Compared to Huang Li and Zheng Jing, who have evil intentions, Magnan's thoughts are much simpler.
Magnum just wants to take advantage of this opportunity to earn more money, and then return to France to retire. As for the future of Madagascar, this is not within the scope of Magnum's consideration. This is Pierre's job.
Pierre was not ignorant of the situation in Manantenina, but with Qin Zhiyuan's promise, Pierre didn't care.
Qin Zhiyuan indeed gave Pierre a promise that Qin Zhiyuan would spare no effort to support Pierre's work during his tenure as the governor of Madagascar.
This support is time-limited and is limited to the period when Pierre is the governor of Madagascar. As for Madagascar after Pierre leaves office, who cares?
The only people Pierre could rely on in Madagascar were the African Corps sent by Qin Zhiyuan, which were two foreign legion divisions led by Cheng Xing'an and composed of half Annamites, half Germans, and a small part of Lanfang people.
Compared with the situation faced by Huang Li and others, the situation faced by Cheng Xing'an was much more complicated.
The Malagasy people Huang Li and the others faced were basically enemies. As long as they saw a Madagascan, they could just capture them and give them to the Renault Bauxite Company. What Cheng Xingan faced in Antananarivo was more
The Malagasy people, who were unknown to us and the enemy, made Cheng Xingan a little bit jealous.
The dispute between the French and the Madagascars has been going on for a long time. The French once conquered the Madagascars, but within a few years, the Madagascars drove the French out of Madagascar. So the French changed their strategies and used more tolerant policies.
I want to use this method to turn the Malagasy people into French obedient people.
The problem is that the Malagasy people do not want to surrender at all, but at the same time they have strong ships and cannons that cannot resist the French, so it has become the norm in Antananarivo to be submissive. The Malagasy people living in Antananarivo are all on the surface.
They are surrendered to the French, but as long as there is a chance, these Malagasy people will unite again at any time and drive the French out of Madagascar.
This is not easy. After all, this time Pierre is not surrounded by the ragtag colonial army, but the well-trained foreign legion from Lanfang. They are really fighting with open swords and guns. The foreign legion is really not afraid of others.
So in Madagascar now, Pierre and Cheng Xing'an have a cooperative relationship, and there is no disagreement. Cheng Xing'an behaves quite honestly and has no intention of large-scale immigration to Antananarivo. This somewhat makes Pierre
Relaxed a bit.
What happened in Manantenina has spread throughout Madagascar in recent times. Although Pierre knew about it, he did not warn Old Renault. Pierre did not know how many people Old Renault hired from Southeast Asia. Tana
Antananarivo is still too far from Manantenina. The distance of more than 600 kilometers is enough to make people despair. There is no train or airport here. If you want to go from Antananarivo to Manantenina, you can only take a passenger ferry, and
The current Manantenina is certainly not worthy of Pierre's inspection.
In the three months since he arrived in Madagascar, Pierre has been busy mediating the conflicts of interest among the bankers in Paris. Although he had already conducted an interest coordination before arriving in Madagascar, after arriving in Madagascar and entering into actual operations, he still
There is more work for Pierre to do.
The first thing to solve is the problem of workers. When these bankers came to Madagascar, they basically had a common purpose, which was to develop Madagascar's mineral resources.
But after arriving in Madagascar, the people who followed Pierre found that there were many more problems than expected. Especially with Pierre's connivance, the slave trade in Madagascar was rampant, resulting in that there were not enough people in the mines.
workers, so all the ideas came to nothing.
There are many ways to solve the problem. On the one hand, workers can be recruited from France or the African continent; on the other hand, Pierre is required to control the increasingly rampant slave hunting behavior.
However, controlling slave hunting will harm the interests of some vested interests. This is tantamount to cutting off their financial resources and will cause a strong backlash from those people. Therefore, it is difficult for Pierre to find a balance on this issue.
The second thing to resolve is the confrontation between Madagascar and the French. Many Madagascars are opposed to the French colonial rule. Even though they will not openly express hostility to the French, if they are allowed to cooperate with the French,
That is also difficult for someone to do.
In the first month after Pierre came to Madagascar, the security situation in Antananarivo deteriorated sharply. Within a month, 11 French families were violently attacked, the men were tortured and killed, and the women were insulted and then returned.
Killed, and even two women disappeared and their whereabouts were unknown, which gave Pierre a very headache.
After the Foreign Legion led by Cheng Xing'an arrived in Antananarivo, the hostility between the French and the Malagasy still existed, and even the Foreign Legion troops were attacked. There was a tragedy in which most of the casualties of a patrol team occurred.
Cheng Xing'an would not let the situation continue to deteriorate, so he implemented a curfew system in Antananarivo and started martial law at the same time.
In troubled times, heavy codes are used. Cheng Xing'an implemented this sentence very thoroughly. Once a Malagasy criminal fell into the hands of the foreign legion, he would sell it to the mine owners for mining, or he would directly shoot him.
To a certain extent, it has deterred the Malagasy people and improved the security situation in Antananarivo.
But Chongdian is not a panacea. On the surface, it seems that the security situation in Antananarivo has indeed improved, but in fact, the opposition between the French and the Malagasy people has become more serious. Now the Lanfang people are also added, making
The situation is more complicated.
Pierre understood the crux of the situation, but was unable to do so because of his responsibilities.
After consulting his own staff, Pierre decided to implement a hierarchical system among the Malagasy people. The superiority of this hierarchical system is reflected in the priority use of public facilities, as well as in habitable areas, tax incentives, etc.
In this registration system, the first class is naturally the French, Lanfang people, and other Europeans living in Madagascar, the second class is the Antesaka people who do not constitute the majority of the population, and the other Madagascars are
Belongs to the third level.
While establishing the hierarchy, Pierre also stipulated a promotion mechanism. If a second-class Antesaka made sufficient contributions to Antananarivo, that Antesaka could be promoted to the next level.
In the first level, under the same rules, Malagasy people in the third level also have the opportunity to be promoted to the second level, or even to the first level.
From the perspective of the 21st century, this caste system is really appalling, but at the beginning of the 20th century, this system was common in the colonies of Britain and France. Even in the 21st century, the caste system in India still exists.
After the implementation of the hierarchical system, it did play a certain role. At least the Antesaka people showed a certain degree of enthusiasm. Magnum's troops were expanded based on this premise. At the same time, the hierarchical system also caused
As a result of the internal divisions among the Malagasy people, except for the Antesaka people who became vested interests, other Malagasy people hated this hierarchical system so much that they transferred their hatred of the French and Lanfang people to the Antesaka people.
This is exactly what Pierre wanted.
Pierre has always been committed to provoking internal conflicts among the Malagasy people. As long as the Malagasy people themselves start to stir up chaos, Pierre will have an opportunity to take advantage of it, whether it is to divide and disintegrate, or to win over and attack, even if Pierre is not interested in these methods.
Not familiar with it, Pierre's staff are also extremely familiar with these operating techniques.
Facing the turbulent Madagascar people, the French became the only support for the Antesaka people. If they wanted to maintain their status, the Antesaka people had to stand beside the French and wave the flag, even charging into battle for Pierre.
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Within two months of the promulgation of the hierarchy, tens of thousands of non-Antesaka Malagasy people were sent to various mining plants opened by the French. The arrival of these people not only alleviated the labor shortage of the mine owners, but also
It also successfully promoted hundreds of Antesaka people to the first level, which set a sufficient example.
Just a simple promotion is not enough, there must be enough material stimulation to further stimulate people's enthusiasm.
Pierre is indeed not stingy in terms of material things, so these newly promoted Antesaka people moved into a noble residential area inhabited by French people. Pierre did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy horse bones for these people.
Allocate housing so that these people, including their families, have a place to live, and then absorb these people into government agencies, so that these people can get real benefits, both in terms of material and social status.
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After this move, the social response became stronger. More Antesaka people were inspired and prepared to do something for the colonial government and truly blended into the ruling class. At the same time, the non-Antesaka people became more restless and hid in the tower.
In every corner of Nananarivo, they were waiting for the opportunity to attack any Antesaka they saw, seeking revenge for the misfortune of their tribesmen.
So a new round of racial vendetta began again, and Cheng Xing'an and the others were once again busy without touching the ground.
In any case, Pierre was finally able to get away from the trivial matters in Antananarivo and began to look at Madagascar as a whole.
In fact, all the cities in Madagascar have fallen into a similar situation to Antananarivo, so in this dispute, the relatively quiet Manantenina has become more and more eye-catching.
This is not a good thing for Huang Li and Zheng Jing.
