According to official statistics in southern Africa, there are already 100,000 Chinese in the Zambezi River Basin.
Corresponding to these 100,000 Chinese, there are hundreds of thousands of Africans officially employed by Nyasaland from southern Africa, the Kingdom of Mozambique, and the Congo Free State.
Rock once believed that the Chinese could build Nyasaland into a paradise on earth even without the participation of Africans.
This is true, but facts have proven that with the participation of Africans, Roque's development of Nyasaland will be greatly accelerated.
Moreover, Africans in this era really don’t have as many problems as they did in another time and space. They are lazy, lazy, idle, gossiping, etc. Of course, Africans also have these problems, but under the strict laws of the colonies, Africans really don’t dare to be lazy.
, don’t dare to idle around, guys with these problems, the grass on their graves is basically three feet high——
No one thought this was abuse of Africans.
And the key point is that human resources in Africa are really cheap in this era. If an adult African is employed, his daily salary only costs a few pennies.
Even if you buy an adult labor force, the cost will not exceed five pounds. Africans will not even think that this is an insult to them, because for hundreds of years, white colonists have treated Africans in this way. For this era,
For Africans, this is their fate.
Nyasaland is also different from other regions in its use of Africans.
In all colonies in Africa, including southern Africa, the existence of Africans is equivalent to free labor. Many colonists will even take the initiative to marry Africans in order to obtain more free labor in the future. Therefore, although Africans do not have any political
rights, but in Africa, there is still a lot of room for Africans to survive.
Nyasaland is not like this. Nyasaland will never take the initiative to purchase African labor, let alone accept Africans to settle in Nyasaland, including those prisoners of war in the Natal rebellion. Nyasaland is using
When they work, they will also be paid a salary and the affiliation relationship will be treated as an employment relationship.
The biggest advantage of doing this is that there are no hidden dangers. Hundreds of thousands of Africans in Nyasaland have formed more than a dozen different construction companies, which have played a huge role in the development of the Zambezi River Basin in Nyasaland.
Whenever these construction companies arrive in a new area, they will first level the land and build a simple camp. Then they will build roads, maintain water conservancy, reclaim wasteland, and clean up wild animals that threaten humans. When the area gradually becomes suitable
When humans settled, these construction workers left the area and headed to the next undeveloped area.
What was left to the new immigrants was a camp that could shelter from wind and rain, a standard road that could communicate with the outside world, and thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of undeveloped farmland.
In the Zambezi River Basin, basically every settlement has a population of about a thousand people. The camps they live in have certain defense functions. All adults receive regular weapons training, and those who perform well in the training will join the militia.
Those who stand out can participate in the military selection and have the opportunity to become a glorious professional soldier.
Once someone in a family becomes a professional soldier, all taxes for the family will be exempted. The Nyasaland government will also provide benefits every year, including free seeds, livestock, fertilizers, and daily necessities. Therefore, in Nyasaland, joining the army
It is a very honorable thing. This is not a verbal slogan, but a good reputation established with real benefits.
Roque's investment without hesitation has brought about earth-shaking changes to the Zambezi River Basin.
During the Portuguese colonial period, Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards' farms were both in Tete, the largest city in the Zambezi River Basin, so they had a good understanding of the situation in the Zambezi River Basin at that time.
Now Tete is still the largest city in the middle reaches of the Zambezi River Basin. As for the entire Zambezi River Basin, the largest city has become Port Edward, and Tete also has a new name called Hejian.
That's not right. According to white people's habits, it should be called "New River".
Compared with the Portuguese colonial period, the changes in the city of Xinhejian are not just the name. More importantly, in Xinhejian, whites, Chinese, and Africans can live in harmony and work together to build a new Hejian.
effort.
Although the city of New Riverside definitely does not belong to those Africans in the end, those Africans also showed great enthusiasm when building New Riverside. This is what made Dylan Calami and Sidney Richard
This is the reason for my longing for Nyasaland.
Compared with Lorenzo Marquez, who is full of contradictions and has sharp antagonisms between various ethnic groups, the stability of Nyasaland is what Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards envy the most. Although Nyasaland has been the most stable in recent years,
Saran has shown strong aggression, and conflicts continue in the border areas and the Congo Free State and Tanganyika. However, the construction in Nyasaland has not stalled, which is obviously very beneficial to Dylan Karami and Sidney.
·The emerging bourgeoisie headed by Richards.
After temporarily placing Dylan Calami and Sidney Richards at the Cape Hotel in Little Rock, Rock immediately called Christian and Louis Brodeur over.
After the establishment of the federal government, Christian's position became Minister of the Interior of Nyasara, while Louis Brod had left the jurisdiction of Yaya and became Brod's person in charge of the Zambezi River Basin.
Roque's support for Lorenzo Marquez was through Christian and Luis Brodeur.
"Lorenço Marquez is of course very good. It has mature farms, the best seaport on the east coast of Africa, and a colonial base that the Portuguese have carefully built over hundreds of years. To be fair, Port Edward's natural conditions are not as good as Lourenço.
Marquez, we should have driven away the Portuguese a long time ago, otherwise southern Africa would not be complete southern Africa." Christian has long coveted Lorenzo Marquez, which is understandable, precisely because of Lorenzo Marquez.
Lourenço Marquez is blessed with unique natural conditions, so the Portuguese originally chose Lourenço Marquez as the center of their colonization in Africa, rather than other ports.
"It is very simple to support Lourenço Marquez. After all, the Portuguese are not Germans. When Tanganyika is in chaos, Germany can still mobilize troops from the mainland to support it. Portugal is now overwhelmed with itself, and the king is on the verge of being deposed.
There is no way to quell the chaos of Lourenço Marquez - "Louis Brod was relaxed. In the past, Louis Brod had been operating in the North Sea Basin, facing Tanganyika, which was engaged in an arms race with the United Kingdom.
Now switching to Portugal, Louis Brodeur really doesn’t find it difficult. The Portuguese and the Germans are not opponents at the same level at all.
"Okay, I admit that this matter is not difficult, but don't be careless because of this. Remember, don't let the Portuguese get the handle." Roque was not worried that Christian and Louis Brodeur would not be able to complete the task, and specifically warned them.
, mainly because they were worried that the Portuguese would bite back before they died.
As long as Nyasaland is involved in Lourenço Marquez's rebellion, it is certain that the Portuguese will not be able to escape unscathed.
This is the tragedy of a small country with few people. It does not need to be compared with the United Kingdom, even compared with southern Africa, or even Nyasaland is listed separately. Portugal is not powerful, and Lourenço Marquez only has one hundred thousand left.
A square kilometer can be described as a small area, so the Portuguese are bound to lose. The only suspense is that if the Portuguese lose completely, will they use a weak image to build momentum internationally and attack the United Kingdom and the South?
Africa's reputation is affected.
After all, Britain and Portugal are still nominally allies. If the Portuguese seize the opportunity of Nyasaland, it will really have some impact on Britain's international reputation. After all, the current colonial system is controlled by Britain.
determined by France.
In terms of "export to the outside world", Christian and Louis Brod are also experts. Even the Germans can't do anything about Christian and Louis Brod, let alone the Portuguese.
So Christian and Louis Brodeur responded with a smile, and then turned around and launched a series of heavy punches.
The most effective weapon for external export is of course mercenaries.
Don't forget that Louis Brodeur himself was a mercenary, and Christian has several construction companies under his command. These days, some construction companies are not just construction workers. They need to effectively manage tens of thousands of workers. Powerful
Armed force is also indispensable, so Louis Brodeur and Christian easily arranged for hundreds of mercenaries to go to Lorenzo Marquez to join the Labor Party and participate in the battle against the Royalists.
A few hundred sounds a little small, but it is enough for Lorenzo Marquez. The total number of white people in Lorenzo Marquez is only a few hundred thousand. The royalists even want to form a force composed of Africans to deal with it.
Strong pressure from the Labor Party.
This reflects the contradiction between the Portuguese themselves. On the one hand, they exploit Africans and extract profits to meet Portugal's domestic needs. On the other hand, they need to rely on the strength of Africans to protect their interests in the colonies.
In this situation, when the Africans are incapable, they have no choice but to be squeezed by the Portuguese. However, once external forces intervene, the strength of the Africans' resistance can be imagined.
Therefore, Lourenço Marquez's situation collapsed quickly. In mid-January 1909, the Labor Party's armed forces completely defeated the troops formed by the royalists in Manisa, about fifty kilometers away from Lourenço Marquez, and won the battle against Lourenço Marquez.
Marques took control, and Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards hadn't even left Nyasaland at this time.
