Holy Roman Empire

Guinea

It has not been developed in this era, and most areas are tropical forests.Now is the rainy season, and the jungle is even more dangerous.

However, this can't stop people's enthusiasm to get rich.The Austrian colonists have already begun to extend their tentacles to the inland. They do not need government organizations. The civilian armed groups who want to make money have already acted spontaneously.

The Europeans of this era, as long as they took the initiative to go to the colonies, they all dared to fight, but they were much more courageous than the people forced to migrate by the Vienna government.

This is also related to the proportion of young and strong refugees. Affected by the Balkan War, a large number of young and middle-aged died, and finally the refugees who went to the African continent appeared more women than men.

This is also a good thing for the Vienna government to develop the African continent. In this era, it was basically men who were engaged in colonial activities, and all countries were suffering from imbalances between men and women in the colonies.Because of this problem, a large number of mixed races appeared in later colonies.

There is no headache now, a large number of female immigrants have solved this problem.Once they set up a family, they basically stabilized.

Franz had already formulated a publicity plan, and almost found gold.

No way, Europeans in this era recognized gold mines. For most people, mining gold mines is the easiest way to make them rich overnight.

In order to attract immigrants, Franz gave up the plan to dominate the gold mine.Of course, not knowing the specific location of the gold mine is also a major reason.

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After the rain, Baron Fickney took the colonial team on the road.As a traditional German military aristocratic family, in this era of great change, his father's generation failed to keep up with the pace of the times, and his family business slowly declined.

Originally, there was not much output on the land. After the abolition of serfdom, his income was even less.The income in the fiefdom alone can no longer sustain his extravagant noble life.

In order not to become a member of the noble bankruptcy, after the Vienna government opened the African colony, Fickney mortgaged the land to the bank and organized a colonial armed force of 200 people.

Unlike other colonial armed forces, all of his team are well-informed, and they are all private soldiers composed of hired farmers in the fiefs.

These people are the result of years of operation by the Fickney family. Even if the serfdom was abolished, the local people still loyal to him.

Although among all the colonial teams heading to the African continent, the size of this team can only be regarded as medium, but the combat strength is still in front.

This is the essence of the noble family, even if it is the capital that is left behind, it is not comparable to the outbreak.

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"Baron, the sentry found in the front that the indigenous tribe was hunting. The number was about 150 people. Their weapons were mainly bows and bones." A middle-aged man said seriously

Fickney frowned. He didn't like dealing with these purely indigenous tribes. There was no way for the two parties to communicate.

He is not a slave merchant, and has no interest in catching slaves.Although slave traders in the United States during this period had already appeared in colonial strongholds to specifically acquire slaves, and the bid was not low.

Fickney, who came from a noble family, still couldn't hold his face, and ran to be a slave trader, which he considered humiliating to the glory of the family.

He has always despised those teams that have fallen to the profit of selling slaves.

The Vienna government also banned the slave trade. The Fraud Act was promulgated shortly after Franz succeeded him. This is the legal basis for the liberation of serfdom by the Vienna government.

Of course, this law can't control the African continent for the time being, as long as the slaves are not brought to the Austrian mainland, then no one will bother.

The Americans and Portuguese are slave traders. The colonial government never asks, and they can't control them. This is the African continent, and order depends on fists.

The Austrian soldiers who depended on the battalion inside the colonial stronghold were probably not rivals of slave merchants.

The reality is so cruel, and overseas colonies must also consider costs.Austria opened up more than 20 colonial strongholds on the African continent, and the troops of an infantry division were dispersed.

In addition to government troops, large and small colonial teams from within the country are also an important part of colonial armed forces. A single armed team is inconspicuous. Once all are organized, they are two infantry divisions.

From the moment they entered the colony, they became members of the Austrian Army Reserve.In an emergency, the colonial government has the right to recruit all armed teams.

Fickney asked, "Can you avoid them?"

He came to find gold to make a fortune, but not to fight with the indigenous tribes, which can not bring him a little glory, and will consume precious ammunition.

The middle-aged man thought about it and said, "I'm afraid it won't work. They will stand in our way unless we are not moving forward.

Otherwise, even if they evade them, they might be ambushed by them when they return home.Several teams in the stronghold have been attacked by indigenous tribes.

Moreover, the skulls of these people are mostly people-eating tribes, which is not a good thing. We don't need to be polite with them."

"Boom ..."

The gunshots sounded before Fickney's order.

"what happened?"

"Baron, the enemy found us and is attacking us." A soldier hurriedly said

After learning that the enemy had launched the offensive, without hesitation, Fickney immediately ordered: "Pooh, take people up to kill them, solve them directly with a gun, don't be silly to fight them!"

"Yes!"

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The gunshot sounded 150 meters away.

"Boom ..."

Without any suspense, the battle is over.To deal with the indigenous in the cold weapon era, there is no need to spend too much..

After defeating the enemy, Baron Fickney did not order to continue the hunt. He was not a slave trader and was not interested in capturing the captives.

One of the soldiers who came forward looked at it and suddenly cried in surprise: "Gold!"

"Baron, there is a piece of gold on these indigenous people, we are going to find a gold mine!"

The presence of gold means that there is a gold mine nearby.In this era, the range of activities of indigenous tribes is limited, which is usually 180 kilometers.

Having determined the scope, it is not difficult to find a gold mine.Everyone was pleasantly surprised. After a few months of busy working on the African continent, there was no gain at all. Everyone had a problem without despair.

Looking at the face of gold, Baron Fickney said in a good mood: "Father, let them go for it!"

The priest said in disgust: "Sorry, Lord Baron, they are not believers in God. Moreover, I don't think that the evil cannibal tribe is eligible for heaven, their only destination is to go to hell!"

The brutal cannibal tribe, which is beyond the acceptable range of normal people.Except for the Virgin Mary, it is estimated that normal people cannot agree that "eating people is a culture."

Baron Fickney just sent out a good heart and ignored the identity of the enemy, does not mean that he has a good impression on the barbaric cannibal tribe.

"Well, we continue to search for gold mines."

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As if God had made a joke with him, the gold mine in close proximity did not show up. Instead, he was attacked by several jungle killers, paying the price of three deaths and five injuries.

Facing these kings of the jungle, Fickney's colonial team was really a bit tired to deal with, and the morale of everyone inevitably became low.

"We are running out of supplies. If we have searched this area and have not found a gold mine, we will return to the base to replenish supplies.

Now I start cooking in life. After dinner, except for the people who have arranged for the vigil, the rest of them have a good rest.If there is no result tomorrow, we will come again next time.

Don't worry, the gold mines are all under the ground and can't run. This is the opportunity that God has given us. Now it's just a test!"Baron Fickney comforted

After soothing, everyone's emotions stabilized a lot.Finding gold mines has never been smooth, and it is not the same thing to encounter a little setback.

The legendary piranhas, piranhas, and devil wizards haven't encountered them, but they have encountered some poisonous beasts and beasts, which is considered to be good luck, Fickney comforted himself.

He has run out of money. If he can no longer find a gold mine, he can only serve as a mercenary and get paid for the colonial government, or for slave traders and earn commissions to keep the team running.

After hesitating for a long time, the glory of the family prevailed in the end, and he could not afford to lose that man to the slave merchant.

To serve the colonial government, anyway, to serve the empire.Although the income may be less, but the status is different!

As an aristocrat, if you make a contribution, if you can not become a high-level colony, then that is a problem.

At this time a familiar voice sounded: "Baron, this is the river sand we found in the river in front, it seems that it contains gold in it."

After that, the man handed the golden sand to Baron Fickney.

After looking at it, Fickney quickly said, "Fr. Battig, please come over, we may find the gold mine."

In this era, European priests also took part-time jobs as teachers, scientists, engineers and other associate professions.There is no family burden, there is a lot of time to learn knowledge every day, and their knowledge level is usually good.

Father Bartiger flicked over from Baron Fickney, and Fickoni promised to fund the Catholic church of Father Bartig once the gold mine was found and to help him spread the gospel of the Lord in the colony.

The camp was not very large, and Father Battig, who was praying, was invited to identify whether the shiny material in the river sand was gold.

Holding a magnifying glass and watching it carefully for a while, Father Battig said: "God bless you, Lord Baron, you finally found the gold mine.

However, I still need to go to the river to explore in person to determine the gold content in the river sand.If it exceeds 5 grams, then it has development value.

Judging from the river sands of Shan Cong, the gold content in this area should be very high. According to my experience, it should not be lower than 5 grams."

Fickney couldn't wait to say: "No problem, priest. Now that it's getting late, let's rest for one night, and we can go to the field to explore tomorrow."

The existence of gold in the river sand is not a secret, but this content is very touching.After more than one hundred tests, the gold content in each ton of river sand did not exceed 3 grams.

This value may be regarded as a rich mineral in later generations. In this era, it has no mining value.Even if it is extracted by forced mining, it cannot be profitable.

At first, Baron Fickney was still keen to test He Sha, and gradually he was desperate.It wasn't until he saw the golden glow in the river sand just now that he attracted his attention.

It is already visible to the naked eye, and this gold content is naturally not low.However, this river of sand is not representative. Only after on-site exploration can we determine the gold content.

Father Battig replied: "My Excellency, Baron, I don't have any questions. You can arrange these things."

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