In August, at the Mbeya mining area, the indigenous people were shackled with wooden restraints on their feet, carrying hoes to clear the surface weeds and rubble.
Because their movements were hindered, their efficiency was low, but the East African overseers standing by were not at all afraid of inefficiency going awry.
East African rulers never expected these natives to be highly efficient; they simply set a fixed target each day and that was it.
If they couldn't meet their quotas, they would naturally face the lash of the whip and a reduction in rations.
Anyway, the natives were doing the rough work, and the East Africans didn't expect perfection, as long as the quantity was enough.
Digging earth, hauling bricks, digging trenches, chopping trees... these were all skills that anyone could quickly pick up. The natives would do the rough work, and then East African immigrants would just refine them.
