"Sena Town is here!" On August 22, 1701, a steam steamer wielding with black smoke was docked weakly next to a stone river embankment. The sailor lowered his pedal expressionlessly and said to more than ten passengers who were about to disembark.

The town of Senna is currently under the control of the Portuguese. There are about 300 white residents from Portugal locally. There are many manors scattered within dozens of kilometers nearby. The number of people is not easy to count, but there are still hundreds of people. Of course, there are also people from East Coast. The largest company in Senna is Senna Sugar Industry Company, which was established by East Coast merchants and Portuguese. This company has a large area of ​​sugar cane land nearby, and there is also a sugar pressing mill powered by steam engines. It employs a lot of people (slaves), and the business is still very good.

The Portuguese Mozambique colony is right next to it. After so many years, East Coast merchants who have accumulated enough capital during the development of New China Island will naturally not turn a blind eye. Portugal is a friendly country, and it is also very close to New China Island. The Portuguese have also established a certain infrastructure. So it is normal to invest here to make full use of various local resources. This resource actually includes labor. Who told your East Coast government not to use slaves?

In addition to sugar making, the East Coast people also invested heavily in the planting and deep processing of crops such as coconut, sisal, cashew nuts, but the scale was not as large as that of the Senna Sugar Company. Following the East Coast people, Italian Capital also invested heavily in industries such as ml wood, tobacco, and tried to grow tea. The investment amount ranged from 200,000 li to 1 million li, and employed a large number of local black laborers. It has achieved remarkable results. Of course, we cannot forget the British in Bella Port. Since they bought this port, they have been committed to construction. Currently, there are a large number of agricultural plantations in the suburbs of the city, which are exported to local and European a large number of coconut, sugar and sisal.

After seeing foreign merchants earning a lot of money from Mozambique, the government of the Portuguese Kingdom was very jealous and wanted to tighten the inflow of foreign capital. However, after the East Coast government expressed "concern" through diplomatic channels, Lisbon quickly became timid. Under the mouth of the East Coast ambassador, they quickly changed their thinking, believing that using the infrastructure built by these foreign capitals, the colonists or merchants of the Kingdom of Portugal could also gain greater benefits. Therefore, the lives of black people in Mozambique quickly deepened another layer of suffering, from being oppressed by the Portuguese family to the common plunder of colonialism.

The East Coast Ministry of Industry and Commerce has sent several researchers here to see. In addition to praising the pioneering and enterprising spirit of East Coast investors and their outstanding achievements, they also seriously pointed out that both East Coast capital and foreign capital have a strong impulse to use slave labor to reduce costs as much as possible and maximize profits. Considering that private use of black slaves is not allowed in the East Coast, they suggest paying attention to businessmen who go to foreign investment, and if necessary, they can learn from the British bill that restricts the outflow of precious metals.

Of course, the researcher's suggestions will not be accepted. It is because the East Coast government is now pushing forward the internationalization of fiat currency gold exchange coupons, trying to allow more countries to reserve East Coast legal currency. To achieve this goal, the free exchange of fiat currency in the East Coast has become inevitable. Otherwise, why do people believe in your banknotes? Why do people feel safe? After all, what they are holding is actually paper, not physical gold! Therefore, the free exchange of gold coupons is the most basic prerequisite. Without this, it is really difficult to internationalize your own currency. Unless you make people feel that some things can only be bought with your banknotes, otherwise nothing will work.

The second largest foreign-invested enterprise in Portuguese Mozambique is an inland shipping company. It was established by merchants from the east coast of New China Island. It mainly engaged in the transportation of personnel and cargo from the Sena Town-Yuejin Port. It has 6 locally eliminated steam steamers and more than 20 unpowered ships. At the same time, a maintenance service center was set up in Yuejin Port and Sena Town, and purchased a dock, which was very determined to do transportation.

As the Kingdom of Malawi has obtained large amounts of money from the east coast and started domestic construction in recent years, the small company called "Zambesi Shipping Company" has taken the ride-hailing ride and made a lot of money by transporting building materials, grain, daily necessities and even machinery and equipment to the country.

From Yuejin Port to the Kingdom of Malawi, the most costly mode of transportation is actually water transportation. However, water transportation can only be managed for one section and cannot cover the entire journey. After the goods are unloaded in Longkou Town (which belongs to the Kingdom of Malawi), on the opposite side of Sena Town, you must change to other modes of transportation. It can be water transportation, going up against the Dalong River (Shire River), but it can only be a small boat of manpower. Because of the rapids and dangerous shoals, you have to stop and change the carriage after walking for a while, and then walk for a while. In this way, it is actually better to use a carriage or simply a mule and horse to carry the carriage, so as to avoid back and forth.

Hundreds of kilometers from Longkou Town to the core Fire Lake, and there is no good road. To be honest, the transportation cost is not low. After the goods arrive there, the price will be as expensive as the sky. Therefore, the top leaders of the Kingdom of Malawi are also seriously thinking whether the economic focus should be shifted to the south (anyway, two of the three major cities are located in the south), giving priority to local economic crops, and exporting foreign exchange will be more convenient in the future. As for the north, it is better to do agriculture with peace of mind and supply food to the south. Although this may not make a lot of money, it is a bit unfair to the old brothers who came with them, at least the capital is located here, which can more or less boost some local economy.

By the way, the Kingdom of Malawi is really on the right track now. Although it owes people in the East Coast, the country has also obtained a lot of projects, which quickly crossed the bleak primitive accumulation stage and entered the fast lane of development. Although the economic interests of the Kingdom were seized by East Coast capital, they actually cannot quickly exploit the resources and develop farmland and forest farms by themselves. At least these companies established by East Coast capital entering Malawi have been paying taxes for them and have created many jobs. Overall, they still have a lot of positive significance.

In recent years, according to the advice of the East Coast consultant, the Kingdom of Malawi has begun to conquer more land on the basis of absorbing a large number of follow-up personnel of the Eight Banners of the island (even many natives sent from Brunei and other places). They focused on cleaning up the Dalong River, cracking down on local black people, and then selling it to slave merchants. You can't say that, many East Coast merchants are in exchange for various production and daily necessities.

The Dalong River is very important to the Kingdom of Malawi. Although the navigation conditions of this river are not good and cannot be used as a transportation artery, in terms of agricultural conditions, this river is actually very good. Nowadays, with the help of agricultural experts on the east bank, Malawi people are increasingly settled, reclaimed on both sides of the river, and gradually formed many villages. The cruel killing of black people has effectively ensured the safety of these villages, causing the population to proliferate and the economy to develop. If nothing unexpected happens in the future, from the Lake of Flame to Longkou Town, this area should be the core area of ​​the Kingdom of Malawi.

By the way, the current total population of the Kingdom of Malawi has exceeded 80,000, most of which come from New China Island, and a small number come from Brunei or the Arabian Peninsula. Although the Brunei people belong to the same Malay race, the latter has been greatly discriminated against by the people of the Eight Banners system of the island due to their religious beliefs and cultural habits. Even the Melina people on the Central Plateau of New China are of higher status than them, making these Brunei people cry without tears.

There is no way, who made the Eight Banners of the Island cross the sea and leave Southeast Asia before they believed in the Green Cult? They have lived in Africa for more than a thousand years, and except for their bloodlines, the rest is no longer the same as the Malay relatives in Southeast Asia. No, perhaps there are some differences in bloodlines! Because the ancestors of the Eight Banners of the Island were likely to have mixed the blood of this ethnic group in the process of conquering the Wazimba people in New China Island. Therefore, the Eight Banners of the Island really have many differences between them, from culture to bloodlines, so why should they look up to you? Let me change that religious belief first! The great, majestic and kind priest are the ultimate destination of everyone's souls!

According to incomplete statistics, there were about 10,000 Brunei people sent to Malawi by the East Coast people. Among them, there were no Sultan royal family or tribal chiefs, and they were basically ordinary farmers or citizens. For some unspeakable reasons, the Brunei people got the right to build an independent city. They worked hard in the later Mranje area (the name was obtained by the East Coast consultant). In the later Bangula area of ​​their southwest, thousands of Arabs who moved from Bahrain Island had also built a small city called Xinmai City. As for the newly built towns of the Eight Banners of the Island in the past five years, there are also! In addition to the Longkou Town in the south, there is also a plateau area that was finally captured and successfully colonized by them, that is, the later Blandale Plateau area, and a city of Yongkang City, which is quite large, was established here.
Chapter completed!