Chapter 55: To East Africa
December 22, 1866.
Dopoc, Hungary.
Janosson, a Hungarian who spoke German.
When he was young, Janosson went to Austria to make a living and eventually became a worker in Trieste, but a mechanical failure caused Janosson to lose his left arm forever.
Arnoson was lucky enough to survive with the help of simple medicine, but he had spent all his savings. At the same time, Arnoson, who lost his left arm, also lost his ability to work.
The unscrupulous factory owner simply dismissed Janosson, who had lost his value. Just when Janosson's future was bleak, he met the newly listed Austrian Melade company recruiting staff.
This company's recruitment conditions are quite unique. No academic qualifications are required. You just need to know German and at least one dialect within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Of course, it would be even better if you can know multiple languages. You can start working after an interview.
With the mentality of giving it a try, Janosson signed up. Because he could speak Hungarian dialect and German and had good eloquence, Janosson was directly admitted by Melade.
Janosson's job was simple, which was to recruit people into Hungary. His salary depended entirely on how many people Janosson could trick into boarding the ship to the East African colony.
The so-called Melade Company is the new vest of the Hechingen Group in Austria, and will be responsible for immigration business within the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the future.
As a new employee of Melade Company, after understanding his job, Arnoson also roughly knew the business of this so-called Melade Company.
Arnoson is a smart man. After analyzing his situation, he wanted to get his salary quickly, so he decided to start working in his hometown first.
Although this Melade company looks like a shell company, it doesn't matter to Arnoson who has lost his ability to work. As long as he can pay his salary, he doesn't care what kind of company it is.
The reason why it is like a shell company is that when Yanossen was interviewing, this Melade company only had three employees in total, and this company did not require any academic qualifications to recruit employees.
Arnoson himself has met some small companies, most of which are in the financial industry, but they only recruit people with higher academic qualifications.
The place where the Melade company was recruiting workers was Africa. As a person who had traveled all over the country in his early years, Melade had heard some ocean sailors describe Africa.
They say Africa is all sand, the sun is scorching, and Arab merchants wear robes and ride camels across the sand.
The Egyptians depended entirely on the Nile River for their livelihood, in which lived horrible creatures called crocodiles, with bloody mouths wide open that could swallow a person in one bite.
These sailors often sailed along the Mediterranean coast, so they passed on their impressions of North Africa to the young Janosson.
So the Africa that Arnoson knew was heat, desert, Arab traders and black slaves...
All in all, Africa is not a good place, but after joining the Melade Company, Arnoson still got to know East Africa.
After all, if you want to fool immigrants, you must exaggerate East Africa, and the status of East African colonies must be explained to these employees.
We can't let these uneducated employees imagine a colonial scene in East Africa out of thin air.
It would be better if every staff member just took a Bible and told those bumpkins in the Austrian Empire that East Africa was the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve once lived.
In short, the East African colonies after the reorganization of the Melade Company are like this. There are fertile land, crisscrossing rivers, endless grasslands, and four seasons like spring. The most important thing is that now when you go to work in the East African colonies, you will not only be provided with free tickets, but also with food and accommodation, and no salary arrears. At the same time, families are welcome to move in, and children are provided with free education.
This is the basic template, employees can give full play to their subjective initiative and exaggerate on this template!
If, after immigrating to East Africa, you find that the reality does not match your situation, I'm sorry, it is purely the personal behavior of the employees, and since you are already here, it is not up to you.
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Arnoson was promoting the benefits of the East African colonies to his fellow villagers.
"Fellow villagers, hurry up and sign up now, otherwise it will be too late to regret after missing the opportunity."
"You're not fooling us, are you, Arnoson? Can we get such good conditions?"
"Uncle Cary, we are all from the same village. Am I that kind of person? You can absolutely trust my character. This recruitment is the same as those who went to America to make a fortune. The difference is that the East African colonies were discovered later than America. Now America is no longer so short of people, while the East African colonies are in urgent need of population, so the opportunity is left for us."
"Why don't you go to the East African colonies instead of tricking us into going there?"
"Uncle Kari, what are you talking about? I was just assigned this job by the company. Look at my arms. It's good enough to have a job. If I can't do it in the future, I will go to East Africa for retirement. After all, there is food and accommodation provided there, and a house is allocated."
As he spoke, Arnoson raised his empty left sleeve and waved it, and the sleeve swayed left and right in the air.
A woman said: "Yanoson, this East Africa has never been heard of. The villagers dare not go to a strange place to develop casually."
Another villager also said: "Janoson, don't tell us about East Africa. You are back from the big city. Why don't you tell us about working in the city so that I can let my children go out and try their luck."
"Uncle, it's not easy to survive in the city! Take your kids for example, do they have any skills or are they educated? If they don't have any, they can only be apprentices for others or do heavy manual labor. It would be better for them to develop in East Africa!"
Arnosen continued, "Think about it. Your family has been farmers for generations. Why do you have to work for others for free for a few years, or do heavy physical work? That's not a job for humans. Not only is the salary low, it's also more tiring than farming. After four or five years, your body will break down!"
"But it's different in East Africa. What is the most abundant thing in East Africa? It's land. Why do so many people in our village go out to work every year? Isn't it because there is not enough land for farming? Since the peasants have been liberated, the nobles don't need so many people to farm for them. In East Africa, we are still farming for the German nobles, just in a different place."
"What's more, East Africa provides free education for children and has sufficient food. How great would it be for the whole family to go to East Africa without worrying about food and drink? And the work is also familiar to you. Can anyone deceive you about farming?"
"Don't be fooled by the fact that there are many people making money in big cities. There are many people out there who are not as good as you think. Most people who go to the city don't get any benefits. Only a few can make a fortune and come back to show off. Do you believe you can do it? Do you have their ability and luck?"
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The port of Trieste.
A bunch of villagers were still fooled by Janosson. After all, people in rural Hungary are relatively fertile, and it is normal for a family to have three or five children. The eldest child will inherit the family business, and the rest will naturally have to go out and make a living.
Janosson brought dozens of people to the port of Trieste, where they were received by an Austrian soldier.
This Austrian soldier is the port manager. He received an order today to do some psychological work for these immigrants before arranging them to go to East Africa.
The method was simple and crude, which was to prove to these immigrants gathered from various regions within the Austrian Empire that the Melade Company was a formal company and there was nothing to worry about, because behind it were German nobles who had connections with the royal family.
So you have to believe that the government will not lie to you. Don’t cause trouble on the road. You can come back after three to five years when you have made something of yourself.
Only the Austrian government knows whether he can come back. They also support Ernst's activities and cannot just quit. After all, if the Magyars discover their intentions, it will be difficult to stop.
The influence of the Magyar nobles on Hungary was indeed too strong, otherwise they would not have been able to act so presumptuously in front of the Austrian government.
Ernst's recruitment of workers from within the Austrian Empire was actually intended to weaken the power of these local nobles. Although this was a drop in the bucket, it was better than sitting and waiting for death.
At the same time, Ernst also arranged employment for some unemployed people. For the Austrian Empire, where the population was growing rapidly, the value of the population was depreciating, not to mention the non-German ethnic population, which was growing even faster.
Mass unemployment is detrimental to ruling stability in any era. Ernst's taking these unemployed people away can be considered as easing social conflicts.
At present, the Habsburg royal family still has some credibility among these people. It is impossible for the emperor to deceive us ordinary people!
So the relaxed immigrants obediently boarded the ship to East Africa...
(End of this chapter)
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