Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2434 March of Suffering ([-])

"The town of Seine is here!" On August 1701, 8, a small steam steamer puffing out black smoke feebly docked beside a stone river embankment.The sailor put down the pedal expressionlessly, and said to more than a dozen passengers who were about to disembark.

The town of Senna is currently under Portuguese control.There are more than 300 white residents from Portugal in the local area, and there are many manors scattered within dozens of kilometers nearby. It is difficult to count the number, but there are still hundreds of people.Of course, people from the East Coast are also indispensable here. The largest enterprise in Senna Town is the Senna Sugar Company, which was jointly established by businessmen from the East Coast and Portuguese.This company owns a large area of ​​sugar cane nearby, and at the same time has a steam engine-powered sugar mill, which employs a lot of people (slaves), and the business is still very good.

The Portuguese colony of Mozambique is right next to it. After so many years, the merchants on the east coast who have accumulated enough capital during the development of Xinhua Island will naturally not turn a blind eye.Portugal is a friendly country, and it is also very close to Xinhua Island. The Portuguese have also built a certain amount of infrastructure, so it is normal to invest here to make full use of various local resources—this resource In fact, it includes labor. Who told you that the East Coast government forbids the use of slaves?

In addition to sugar production, people on the east bank have also invested heavily in the planting and deep processing of crops such as coconuts, sisal hemp, and cashew nuts, but the scale is not as large as Senna Sugar Company.Italian capital followed the people from the east coast. They invested heavily in timber, tobacco and other industries, and tried to grow tea. The investment ranged from 20 lire to 100 million lire. Good results have been achieved.Of course, we must not forget the British in Beira Port. Since they bought the port, they have been committed to construction. At present, there are also a large number of agricultural plantations in the suburbs of the city, and they export a large amount of coconuts, sugar and swords to the mainland and Europe every year. numb.

After seeing foreign businessmen making a lot of money from Mozambique, the Royal Portuguese government was very jealous and wanted to tighten the inflow of foreign capital.However, after the East Coast government expressed its "concern" through diplomatic channels, Lisbon quickly backed down.Under the words of the ambassador on the east coast, they quickly changed their way of thinking, thinking that the colonists or businessmen of the Kingdom of Portugal could also gain greater benefits by using the infrastructure built by these foreign capitals.As a result, the lives of black Mozambicans quickly added another layer of misery, from being oppressed by the Portuguese family to being co-plundered by colonialism.

The East Coast Ministry of Industry and Commerce once sent several investigators here to have a look.In addition to praising the pioneering spirit of investors on the east coast and their impressive achievements, they also seriously pointed out that capital—whether it is east coast capital or foreign capital—has a strong urge to use slave labor. To reduce costs as much as possible and maximize profits.Considering that the private use of black slaves is not allowed on the east coast, they suggested that businessmen who invest in foreign countries should pay attention to them, and if necessary, they can learn from the British bill restricting the outflow of precious metals.

Of course, the researcher's suggestion will not be accepted.Gein, the East Coast government is now pushing for the internationalization of legal currency gold exchange certificates, trying to allow more countries to reserve the East Coast legal currency.To achieve this goal, the free exchange of legal currency on the East Coast has become inevitable.Otherwise, why should people trust your banknotes?Why make people feel safe?After all, what people are holding in their hands is actually paper, not physical gold!Therefore, the free exchange of gold coupons is the most basic prerequisite.Without this, it is really difficult to internationalize your own currency. Unless you make people think that some things can only be bought with your banknotes, nothing will work.

The second largest foreign-funded enterprise in Portuguese Mozambique is an inland waterway shipping company established by businessmen from the east coast of Xinhuaxia Island. It is mainly engaged in the transportation of personnel and goods from Seine Town to Yuejin Port. At the same time, a maintenance service center was set up in Yuejin Port and Seine Town, and a wharf was purchased. The determination to do transportation is very strong.

In the past few years, the Kingdom of Malawi has obtained a large amount of money from the mainland on the east coast, and started domestic construction in a decent manner. This small company called "Zambezi Shipping Company" got a ride , Earned a lot of money by transporting building materials, food, daily necessities and even machinery and equipment to this country.

From Yuejin Port to the Kingdom of Malawi, the most convenient and cheapest way of transportation is actually water transportation.However, water transportation can only manage a section, and cannot cover the whole journey.After the goods are unloaded in Longkou Town (belonging to the Kingdom of Malawi) on the opposite bank of Sena Town, they must switch to other modes of transportation.It can be transported by water, going up the Dalong River (Shire River), but it can only be a small manpower boat, and because of the existence of a large number of rapids and rapids, you have to stop and change the carriage after a certain distance, and then change after a certain distance.In this case, it is actually better to use a carriage or simply the mule and horse itself to carry the goods, so as to save the toss and turn.

There are hundreds of kilometers from Longkou Town to the core Flaming Lake, and there are no good roads. To be honest, the transportation cost is not low.After the goods arrive there, the price can be sky-high.Therefore, the high-level leaders of the Kingdom of Malawi are now seriously thinking about whether they should shift their economic focus to the south (in any case, two of the three major cities are located in the south), give priority to local economic crops, and export foreign exchange in the future. more convenient.As for the north, let's start agriculture with peace of mind and supply food to the south.Although this may not make a lot of money, and some old brothers who came here together at the beginning, at least the capital is located here, which can more or less boost the local economy.

It is said that the Kingdom of Malawi is really on the right track now.Although they owe a lot of debt to the people on the east coast, this country has also brought in a lot of projects, which made them quickly pass the bleak primitive accumulation stage and enter the fast lane of development.Although the kingdom's economic interests have been seized by the capital on the east coast, they themselves can't quickly exploit those resources and develop those farmlands and forest farms.At least these companies established by the east coast capital entering Malawi have been paying them taxes and creating a lot of jobs. Generally speaking, it is mostly positive.

In recent years, according to the advice of the consultants on the east coast, the Kingdom of Malawi has begun to conquer more land on the basis of absorbing a large number of follow-up personnel from the Eight Banners of the island (even including many aboriginals dispatched from Brunei and other places).They focus on cleaning the area along the Dalong River, attacking the local blacks, and then selling them to slave traders—not to mention, there are many east bank merchants in them—in exchange for various production and daily necessities.

The Great Dragon River is very important to the Kingdom of Malawi.Although the navigable conditions of this river are not good and cannot be used as a transportation artery, in terms of agricultural conditions, this river is actually very good.Today, with the help of agricultural experts on the east bank, more and more Malawians have settled and cultivated on both sides of the river, and gradually formed many villages.The brutal killing of blacks effectively guaranteed the safety of these villages, allowing the population to multiply and the economy to develop.If there are no accidents in the future, from Flame Lake to Longkou Town, this area should be the core area of ​​the Malawi Kingdom.

By the way, the current total population of the Kingdom of Malawi has exceeded [-], most of them are from Xinhua Island, and a small part are from Brunei or the Arabian Peninsula.Although Brunei and them belong to the Malay race, the latter are greatly discriminated against by the people of the island's Eight Banners system because of their religious beliefs and cultural habits.Even the Malina people on the Central Plateau of New China have a higher status than them, making these Brunei people want to cry but have no tears.

No way, who made the Island Eight Banners cross the sea and leave Southeast Asia before they believed in the Green Sect?They have lived in Africa for more than 1000 years, and they are not the same as their Malay "relatives" in Southeast Asia except for their blood.No, maybe there are some differences in blood!Because the ancestors of the Eight Banners of the Island probably also mixed with the blood of this ethnic group in the process of conquering the native Wazimba people of the Xinhua Island, so the Eight Banners of the Island and the Brunei people are really different, from culture to blood, so why should they be right? Do you take a high look?Change that religious belief for me first!The great, majestic, and benevolent Tianzun is the ultimate destination of all souls!

According to incomplete statistics, there are about [-] Bruneians who were sent to Malawi by people from the east coast. Among them, there is no sultan royal family or tribal chiefs, and they are basically ordinary farmers or citizens.For some unspeakable reason, the Brunei people have obtained the right to build the city independently. They worked hard to build Boni City with their own hands in the Mulanje area of ​​the later generations (the name was also given by the consultants on the east coast).And in the area of ​​Bangura, the descendant of their southwest, thousands of Arabs who immigrated from Bahrain Island have also built a small city called Xinmai City.As for the new towns and cities built by the Eight Banners of the island in the past five years, there are also!In addition to Longkou Town in the south, there is also the plateau area that was finally captured and successfully colonized by them, that is, the area around the later Brendale Plateau, where they established a fairly large city-Yongkang City.

In the future, the people from the eastern coast of Baobuqi will bring some Indians over and designate an area for them to settle down and build a city.Although it will not damage the status of the main ethnic groups in the Eight Banners of the islands, there are several autonomous provinces of ethnic minorities in the whole country, which cannot be escaped.This is not to say that the people on the east coast harbored any evil intentions for the Kingdom of Malawi from the very beginning.In the future, if you are obedient in Malawi, it will be fine. If you are not obedient, just wait for conflicts in the ethnic autonomous regions in the country, which will give you a headache.

(End of this chapter)