Mozambique, later known as the Cashew Kingdom, is a strange country with an AK47 on its flag. Now its name is Portuguese East Africa, and it is a Portuguese colony with a long history.
At the end of the 15th century, Portugal came to Mozambique in order to open a sea route from Western Europe to East India. In 1489, Covilhã reconnoitered the coastal stronghold of Sofala. In 1498, Vasco da Gama arrived on the coast of Mozambique. In 1505, the Portuguese used force to expel them.
He conquered the Arabs in Sofala and established the first colonial stronghold. Two years later, he occupied the island of Mozambique.
In the 1960s, the Portuguese controlled several major ports along the coast of Mozambique. After that, the Portuguese successively occupied some inland areas of Mozambique and the Sena and Tete in the Zambezi River Basin. In 1574, the Portuguese invaded Mweni Mata three times.
The Kingdom of Pa failed. In 1629, Portugal took advantage of the internal strife in the Kingdom of Mweni Matapa to gain control over the interior areas of Mozambique.
At the beginning of the 17th century, Portugal was at its peak in East Africa. They exported a large amount of gold from Mozambique. Every year, 60,000 ounces of gold were exported from Quelimane alone. In 1700, Portugal declared Mozambique a "protectorate", and in 1752
It was converted into a colony and ruled by a governor appointed by Lisbon.
In the mid-17th century, Portugal implemented the "Balazo" system in Mozambique, in which the royal family chartered land to some large real estate owners to rule in place of local chiefs. These large real estate owners exercised absolute power over Africans and could even sell them into slavery.
, became a country within a country in Mozambique. At the same time, Portugal began to export slaves from Mozambique.
By the 18th century, slaves had replaced gold and ivory as the main export commodity in the Zambezi Valley, and the slave trade in Mozambique continued until the end of the 19th century.
At the end of the 19th century, Portugal implemented a forced labor system in Mozambique and began to export a large number of indentured labor to neighboring countries. After quelling the rebellion of the large property owners in the Zambezi River region, the Portuguese colonial authorities established the Mozambique Company and the Niassa Company in
and the Zambezia Company. These chartered companies controlled 2/3 of Mozambique's territory.
Since His Majesty the benevolent, philanthropic and venerable Emperor Pedro III divided North and South Mozambique with the Luenia and Zambezi rivers as the boundary, the Autonomous Territory of South Mozambique has become the unified homeland of all Portuguese colonial blacks.
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There are approximately 10,000 black people in the Autonomous Territory of Southern Mozambique, and this population is still increasing.
Without relocation, we don’t know the exact number of people, but with relocation, the number of black people greatly exceeds the estimate. However, it doesn’t matter if there are too many people. Anyway, with the help of the black flag master, no matter how many, they will all be moved away.
Although the Autonomous Territory of Southern Mozambique is a gathering place for black people, it is not without white people. It turns out that there are more than 100,000 local white colonists and mixed-race people.
The Portuguese had colonized Mozambique for so many years, and they had previously given land rewards to the Portuguese to attract them to come over and become landlords. Later, the big Portuguese landowners rebelled against Portugal's demand to pay more taxes, and were finally put down and established three privileged companies on the spot, the Mozambique Company, and the Nigeria Company.
Asa and Zambezia.
Today's white people, Brazilian blacks, and some mixed-race people gather in and around the two cities of Beira and Maputo. These two cities are also the centers of the Autonomous Territory of Southern Mozambique. Although the three major companies were cancelled, they were actually just replaced.
On the whole, Southern Mozambique still operates on a corporatized basis, with a national system and so on, which only has a framework.
The upper class of South Mozambique is composed of white people and some tested mixed-race people. The middle class is composed of mixed-race people and black flag masters. The lower class is composed of ordinary black flag people. In addition, black people who have experienced resistance to colonial rule form the untouchables.
The Autonomous Territory of Southern Mozambique is a black autonomous territory, and naturally there is a parliament on the surface.
Because it is a black parliament, the members are of course the leaders of each tribe, that is, the flag masters. The parliament has an absolute democracy and implements a true one person, one vote, and every vote is important. Anyone who wants to modify the existing dominion framework
One point must be passed unanimously.
It is very difficult for an absolutely democratic black parliament to discuss practical matters, and it is unthinkable to pass it unanimously.
But it was unanimously approved. Black people can't do it, but the Portuguese master can let them do it.
Northern Mozambique is home to the Yao people. This ethnic group is full of force and has always been a thorn in the colonies. Historically, their resistance lasted until World War I, and they never minded backstabbing Portugal when given the opportunity. For example, in the First World War
During the war, they colluded with the colonial troops in German East Africa.
For those who jumped high and undermined Portuguese rule, they must be recorded in a small notebook. When Pedro established the black banner system, he deliberately ignored them. Later, when he established the black army, they had no share.
On July 1, the Autonomous Territory of Southern Mozambique passed its first unanimous resolution: naturalization and guidance of barbaric black people towards civilization.
As soon as the resolution was passed, the 50,000 black army began to mobilize, preparing to march into northern Mozambique, sweep and capture the barbaric black people there, and bring them into civilized society.
Today's black army has undergone some reforms. It is divided according to tribes. Soldiers from a tribe form a company, and then the tribe companies distributed in different places are gathered together to form battalions and regiments.
The black people from Northern Mozambique captured in this raid belong to the tribe they captured. The more they work, the more they will get. There is no upper limit on salary. As long as they are captured, they will be assigned to the tribe.
The upper-class black people were very supportive of this decision. This was a welfare. In order to allow their tribes to be selected for army quota, they began to cross the sea and show their magical powers.
Maputo,
"Shaq, Bryant, what do you mean?"
Keynes, the leader of the 7th regiment, looked at the sack of gold nuggets in front of him, swallowed a few times and said.
Shaq showed a naive smile and said: "It's not interesting. This is a specialty of our tribe. You are our old chief. We are here to give you a gift."
Shaq and Bryant gave gifts to the old chief. The reason was actually very simple, just to give his tribe the right to participate in the war.
Now the highest level of the black army is the regiment commander, and there is no division commander level. This time in the sweep of Northern Mozambique, each regiment has a share of a battalion participating in the war, and a battalion has four companies. Shaq and Bryant came here just for a share of a company.
of.
After the Imberian War, Shaq and Bryant were appointed as the leader and deputy leader of a tribe because of the outstanding merits of the company they led.
As a leader, you naturally have to step down from your military duties, but retiring doesn't mean you have no connections.
Keynes, a black Brazilian, is the old leader of the two men. Although he is a noble and superior black man with outstanding military exploits, black Brazilians like them will not retire and be sent to the tribe to become leaders, but will be left in the towns.
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In the Autonomous Dominion of Southern Mozambique, in addition to the two large cities of Beira and Maputo, there are also some small towns in various places. These towns are not only used to suppress local areas, but also to better rule and gently exploit them.
After all, black tribes also need daily necessities, and those high-level black people who have seen the world also need quality of life, but the countryside does not provide such good things, so cities and towns are still needed.
After Shaq and Bryant's tribe came to Mozambique, they were assigned a gold mine, a copper mine, and two iron mines, a very fertile land. In addition to handing over 30%, the rest of the profits were
Belong to their tribe.
Their tribe has a total of more than 4,000 people. What can these people do? Mining efficiency is too low. In order to improve efficiency, Shaq, Bryant and some other black elders living in the town come to supervise ordinary black people from time to time.
And the untouchables work, but the efficiency is just that, you can't use them to death, right? There are few people to recognize, and they are squeezed to death, who will serve them as masters?
The situation that exists in the Shake tribe is actually very common. They are all short of people. A tribe divided by Portugal has about 3,000-6,000 people. The maximum number is 10,000. If there are more than 10,000 people, the tribe will be divided.
Southern Mozambique is a good place with fertile land and rich minerals. No matter which way you operate, you can get rich. The Portuguese follow the rules very much. As long as the taxes are up to standard, they will not be brutally exploited for no reason. (
All used are soft methods such as industrial scissors)
The territory divided by the black tribe is about the size of a town in square kilometers, and most of the free space is in the hands of the central government. However, an area the size of such a town is already large enough for a black tribe, and it can be considered a vast territory.
Sparsely populated.
This chapter has been completed!