Chapter 292: Unity River (4)
Goshkin sat under a big tree sweating profusely. Several young young men served tea and were very busy. But this only made Goshkin feel a little comfortable, and the sweat beads on his head were still surging. The weather was so hot that it was so hot that the Brazilian ghost plateau was so boring.
Of course, Goshkin is not young now. After working on the East Coast for so many years, the man who was originally powerful is now an old man with a bright hair, and his sharp eyes have become turbid. It can be seen that no matter how heroic you are, you can't withstand the silent erosion of time.
Logically speaking, Goshkin, who is so old, shouldn't be tired of going out for work, but who made him very famous among Russian overseas Chinese? Almost every Russian who comes to the East Coast may not know who the chairman of the East Coast is, but no one does not know who Goshkin is. Therefore, in many cases, officials from the Ministry of Immigration and the State Development Administration will still ask Goshkin to come out for activities and help them do some united front work.
This time, the Tocrimeans defeated the Russians at Azov. The East Coast people bought more than 15,000 Russian prisoners of war at a low price. Most of these people are currently in uniform and are still in the leased land in Haji County, but a considerable number of them are transported to the East Coast through merchant ships from Venice, Portugal and United Provinces.
According to statistics, the number of these people is around 4,000, and they are ashore at ports such as Jiaohe, Hue, Changshun, Zhenhai, and Yancheng. There is no doubt that this group of people is extremely popular, so when they arrive, they are snatched by local state-owned farms, forest farms, stone farms, coal mines, brick kilns, construction teams, etc., which are needed urgently for a large amount of labor, and are divided up completely.
The First Bureau of Communications Construction under the Ministry of Transportation assigned a quota of about 1,000 people, which was the unit with the largest number of people this time. And they were not vague. Adhering to the spirit of their superiors, they formed a super-large construction team with a population of about 2,000, and went to the Tuanjie River Basin to help set up new settlements, build roads and other infrastructure.
From this we can see that this is actually an exchange, that is, the state sells the cheap prisoners of war to the Jiaojian Bureau at a low price, allowing them to sign a seven-year labor contract with these Russians, and then the Jiaojian Bureau comes forward to undertake a series of low-profit and high-risk infrastructure businesses in the Tuanjie River Basin. Seven years later, the infrastructure of the Tuanjie River Basin has definitely been greatly improved, and these Russian labor workers can also officially apply for East Coast nationality, although it is difficult to say how many they can still have at that time.
These Russians basically knew their future destiny. The treatment given to them by the East Coast people was similar to before, and they were quite careless. They were paid for food and accommodation and paid a salary of 250 cents a month, which seemed to be more profitable than in Russia. But considering the harsh working environment and the huge labor intensity, necessary comfort is actually indispensable. So, after sending some religious people to comfort them in some psychological and spiritual comfort, Goshkin, a legend among the Russian immigrant group, was moved out and traveled thousands of miles to a deserted Duanjie River Basin. He used his own personal experience to convince these Russians, let them calm down, work hard, and make a world for their future.
Goshkin's tricks were actually the same, and he was just using his own personal experience to talk about the success of the East Coast Dream. He first talked about the situation of barely making a living at home when he was a carpenter in Russia, pointed out the rampant behavior of corrupt officials and the brutality of the lords, which resonated with some people. Then, he focused on the reality that he was forced to recruit troops to the battlefield, participated in Tsarist Russia's foreign war, and even fell into a desperate situation for the Russian labor workers, who were mainly prisoners of war, and suddenly made most people feel good about him.
I have to say that Goshkin has excellent eloquence and a very good personality charm. At the same time, he is also good at analyzing the actual situation and knowing what these bitter prisoners of war think in their hearts. Therefore, he specifically chooses what they like to hear. The words are true and the ones are false, which makes people unable to distinguish, but his emotions are suddenly mobilized, and the labor efficiency will naturally increase.
It took about a month to visit all six construction sites, including Fangshan Township, which made her old bone very tired. But there was no way. His family had already taken root on the east coast and he could not return to Russia. Therefore, tightly holding the thighs of the men on the east coast and in-depth cooperation with the government was the foundation for him and his family to gain a foothold on the east coast.
Goshkin knew this more than anyone else, so he was really on call and worked very hard.
Coinc was very busy with the united front work of the men on the east coast, a group of agents from the Dutch West India Company had just finished their investigation in the Dutch River Basin, and then went out to sea in the General District of Bahia along the road opened by the Portuguese, and gathered in San Salvador to discuss.
By time, this group of merchants from the West India Company have not received news of the change of the United Provinces. However, none of them are ordinary people, and they have more or less sources of information. They have a very good understanding of the undercurrents within the United Provinces and the in-depth intervention of the East Coast government. Although they are not sure that the Republicans will win, they also know that they will gain the upper hand. Therefore, they decided to go to the newly developed areas of the East Coast to inspect and see if there is any chance, which has become their common goal.
There is no doubt that the best investment opportunities for East Coast people are often not in old areas that have been developed for a long time, wealthy and prosperous, but in new areas with few people and wild lands. Tuanjie River Basin is actually such a typical example. In order to attract foreign capital and manpower, East Coast people often give very good conditions for this wild area that is not developed, such as 50 or 60 years of land lease rights (rent is almost the meaning), such as a certain degree of mineral development rights (can only be sold to East Coast enterprises), such as financing convenience, etc. Basically, investors only need to prepare the money, and then complete the recruitment and entry of foreign workers, and then do a drastic job. And this is almost unimaginable in developed coastal areas!
Therefore, more and more foreign investors who are focusing on long-term returns and able to tolerate short-term losses have begun to turn their attention to the inland areas of the East Coast to see if there are any suitable investment projects. After all, the first batch of inland companies that developed inland, such as the forest development companies that Italians invested in groups, made a lot of money, and they were ahead of them, so everyone could not be moved.
Not to mention, the situation in the United Province is now turbulent, and the security and rate of return of investment are not very ideal. The capital accumulated in China urgently needs a new channel of catharsis. In this case, entering overseas and allocating more assets overseas has become a consideration for many Dutch merchants. Their preferred investment destination is naturally separated by a sea, with extremely developed industry and commerce and also a Protestant country in England, but the East Coast Republic of China, a powerful country located in the New World in the Southern region, is also a good choice, especially for these agents or shareholders of West India Company who have accumulated a certain amount of accumulation in the East Coast.
From this we can see that due to the strong rise of the East Coast Republic, the UK has weakened its siphon ability to Dutch capital and talents a lot. Many businessmen engaged in overseas trade have many businesses on the East Coast, mainly from the East Coast, and are very familiar with the East Coast. At the same time, they are very impressed by the good business environment of this country. Over time, it is normal to decide to expand investment here. As for investing in the UK like most people, I’m sorry, I’m not very familiar with it, and the living conditions there are not as good as here. I’d better respect Xie Bumin.
The people of the East Coast are naturally happy to see this. The Dutch, Italian and even Portuguese came to the East Coast with funds and talents, injecting a lot of liquidity into the East Coast economy. At the same time, they also tried every means to recruit hard labor from the densely populated Italy and Germany, and traveled across the ocean to the east coast to develop wilderness, making great sacrifices. It can be said that every settlement, every road, every forest farm, and every farm in the inland area of the East Coast has the bones of foreign non-national laborers.
This model that is mutually beneficial is very satisfied with both the East Coast and the Dutch. Therefore, this time the development of the Unity River Basin, the East Coast people thought of the Dutch people at the first time, and thus the collective inspection by the agents and shareholders of the West Indian Company were tired of the domestic political struggle and were dissatisfied with the increasing voice of the Dutch provincial people on the board of directors of the West Indian Company. Therefore, they began to consciously transfer assets and invest more resources in the East Coast Republic to diversify commercial risks.
The discussion in San Salvador lasted for three days. The reason they spent so long was not arguing whether to invest or not, but discussing the details of the investment. They were very optimistic about the Tuanjie River Basin, which is rich in gold mine resources, and believed that it was a treasure house that continued to attract population and funds, and that future development prospects were limitless. Although the East Coast people did not intend to allow foreign investors to mine precious minerals such as gold, diamonds, jade, etc., it was good to invest in other industries. Although the yield was low, the investment was safe and secure, and the business could be smooth and it was not impossible to operate as a "long-term meal ticket".
In this era, it is not easy to find an industry that can be passed down to future generations in a stable manner.
Chapter completed!