African Nationhood

Chapter 53 The end of the year
  European and American companies assess their income on a quarterly basis. 1879 was the first year of Nanhua Company's fiscal year, and it had already spent two quarters.

The brand-new annual statistical report has finally been released after nearly two months of summary statistics.

Overall, Nanhua Company ran a serious deficit over the past year.

Among them, immigration costs cost the most, with the total costs reaching 31.78 pounds.

This is mainly reflected in the immigrants transported by British merchants. Each of these immigrants was transported at a high price, but the total population was not large.

British merchants transported a total of 6 people, totaling 3346 people, of whom 7% were adults and 3% were children.

The cost is 12.4 pounds, and resettlement costs are additional.

The population imported from other sources (slave exchange trade) is 8672, and there will be more people coming later.

The cost is ignored, and the resettlement fee is additional.

The old man of the company recruited 1027 immigrants (travel expenses were reimbursed at 10 pounds per person), at a cost of 1.03 pounds, plus resettlement expenses.

Compared with the two, the slave exchange trade is more cost-effective. It can not only introduce a large number of people but also save resettlement costs.

Most Chinese in the United States have families and little wealth.

After they arrive in Southwest Africa, they basically don’t need to invest too much in resettlement fees, they just need guidance.

Old immigrants lead immigrants, which is also a good source of immigrants.

This road cannot be cut off and must be vigorously promoted. Word-of-mouth publicity is very important.

The British businessmen will have to negotiate carefully. It would be best if they can agree to a price reduction (which is almost impossible to achieve).

If you don't agree, you need to convince the British to accept the slave trade, which can also significantly reduce the cost of immigration.

The cost of construction of immigrant settlements is the second expense item.

In the past year, three large-scale settlements were developed in Anhai Town (Swakopmund), Hot Spring City (Windhoek), and Rand Farm.

There are also dozens of small settlements along the route from Walvis Bay to Hot Springs, with a total investment of 15.76 pounds in infrastructure.

In terms of agriculture, the items of grain and agricultural tools and agricultural supplies are the third cost items.

The total cost for the whole year is 13.45 pounds, and it is expected that this amount will drop significantly when the new grain is harvested this year.

In terms of industry, the fourth consumption project has an annual investment of 7.3 pounds.

The four factories have not yet turned a profit, but most of them are on the right track and are expected to be profitable in the future.

In terms of transportation, the first batch of supplementary expenses for railway construction is 2.5 pounds, which is used as the start-up cost of the railway construction project.

The above are all expense items, and there are very few income items, which is slightly better than none.

Taxation:

1. Commercial tax (5%):
  Walvis Bay (5.68 pounds), Hot Spring City (0.36 pounds), Anhai Town (0.53 pounds), and Jinshan Town (3.28 pounds).

Trade in Walvis Bay Port is booming, and the resident population is growing rapidly. Jinshan Town has obvious gold mining agglomeration effects, and commercial tax payments in these two places are smooth. Business in other places has just emerged, and income is limited.

2. Corporate income tax (18%):
  Nawakabu Gold Mine: £7.65,

Second gold mine: 0
  Total of the four directly-affiliated factories: 1.12 pounds.

3. Aboriginal tax payment

In-kind tax (there is no specific tax rate, it all depends on the feelings of the soldiers in the advance battalion, most of which were taken by the way after capturing the indigenous people):
  Fur: ​​55000 sheepskins, 10300 cowhide, 1280 crocodile skins, worth 2.93 pounds.

Ivory: 2076 tusks, worth £1.45.

Cattle: 1156, sheep 893, worth 0.61 pounds.

4. Corporate dividends:
  Dividend income from Nawakabu Gold Mine: £8.71
  5. Physical food

Rand Farm alone received a total of 3591 tons of grain (wheat, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc.) and 101.4 tons of dried sweet potatoes, which is roughly estimated to be worth more than 140 million pounds.

This income can be regarded as the largest income of Nanhua Company, but food is the foundation and cannot be used.

Due to shipping costs, only a small amount of food from Rand Farm is shipped out, and most of it is stored at Boss Shi's personal farm.

The ground rent income in 1880 will also be stored on site to make strategic reserves for the upcoming Boer War at the end of the year.

At that time, Rand Farm will house a battalion of troops and a large number of logistics personnel.

Military war requires the consumption of a large amount of materials, especially food.    …

Shi Jintang was very concerned about this annual statistical bill.

Then he asked James Lister to help him arrange a meeting with British businessman William Sfield.

He needed to convince the British to accept the slave trade.

The place agreed upon by both parties is Sihai Restaurant in Anhai Town, and Shi Jintang, as a guest, must arrive first.

Just after half past six, he took Jin Xiyue on the carriage and set off towards Sihai Restaurant.

……

Tonight's banquet is jointly organized by all the chefs of Sihai Restaurant.

Wang Tie ordered each of the many chefs to prepare a specialty dish.

His original intention was to see Boss Shi's taste preferences so that he could focus on similar banquets in the future.

When Mr. Shi arrived with his concubine, Wang Tie and seven or eight chefs went to the back door to greet him.

It's not that Wang Tie doesn't want to greet Boss Shi warmly, but that Boss Shi wants to keep a low profile.

Jin Xiyue has publicly appeared in front of the public as Shi Jintang's concubine, so Jin Xiyue's voice and authority in Zidi Elementary School have increased dramatically.

The small group that originally gathered around Ye Rong, with her as the core, suffered a critical attack.

But she didn't take it seriously, she just kept praying in her heart that she would grow up quickly.

When I grow up, that North Korean woman will be old and yellow, and Master Shi will still like me.

At the same time, she did not forget to comfort her small group members, teaching and encouraging everyone to study hard and strive to achieve academic success. Once successful, they will definitely attract the attention of Master Shi.

Everyone was inspired by her and full of energy.

Ye Rong's strong self-motivation has led to more obvious improvement in her academic performance.

It took her two to three years to complete the course, but she finished it in more than half a year.

Shi Jintang had to scratch his head and start writing the next stage of the curriculum.

……

Kim Hee-yue is wearing a white traditional Hanbok tonight. White has a holy and noble meaning in Hanbok, and it is also the most common color in Hanbok.

Originally, Jin Xiyue wanted to show off in traditional Qing women's clothing, but Master Shi insisted not to do so.

And Mr. Shi especially likes her wearing Korean clothes to bed.

According to him, it doesn’t taste like this!
  She didn't quite understand Mr. Shi's taste, but obedience was the traditional virtue of Korean women, so she had no choice but to let it go.

Tonight, Jin Xiyue looked radiant and had exquisite makeup.

She combed her hair back neatly, braided it at the back of her neck and fixed it with a hairpin. She also wore a folded paper decoration in the shape of a jade frog.

The decoration of the bun is also very luxurious. In addition to the pure gold hairpin, there are also many small pure gold hangings.

A gold thread tassel waist is added to the front and is decorated with jade coral pendants.

The overall look looks extremely luxurious. She is very satisfied with her decoration. Master Shi has used top-notch accessories for her.

Jin Xiyue successfully promoted her class, and her servant Xianji also became powerful.

She has taken the initiative to change her name to Seok Hyun-hee, and has therefore become a representative figure of Koreans in Zidi Primary School.

Unfortunately, the Korean group is a minority group in Southwest Africa, so their influence is not as great as imagined.

……

The two arrived at the VIP room on the third floor and sat down. When Wang Tie took the menu and introduced the dishes for tonight's banquet, he heard a noise on the second floor below.

Wang Tie frowned slightly, but he didn't want to get angry. After a while, someone from below came to report the situation.

After Shi Jintang heard that soldiers from the advance battalion were involved, he immediately sent a personal attendant to bring them up.

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