.

Now, in addition to stepping up supplies to the warring parties, Ernst was most concerned about stepping up the pace of immigration from the Far East and Europe.

Although the coastal area has cleared out the land, there is not enough manpower to develop such a large area, and except for a few newly developed strongholds with a small population, the vast land in the middle is in a state of abandonment.

In order to absorb more immigrants, Ernst sent instructions to the East African colonies, this time to increase the speed of immigration, whether by deception or robbery, to get more people from the Far East.

……

July 4, 1866. Jiaozhou Bay.

A Dutch fleet from East Africa docked in Jiaozhou Bay, and unlike in the past, this time the staff in charge of the immigration affairs of the Heixingen Foundation returned with some Chinese who had lived in the East African colonies for a long time.

They were the first Chinese immigrants to the East African colonies.

Before going to the colonies in East Africa, most of them were yellow-skinned and thin, unable to even eat, and were almost starving to death.

Now, after nearly a year of recuperation in East Africa, he is no longer emaciated, his face is full of red, his physique is strong, and his eyes in particular reveal an indescribable sense of pride.

When they set foot on the soil of their homeland again, they are no longer from their homeland, and now they are all registered Germans, holding the household registration of the East African colonies.

Unlike in the past, maybe they used to be afraid of the local dignitaries, but now with the support of the Germans, they have the confidence.

At this moment, they carried guns and negotiated with the Germans and Qing officials.

Now that Germany has not been reunified, the Heixingen consortium cannot use the banner of the German Empire, so in order to deter these Qing officials who bully the weak and fear the hard, this group of East African Chinese immigrants with a mission are all armed.

The Chinese immigrant army, who had been trained by German instructors and was responsible for negotiating with foreigners in Jiaozhou Bay, looked very good.

Although the guns are all backward front-loading flintlock pistols, only the current Prussian army has been re-equipped with rear-loading flintlock pistols on a large scale in the world, and these guns are not second-hand goods retired from Prussia, but new guns produced by the Hexingen Arsenal.

With the custom-made brightly colored Prussian military uniform, it is simply a Prussian East African division, and there is indeed something in the eyes of the Manchu diplomats who came to negotiate.

The Manchu official, a port manager in Jiaozhou Bay, had previously known that a so-called "German caravan" had come here to trade.

Because of the tossing and turning of Britain and France, and even the Dutch and Portuguese in recent years, businessmen from Europe and even ordinary Qing officials did not dare to offend too much.

In case of a diplomatic accident and these foreigners find an excuse to declare war, can the emperor spare us?

A few years ago, foreigners entered the Forbidden City from the sea, and this Jiaozhou Bay is not safer than the palace where the emperor lived, and the artillery of the foreigner's sea ship was enough to drink a pot.

Therefore, in the past, Qing officials turned a blind eye to the behavior of the Heixingen consortium's company, for fear of provoking right and wrong.

The way to be an official lies in flexibility, not to seek merit, but to seek no fault, and in ordinary times, Qing officials will also help the staff of the Heixinggen Consortium, for fear that foreigners will make trouble.

But today is different, no matter how incompetent, no matter how weak you are, you can't turn a blind eye, the foreigners who went ashore today have an army of 100 people, what are you going to do?

After receiving the report from the wharf, the wharf management did not dare to slack off and reported directly to the government, but the highest official of Jiaozhou Port did not dare to come forward, so he sent his deputy "Wang Paigui" to inquire about the news.

Wang Paigui scolded his mother in his heart, and he didn't dare to oppose Shangguan, so he came to the dock to understand the situation after greeting a few officials.

"Mr. Anthony! What is your company going to do? Wang Xiangui cautiously tempted.

A staff member of the Heixingen Consortium named Anthony pulled Wang Paigui, who looked disgusted but pretended to be flattered, and said: "Hahaha, Wang, you came just in time, this is our company's private army, and this time I came here mainly to assist our company in recruiting workers in the entire North China!" ”

"Mr. Anthony, although we are all 'friends', we have our own difficulties, after all, your country's military will make it difficult for the top of our government!"

Wang Huigui identified the "conspiracy" of these Prussian barbarians at a glance. Obviously the army or a private army? This military uniform, this posture, this spirit can be shown by a group of family members?

Wang Paigui really didn't guess wrong, many immigrants in the East African colonies have seen blood, after all, the natives can't be obedient, they still have to take the initiative.

The colony selects Chinese immigrants to the army, and priority is given to immigrants who have already lived in the colony for some time.

In addition to the fact that the body is relatively healthy after a period of recuperation, it is mainly the upper echelons of the colonies who are more cautious about the new immigrants, and these old immigrants are "their own people" who have passed the test of time.

Although the Chinese immigrant army did not speak, and they were all neatly lined up behind Anthony, Wang Paigui still felt a looming murderous aura.

Antony explained: "I know your concerns, King, but we in Germany have come with good intentions, and we have heard that your country has a large population, especially the idle population, so we have come to recruit workers as usual!" After all, you don't need these people who can't be employed, and we need people to develop land, if you send your surplus population to our Germany, then you will have fewer hidden dangers, right? ”

Wang Paigui is not worried about this, what kind of employment, what overpopulation is known? I just eat in the official mansion, at most I read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and read the Di Bao.

"Mr. Anthony, it's not that I'm embarrassing your country, it's that this army is not easy to handle! If your army is caught up by our people, I won't be able to keep this hat! My family can count on it for dinner! Aren't we old enough to be big? ”

Seeing that Wang Paogui didn't eat hard and soft, Anthony was angry, didn't he give you face?

"Now I solemnly warn you, King, that if you cannot accede to our demands, then prepare for war!" Anthony's opening was a threat of war, in fact, it was just to scare Wang Paogui, in fact, Anthony couldn't move anyone except the soldiers composed of Chinese immigrants in front of him.

But even so, Wang Paigui was still instigated, and hurriedly spoke: "Mr. Anthony! Don't get excited, don't get excited, the matter is not so serious, it is really a low position and light power, you can't make up your mind, please wait a moment, I will notify Shangguan, I will definitely not let you wait for a long time! ”

As he spoke, Wang Paigui ordered his subordinates to stay here, and ran towards the official mansion with a puff of smoke.

……

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, you should have an idea! Otherwise, the Prussian barbarians really make trouble, and then the emperor can spare us? ”

"You tell me the details of this Prussia, and then the official will think of a way!" The fat-headed and big-eared official said.

Despised this incompetent Shangguan in his heart, Wang Paogui said: "My lord, this Prussian barbarian is also a powerful country in Europe, second only to Britain, France, Russia and Austria, I heard that Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and this Prussia belong to the same echelon......"

After listening to it for a long time, this Shangguan also understood, and he couldn't beat it.

"And what is the purpose of their trip?"

Belch......

Wang Paigui still said: "As in the past, they said that they were recruiting workers to work overseas. ”

"So, then what are you afraid of! A few Diao people are worth a few dollars, send them away first, remember to send people to keep an eye on them, but you can't let them come to the government, if they are really recruiting, other local officials should be worried, if it is not a job recruitment but a different kind of attention, as long as it is not too serious, just be nosy, if they come to the government...... You have to report it in time, and then the official will go back to Beijing to ask for some help, and then you will temporarily preside over the affairs of the official. ”

In this way, the colonial migrant army and the staff of the liaison office in charge of recruiting workers swaggered inland, and the government did not dare to stop them along the way, and even helped them in recruiting workers in the interior.

After all, all you want is mud legs, and it's not worth a few dollars.