The cruise ship dropped Wei Kun at Port Sudan and continued south with Wang Mingshan. Port Sudan was on a hillside. Standing at the port and looking up, he could see all kinds of quite modern buildings from low to high occupying half of the hillside. The city seemed to extend to the end of the horizon, to the end of the world.
As Wei Kun's car drove up the road and reached the highest point of the city, Wei Kun said to himself in a self-deprecating manner, "Welcome back to Africa!" At the top of the city, a wasteland unfolded, with only a lonely railway extending into the vast wilderness. Every time he saw the railway, Wei Kun admired the builders who could overcome the terrible environment and complete the industrial era project in such a wilderness.
Riding the train, they crossed the barren and barren mountains along the coast of the Red Sea. After entering the desert area, they began to see traces of plants. As they approached the river, forests began to appear on both sides of the river, including the poplar forest that Wei Kun was trying to get the locals to start planting. Large tracts of alfalfa fields had been reclaimed. With the alfalfa as fodder, they could also see some cattle and sheep from the train. It could be seen that these areas had not been able to enter more effective planting areas.
When the train was about to reach Khartoum, there were more and more buildings in the countryside. Wei Kun personally ordered the earthworm manure project. Many of those buildings were livestock pens, and many of them were earthworm farms. The earthworm manure was very effective in improving the barren land of Sudan, allowing more and more crops to be grown on the banks of the Nile River.
Wei Kun was very clear about what had happened in Sudan, so his mood was very low. Touring around Europe, whether it was the industry in London or the museums in Florence, Wei Kun felt the importance of the accumulation of civilization. Although the East African administrative region had begun to have its own accumulation and had even undergone great changes. However, this change was almost insignificant compared to those civilized countries. When Wei Kun arrived in Africa, he really wanted to do a career. Now, he suddenly felt disinterested and completely lost his motivation.
"Secretary Wei, this is the payroll. Please sign it." The secretary took out some documents and gave it to Wei Kun.
Wei Kun glanced at it listlessly, and his spirits were immediately lifted. However, he didn't sign the bill immediately. Instead, he said to the secretary, "Leave it here first. I'll sign it when I have time."
After the secretary left, Wei Kun took the receipt and studied it carefully. The reason why Wei Kun was so excited was that his monthly salary was more than 200,000 East African dollars. The exchange rate of East African dollars to RMB was 10: 1, which meant that Wei Kun's monthly salary was more than 20,000. In the past, this was the annual salary of two salespeople. Although wages were rising rapidly in China, Wei Kun could earn a year's salary for an ordinary worker in a month.
These payslips were the salaries for nearly half a year after Wei Wenrui fell from power and Wang Mingshan and Wei Kun presided over the East African government and issued its own currency. Wei Kun found that he had become a 'millionaire'. Even by the standard of RMB, he was by no means poor. His father, Vézé, gave each of his children, including Wei Kun, 500,000 yuan to buy a house. As far as Wei Kun knew, this had probably used up all of Vézé's savings over the years and Vézé's bonus. If Wei Kun continued to work in East Africa for another two years, he could save 500,000 yuan himself.
The feeling of waning interest suddenly disappeared without a trace. Wei Kun found that although he was the one who set the rules, the saying that there would always be brave men under high rewards was also applicable to Wei Kun. After feeling his own emotions, Wei Kun smiled bitterly. Fame and wealth were indeed powerful motivators that could drive human beings forward.
As his mood changed, his actions also changed a lot. Wei Kun once again threw himself into work energetically. The most important project in East Africa at the moment was the East African Railway Network. In Wang Mingshan's plan, the current large-scale food production in East Africa was to provide the food base for the large-scale railway construction in a few years. It was impossible for hundreds of thousands of road workers to build the road on an empty stomach. The cost of buying food from other places was unbearably high.
With this thought, Wei Kun's admiration for his superior, Wang Mingshan, grew. If Wei Kun was the head of the East African administrative region, he could also have many ideas, but if he had to prioritize, he would certainly not be as good as Wang Mingshan.
Wang Mingshan did not know that his number one subordinate, Wei Kun, was praising his superior, Wang Mingshan, in his heart. Even if he did know, Wang Mingshan would probably not be interested in it. The British had begun to withdraw their troops, but not on a large scale. And it was said that the British were still negotiating with the Boers. From the information given by the British, the Boers' reaction was not as good as the British had expected.
The British had to negotiate with the Boers, and the East African administrative region had to negotiate with the Zulu Kingdom. King Yucun of the Zulu Kingdom seemed to have taken the wrong medicine. He actually wanted Wang Mingshan to negotiate with him, and Yucun himself repeatedly claimed to the envoy sent by Wang Mingshan that the Zulu Kingdom needed a lot of help and support. Faced with this attitude of the Zulu Kingdom, and thinking of the Boers' tenacity, Wang Mingshan wanted to curse.
Calming himself down, Wang Mingshan drank his tea and analyzed the current situation. The social form of the Zulu Kingdom, especially the internal sense of identity, was too weak. It was like heaven and earth compared to the strong national identity of the Boers. Not to mention the Zulu Kingdom, the Boers' powerful fighting force based on their identity was something that even the British could not handle. If the Min dynasty's Liberation Army were to intervene, they could take care of the Boers. But that was not because of a stronger sense of identity or willpower, but because of advanced technology that was far superior to the Boers.
Thinking of this, his thoughts went back to the Min dynasty. The war in North America seemed to have reached its final stage. Just yesterday, Wang Mingshan received a briefing for high-level personnel like him. The battleship fleet that escorted Wang Mingshan to England turned west after Wang Mingshan arrived in England, crossing the North Atlantic to North America. The battleship fleet swept along the East Coast of the United States, sinking a large number of American ships and ships. The coastal strongholds of the United States relied on the help of the navy to survive, and being swept by the Chinese battleship fleet was likely to be the last straw on the shoulders of the Americans.
"After the war is over, East Africa will probably be worthless," Wang Mingshan said to himself. The Min dynasty had nearly 20 million square kilometers of land in North America, which was almost no different from the part of Asia. There were also vast plains in North America. Even if 100 million people were to migrate there, it would not be crowded at all. The Min dynasty had a population of 800 million, and if North America sent 100 million young adults, the land pressure in the rapidly urbanizing Asia would be immediately solved. Unless it was a strong regulation from the central government, such as the East African railway network that the Military Governor Vaize had promised to build. Except for the government's mandatory order, probably no citizens of the Min dynasty would consider coming to East Africa for a certain period of time.
However, Wang Mingshan did not feel the slightest bit of remorse. He had seen many things that made people's eyes drop to the ground after things happened. The human heart was the most difficult thing to grasp. East Africa seemed to be unpopular, but some people were interested in such unpopular things. And East Africa did not need so many immigrants from China at this stage.
These visions of the future were a kind of adjustment for Wang Mingshan. After the imagination of the glorious future of the Min dynasty restored his mood, Wang Mingshan once again focused his thoughts on the trouble at hand. In fact, the key at the moment was the ownership of the Rand gold mine. Since the Boers were defeated by the British, the East African administration had complete control of the Rand region. From the perspective of the law of the jungle that the Boers accepted, they would probably have to admit that China had already obtained the Rand gold mine. If things developed to this point, the East African administration did not have to completely wipe out the Boers.
When Wang Mingshan reflected these days, he found that the tenacious fighting spirit of the Boers made him feel very uneasy. Especially at the moment when the Min dynasty did not have the ability to deploy a large number of troops to annihilate the Boers. If the Boers really made a move against the East African administration, Wang Mingshan would have to bear a considerable degree of losses.
After understanding this, Wang Mingshan felt that it was best to send someone to negotiate with the Boers to see if the Boers would accept this result. When the Boers took control of the Rand gold mine, they made many demands, and continued to make more and more demands. Their insatiable greed not only angered the British, but also angered the China side. Now the British occupied a number of diamond mining areas, and China occupied the gold mining areas. The Boers would now be beaten back to their original state as an agricultural country. At least Wang Mingshan himself did not have the slightest confidence that the Boers would compromise. There was an old Chinese saying, it was easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to simplicity.
After the negotiators were sent out, Wang Mingshan continued with his recent goal, which was to prepare for the East African railway network. Portugal's national power was very weak. Although the Portuguese built a fortress in Angola hundreds of years ago, according to the spirit of the Berlin Conference to divide up Africa. The control of the African colonies must be based on 'effective control'. In other words, 'whoever has the biggest fist, whoever has the hardest fist, the territory belongs to him.' Wang Mingshan, of course, hoped to be able to seize Angola in preparation for the Trans-African railway line. If this achievement could be accomplished during his term, Wang Mingshan could establish his life's reputation before he went to Cyprus to manage finance.
To Wang Mingshan's surprise, they quickly contacted the Boer government-in-exile. The British drove the Boer government out of Pretoria, but could not make these people surrender. To Wang Mingshan's surprise, the Boers actually agreed to give up ownership of the Rand gold mine. But they made a request to return to Pretoria. As the capital of the Boers, giving up Pretoria was tantamount to denying all the Boers' efforts over the past hundred years.
Wang Mingshan did not believe that the Boers would really be so honest. The human heart would never be satisfied. The huge benefits brought by the Rand gold mine made the Boers dare to challenge the British. Would they choose to surrender to China after this failure?
Although with the moral standards of the Chinese, Wang Mingshan actually wanted to agree to the Boers' request. But his rationality finally stopped this action. Wang Mingshan coldly told the Boer government-in-exile that China and the British had reached a decision on the situation in Southern Africa. Since the two powers had reached a consensus, the best choice for the Boers was to accept the decision and admit the reality.
Vézé only learned of the news three days after Wang Mingshan's report was sent to Beijing. In fact, such news should not have been sent to Vézé at all. This kind of news, which was not even considered in stages, had nothing to do with the strategic decisions of the Min dynasty. Even if the Rand gold mine was very important and of high strategic value to the Min dynasty, it was not a problem to continue mining the Rand gold mine in a short period of time. However, not being able to continue mining the Rand gold mine in a short period of time was not a problem. The People's Military Commission already had a 'comprehensive solution plan' for Southern Africa. The overall degree of this plan was similar to the North American War. If the problem reached a stage where it had to be used, after the war in North America, troops would immediately be mobilized to solve the problem in Southern Africa.
Vézé had seen such a thorough cleansing plan. Vézé's evaluation of the policy makers' attitude was the word "lazy." But he was not interested in so much. After all, after the war, based on the fear of China, the European countries probably did not dare to fully cooperate with the financial system led by China. A lot of things could be done during this transition period.
When Wu Huawen, who was in charge of the General Staff Headquarters in Africa, took Wang Mingshan's report to Vézé and expressed his disapproval of Wang Mingshan's overly tough attitude, Vézé picked up the report and read it. He asked Wu Huawen with some confusion, "You think the Boers are more reliable than the British?"
Wu Huawen quickly explained, "Commander-in-chief, I think Secretary Wang's way of handling things is too rough. He obviously trusts the black people more than the white people. I think it's more appropriate to balance both sides. "
"Balance?" Vézé was confused by this.
"Yes! Support the black people with weapons and equipment, use the black people to balance the white people, and use the white people to balance the black people. This is a more appropriate way. "Wu Huawen quickly explained his idea.
Vézé only felt that this Wu Huawen's idea was ridiculous. The white people had pressed the black people to the ground for hundreds of years and had never seen a black person have the ability to fight back against the white people. Even the few victories on the African continent were based on the white people's excessive underestimation of the enemy and rigid tactics. When the machine guns appeared, the black people no longer had the slightest chance to resist.
However, Vézé was not angry. He only said, "I agree with Comrade Wang Mingshan's judgment," and let Wu Huawen obediently leave Vézé's office in the Military Commission. Vézé knew that he did not look at Wu Huawen's back. Vézé had seen this kind of comrades many times. Because they had not seen China's century-old humiliation like Vézé, many people had a kind of "romantic" feeling when facing the world. They believed that great achievements could be achieved through "ingenious manipulation."
And history proved that Manchu Qing who had such ideas were stabbed to pieces. With this thought in mind, Baldy made countless decisions that seemed ridiculous and idiotic at best. Only Taizu, who had "abandoned his fantasies," led the party to complete the liberation of China. At the end of the twentieth century, opportunistic ideas began to emerge and flourish. However, in the 21st century, after the level of China's industrialization continued to rise to a breakthrough, many people, including Vézé, saw and admitted that Taizu's step-by-step, seemingly wasteful choice was the most suitable model for China.
Wang Mingshan in East Africa made the right choice. In the war in North America, a group of middle-aged and young soldiers, including Qi Rui, also made the right choice. On the contrary, in the Asian part, those who did not participate in the hard frontline battles seemed to be a little impatient. Hu Huawen was not the first person to point fingers at the distant frontline. They did not take the initiative to apply for North America or East Africa, but stayed in the distant and safe Beijing to make all kinds of accusations.
Vézé called Shen Xin, and it didn't take long for Shen Xin, the deputy minister of the Organization Department, to arrive at Vézé's side. After the two sat down, Vézé asked Shen Xin, "How long do you think it will take for the frontline soldiers to come up?"
"Three years," Shen Xin replied immediately.
"Three years …" Vézé said to himself.
"Even if this year can solve the United States. There is still a comprehensive immigration problem next year. There is still no way to reduce the troops. There will be a large-scale retirement in the year after next, and there will be a large number of cuts in the number of troops. "Shen Xin had already studied carefully and answered fluently. "Commander-in-chief, there is another problem we must consider. Many soldiers who have participated in the war do not want to stay in the army, and there are actually many comrades who have performed very well. "
Shen Xin's tone was heavy, but Vézé was not so pessimistic. He smiled and said, "I think this is good. If the people of a country are only willing to be soldiers, then it will be a terrible thing. I have always thought that soldiers are just a part of the people, and only an army from the people can get rid of the most brutal attributes of soldiers. Shen Xin, you should know very well that I have never looked forward to building an incomparably cruel country. "
"Is that why you let the Japanese do those cruel things?" Shen Xin could only smile bitterly.
"This is my order, so in the end, I will bear all the blame," Vézé replied readily.
This immediately made Shen Xin's expression change. His expression immediately became very serious. "Commander-in-chief, if we don't agree with your plan, we will naturally express our opposition. If you say that, then where do we stand? If you bear all the blame, then what does the country you build have to do with us? Please don't mention this again! "
Vézé was stunned by Shen Xin's words. In fact, he was just a little emotional just now, so he could not help but say some stupid words. He did not expect that Shen Xin would use highly political words to oppose Vézé's wrong view. This shocked Vézé very much.
The destruction of a country and the decline of a career were undoubtedly caused by a group of people who lived off the country, enjoyed the career, and were supposed to contribute and contribute to the country or the cause, shouting, "That has nothing to do with me." Then, this argument continued to spread throughout the whole society. When all the traditions and inheritance were cut off, the country or the cause was finished.
Just like before Vézé transmigrated, no matter how many people fiercely criticized the United States for killing the Native Americans, the mainstream of the United States still thought that the United States killing the Native Americans was beneficial to the United States. Even if the process was bloody and cruel, it was still a history that the United States had to inherit.
Therefore, before Vézé transmigrated, the United States was still the most powerful country in the world. The United States, which had successfully subverted many countries, deliberately and painstakingly constantly attacked the traditions of other countries, destroying the recognition of the people of other countries for their own history.
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