African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 28 "The Enclosure Movement"

  Following Ernst's order, the new instruction documents and supplies traveled across the ocean to East Africa. After receiving Ernst's order, the East African colony began the "enclosure movement".

  In the first town, those immigrants who are physically stronger today are selected by the sheriff to start forming the first Chinese army in the East African colony, and the selected ones will be compiled into the file.

  A long line was lined up in front of the town government of the first town. These were the soldiers who had passed the initial selection, and they were preparing for the "registration" that the chief said.

"Name?"

   "Wang Tiegen."

"age?"

"twenty three."

  I saw the recorder fill in the paper "Name: Tiegen Wang, Age: 23, Occupation: Mercenary, Serial No. 0423."

   Then he handed Wang Tiegen a small card with the number 0423 on it.

   "Take this number and go to the fourth group over there to get the equipment."

  The so-called equipment is a new military uniform plus a flintlock produced by the Hexingen Arsenal.

   This is a Prussian regular army uniform ordered from Berlin. The whole outfit is light blue. Because the environment in Africa is different from that in Europe, the unique pointed helmet of Prussia is not issued.

  The soldiers wore large-brimmed hats similar to those of later generations, made of cotton cloth, which had good sunshade and breathable effects.

  A pair of yellow-green military shoes are distributed at the same time. Because of the high temperature in Africa, special military boots that have not been improved are not suitable for Africa.

  Wang Tiegen came to the fourth group according to the instructions. There were many people in the front row of the fourth group.

   Now they are about to go to Dodoma, Mwanza and other places to establish new colonial strongholds under the leadership of German military officers.

  The main task is to clean up the indigenous people along the way and open up a safe new road for subsequent immigration.

   After arriving at the destination, the beasts and indigenous tribes near the new base must be cleaned up. After all, the land in East Africa that Ernst encircled is a relatively famous place for later generations.

  So the environment is not bad. There must be indigenous tribes who also choose to live here. Whether they are hunting or already have preliminary agricultural planting, they all need places to carry out activities.

  This will threaten the safety of the East African colonists, so the new Chinese army formed must clean up these indigenous tribes before the arrival of immigrants.

  At the same time, the new colonial stronghold is also a future immigration transfer station, and with the small checkpoints along the way, a relatively safe and mature immigration migration network can be established.

   "Everyone, stand at attention!" The white-faced commander stood in front and commanded: "I am your first commander, Andre. From today onwards, you are members of the fourth team of the East African Advance Regiment!"

  Beside him stood a young student from the Hechingen Military Academy, who was in charge of translation and served as the team's staff officer.

"This time our honorable Highness Prince Ernst decided that we would send our team to the Kigoma area on the eastern shore of Lake Solon (Lake Tanganyika) to open up new lands, all of you are part of this military operation By."

"What you will face are not only savages and beasts, but also poisonous insects and diseases in Africa, as well as the harsh environment, so each of you may be threatened with your life. In order to improve your chances of survival, you will accept a three-day Special training."

Andre gave up the position to a student of the Hechingen Military Academy. This student was named Zhou Wei. He was the first batch of students of the Hechingen Military Academy. He had been studying for a few months and he was proficient in German. Write.

   After being trained by Prussian officers and baptized by the excellent and adequate meals at the Hechingen Military Academy, at the age of sixteen, he is no longer as scrawny as when he first arrived in Germany.

  He is now standing tall and straight in front of these temporarily recruited immigrants. Although he is young, he has an aura of intimidation and self-indignation.

"Hello, I'm Zhou Wei, who graduated (in advance) from the Hechingen Military Academy in Prussia. Thanks to the headmaster, I was allowed to come to the East African colony to serve as your officer. If you have any problems in the future, you can report to me." Jin introduced himself neatly.

"In the next three days, you will receive training from me and Chief Andre. I believe you have also seen the fertility of the East African colony. This is our home in the future, so you are all part of this home. Don't bring people from the Far East. You have brought the bad habits of the army into the army, and now you all have only one identity, that is 'soldier', which is also known as a soldier."

Zhou Wei said solemnly: "You only have two words to keep in mind at all times, 'obey', so you must abide by military discipline and military regulations, and obey the commander's command. If I find someone disobeying orders or violating military discipline and military regulations, don't blame me Cruel and merciless."

Everyone in the fourth team of the East African Advance Regiment listened to Zhou Wei's lecture with bated breath. Although Zhou Wei was very young, there was a German standing behind him, and his spirit was obviously different from that of the colonial immigrants. The sonorous and powerful Chinese, so these honest immigrant soldiers dare not be presumptuous.

   "Everyone must come here on time to gather reports tomorrow morning, and the time is within half an hour after the first bell rings. Do you remember?" Zhou Wei said.

  Only the Germans in the colony had clocks to tell the time, so in order to arrange the production activities in the colony, several large clocks were shipped from Europe and distributed to various strongholds. Every time the time came, there would be a special bell ringer to tell the time.

  Chinese immigrants arrange their daily activities according to the sound of the bell. The first bell rings every morning at about eight or nine o’clock, because Germans’ watches also need to be wound and corrected, so they are not very punctual.

Colonial immigrants have enough time for free activities. After all, apart from agricultural production, there is nothing else to do. Just like in the Far East, farmers also have slack time. This is arranged by God. After all, not every time is for planting and crops. grow.

   "Okay, now disbanded." Zhou Wei announced the disbandment of the troops and left with the German chief. Zhou Wei talked with the German mercenaries about tomorrow's training arrangements, and then walked towards the newly assigned residence.

   In fact, it is the backyard of the first town government, and a room here has been converted into a temporary dormitory for students of the Hechingen Military Academy.

  Back to the dormitory, other people also arrived. There are six people living in the whole dormitory. They are all excellent students of Hechingen Military Academy.

   "How does Zhou Wei feel?" Wang Mingdong asked.

   "It's not bad! You can't tell whether it's good or bad on the first day. It's a mule or a horse. You can see it after training tomorrow."

   "I'm not asking about training, I mean how do you feel about the conditions in the East African colonies?"

   "It's okay! There is a lot to do in the future, but the current conditions are indeed much worse than Heixingen, but stronger than the Far East." Zhou Weidao.

   "Zhou Wei, do you think we have been assigned or reused?" Gao Youming, who was in the same dormitory, asked.

Zhou Wei shook his head: "It's hard to say, the conditions here are indeed not as good as in Europe, but the principal is obviously very fond of this place, so I'm not sure, but I'm still optimistic about the future of you, as long as we honestly complete the tasks assigned by the principal, no matter what No matter how the future changes, as long as the ability is outstanding, the principal will appreciate it."

  …

  Five days later, the six colonial teams that were ready to go gathered in the playground, and after the swearing-in meeting, they embarked on the journey to conquer East Africa.

  (end of this chapter)