The transactions between Southern Africa and Rwanda immediately attracted the attention of the colonial government of Portuguese West Africa.
Southern Africa is also a habitual offender in this regard. If Southern Africa had not supported the Yao people behind the scenes, the Portuguese would not have suffered a total defeat in Portuguese East Africa.
Now Southern Africa is repeating its old tricks, and Portuguese West Africa is also in chaos. The Portuguese West African colonial government and the Portuguese government simultaneously protested to London and Southern Africa, demanding that Southern Africa immediately suspend its transactions with Rwanda, otherwise the Portuguese West African colonial government and the Portuguese government
The Portuguese government will view this as an act of war.
"What do you mean, are the Portuguese going to declare war on us?" Roque was surprised. He didn't expect the Portuguese to be so courageous.
There are not many countries in this world that dare to declare war on the British Empire. Although Portugal did not suffer much losses in the world war, its overall strength is far from that of the British Empire, and it is not at the same level.
"Declare war? No, no, no, the Portuguese don't have the courage. This is a diplomatic strategy. It's difficult for them to even form an expeditionary force." Philip laughed. The world war reminded all countries not to start wars at will.
Regarding West Africa, there is also great controversy in Portugal.
From the standpoint of the Portuguese government, it definitely wanted to send an expeditionary force to quell the rebellion and maintain the rule of the colonial government in West Africa.
But the risk is too high. If everything goes well, then no matter what, what if we can't defeat the rebels?
Europe is now in an economic crisis, and Portugal is also trapped in it and cannot escape. If the expedition loses its troops and loses its troops, Portugal's domestic economic and political situation will further deteriorate. This result is unacceptable to the Portuguese government.
In short, the tragedy of a small country with few people is vividly reflected in Portugal when virtue is not matched.
"It is not easy to form an expeditionary force." Roque was not optimistic about Portugal. When the Congo Free State rebelled, Belgium vowed to form an expeditionary force, but the result was nothing.
Not everyone is like the British Empire, which easily formed hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops to launch wars on the other side of the world.
The current situation in Portuguese West Africa is that the expeditionary force is useless if it is too small, and the Portuguese government cannot afford to send too many. If Roque is the president of Portugal, Roque is also in a dilemma.
"So regardless of whether the turmoil in West Africa has anything to do with us, Portugal will pass the responsibility to us, so that the Portuguese government will have a reason not to send an expeditionary force." Philip is very clear about the situation in Portugal.
This word is not appropriate, and Portugal is not very "foreign".
"If you don't send - then just sit back and watch the colonial governments in West Africa be overthrown?" Roque could understand the difficulties of the Portuguese government, but he could not understand the Portuguese government's decision.
In a general sense, West Africa is now Portuguese territory, and "colony" is the definition of later generations.
In this way, the problem is very simple. A rebellion breaks out in the country, and the government does not try to quell the rebellion. Instead, it makes excuses for the failure and tries to blame it. It turns out that it is just a betrayal and does not feel bad.
"Otherwise, what can we do?" Philip was curious, what would Rock do if he was replaced by Rock?
Roque smiled and said nothing. If you are determined, there will always be a way. Portugal has colonized West Africa for hundreds of years and accumulated an incredible amount of wealth. If the Portuguese government is really determined to burn everything, then it will not be difficult to form an expeditionary force.
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I am afraid that all the wealth that Portugal collected from its colonies has been squandered, and now there is not much left. Even if God comes down to earth, he will not be able to save Portuguese West Africa.
"What do you think about the split?" Philip was not entangled in the Portuguese's choice. Taking back Bloemfontein and Cape Town was a bad start. This time, Philip was bound to win the split of a state that was too large.
"Yes, Nyasaland can also be split into two states, Nyasaland and Beihai." Roque did not object. He could not always go against Lao Taishan, but he still had to support it when appropriate.
Today's Nyasaland has a long and narrow terrain just like Lake Nyasa. From Beihai City at the northernmost tip of the North Sea to Port Edward at the southernmost tip, the straight-line distance exceeds 1,900 kilometers, and the total area reaches an astonishing 750,000 square kilometers.
The 750,000 square kilometers here include the complete Lake Nyasa and the North Sea (Lake Tanganyika), as well as the East Lake (Lake Mweru), plus part of the former Congo Free State.
With such a large area, it is no problem to split into two states. Nyasaland now has a total of nine seats in the Congress. After the split, the two states combined can get at least 12 seats.
Compared with the original Nyasaland, the area of current Nyasaland has expanded several times.
However, Rock's fiefdom is still in the area around Lake Nyasa, including Port Edward. Strictly speaking, it is not Rock's fiefdom now, but Rock's private territory.
"That's great, what did Cecil say?" Philip felt excited after chewing a hard nut.
"There is no problem with Cecil, I will do his work." Roque took over everything. Rhodesia was originally divided into Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia, which later became Zambia and Zimbabwe.
This aspect is consistent with Rock.
"Very good, our current state has an area of more than one million square kilometers, while the small one only has an area of 50,000 or 60,000. The gap is really huge." Philip was greatly relieved. This matter was done, and Philip also had a dream.
The qualification to go down in history.
Fifty thousand or sixty thousand refers to Swaziland.
Swaziland is the smallest state in southern Africa. In another time and space, Swaziland had an even smaller area of only more than 10,000 and less than 20,000. In this time and space, Southern Africa did not forcibly take away Swaziland’s land, so
Swaziland is quite large.
Before Swaziland became independent, metal mines were discovered in the coastal areas, so Southern Africa forced Swaziland to cede the coastal areas, resulting in Swaziland's land area being only square kilometers.
The same tragedy is Basutoland. Basutoland in another time and space also had mines discovered in its territory, so it was forcibly occupied by southern Africa, resulting in Basutoland's area remaining only a little over 30,000.
Oh, Basutoland at that time was already called Lesotho.
"Will Orange and Cape agree?" Rock reminded Philip not to be proud, there are still two hardest bones waiting for Philip to gnaw.
"The opinions of Orange and Cape are not important!" Philip laughed, and Rock suddenly remembered that the minority obeys the majority——
Oh, democracy is good. The banner of minority submission to the majority is raised. The opinions of Orange and Cape are indeed not important. Regardless of whether Orange and Cape are opposed to it, as long as two-thirds of the members of Congress agree, then
Orange and Cape's comments mean nothing.
Most of the time, the true meaning of democracy is the violence of the majority against the minority.
"Then I wish you all your wishes -" Roque stood up to leave. Regarding the Portuguese government's reaction, Roque also wanted to refer to the opinions of Kitchener and Ade.
After Ade retired, he completely relaxed himself and spent the whole day traveling around the mountains and rivers with Kitchinna. He simply enjoyed himself.
Roque came to Ade's manor, and Ade's housekeeper told Roque that Ade went to the Governor's Mansion to find Kitchener.
Roque came to the Governor's Palace, and the guards of the Governor's Palace told Roque that Ade and Kitchina went fishing in the Apis River together.
The Apis River is a tributary of the Limpopo River, which is also called the Crocodile River. Crocodiles are often found in the river.
Roque was completely speechless. He could only say that the two old men were really in high spirits and it would be impossible to find them. The Apis River runs through Pretoria and God knows where the two old men were squatting in that corner.
So Roque simply waited for Kitchener and Ade at the Governor's Mansion.
It didn't take long before Kitchina and Ade returned to the Governor's Mansion talking and laughing.
"Wow, Locke, you are such a rare visitor——" Kitchina's attitude was enthusiastic when seeing Locke.
Ade calmed down a little, nodded and smiled, which was actually more cordial.
"Let me see what your harvest is like?" Rock wanted to see how the fishing skills of the Imperial Governor and the Imperial Prime Minister were.
"Hahahaha——" Kitchina smiled widely, filling the iron bucket in his hand. Wow, the imperial governor is really awesome.
"Haha, he just found someone to buy it——" The imperial prime minister refused to give him face, and Rock almost laughed.
Kitchina immediately looked at Roque with angry eyes.
Roque is not afraid. Who is the retired old man trying to scare? Roque was not afraid when he was the Minister of War, and he is even less afraid now——
"What are you doing here?" Kitchina's nose was raised and his eyes were raised. The guards at the Governor's Mansion did not dare to keep Luo Ke waiting, so they secretly went to find Kitchina and Ade. That's why Kitchina found someone to buy fish——
Okay, things are finally coming full circle.
Roque told the story again, and Adelaide looked helpless. Kitchina showed no mercy: "Loc, you can't blame the Portuguese. You are a habitual offender in this regard."
Rock was speechless. Who am I doing this for? Isn’t it just to open up territory for the British Empire?
"Before in East Africa, you tricked the Portuguese once, and now you are doing the same thing again. I'm really curious, did the Portuguese offend you?" Kitchener also couldn't figure out why Roque always attacked the Portuguese.
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"Haha, no, the Portuguese offended the Africans. The weak eat the strong and the fittest survive. When the Portuguese had strong troops and horses, they could occupy East and West Africa. Now that the Portuguese are weak, they deserve to be unable to keep their colonies. In our words, this is called
God's way of reincarnation is not good for punishment -" Luo Ke almost wrote a poem, good and evil will eventually be rewarded, God's way of reincarnation. If you don't believe it, look up and see who will be spared by heaven -
"Hahahaha, yes, Locke, that's why I like you. You have perfectly inherited the British Empire's way of thinking and behavioral norms. You should be made the British Prime Minister." Kitchener looked at Locke more and more, and he became more and more pleasing to the eye.
Luo Ke suddenly felt like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.
Ah, bah, bah, bah, Kitchina has never been married, where did she get her daughter——
Single dog!
: I was stuffed with dog food in the previous chapters, which hurts my heart - don't be angry, because I am also single -