Chapter 268： Gold mine (1/2)

Guinea

It has not been developed in this era, and most areas are tropical forests. Now is the rainy season, and the jungle is even more dangerous.

However, this can not stop people's enthusiasm for getting rich. The Austrian colonists have already begun to reach out inland, and they do not need government organizations, and civilian armed groups who want to make a fortune have already acted spontaneously.

Europeans in this era, as long as they took the initiative to go to the colonies, they were brave enough to venture, and they were more courageous than those forced by the Vienna government to emigrate.

This is also related to the proportion of refugees who are young and strong. Under the influence of the Balkan war, a large number of young people died. Finally, refugees who went to the African continent appeared to have more women and less boys.

This is also a good thing for the Vienna government to develop the African continent. In this era, most of the men engaged in colonial activities were suffering from imbalances between men and women in the colonies. Because of this problem, a large number of mixed-races appeared in later colonies.

No headache now, a large number of female immigrants have solved this problem. Once they formed a family, they basically stabilized.

Franz had already developed a propaganda plan, but he was short of gold.

There is no way. Europeans in this era recognized gold mines. For most people, mining gold is the easiest way to make them rich overnight.

In order to attract immigrants, Franz has painfully abandoned plans to dominate the gold mines. Of course, not knowing the exact location of the gold mine is also a major reason.

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After the rain, Baron Fickney took the colony to the road. As a traditional German military aristocratic family, in this era of great changes, his father's generation has not been able to keep up with the times, and the family business has slowly fallen.

Originally there was not much output on the land, and after the abolition of serfdom, his income was even less. The income in the fief alone could no longer sustain his extravagant aristocratic life.

In order not to become a member of the bankrupt aristocracy, after the Vienna government opened the African colony, Fickney mortgaged the land to the bank and organized a colonial armed force of two hundred people.

Unlike other colonial militants, everyone in his team is well-informed and is a private army composed of hired farmers in the fiefdoms.

These people are the result of years of operation by the Fickney family, and even after the abolition of serfdom, the local people remained loyal to him.

Although this team can only be considered medium in scale among all colonial teams heading to the African continent, its combat effectiveness is high.

This is the heritage of the aristocratic family, even if it is the legacy of the declining capital, it is not comparable to the outbreak households.

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”Baron, the sentry found an indigenous tribe hunting in the front. The number is about 150. Their weapons are mainly bows and bones.” A middle-aged man said seriously

Fickney frowned. He didn't like dealing with these purely indigenous tribes, and there was no way for the two sides to communicate.

He was not a slave trader, and had no interest in catching slaves. Although slave merchants in the United States appeared in colonial strongholds to buy slaves at this time, and the bids were not low.

The nobleman Fickney still couldn't pull his face, and ran to be a slave dealer. He thought it was a shame to the family.

He has always despised teams that have fallen to profit by selling slaves.

The Vienna government also banned the slave trade. Shortly after Franz's succession, he promulgated the Abolition of Slavery Act, which is the legal basis for the Vienna government to liberate serfdom.

Of course, this law does not control the African continent for the time being. As long as slaves are not brought to Austria, no one will be questioned.

The Americans and Portuguese were slave traders. The colonial government never asked them, nor could they care about them. This is the African continent, and order depends on fists.

The Austrian soldiers who rely on that battalion inside the colonial stronghold are not yet the opponents of the slave merchants.

The reality is so cruel, and overseas colonization must also consider costs. Austria opened more than 20 colonial strongholds on the African continent, and the troops of an infantry division were thus dispersed.

In addition to government forces, large and small colonial teams from the country are also an important part of the colonial armed forces. A single armed team is inconspicuous. Once all are organized, it is two infantry divisions.

From the moment they entered the colony, they became part of the Austrian Army Reserve. In an emergency, the colonial government has the right to recruit all armed teams.

Fickney asked, ”Can you avoid them?”

He came to look for gold to make a fortune, not to fight with indigenous tribes. This would not give him a little glory, and would consume precious ammunition.

The middle-aged man thought for a while and said, ”I'm afraid not. They are on our way, unless we are not moving forward.

Otherwise, even if they avoid them, they are likely to be ambush when they return home. There are already several teams in the stronghold, which have been attacked by indigenous tribes.

And these people have craniums around their waists. Most of them are cannibal tribes, which is not a good thing. We don't need to be polite to them. ”

”Bang bang ...”

The gunfire sounded before Fickney ordered.

”what happened?”

”Baron, the enemy found us and is attacking us.” A soldier hurried to say

After learning that the enemy had launched the attack, without hesitation, Fickney immediately ordered: ”Pooh, take people up to kill them, solve them directly with guns, don't be silly to fight against them!”

”Yes!”

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