Life is different for everyone. For a plantation owner like Chen Erqiang who has just made his fortune, he is enjoying life while thinking about making as much money as possible.
The colonies are full of possibilities, and everyone has a chance to succeed as long as they are willing. In fact, this is precisely what attracts them to the colonies.
"In the colony, as long as we stay for one year, we can apply for a loan from the bank."
In a small tavern in New Youzhou City, with a plate of braised beef, a plate of beef offal, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of fennel beans, Ding Dashuan looked at the two friends in front of him and said.
"Don't look at the fact that we can earn twenty or thirty yuan a month here, but this amount of money is enough to live an ordinary life. We are not hungry, but we are not rich either. When we get to the colony, not only will our wages be a few yuan more, but we will also be able to live a normal life.
The most important thing is the loan after one year. Even if it is government land, you can apply first and then get the money."
What Ding Dashuan said were actually special preferential conditions given by the colony in order to attract Ming people - after working for one year, you can first apply to the government for a piece of 1,500 acres of land, and then you can use the land as mortgage and apply for 1,500 yuan from the bank.
With the loan, the next thing couldn't be easier. Once you have land and money, you can apply for native laborers from the government. The government will help coordinate 200 laborers, hire a few supervisors, reclaim the rainforest, and build plantations.
As long as the oil palm survives the first 3-4 years of fruiting, the originally penniless wage earner will become a plantation owner.
In fact, there was no need to support them at all, because the banks were very happy to provide them with loans. After all, plantations were the most profitable business in the colonies. And it was also the government's responsibility to support the Ming immigrants to make a fortune.
"But, Brother Ding, we don't know where Africa is. If we just go there, what good results can we get? What if I say what if, when we get there, it's different from what we thought?"
Zhao Yujiang took a sip of wine and then said a little unsurely.
"Leave it here, at least everything is stable."
"That's right, Brother Ding, we are just a group of ordinary people. We just live a peaceful life. We don't want to get rich. You see, now the factory also buys some kind of pension insurance for us. We just wait until we retire at the age of 65.
When the time comes, I can still get a pension from the emperor and his old man. I look forward to this day. I heard that there is no such thing in the colonies..."
Li Dongchun's agreement made Zhao Yujiang agree for a moment. The Ming Dynasty is a good life that can be seen with the naked eye. Even if they are not married yet, they can work hard for another year or two and then directly marry a "contracted maid" and then...
I can apply for a house, have children, and finally have a wife and children as a family. It’s such a comfortable life.
Even if you get old and can no longer work in the future, you will still have a pension to live on when you reach the age of 65. If you don’t live such a comfortable life and have to go out to work, you are asking for trouble!
For the vast majority of ordinary people, their requirements are not high. They just want to live a peaceful life and get rich. They have never even thought about it.
"Why……"
The words of the brothers left Ding Dashuan speechless. He took a sip of "victory wine" glumly, then poured another glass for each of them, and finally poured a glass for himself. Finally, he picked up the wine glass and said.
"Everyone has his own ambitions, and no one can force it. If that's the case, then so be it."
After drinking a glass of wine, Ding Dashuan picked up the beef on the plate with a quick pick. The palm-sized beef tasted very enjoyable. When he was in the Qing Dynasty, he never thought that he could eat meat and drink every day. Living such a life, press
Logically speaking, people should be satisfied.
But Ding Dashuan wanted more, and then he stopped talking about these topics. Instead, he drank wine with them and talked about things in the factory and his hometown. When Zhao Yujiang, Li Dongchun and the others arrived at the factory early the next morning,
But unexpectedly, I learned that Ding Dashuan had resigned from his job just last night.
"Hey, I still left after all..."
Thinking about not seeing him in the dormitory this morning, the two of them couldn't help but sigh.
"It's a pity. Ansheng, who is left here, has to go there. If there is a misfortune, hey, if you don't get rich, you may not even be alive."
Two days later, Ding Dashuan had already boarded a cargo ship bound for Madita City. The ship was a cargo ship belonging to the China-Africa Company. The ship carried various commodities such as palm oil, rubber, and logs from Madita, and then transported back industrial products produced in Daming.
Of course, immigrants would also take cargo ships to Madita, but not many people were willing to go to the colonies from Ming Dynasty. After all, not many people were willing to give up their peaceful lives.
People are like this, they always choose comfort most of the time.
More than ten days later, after the ship entered Madita Port, at the customs registration office, customs officials took a special look at Ding Dashuan.
"Come from New Youzhou?"
"Yes."
The customs officer looked at him carefully and then said.
"Not many people are willing to go to the colonies from the country, but I can tell you that you are definitely right to come here. Once you register, it will take at least two days for you to go to the plantation. First, learn from others how to run a plantation.
, in a year or two at most, you will have your own garden, don’t worry, with the support of the government and banks, are you afraid that it won’t work?”
The information revealed in a simple sentence made Ding Dashuan nod his head repeatedly.
"Hey, hey, thank you, sir, thank you, sir. Don't worry, I will definitely study hard when I get there."
"Where is your hometown from?"
"My hometown is in Shanxi. Where is your hometown, sir?"
"It's a bit far. I'm from Jiangsu, and Chen Erqiang's family is from Shanxi. I'll tell people later that you can go to him. They are all natives of this hometown, so they can be taken care of."
In this way, Ding Dashuan arrived at Chen Erqiang's plantation. As soon as he arrived in the garden, although he didn't understand anything, he immediately became a supervisor according to the rules. Of course, his supervisor was different from ordinary supervisors.
"Da Shuan, we are all family members. I have to say something. When you stay in my garden, the most important thing is to learn to manage people. Is this kind of plantation work difficult? The most important thing is to manage people.
People, employing people, how to use laborers, how to use supervisors are all a science. As for planting, oil extraction and other tasks, when you have your own garden, just take a few supervisors from me. The key is still to
Take care of people..."
After some exhortations, Chen Erqiang emphasized again.
"Don't be too busy thanking me. Hometown, hometown. If I think you haven't learned well and can't leave the garden, let alone one year, even three or five years, we can't let you go out and work alone. It will cause harm to the bank.
Money aside, the most important thing is our Chen Erqiang’s reputation. This is a rule. If you leave my place, we have to take responsibility, understand!"
"I know what my boss said is right. I'm just an apprentice to my boss. If I can't learn well, I can't go out."
"Okay, as long as you understand, you can follow Zuo Teng first. That boy is smart and a good candidate to be a foreman. When you go out in the future, you can take him with you... By the way,"
Before leaving, Chen Erqiang said again.
"Just watch more, learn more, and listen more. As for the rough and heavy work, let them do it. We ourselves don't have to work so hard..."