Chapter 94 Paraguayan Immigration Arrivals
In addition to the large number of orphans created by the Paraguayan War, the majority of orphans were from single-parent families and single women.
The Paraguayan War has not yet ended, but it is estimated that there are at least 70,000 to 80,000 orphans and widows who have lost their husbands and fathers.
With the intervention of the Heixingen Group, some people have left this troubled place and headed to East Africa to start a new life.
According to the time when the Paraguayan War ended in the previous life, this project could continue for another three or four years.
Before the establishment of the new Paraguayan government, the East African colonies could absorb at least tens of thousands of Paraguayan immigrants. If coordinated well, hundreds of thousands could be accommodated.
This kind of thing can only be done during war. After all, Paraguay is a small country with a small population. Before the war, the population was only about 500,000 or 600,000 (some data say more than one million, after all, many countries did not have a census at that time).
What the East African colonies are doing is to undermine Paraguay's roots, but Paraguay is not without a solution.
Paraguay is originally an immigration country, and in the future it just needs to absorb more immigrants. Of course, this is nonsense. If immigrants were so easy to recruit, Ernst would not have had such a hard time.
Moreover, after the war, large tracts of land were taken away from Paraguay, and the country was in ruins. Which immigrant would be so short-sighted as to want to develop in Paraguay? Wouldn't Brazil and Argentina next door be more attractive?
In this regard, the East African colonies are much stronger. Although the East African colonies have not been opened for a long time, they are already a very well-developed place in Africa (excluding North Africa).
The environment in East Africa, not to mention that in Argentina (after all, it is similar to Europe and immigrants don't need to adapt), is similar to the Brazilian plateau.
In addition, the East African colonies recruited immigrants in a planned and premeditated manner, which was much faster than those American countries that relied on spontaneous immigration.
In other words, the East African colonies would rather have nothing than have too many people, and were more exclusive of immigrants who were hooligans and petty thieves. At the same time, they were wary of immigrant groups that were difficult to govern and destabilizing, such as local gangs and clans.
Otherwise, it would not be a dream for the number of immigrants to surpass that of the United States each year. Immigrants from the Far East alone would rank first among all countries in the world.
This is not an exaggeration, because it is quite difficult for modern immigrants to afford a ship ticket, unless they encounter some colonies that are urgently recruiting people. The problem is that this situation is not sustainable.
It’s not that there are no countries that want to build colonies to benefit themselves. The British put in a lot of effort in America, but all of it was wasted in the final War of Independence.
Therefore, Ernst strictly controlled the immigration to the East African colonies to prevent the emergence of traitors like those in the United States.
The reason why the United States was able to gain independence was because of the existence of a large number of elites. After all, those who fled to the United States on the Mayflower were not refugees, but knowledgeable and organized Puritans.
There was a saying in the past that Calvin’s Puritanism theory was the foundation of the United States.
So Ernst was completely repulsive to any theories and beliefs, or blood and clan ties, that might unite immigrants.
There were no missionaries or churches in the East African colonies, and the immigrants' beliefs were mixed, including Protestants, Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and even a small number of Muslims.
The beliefs of immigrants from the Far East are even more confusing, with all sorts of beliefs including ancestors, family gods, God, the Jade Emperor, the City God... Some people who have had a lot of contact with Western immigrants even guess about God and Allah, which fully reflects their pragmatic thinking.
The East African colony was managed like a company, so Ernst naturally would not take the initiative to promote the construction of churches, and had no intention of recruiting missionaries.
Most immigrants from East Africa are illiterate and old farmers. They have not received systematic religious training. Even if they spontaneously perform rituals at home, they only have a superficial understanding and rely on experience passed down from generation to generation.
Missionaries can connect with the people through their right to interpret religion and through missionary activities, so Ernst strictly prohibited religious people from entering the East African colonies.
Most of the immigrants in the East African colonies were ordinary people with no ambitions, and most of the leaders were Germans who returned to Germany to retire.
With the support of the loyal students of the Heixingen Military Academy, the Heixingen Group has continuously strengthened its leadership.
The current East African colonial government is quite stable and is under multi-party control, and the only hub that maintains the East African colonies is Ernst.
As for causing trouble in the East African colonies, not to mention the constraints between the various parties, if the foreign trade system of the Heixingen Group is abandoned, the economic structure of the East African colonies will disintegrate and collapse.
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September 10, 1867.
Mogens Kroger.
The headman of Ngaga village, Masasi town, Ronroda municipality, Lower Coastal region, East African colonies.
He was showing the immigrants assigned to Ngaga Village from Paraguay their new homes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the current conditions in East Africa are not very good, so the furniture and other facilities in these houses are relatively simple, but the environment is definitely not bad."
Mogens Kroger pointed outside the door and said:
"Have you seen those tracts of fertile fields? Don't you feel good? You know, a year ago, Ngaga Village was a wilderness where only wild animals survived. With the arrival of immigrants, Ngaga Village has been developed at a speed visible to the naked eye. So there is no need to worry about the living conditions and future development prospects of the East African colony. This place is far away from war and has good order. With the government's clearing of wild animals around, there are no traces of wild animals anymore. It is very safe."
The people responsible for the translation were German-speaking residents of Paraguay. Although most of these immigrants who came from Paraguay to East Africa to escape the war were of Hispanic descent, the fragmentation and war in Germany in its early years caused a large number of Germans to leave the country.
Currently, Prussia has integrated the northern German region and the immigration wave has cooled down. The female translator is a German whose ancestors immigrated to Paraguay, so she can speak both German and Spanish.
Mogens Kroger continued, "And you are definitely in the right time. In order to take care of you orphans and widows caused by the war, His Royal Highness Prince Ernst of Prussia, the owner of the East African colony, personally asked for money to subsidize you poor people, and the East African colony will provide your children with free education... So live in Ngaga Village with peace of mind, and the future will be better."
After listening to the introduction of the village chief Mogens Kroger, these Paraguayan women who traveled across the ocean from a distant country felt relieved.
Some cried for joy and prayed to God that Ernst would have good health.
They were also pitiful people who lost their husbands in the war, and the war was still going on with no hope of ending. So for the safety of their children, many people had to leave Paraguay, that troubled place, and come to live in East Africa.
Of course, the living allowance also gave them some determination. After all, they will have to raise their children by themselves in the future, and having a subsidy can reduce their pressure.
Before coming to East Africa, I might have been worried that the local government would go back on its word, but now that the house has been allocated, I feel relieved.
(End of this chapter)
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