Chapter 55 Go to East Africa
December 22, 1866.
Hungary, the town of Doboz.
Janosson, a Hungarian who speaks German.
When he was young, Janosson went to Austria to work hard, and finally became a worker in Trieste, but a mechanical failure caused Janosson to lose his left arm forever.
The lucky Yanoson survived with simple medicines, but he also spent all his savings. At the same time, Yanoson, who lost his left arm, also lost the ability to work.
The black-hearted factory owner directly fired Janoson, who had lost his value. Just when Janoson's future was bleak, he encountered the newly listed Austrian Mailed Company recruiting staff.
The conditions for recruiting people in this company are relatively unique. No academic qualifications are required. All you need is to be able to speak German and master at least one dialect of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Of course, it would be better if you can speak multiple languages. You can start working after an interview.
Janoson, who had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, applied for the job. Because he could speak Hungarian dialect and German, and had good eloquence, Janoson was directly admitted by Mailed Company.
And Janosson's job was very simple, which was to go to Hungary to recruit people. His salary depended entirely on how many people Janosson could fool into boarding the ship to the East African colonies.
This so-called Mailed Company is the new vest of the Hechingen Consortium in Austria, and will be responsible for the immigration business in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the future.
As a newcomer to the workplace of Mailed Company, Yanoson also roughly knew about the business of this so-called Mailed Company after learning about his job.
Yanoson had a bright mind. After analyzing his situation, Yanoson wanted to get his salary quickly and decided to start working in his hometown first.
Although the Mailed Company looks like a leather company, it doesn't matter to Yanoson who has lost the ability to work. As long as he can pay himself a salary, it doesn't matter what company it is.
The reason why I say it's like a leather bag company is because during the interview with Yanoson, this Melad company had only three employees in total, and this company didn't require academic qualifications to recruit workers.
Yanoson himself has seen some small companies, mostly in the financial industry, but they only recruit people with relatively high academic qualifications.
The location where Melled Company recruits workers is Africa. As a person who traveled around the country in his early years, Melled heard Africa described by some ocean-going sailors.
They say that Africa is all sand, the sun is scorching, and Arab traders wear robes and ride camels through the sand.
The Egyptians depended entirely on the Nile River. There were terrifying creatures called crocodiles in the Nile River, with their mouths wide open and capable of swallowing a person in one mouthful.
These sailors traveled along the Mediterranean coast all year round, so they imported their impressions of North Africa to the young Arnoson.
So the Africa that Yanoson knew was hot, desert, Arab traders and black slaves...
All in all, Africa is not a good place, but after joining Mailed Company, Yanoson still got to know East Africa.
After all, in order to deceive immigrants, East Africa must be exaggerated, and the status of the East African colonies must be told to these employees.
We cannot let these uneducated employees imagine a colonial scene in East Africa out of thin air.
It would be better for each staff member to just take a Bible and tell those rubes in the Austrian Empire that East Africa is the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve once lived.
In short, the East African colonies that have been adapted by Melled Company are like this. The land there is fertile, the rivers are crisscrossed, there are boundless savannahs, and the four seasons are like spring. The most important thing is that now you can go to work in the East African colonies. Not only are you provided with free shipping tickets, but also Food and accommodation are provided, and wages are not owed. Families are welcome to relocate and free education is provided for their children.
This is the basic template, and employees can give full play to their subjective initiative and exaggerate on this template!
If you immigrate to East Africa and find that it is inconsistent with reality, I'm sorry, it's purely an employee's personal behavior, and it's not up to you.
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Yanoson is selling the benefits of the East African colony to his fellow villagers.
"Folks, hurry up and sign up now, otherwise it will be too late and you will regret it if you miss the opportunity."
"Boy Yanoson, you won't fool us, will you! With such good conditions, it's our turn?"
"Uncle Kari, we are all from the countryside. Am I that kind of person? You can definitely trust my character. This recruitment is of the same nature as those who went to the United States to make a fortune. The difference is that the comparisons found in the East African colonies are The United States is late, and now the United States is no longer so short of people, but the East African colonies are in urgent need of people, so they have opportunities for us."
"Then why don't you go to the East African colonies and trick us into going there?"
"Uncle Kari, what are you talking about? I am just assigned this job by the company. Look at my arm. It would be great to have a job. If I can't do it in the future, I will go to East Africa to retire. After all, it is a Food and accommodation are provided, and a house is also allocated.”
As he spoke, Yanoson raised his empty left sleeve and waved it, causing the sleeve to sway from side to side in the air.
A woman said: "Yanoson, I have never heard of this East African country. Folks don't dare to just go and develop in a strange place."
Another villager also said: "Yanoson, don't tell us anything about East Africa. You came back from a big city. Why don't you tell us how it is to work in the city? I can also let my family go out and make a living." Break out.”
"Uncle, it's not easy to get around in the city! For example, do those dolls in your family have any skills or education? If they don't have any, they can only be apprentices to others first, or do heavy manual work, which is not as good as Go to East Africa to develop!”
Yanoson continued: "You think, your family has been farmers for generations, why should you work for others for several years for nothing, or do hard physical work? Tired. After working for four or five years, my body is broken!"
"It's different when you go to East Africa. What is the most indispensable thing in East Africa? That is land. Why do so many people in our village go out to work every year? It's not because there is not enough land for farming. Since the peasants were liberated, the nobles no longer need to do that. Many people farmed the land for them, and when they arrived in East Africa, they also farmed the land for the German nobles, just in a different place."
"What's more, East Africa also provides free education for children, and there is plenty of food. How great would it be to go to East Africa as a whole family and not have to worry about eating and drinking? Moreover, the work you do is familiar to you. Can others lie to you about farming? ?”
"Don't look at the number of people making money in big cities. The water there is deep! Most people go to the city and get no benefits. Those who can make a fortune and come back to show off are very rare. One in ten thousand. The chance is Do you believe you can do it? Do you have the ability and luck to do it?"
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Port of Trieste.
Yanoson was still fooled into attracting a bunch of villagers. After all, rural areas in Hungary are relatively fertile, and it is normal to have three or five children in the family. If the eldest son inherits the family business, the rest of the family will naturally want to go out and make a living.
Arnoson took dozens of people with him and took them to the port of Trieste, where an Austrian soldier received them.
The Austrian soldier is a port manager and received orders today to prepare the immigrants for psychological preparation before they go to East Africa.
The method is also very simple and crude. It is to prove to these immigrants summoned from various regions in the Austrian Empire that Melled Company is a regular company and there is no need to worry. Behind it is a German nobleman who has connections with the royal family.
So you have to believe that the government won't lie to you, don't make trouble on the road, and you can come back after three to five years when you are good enough.
Only the Austrian government knows whether he can come back. They also support Ernst's activities and cannot just quit. After all, if the Magyars discover his intentions, it will not be easy to stop.
The influence of the Magyar nobles on Hungary is indeed too strong, otherwise it will be their turn to act arrogantly in front of the Austrian government.
Ernst recruited workers from within the Austrian Empire, which actually weakened the power of these local nobles. Although it felt like a drop in the bucket, it was better than sitting still and waiting for death.
At the same time, Ernst also arranged the employment of some unemployed people. For the Austrian Empire, which has a rapidly growing population, the value of the population is depreciating, not to mention the faster-growing non-German national population.
Public unemployment is not conducive to the stability of rule in any era. Ernst packed these unemployed people away, which can be regarded as easing social conflicts.
At present, the Habsburg royal family still has some credibility for these people. There is no way the emperor can deceive ordinary people like us!
So the relaxed immigrants obediently boarded the ship to East Africa...