The Proper Use of Japanese Laborers

The California Colony was unlike the other colonies of the Austrian Empire, because its population was growing far too quickly.

Although East Africa's population was also growing rapidly, it had been developed by the Dutch and Portuguese colonies for centuries and had a certain population base. Even with large numbers of Austrian Empire immigrants arriving, the changes were not earth-shattering.

Besides, when Dalits were dumped in Karaikal, it was no different from taking out the trash. They were transported there indiscriminately, men and women, young and old, and the existing social structure hardly changed.

So when the Japanese laborers in California started causing trouble, the army of bachelors, led by the soldiers, beat them mercilessly.

Fifteen thousand Japanese laborers died horrible deaths. Their corpses were nailed up all the way from the farms to the seaside. Bound by the laws of the Austrian Empire and the dictates of religious morality, the men could only vent their pent-up energy and discontent this way.

As mentioned earlier, Austria had adopted an iron-fisted policy in California, a lawless land, and the local governor, Archduke Ferdinand, was a ruthless commander.

That was how the number of Hispanic settlers had fallen from eight thousand households to eight thousand people, while the Native American population had dropped from 150,000 to fewer than 30,000—and even that included newcomers and newborns.

Naturally, this could not go on. And after this incident, Franz no longer thought the Japanese were a flock of sheep that could be casually bullied.

Franz felt that the farmland already cleared in California should remain under the control of German immigrants who identified with Austria.

As for the Japanese laborers, they could go break new ground. After all, California had no shortage of wasteland. Besides California, the Nevada region also had land worth developing.

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