African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 55 To East Africa

   December 22, 1866.

  Hungary, Dopoci town.

  Jarnosen, a Hungarian who can speak German.

  Jarnosen went to Austria when he was young, and finally became a worker in Trieste, but a mechanical failure caused Jannosen to lose his left arm forever.

   The fateful Yanuosen survived with simple medicine, but he also spent all his savings. At the same time, Yanuosen, who lost his left arm, also lost the ability to work.

  And the unscrupulous factory owner directly dismissed Yanuosen who had lost his value. When Yanuosen's future was bleak, he encountered the newly listed Austrian Meled company to recruit staff.

  This company has unique requirements for recruiting people. It does not require academic qualifications, as long as they can master German and at least one dialect in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Of course, it would be better if they can speak multiple languages.

  Januosen applied for the application with the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor. Because he can speak Hungarian dialects and German, and his eloquence is good, Yanuosen was directly admitted by Meled.

   And Janossen's job is very simple, that is, to go to Hungary to attract people, and his salary depends entirely on how many people Janossen can fool into boarding the ship to the East African colony.

  This so-called Meleder 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 Melled Company, Yanuosen, after learning about his own work, also probably knew about the business of the so-called Melled Company.

  Januosen has a bright mind. After analyzing his own situation, Yanuosen wanted to get his salary quickly, so he decided to start working in his hometown first.

  Although the Meled company looks like a leather bag company, it doesn’t matter to Yanuosen who has lost the ability to work, as long as he can pay himself wages, it doesn’t matter what company he is.

  The reason why I say it is like a leather bag company is because when Janossen interviewed, the Meled company had a total of three employees, and this company did not require a degree to recruit workers.

  Jarnosen himself has seen some small companies, most of which are engaged in the financial industry, but they all recruit people with relatively high education background.

  The location where the Mereder company recruits is Africa. As a person who traveled far and wide in his early years, Mereder has heard about Africa described by some oceangoing sailors.

  They say that Africa is full of sand, the sun is hot, and Arab merchants wear robes and ride camels through the sand.

  Egyptians lived entirely by the Nile River, where there lived a terrifying creature called a crocodile, with a mouth so wide that it could swallow a person in one bite.

  These sailors have been running the route along the Mediterranean Sea all year round, so they input their impression of North Africa into the young Janosen.

  So the Africa that Arnosen knew was hot, desert, Arab merchants and black slaves...

   All in all, Africa is not a good place, but after joining Meleder, Janosson still got to know East Africa.

   After all, if you want to fool the immigrants, you must make East Africa hype, and you must tell these employees the status of the East African colonies.

   It is impossible for these uneducated employees to imagine a scene of an East African colony out of thin air.

  It would be better if each staff member directly took a Bible and told those bumpkins in the Austrian Empire that East Africa was the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve lived.

In short, the East African colony after the reorganization of the Meled company is like this, where the land is fertile, the rivers are criss-cross, there are endless prairie, and the seasons are like spring. The most important thing is to go to the East African colony to work now. Food and housing are included, and wages are not in arrears. At the same time, the whole family is welcome to relocate, and free education is provided for children.

   This is the basic template, and employees can give full play to their subjective initiative and exaggerate on this template!

  If the immigrants go to East Africa and find that it is not in line with the reality, sorry, it is purely an employee's personal behavior, and they are all here, so it is up to you.

  …

  Arnold Sen is selling the benefits of the East African colony to his fellow countrymen.

   "Folks, sign up now, or it will be too late to regret if you miss the opportunity."

   "Boy Yano Sen, you won't fool us! Can such a good condition be our turn?"

"Uncle Cary, they are all from the village. 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 comparison found in the East African colonies 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 we have the opportunity to leave it to us."

   "Why didn't that kid go to the East African colony and fool us?"

"Uncle Cary, what do you call it? I'm just currently assigned this job by the company. Look at my arm. It would be nice to have a job. If I can't do it in the future, I will go to East Africa to retire. Food and housing are included, and a house is also allocated.”

   As he spoke, Arnosen lifted up his empty left sleeve, waved it, and the sleeve swayed left and right in the air.

  A woman said: "Janosen, I have never heard of this East Africa. The villagers dare not go to strange places to develop."

Another villager also said: "Yanuosen, don't tell us about East Africa, you came back from a big city, why don't you tell us how the work in the city is, so that I can let my family go out for a living wandering."

"Uncle, it's not easy to mess around in the city! For example, those dolls in your family, do they have any skills or have read books? If they don't have any, they can only be apprentices to others first, or do heavy physical work. Going to develop in East Africa!"

Yanuosen went on to say: "Think about it, your family has been a farmer for generations, why bother to work for others for nothing, or do heavy physical work, that is not a job done by humans, not to mention the salary, it is better than farming Tired. After working for four or five years, my body will break down!"

"But going to East Africa is different. 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 that the land is not enough now. Since the peasants were liberated, the nobles don't need so much. Many people planted land for them, and when they arrived in East Africa, they also planted land for the German nobles, but they just changed places."

"What's more, East Africa also provides free education for children, and there is enough food. It would be great if the whole family went to East Africa to eat and drink. And the work is familiar to me. Can others lie to you about farming? ?”

"Don't look at the large number of people who make money in big cities, the water inside is deep! Most people go to the city and don't get any benefits, and those who can make a fortune and come back to show off are rare, one in ten thousand, this chance Do you believe you can do it? Do you have that ability and luck?"

  …

   Port of Trieste.

   I was fooled by Janossen into a bunch of folks. After all, the rural areas of Hungary are relatively fertile. It is normal to have three or five children in a family. The eldest will inherit the family business, and the rest of the young will naturally come out to make a living.

  Jarnosen took dozens of people and brought them to the port of Trieste, where an Austrian soldier received them.

   This Austrian soldier is the manager of the port, and he received an order today to arrange for these immigrants to do their psychological work before going to East Africa.

  The method is also very simple and rude, which is to prove to these immigrants summoned from various regions in the Austrian Empire that Meleder Company is a regular company. Don’t worry, everyone is behind it. The German nobles who have ties to the royal family are behind it.

  So you have to believe that the government will not lie to you, don’t cause trouble on the road, and you can come back after three to five years if you get out of shape.

   Only the Austrian government knows whether they can come back. They also support Ernst’s activities, and they can’t end it directly.

  The influence of the Magyar nobles on Hungary is indeed too strong, otherwise they will be presumptuous in front of the Austrian government.

  Ernst’s recruitment of workers from the Austrian Empire actually weakened the power of these local nobles. Although it feels like a drop in the bucket, it is better than sitting still.

  At the same time, Ernst is equivalent to arranging the employment of some unemployed people. For the Austrian Empire with a rapidly growing population, the value of the population is depreciating, not to mention the faster-growing non-German population.

  Popular unemployment is not conducive to ruling stability in any era. Ernst took away these unemployed people, which can be regarded as alleviating social conflicts.

  At present, the Habsburg royal family still has some credibility for these people. The emperor can't lie to ordinary people like us!

  So the relieved immigrants obediently boarded the boat to East Africa...

  (end of this chapter)