Chapter 307： Strategic immigration

The busiest in the economic crisis should be the Immigration Department under the colonial ministry. From the end of 1857 to the beginning of 1859, in a short period of more than a year, the results of the Immigration Department exceeded the sum of the past few years.

In the face of survival, many people have to choose to leave their homes, of which the largest number of immigrants from the Balkans, occupying four floors of the total number of immigrants.

This is also the result of the government's intentional control. Otherwise, more than 80% of immigrants will choose to go to the Balkans.

There are only two kinds of people who voluntarily go to the African colonies: one is ambitious and wants to get rich; the other is a poor jingle. Survival is a problem and forced to live.

Immigrants to the African continent can sign employment contracts with the government, or plantation owners, mine owners, and have stable income without worrying about the livelihood of the family.

Many people directly go to the African continent as migrant workers. Anyway, it is not a mandatory requirement for immigration. When the contract expires, if you are willing to stay, you can stay, but you can come back if you don't want to stay.

For those who have eaten the last meal, as long as they can earn a living to support their families, even if it is good, the place is farther away.

After completing the personnel adjustment, Franz also said, "Colonial Department, talk about the development of the colony."

Colonial Minister Josip Jelacic replied: "His Majesty, we have opened colonies in Guinea Bend, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroon, Libya and other regions.

It has established 68 colonial bases, 18 cities, and more than one million immigrants who settled in the colonies. It directly controls the area of ​​the colony's territory over three million square kilometers.

Among them: The Gulf of Guinea has 25 colonial strongholds, including 8 cities, and the area under actual control is about 700,000 square kilometers. The total local population is 1.848 million, of which 284,000 are immigrants, and the rest are local indigenous people.

The Congo region has 14 colonial strongholds, including 4 cities, and the area under actual control is approximately 680,000 square kilometers. The total population of the jurisdiction is about 3 million, of which about 318,000 are immigrants, and the rest are local indigenous people.

Not long after the Nigerian colony was opened, we have just established 8 colonial strongholds, including 3 cities, with an area of ​​about 280,000 square kilometers. The total population of the jurisdiction is about 2.18 million, of which about 185,000 are immigrants.

The Cameroon region was developed even later. At present, there are only 5 colonial strongholds, including 2 cities. The area under actual control exceeds 100,000 square kilometers. The total population of the area is about 560,000, and only 58,000 are immigrants.

In Libya, the strategy of bird cage replacement is still being implemented. Because of the resistance of the local people, the progress is much slower than expected. About 150,000 people are still stranded there, and the plan may be delayed until next year.

We have controlled all cities in the region, transported 86,000 migrants, all oasis along the coast have been controlled, and nominally more than one million square kilometers of desert.

The resources of the Sinai Peninsula are too barren. We have not carried out development, only transported 2,000 migrants, and nominally ruled the peninsula of more than 60,000 square kilometers.

The islands of the European region are directly included in the local rule and are not counted in the colony.

Farther overseas, colonial strongholds were spontaneously established by the people and have not yet been incorporated into government management.

So far, except for the colony of the Gulf of Guinea, which has achieved a balance of payments due to the excavation of gold mines, and has a small surplus, other regions have been losing money.

On the whole, in 1858, the total revenue of our colony was negative 9.85 million Aegis, and immigration expenditures and military expenditures for foreign troops still accounted for the bulk.

It is expected that in the next two to three years, the earlier development of the Congo region can achieve a balance of payments. The rest of the colony will take some time, at least five years before it can supplement the finances. "

Franz nodded. Obviously, the Austrian colonies still have deep potential to be tapped. Now the colonial government controls only a small part of them, and there is still a large amount of land waiting for them to occupy.

With colonial income to supplement the central government's finances, Franz is not so optimistic. As long as the colony can achieve a balance of payments, it is blood.

Hesitating, Franz said: "The proportion of the colony's population is a big problem. Too many indigenous people are not conducive to our long-term rule.

The work of the colonial ministry can focus on immigrants and send these indigenous peoples to the Americas as much as possible to alleviate the hidden dangers of our rule.

If they don't go well, expel them, and you're in control.

Anyway, no matter what method you use, the indigenous population will be reduced by three tiers within five years, and our number of immigrants will exceed that of local indigenous people within ten years. "

Under normal circumstances, this is an almost incomplete task. But it was not difficult to do this in this era, after all, the colonists did not have to doubt the ethics of the colonists.

Even if they don't know what to do, they can learn from their English and French counterparts, especially the British, who have the most experience in this area.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Answered Colonel Minister Yosip Jelacic in a deep voice.

Knowing that this task was difficult to do, but the emperor had ordered it, and Josip Jelacic would not refuse. After all, it ’s not easy to do, it does n’t mean that you ca n’t do it. If you do n’t even try it, how do you know that it wo n’t work?

What made Franz cried was that after the economic crisis broke out, the enthusiasm of the nobles to invest in plantations rose suddenly.

Compared to unfamiliar industries and finance, everyone is more willing to invest in industries that they are familiar with. After all, the benefits of plantations are relatively stable and the risks are not so great.

There are so many immigrants on the African continent, but they are not just organized by the government. Many of them are recruited by the planters.

The royal family is one of the best. As the earliest investment colony, it has now developed tens of thousands of hectares of plantations.

Everyone is enthusiastic about growing wheat, cotton, cocoa, and coffee. These are industries that can see returns in the short term.

In contrast, the existence of Franz, a key investment rubber plantation, has become an alternative. Now the use of rubber is not as widespread as later generations, and the investment cycle is long, naturally unpopular.

If there are enough people, Franz is also willing to grow faster-growing cotton and coffee. Unfortunately, there is a real shortage of people now. In a hurry, you can only plant rubber trees first.

At present, the royal plantation has recruited more than 30,000 workers, which is still a fortune and has to use some local indigenous workers.

Recruiting quality labor from overseas is still ongoing. It takes more than half a year to go to Asia in this era, and it is difficult to think of it quickly.

Franz is now very concerned that, if left unchecked, planters and miners will soon be hooked on the use of cheap local labor, and he doesn't want to see slavery reviving in the colonies.

Now, it is only because everyone has no experience, these indigenous people have not been domesticated, and incidents of violent wounding and fugitives often make farmers and planters worry about the large number of indigenous workers.

The gold miners have begun to use local labor on a large scale, suppressing resistance by the powerful force in their hands.

Franz doesn't believe that everyone's morale will be high in front of interests. Paying attention to eating is nothing more than studying the royal plantation, using salt, cloth and other materials to hire people from the indigenous tribal chiefs.

Cruel and ruthless, send people to catch slaves directly. The continent is so chaotic that there are many places beyond the control of the colonial government. Gold miners are part-time slave owners, and part-time slave traders abound.

In the short term, this is indeed a good thing, reducing production costs and gaining more benefits.

From a long-term perspective, the large-scale use of slave labor will seize the jobs of immigrants, which will not only seriously hinder the economic development of the colonies, but also increase social conflicts.

Another reason that cannot be said is that Franz wants to pit its biggest competitors and weaken their development potential.

Historically, nearly half of the immigrants to the United States during this period came from Germany, Italy, and Southern Europe. Now, most of these immigrants are diverted by Franz.

The labor shortage in the United States is more serious than in history. In this context, the conflict between industrial owners in the north and planters in the south is even greater.

Franz, who is helpful, naturally wants to help them. When white immigrants are not enough, they use black immigrants; if they are of poor quality, they use numbers.

If you think about it, half of the immigrants to the United States each year are black, so it will be very interesting in the future. What is the price for this?

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