At the end of March, the New China Island in early April is still shrouded in the power of storms. Although it is coming to an end, the rainy season is the rainy season. At least in the northern region, the rainfall does not mean that the rainfall is reduced at all. Fortunately, the rainy season does not stop every day like a hole in the sky. There are always two days a month when it does not rain or the rain is slightly smaller. At this time, the people on the east coast will drive the workers to the construction site one by one, and start working on the muddy land, no one will raise people who eat idle food in vain, let alone "slaves"!

This is the newly established town of Tian Township (located near the later Anbanza) in the estuary delta of Nishui River (Sambirano River). It is surrounded by large areas of planned sugarcane plantations (of course, the actual planting area is not that large), extending to the seaside, which is spectacular. In the northeast near the later Ambilube City, hundreds of kilometers away, there is also a newly established colonial central town, Pompei Township, which is also a new settlement with logging and sugarcane planting as its main economic activities. Most of its pioneers come from southern Italy.

In fact, whether it is Tianxiang or Pompei Township, more than 70% of its total pioneers are from various Italian states, and the other 30% are from France and southern Germany. The two colonial companies are headquartered in Tianxiang, Delta Company (registered capital of 16 million bank lira), and Genoa African Company (registered capital of 20 million bank lira).

Almost both companies focus on sugarcane cultivation as their main business activities, supplemented by a small number of logging and pepper planting. The product homogeneity is relatively serious and the competition between them is also very strong. Among them, the Delta Company has been established for a long time and the plantation has already had initial output and is in good momentum. However, the company's weakness is also obvious, that is, the financial resources of its shareholders are quite inferior to those of Genoa and African companies, which can be seen from the number of pioneers under their jurisdiction (about 2,500 people). Although the Genoa and African companies came later, due to the strong financial resources of shareholders, a large number of pioneer immigrants were transported from Italy to New China Island through the Ottoman Island. Therefore, the future development speed is expected.

The sugarcane produced by the two companies will be transported to the Beidao Lobster Port for refining through small boats of East African Transportation Company. There is a local sugar refining enterprise called Beidao Sugar Factory, which is a local state-owned enterprise affiliated to the New Huaxia Island Development Team. It currently has two main businesses. One is to refine sugar produced in Tianxiang and Manghe areas, and the other is to use molasses as raw materials to try to produce distilled liquor to improve product utilization. The two businesses have just started, and the company's income is limited, but I believe that as time goes by. As the output of sugarcane plantations in various places increases, Beidao Sugar will definitely go straight to the sky and become a rich and rich company. Otherwise, why do you think the local Ministry of Finance is clamoring to invest in Beidao Sugar? Just like the East African Transportation Company that was forcibly invested by the local Ministry of Transportation, if Beidao Sugar does not make money, who will come to him?

"The Italians have made great efforts to break through the Nishui River. The delta of Mahavavi River hit the plains, and the price paid is quite considerable." Near the mouth of Mahavavi River, Ma Wanpeng and Lan Guo, the commander of the Third Mixed Battalion of the Army, were walking and chatting. Lan Guo was back to Xinhua Island for recuperation this time. He was leading his troops to "rob" in Africa a while ago, and he vomited and had diarrhea for a while. No matter how he treated it, it made people think that he was about to die. But who knew that after being sent to Xinhua Port for maintenance for more than ten days, this guy miraculously recovered. Now he was able to go out with Ma Wanpeng, which is a great fortune.

"It is impossible to develop tropical rainforests without a large number of dead people." Lan Guo said, "Although there were a few native villages on this impact plain before, they were sparsely populated and the area of ​​development was limited. The Italians logged wood, built fields, and opened plantations based on natives. They probably only have a deep understanding of the hardships of this process. Haven't you ever had statistics? Nearly 9,000 immigrants have been transported one after another in recent years, but now there are only more than 7,000 people who are still alive, and many of them are new to last year. It is hard to say whether they can survive in the future."

"The people from the Delta Company have come to me. I have talked a lot, but the core problem is the problem of insufficient labor. Sugarcane plantations are very labor-intensive, not to mention opening up land and building plantations, which has a greater demand for labor. So what they mean is that everyone will pay together and find ways to go deep into the indigenous residential areas to obtain the population to supplement the labor gap in the plantations. Genoa and African companies also have this meaning. A while ago, you went from the East African coast from the East African coast.

A large number of Swahili people were plundered, and a considerable part of them had flowed into their hands? Mario, the Doria family, could only use foreign workers (actually contract slaves) for up to seven years, because they paid 30 yuan for each Swahili adult, and wanted to use it until the end of the day..." Ma Wanpeng looked at the Swahili workers wearing shackles on the river bank and were struggling to dig the reservoir, and said with emotion.

"Haha, Commander Ma, why do I feel that you agree with their decision in your heart?" Lan Guo glanced at Ma Wanpeng and said jokingly: "I remember when Commissioner Shiqinjie and Shi were in charge of Xinhuaxia Island, he stopped the introduction of Comoros contract slaves on a large scale, and then forced the Comoros from all over the country to the Black Eight Banners in batches. So this large-scale introduction of Swasili people to work in Xinhuaxia Island, but what about your Commander Ma's credit? You feel the pressure from above? I have long said that you are a crooked way, and it is better to concentrate your troops to arrest the natives of the island. More than one million on the island is enough for you to arrest for many years. Even if each Malay native can only be enslaved for 5-7 years, then you have to send them to the North American continent to give them free status, you will make a lot of money! What else are you not satisfied with?"

"Make a lot!" Ma Wanpeng laughed and scolded, "Don't catch people! Don't do it! How low is the cost of the Spanish enslaved Indians in Peru? If our labor costs are higher than them, how can we compete in the international market? At that time, we may be able to be with the local gangsters under the protection of tariffs, and the situation will never be big."

"Commander Ma, now the central government is stopping the use of Swasili contract slaves. In the future, except for state-owned farms that can be used on a large scale, all private individuals can only sign long-term employment contracts with the indigenous people of New China Island, and they cannot be renewed after expiration. They are all sent to North America. Although this sounds unreasonable, the central government's meaning is that. Member Shi Qinjie, who once vigorously promoted you, is also very concerned about this. In the future, we must adjust the policies." Lan Guo smiled and said:

"The navy fighting in the Kilva area and our third mixed battalion will also be gradually withdrawn. We plan to deal with all the more than 8,000 Svasilis who are currently detaining on the Comoros Island to Caribbean shipping companies at a low price. They operate on the North American continent and have a huge demand for labor. This group of people has solved the urgent problem. However, before transporting them in batches, we can "lent" them to you first, such as digging trenches, logging, and repairing railways."

Lan Guo said this time. In the past few years, Ma Wanpeng has been sending people to plunder the population on the coast of East Africa (the indigenous people on Comoros have almost been arrested), and then sent to state-owned farms for work, or sold to privately-owned plantations as laborers, which made the plantation economy in New Huaxia Island prosperous for a while. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Ma Wanpeng's benefactor, Shi Qinjie, who was promoted from New Huaxia Island to one of the "Nine Elders" of the Executive Committee, was very worried about Ma Wanpeng's "black" of New Huaxia Island (he strongly opposed this behavior and sent a large number of Comoros to South Africa). So through his own strength, the central government scolded Captain Ma and asked him to find a way to wipe his butt as soon as possible.

So, Ma Wanpeng, who was so distressed, could only stop the private slave capture activities, and sent someone to count the number of Swahili people registered in major plantations and their working years, intending to send them to the North American mainland after they have worked for seven years and become free people. Of course, if Air Canada is willing to pay for the remaining "working experience" of these people, then these Swahili people can now go to the North American plantations to work.

But after sending away a large number of Swahili people, the local plantations that are expanding in scale also require a massive amount of labor. How to resolve the contradictions in this situation is probably the only way to enslave the natives of New China Island! For example, the recently established New China Infantry Battalion (the pilot program of the first overseas colony to relocate the battalion) will be sent to the Amber Mountain Fort (near Anchakuabe later), and together with some island Eight Banners local soldiers, sweep away the surrounding native tribes and then obtain a large amount of labor resources. The number of local Bezimisalaka people is quite large.

At the same time, Xiao Baitu, who had been in Beiping Fort for a long time, has also begun to make big moves recently. The two Sakarava princes who crossed the Murondava River and flew northwards, have recently become more and more powerful. Especially the second son of the old king, Qi Maladonna, who had failed to attack Malanga City, turned to conquering the natives in the surrounding areas to cut off and isolate Malanga City. This move later had a good effect. At the beginning of this year (1658), Qi Maladonna gathered tens of thousands of soldiers again to attack Malanga City. After siege for nearly a month, he finally conquered it. The rich ancient capital of commerce, Malanga, suddenly fell into the hands of the Sakarava people, which shocked the Muscats, Persians and Indians who had been here for many years.

When the news of Ma Renjia's fall reached Xinhua Port and Beiping Fort, both Ma Wanpeng and Xiao Baitu realized that an excellent opportunity to completely conquer the northwest of New China Island appeared. (To be continued.)

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