Chapter 744 - 43: Africa Railway 3

In response to the explosive increase in immigrant numbers, Spain opted to relocate them all to the African colonies.

Compared to the previous more balanced distribution among various colonies, the Spanish Government has now altered its strategy for transferring these immigrants.

The primary destinations for these European immigrants are the West Africa Colony or the South Morocco Colony, given that these two colonies are respectively an important agricultural development area and a region Spain plans for localization.

As for the Guinea Colony and Congo Territory, they can only select immigrants who cannot be accommodated in the first two colonies.

Although they are picking up leftovers, the Guinea Colony and Congo Territory are both extraordinarily large colonies, each with areas measuring hundreds of square kilometers, and they are not picky due to a severe lack of population.

As it turns out, these immigrants who have come from distant Russia are truly skilled in agriculture.

Spanish colonies are not as oppressive, and upon arriving at the colonies, they have the same status as other immigrants.

This also means that as long as they pay sufficient taxes, the remaining grain and other income belong to them.

In this situation, Russian immigrants have demonstrated extremely strong work enthusiasm. More proactive in agricultural labor than the Spaniards, they have already become an important agricultural community in the West Africa Colony.

Several large landlords have even emerged among these Russian immigrants, owning hundreds of acres of land.

As for how to cultivate these hundreds of acres of land, it is actually quite simple. For the most part, local indigenous people engage in farm labor during busy farming seasons.

These European immigrants only need to manage the natives, directing them to cultivate and plant.

Although some European immigrants also engage in agricultural work, farm and plantation owners will pay them sufficiently.

The income and meals of European immigrants are vastly different from those of the natives. The indigenous people working on these plantations and farms struggle even to get enough to eat, let alone enjoy meat.

For those European immigrants working on plantations and farms, they not only receive considerable income, but also enjoy meat twice a week provided by the farm owners.

Where does this meat come from? It naturally comes from the pastures of the West Africa Colony, as well as the wild plains and forests.

Besides livestock farming by the Spanish colonies to provide meat, local natives also turn in hunted animals to the Spanish.

The colonial government purchases various animals from the natives at a set price, which is why the colony’s populace can ensure sufficient meat supply.

If the meat were transported from mainland Spain, the one to two weeks of transportation time alone would suffice to spoil the meat en route.

Moreover, Spain itself is not a major livestock producer; it is already doing quite well to satisfy the domestic demand for meat and dairy products.

This situation has led to the necessity of livestock industry development alongside agricultural planting in the West Africa Colony.

Spanish colonies occasionally organize hunting activities to reduce local wild carnivores and accelerate the reproduction of herbivores.

Once the herbivores have reproduced to a certain number, they organize hunting activities targeting them to harvest more meat at once.

This emphasis on livestock farming and frequent hunting activities ensures that as the population swiftly increases, Spanish colonies can maintain food and meat supply stability.