Chapter 365 Fraudulent Immigration
The fire burned for two full days and two nights. It was not until a heavy downpour came that the horrific fire was extinguished. However, two-thirds of Chicago's urban area was completely turned into scorched earth. Hotels, commercial buildings, opera houses, Banks and postal buildings were engulfed in flames.
Burnt corpses can be seen everywhere on the streets, but more of the dead were burned to pieces by the fire. Some people fled to the shore of Lake Michigan in panic to escape the fire. They jumped into the lake but unfortunately drowned. Lake Michigan was filled with floating corpses, and the streets near the Chicago branch of the Hechingen Bank were crowded with people affected by the disaster.
In order to prevent the outbreak of the plague, bank staff disinfected the area around the bank for two weeks and set up refugee settlements around the bank.
Although the Chicago branch is not built in the center of the city, it has more financial resources to spend on land and buildings, so it is the largest bank in Chicago. There are open areas around it for greening like in East Africa.
"Mr. President, this is a telegram from the New York headquarters!" The secretary interrupted Odyssey, who was in a good mood and drinking tea in the office.
Odyssey: "Are they well informed?"
Although most communications in Chicago were interrupted, communications on the West Side have been restored. Except for the West Side, the stockyards on the south side of Chicago, most of the city's railroads, and the docks, mills and lumberyards along the Chicago River were not affected by the fire.
Odyssey took the telegram and read it. He frowned and said, "Oh, I really can't have a moment of leisure. And why didn't I know that there is an East African Immigration Service in Chicago? Have you heard of it!"
The secretary shook his head and said: "Mr. President, you have never heard of it, and it is even less likely that I have heard of it."
Odyssey: "Forget it, let's not dwell on this issue. The New York headquarters requires us to cooperate with the Immigration Department. However, immigrating from the United States to other regions feels really dreamy!"
There was no doubt that the Odyssey would succeed. The Great Chicago Fire had wiped out the life savings of many Chicagoans.
Now the streets are full of refugees. If no one takes care of them for a short period of time, it will be difficult to even eat. In fact, this has already happened. The robberies in the West District have not stopped since yesterday. It is better to count on God than to count on the U.S. government. His spirit appeared to the old man, and those currently fighting on the front line of Chicago's rescue are relief organizations and churches formed voluntarily by Chicago citizens.
It is not surprising that the East African Immigration Service appears in the United States. Apart from Germany and Austria, the United States has the largest number of Germans in the world. Although there is a branch from East Africa, the German population in the United States still reached more than 7 million in 1870 (more than 8 million in history) ), among which the Germans who immigrated to the United States from 1820 to 1870 accounted for about 80%. At this time, the total population of the United States was just over 36 million (historically more than 38 million).
At that time, the total population of East Africa was about seven million, and newborns and immigrants from other ethnic groups accounted for a large number. It is certain that there were more Germans in the United States than in East Africa, a German country.
Moreover, the Germans in the United States are more authentic than the Germans in East Africa. Although there are parallel imports from Hungary and other places in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they are better than those in East Africa, which treat deer as horse. It is a bit exaggerated to call a deer a horse. In fact, East Africa changed the German nation from a blood identity to a cultural identity.
Soon, with the cooperation of the Chicago branch, the East African Immigration Agency began operations in Chicago.
"Hey bro, where are you from?"
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"I mean, do you have any intention of developing somewhere else? We are specifically looking for jobs for the unemployed."
"Really, sir!" Chicago citizens' eyes lit up when they heard about work.
"Ahem, of course, the job is not in Chicago and I need to go somewhere else."
"It doesn't matter, sir, look at this scorched earth. The owner of the restaurant where I work is probably just a pile of ashes. Now I really don't know what to do! My home is gone too, wuwuwu ..." As he said this, the man burst into tears.
Those who hear it are sad and those who hear it cry.
"Oh, don't worry, everything is over. What's the big deal? Do you have to start over again? What does it look like for a grown man to cry!"
"What you say is nice. It's pitiful that I crossed the ocean from Europe to the United States when I was 15 years old. I managed to save a little savings, but now it's all gone!"
"Brother, you are destined to have this calamity. If Jesus hadn't been crucified on the cross, God bless you now, haven't you met me! I will take you to a good place. The conditions are no worse than Chicago, but there is no entertainment. , life is a bit monotonous, but for poor people like us, we can do well as long as we work hard."
When the man heard what he said, he immediately thought of the West, "You don't want to recommend a job in the West to me, do you? Let me tell you, I am timid, and I heard that the West is very chaotic. I don't want to be a cowboy. or."
"Don't worry, am I going to trick you? Dogs don't go to that place in the western United States. Although the job I recommend to you is far away from Chicago, it is very stable, even more stable than Chicago."
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Seeing that he was still hesitant, the person from the Immigration Department said: "Don't worry, we are taking the water route. Today's boat will go from the canal to the east."
This sentence is very misleading. If you go by water, you are definitely not going to the West. If you go to the West, you usually have to go by land, either by horse-drawn carriage or railway. This person thought that the employees of the Immigration Department were going to arrange a job for him in New York or other cities. .
"Okay then! Let's go now!"
He is very single, and now he really has nothing left but his life.
Immigration Department: "Of course, just follow me!" Every one can be deceived.
In the next few days, the Immigration Agency was recruiting people in Chicago. Although Germans were the main targets, it was not certain whether they were Germans or not. These could only be judged by the appearance, clothing, and accent of the Immigration Agency employees.
By the way, the Immigration Department also packed up the Chinese who survived the Chicago Fire and took them away. Chinese Americans are very easy to distinguish, and they can identify the braid.
The employees of the Immigration Department communicated one by one in less authentic Far Eastern dialect: "Ni Hao, Xu Yao is offering the table!" (Do you need work?)
Most Chinese immigrants are working at the lowest level and have no other choice. Don’t worry about whether others are deceiving you or not. You have been deceived into coming to the United States, so what are you afraid of?
There are a lot of Chinese in Chicago, and some of them were lost in the fire. However, the number of victims counted by Americans is only 300, which does not include Chinese, Italians, Indians, blacks, and some people without relatives. As a country, the United States In a country of immigrants, there are too many people who have no relatives or connections.
Therefore, it is difficult to know exactly how many people died in the Chicago Fire. However, Odyssey, the president of the Chicago branch, believes that the number may have exceeded 10,000. The number of corpses carried out from the city center alone was more than 300, and there were also those burned to ashes, drowned, and trampled. Dead...
The disorder after the Chicago Fire made the people of the Immigration Service much more emboldened. Except for the Chinese, no matter whether they were Germans or not, they were all lured to the ship first, then taken directly to New York, and then sent to the ship. Before boarding the ship, they were The Immigration Agency said they were going to the south, but the answer from the Immigration Agency was ambiguous. By default, these immigrants were from the South of the United States. As for which south it was, it was up to the Immigration Agency people to decide. Is East Africa located in the Southern Hemisphere? I understand everything.
Once they were fooled onto the ship, they were taken over by the armed personnel of the East African Kingdom. The enthusiastic fellows instantly turned into stern soldiers, which even aroused the concerns of many real Germans. Isn't this a recruitment? A large part of the Germans who immigrated to the United States came to the United States to escape military service and war. So amidst the fear of these immigrants, a ship sailed from New York to East Africa.
All this was done quietly. After all, under the noses of Americans, the East African government was not very good at dragging people to East Africa openly. The Immigration Agency used various means to deceive people, except that they did not say they were going to East Africa.
For East Africa, the quality of this group of immigrants may not be as good as that of immigrants from the German region, but they are also needed by East Africa. There are many railway workers among them, who will be used for the subsequent railway construction in East Africa.
Not only in the United States, but actually in the entire Americas, the East African Immigration Service has landed. Canada, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico are all targets of the East African Kingdom.
Most of the people who immigrated from Germany to the Americas were low-class civilians. There were many people who were doing poorly and living unsatisfactory lives, which meant that they could be mined. The East African Kingdom did not need their abilities. As long as you spoke German, you could go to East Africa to see them. Slaves who farm the land honestly are good immigrants.