Chapter 1501 Tangrencheng (first update, please subscribe)
Khrushchev visits Ethiopia!
This news seems very important, but in fact, it is not important at all. As for the people in Mombasa, not many people watch this news at all.
Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya and is also the location of its largest port. Once upon a time, it was the capital of British East Africa. Although the capital was later moved inland, due to the existence of the port, it is still the largest port in East Africa. One of the bustling cities.
In the past few years, with the prosperity of Kenya's grain export trade, the new port in the west of Mombasa has been continuously expanded. Kilindini Port means "deep water" in Swahili. The port is wide and deep, the ports are open, there are many berths at the docks, the cargo throughput is large and the degree of mechanization is high, ranking first in East Africa. It is not only the main distribution center for Kenya’s import and export goods, but also an important outlet for goods from Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, eastern Congo and southern Sudan.
With the expansion of the port, the originally deserted Xingang District has turned into a bustling business district. Different from the scattered European-style buildings and Arabic buildings in the old city, the carefully planned Xingang District is filled with modern high-rise buildings. The building allows people to fully feel the atmosphere of modern civilization.
“Not only is the architecture here completely different from the old city, but the population is also different. The old city is mainly made up of black Bantu people, Arabs and Indians. The Xingang District is mainly made up of Asians. ”
Being in this modern small town, looking at the Asian faces coming and going, April said to Caroline beside her:
“Look here, there are some Chinatowns in Europe and the United States, but here, this is a Chinatown.
Tang people are The owners of Xingang District, and Japanese, Vietnamese, and Koreans are all attached to them
Since these people are employees of grain companies, there are also laborers who come here from all over Asia to earn money. Now, there are more than 80,000 Asians living in Mombasa alone, and more than 200,000 Asians live here in Kenya as a whole. In terms of numbers, they even surpass the Indians who came here as early as the 19th century! "
When referring to "Indians", April deliberately emphasized her tone. During the British Empire, the underpopulated Britain needed a large population to supplement their colonial expansion. Indians were regarded as "loyal laborers of the empire" and were brought to Africa in the footsteps of the British Empire. They left a profound mark in various parts of Africa
throughout Africa. There are millions of Indians living in Africa. They were once the pillars of British rule in Africa. Historically, when Britain began to withdraw from the colonies, Indians had already integrated into this land.
But now. In this land, these outsiders have far exceeded the Indians in terms of number and political influence.
"Economically speaking, their influence is greater, right? ”
Caroline pointed to the International Grain Company building and said:
“International Grain Company, even I have heard of them in Europe, and their products are also available in European supermarkets.”
International Grain Company’s products are not only used to supply the local market. In fact, Europe is also one of the main markets for International Grain Company. A considerable portion of beef, grain and other products produced in Africa are exported to European countries every year.
It is not normal to see products from international cereal companies in European supermarkets.
“Yes, they control almost the entire agriculture in Kenya. They own millions of acres of farms and produce tens of millions of tons of grain and other crops every year. For them, the entire Kenya and even the entire East Africa are Is an International Grain Company farm ”
After a slight pause, April continued:
"It took them ten years to complete what the Europeans failed to complete in half a century - turning Kenya into a cow!"
A cow with flowing milk!
Once upon a time, Britain was losing money by maintaining its rule in Kenya and other African colonies, because there were neither gold mines nor diamond mines. As for agriculture, there were only some farms run by European immigrants. Although they paid taxes, Not much was paid.
On the whole, these colonies are basically in a semi-primitive state. Maintaining the rule of these colonies requires a large amount of money. For this reason, some colonies have always been important to the United Kingdom. It was a burden, which was why they voluntarily abandoned the colony.
"Is this why London is unwilling to give up its rule in Kenya?"
As a reporter, Caroline came to Kenya to report on the "atrocities of colonial rulers" here. In fact, Even in the UK, there are quite a few people who oppose colonial rule. They believe that now that the world is unified, Britain should give up its colonies and grant freedom to the colonial people.
That's why she came here, trying to record the atrocities here, and then publish them in British newspapers, and then use public opinion to help the people here gain freedom.
“In other words, to a certain extent, they are the biggest accomplices in maintaining British colonial rule in Kenya and East Africa.”
Caroline’s question is very important. It can be said that in his opinion, helping the people here to develop the economy and develop modern agriculture is simply a continuation of colonialism.
It seems that in the eyes of some people, people on this land of Africa should live in a primitive life, and any modernization is a disturbance to their lives. It is all a kind of colonial plunder.
As for the large farms established here by international grain companies, in their eyes they are simply a form of neo-colonialism.
“You can understand that without the investment of international service companies here, Britain may have allowed this land to gain independence a few years ago.”
April Then he said.
“But precisely because of the International Service Company’s investment here, they export a large amount of food every year, allowing the Kenyan colony to obtain a large amount of funds, so that they can maintain their rule on this land.” Carlo Lin nodded in agreement.
"You are right. It is precisely because of the bloody food that the British colonial rule will be maintained. This is also the fundamental reason why I came here this time, to expose all this."
When she said these words, Caroline felt an unprecedented mission in her heart. She seems to have seen that when her article is published in Europe, the whole world will see the "bloody grain", and then righteous people will boycott the products of international grain companies.
Faced with the resistance of the international community, the International Grain Company will eventually go bankrupt, and without the source of funds, it will be difficult for Britain to maintain colonial rule on this land, and by that time Kenya will also Win what the people here want - independence.
At this moment, an unprecedented sense of mission filled Caroline's heart. Even the modern city that was beginning to take shape in front of him had changed in his eyes - those high-rise buildings and modern buildings seemed to have changed, and the other color was red.
This red color is the color of blood.
Everything here is stained red by the blood of the Kenyan people, just like their blood stains the food here.
“This is really a place full of sin.”
When Caroline said this, in a shop on the roadside, the prince smiled more and more as he looked outside the shop, With a smile on his face, he said to his wife beside him.
“This place is really nice! Much better than Saigon.”
The wife on the side also nodded in agreement.
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"Yes, coming to this place is not like the chaos of Xigong, which makes people fearful all the time."
"Then you were not willing to come when I asked you to come."
The prince said with a smile.
"Who knew that Africa would be even better than we imagined."
The woman's words made the prince smile even more. He looked at the city in front of him. A few years ago, when he was in Saigon and heard people talking about this place for the first time, he thought it was a remote place in Africa.
For many Tang people and Mingxiang people in Saigon at that time, they were more eager to leave the war-torn land, but not everyone chose the big-size Mindanao or Sishui.
Unlike some people, Prince Yue chose here. This was not just him. Tens of thousands of people chose here. They settled here and started a small business in Mombasa. Just like in Saigon.
Although this is a strange land, since his ancestors can thrive in Saigon, he can also thrive and raise his children on this land.
"Ah Viet, have you read what the newspaper said? It's not peaceful here. There's also rebellion. I don't know if it will be like Saigon in the end, with people throwing bombs everywhere on the streets."
mentioned In Saigon, the woman's eyes were filled with fear. The reason why we left Saigon and came to this strange continent was because it was completely engulfed in war. Even in Saigon, the streets were full of wars. It was not the guerrillas attacking the US military, embassies, and military institutions. It was guerrillas throwing bombs everywhere in the streets.
Even their youngest child. Also died in guerrilla attacks, due to guerrilla suicide attacks on the streets.
Because of this, they left their homes and careers and left Saigon. But who would have thought that after coming here, war would also break out here. Although it is very far away from here, who knows the future?
Wife's reminder made Wang Ziyue frown. He opened his mouth to explain but said nothing.
In the end, he just pursed his lips and said:
“This is not Saigon. The company will definitely not turn a blind eye when the time comes. After all, International Grain Company has a big business here.”
Yes, the sky fell, and there was a tall person holding it up.
The reason why he chose to come here back then was not because there were relatively more opportunities here, but also because there was a lot of investment from the company. Under such circumstances, no matter what happens here in the future, the company will never give up. here.
Even if it is a war... maybe the war is just a reason for the company, who knows?
Looking at the locals on the street, Wang Ziyue frowned. Although he felt a little uneasy in his heart, when he looked at the two-star flag flying not far away from the representative office, his heart suddenly calmed down. Said to himself:
"As long as they are here, there is no need to worry..."
(End of this chapter)