The lack of labor in the colonies came as a surprise to Franz.

Originally, he thought that after so many immigrants, the labor force would be enough, but the reality was very slap in the face, most of these immigrants were gold diggers, and it was too embarrassing for them to go to work in An'an.

Everyone wants to get rich once, and unless their dreams are shattered, it will be difficult to settle down. Even if it settles down, few people will be willing to mine.

Franz didn't worry about the shortage of gold miners, it was the business of the mine bosses, and I believe that these people would be able to solve the problem with their own initiative. It really didn't work, so I dug it slowly, and I wasn't in a hurry.

The main purpose of the immigrants was to open up plantations, establish an agricultural economy in the region, and provide raw materials and markets for domestic industrial and commercial production.

Prime Minister Felix said: "Your Majesty, our immigration is already very fast, and the shortage of labor in the colonies has affected our plans to develop the African continent.

Germany is overpopulated, and every year a large number of bankrupt people choose to emigrate overseas, and a large number of them have to worry about the cost of immigration.

Many immigrants to the U.S. have to sign labor contracts in advance, and the employer pays the travel expenses in advance, which is often unequal and forced to make ends meet.

If we promise to reimburse a round-trip ticket, I believe that many people are willing to try their luck in Africa, and many people should be able to stay. ”

Franz thought for a moment and said, "It's easy to increase immigration, but how can you control mortality?" Although we have strict hygiene regulations, they are not well enforced.

The mortality rate of migrants to Africa is as high as 3 percent in a year, which is too high to be reduced.

In the past, we attracted immigrants to develop the African continent, and such a high mortality rate will definitely greatly reduce everyone's enthusiasm for immigration. ”

The high mortality rate of immigrants in the colonies was largely due to accidents, and disease was one of the killers.

Among them, AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrhea, and malaria are the mainstay, so at the beginning, Franz gathered hospital experts and formulated epidemic prevention measures.

Respiratory infections can be skipped, this disease is mainly for the middle-aged and elderly, the early immigrants are young and strong, this problem can be ignored, anyway, the average life expectancy in most countries is less than 40 years old.

Diarrhea is mainly due to poor diet, for which a special nutritional package has been developed, of course, only the military and colonial government officials can enjoy it, and the government of ordinary immigrants has not yet supervised it.

People living with HIV are indigenous people, and theoretically there would be no problem as long as immigrants were forbidden to have intimate contact with locals.

With the advent of the industrial age, quinine could be mass-produced after 1850, and malaria mortality rates had dropped.

To reduce the spread of diseases, such as mosquito nets, mosquito coils, and cordyceps repellents...... All of them have entered the logistics equipment, and they have been distributed to immigrants free of charge in the early stage.

Theoretically, if immigrants strictly enforce safety and health regulations, the mortality rate from disease cannot be so high. Most of today's immigrants are young and strong, and their resistance is much stronger, and the mortality rate does not exceed 1 percent under normal circumstances.

Don't look at the difference of just two percentage points, the population base goes up, the gap is big, and if the immigrants are old and weak, the mortality rate will be doubled.

Disease causes only one part of the deaths, but also other factors that complete the death of immigrants. For example, now, in addition to disease, gold diggers fighting people outside is the second leading cause of death.

According to preliminary statistics from the colonial government, the mortality rate in the first year of immigration was as high as 5.8 per cent. Such a high mortality rate directly makes the natural growth rate of the local immigrant population negative.

Other accidents can naturally be subsided when the local situation stabilizes.

The high incidence and mortality of the disease has become a top priority. If left unchecked, the colony's population will be negative for a long time to come, supported by immigrants.

Can the mortality rate be effectively controlled? The answer is: yes.

This can be seen from the fact that the mortality rate of the population varies from one colony to another.

The first to open up New Brook, the disease mortality rate was controlled at 1.4%; In the later colonial strongholds in Ghana, the mortality rate was as high as 3.9%.

The main reasons for this are: the early immigration was all led by the government, and everyone enforced safety and health regulations; Later immigrants entered spontaneously, and government supervision was not in place.

If this situation does not change, the high mortality rate will certainly cause panic, and it will be difficult to attract immigrants when the time comes.

"Your Majesty, immigrants from all over the world and often in the jungle make it difficult for the colonial government to effectively monitor them.

If we are too tightly regulated, we may make some civilian colonization groups choose to leave and settle in other countries. ”

Franz said solemnly: "If they want to leave, let them go, and on our territory, you have to follow our rules."

Popularize security regulations and enforce them in all colonial strongholds. If you don't change your ways, you will be fined, and if you don't change your ways, you will be fined bankrupt.

In short, whatever the colonial government does, I must keep the disease under control.

Starting next year, the mortality rate of immigrants from diseases must be limited to 2 percent.

If the G7 countries reach an agreement, the annual mortality rate of migrants next year must also be limited to 4 percent.

Within three years, the annual mortality rate of immigrants should be suppressed within 3.5 percent, and if you can't do it, you can get out of me in advance.

The Cabinet has stepped up some of the promotions that should be promoted and the dismissals that should be removed according to the completion of each region. If they can't do it, they will change a group of people to do it, we lack everything, that is, there is no shortage of people who can be officials! ”

If the bureaucracy doesn't put pressure on them, don't expect them to be able to produce results. Franz was also not in place all at once, but in time.

At present, the mortality rate of colonial immigrants in Britain and France is basically limited to less than 3 percent, with the exception of the Gulf of Guinea region, which is too high in search of gold mines.

If they were only active in the coastal areas, then the target set by Franz for them might be three percent.

As for the lower, Franz did not ask for extravagance. Let's wait until the number of medical staff increases and the level of medical technology improves!

In the era of lack of medical equipment, doctors mainly rely on experience and personal knowledge accumulation, and the training cycle of doctors is inevitably very long.

Since Franz succeeded to the throne, the Vienna government has stepped up the training of medical personnel, and the first trainees still have a year to graduate.

In order to improve the medical conditions in the country, local doctors were trained for a short time, and the traditional bloodletting therapy was eliminated, so that they could receive new medical knowledge.

The overseas colonies really can't take care of it, the doctors in this era are all middle-class, people don't want to go, and the government can't force them.

Now it is only possible to guarantee one hospital in a colonial stronghold, and the number of doctors in it is often only two or three, and a few apprentices are open for business.

The problem of insufficient medical resources will not be solved until a few years later. Starting next year, 12,000 rookie doctors in Austria will leave the school and enter the health care system every year.

Together with the traditional apprenticeship doctors, Austria will add 20,000 doctors per year, which can greatly alleviate the problem of insufficient medical resources.

In contrast, the training speed of nursing staff is much faster, training a batch of two or three years, and training 20,000 or 30,000 people each time.

These people are mainly nursing, and in the era of severe shortage of doctors, although they are unable to see a doctor, they can still sell medicine according to the patient's symptoms.

If you make a mistake in judgment and cause bad consequences, then unfortunately, you can only be considered unlucky. This era is so cruel, and the medical conditions are at this level.

Prime Minister Felix replied stubbornly: "Yes, Your Majesty! ”

After hesitating for a moment, he added: "Your Majesty, since we want to cultivate the safety and health awareness of immigrants, then we might as well start from the country!"

In the past, we only advocated that everyone abide by the safety and health rules, but we did not enforce them, so it is better to enact a law now to force it to be promoted among the people.

As long as everyone develops good habits, then they will consciously abide by the rules when they arrive in the colony. ”

In addition to the highly mobile and difficult to enforce in the colonies, it is much easier to legislate for safety and health codes at home.

It has also been advertised in the newspapers for a long time, and most people have agreed with the concept of "safety and health", but whether they can comply with it is another question.

The current mandatory implementation of legislation is undoubtedly a further promotion on the basis of the previous one.

"Yes, it is also necessary to strengthen the education of safety and health knowledge in China."

In Franz's view, this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. Hygiene and safety guidelines for everyone are very positive in curbing the spread of the disease.

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