Chapter 545 Orphan
There are many projects like the Kui River Arch Dam in East Africa. Some are large and small, with fast progress, while others are heavy and require a longer construction period.
In fact, there are not many so-called big projects in East Africa. Instead, they are formed by the combination of countless small projects. Not to mention other things, many large rivers in East Africa have not been developed. After all, the development of these rivers requires profound knowledge of astronomy and geography, and East Africa lacks professionals in this field.
Without professional supervision, it is easy for something bad to happen. For example, a miscalculation or substandard technology in a reservoir may cause the risk of a dam bursting. Therefore, the reservoirs built in East Africa are mainly small and medium-sized reservoirs. Even if losses are caused, they will not be great and can be corrected in time.
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Hengshui.
Yangjia Village.
"Fugui'er, I'm leaving these children to you. They are orphans in the village, poor people. You must take good care of them!"
"Uncle Yang, don't worry! You may not know what kind of person I am, but I used to be an honest man in the village." Yang Fugui said happily to his third uncle.
"Haha, you are an honest man. If you were really honest, you wouldn't have gone to East Africa. I heard that it is a foreign country. Look at you. You even lost your braids. Fortunately, you work for foreigners, otherwise you would have been beheaded long ago."
"Uncle Yang, I don't like what you're saying. What foreigners are doing? We are citizens of the East African Kingdom. Do you know what a citizen is? We are a part of the East African Kingdom, just like you are citizens of the Qing Dynasty."
"It's all the same, it's all the same. It's just a change of place to make a living. How great can it be? You're still being controlled by a foreign master."
"That's a huge difference. We Germans have a good status overseas. For example, in the Qing Dynasty, most people are polite to me when they see me dressed like this. But you are my third uncle. No one else dares to act so arrogantly in front of me."
Yang Fugui is a typical "villain" who has succeeded, but this is not difficult to understand. It was not obvious in East Africa, but it was all obvious in the Far East. After all, all people in East Africa are immigrants, and everyone is equal under the nobility.
There are also a number of nobles in East Africa, but Ernst has always strictly controlled the number, and so far there are only a few hundred people, and it is more like an honorary title. However, the social status obtained by becoming a noble is quite high. Most of the East African nobles are from the military and the Hechingen Consortium, or talents serving East Africa. For example, Count Alman, Count Felix, and Count Witt are all from the military... Benz, Lenoir, the Mauser brothers and other scientists and inventors also hold East African titles.
In addition to this new feudal nobility in East Africa, there is also a traditional nobility. The Principality of Hechingen was once an independent country after all. In addition to Ernst and his son, there are also some nobles serving the Hechingen royal family. The characteristic of this kind of nobility is that they are recognized by East Africa and Germany at the same time. They are more valuable, provided that they are of the same level.
However, there is no reward without merit. It is not easy for these old nobles who followed the Hechingen royal family to climb up, because when the Principality of Hechingen was incorporated into Prussia, many capable people had actually followed Prussia a long time ago. Many of those who had always followed the Hechingen royal family were mediocre, and many of them were not willing to come to East Africa to suffer and stayed in Germany to live a mediocre life.
Of course, the East African legal text states that East Africa is a country where everyone is equal, and does not emphasize the difference between nobles and commoners, but the existence of the aristocratic system is tacitly acknowledged.
"I won't talk to you about this any more. I want to find out from you clearly what arrangements your East African Kingdom will make for these little guys after they go to East Africa. It won't be as heart-wrenching as some people say, right?"
Uncle Yang's words made the seven or eight-year-old children nearby tremble in their hearts.
"Uncle Yang, don't listen to their nonsense. I've already told you what East Africa is like. It's simply a paradise. Our king is kind-hearted, so he gave these children a chance to study in East Africa."
"Haha, believe it or not, all crows are evil. The foreign emperor is rushing to take care of you outsiders. There is no such good thing in the world."
"You are too stubborn. If you had listened to me, it would have been great if you had let the villagers go to East Africa. Look at how well I eat and dress. Every day is like New Year's Day."
"Hey, now that you mention it, I suddenly remembered that you were always recruiting people before. Why are you suddenly not recruiting now, and are only looking for orphans instead?"
Yang Fugui: "Haha, uncle, it's too late now. The threshold for recruiting in East Africa has been raised. I heard that many large ships operating on the route have already withdrawn."
Immigration has always been a major expense for East Africa. After draining the population potential of the German region, population recruitment in other regions has also been relaxed. Many of the ships used to carry immigrants in East Africa have transformed and begun to serve the commercial interests of East Africa.
"By the way, you haven't told me what to do with these little guys! And what do you mean by further education?"
"I don't really understand the twists and turns here. After all, you know I'm not very educated. I can only speak German but not write it. I'm still illiterate when I arrive in East Africa. But according to the superiors, these children will be sent to school when they arrive in East Africa, so that they can study and serve East Africa in the future."
It is easy to understand why East Africa did not recruit orphans from the Far East in the past. That was because East Africa was also extremely poor in the past, and it needed young and strong people to open up wasteland in East Africa and create value immediately. After all, East Africa was not a nursery, but a colony.
Now that the population of East Africa has increased and land development has been completed very well, the fiscal revenue of the East African government has increased. In addition, the demand for immigration has decreased, and the country is able to support orphans.
There were so many orphans in Germany that the schools in the Principality of Hechingen could not accommodate them all, and there were countless orphans in the Far East at this time.
"School?" This was once again beyond Uncle Yang's understanding.
"You can think of it as a private school, where students take the exam to become scholars."
"Could it be that East Africa is going to let these kids become officials in the future?"
"You're overthinking it. Schools are very common in East Africa. All children can go to school. My three kids are in school now!"
"What good is that? I can't take the imperial examination."
"I don't know, but reading is always a good thing! And in East Africa, reading is a must. If you don't let your children read, you will go to jail."
“Isn’t this just forcing children to study?”
"That's true, but I heard from my colleagues from Europe that it's the same in their hometowns. It's called compulsory education. All children must go to school, otherwise they will be fined or imprisoned. In East Africa, we do it in one go. There is no such thing as fines. If you don't let the children go to school, they will go to jail directly."
Yang Fugui didn't know what the use of studying was, at least he couldn't see any use for it in East Africa. On the contrary, being able to read and write overseas was very meaningful. As an East African citizen, what Yang Fugui meant by overseas were countries outside East Africa, including the Far East Empire.
"Anyway, don't worry, Uncle Yang. 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 has limited resources and we can't support them. So let them go out with you and try their luck. Maybe that's a way to survive."
(End of this chapter)
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