Chapter 370: Death-seeking
To the British, Sarawak is a barbaric land. Not to mention anything else, a single malaria can kill someone.
There are still rumors circulating in Europe about Asian cannibalism, so when you come to East India, let’s not talk about whether you can make money, or you will be served to the table accidentally.
This is truly served to the table.
When Weber left Xanna, he was so confused that he naturally did not notice that Xanna had changed drastically compared to two months ago.
The British only plundered the colonies but did not build them. They built churches to meet the needs of the colonists.
There are churches in Xana, and there are several more.
But there is no hospital, no school in Xiana, not even a decent road, and there is no need to think about railways.
As the port with the most favorable conditions in East Malaysia and even Borneo, Sena doesn’t even have a few berths, and the entire city has no planning at all.
When the British army left, the entire population of Xanna was less than 3,000, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. Most of the city was burned down and ruins were everywhere.
Marco didn't mind and sent Jin Yongjun to rebuild Xana.
Xiana, like Vladivostok, is a port, so Jin Yongjun took the drawings of Vladivostok as a matter of course and carried out an overall transformation of Xana.
Jin Yongjun is very meticulous in his work. The first thing he did after arriving in Xianna was to count the population of Xianna. The method of statistics was also very special.
George still attaches great importance to East India and supports it very much, almost giving him whatever he asks for.
Jin Yongjun sent people to go door-to-door to promote that as long as he registered at Xian Na City Hall, he could receive free clothes and food.
Clothes and food are disposable. If you want to obtain them continuously, you have to work for the Xana Municipal Government.
Xiana City Government provides many jobs, most of which are sewing, cleaning, cooking and other jobs that do not require heavy labor.
The heavy labor work is handled by construction workers sent from Amul.
As many as 30,000 construction workers came from Amur this year.
1,500 people are allocated here in Xiana.
The Trans-Siberian Railway not only effectively improved the road construction technology of the Russian Empire, but also cultivated an efficient construction team. Most of these construction workers were Korean and Japanese and had a high sense of obedience.
Jin Yongjun first sent people to clear the dock to facilitate the entry and exit of ships, and then expanded the cargo yard near the dock to facilitate the entry of materials.
Subsequently, various supplies from Amur continued to arrive at the port.
Siberia is indeed a good place, with endless wood to chop and endless food to eat.
East India is actually similar. Although the forest resources around Xina have been almost exhausted due to excessive deforestation by the British, the vast inland areas are full of forests, and many of them are precious timber. The Dutch and British People simply didn’t have time to develop it.
Although Amur can provide reconstruction materials to East India, after all, the journey is long and the cost is high. Some materials that can be provided locally in Xana still need to be obtained locally.
Xanna in the 21st century is not only rich in timber, but also lobsters and bird's nests.
The plantations around Xana mainly grow cocoa and oil palm.
Amul only needs to provide Xana with the first batch of materials needed for reconstruction. After that, Xana will try to purchase the materials needed in East India and Aceh.
Jin Yongjun is very sensible, so shortly after the New Year, the first batch of lobsters from Xana was launched in Vladivostok.
The bird's nests were not put on the market but sent directly to Yuriev Palace.
The Yekaterin Palace had bird's nests from Southeast Asia before, and both Yekaterina and Anne were familiar with bird's nests.
However, the purchased bird's nest is still different from the home-produced bird's nest. Ekaterina and Anne agreed that the home-produced bird's nest is better in terms of taste and effect.
George was very curious, is the effect of this thing immediate?
George doesn’t have any special feelings for bird’s nests, but since they can be used to cut leeks, George doesn’t mind packaging the bird’s nests and selling them to the outside world.
Vladivostok skin care products and various nourishing products have been harvested for many years in Europe, and depending on the situation, they can be harvested for many more years.
Vladivostok’s luxury goods have become synonymous with high-end goods in Europe. A shawl made of brocade sells for up to 150 pounds in the UK. Nowadays, the annual salary of most British people does not exceed 100 pounds.
A small shawl can’t even be bought with the annual salary of an ordinary British person. This is too expensive.
But don’t think it’s too expensive.
Not to mention the production process, the fabric alone requires an excellent female worker to work for a whole year.
Although the British national power is more powerful than the Russian Empire, in terms of high-end consumption, the British are far behind the Russian Empire.
So Amur clothes are not only expensive abroad, but also in St. Petersburg and Amur.
The luxury goods in Vladivostok are not meant for ordinary people.
If an ordinary person insists on spending a year's income to buy a shawl, although George may not understand it, he will not stop selling it. This is the price of knowledge.
The craftsmanship of Yun brocade is indeed complex, but if a female worker works for a year, it is definitely a gimmick, and it still takes half a month.
The number of rich people is small after all.
Relatively speaking, there are more people who think they are rich.
So there is light luxury.
What is light luxury?
Luxury goods that are not so extravagant are called light luxury.
To put it bluntly, it is to give the poor an opportunity to contact the upper class society.
The concept of light luxury was not proposed by George, nor by Ekaterina, but by Nana for some of the middle classes in Britain and France.
The craftsmanship of Yun brocade is too complex, and the number of outstanding female workers is limited, making mass production impossible.
All daily items in the Yuriev Palace, including napkins, are embroidered with the Yuriev family logo.
Nana took this point forward and sold toilet paper for the price of a handkerchief using just a sign.
The emblem of Yuriev’s family is not used yet, but the eight-pointed star that Anne drew casually.
George was very helpless. Rich people’s leeks are so easy to cut.
But when it comes to making money, the more the merrier. There are so many places where George has to spend money. In Xana alone, George has successively invested more than 1 million rubles.
George's investments usually yield results quickly.
Sarawak did not relent, and its attitude towards the East India Company became increasingly tough.
Sarawak's attitude has a lot to do with the progress of the Boer War.
In January, Britain continued to increase its troops in the Cape, and the number of expeditionary forces increased to 180,000.
By March it had reached 250,000 people.
The total population of the Boers is only 440,000.
Roberts had rich experience and had sufficient troops. When the British army was ambushed by the Cloth Army, the infantry troops no longer maintained their formation. Instead, they dug nearby trenches to cover the cavalry charge against the Cloth Army position.
Under this tactic, the Cloth Army's blockades in the poplar forest, Abraham's cattle pen and other places failed one after another.
On March 13, the British army invaded Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State.
On March 27, Joubert died of serious injuries.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Sarawak’s attitude to soften.
(End of this chapter)