Chapter 1158 Historical Origins
It is not difficult to send people to Venezuela, even easier than in Europe. On the one hand, Venezuela itself is also a country of immigrants, but it is not as attractive as Brazil and Argentina. On the other hand, there are Indians in many countries in South America.
In the previous life, Venezuela was a mixed-race country. Indo-European mixed-race people accounted for more than 50%, and Indians only accounted for about 2%. In this era, the proportion of Indians is obviously much higher than in the previous life.
With the Indians as a cover and East Africa as the backbone, it is not difficult for the mixed-race Germans to settle there. The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is a good education system.
After all, the original Indo-European mixed-race people in Venezuela do not look much different from the East Africans in appearance. The two ethnic groups can only be distinguished through cultural identity. East Africa does not want to make a wedding dress for Venezuela in vain.
A few days later.
Under Ernst's instructions, the Immigration Agency had already submitted a rough plan.
Sharon said with a happy face: "Your Majesty, based on our analysis of Venezuela's national conditions and intelligence collection, the probability of success of this matter is very high, and the basic conditions are even much higher than those in the Neretva region."
"As early as 1529, the famous Welser banking family in Augsburg, southern Germany, obtained the right to lease Little Venice by lending money to the King of Spain and Emperor Charles V. However, this colonial activity ultimately failed."
Charles V was the first king of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty. At that time, the Habsburg family was at its peak. Charles V ruled the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, Spain and other vast lands, so Venezuela, which was a Spanish colony at that time, Naturally, it was sold by the Habsburg family to the Welzer banking family.
In this way, the Welzer banking family and Ernst are still half the same, but Ernst has achieved great success.
After all, the two have different purposes. The Welzer banking family colonized the Little Venice area to find gold mines, while Ernst's colonial activities in East Africa were to expand the family's business.
Little Venice was the northern part of Venezuela at that time, and naturally there were no gold mines. Naturally, the Welzer banking family had no choice but to stop in time. Moreover, the Welzer family was relatively stingy in its investment, employing only a colonial team of two to three hundred people.
On the other hand, when Ernst first colonized East Africa, he sent more than 2,000 people, and even specifically recruited retired soldiers from Prussia and other countries. Together with cheap immigrants from the Far East, he achieved today's results by steadily farming in East Africa.
There is a big gap. Take the immigrants from the Far East. They are not only the main force in the East African farming plan, but also the main source of colonial soldiers.
After all, colonial activities were subject to resistance from local forces and faced a harsh living environment. Without supplementary personnel, it would naturally be difficult to achieve success. The power available to the Hechingen family at that time was obviously not comparable to that of a private organization.
This was also the first time Ernst heard about Germany's colonial history in Venezuela. Of course, there were some differences. It was still the era of the Holy Roman Empire.
He asked Sharon: "In other words, if we implement relevant policies locally, we will not encounter too much resistance?"
Sharon said affirmatively: "Of course it is, and we don't need to crowd into towns such as Maracaibo. We just need to learn the farming immigration system in the Neretva region."
“The most important point is that Venezuela is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a large amount of undeveloped land around Lake Malakaibo. We can purchase a large amount of land from the Venezuelan government at a low price, develop plantations and farms, and then promote local German development. The establishment of village communities gradually encroached on the state of Zulia in northwest Venezuela.”
The state of Zulia is one of more than twenty states in Venezuela, and almost all of Lake Maracaibo and the Maracaibo Basin are located in this state.
It is separated from the eastern states of Venezuela by the Merida Mountains, and Colombia is to the west. Communication is basically by sea, which is why the transportation is inconvenient as mentioned before.
Before investing in East Africa, Zulia State only produced some tropical agricultural products. For example, its capital, Maracaibo, was a small port mainly exporting coffee.
Moreover, the area of Zulia State is not small. It is almost the same size as Bosnia, with nearly 60,000 square kilometers, but its population is only 200,000 to 300,000, and many of them are concentrated in the capital city of Maracaibo.
So Sharon said: "Except for the city of Maracaibo, the vast area in southern Zulia State is quite sparsely populated and has a large amount of tropical rainforest. However, as long as we develop along Lake Maracaibo, we can build it through local lake transportation. A large number of immigrant strongholds.”
As the largest lake in South America, Lake Maracaibo covers an area of more than 10,000 square kilometers. It can be ranked at the forefront even in East Africa.
"We plan to use the oil and gas resource distribution areas explored by various companies as anchor points to arrange immigration work, form a development zone with the oil development zone as the core, and absorb the local indigenous population and promote German education."
“Originally, our local investment was of a similar nature, but it was limited to domestic employees. The scope can be broadened to develop schools for workers’ children in the zone and establish a German education system that can be promoted throughout Zulia Prefecture. "
There are two core elements of the "0" document: one is immigration and the other is German. Only mixed-race immigrants who speak German can be considered true mixed-race Germans.
East Africa has accumulated a lot of experience in early colonial activities, so it is easy to handle. Education does not need to invest too much, as long as they can learn German, unlike East Africa, which had to provide other courses.
Moreover, investing in German education in the local area has some historical origins. Although Germany's colonial activities in the local area ultimately failed, there are not a few German immigrants among the local white people.
This is almost the common point of all colonies in the Americas, from North America to South America. Germany, as the region with the most serious population loss in Europe, can be said to have Germans in various countries in the Americas.
Now there are many German immigrants in Venezuela, which is an important source of white people. There are also some smaller German gathering areas, such as the German community in its capital Caracas.
In short, according to the investigation of the East African Immigration Bureau, Venezuela is indeed more convenient for the implementation of the "0" document in the local area.
Of course, Ernst still reminded: "We must be cautious in doing this. After all, Document No. 0 is related to our East African century-long plan and is one of the important national policies."
It is indeed unethical for East Africa to do this, which is almost the same as the Jews in the previous life. Of course, there are essential differences between the two. After all, the protective forces established in East Africa have East Africa as a backer.
In the previous life, the Jews only had a small country on the surface. As for the United States, although it is very powerful, it cannot be the only one who has the final say. Many actions must be cautious.
Many other major countries have done this kind of racial plan in East Africa, but East Africa's overseas colonies are far less than those of Britain and France, or they are not as valuable, and Russia basically only infiltrates along the periphery.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in the previous life, there were many Russians in many member states, including Kazakhstan, which was more famous. For this reason, Kazakhstan also moved its capital to Astana to get rid of Russia's influence.
However, because of this, we can also see the benefits of cultivating "our own people". As long as the "0" document is successfully rolled out in Zulia State, East Africa will not only be able to call the shots in the local area, but also respond to the call of hundreds of people. It can even directly plan the local area to separate and become an independent country.
This is not impossible. Zulia State itself is a border area between Colombia and Venezuela, and there are mountains between the two countries. If separatist activities are really carried out, the possibility of success is very high.