Chapter 371 Business
Cultural relics are one of the carriers of culture, and culture is what emerging countries like East Africa lack most. Not to mention countries with a short history like the United States, the same is true for Russia.
Russian history is not short, but it is very embarrassing. It can never avoid the Mongol Empire and the Golden Horde. It has also been ridiculed by the Western world and expelled from Europe at any time.
So nihilism prevails in Russian history. The Tsarist Russia era denied Mongolia, the Soviet era denied Tsarist Russia, and Russia denied the Soviet Union. In this way, Russia will always wander between Europe and Asia, unable to find a sense of belonging to its own country. The entire Slavic nation That's right, if the Slavs can find their own cultural confidence, it will definitely be a force that can change the world.
The similarity between the East African Kingdom and Russia is that they both involve yellow and white races. Nearly half of the citizens of East Africa come from the Far East. Of course Ernst would not deny this history. Otherwise, how to explain the origin of the yellow people in the East African Kingdom? We cannot tell the descendants of East Africa that their ancestors jumped out of stones.
At present, the complete Germanization of the East African Kingdom is a necessary means to consolidate the political power. At the same time, the center of the world is indeed in Europe, and East Africa needs to move closer to Europe, so that it can better participate in international affairs as a German country. Moreover, Germany is a cultural concept. Germany does not necessarily have to be in Europe, and the United States does not prevent it from being an English-speaking country in the Americas.
So Ernst himself believed that the East African Kingdom was a country formed after the fusion of Germans and Chinese, so the East African Kingdom had reason to inherit the heritage of both cultures.
So Ernst’s private collection will remain in East Africa in the future. This is a valuable cultural asset of the East African Kingdom. No one can deny the fact that the descendants of the East African Kingdom have Chinese ancestry, just like those Chinese in Southeast Asia. It is the same truth that we are descendants of Yan and Huang.
Ernst has another consideration in doing this, that is, the history and culture of Germany itself is not deep enough. The formation of the concept of Germany is firstly due to the glorious history of the Holy Roman Empire in Europe, and secondly, it is due to Napoleon the Great. The whole of Germany was completely forced into one cultural identity.
But HRE is only a short time ago. Even if we push it back to the Roman era, the ancestors of the Germans are just a group of barbarians in the forest.
Before the Germans wiped out Rome, German history was a blank, no different from the indigenous people in Africa today. At this time, the Far Eastern civilization had entered its heyday, and the Far Eastern civilization and German history could just be spliced together. In the future, East Africans can also say Five thousand years of his life.
The history of his ancestors is also the history of his own nation. East Africa is the natural successor of two civilizations. Ernst has no burden in his heart for this kind of thing.
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While Ernst was still lingering in the port of Trieste, Immigration Director Thomas had already arrived in Haiti.
The routes from Europe to North America are densely packed with ships, so there is no need to worry about insufficient flights.
A group of white people came ashore in Port-au-Prince, which did not attract much attention. Port-au-Prince is the capital, political, economic, and cultural center and largest port city of the Republic of Haiti. It is located on the Coul de Sac plain near the southeastern shore of Gonave Bay.
In 1843, an earthquake destroyed Cap-Haitien, the capital of Haiti, and Port-au-Prince was destroyed by fire. Therefore, the current Port-au-Prince was renovated, but the current Port-au-Prince is obviously not comparable to the previous port. It's in a makeshift state, patched and patched.
The current president of Haiti is Nissage Sage, who is also a troublemaker because he previously supported France in the Franco-Prussian War. It caused dissatisfaction in Germany, so Germany demanded 3,000 pounds in compensation and sent two warships to Port-au-Prince to demonstrate. Haiti was forced to compensate Germany. Now because of this incident, Nissage Sage is struggling to calm the Haitians. of anger.
Haiti had already had two presidents in the three years before Nissage Sage. The first was Fabre Gevral. Fabre Gevral can be said to be the only president in the history of Haiti. The "wise king" who emerged can even be said to be an unprecedented president in Haiti.
He did a lot of practical things during his reign, and it was recognized that Haiti had the best period during his rule. However, at the end of his rule, he went back to the old path, changing the constitution and giving himself a salary increase. Purchase two plantations for yourself and add financial investment in the army and hospital as well as personal luxuries.
During the later years of Gevlar's rule, his men attempted several military coups to overthrow his rule, but they basically failed. But three years earlier, in 1867, he was forced to step down by the rebel Sylvian Tsarnave who sought to replace him and went into exile, remaining in office for eight years.
Sylvion Sarnave is completely a fool. Soon after Sarnaf became president, rebellion broke out in Haiti and peasant uprisings continued. However, Sarnaf continued to suppress opposition at this time. faction, amended the constitution, increased his power, and made himself president for life, and then was overthrown.
All in all, Haiti’s history is a mess, and the current president, Nissage Sage, may fall at any time.
But Thomas doesn’t care. This kind of Haiti is what East Africa wants to see. Based on the current situation in Haiti, Thomas believes that there is no need to waste money on the Haitian president.
So after much inquiring, he found the Cheros family in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Cheros family is a local high-caste family, so it is quite powerful. The ruler of Haiti may be overthrown at any time, so it is better to be with this family. A deep-rooted family cooperation is better.
Thomas was also shocked when he heard about high caste. Thomas had thought that this system was exclusive to Indians. He didn't expect it to exist in Haiti, but it didn't matter. Haiti, as a democratic republic, had several emperors, so it was a basic operation.
The Chelos family is a high-caste family of mixed black and white descent. The previous generation of clan elders, Cheros, was a man who made great achievements following the founding father.
Old Cheros is different from other heroes. He is not very interested in Haiti's leadership and only wants to make money. Therefore, Old Cheros has survived several generations of Haitian presidents and emperors and took office in Haiti. The undersea leaders who preceded President Gevlar were all his former comrades. Chelos Sr. died in 1863, and his eldest son Chelos Jr. currently manages the family.
In the manor of the Cheros family, little Cheros met Thomas.
"Hello, Chief Cheros! I heard your name when I first arrived in the precious land. I heard that in Port-au-Prince, the Cheros family is a very faithful presence."
Little Chelos: "Sir, who are you?"
Thomas "I am a businessman from France, you can call me Medina."
Thomas himself can speak multiple languages. It is also one of the reasons why he became the director of the East African Immigration Service.
France! Hearing the name of the former suzerain country aroused little Cheros's vigilance, and Cheros felt that Thomas's French was a bit weird, but little Cheros did not show it: "It turns out to be France, my great-grandmother is French, and I was also in France. I have studied in France and am very familiar with French. Your Excellency is from France. Where are you from the West? Why is your accent so weird? And why did you find our Chelos family?”
Thomas: “So you are half French, that’s great, I’m from northeastern France?” It's close to Belgium, so it has a bit of a Dutch accent."
Little Cheros: "So that's it." It's no wonder. It should be similar to a dialect. Little Cheros's great-grandmother came from the south of France, and the spoken language is somewhat different from the Parisian dialect he learned.
Thomas continued: "I am here this time because I have a business that I hope your family can accept."
Little Cheros: "I don't know what the business is?"
Thomas: "Slave trade!"
"Cough Ahem..." Little Chelos was shocked by Thomas' words, but he quickly adjusted, "This is not okay, Mr. Medina, the international community has already abolished the slave trade long ago. If we in Haiti participate in the slave trade, It’s not going to be easy for Haiti.”
Little Chelos even suspected that this was a French conspiracy, whether it was a specially set bait to fish for law enforcement.
Thomas: "Mr. Chelos, you don't have to worry. I'm just a slave trader. All I pursue is profit. As long as the Chelos family gives my fleet some conveniences and lands in Port-au-Prince, the rest We won't have too much trouble with your family about the next thing. "How involved."
Little Cheros tried: "Mr. Thomas, you should be from the French government!"
When Thomas heard, why did he get in touch with the French government, he shook his head. Said: "How is it possible? What is the current state of France? , I believe you should have heard that the republicans and monarchists are arguing in the parliament. How can they have the energy? We businessmen hope that Britain and France will be in chaos, so that business on the sea can be easier."
Little Cheros nodded, that’s what he said. Yes, France is in quite a mess right now, and has no time to care about other countries. Besides, the slave trade was done by the French, so they can just pretend not to know about it. Anyway, there is no order in the state of Haiti. It has been said that there were slave traders who used Haiti as their base.
However, in this case, he would have to make a killing, so little Cheros said: "If that's the case, that's fine, but the lives of Haitians are also lives, and our Cheros family requires a per-capita fee."
< br>What? Charge per head! That price is sky-high! Who can cooperate with you if you have this kind of money? Thomas said: "Charging on a per-capita basis is too much. We only do one-off transactions, and we don't consider the quantity. At most, we pay annually."
Little Chelos: "Mei Mr. Diener, as I said just now, the lives of Haitians also matter, and there are not many Haitians in the first place. Isn’t it appropriate to charge per head? Our family can also provide you with slave hunting services.”
< br>So that’s it. It seems that little Cheros thinks that he wants to trade Haitians as slaves. It’s his fault that he didn’t make it clear just now.
Thomas: "Mr. Chelos, you misunderstood, we don't want Haitians."
Little Chelos said with some doubts: "If you don't want Haitians, how can you do the slave business? Can you get it from other places? Find the black people!"
Thomas: "You are right, our French colony is in Africa, so the source of goods is also from Africa."
Little Chelos: "Then what are you doing in Haiti? Haiti is so poor that it is impossible to have money to buy black slaves!"
Thomas: "Mr. Chelos, our market is the United States, and Haiti is a transit point, so you should understand, right? ! ”
Little Chelos: "Then what can Haiti provide you with the slave trade? It would be more convenient to bring it directly to the United States!"
Thomas: "This depends on market factors. We can never find a buyer directly. , but need to slowly contact American customers, especially those plantation owners, and then let them select the goods.”
Little Chelo. Si: "Then what you mean is that Haiti is dispensable in this industry?"
Thomas: "Of course not. In fact, I have just entered the industry, so I don't know much about the US market."< br>
Hearing that Thomas was a novice, Cheros was immediately interested: "Then can you guarantee to find a buyer?"
Taking the bait, Thomas had inquired about it before. The Cheros family was involved in human trafficking. Wasn't it true?
Thomas sighed: "Well, actually I have been active in the colonies before, and I only heard that the slave business is more profitable, and there are not many other things in Africa, but there are many black people, so I am also looking for ways to do it. Let’s see if we can make a fortune from the slave business.”
Little Cheros: “Then you dare to do this business without finding a way out!”
Thomas: “I was also deceived by my friend. It was said that there was a way in the United States, but there was no news in the past two months. I could only come from the colonies to see it in person, and then I found that Haiti is in a good location, just between the Americas and Africa, so I went ashore to have a look, and then I found that this country is a bit chaotic, so I hope to find a powerful family as a partner."
Little Chelos: "Then you found the Chelos family, Mr. Medina, I have to say, yours. We are so lucky, we do have a way to make money, but I don’t know how much money you have?”
Thomas's eyes lit up: "Really! That's great. Apart from anything else, we have a lot of goods. Even the whole of Haiti doesn't have as many goods as we do."
Little Chelos: "You That friend is unreliable. It’s better to do business with us directly, but I have to explain one thing in advance.”
Thomas: “Say it!”
Little Cheros: “You have. Our Chelos family can eat any amount of goods, and we have our own sales channels, so we can sell your products to the United States. However, we, the Chelos family, can never help you for free, but the so-called multiple My friend, there are many ways. I am willing to give you a chance, that is, we can eat as much as you have, but we have to charge a commission, so a black slave cannot give you too much money."
Thomas was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Mr. Chelos, you mean that we are partners in this business, but you want to take a share of the money earned from the black slaves sold?"
Little Chelos: "That's right."
Thomas: "Deal!"
Unexpected gain, completely unexpected gain. East Africa originally planned to make a loss-making deal and send black people to the United States. , As a result, after talking to Little Cheros, not only did he not give away money, but he also made a lot of money.
However, Thomas still said cautiously: "Mr. Cheros, our supply is worth several million. Can your family eat so much?"
Do you want to move? Empty colony! Little Cheros said: "Millions may sound like a lot at first, but you have to be able to transport it to Haiti. I dare not say anything else. Even if we transport 10,000 people to Haiti every day, we can still send it to the United States, but it is only a small profit." Just sell more, you can sell it in a few hundred days.”
Of course that is impossible. If there was such transport capacity, East Africa would not have spent so many years emigrating millions of people to East Africa.
Thomas: "Let's see, we can still handle thousands of people every month. When we make money in the future, we can buy more ships and transport more people."
< br>Little Chelos: "Aren't you afraid of being raided by the British and French navies?"
Thomas: "Mr. Chelos, this is up to you!"
Little Chelos: " Look at me?”
Thomas: "What do you think if these people are not slaves, but Haitians?"
Little Chelos turned his head quickly and instantly understood Thomas's intention: "You mean to take your black slaves?" Decorating as a Haitian is a good idea.”
Chielos’s own business is similar to this, but it is in the form of a labor service company, so he immediately understood the meaning of “Medina”. The two have different approaches but similar effects.
Thomas: "But the issue of Haitian identity will be more troublesome for you."
Chielos: "Identity! What identity do Haitians want?"
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Thomas: "You don't have a passport or anything!"
Chielos: "We really don't have that thing, but you can have it if you need it."
Haiti doesn't even have a passport. ! But think about it, Haiti gained independence from France too early to catch up. Thomas: "Then please provide some certificates and the like, so that we can ensure the stability of the supply of goods."
Little Cheros: "No problem, the certificate is just a piece of waste paper. I It can be done by the Presidential Palace.”
Thomas: “Please.”
(End of this chapter)