Chapter 1671 East Africa, our home (second update, please subscribe)
Siam, deep in the rainforest, there is a simple wooden house, and the fragile iron roof "clogs" with the rhythm of the wind.
The sunlight passes through the gaps in dense treetops and sprinkles on these fragile dwellings. The air is filled with the smell of soil and disinfectant water, and the mud and water on the ground remind the difficulty of survival here.
The clothes on the people here are mostly damaged and have been washed to the point of whiteness. However, in their deep eyes, the light of firmness and hope was still vaguely shining.
The children were barefoot, chasing and playing in the tents. Their laughter was like a bright color in this dark rain forest, giving people comfort.
While the children were running in the mud, several men sat around the corridor, discussing possible future choices in a hoarse voice: whether to stay here to work in the factory or go to East Africa.
When they come here, they need to face two choices.
Stay local or go to East Africa.
In fact, they don’t know the local area or East Africa, and they are all blank.
But even so, they are still full of longing for the future.
"Factory! That's working as a worker in the factory."
When speaking, the man's eyes revealed his infinite imagination about the future. His words were full of longing: "What kind of factory is it? As long as you go to the factory, you will definitely be better than farming, and at least you can have enough food." Another middle-aged man More practical: "There are also workers in East Africa who work in farms. As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat water. Can you still starve when you go to the farm?"
They were discussing there like this, but no matter what path they chose, these people knew that they had to make a choice, just like when they made another choice and left their hometown to come here.
They don't know what the future will look like.
But without exception, their faces were written with a desire for the future, and the sunlight that shone through the gaps in the dense forest seemed to be cheering for their future.
"Where can we go?"
Place in the detention center, Xu Shengli looked at his wife in front of him and said:
"Do you stay here and go to the factory, or when you go to East Africa, you heard that there are big farms there."
Wife holding her daughter's wife, thought for a while and said:
"Factory? Those capitalists It is definitely not easy to live in a factory, so it’s better to go to the farm. No matter how you farm, you just farm! "
Sometimes life is like this, and life always requires making choices.
In this way, two days later, Xu Shengli and his family and more than 300 others took military transport planes to East Africa.
People who took the plane for the first time always looked out curiously, and their clothes were mostly similar - T-shirts and jeans.
These clothes are provided by the camp. After all, their clothes were already ruined and they were about to leave, so of course they had to change into new clothes.
Short after the plane took off, the children, especially the more brave children, ran directly to the window, where they put their feet on their heads and looked at the sky, pointing at the clouds and shouting loudly shouted.
"Look! That's clouds, that's clouds, we're on the clouds."
"Of course, we're in the sky now."
Amid their shouts, the C141 military transport plane headed west. Unlike the C130 transport plane that needs to be refueled, it can fly directly to East Africa.
A few hours later, the transport plane landed at the Nairobi Airport.
Soon they completed the customs clearance procedures here and then took the bus to the company's farm. They came to East Africa as company employees.
They soon arrived at the farm. After checking the farm, the person in charge welcomed their arrival and then arranged for someone to send them to their new home.
"Home?"
Xu Shengli sat in the car with some confusion and asked: "Sir, you mean you want to allocate a house to us, are you?" Zhang Yi, who was driving the car, looked at it. Looking at Xu Shengli, he said: "Not all houses are home."
Then, he explained:
"Some houses are dormitories, some houses are apartments, and only real houses can be called home. Now - you will be home soon."
"Really, really allocate to us The house."
The woman held her husband's hand nervously, and she couldn't believe her ears.
The house will be divided so soon. Will there be such a good thing in the world?
As for the son and daughter beside her, she was full of expectations.
Just when they imagined what the house would look like, whether it was a brick house or a dirt house?
The car drove into a road, with two-story buildings on both sides of the road. Looking at the houses on both sides of the road, Xu Shengli and his wife and children were stunned. "This, these houses are so beautiful!" Zhang Yi said just as Xu Shengli's voice fell. "Yes, your home is here. Look, the house you go ahead to handle is your home."
What!
For a moment, Xu Shengli was shocked. He didn't even know what to say, but just opened his eyes and looked at the house outside the car window and said in an incredible tone.
"This, is this true?"
A few minutes later, as they got out of the car, they stood in front of the house and looked at the beautiful two-story building. Xu Shengli even slapped himself hard in the face.
"Bang!"
When the crisp slap sounded, Zhang Yi did not stop him. He just looked at the people who had just arrived with a smile.
He could understand the reactions of these people because he had a similar reaction. "Okay, Xu Shengli will be your home in the future." Zhang Yi put the key in Xu Shengli's hand and said to him.
"Hurry up and take your wife and children to see your home."
"Ah, is this true?"
At this moment, Xu Shengli's hands were trembling, and even his footsteps were trembling there.
"I, am I dreaming, right?"
It was not until the door was opened with the key that Xu Shengli realized that this was true. The house was real, and even the The furniture in the house is also real.
He really owns his own home, even if he has just set foot on this land.
"Damn it? Are you still worried?"
When turning his head to look at his wife, Xu Shengli saw that his wife was already crying and was crying loudly there.
"This is true, really-we really have a home, a home of our own." Everything is not important now, what is important is that they have Have your own home.
…
When the newly-employed employees arrived in East Africa with their families, in the federal building in Nairobi, Wells, the first prime minister of the federal government, was flipping through the report while listening to James' report.
"In the past 12 months, the company has added 130,000 new employees, including their families, which is equivalent to an increase of 320,000 immigrants."
In the Minister of the Interior When the report was reported, Wells just silently looked through the report. This report is a population report of the Ministry of the Interior, which lists the population data of each region in detail.
The most noticeable thing is that the population of international grain companies is growing so rapidly that they can imagine. "That is to say, they introduced 540,000 immigrants."
Wells asked: "Yes, in terms of population, Asians in East Africa are far more than Europeans, and..." James said in quite helpless words :
"Compared with them, almost no Europeans are willing to immigrate to Africa. After all, it is no longer before World War II. Not only are there not many new immigrants entering, but many immigrant descendants are more inclined to return. Britain. "
Times have changed. Although many colonial white upper class, including Wells, were trying every means to safeguard their interests in East Africa, they had to face a fact--not many Europeans are willing to immigrate to Africa.
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And this is also a dilemma they have to face - they are deliberately protecting East Africa, while their compatriots are constantly losing.
"But those Asians are very happy to come here. Compared to the past, their lives here are richer."
Willes agreed with James's words. Nodded and said.
"Yes, the reason why Europeans are willing to immigrate to Africa is because there are more opportunities here to allow them to live a prosperous life, but now... they are more likely to leave their hometowns and come to Africa. Inclined to stay in Europe, after all, there is a better life there.”
Wells had no choice but to put together the report in front of him and continued.
"So the white population is actually falling here."
"But the Asian population is increasing."
James thought for a while and added :
"At the current rate of their population growth, ten years later, the Asian population here may exceed 6 million, and by then they will become the second only local ethnic group after black people, and it may even be More than them.”
By that time, the East African Federation...is the East African Federation of Asians.
And there is also the International Cereal Company.
But James did not say this directly, but reminded:
"We must consider this factor."
Of all this Wells of course It is foreseeable, but he just thought for a moment and said:
"Asians may be better partners compared to those black people, whether in Hong Kong or in Sin Chew, the facts have long proved this.
And, there is an agreement between us and them. . We will share the East African Federation with them."
Willes looked at James and said:
"More importantly, we cannot live without them in East Africa, if here in the future If there is turmoil, London will no longer send troops here. In this case, the only thing we can rely on is Chang'an, and of course these Asians, who will help us safeguard our interests here. < br>
We are consistent in terms of interests.”
Their interests are of course consistent. As an old colonial empire, colonial elites like Wells are very clear about the secrets of colonial rule.
In almost all colonies, the British would choose a partner and use them to achieve their rule over the colonies.
Just just like the British chose to rely on the Tang people in Southeast Asia economically and Indians in public security.
By relying on these outsiders, we completed the rule of the local Malays.
These outsiders rely on Britain, and the British colonists put themselves in a detached position by mediating in the center.
The Asians are their helpers in dominating the land.
"Mr. Prime Minister, I understand that just like we introduced Indians to this place, we will dominate this land better, but we must note that they are different from Indians, and that one The Indians of the times are different. "
James certainly knows why they introduced Indians,
"But they will become part of this land in the future, and they will definitely ask for more at that time More rights.”
In the face of James’ reminder, Prime Minister Wells shook his head and said:
"Yes, there may be such a possibility in the future, but James, we need to understand one thing. Without their help, we probably have no future.
I can't even wait until Prince Andrew becomes an adult, all Everything will be taken away by those black people. "
Willes's adulthood refers to the agreement that although Prince Andrew will become the king of the East African Federation, he must wait until he becomes an adult before he can ascend the throne. .
In other words, Prince Andrew will have to wait a few more years before he comes to Nairobi, and he has been in London all the time.
To put it bluntly, it is because Elizabeth is not willing to take any big risks for her son, so she hopes that the situation will stabilize before her son can come here.
Everyone expressed their understanding of this.
After all, East Africa is still in a state of emergency, and it is also beneficial to slow down for a few years in this situation.
"So we have to cooperate with them, and only in this way can we protect our interests here!"
Prince Wells' tone when he said this, as he spoke, the tone of Prime Minister Wells It's full of helplessness.
Stand up and Prime Minister Wells walked to the window, looked at Nairobi outside the window, stared at the city, and had his own unique feelings for Africa.
It was precisely because of this relationship that Wells went to London, where he lobbled all parties and eventually led to the establishment of the East African Federation.
While now, even though the East African Federation has been established, new problems still follow.
For example, the increasing population in Asia is corresponding to the decrease in Europe's population.
Willes thought for a moment.
"Perhaps we can think of some other ways to ensure our interests as much as possible..."
"Other way?" James asked as he looked at the Prime Minister. "You mean? Take some measures to restrict them from entering, right?"
Shake your head, Prime Minister Wells said:
"This is obviously not Appropriately, after all, there is an agreement between us and them. If we prohibit international companies from hiring employees, it will violate the agreement we signed with them.
Therefore, we must start from other aspects and make some preparations in advance. ”
(This chapter ends)