Chapter 92: Poaching
South America, Paraguay.
Allied occupied areas (Triple Alliance of South America).
Devon Gearhart watched as George Swindin emerged from the village with a large number of children.
"Mr. Swindin, if God knows your good deeds, he will definitely reward you with good health and your company's business prosperity." Devon Gearhart said.
George Swindin said: "General Gearhart, you are joking, we just don't want to see these children suffer. War has nothing to do with these innocent children."
"As As a soldier, my duty is to obey. Although there is no distinction between good and evil in this war, I am a participant in the war after all. Their parents may be innocent people who died in the war, but there is nothing I can do, and my conscience condemns me. I can only support your company's work even more," Gearhart said.
Gerhardt, an officer on the Argentine side in the Paraguayan War, is currently resting in Paraguay.
George is an employee of the Hechingen Foundation. This time he went to South America on a business trip to take in orphans caused by the war.
The population problem has always been the biggest problem faced by the East African colonies, but there is no rush to solve the population problem in the East African colonies.
Otherwise, the problem would have been solved long ago by introducing a large number of garbage people. There is no need to introduce them, the local indigenous people will be enough.
The problem is that this is certainly not what Ernst wants. What Ernst wants is stable and easy-to-rule immigration.
The Far East has always been the main force for immigrants from East Africa. However, Ernst’s strict restrictions resulted in the number of immigrants from the Far East to East Africa completely failing to reflect the population size of the Far East.
On the one hand, in order to culturally assimilate the immigrants from the East African colonies, Ernst introduced a large number of illiterate people.
On the other hand, Ernst also had to balance the population of each party and not allow one of them to have an absolute advantage.
For example, with regard to the recent immigration from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ernst was a little worried that too many Yugoslavs had been introduced, with the majority being Croatians and Serbs, especially the Serbs who were still on a rapid upward trend.
So Ernst tried his best to obtain more sources of immigrants.
If you are determined, God will not let you down.
This opportunity came as soon as it came.
Coincidentally, recently Ernst suddenly discovered an inconspicuous piece of news while reading the newspaper.
The content of the news takes place in South America. In this era, there is not much news about South America in Europe.
What is it written about? It was the most tragic war in South American history, the Paraguay War.
How tragic this war is!
According to statistics, Paraguay’s population in 1865 was 525,000, while in 1871, there were only 221,079 people left in Paraguay. Among them, 106,254 were women, 86,079 children, and only 28,746 adult men.
This war completely exhausted Paraguay's potential, leaving a large number of widows and orphans, and also created Paraguay's unique polygamy system in its previous life.
Now, this war is not over yet, but Paraguay is already helpless. More than half of the soldiers in its more than 10,000-strong army are old people and children.
In addition to the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, the enemies faced by the Paraguayans also include the British, the financial backers behind the three countries.
Just this year, the Triple Alliance has just re-expanded its army, and Paraguay will face an even more cruel situation. This is what is in the newspaper.
When he thought of Paraguay’s seriously imbalanced population ratio after the war, Ernst thought, isn’t this exactly the opposite of the East African colonies?
Paraguay has more women than men, while the East African colonies currently have more men than women. Putting aside this issue, Ernst also coveted those orphans created by the war.
The younger you are, the more room you have for transforming your thoughts and culture.
Moreover, most Paraguayans are Hispanic, which can be used to balance the colonial population, which is mainly women and children, and is a good quality immigrant.
So Ernst began to work on his plan to go to South America. Through money to clear the way, the Hechingen Consortium quickly contacted Argentine government officials.
In the name of not being able to bear the displacement of so many orphans during the war, the Hechingen Foundation is preparing to adopt these children who have lost their relatives due to the war.
Not only that, single women who lost their husbands in the war could also take their children to live in East Africa.
Nowadays, most of the men in Paraguay have been drafted and sacrificed in the war, leaving behind a large number of single-parent families.
These single-parent families are currently the main population of Paraguay’s residents, and most of them are women who have lost their husbands and their children.
There are still some single women who are not married yet, and Paraguay’s young and middle-aged men have been almost exhausted by the war.
This is not nonsense. Most of the men who are not running away from Paraguay are in the army, and the age range for recruiting soldiers is gradually expanding.
From gray-haired old men to underage children, you can see them in the Paraguayan army.
At the end of this war, seven or eight-year-old children and female soldiers could even be seen in the army.
Currently, Paraguay’s ruler Francisco Lopez is not dead yet and continues to resist, so the Paraguayan government authorities still exist.
And Ernst's recruitment of orphans and people from Paraguay will undoubtedly make the future of Paraguay even worse.
Paraguay, which is going through a war, has already suffered a massive population decline. How could it withstand Ernst's poaching?
Without the population, what will Paraguay use to continue development after the war ceases in the future? Ernst has no control over the life and death of the Paraguayan government.
As long as we can attract this group of immigrants, it will contribute to the development of the East African colonies and stabilize the foundation of the East African colonies' rule.
With so many single women, or forced single women, some with children, although the East African colonies promised to provide subsidies and free education, life would still be difficult.
And these people are not machines. They also have their own emotional problems to solve. Ernst is not talking nonsense. The single men from the Far East are really hungry and want to eat. It doesn't matter even if they marry with their children.
Many of them don't care at all about adopting children from their ex-husbands a few years ago. After all, families in the Far East can raise as many as they can. It's too common for a family to have seven or eight children.
However, Chinese immigrants are influenced by traditional concepts. As long as they can stay, they will have completed the tasks assigned by their ancestors. Adopting the children of the ex-husband is not a big deal, and we can continue to create our own.
It doesn’t matter what Ernst thinks. No one can figure out his thoughts anyway. As for the Paraguayan government, there are smart people who can see his plan, that doesn’t matter.
Now Paraguay is no longer able to protect itself, so Ernst has no idea of dialogue with Francisco Lopez. He simply bribes the officials of the Triple Alliance who are fighting Paraguay. That is not how much he wants to move. How many people can be moved.
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Gearhart asked: "With all due respect, does your company really plan to adopt so many orphans? Isn't this dozens or even hundreds? The entire Paraguay estimates several Everything is possible!”
George said: "In this regard, you are overly worried. The boss of our company is a nobleman of the Kingdom of Prussia, a prince of the Hohenzollern Hechingen family. His reputation is absolutely reliable. You must know that he often recruits orphans from the Far East and Germany and recruits them." By supporting their education, these children will have a bright future.”
(End of Chapter)