Chapter 1021 Overseas Territory Construction
The position of Lanfang Overseas Province in the geographical territory of East Africa can be said to be relatively important. It is adjacent to the Strait of Malacca, and the Kalimantan Island where it is located is also known as the Crossroads of Nanyang. Although It is not as good as the British-controlled Straits Settlements (mainly parts of Malaysia, including Singapore), but it is the most capable among the overseas territories in East Africa and Southeast Asia.
The initial development conditions far exceed those of the Mindanao Colony and Balabac Island. The plains of Mindanao are too small, and the population is even sparser than that of Lanfang Overseas Province.
Although there are many indigenous people in Mindanao, in the eyes of the East African government, these indigenous people are barbarians who refuse to accept kingship. Now East Africa is still purging and suppressing the local area, and the cost of governance remains high.
It can be said that the rule of East Africa in Mindanao and the Americans in Luzon in the north are at the same level. Both countries are doing the same thing to suppress the indigenous people in the region.
Moreover, due to religious and other reasons, East Africa's purge activities on Mindanao were far more bloody than those in the United States, and the determination of local indigenous people to resist far exceeded those in Philippine colonial areas such as Luzon in the north.
So the cost of East Africa’s rule in Mindanao remains high and will continue for a long time, so it is naturally impossible to move to the construction stage.
As for Balabac Island, the island has only certain military uses for East Africa. The island is small and mainly mountainous, so it has no development value.
Therefore, compared with the two East African overseas territories in Nanyang, Lanfang Overseas Province is the most suitable for large-scale development and construction at this stage.
As for the future, the value of Mindanao may be greater than that of Lanfang Overseas Province. After all, Mindanao’s resources are far richer than those of Lanfang Overseas Province.
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“According to the document requirements, the main task of this resettlement is to build two state-owned farms and a wood processing plant around Pontianak City. The usable land area in Lanfang Overseas Province is very large, but Development is not easy. You must first destroy forests to open up wasteland. At the same time, forest resources are very rich, and timber export is also one of the current important industries in Lanfang Overseas Province."
"During the wasteland development period, the provincial government will send troops to attack you. Protect it safely, and you don’t have to worry. There are only some wild animals here that may pose a certain threat, but around Pontianak City, the probability of this happening is very small.”
Wild animals on Kalimantan. There are many, especially in sparsely populated areas like Lan Fong Overseas Province, where rhinos, pythons, monkeys, etc. live.
As for human threats, if it is in other areas of Lanfang Overseas Province, you may encounter some illegal border crossers among the indigenous people, but this situation is unlikely to happen around Pontianak City.
“Pontianak City has very rich water resources and flat terrain, but the soil is relatively poor. This is a common problem in tropical rainforest areas. Unless there is rich volcanic ash soil like Java Island, it is still difficult to carry out agricultural production in Pontianak City. ”
“But you We don’t need to worry too much. The quality is not enough. If we add up the area, the available land around Pontianak City is very abundant. The total population of Pontianak City today is only more than 50,000. If placed in the mainland of the empire, it would only have the population density of desert and rainforest areas. Almost.”
“And in the local area. Under their care, we have won a lot of shares in agricultural tools and fertilizers, so it is relatively easy to open up wasteland locally.”
“At present, the population of Pontianak City is mainly Chinese, and only a small part of them can speak German. There may be some communication difficulties, but we are here too Several schools have been built, and those of you who have ideas can also participate in teaching work.”
Most of the native people in East Africa have received compulsory education, so some people can barely do it by teaching German. This is also the case in Lan. Talents needed by Fanghai Province and Pontianak City Government.
The real difficulty is that German teachers must have a certain foundation in Chinese. After all, teaching entirely in German means that for most local Chinese students, they are talking to each other. However, under the strong German promotion policy in East Africa, the new generation of locals retain the ability to speak Chinese. I'm afraid the number of people is really small. As for people who master Chinese characters, they are even rarer in East Africa. After all, most of the Chinese immigrants in East Africa were illiterate.
And there are other difficulties in education work, that is, although the local population is mainly Chinese, the Far Eastern Empire has a vast area, a large population, and many dialects. There are six or seven dialects of Chinese in Fanghai Province, mainly the southern dialects, and there are also some Chinese groups with indigenous accents. The main reason is that many Chinese in Nanyang have mixed with local indigenous people for too long, which has caused differences in language habits. alienation.
After all, Kalimantan Island, the Far Eastern Empire is called Borneo, and many local Chinese residents lived here in the Ming Dynasty, so it is impossible not to be affected.
Therefore, not everyone can be qualified even for a teaching job, and the Lanfang Overseas Provincial Government will definitely conduct an assessment.
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The native East African immigrants who immigrated to Lanfang Overseas Province in this round actually have relatively limited occupations. If it is a general colony, perhaps the East African government can arrange for them to manage the locals, or engage in some High-end work.
But Lanfang Overseas Province is special. It is not a colony in the East African territory. Most of the local indigenous people have been basically expelled by the East African government. Colonization is a kind of parasitic governance. Obviously Lanfang Fanghai Province does not have such basic conditions for parasitizing local indigenous people.
As for the Chinese residents in Lanfang Overseas Province who have not yet been fully planned, for East Africa, they may be a type of local "indigenous" in a sense. After all, most of them have a long history in the local area. , but after more than ten years of screening by the East African government, these Chinese residents have become East African nationals. However, due to scarcity of educational resources, compulsory education and the failure to popularize German, most of them have retained their traditional characteristics.
But this is only a matter of time for the East African government. As long as East Africa rules longer, it will only be a matter of time before the local residents assimilate.
This also means that Lanfang Overseas Province is indeed governed according to the model of the local provinces in East Africa. Although it is subject to conditions and has a low level of development, and its economy cannot be compared with that of the local East African province, it is the same as the local province at the institutional and government levels.
This also determines that the East African government will not rule the local area in a colonial form. Although East Africa has been established for a long time, there are still a large number of indigenous slaves in East Africa, so in a certain sense, East Africa is better than Lanfang. Overseas provinces are more like colonies.
So what the East African government said about the construction and development of Lanfang Overseas Province is completely in line with the facts, and these local immigrants are like the pioneers sent by the East African government to the local area when the Soviet Union developed Siberia. This also determines Their road ahead will be difficult.
However, although the conditions in Lanfang Overseas Province are much worse than those in East Africa, this is only for East Africa as a whole. In the northern, southwest, southeast and other backward areas of the mainland, there are also a group of people who work hard to build the country. Working hard in harsh environments.
Therefore, there is no essential difference between going to Lanfang Overseas Province for reclamation and construction and going to the mainland to support construction in backward areas. This is also the price that these generations of East Africans have to pay.
At the beginning of the 20th century, people in all countries, whether industrial or agricultural, had to participate in heavy physical labor, and East Africa was no exception. Therefore, in order not to be eliminated by the international community, the East African government had to pay more than European and American countries. Blood and sweat.
Including East African overseas territories, these overseas territories can actually provide little economic value to East Africa, so the construction of overseas territories requires more support from East Africa. However, at this stage, East Africa can only promote Lan The construction of Fanghai Province, the territory of Madagascar and the royal territory of Alaska, and investment is very limited.
(End of this chapter)