African Entrepreneurship Record

October 3, 1868.

The Stuttgarter Affair published a job advertisement.

Construction workers are urgently needed.

Requirements: Skilled workers.

Familiar with various types of German style architecture.

Have more than five years of work experience.

Families can go together.

Work location: overseas.

Salary: allocated housing, free education for children, working eight hours a day, monthly salary of 3 thalers and 5 groschen.

Such an advertisement could be considered a scam in any era, but the content is indeed very tempting to workers in the Württemberg region.

Opportunities always come to the unlucky, but whether they can seize them or not is not certain. In this era when various systems are not perfect, workers live a very difficult life.

Especially unemployed workers who were fired by their bosses for various reasons. Fisher was a worker who was abandoned by his boss because of his old age.

Fisher is actually not too old, only in his thirties, but the boss always likes those who are young and strong.

As Europe's industrialization progressed and capitalist agriculture emerged, landless German farmers went bankrupt.

Especially in the southwestern region of Germany, the harvests in recent years have not been good. For farmers, it can be said that the leakage of the house is caused by continuous rain.

Many farmers are forced to leave their homes and look for a way out. The city will absorb a group of farmers and become industrial workers. Stuttgart, as a big city in southwestern Germany, will naturally have an influx of many farmers.

The labor market is in great shape, and Stuttgart's bosses are starting to become picky.

Cities cannot solve the livelihood problems of so many people, especially in southwestern Germany, which is dominated by agriculture.

The remaining people had no choice but to find another way out. At this time, the East African colonies and the United States appeared. The Hechingen Consortium took the initiative and created a wave of German immigrants in East Africa that lasted for half a year.

And Fisher is not a farmer. Starting from his grandfather, the family has been a construction worker, supporting the family with a meager salary.

However, Fisher's grandfather was obviously not a man of outstanding ability, and he was more fertile, having four sons.

The eldest son inherited the house, and the second and third sons each received the remaining inheritance. Fisher's father inherited only the ancestral craftsmanship from his grandfather.

Fisher's father lived up to expectations and joined the army of the Kingdom of Württemberg and participated in the war against Napoleon. Fortunately, he caught up with the last war.

Fisher made a small fortune with the Allied Forces in France and saved a fortune. After retiring, he bought a small house in Stuttgart and at the same time married Fisher's mother, the wife of a comrade who died in the war.

Fisher's father and mother gave birth to Fisher when they were in their thirties. Fisher's father only had one child, Fisher, so he had a good starting point compared with his father.

After his parents died, Fisher inherited his father's family business, a small house and a few pieces of furniture, as well as ancestral craftsmanship.

Moreover, Fisher was relatively lucky and married a neighbor girl, but his life was always very difficult, especially after giving birth to a child, the family's life became even more difficult.

The year before last, during the Austro-Prussian War, the situation in the entire German region was relatively tense. Fisher originally thought about replicating his father's old path and relying on the war to make a small fortune to support his family.

As a result, the Austro-Prussian War was noisy and rainy, especially in southwestern Germany. There was basically no fighting, and the Austro-Prussian War ended in two or three months.

Fisher had just entered the recruit camp and was discharged before receiving his military pay. Fisher was completely reduced to an unemployed vagrant.

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"Anna, what do you think about us going to East Africa to develop?" Fisher asked his wife, holding the recruitment advertisement of the Hechingen Consortium in his hand.

"Is this reliable? We don't know what is going on in East Africa. If we are deceived, if it is fake, we will not be able to return to Europe on our own!" Anna said worriedly.

Fisher gently stroked his wife's hair and said, "But now that I don't have a job, I can't be idle all the time. Our family always needs to eat."

"Is it true that you can't find a job? There's nothing you can do about it if you work harder. After all, Europe is much better than Africa, right?"

“There are a few factories recruiting people, but I heard that the working conditions there are not good, they work day and night, and the bosses often delay wages.

A friend of mine said that it was a black-hearted factory that tortured people to death, and even if they could get wages, it would be difficult to feed a family, but one person could barely survive.

But there are four of us in our family. Even if you go out and work an extra job, it’s still not enough. Fisher said with a frown.

After Fisher finished speaking, the room fell into a brief silence.

Anna leaned on Fisher's arms and smiled bitterly: "In this case, it seems that we can only try our luck in this East African colony!"

Fisher hugged his wife tightly and comforted him: "My dear, don't be too pessimistic. Africa may not be what people describe it to be, a cannibal cave.

In the past few months, many people have gone to East Africa for development. Most of them are farmers in the countryside. I heard that East Africa has been recruiting immigrants. I saw several groups of farmers near Stuttgart Station who were going to East Africa for development. The Germans there There should be quite a few. "

Fisher has naturally done some research, and East African immigrants in Württemberg naturally have to transit in big cities such as Stuttgart, so it is not uncommon to see immigrants heading to East Africa in Stuttgart.

"My dear, if you really make up your mind, I will always support you." Anna already understood Fisher's thoughts. Her husband was moved, but still undecided, so she asked for her own opinion.

Fisher was moved and said: "If East Africa is really what the newspapers say, I will definitely let you live a good life."

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Fast forward to December.

The Fisher family arrived neatly in the East African colonies. East Africa has always been very welcoming to family immigrants, especially "high-end talents" like Fisher.

Under the guidance of the staff of the Hechingen Foundation, the Fisher family took a ship specially provided for family immigration, and its conditions were much better than ordinary ships.

We arrived at the East African colony smoothly without encountering any strong winds or waves along the way.

Fisher's work location has also been determined, in Dar es Salaam.

Ernst never left any room for certain matters in East Africa, such as the indigenous issue, and he would definitely leave no room for anything in the end.

Similarly, since we are going to engage in colonization, we must do everything possible. For the healthy development of East Africa in the future, we must destroy all the destructible evidence of the colonial era. In the future, East Africa does not want to have to deal with the descendants of those victims. The existence of East Africa The relics of indigenous civilization must be destroyed.