Before having independent design capabilities, reverse imitation is a good idea, and there is nothing to be ashamed of. Before gaining the right to speak, Germany and the United States have done this kind of thing. If Nyasaland has a strong military industry in the future
, and it is entirely possible to accuse those countries that are trying to catch up from the height of moral standards.
Being in the British colonial system, Rock can easily obtain the most advanced technology in the world and hire the best engineers in the world. Rock himself is willing to spend money. If he cannot build a first-class military industry, then Rock
Just buy a piece of tofu and hit him to death.
In Johannesburg, Stoudemire's job was to eat, drink and have fun. When he had nothing to do, he would follow Rock to see some weird new gadgets, such as the motorcycles that Bobby Holt and the others had tinkered with. Stoudemire was very talented.
Interest.
After getting to know Bobby Holt and the others, Stoudemire came to Rock excitedly: "Locke, what those young people are working on is very interesting. If you don't like them, give them to them."
Now that I'm done, I'll give them a place in Salisbury and let them do whatever they want."
"Who told you I don't like them?" Rock was really curious and didn't know what gave Stoudemire this illusion.
"Didn't you drive them out of Ziwei Town?" Xiaosi thought he could catch them, but when he heard Roque's words, he was immediately disappointed.
"It's not to drive them out of Ziwei Town, but to build them a new factory outside Ziwei Town. The noise of producing motorcycles is too great, and it also pollutes the environment, so they must stay away from the crowd." Luo Ke explained patiently, looking at
It’s not stupid to come to Xiaosi. You can see the future of motorcycles.
This is for sure. Although Stoudemire is a bit naive, his vision is not bad after all. Don’t forget that Stoudemire bought the first car in the Transvaal.
"Really, I thought I could take them to Salisbury." Xiao Si was uninterested and slumped on the sofa not wanting to talk.
"If you have this time, you might as well go and see our steel plant and copper mine." Rock can't leave now, otherwise Rock can live on the construction site.
The construction of heavy industry is based on years, so there is no use even if Rock is anxious.
Fortunately, under the guidance of free trade, Nyasaland does not lack industrial raw materials. Whether it is special steel or various chemical raw materials, as long as Rock is willing to pay, they can buy it from Europe. This is also the Nyasaland Arsenal.
The reason why we can start work now.
When it comes to steel plants and copper mines, the progress is actually quite good. Rock only approves projects and does not care about specific matters. Henry and Xiaosi are responsible for building the factory.
In this regard, Henry and Stoudemire have an advantage that Rock does not have. The workers who built the factory are all Zulu. Rock would probably not be willing to use human lives to build the factory. Henry and Stoudemire have no worries in this regard. They
Give the work to Christian, who then subcontracts the work to the construction team below. The supervisors and workers of the construction team are all Zulu. Those supervisors treat the Zulu workers very harshly, and they are more ruthless than the white people.
, so the progress is very fast. The steel plant is now under intensive construction, the copper mines in Nyasara have begun to produce ore, and new smelting plants have also begun to be approved.
"I regret it now. Christian Exploration Company's report shows that Nyasala's copper reserves may be hundreds of millions of tons. Should you say something?" Stoudemire regretted thinking of the copper mines in Nyasaland.
Unexpectedly, the reserves of hundreds of millions of tons of copper are among the best among the proven copper mines in the world. As a result, Xiao Si gave it directly to Rock. Thinking of this fact, Xiao Si felt heartbroken.
"Come on, there are more copper mines in the Congo Free State. Don't worry, those copper mines will be ours sooner or later." Roque is really not in a hurry. The copper reserves in Nyasaland are not hundreds of millions of tons, but
At least 1.2 billion tons. If Xiao Si knew this news, he would probably be heartbroken to death.
Of course, only Roque knows this information now. Roque has banned Christian Exploration Company from conducting any form of exploration in Nyasaland. This information may only be known by Roque in the future.
Relatively speaking, there are also rich copper mines in the Congo Free State, and Leopold II did not seem to notice this.
Leopold II was more willing to grow rubber than to mine. In 1896, Leopold II passed a secret decree to designate 112,000 square miles of prime land in the Congo Free State as royal territory.
Within ten years, tons of rubber were produced in this territory, making a profit of US$15 million.
"It's not easy to deal with. Leopold II is expanding his army. Now there are more than 10,000 people. It's probably not easy to deal with Leopold II." Xiao Si was a little worried.
The encounter of the Portuguese in Portuguese East Africa sounded the alarm to all African colonists. Big countries like Britain, France and Germany were still able to sit still, but small countries like Belgium and Portugal were on pins and needles.
Compared with Portugal, Belgium's national power is weaker, and the Congo Free State is still the private territory of Leopold II, so Leopold II began to form an army in the Congo Free State to prevent the Congo Free State from appearing like Portuguese East Africa.
Tragedy.
"Haha, ignore him. Look at the army formed by Leopold II. The officers are white and the soldiers are all Africans from the Congo Free State. Do you think that if we send the Yao people to the Congo Free State, those
Will an army composed of Africans listen to Leopold II, or will they listen to the Yao people?" Rock laughed. Leopold II thought he was smart, and Rock wanted to see how he died in the future.<
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The tragedy of Leopold II was that it was a small country with few people. Not only was Belgium weak in national power, but it also had a small number of citizens. In the entire Congo Free State, there were only 1,424 white officials in 1904, of which only 900 were Belgians. Such a small number of people
, it is simply impossible to effectively rule the Congo Free State, which covers an area of 2.34 million square kilometers.
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Therefore, Leopold II maintained his rule through mercenaries and the concession system.
Mercenaries are easy to understand. Although white European mercenaries are easy to use, they are expensive and cannot be maintained for a long time. Therefore, Leopold II had to form a colonial army mainly composed of Africans.
The concession system was also a helpless move. In 1884, European countries held the Berlin Conference to carve up Africa. Leopold II took advantage of the conflicts among the great powers and conducted side deals to win over 15 countries including Britain, France, and Germany.
With his consent, the Congo area was placed under his personal ownership, known as the Congo Free State.
After the establishment of the Congo Free State, through a series of administrative orders, Leopold II nationalized all the land in the Congo Free State, and then leased large tracts of land together with the land's monopoly management rights to private operations. In 1891, the private monopoly
Consortiums poured into the Congo Free State one after another, and Katanga Company, Antwerp Company, Kasai Company, Anglo-Belgian Rubber Company, etc. successively obtained large concessions.
Relying on mercenaries and the concession system, Leopold II could barely maintain his dictatorship in the Congo Free State.
However, Leopold II’s rule over the Congo Free State was not strong. In the original history, Leopold II lost ownership of the Congo Free State before the Africans in the Congo Free State even had time to resist.
, In 1908, the Congo Free State was nationalized by Belgium and became the Belgian Congo.
In this time and space, Roque will definitely not wait until 1908 to take action. As long as the Portuguese in Portuguese East Africa surrender, Roque will turn his target to the Congo Free State. By then, the soldiers trained by Leopold II will become subversive.
The sword of Leopold II's reign.
"Locke, don't wait, send people over now." Stoudemire couldn't wait to watch the excitement.
"Don't worry, defeat the Portuguese first, and then go to the Belgians." Roque has a plan. He can't make too many enemies at the same time, and he can't let the enemies be prepared for Nyasaland. The enemies have to be eliminated one by one.
, Eat the meal one bite at a time.
"Humph, I don't know what month and year it will be yet." Xiaosi was a little disappointed. He really wanted to see what Africa would look like after the "Two C Plan" was completed.
In fact, there was no need to wait for "that year and that month". After the Yao people in Portuguese East Africa crossed the Zambezi River, their progress was rapid. It only took three days to cross Beira, an important city in the central part of Portuguese East Africa, and continue to move south. p>
In early October, the Yao people surrounded Chigubo, a city in southern Portuguese East Africa. The Portuguese finally admitted that the situation in Portuguese East Africa had completely collapsed and asked the British government to intervene.
This time it was not Stoudemire who received the telegram, but Roark, who was personally sent by Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain.
Joseph Chamberlain hoped that Roque would intervene in the name of Baron Nyasaland and bring both parties to the negotiating table to discuss the possibility of directly ending the war.
Roque laughed loudly after receiving the telegram. Joseph Chamberlain was also interesting. This allowed Roque to be both an athlete and a referee. The end of the Portuguese was here.
After receiving the telegram, Roque immediately sent telegrams to Nyasaland and Lorenzo Marquez, hoping that the Yao people and the Portuguese could negotiate in Johannesburg.
The Yao people responded quickly. After receiving the telegram, they immediately sent a delegation headed by Zha Zha, but the Portuguese delegation had not yet arrived.
Luo Ke chartered the Jinshan Hotel and arranged the Yao and Portuguese people to stay at the Jinshan Hotel.
On the night of arriving in Johannesburg, Zhazha secretly came to Ziwei Town.
"Lord, your loyal servant Zha Zha pays you the utmost respect. You are like the mountain god in the sky——" Zha Zha was incoherent after seeing Roque.
"Stop!" Roque called a stop in time. This kind of commercial exchange is meaningless. It is more serious to discuss a plan to kill the Portuguese as soon as possible.
"What are your requirements?" Luo Ke asked Zha Zha first. Although this is not important, the process still needs to be followed.
"Lord, I listen to you. Whatever you ask us to ask for, we will ask for it." Zhazha was very obedient. In this way, Rock was embarrassed to be too cheating.
"Two plans, the first is to drive the Portuguese completely out of Portuguese East Africa, but in that case the war may be protracted. The Portuguese will definitely not be willing to fail and will mobilize troops from the mainland to continue the war - the second is,
Portuguese East Africa was divided into three parts. The Mweni Matapa Kingdom dominated by the Yao people was established in the northern area. The southern area maintained Portuguese rule. The central area was an isolation zone to separate the Portuguese and the Yao people.
To settle the controversy." Rock let Zhazha make his own choice.
From Rock's point of view, Rock would definitely be willing to let Zhazha choose the second one.
The second option is that the central quarantine zone was prepared by Roque for Nyasaland. If the Yao people and the Portuguese both agree to the second option, then the northern part of Portuguese East Africa will become the territory of the Yao people. Whatever the Yao people do,
Toss.
Choosing the second option, the Portuguese could still maintain their rule in southern Portuguese East Africa. Although the Portuguese suffered heavy losses, they did not fail completely. They still retained part of the colony, and because they were separated from the Yao people by a
District, there will be no threat from the Yao people in the future.
For Nyasaland, through the quarantine zone in the middle of Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland can obtain the coveted sea outlet. For this, Roque will not hesitate even if he pays part of the economic price.
"Lord, I listen to you. Whichever one you let Zhazha choose, Zhazha will choose." Zhazha went on the road without even thinking about which of the two options was more beneficial to the Yao people.
Five months ago, either of these two plans was what Zhazha had dreamed of, so now Zhazha really has no objection. Either plan is beyond Zhazha's previous imagination.
"Well, in order to calm down the war as soon as possible, we choose the second one." Rock is very satisfied with Zhazha's attitude. As long as Zhazha keeps it up, Rock will give Zhazha more benefits.
"Okay, Lord, we need more rifles, more grenades, more landmines now-" Zhazha suddenly became excited.
Rock wondered, this all had to be negotiated, why do we need so many weapons?
By the way, regarding grenades and landmines, these two weapons can already be produced at the Nyasaland Arsenal. In fact, the technical content of grenades and landmines is not high. The key is whether the technicians pay attention to it. Landmines are better. European countries
In fact, I don’t pay much attention to grenades.
Rock knew the value of grenades very well, so when the Nyasaland Arsenal was first established, Rock ordered the Nyasaland Arsenal to include grenades as a key research object.
"We need more weapons to drive the Portuguese out of our land and establish the great Mweni Matapa Kingdom-" Zhazha continued to be excited.
Luo Ke almost fainted from anger. What he just said was all in vain. Zha Zha didn't listen at all.
"Shut up, we'll talk about the Mweni Matapa Kingdom later. End the war now. After the war is over, if you still don't want to let the Portuguese go, then continue then." Roque wanted to get out of the way first.
In Haikou, the resentment towards the seaport has been overwhelming.
The value of an unrestricted outlet to the sea to Nyasaland cannot be overstated. Rock’s ideal outlet to the sea is the Zambezi River Basin. As long as the Zambezi River Basin is obtained, then when the time comes, Nyasaland
Saran will truly enter a period of rapid development.
