. "This is a huge project!"

In his own era, Lin Haifeng knew that Pretoria, South Africa had an unparalleled prosperous gold mine in the world. However, as for how big the gold mine was, how big would it be? He had neither the time nor the opportunity to go there even to appreciate it... But he was very clear that it was that a large gold mine like this would obviously not work if it was mined with primitive mining methods. He also remembered that the lucky Australian gold digger George *; Harrison himself, because he did not have the funds needed to develop the gold mine at all, he eventually sold the ownership of the unparalleled huge wealth he owned to others at an extremely low price, but he became unknown for life.

He closed his eyes slightly, silently thought in his heart for a while, then opened his eyes and looked at Ai Hua, "Have you done relevant calculations on how to mine in the future?"

"Abstract a bit, even if it is gradually mined, the scale of the investment is still very large," said Ai Hua's expression, "Your Highness, you are here just in time, I am just waiting to ask you for instructions. The gold mines there are not only to mine, but also to mine them well. After the news found by the gold mine was reported to Director Wang, I invited some mining experts to follow Zhou Ting and others to conduct on-site exploration and evaluation on the other side again. The final conclusion was that if the mining randomly was carried out according to the original practice, the loss would be huge. Therefore, I have ordered Pilates and the others to take advantage of the hot market and accelerate the secret withdrawal from the stock and bond markets of Britain and France in the near future. In addition, we are also preparing to hire a large number of local people and organize them to go..."

"Mining is a must," Lin Haifeng waved his hand and stopped Ai Hua's words. "And as you said, scientific mining must be carried out, which is a non-renewable resource after all. But... you can continue to carry out the preliminary funding preparation and mining design plan. As for the personnel hired... In addition to the caregivers who are urgently needed at present, the rest should be slowed down for the time being."

Lin Haifeng smiled and continued, "Originally, our Celestial Empire had already started to prepare for foreign immigration for a long time, and moved some people to the United States and Canada. However, with the restoration of the country, a large number of wastelands in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Mongolia, Northeast China and other places are also in urgent need of large-scale immigration. But for those of us who like to be in love with their homes, this kind of persuasion is not a temporary achievement. But don't worry, the country will do its best to do this important work. After returning, I will make arrangements in a coordinated manner. From technical equipment to workers, the country will give you strong support. It is naturally good to develop gold mines and increase the income of the Celestial Empire. But if you take this opportunity to find a stable foothold for us there, the significance is far beyond the reach of money."

"Your Highness means... is there to establish our sphere of influence?" As Your Highness said, Aihua's eyes suddenly lit up, haha. Now there is a place to use his hands and feet. He has already made it clear about the history of the Transvaal Republic and the entire South Africa where his great gold mine is located.

After the war with Napoleon ended, hundreds of thousands of retired soldiers and sailors in Britain could not be resettled. In order to prevent the huge employment pressure caused by these people, it would cause serious social problems to the entire country. The British government began to organize immigration to Australia, Canada and South Africa, which are vast and sparsely populated. In South Africa, the British immigrants to the Cape quickly overwhelmed the Dutch in numbers, which had been immigrating here for more than a hundred years, and replaced the Dutch's absolute dominance over South Africa.

Since Britain implemented a free trade policy around the world, it was necessary to turn all the British Empire's colonies into markets and raw materials for British industrial products. However, the economic foundation of the Cape colonies was based on the backward economic form of local Boer ranchers who could obtain large tracts of land for free and implement slavery against the local blacks, which was obviously not in line with the economic policy of the British era of free capital. Therefore, in the 19th thirties, the British announced that all lands in the Cape colonies were nationalized, that is, the land became "royal land" overnight. The Boer farmers were not allowed to occupy and develop for free, and the land auction system was implemented, and the Boer migration to the north of the Orange River was restricted.

At the same time, the British also publicly announced the abolition of the slavery system in the Cape colony and replaced the traditional autonomous parliament of the Boers with their strict colonial officials. The "equality for all" brought by the British colonists deeply touched the most sensitive nerves of every Boers farmer who was permeated with strong racist ideas. Out of extreme anxiety and dissatisfaction with the British colonial rule, a large number of Boers farmers were finally forced to abandon their ranches, houses, drive cattle carts, drive livestock, and take all their belongings and slaves. They chose to leave the wealthy and fertile Hex Valley and the Boers Valley, pour out of the Cape colony, and began a great migration to the inland South Africa where there were only sand and low shrubs.

After years of twists and hardships, the Boers who migrated the Great Boers finally established the Transvaal Republic, which was recognized by the British government as its capital, with Pretoria, and the Orange Free State Republic, which is the capital of Bloemfontein.

South Africa is one of the most backward areas of white colonies in the world. It is sparsely populated and scattered. The local people are mainly engaged in animal husbandry and semi-subsistence agriculture. There is an extremely lack of funds. The development of industry, agriculture and commerce is slow. It is precisely because of the poverty here that white immigrants from Europe pass by the Cape of Good Hope, but rather sail to the richer Australia and New Zealand than to settle here. The entire South Africa region is even more backward as it goes north. Transvaal and Orange Free State are definitely the most famous places to be poor. In Transvaal, there are neither schools nor banks, and basically no roads are built. Rich people never want to invest in such poor places.

But what now? It's different now. Although his Citroen company has a "Gold Mine Discoverer Owner's Certificate" that can still enjoy tax-free treatment, the gold mine found belongs to him. Although this gold mine is still in a barren land that was once looked down upon by the British, and his Citroen company still has the sign of the dignified French Empire. However, the greedy British people have already smelled the smell, stood up their ears, and widened their blood-red eyes. It is hard to predict whether the local natives will be jealous at that time and how hot they will be. In this "good" situation, if His Highness can really transfer 100,000, 200,000, or more "men" from the Celestial Empire, hehe, then the gold mines he will build and command in the future will not only be one by one, but a few or even a dozen Celestial legions.

"Your Highness, you should leave us more military industry experts who will come with you this time!" Ai Hua, who thought of this, almost subconsciously blurted out this sentence.

Lin Haifeng smiled slightly, and did not take care of his words, but immediately pulled the conversation back to the original two million taels of silver. "Now let's talk about the debt..."

"Your Highness..." Fu Shanxiang was a little confused. She looked at Lin Haifeng, blinked her eyes, and began to beg for Mr. Bister, "Since they are all their own family members, they are not the same, let's talk about it... Besides, aren't they still waiting to use the money..."

Lin Haifeng waved his hand gently at Fu Shanxiang, and then curled his lips to Ai Hua, "Silly girl, don't listen to his complaints. I don't know if they have money."

Ai Hua laughed again, "Your Highness, do you really want it?"

"Of course I really want it, but I don't want this money," Lin Haifeng stretched out his hand, took a piece of paper from his wife Liu Xianghe, and handed it to Ai Hua with a smile, "Look it out clearly. It is the current British emirate of Kuwait, and there are also land diagrams located in several provinces bordering the Ottomans, adjacent to Persia and Kuwait. Go and buy them. The detailed plan will be carefully deployed by Wang Haiyang for you."

"Buy land..." Ai Hua looked at Lin Haifeng for a while and suddenly laughed proudly, "Your Highness, who is willing to buy land now is nothing to do now? The places you don't want to stay in, can't use two million? I guess half of them will be able to handle them. Haha, I like to do this kind of business very much."

"If the shareholders behind Citroen can come forward again, you, Mr. Bister, will probably smile in the end," Lin Haifeng snorted, and couldn't help laughing. "Your Highness, the places you are talking about are very hot all year round, and there is nothing worth using. What's the use if you buy them?" The careful Fu Shanxiang couldn't help asking.

"Residence," Lin Haifeng pretended to be surprised and looked at Fu Shanxiang a few times, "Now we have a population of 400 million. We will stop fighting and life will be better. We are thriving. We are so excited. We can't say that one day, and we will not even have a place to stand? Haha, I'm going to plan ahead."

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