Chapter 516 Patriotic Education

"You did a great job this time. You succeeded in bringing forward the conflict between Britain and Afghanistan. This is beneficial to us. The meritorious personnel of this operation will be strictly punished according to the reward and punishment system. Of course, I will personally give you some extra bonuses."

Ernst praised the agents who instigated the operation in Afghanistan at the Schweizer Palace, and the agents who received the reward felt very happy.

"We need to keep up the good work, but we must not be too proud. We need to find out what we have done wrong and make up for the shortcomings in this operation so as to accumulate more experience for the future."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After the commendation meeting, Ernst began to focus on the water conservancy construction work in East Africa. This is a national project with a large cycle, mobilizing millions of people, so mistakes must be prevented.

Ernst is now stuck in this national project and can't get away from it in the short term until it gets back on track.

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Mbeya city.

Mbeya was dry in February, and students from Mbeya Secondary School No. 2 were participating in regular practical courses organized by the school.

The only difference is that instead of sitting in the classroom and listening to the teacher’s lectures, they now work on a farm arranged by the government.

Yark, the head teacher of Class 4, Grade 3, took the whole class to live in the workers' dormitory of the Third State Farm in Mbeya City.

After allocating accommodation, Yaerke said to the whole class: "Today's practical course will be led by the experienced Uncle Cade. In the next week, he will show you the things you need to pay attention to when farming. You must study hard..."

As Yark finished his speech, the students applauded and welcomed Cade, the head of the practical activity farm.

Kaide was not shy in front of these students. He stood in front of them and introduced himself, "I am the head of the Third State Farm. I am very happy to exchange and learn with you young people here. You are not the first batch of students I have taught. Every year I will receive students from the Second Middle School to participate in practical activities on our farm. So you don't have to restrain yourself. You can ask me directly if you have any questions."

Every class has a few troublemakers, and Grade 3 Class 4 is no exception. As soon as Kaide finished speaking, someone asked the head teacher:

"Teacher, there's no need to teach us how to farm! We all know how to do it. When we're at home, we often help with farm chores."

"Student Roald, this is an event organized by the school and also arranged by the government. It is a task for the National Practical High School. It doesn't mean you don't have to come if you know how to do it. The theme of this event is hard work and practice. It is essentially to allow everyone to better experience the hardship and fun of work, and at the same time accumulate your life experience."

Vocational high schools mainly cultivate students' practical and hands-on skills, while liberal arts high schools pay more attention to cultural literacy. However, liberal arts high schools cannot avoid practical courses, but they have very few opportunities.

At this time, Cade also interrupted and said, "Of course, we also consider the purpose of exposing you to new experiences and new things. As a government industry, the Third State Farm has relatively considerable investment and also represents more advanced productivity, so it can greatly broaden your horizons."

As a state-owned enterprise, the Third State Farm in Mbeya City has much higher investment than ordinary farms. It is basically in line with Western countries and has introduced advanced production technology and experience.

However, East African farms also have their backwardness in some aspects, that is the large-scale use of black slaves, which is unavoidable. For example, for work like cotton picking, using black slaves is the best choice.

After Cade finished speaking, he took the students of Class 4, Grade 3 to visit the farm. Apart from other things, the state-owned farm is quite large, and it not only grows a single crop, but also has its own pastures and processing workshops. If it were to build a castle, it would be almost no different from the medieval manors in Europe.

Many black laborers work here, and as the objects of exploitation in East Africa, the black laborers are naturally treated very poorly. However, the new generation who grew up in East Africa have long been accustomed to this slavery system.

It was only after the city of Mbeya implemented the policy of replacing black laborers with livestock two years ago that the black laborers on small and medium-sized farms were replaced, but large farms and mines still retained a large number of black laborers.

He pointed to the black slaves working on a large scale and said, "Your fathers were forced to come to East Africa under difficult circumstances, just like me. This world is relatively cruel. I am not saying that East Africa is better than other countries, but it is definitely a good place. So in the future you must also contribute to East Africa to prevent the country from declining in the future, otherwise these people will serve as a lesson for us."

Cade's words were cruel, and the experience of the black people was worthy of sympathy, but for these teenagers, it did not have much impact. After all, black slaves were so common in this East African country that they might naturally think that this was reasonable.

However, the experience of the black laborers also planted a seed in their hearts, that is, backwardness means being beaten, and if East Africa declines, some people may become the objects of slavery like these black people.

The reason why we say some people, according to Ernst's understanding, is that there are also smart people among the exploiters. They will divide the exploited. The lowest level must be the exploited in the traditional sense, while the bribed people, although exploited by the upper level, can exploit their own lower level.

This is the pyramid structure of human society. There is also a pyramid in East Africa, and the Hechingen royal family is at the top, followed by the nobles and bureaucrats, then the East African citizens, and finally the black slaves in East Africa.

As for the blacks working in the fields, they were completely unaware that they were being used as patriotic material in East Africa. They just completed their work numbly, which was a good thing for them. Sometimes the more knowledge and experience one has, the more troubles one has.

If people in the 21st century were to fall into the situation of black slaves, they might collapse. However, these blacks are rather "satisfied with it" because East Africa has provided them with a stable environment and their lives are a little better than before when they were living at the edge of their seats.

The only regret may be that basic physiological needs cannot be met. The task of curbing the growth of the black population has caused a serious imbalance in the gender ratio of the East African black population. Basically, there are no black women in the eastern and central parts of East Africa, while there are a small number of black women in the west and south.

However, as for physiological needs, you can tolerate this. As long as East Africa can give these two or three generations of black people a few years of their youth, they will be given back their freedom. So just endure it for a few years. When you arrive in the free America, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, the United States has openly abolished black slavery.

East Africa currently needs these black people to contribute to its development. If it were not for the existence of black workers, it would be difficult to complete the projects that Ernst was doing in East Africa, and it would be very likely to fall into the same situation as Latin America.

This unique "patriotism" education class is simple and crude. It shows the living conditions of the oppressed groups in East Africa to establish ideological foundations for the younger generation in East Africa.

As for whether they will be affected, the effect is actually very clear. As native East Africans, the new generation of young people have their own calculations in their minds. From their point of view, the land under their feet was snatched from the black people by their parents, so they naturally have to stand on the side of East Africa.

As for Ernst, the culprit, he actually had no burden in his heart. Without himself, it would be a benefit to other European colonists, so it would be better for him to be the villain. Although Ernst was not a good person, he had a bottom line in his heart and would not engage in massacres at will.

(End of this chapter)