Chapter 545 Orphan
There are many projects like the Kui River Arch Dam in East Africa. Some large and small projects are progressing quickly, while others are more heavy-duty and require a longer construction period.
In fact, there are not many so-called big projects in East Africa, but countless small projects combined into big projects. Not to mention other things, many large rivers in East Africa have not been developed. After all, developing these rivers requires profound astronomy. Geographical knowledge, and East Africa lacks expertise in this area.
Without professional personnel to control the situation, it is easy for big things to happen, such as in reservoirs. A miscalculation or substandard technology may cause the risk of embankment bursting. Therefore, the reservoirs built in East Africa are mainly small and medium-sized reservoirs, and even if they cause losses, they will not. It's very big and can be corrected in time.
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Hengshui.
Yangjiacun.
“My rich son, these children will be left to you. These are orphans in the village, poor people. You must take good care of them!”
"Uncle Yang, don't worry! I still don't know how I behave, and I used to be the most honest person in the village." Yang Fugui said cheerfully to his third uncle.
"Haha, honest man. If you were really honest, you wouldn't have gone to East Africa somewhere. I've heard that it's a world dominated by foreigners. Look at you, you don't even have braids, but you're lucky enough to work for foreigners. , otherwise he would have been taken to beheaded long ago.”
"Uncle Yang, I don't want to hear this anymore. This is a foreign world. We are serious citizens of the East African Kingdom. Do you understand what citizens mean? That means we are part of the East African Kingdom, just like you." The people of the Qing Dynasty are the same."
"It's all the same, it's all the same, isn't it just to change a place to make a living? How impressive can you be, and it's not like being controlled by a foreign master."
"The difference is huge. We Germans overseas have a pretty good status. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, most people will be polite when they see me dressed like this. In other words, you are my third uncle. , who else would dare to show off like this in front of me."
Yang Fugui This is a typical "villain" who succeeds, but it is not difficult to understand. It does not show up at all in East Africa, but it all shows up in the Far East. After all, East Africa is full of immigrants, and all nobles are equal.
There are also a number of nobles in East Africa, but Ernst has always strictly controlled them. So far, there are only a few hundred, and it is more like an honorary title. However, the social status gained by becoming a noble is quite high. Most of the East African nobles are They are talents who come from the military and the Hechingen Consortium, or who serve East Africa. For example, Count Arman, Count Felix, and Count Sweet are all from the military... Benz, Lenoir, the Mauser brothers and other scientists , inventors also have East African titles.
In addition to this new feudal nobility, there is also a traditional nobility in East Africa. The Princely Kingdom of Hechingen was once an independent country. In addition to Ernst and his son, there are also some nobles who serve the royal family of Hechingen. The characteristic of this kind of nobility is that they Even if it is recognized in East Africa, it is also recognized in Germany, and the gold content is higher, provided that it is at the same level.
However, it is not easy for these old nobles who follow the royal family of Hechingen to climb up because they were merged into Prussia at that time. Many capable people have actually followed Prussia for a long time and have been following them. Many members of the Hechingen royal family are mediocre talents, and many of them are not willing to come to East Africa to suffer and stay in Germany.
Of course, the legal provisions of East Africa state that East Africa is a country where everyone is equal and does not emphasize the difference between aristocrats and commoners. However, the existence of the aristocratic system is acquiescence.
"I won't tell you this anymore. I want to ask you clearly. After these little guys go to East Africa, how will your East African kingdom arrange it? It's not a heart-breaking thing as some people advocate!"
The words of Uncle Yang. It made the seven or eight-year-old children next to me feel their hearts tremble.
“Haha, believe it or not, the world is as black as crows, and foreign emperors are rushing to take care of outsiders like you. How can there be such a good thing in the world?”
"I would say that you are too stubborn. You would have listened to me and let the people in the village go to East Africa. Look at the food and clothing I have, every day is just like the Chinese New Year." "Oh, if you say that, I suddenly remembered, weren't you always recruiting people before? Why did you suddenly stop recruiting people now, and instead found some orphans?"
Yang Fugui: "Haha, uncle, it's too late now. The threshold for recruitment in East Africa has been raised. I heard that many big ships running routes have already withdrawn."
Immigration has always been a large expenditure in East Africa. After draining the population potential of the German region, population recruitment in other regions has also relaxed. Many of the ships used to pull immigrants in East Africa have begun to transform to serve East Africa's business interests.
"By the way, you haven't said how to arrange these little guys! And what do you mean by further study?"
"I don't quite understand the twists and turns here. After all, you know that I don't have any ink in my stomach. I can only speak German but cannot write. I am still illiterate when I arrive in East Africa. But according to my superiors, these children arrived in East Africa. Just send them to schools so they can study and serve East Africa in the future.”
It is easy to understand that East Africa did not recruit orphans from the Far East in the past. That is because East Africa was also very poor in the past, and it needed young people to open up wasteland in East Africa and create value immediately. After all, East Africa is not a nursery, but a colony.
Now that the population of East Africa has increased, land development has also been completed very well. With this, the fiscal revenue of the East African government has increased. Coupled with the reduced demand for immigrants, it is now able to support orphans.
There are so many orphans in Germany that the schools in the Princely Kingdom of Hechingen simply cannot accommodate them, and there are even more orphans in the Far East at this time.
“School?” This was once again beyond Uncle Yang’s cognition.
“You can think of it as a private school, which tests the talents of young students.”
“Is it possible that East Africa will still allow these children to serve as officials in the future?”
“That’s too much to think about. Schools in East Africa are very common and can be attended by all children. My three children are in school!”
“What’s the benefit of that? And you can’t take the imperial examination.”
"I don't know, but reading is always a good thing! And in East Africa, reading this book is still a must. If you don't let your children read, you will go to jail."
“Isn’t this just forcing children to read?”
"That's the truth, but I heard from colleagues from Europe that the same thing is done in their hometowns. It's called compulsory education. All children must go to school, otherwise they will be fined or go to jail. In East Africa, we do it in one step, and there is no penalty. Qian said, if the baby is not allowed to study, he will go to jail directly."
Yang Fugui didn’t know the use of reading, at least in East Africa. He couldn’t see the use. On the contrary, it was very meaningful to be able to read and write overseas. As an East African citizen, what Yang Fugui meant overseas was outside East Africa. countries, including the Far Eastern Empire.
“Anyway, Uncle Yang, don’t worry, no matter how bad the life of these little guys is in East Africa, it will be better than here.”
“Well, that’s true. Our village’s capabilities are limited and we can’t support them, so let them follow you out for a while. Maybe it’s a way to survive.”
(End of this chapter)