May 29, 1912.
"Your Majesty, Greece and Bulgaria have concluded a defense agreement against Ottoman Turkey, which shows that the Balkans have formed an alliance against Turkey."
Tony came to Pedro with the Bulgari-Greek defense treaty and explained that the situation in Europe had changed again. "Your Majesty, Italy's diplomatic activities have achieved victory. Now the Ottoman Turkey is in big trouble. It seems that the Italian-Turkish war is about to end."
"Tony, you are too optimistic. This war will last at least four or five months." Pedro said with a smile.
"Diplomacy is diplomacy, and military is military. The Balkan Alliance has been established now, but they are not ready for war. Due to the lack of military mobilization and weapons and equipment, coupled with the problem of timing, it will take a long time to end.
The countries in the Balkans are very sophisticated. Even if all preparations are made, they will not join the war immediately. They will only hope that Italy will help them consume a lot of Turkey's energy before ending at the right time.
Italy's war against Turkey is destined to be a money-losing war, and Tripolitania and Cyrenaica cannot compensate."
Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, which was later known as Libya, were actually a complete mess at this time, and Italy was the one that collapsed in the process, suffering from the lack of colonies, but it cherished it.
Tripolitania and Cyrenaica are places that France does not like, but Italy protects them very much, fearing that something like Tunisia will happen again.
France has long taken the essence of North Africa. Tripolitania and Cyrenaica are covered with yellow sand. At this time, the agricultural value is small, and there are only many camels. It is not like Morocco, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, which are protected by the Atlas Mountains.
Come rich.
"Your Majesty, Italy has a close relationship with Portugal. Do we want to make some practical expressions?" Tony suggested.
"No, Italy is of no value to us Portugal now. We can maintain relations with them in the future, but we must slowly change the preferential treatment for them."
Before taking the initiative in Imbilia, Portugal would of course have to give some advantages to Italy, but now that the goal has been achieved, it will naturally be necessary to discuss the matter in the future.
Portugal's current strength is no worse than Italy's, and of course they must treat each other as equals in the future.
Tangning Pedro, as His Majesty the Emperor, is very realistic.
"Tony, what happened to the black troops after they returned to Africa?"
"The situation is very good. According to your Majesty's request, we have increased the reward for each black man tenfold. They are also willing to reciprocate and take their tribe to southern Mozambique."
Although the African colonies are not as expensive as Brazil, they are still treasures, and Pedro naturally has to plan them carefully.
There are few black people in the colonies now, so of course they have to be driven to a place. Emperor Pedro was very conscientious and found a good place for them in Mozambique.
Mozambique, now bisected by Downing, Zambia to the south, and Zimbabwe, the fertile lands bordering South Africa, were used by him as a home for colonial blacks.
The area of Southern Mozambique is only slightly smaller than Zimbabwe, but the conditions are not bad at all. The coastal plain is fertile and can be used to grow various crops. The inland mountains also have mineral resources and can also be used for grazing. It is not a problem to accommodate 50 million black people in this place, let alone now.
There are only three to four million black people in the colonies.
"We must win over and control the black army. As long as we control them, the black people will not be able to rise up.
Let the colonial government people remember that black people can be wronged by anyone, but they cannot be wronged by the army.
Of course, while giving preferential treatment to these black soldiers, we must also suppress them at all times and let them know that only with our presence in Portugal can they have their status.
The relationship between black people and the lower class people must be disharmonious, and sometimes deliberate indulgence is necessary. Only then can we firmly control the inequality between upper and lower black people."
Black people in Africa are extremely poor. Before they became soldiers, most of the black soldiers had little property in their tribes and their status was generally low. They also had no nostalgia for their homeland.
This time, Pedro allocated 12 million joint dollars. Except for 1/3 of this money, which was used to buy off the morale of the black army and some tribal leaders to promote the black immigration movement, the remaining 2/3 was given to them.
Tribal resettlement fees so that they can settle down there.
"Are there any troublesome tribes during this migration?" Pedro asked.
“There was some at first, but it quickly subsided.
The colonial government announced that those who violated the relocation movement would not only be suppressed by force, but also downgraded. Those who caused serious troubles would be classified as untouchables, while those who actively reported the troubles could be upgraded.
Although black people don't have much wealth, they now take their status very seriously, and they all hope to climb up. After the Governor's Palace announced that the matter is serious, everyone is very stable."
"That's good. It seems that black people have a general understanding."
His Majesty the Emperor was very satisfied, but Tony also had some concerns about the relocation movement, believing that it would affect the development of the colony.
"Your Majesty, all the black people have migrated to southern Mozambique, so what should we do if we need people for development in other places?"
"This is not a problem. If some mixed-race people and Indians who identify with Portuguese culture are moved from Brazil, 500,000 people will be enough. Portugal will import another 100,000 people. Counting the 200,000 white people and mixed-race people in the original colony, 800,000 people will be enough.
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These 800,000 people will build several key colonial sites in the colonies and build some satellite cities. The colonies will be engaged in large-scale agriculture and light industry.
As for those who mine, they can contract black slave labor. Black people also need to make money to live. Give them a contract job. However, please note that a black person's contract period cannot exceed five years. After five years, he will leave and then be replaced.
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We in Portugal have no shortage of low-end labor, but India has a lot of people, right? We have a colony in India, and we have a good relationship with the United Kingdom. Is it difficult to get some people to mine? It’s not like we don’t give money, and we don’t exist.
What is slavery and oppression? We are a contract system with money."
After all, Portugal is also a big colonial empire, and there is no shortage of low-end consumable labor.
As a time traveler, Pedro certainly knows how to operate colonial development and restrict black people better than people of this era.
Of course, Tangning was wary of black people. He was not like the British, French, German and other countries of this era.
Although the British, French and other great powers looked down on black people, hated the exploitation of black people, and used prostituted labor for free, they still allowed them to grow like wild horses in the colonies. This would eventually lead to trouble.
South Africa is a typical example. It is clear that a white country can be established, as long as the black people are driven to one place.
But these short-sighted white people keep keeping black people around just for free labor, and in the end, the black people rely on their overwhelming numbers to make a comeback.
Tang Ning still attached great importance to the African colonies. Although it was not the focus of national development, he never gave up on localizing the colonies.
Black people in the colonies were a thorny issue. In this era, it was easy to make a bad name by killing and extracting blood. King Leopold II of Belgium was blackmailed.
Since massacre couldn't be carried out, Tang Ning decided to be gentle. The number of black people was not very large. Find a good place for them to settle down, which would be civilized and avoid future troubles.
Chapter 255 Migration Movement
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