After the independence of the Kingdom of Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa, which once had a total area of 800,000 square kilometers, only had about 150,000 square kilometers belonging to the Portuguese.
Objectively speaking, these 150,000 square kilometers are actually the essence of Portuguese East Africa. If the Portuguese manage it carefully, it will still be very good. After all, Portugal’s mainland area is only 90,000 square kilometers, even after being divided into Portuguese territories.
East Africa is also a half-Portuguese mainland.
It is a pity that the Portuguese did not learn anything from their previous failures and still adopted high-pressure rule over the Africans in the territory. This caused extreme tension between the white people and the Africans in Lourenço Marquez.
Now there is internal strife among the white people, and Rock is really unable to complain.
Today's Portuguese East Africa is like southern Africa in another time and space, simply a trick.
On December 15, Roque welcomed two special guests at his official residence in Nyasaland. They were Lorenzo Marquez’s Labor Party leader Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards.<
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The Labor Party is not a workers' party, but a party of the new bourgeoisie that corresponds to the Royalist Party. In essence, the Labor Party is also composed of capitalists. It is a political party formed by the new bourgeoisie to fight for interests, and it is two different things from a trade union formed by workers.
When Portuguese East Africa remained intact, plantations were the economic basis of Portuguese East Africa.
The current area of Portuguese East Africa is only 150,000 square kilometers, which has shrunk significantly compared with the past. This situation has forced the white people in Portuguese East Africa to take the initiative to make changes. Primary agricultural product processing gradually replaced traditional plantations and became the mainstay of Portuguese East Africa.
Another economic pillar of East Africa.
In Portuguese East Africa, the traditional plantation industry was mainly run by the royalists, while the emerging bourgeoisie controlled the processing of agricultural products. Therefore, the Labor Party and the royalists were naturally opposed to each other, and both argued endlessly for their own interests. The poll tax levied in Portugal only intensified the contradictions.
The trigger.
Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards came to seek support from Nyasaland.
Although Nyasaland should bear a great deal of responsibility for the current situation in Portuguese East Africa, for capitalists, it is simply instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Compared with Nyasaland, Portugal itself is sluggish and old.
Yes, one is in full swing, so this is not a very difficult multiple-choice question.
No, it’s not even a multiple-choice question. Adults never make choices.
For business, the stability of the political environment is very important. Currently, Lourenço Marquez faces the sea on one side and is surrounded on three sides by the territory of Southern Africa, just like the Bay of Whales surrounded by the territory of German Southwest Africa.
However, Walvis Bay is backed by the powerful southern Africa, so it can maintain its independence. German Southwest Africa does not dare to take the idea of Walvis Bay.
But Lourenço Marquez is different. Portugal's national strength is weak and it cannot even maintain the stability of its homeland. It is simply unable to take care of Lourenço Marquez, so Dylan Calami and Sidney Richards hope to get Nia.
With Saran’s help, he promised to hold a referendum in Lorenzo Marquez after gaining control of Lorenzo Marquez, allowing the Lorenzo Marquez people to decide the fate of Lorenzo Marquez.
In fact, this is a euphemism. The normal statement should be: if Nyasaland is willing to help Lorenzo Marquez’s Labor Party, then Lorenzo Marquez will become the protectorate of Nyasaland in the future, or
It is to join Southern Africa directly.
It was only at this time that Rock realized the benefits of imperialism. It was not the ethics, integrity, justice, peace, etc. that mattered, but Hong Guoguo's interests could move people's hearts.
Therefore, Roque's attitude is very clear: "Southern Africa is of course willing to help all people who yearn for freedom and peace. As the superpower of southern Africa, Southern Africa should play a more important role in maintaining regional stability and create better conditions for the people of the entire Africa.
A beautiful life, so go ahead and do it. Southern Africa will never ignore Lorenzo Marquez’s voice of yearning for freedom——”
This attitude is also to build southern Africa into a beacon of civilization for the entire Africa——
Then Dylan Calami and Sidney Richards looked at each other, and both of them could see happiness in each other's eyes.
Now it seems that this step is the right one.
For Dylan Calami and Sidney Richards, what they need is not a saint, nor a tyrant, but an ambitious man who can provide them with practical help.
Of course, it would be better if this careerist could not stick to worldly constraints and find a perfect footnote for his behavior.
Rock's performance perfectly meets the requirements of Dylan Calami and Sidney Richards. He is greedy enough, shameless enough, and high-sounding enough. Although these adjectives are not nice to hear, only such people can truly protect those in need.
The one who protects.
Compared with Roque, the current Governor-General of Portuguese East Africa, Roger Hart, is not qualified enough.
After the disintegration of Portuguese East Africa, the governorship candidates also took turns like a revolving lantern. In just a few years, Portuguese East Africa had changed six governors, and no governor could stay in the position of governor for a full year. p>
The current Governor-General of Portuguese East Africa, Roger Hart, took office in June this year, less than half a year ago.
At the beginning of taking office, Roger Hart strongly supported the Labor Party in order to develop the economy of Portuguese East Africa and formulated many policies that were beneficial to the Labor Party. It was indeed effective in safeguarding the interests of the Labor Party. In Europe, he worked with South African companies in canning
The most competitive products in the field are products from Portuguese East Africa.
But after a few months, Roger Hart's attitude towards the Labor Party changed.
The main reason is still due to taxes. Like South African companies, Portuguese East Africa products exported to Europe do not need to pay taxes to the Governor-General of Portuguese East Africa. When Portuguese East Africa exported fewer products to Europe and made little profit,
It doesn't matter whether you pay taxes or not, but seeing that Portuguese East Africa is exporting more and more products to Europe and making more and more profits, the Governor-General and the royalists are becoming more and more dissatisfied, so just last month, Luo
Jay Hart announced a decree requiring companies in Portuguese East Africa to pay a 15% commodity tax starting from January next year.
The commodity tax levied in southern Africa only increased from 5% to 8%, but it triggered a unanimous vote in Congress.
Portuguese East Africa immediately imposed a levy of 15%. You can imagine the excitement among the Labor Party in Portuguese East Africa.
What's more, Southern Africa's "New Tax Law" also has export tax rebate provisions to ensure the competitiveness of Southern African products to the greatest extent. Portuguese East Africa is ugly in this regard, and has the temperament of fattening pigs before slaughtering them.<
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Therefore, the head tax levied by the Portuguese government is really not important. The export tax is the root cause of Lourenço Marquez's chaos.
"Lord, we are not asking for support from southern Africa, but for support from Nyasaland, otherwise we would not come to Nyasaland, but go directly to Pretoria -" Dylan Karami
Frankly speaking, Sidney Richards next to him nodded with sympathy.
"Is there any difference? Nyasaland is also a part of southern Africa." Rock smiled, looking more and more pleased with Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards.
"No, no, no, Lord, it's different. The difference between Nyasaland and southern Africa is huge. Before this, we have had many cooperation with Nyasaland companies and we know the situation in Nyasaland very well. Now
Southern Africa is actually an enlarged version of Portuguese East Africa. I mean no disrespect to Lord Harewood, but the current southern Africa cannot provide the best protection for Lourenço Marquez. On the contrary, Lord, you
It can effectively protect the interests of the territory, so even if we hold a referendum in the future, what we want to join is not Southern Africa, but Nyasaland." Dylan Karami's words made Rock feel very comfortable. p>
Lorenzo Marquez is now surrounded by Rhodesia to the north, Swaziland to the south and Natal to the west, so Dylan Calami and Sidney Richards know southern Africa very well
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Although Rhodesia, Natal, and Swaziland are both parts of Southern Africa, they are worlds apart in terms of development, especially in terms of infrastructure.
Rhodesia is simply a few steps ahead of Natal and Swaziland.
Relatively speaking, the infrastructure construction in Nyasaland surprised Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards. Now there are not only railways and waterways connecting Port Edward and Little Rock. Last year, Nyasaland
A huge amount of money was spent to build a highway between Port Edward and Little Rock.
Compared with railways and waterways, roads play a greater role in regional economic development. When Nyasaland built roads, many temporary camps for workers would be built along the way. Then after the workers evacuated, these temporary camps became a natural place for new immigrants.
The development of the Zambezi River Basin in Nyasaland is centered around these immigration points.
It has only been six years since the Zambezi River Basin became part of Nyasaland in 1902.
Before that, Portugal had colonized the Zambezi River Basin for nearly five hundred years.
In the past six years, the Zambezi River Basin has changed more for Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards than it has in the previous five hundred years.
The Portuguese colonization left only plantations with a low degree of development in the Zambezi River Basin, and a colonial history written with blood and tears by Portuguese East Africans.
In just six years, Nyasaland brought railways, roads, and countless towns along the Zambezi River.
These towns now seem small in scale, and some even face threats from wild animals, making them unable to even be self-sufficient.
But given time, as time goes by, the Chinese in the Zambezi River Basin will become more and more powerful, and these problems will eventually be solved.