African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 300 Looting

The appearance of the British was soon reported by Lemons, which aroused Constantine's concern. According to the character of the British who are not profitable, they must have a conspiracy. The island still has some emphasis. Regardless of whether this inference is correct or not, Constantine decided to strengthen vigilance in coastal areas.

  …

  Port of Venice.

  After the capture of Venice, Albrecht did not stay too long. Now he was going to go all out to completely defeat the Kingdom of Italy, so he quickly marched westward, and a brigade of the second-line troops took over Venice.

   Lieutenant General Admonsto, who took over Venice, began to screen and expel the forces in Venice according to the imperial order, especially those who betrayed Austria.

  Before Venice was breached, a large number of people had already fled, and Austria could only attack the industries that it could not take away and those who were related.

  On the pier in Venice.

   There was a more lively scene as usual, large and small boxes were being transported by soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through various means.

  The boxes are big or small. The big ones can be pulled by a car, and the small ones can be carried by one person.

These boxes were shipped from various military-controlled factories and enterprises in Venice. The mechanical identification personnel of the Hexingen Consortium confirmed the function and use of the machinery and their preciousness in the factory, packed them into wooden boxes, and then hired Austrian soldiers acted as porters.

"Be careful, if this thing is knocked, it is likely to be scrapped, and we will lose a lot, and we won't pay for it!" Adro, a staff member of the Hexingen Consortium, said to the Austrian leader .

  Will: "Don't worry, sir! How many times have you confessed, we will definitely be careful, after all, no one has trouble with money."

  Adro: "That's not necessarily true. There were a few idiots who messed up things yesterday."

  Will: "I am different from them. I have always been careful and careful in doing things. Before I came in, I specially found a flatbed truck to transport this guy in smoothly."

Adro: "That's good. I saw the red circle marked with red paint on the upper left corner of the box. When you encounter this kind of box, you must be careful. Our workers will check it later. These are fine parts. If they are damaged , but it will be rejected. Now you move him to Warehouse No. 1."

  Two Austrian soldiers brought the boxes off the flatbed truck and carefully carried them onto the ship.

  In front of Warehouse No. 1, they were stopped. The staff opened the box with a key. He checked it carefully. There was a set of gear components in the box, and he recorded it with a pen.

   "Okay, let's put him on the pile of red boxes on the right side of the warehouse. This is a small ticket. You can exchange it for cash with it."

  Will and his comrades were very happy. With this money, they could find a tavern again.

  …

  Inside the City Hall of Venice.

Anthony, the manager of the Venice branch of the Hechingen Bank, is meeting with General Admonsto, and there are still documents left by the Venice city government on the desktop. Now the Venice city government cannot be seen by any Italian, and the Austrians returned here It's not much different from going home.

Anthony sat across from Admonsto, and said politely: "General Admonsto, I am Anthony, the manager of the Venice Branch of Hechingen Bank, this time I am entrusted by my boss." Then he said with a smile: "I came here specifically to thank you for your support, General Admonsto, and this is our heart."

After speaking, Anthony took out a Hechingen Bank check from the black briefcase beside him and handed it to Admonsto. Admonsto took the check, saw the amount on it, and said happily: "Hahaha , are all my own people, you are really polite, this is all a matter of little effort, little effort!"

  Anthony: "General Admonsto, you don't have to be polite, you deserve this."

  Yadmonstor nodded and said: "If that's the case, if you still like the equipment in that factory, you can tell us, I promise you can get them, and the price is negotiable."

  Now all the properties in Venice are under the supervision of Admonsto, so they still have some say in this aspect. As long as the soldiers under him let go, they can basically be sold.

Anthony: "That's not necessary. The equipment in these seized factories is enough for our needs. After all, some of the equipment in other factories is too old, and some of them were destroyed due to the war, and we also We must consider leaving something for the locals to eat, otherwise it will be bad to repeat the same old things like the Italians, the anger of the citizens of Venice is terrifying."

  Yadmonsto: "That's a pity, I thought you would always come! But Mr. Anthony, don't you really buy more? It's the price of cabbage now."

  That is naturally impossible. The good things that the Hexingen Consortium has taken a fancy to have been staring at before the war, and the list has been made long ago, and they are now being transported.

Moreover, Admonsto is a little greedy. In fact, what the Hexingen Consortium is looking for can be obtained by asking its subordinates for a lot of money. After all, the soldiers still have to go to the Hexingen Bank if they want to sell their stolen goods. It is beneficial to both parties.

For the development of Nairobi's textile industry, East Africa has evacuated three large local textile factories from Venice. Originally, Nairobi's population is not large compared with Venice's, or the two are not at the same level at all, so some industries are enough for Nairobi's development. .

  Now some of the textile workers in Venice are originally in Nairobi, and together with the textile workers immigrated from the Far East, they can re-match a complete textile industry system in East Africa.

In East Africa, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy, the three parties robbed Venice's population and industries. However, Venice's wealth was mainly concentrated in the hands of the original rich, so it had little impact on ordinary people. Before the Austro-Hungarian Empire invaded, Most people are already extremely poor, but East Africa plundered a large number of people, reducing the employment pressure of the remaining population, so it is really hard to draw a conclusion.

  (end of this chapter)