Currently, the total population of the Eight Banners in Africa, which are dependent on the east bank of Hezhong Fort, is just over 10,000. They mainly live in the vast area opposite Hezhong Fort, the south bank of the Berg River, and the east bank of Hezhong Fort, among which Koisan Reds account for 60% and Xhosa Blacks account for 40%.

Although these indigenous people, who were originally at the end of the primitive society, were often enslaved and exploited after the arrival of the East Coast people, their civilized level and living standards have actually risen several steps. Without words and only simple language, they were strongly invaded by the East Coast people. Under the strong promotion of the official, Chinese became more and more popular among the Eight Banners Banners. Many of the Eight Banners nobles (chief, deputy chief, Klar) even sent their children to schools of the East Coast people across the river to learn Chinese. They themselves are proud of learning the lifestyle of the East Coast people.

Soon their pursuit of "fashion" influenced the middle and lower classes of samurai (i.e. spearmen) class, who also highly praised the language, clothing, diet and technology of the East Coast people. Any samurai who had some spare money (** agricultural products were given to Hezhongbao) liked to buy a shirt for the East Coast people, jeans and leather jackets for the East Coast people. They would take it out and wear it on their traditional festivals (harvest festival, Spring Festival, National Day, New Year's Day, etc.), and then go to the market for the East Coast people across the river to have fun.

In addition to these cultural changes, the biggest change brought to them by the East Coast people may be advanced agricultural production technology. They originally only knew how to cultivate, rotate crops, cultivate good varieties, use fertilizers, use livestock, excavate water conservancy irrigation facilities, and use metal farm tools for the first time. In this way, the grain output of these indigenous Eight Banners has increased greatly. In addition to the part that is tributed to the East Coast people every year, the remaining grain can feed everyone for the first time and have surplus.

Their success had a good demonstration effect. After seeing this situation, some small tribes of about 100 people came to invest, which led to the population of the Eight Banners increasing day by day and their strength began to grow like snowballs. In a census at the beginning of the year, the population of the Upper Six Banners had exceeded 7,000, and the population of the Lower Two Banners, directly under the East Coast people, also exceeded 3,000, most of them were young and strong. You must know that in recent years, the Eight Banners have been drawn by the East Coast people. Now, there are nearly 6,500 slaves from the Eight Banners served in major local mines, farms, and construction teams (on paper numbers, the mortality rate in actual work is not low). With so many people being drawn, it can still maintain such a large number of ethnic groups. It has to be said that the development of the Eight Banners has been rapid in recent years.

Of course, it is now a new round of blood draw. When Mo Ming released the news early on March 17, the owners of the banners crossed the river to inquire about the news and complained. Mo Ming first scolded the leaders of the banners who came to the door, reprimanding them for being "not politically conscious."

For the Eight Banners, especially the nobles, what is "politics"? What is the biggest "politics" in South Africa? By the way, the East Coast people have everything, that is the greatest politics! The East Coast people have civilization to the bannermen. Correspondingly, the bannermen must also adhere to the absolute leadership of the East Coast people; not obeying orders, not paying tribute, not serving labor, not serving military service, etc. are the biggest no-politics. The consequences of not being political are very serious. Clar is a proof of the mysterious disappearance of some chiefs of the banners.

Of course, after scolding these people, they inexplicably did not forget to give some benefits. The more than 700 Xhosa slaves arrested this time were assigned to the banners to supplement human power. At the same time, some agricultural tools, fine salt, sugar, liquor, tobacco, cloth and other consumer goods were also distributed to the ruling class who mastered force from the chief to the spearman, as compensation for them to hand over private slaves. As long as these people are captured, the Eight Banners will not be able to make a fortune.

These people are the group of people who know the power of the East Coast people the most, and they are also the ones who fear the East Coast people the most. Generally speaking, as long as you don’t squeeze them to the point where they can’t survive, these guys who have Stockholm syndrome will not have much resistance. What’s more, Mo Ming also drew them a big cake, promising to lead them to capture more slaves, cattle and sheep in the future, so that they can have more wealth.

In the next few days, the nobles of each banner began to select slaves in the banner and then sent them to Hezhongbao. Mo Ming also sent someone to specialize in checking. Those who were too thin to do physical work, those who were disobedient and unruly, and those who fell sick would fall down as soon as they were sick. Although these people would act as cannon fodder when they went to the Horse Island in the future, most people would even find it difficult to survive a year under heavy physical labor and harsh living environments, but they should not be too fussy.

After three days of selection, by the evening of March 20, Liu Ang, who was in charge of the matter, had selected about 2,100 Eight Banners slaves and assigned a number to each of them. After these 2,100 slaves were taken over by Hezhongbao, they immediately began preparations before departure. First, everyone was ordered to take a shower, and then a set of white cheesecloth clothing and pants were distributed, followed by discipline training and labor skills training.

The 2,100 people were divided into logging groups, geotechnical groups, construction groups and logistics groups. Each person carried out corresponding professional skills training according to the group to ensure that they could immediately enter the working state as soon as they arrived at the destination. In order to increase the enthusiasm of these people, Liu Ang even announced that all slaves who had been working on the Martian Island for a year would immediately and unconditionally obtain the civil status of the six flags. From then on, they were given huge rewards for twenty cotton cloth, two cattle, ten sheep, two bags of excellent grain seeds, and a full set of metal farm tools.

Sure enough, after this policy was released, these slaves were immediately excited and were full of energy in training and labor. In their simple understanding, those sent to the west of the sea had to work for three years to get a ** status, and those of them had to work for one year, and they had such a good thing?! Although they didn't know where the place of Horse Island was, they should not be more sad than being chased by the soldiers of the chief on the other side of the mountain every day when they were in their hometown, right? As long as they survived a year, just one year! Then they would be able to carry the flag and become a glorious, rich and noble bannerman.

Thinking of this, these people suddenly felt that a dawn suddenly appeared in their originally confused life. Even some uninformed poor bannermen were asking if they could go to work in the Horse Island. Liu Ang naturally refused these guys who fell into the trap. At that time, the team heading to the Horse Island development also needed some bannermen to do some work such as boiling water and cooking, supervising slaves, so they simply organized them in and trained them.

Then the more than 2,000 people trained for about a week. On the morning of March 27, a mixed formation composed of the frigate of the First Navy Fleet "Red Trout", the armed transport ship of the "Businessman", the merchant ship of the South China Sea Transport Company "Yingzhou", and the "Abbot" arrived at the Hezhong Port Wharf. Mo Ming, Liu Ang and others who went to meet him knew that the Executive Committee's plan to develop the Horse Island was probably going to uncover the final answer at this moment.

"The result has come out. Anziranana, designated by the military, defeated Tamatav (Tuamasina) needed by the State Council. Haha, safety finally defeated the desire for coal." Li Yi, the lieutenant of the Navy, sat carelessly in Mo Ming's office, drinking tea. This guy sailed on the sea for more than a month, his hair was still meticulously combed and his face was not haggard. He had to make Mo Ming say admiration.

"No matter where he is, I'm only responsible for the release of people anyway." Mo Ming said in a slightly sour tone, "I've prepared the first two thousand slave workers. When are you going to set off?"

"Damn, you are in a hurry to drive people away as soon as I just sat here." Li Yi said with a smile, "Let's take a break for the whole two days first. Brothers are also human beings. They have been sailing on the sea for more than a month and they have to leave two days off. Don't worry, you can't miss it. By the way, the Executive Committee also understands your difficulties. This time I asked me to bring you two hundred Guarani and one hundred French people. Please send someone to arrange it."

"This is almost the same." Mo Ming smiled, then called his adopted son Mo Dazhong and asked him to inform Liu Ang of the transfer of the new immigrants.

"You have only three transport ships, and you have a large number of materials to settle down. How many people can only be transported to you at a time?" Mo Ming brewed another cup of tea for Li Yi and asked casually.

"Of course I can't transport it once." Li Yi said, "One of the two merchant ships is filled with red bricks, cement, lime and other building materials. The other is filled with a large number of mosquito nets, thick cloth clothes, tools, weapons and ammunition, medicines (kinchona bark powder), salt, canned food and other groceries. By the way, I will also load some sorghum rice, wheat and white wine in your place later. So many people can't eat it. Only my armed transport ship can transport people, but the tonnage of that ship is also very ordinary, and transporting more than 300 people is the limit. My ship is also mobilized on the 101st Army Company, which can't accommodate more people. There is no way, the number of merchant ships in China is still too small. Now the ship platform of the two shipyards is full of warships built for the Spaniards, and they are not available to build merchant ships for us. It's really a no-no egg."

"Okay, I'll arrange for people to prepare the personnel and supplies for you now." Mo Ming stood up and said.
Chapter completed!