Chapter 283： Encourage immigration (2/2)

Leaving aside the underground resources, Nigeria is close to the equator. The land is fertile and has plenty of rain. It is suitable for growing tropical crops, such as peanuts, palms, cocoa, rubber ...

This is a treasure trove for those who are keen to start a farm. The area of ​​cultivated land that can be developed is as high as 60 million hectares, which is enough to support hundreds of millions of people.

At present, it is the domestic nobles who are pushing to Nigeria. Many people who lost their land in the Great Revolution want to make up overseas.

This is the result of the guidance of the Vienna government, which is ineffective and universal in any country. In this regard, the Vienna government has done very well.

High-level government officials have opened plantations overseas, which has made many people profitable, and they have joined this activity.

The royal family first raced in the Guinea and Congo colonies. Seven or eight plantations have been planned, including rubber plantations, cotton plantations, coffee plantations, and cocoa plantations ... with a total area of ​​more than 1.5 million hectares.

Of course, this is only a theoretical plan. When it will be completed is still unknown.

Up to now, the royal family has developed more than 15,000 hectares of land, and the remaining areas are still a group of lumberjacks working hard.

You must cut down the trees, burn the grass on the ground, drain the water in the depression, and eliminate the local poisonous insects before you can develop the farmland.

Without sufficient labor force, being forced to use local people as laborers, it is difficult to improve the work efficiency.

Franz has sent people to introduce labor in East Asia. Farming is also a technical task, especially land reclamation requires more technology. The local indigenous people are obviously not suitable for this job.

The use of slaves is banned in Austria. For the long-term security of the colony, the colonial government also banned the use of slaves, and even labor protection laws were required to be strictly enforced.

Of course, ”strict enforcement” is a case-by-case situation. Of course, immigrants from the country are strictly protected. These are valuable assets.

Naturally, the supervision of local workers is not so strict, and the biggest problem is a fine. Unless someone comes up with a mulatto, he won't go to jail.

In essence, this is also to limit the dependence of capitalists on local labor and the spread of disease.

The labor protection law clearly tells everyone that once the problem of insufficient labor in the colonies is resolved, the labor protection law will be strictly enforced, and local labor will still be used as little as possible.

In order to reduce the conflict between the colonial government and the indigenous tribes, the colonial government implements a policy of encouraging immigration, which includes two parts: one is to encourage domestic people to emigrate to the colony, and the other is to encourage indigenous peoples to migrate to the Americas.

On this issue, the Vienna government has reached immigration agreements with the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Spain and other countries.

The treaty stipulates that countries can freely introduce indigenous immigrants in Austrian colonies, and the colonial government does not impose any restrictions.

For individuals or organizations that have performed well in immigration work, the Vienna government will also award them. The current standard is: for every ten local immigrants taken away, 2 Aegis will be awarded.

Under this favorable condition, more than 100,000 black immigrants leave from the Austrian colonies each year, which greatly reduces the conflict between the colonial government and local indigenous tribes.

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