The total area of Bechuana Oblast is 581,730 square kilometers, and arable land accounts for 15% of the total area, which translates to more than 8.72 million hectares, as for why in another time and space in 2018, Bechuana has reclaimed only 268,500 hectares of arable land.

Huh——

This question cannot be expanded, and it is said that it is 404.

In Bechuana, New Chang'an, the Liujia farm has become a real farm.

Seven years ago, Liu Zhen brought the three Liu brothers from the Qing Dynasty to southern Africa, becoming the first batch of new immigrants to settle in Bechuana.

The three brothers of the Liu family got a total of 300 acres of land, plus the houses provided by the state government free of charge, Angus cattle, Merino sheep, and mixed-breed horses, the three brothers of the Liu family really settled in New Chang'an.

Now the farm of the three Liu brothers has 50 Angus cattle, 250 Merino sheep, 12 mixed-breed horses, 20 pigs, and hundreds of chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry and livestock.

This year, Liu Zhen took his children and wives to the farm of the three brothers of the Liu family to visit relatives, and the old man Liu not only killed two sheep, but also killed a pig, chickens, ducks and geese are every meal, in the words of the old man Liu, the emperor may live this kind of life.

Compared with seven years ago, there are several more buildings on the farm of Old Man Liu's family, Liu Lao Wu has been married, the object is the daughter of a Chinese farmer in New Chang'an, in order to marry the new daughter-in-law home, Liu Lao Da took out ten Angus cattle as a dowry, and his father-in-law is not stingy, and the dowry is a "little monster" tractor produced by the Nyasaland Tractor Factory, which makes Old Man Liu overjoyed.

Every morning, Old Man Liu would take all the labor force in his family to work, and the 300 acres of land made Old Man Liu's family tired and unable to plant it all, so Old Man Liu's farm hired six African-American workers, which greatly reduced the workload of the Liu family.

"Be careful when you work, pick up all the stones, crush all the clods of soil, remember to pull out the grass, throw it on the ridge of the field to dry and take it back as firewood - the fifth child is careful of the tree, don't dig out the roots, Xiaoliu will drive your sheep away, and then dare to come over and gnaw the bark and turn around to kill and eat——" Old man Liu was always idle, and after scolding this and that, he put on the head of the landlord and old wealth.

In the past seven years, Old Man Liu's family has prospered, and his three sons have added a total of 13 grandsons, 6 boys, and 7 girls to Old Man Liu, and Old Man Liu can wake up with a smile every day when he sleeps.

With the exception of four infant grandchildren and two older boys who were helping out on their farms, the other children were already attending public schools at all levels, the younger ones were in the Bechuanath State Public School, the older two were at the Johannesburg Medical School, where they went to Europe with their teachers and classmates, and one was at the Bechuana State Agricultural College, which is also the only professional agricultural college in southern Africa.

What makes Old Man Liu more troubled is that 4 of the 6 African American workers have work visas that are about to expire, and they will leave Bechuana in a few days to return to their hometowns, and they don't know if they will come back in half a year, which makes Old Man Liu very worried.

To become a true Southern African, one needs to have worked in Southern Africa for more than five consecutive years.

immigration gives Africans a four-year visa, after which they have to leave southern Africa, and then apply for the next work visa after another six months.

In this case, Africans will never be able to work in southern Africa for more than five consecutive years, and there will be no chance of becoming truly southern African.

"Damn the immigration bureau, it only gives a four-year visa, what does it matter if it takes a few more years, and when you go back, you have to find someone to hire someone, and you have to pay the intermediary fee again, all of them are damn vampires, and the lord should throw them all into the mine to mine-" As long as he thought of this, Old Man Liu was filled with righteous indignation.

The six African-American hired workers on Old Man Liu's farm are all skilled workers who have been used well, and it will definitely take a while of training to reach the current proficiency of these workers if they are hired again.

Although the four workers who are about to leave the farm have promised to return to work on the farm in half a year, the work on the farm does not wait for anyone, a radish and a pit, and someone will have to make up for it if someone leaves, and it is impossible for Old Man Liu to wait for them for half a year.

"Dad, you just don't say a few words, the official family does this, there must be a reason for the official family." Boss Liu has a headache, if this is still in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Old Man Liu's words just now are a big crime of raiding the family and destroying them.

"What's the point? The immigration bureau is just to toss people, you look at Monday and Tuesday, how capable they are, they ask for less money, less food, and more work, which is much more capable than a few of you losers, and it has only been a few good days. "Old man Liu immediately transferred the object, Monday and Tuesday were the names of the African-American workers, and Wednesday and Thursday were arranged until Saturday.

Fortunately, there are only six people, and if there are eight, it is estimated that it will not be easy to arrange-

(A certain fish breathes a sigh of relief-)

With so many people added to the family, the house must be built, and the children are better when they are in school, and the family will be crowded on the weekend.

The new house is still the kind of wooden house with attic that Old Man Liu lives in now, Old Man Liu means to build five buildings at one time, two for the children to live home on the weekend, two for the two older children to prepare for parenting, and the last one for Liu Lao Wu and his wife.

Liu Lao Wu has now become a relative, and it is not very convenient to live with Liu Lao Man, it doesn't matter if Liu Lao Man lives in the old house by himself, Liu Lao Wu still has to live in a new house.

When it comes to cars, it is even more essential, cars are too luxurious for farms, but tractors need to be added, whether it is used to plow the land or to pull things, it is very convenient.

Liu Lao Wu also wanted to buy a motorcycle, but after being scolded by Old Man Liu, he dispelled his mind, there were more than a dozen horses at home, and according to Old Man Liu, he didn't need a motorcycle at all.

As for buying land, Old Man Liu didn't want to buy it, but he couldn't buy it, the ownerless wasteland in Bechuana Prefecture had already been divided, and if he wanted to buy land, he would have to go to Southwest Africa or Tanganyika, Old Man Liu had not yet made up his mind.

"Daddy, the little boss is sending something back again-" Liu Lao Wu came to report on a spotted half-breed, "Little Boss" was the nickname of the child who fought in Europe.

Children from poor families are not particular about their names, and their names are cheap and easy to support.

"Hahahaha, call it a day, call it a day, go back and see what good things my good grandson has sent me again-" The little boss is the glory of the Liu family, as long as the little boss is mentioned, the old man Liu is so happy that he can't keep his mouth shut.

Military personnel in southern Africa have a high status, and when the federal government used to levy agricultural taxes, they were exempt from agricultural taxes as long as there were family members who served.

Now that the agricultural tax has been completely waived, the federal government has added other benefits, such as the discount that only military families can enjoy if they want to buy a tractor.

Of course, this discount is also stacked and does not conflict with other benefits.

When I got home, the women were chatting in front of Old Man Liu's room, and the big cardboard box sent back by the little boss was placed on the table of the Eight Immortals in the living room, and no one dared to move, only Old Man Liu had the right to open the cardboard box.

Old man Liu still habitually checked whether the seal was complete before opening the carton.

The top is still a set of the latest 1917-style military uniform, and a pair of 1917-style military boots, and the Southern African Expeditionary Force has two sets of clothes, and if they can't wear them, they will be sent home for their families to wear, as long as they don't hang their ranks, no one cares.

Old man Liu happily put the military uniform and military boots next to him, and below was a delicate small box.

When I opened the box, there were four yellow and clear gold rings in the box, and there was a note left by the little boss, indicating that the rings belonged to my grandmother, mother and two aunts.

In fact, gold rings are not rare for the Liu family, the price of gold in southern Africa is really cheap, not to mention gold rings, the current Liu family, the women's gold bracelets are one person, even those children who are not yet adults, in the words of the old man Liu, the prosperity of antique gold in troubled times, don't look at the current life is good, in case of a military disaster, gold is the last magic weapon for self-defense.

However, when she got the gold ring, Mrs. Liu and a few women still had red eyes, not to mention how valuable things are, the key is that this heart is too rare, the Liu family does not know the content of the little boss's work in Europe, and the simple materialist values of the peasant family, being a soldier is to tie his head to his belt and work hard, glory is indeed glorious, but danger is also really dangerous.

In addition to the gold rings for the women, Old Man Liu and Boss Liu also have gifts, the little boss is still very filial, and he prepared a pipe made of agate for Old Man Liu, which made Old Man Liu fall in love immediately, and he couldn't wait to look up to the sky and laugh three times to express his happy mood.

The little boss prepared a pocket watch inlaid with gems for his own Lao Tzu, which also made Boss Liu very satisfied, but it was a pity that Boss Liu wore no buttons on Henry's shirt, so there was no way to wear a pocket watch, but it didn't matter, just go to New Chang'an tomorrow to make a vest, and then you can learn from those government officials, wear the pocket watch on your chest, and the big gold chain dangles on your chest, and you must shake it up when you walk to be eye-catching.

The gifts prepared by the little boss for Liu Laosan and Liu Laowu are all German-made Luger pistols, which are quite sought after because of their scarce production, and Liu Laosan and Liu Laowu are members of the National Guard, so they can use Luger pistols as their own pistols.

After distributing the gifts to the adults, it was finally the turn of the children who couldn't wait, the little boss prepared a variety of small snacks for the children, the local candy and Belgian chocolate produced in Paris were the most popular, and the old man Liu tasted a piece of candy, saying that it was not as delicious as the milk candy produced in Johannesburg.

Scarcity is expensive, right?

ps: The fourth update is delivered, this time everyone is satisfied-