However, the twelve Central African countries were distributed piecemeal. In those days, when the area was large, they were randomly placed. Therefore, there is the Central African Kingdom near the city of Madi in the north, but hundreds of kilometers south of the Central African Kingdom are all blank areas.
Only in the south are there other Southeast Asian migration countries.
Each of the twelve Central African countries occupies a scattered coastal area, and there is still a lot of blank space in the middle for settlement.
Therefore, the Tang Dynasty dispersed the remaining areas into the sixteen countries of the Indian Peninsula.
These were all members of the previous thirty-six-nation alliance in the central and southern parts of the Indian peninsula.
As for why there are only sixteen kingdoms left in the Thirty-six-Nation Alliance, that is because the Thirty-Six-Nation Alliance killed the Mughal Dynasty and after entering New Delhi, they themselves broke out in civil strife, and then started fighting each other.
Up to now, there are only sixteen countries left in the Thirty-six-Nation Alliance.
In the southern coastal plain area of ​​Mozambique, north of the empire's southern Africa, that is, north of the Limpopo River, this relatively rich area was allocated to several puppet kingdoms controlled by the Tang Empire in the Indian Peninsula.
They have been a puppet for more than ten or twenty years, and have been a bull and a horse for the Tang Dynasty for so many years. They have to give them some sweetness, right? No, the Tang Dynasty specially allocated this coastal area to them. Although each of them received
The coastal area is not large, but it is close to the Tang-controlled area south of the Limpopo River, and is close to the Tang people's largest port on the east coast of Africa. It is also the only port city of the Tang Dynasty in Africa that has adopted partial localization, Maputo.
port.
So even though the land allocated to them is small, if it stays close to the Tang Dynasty and is also close to the partially localized city of the Tang Dynasty, it will have great potential for development in the future!
This advantage is difficult for even the Spaniards and Tatars to obtain.
This is what they have earned for their years of loyalty!
The empire and the indigenous peoples of various countries have successively reached agreements in the past year, granting a total of forty-three indigenous kingdoms, principalities, tribes, etc. in Europe, the Indian Peninsula, West Asia and other regions to colonize Africa.
All the colonies allocated to the indigenous countries have fixed standards. For example, they all have coastal areas and extend hundreds of kilometers inland. This area is often marked on the map by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Dynasty with a ruler.
It was drawn so that the colonial dividing lines of each country were straight and straight.
However, the Tang Dynasty only allocated them this coastal area. As for the wider inland area, the Tang Empire did not give any clear regulations.
No matter what you don't ask, it means that you can grab it yourself in the future. Whoever grabs it belongs to whom. Anyway, we Datang don't care.
The current series of actions of the Tatars in the Niger River Basin are based on this policy. The same policy is also the reason why the Tatars gave up other areas and chose this area because there is a road with good navigation conditions.
The Niger River allowed them to expand rapidly inland.
When other countries arrive in the colonies, the first step is to build coastal strongholds, and the second step is often to go deep into the interior along the rivers. Regardless of whether it is valuable or not, the first step is to occupy the place.
You can slowly consider whether this place has development value in the future.
The most important thing is to first extend your territory inland to prevent neighboring countries from overtaking you and blocking your way to expand inland.
If the channel for inland expansion is really blocked by a neighboring country, then a war will most likely break out.
This is also an important reason why the Tatars and Swedes quickly expanded inland after arriving in Africa. They did not want to be bypassed by the other party and block their space for inland expansion.
However, during the early expansion, both parties subconsciously chose to expand in the direction of Ghana, the Tang Dynasty.
When they extended hundreds of kilometers north and bypassed the Ghana state of the Tang Empire, they inevitably came into contact in this area.
Although both sides were very restrained at the beginning, this matter was not just about grabbing territory, but also about blocking the opponent from entering deep into our own territory. Therefore, even if a military conflict has not yet broken out, the two sides have already
They unanimously began to set up defense lines and deploy troops in this area.
When one side becomes impatient, war may break out.
However, the Swedes and Tatars did not fight first. Instead, the three countries of England, Scotland and Wales in the North Luanda region in the south started fighting in Africa.
The three countries in Africa are also connected together, with England in the south, Wales in the middle, and Scotland in the north. This pattern is actually very similar to their pattern on the British Isles.
The most important thing is that the above three countries have been fighting on the British Isles for several years.
After the early Coal War lasted for about three years, the coalition forces from Scotland, Wales and other regions defeated the Kingdom of England, which finally led to the formal establishment of the Kingdom of Wales.
It was quiet for a year, but there would always be some fights every once in a while.
Most of the time, the weak Scotland and Wales will unite against England.
After they arrived in Africa, conflicts soon broke out there. The conflicts were not only conflicts over inland expansion, but also conflicts over the colonies themselves.
As mentioned earlier, when the diplomats of the Tang Dynasty divided the colonies of various countries, they did not pay too much attention. They simply drew straight lines on the map with a ruler.
This division method seems to be very neat, and all are straight dividing lines.
But this straight dividing line seems clear, but in fact it also causes other troubles. For example, the river is curved, with one section in country a and one section in country b, and in the case of multiple bends, there will often be
Repeatedly.
If the ships of country a want to be navigable, they cannot only sail to the river sections within their own country, but also to the river sections within country b!
Then the problem arises. The river section in country B is its territory, and your ships from country A will definitely not be able to go there.
Although the two sides could sit down and talk about establishing a mutually accessible sea route, the three British countries were all countries that had been at war for many years. Although the matter was discussed, it was never concluded.
The problem of river navigation is only one of them, and there are other similar problems, such as irrigation.
The war between England and the Three Kingdoms in Africa originated from irrigation!
Seeing that the issue of navigation could not be negotiated, the English simply blockaded a section of a small river within their own country and diverted the river course, so that they could both irrigate farmland and create a new river channel for navigation. How could this happen?
Not flattering.
But when Wales next door saw that there was no water in the river downstream of his home, he definitely wanted to curse. After cursing, both parties started filming...