In the 19th century, the transmission of information was extremely inconvenient, so the citizens of the Far Eastern Empire had a very rudimentary understanding of the world pattern, and many people could not distinguish between England, France, and Germany...... Stream.

Most of the world's powerful countries are also hearsay, many countries are uniformly classified as foreigners, the West is naturally Westerners, the East is actually Japan, naturally called Orientals, of course, because of historical reasons, Japan has its own nickname in the Far Eastern Empire, what Waguo, Fuso and the like.

Naturally, these Far Eastern workers employed in East Africa could not distinguish between so many countries, so they followed the East African garrison and called Japan a little devil or something.

The contemptuous name of devil is naturally not unique to Japan, those who have invaded the Far Eastern Empire have a share, Western devils, English devils, French devils, only Japan deserves the title of "little" devil.

In this era, translation was actually chaotic, and East Africa was influenced by Ernst, and there was a unified translation comparison table for diplomats.

It is rare for workers in the Southern Ryukyu Islands to discuss "national affairs" during their breaks, and today's lunch was ready.

Because of the lack of manpower, East Africa treated these Far Eastern workers fairly well, allowing them to share canteens with the East African defenders.

Canteens are a major feature of East Africa and play an important role in the system of East African countries, such as migrant canteens, agency canteens, school canteens, and military canteens......

After the East African army took over, the South Ryukyu Islands naturally continued to carry forward this fine tradition, but the facilities on the South Ryukyu Islands were not perfect.

The canteen is also very simple, after requisitioning several houses, breaking ground, tearing down and rebuilding, made of masonry, earth and wood, Miyakojima's military canteen, which can accommodate 500 people at a time, and the dining table is built with simple wooden boards.

The buildings of the Southern Ryukyu Islands are mainly wooden structures, which have good earthquake resistance and easy access to materials, while East Africa is mainly transformed into masonry structures for military considerations, which have better fire resistance and solid properties, at the cost of sacrificing earthquake resistance.

There should be a good chance of an earthquake in the Southern Ryukyu Islands, but at this time, East African officials believe that the Southern Ryukyu Islands are more likely to be in the midst of war.

"Blessed are you today, because of the good performance in the project, Governor Lucar specially ordered to reward you with a batch of military canned food in stock, all of which are excellent beef stewed potatoes and braised pork, which is usually only available to the troops."

Before the meal, Brother Wang in Da Zhuang's mouth, who is now the platoon commander of the East African Army, broke the news to everyone.

It is not surprising that Andre is called Brother Wang, his original name is Wang Sanjin, he served in the East African Army for seven years, he is considered a veteran, and now he has been transferred back to serve in the Far East.

When I came back, I almost forgot how to speak Chinese, and only remembered my parents' language after getting acquainted with Far Eastern laborers such as Da Zhuang.

Da Zhuang opened his mouth and said, "Brother Wang, this military canned food should be very precious, right?" Before, I saw that you were reluctant to use it, that is, you took it out after the shortage of materials. ”

Andrey: "Hey, military canned food!" It is a kind of war food, in fact, there is no difference from ordinary food, that is, it is durable, there are a lot of these things in the East African army, nothing unusual, and it is easy to get tired of eating too much, if it is not for the Japanese to make it bad, so that there is a shortage of materials now, and it will deal with a mouthful, and it is good to cook rice as before. ”

Andrei said casually, in the eyes of the laborers, it is quite Versailles, canned food is actually not cheap, the cost is still relatively high, that is, the South Ryukyu Islands are in a special location, so East Africa has stockpiled a large amount of canned food in advance for emergency purposes.

"Obediently, this canned food tastes good, there is meat and oil, and I am willing to put salt, and I am full after eating, Brother Wang and his soldiers are really having a good life."

"Hehe, that's natural, you don't look at my brother's military uniform, that day is not bad, the honor of the East African army is very high, the food is also quite first-class, you used to live, it would be good to be able to mix a meal of oil and water, we are a real big fish and meat, the food we eat is factory processed rice and fine noodles, and you can also eat fruits, life is quite good."

Although Andre's ostentatious words have been said before, they still can't help but arouse the envy of everyone, this is the fairy life they are pursuing!

"Brother Wang, don't say anything else, you are a general in East Africa, then you don't have to say anything!" Da Zhuang complimented.

Andrei hurriedly stopped: "What general, don't talk nonsense, I'm just a small platoon commander, an officer the size of a sesame seed, and dozens of people under my hands, you must remember to call me Chief Andrei, the general and the governor of the entire Southern Ryukyu Islands is a major general, don't harm me." ”

"Brother Wang, how did you get mixed up with the Westerners? We see that you have a lot of foreigners? ”

Andre smiled and said: "This is not simple, naturally I performed well in the army, so I was promoted, you call me Brother Wang, I will naturally take care of you, the foreigner you talked about, don't mention it in front of others in the future, this word is not a good word in the Far East, don't be when our East African army doesn't know, many people in East Africa used to be Far Easterners, so it is taboo to speak." ”

"Then Brother Wang, don't you people who went to East Africa also become ordinary people in East Africa?"

"You're right to say that, this is going to talk about nationality, nationality is the same as genealogy, genealogy distinguishes which family you belong to, and nationality is what country you are from, just like me, East African nationality, naturally East African, you are called Far Easterners, if you divide according to ethnicity, I am now German, and you are Han."

"Brother Wang, tell you the truth, can you become a German if you go to East Africa? Can they rest assured that you are working under your hands? ”

"This is nonsense, not my own people, how can I be this platoon commander, everyone is equal in East Africa, of course, black people forget it."

"Brother Wang, what is a black man? Very dark people? ”

"Hehe, you haven't seen the world, but what you said is very right, black people are very black people, so to speak, the whole body is white, if you don't show your teeth after dark, you can't see it, have you seen charcoal? Just like that thing, the whole body of the skin is black. Andrei was very proud to share his insights with them.

"Uh, Brother Wang really has such a black person?"

"What's so strange about that, haven't you seen the white man too? Some of them are even blonde! There are more strange people in the world, such as the coast of East Africa, where you can still see Arabs wrapped in white robes, and the brown people in South Asia are as ...... as if they have not been washed."

Andre shared his experiences, insights and overseas anecdotes with these workers like a storyteller, and at the same time, what he called East Africa became a paradise that people yearn for.

"If you went to sea to East Africa back then, how could you get out of it for so many years and not suffer here, but it's not too late now, although the threshold for becoming an East African national has been raised, but as long as you behave well, brother, I will write you a letter of recommendation, and then you will go to East Africa to enjoy the blessings."

André is a warm-hearted man, but he can't stuff people indiscriminately into East Africa, so he reminds these fellows to behave well in the project, so that he can also have a chance to operate.

(End of chapter)