If they want to escape the poor environment in France, the Stuart family immigrated to North Africa, at least North Africa is a French colony, and there will be no language problems.

Although there are many French people who can speak English, but the Stuart family is precisely the part that does not speak English, which will have some troubles in southern Africa, but it is not impossible to solve, many cities in southern Africa also have French-speaking communities, although French is not the lingua franca of southern Africa, but many government departments will also be equipped with French translators, and the federal government of southern Africa is still very perfect in this regard.

Sarah and Bonnie are ingenious, lunch is mainly chicken stewed mushrooms, the chicken is Brian brought back from the company, the mushrooms are picked by Sarah and Bonnie yesterday with the children to the wild forest, and there are fresh fruits and chocolates brought by Tom after the meal, which is a rare meal for the children who are developing their bodies.

After the meal, the family chatted in the living room, and the topic was naturally inseparable from southern Africa.

"Southern Africa is different from North Africa, which is full of deserts, only in southwest Africa there is a part of the desert, more forests and grasslands - Southern Africa is rich in products, local Africans hardly need to farm, there is no shortage of food all year round, so the local Africans do not have the slightest sense of worry, because they have never been hungry, when they are hungry, they go to the woods to pick fruits, there are mangoes, bananas, pineapples, and baobabs everywhere, and many white farmers are lazy enough, But they're still industrious compared to Africans—of course, and now we know that we're all less industrious than the Chinese combined—" Tom's words touched the Stewart family greatly.

Southern Africa is indeed a treasure of feng shui, the entire south of the Sahara Desert, with an area of nearly 20 million square kilometers and nearly 100 million Africans, can also be described as sparsely populated.

Corresponding to the sparse population is the rich land and abundant materials of Africa.

As Tom said, Africans don't need to work, they have endless food, so if there is no white colonization, although Africans have a more primitive lifestyle, Africans will live happily.

It is precisely because of this lack of food and clothing that African society has made little progress for thousands of years.

Now Africa is in the midst of unprecedented changes, after the world war, the pattern of Africa is basically stable, southern Africa has no rivals in southern Africa, if you immigrate to southern Africa now, then you can also catch the last train of Africa's development, and in another one or two decades, the current opportunity will no longer exist.

"What can I do if I go to Southern Africa?" Stewart is already old, it doesn't matter if he goes to Southern Africa or not, and Brian is not in a hurry if he has a job, so it's Jeremy who is excited.

During the World War, tens of thousands of French companies went bankrupt, and the French economy has not yet recovered.

After the end of the World War, millions of French soldiers took off their uniforms and returned to their families, where they needed to work to support their families.

At the same time, many arsenals that were fully operational during the World War also began to lay off employees due to lack of orders, which further increased the difficulty of finding a job, Jeremy's requirements were not high, he just hoped to have a job to support his family, but this is difficult to achieve in the current France, the French government in order to alleviate the pressure on employment, announced the establishment of the Relief and Rehabilitation Agency to revitalize the economy, as a result, a position at the same time thousands of people competed, the intensity is simply desperate.

"Jeremy, don't worry about that, when you get to southern Africa, you'll find that it's not what you can do, it's what you want to do—" Tom doesn't have this anxiety, or that people in southern Africa don't have this anxiety, the factories in southern Africa are always understaffed, and the factory owners are most worried about the loss of skilled workers.

"What do you mean?" Jeremy's mind was knotted and he didn't understand what Tom meant.

"I mean, if you go to Southern Africa, then you will find that you have a lot of jobs to choose from, of course I suggest you don't go to work as a taxi driver, that job is okay for a short time, and there is no future for a long time, why not find a way to run a farm well? In the past, we all thought that farms had no future, and if you have the opportunity, you must go to a Chinese-run farm to have a look, and believe me, Chinese-run farms will subvert your perception of farms. As a fellow farmer, Tom is a genuine envy of those farmers who are full of agricultural skills.

Jeremy seemed to understand what Tom meant, but he wasn't sure, and his expression was confused.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to run a farm, you can apply for technical guidance from experts in agricultural cooperatives, whatever they say, you can do what you want, if you don't want to do it, then you can hire a few Africans to work for you, you only need one or two rands a month, all you have to do is to supervise those African workers every day not to be lazy, Jeremy, don't you like horses, you can feed as much as you want, you can also join the hunting team, hunt those large wild animals, If you're lucky, a crocodile can sell for tens of hundreds of rand, and I know of a guy named Moore who made 1,200 rand a year by killing crocodiles, which is equivalent to 30,000 francs—"Tom's description of life in southern Africa is desirable, 30,000 francs is true, but it is not universal, and now there are fewer and fewer wild crocodiles in southern Africa, and they are all killed by those hunters."

"Thirty thousand francs? Are you sure? ”

"Oh my God, that's too much!"

"Go Jeremy, go to Southern Africa, I'll go with you!"

Tom's words caused a burst of exclamations, 30,000 francs is a huge amount of money for an ordinary family, and in France before the outbreak of the world war, the annual salary of the director of the Ministry of Finance was only 30,000 francs.

"That's such a good thing, and if it really costs thirty thousand francs, it won't make people crazy—" Only Stewart was left stubbornly resisting.

Before Tom could speak, Claire picked up an apple and handed it to Stewart.

Stuart subconsciously took it and wanted to put it back in the fruit bowl, but Claire stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Well done!

"Thirty thousand francs is the income of a top hunter, and ordinary people certainly don't have that much, but one or two thousand is still possible, and I know that many farmers can easily earn more than ten thousand francs a year, which is really nothing for a farmer." Tom was not bragging, every time he came to Claire's house, he had to spend tens of hundreds of francs on gifts, which was also a luxury among the French.

"Tom, it seems that your family also has a farm in Johannesburg, how much does your farm make each year - uh, sorry, I shouldn't have asked that." Sarah seems to be gossiping, but in fact, everyone is concerned about the questions she asks, and even Stewart's eyes are shining.

This does not mean that Stewart is greedy for money, but that Stewart is concerned about Claire's future life, and perhaps Stewart himself has not noticed that he has no objection to Claire and Tom going to Southern Africa together.

"Two or three hundred pounds, maybe more, my father bought a tractor the year before, my brother bought a motorcycle last year, my father bought a house for my sister in Los Angeles this year, and my sister goes to the University of Nyasaland and will graduate next year." Tom didn't know exactly how much money he earned on his farm, but it sounded like a lot.

Claire's brother Brian's eyes lit up visibly when Tom spoke of motorcycles, and France also had motorcycles made in southern Africa for sale, about five thousand francs, which Brian's income at the railroad company could not afford.

"Tom, don't you have a farm too?" Bonnie also cares about her unmarried sister, and Tom's farm is in Tanganyika, which is owned by Tom privately.

If Tom and Claire marry, then the farm will become Tom and Claire's joint property, much to Bonnie's envy.

Farmer's Lady - That sounds like a good name.

"My farm is in Tanganyika, I bought it through the military service agency last year, I haven't been there yet, now the military service is helping to manage it, I heard that the farm is planted with rubber, now it should be profitable, now the profits are temporarily kept by my father, and when I return to southern Africa, I will take back the management of the farm." Tom was lucky, the rubber plantation was now profitable, and given the low prices on the farm, it might pay for itself in two or three years.

"Four hundred acres of rubber plantations?" The others hadn't noticed the problem, Brian was shocked, the train driver was also well-informed, and Brian knew what four hundred acres of rubber plantation meant.

"If I'm not mistaken, I actually wanted to use half of the farm to raise cattle, and my dream as a kid was to be a cowboy and ride a horse to herd cattle every day, but unfortunately I'm an appraiser now, and I have to deal with jewelry every day." At this point, Tom's hands tried to touch his pocket, but he quickly held back.

Except for whether or not Stuart was a little moth, the atmosphere was generally pleasant.

When Tom took his leave, Stewart didn't stop Claire from sending Tom out.

Tom kept his hands in his trouser pockets as he went out.

"What's in your pocket? Take it out! Claire held her hands behind her back and her neck high, like a proud swan.

Tom smiled and took out his hand, it was the same necklace he had acquired from Lady Tamara.

As a member of the Military Service Society, Tom had special benefits, and the Military Service paid 30 pounds for Lady Tamara's necklace, and Tom bought the necklace for 35 pounds - everyone was satisfied.

"Come and help me put it on!" Claire didn't refuse, and no matter what Stewart said, Claire decided to go to southern Africa with Tom.

Of course, it would be best if the whole family could go to southern Africa.

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