Chapter 1435, the battle for West African colonies
“Colony grab in West Africa?”
Upon hearing this, Du Mingen thought for a while and said: "Our mission is to leave a way out for shareholders. The land we occupy now is large enough. There is no need to go to the powder keg of West Africa to look for trouble."
"Well, I know what to do."
"The competition in West Africa is indeed very fierce now. We have many colonial trading houses in the Ming Dynasty, as well as the vassals, Korea, Japan, and even the Persian Empire are also joining in the fun here in West Africa, as well as Spain and Portugal in Europe.
, France and England.”
"With so many forces here in West Africa, it can be said that it is very lively and the competition is extremely fierce."
Zhang Ye nodded and said after hearing this.
Du Mingen The reason why West Africa is a powder keg is because there are too many forces robbing West Africa now.
Colonies around the world have basically been divided up. Only West Africa still has a large amount of land that has not been divided up and robbed. Therefore, it has also attracted powerful countries and organizations around the world to rob it.
Overseas colonization can bring huge profits, and the natives of the colonies can be sold as slaves. It is not a problem at all for a slave to be sold for more than ten taels of silver.
It would be better if there were gold mines, silver mines, etc. in the colony. Gold and silver are the most exciting things. There is nothing more attractive than this.
If there is no gold and silver, anything like ivory, mahogany, nanmu, pearls, jade, gems, diamonds, etc. will do. Even if the land is fertile, it can be used to grow sugar cane and make sugar.
In short, colonies have many benefits and high returns.
The cost of conquering a colony is very small.
Looking at the vassals and colonies that the Ming Empire flourished all over the world, it often only required an armed force of about a thousand people to easily open up a vast overseas colony and obtain generous returns.
Under the propaganda of the Ming Dynasty Morning Post, these not only stimulated the big families and powerful forces within the Ming Empire to expand overseas colonies, but also stimulated North Korea and Japan, and also stimulated those countries that had close contacts with the Ming Dynasty.
Like the Persian Empire, Ismail I was ambitious, but faced an embarrassing situation with no direction for expansion.
To the north of the Persian Empire was the Ming Empire, which they did not dare to mess with at all. To the east was Tianzhu, which was also divided among the vassals and colonies of the Ming Dynasty.
To the west is the Ottoman Empire, which is not easy to mess with. In every war with the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire always wins less and loses more. In a two-river basin, the two empires have fought for many years, and they have been defeated by the Ottoman Empire several times.
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After all this going on, it seemed that the only thing we could do was learn from the people of the Ming Dynasty and go overseas to develop colonies, so naturally they focused on West Africa.
As for Spain, Portugal and other Western European countries, they have been carrying out colonial activities in West Africa a long time ago. As early as a hundred or two hundred years ago, they had ships coming to West Africa to trade slaves, rob gold, etc.
Now we just realize the value of colonies more clearly than before, and we have also increased our colonial efforts in West Africa and North Africa.
Against this background, the competition in West Africa is very fierce.
Every country or force that arrives here will be furious. As long as they plant a flag or erect a stone monument, they will loudly publicize that the land within a thousand miles around them belongs to them, or that all the surrounding islands belong to them.
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Obviously, this kind of flag-planting competition cannot be recognized by other people. Who can't plant a flag? The key is to be able to conquer these local indigenous Kunlun slaves and have a strong stronghold here.
Really able to occupy this place.
Therefore, in West Africa now, the conflicts between the many colonial forces are becoming more and more serious.
Today, Spain has erected a monument on this island, built several mud houses, stationed several soldiers to garrison it, and declared that all surrounding islands belong to Spain.
But tomorrow, when the North Koreans arrive here, they will stop immediately. They will directly demolish your house and send your people to God. Then they will raise flags, erect monuments, and build several houses here.
, sent some people to garrison, and then declared that this place belonged to the Koreans.
But the day after tomorrow, the Portuguese came again, drove away the Koreans on the island, and repeated the same operation, declaring this place to belong to the Kingdom of Portugal.
Sometimes, two colonies both claim sovereignty over a certain piece of land, and no one agrees with the other, so naturally there will be several fights.
It can be said that at this moment, the entire West Africa region is a huge powder keg. There are many conflicts between the various colonists, and they are all competing for important key islands, colonial sites, and colonies rich in gold, silver, ivory, etc.
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"Let them fight for it slowly, and let us operate well on our own territory."
"Our land is not bad either. We need gold and silver, and there are a lot of redwood resources on this big East African island. If we hold on to our territory and increase our population, are we afraid that we will have no land in the future?
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Du Mingen smiled and seemed not to care.
He knew his duty very well, which was to leave a way out for the big families in the capital.
Liu Jin, Ying Gong, Ding Guo Gong, Ao Guo Gong, Cheng Guo Gong, etc., these are all noble groups of the Ming Dynasty, and are now very trusted by Emperor Hongzhi.
But you can't put everything you have on it. You may have had no choice before, but now that you have a choice, you naturally have to leave yourself a way out.
This is also the core purpose of the establishment of the South African United Commercial Bank. Its purpose is to leave a way out for people like Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, Yang Yun and the families behind them.
While the two were chatting, more than a dozen ships flying the Japanese flag sailed into the port, and soon people hurried to Du Mingen and Zhang Ye's side.
"Master Hou, the fleets of Dongfang Family and Nan Family of Japan have arrived at our port. Their leaders hope to meet you, Master Hou~"
"Dongfang family?"
"Nan's family?"
"Isn't this Dongfang family the Dongfang family of the Japanese king of Japan? The Nan family should be the original Shimazu family on Kyushu Island."
When Du Mingen heard this, he thought about it and said.
"Yes, Mr. Hou~"
"The Shimazu family was the first family to have contact and exchanges with our Ming Dynasty. They have a lot of business overseas. They are also the most active family in the Japanese country and expand overseas. They are one of the many famous names who support the Japanese king."
Zhang Ye also nodded and replied: "They must be going to West Africa to seize colonies. Looking at their dozen ships, they must have spent a lot of money. Several of these ships were manufactured by Tianjin Shipyard.
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Zhang Ye looked at the dozen or so Japanese ships in the port and could tell at a glance that several of the dozen or so ships were built by the Tianjin Shipyard.
"It seems that this time, they are bound to win."
Du Mingen nodded and gave random instructions to go down and prepare to meet these Japanese people.
Soon, Du Mingen returned to his governor's palace and met these Japanese people in the living room.
In the huge reception room of the Governor's Mansion, Du Mingen looked at the Japanese people in front of him with interest.
To be honest, if these Japanese people hadn't revealed their identities, Du Mingen wouldn't have been able to tell that these people were Japanese.
Because these Japanese people are no different from the people of the Ming Dynasty in terms of clothing and appearance. The only difference may be that they are shorter than the people of the Ming Dynasty.
In the past, the nobles and warriors of the Japanese country would keep the moon leader, but since they were conquered by the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the moon leader gradually disappeared in the Japanese country.
The Japanese daimyo, aristocrats, and samurai class who all learned from the Ming Dynasty were the same as the Ming Dynasty people. The daimyo and aristocrats grew their hair long and wore square buns. As for the samurai class, they imitated the Ming soldiers and kept their hair flat.
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In addition, in terms of clothing, the original kimono was abandoned, and instead, like the people of the Ming Dynasty, the daimyo and nobles imitated the clothing of the aristocrats and gentry of the Ming Dynasty, and the samurai imitated the clothing of soldiers and sailors.
In addition, the language and writing are all imitated from the Ming Dynasty, and their living habits, diet, etc. are also imitated from the Ming Dynasty. If this is not revealed, it will be difficult to even know that they are Japanese people.
In this regard, the Koreans are similar. They learn from the Ming Empire in all aspects, from the big culture, writing, and language to the small aspects of clothing, food, art, etc., they all learn from the Ming Dynasty.
Looking at the Japanese people in front of him, Du Mingen remembered the Japanese people he saw when he first went to the Japanese country, and couldn't help but sigh, this change is really too big.
The Japanese people from the Dongfang Family and the Nan Family in front of me are even better than the Ming Dynasty people in terms of behavior and etiquette.
"Master Marquis, this time I asked for a meeting in a hurry and was not well prepared. Please accept your small kindness."
Dongfang Yue opened a box, and inside was a piece of solid-color imperial green jadeite. Although it was not big, it was an extremely rare imperial green jadeite and could be considered a rather valuable gift.
This time, Dongfang Yue was ordered to lead the fleet to West Africa to seize colonies. They passed by the South African colonies and naturally wanted to come and visit Du Min'en. Of course, the main purpose was to see if they could get some help from the South African colonies.
The Japanese country is really far away from here. The Dongfang family, the Nan family and several famous names who support the Japanese king almost emptied their own family's bottoms, and then they formed the ship in front of them, which consists of more than a dozen large ships.
The team went to colonize West Africa.
You must not make any big mistakes in this, otherwise you will lose everything.
The South African Colony is the closest big force to West Africa. If we can get help from the South African Colony, things will be much easier.
