Chapter 189 Occupation
Although the news that Prince Constantine was going to sea was not widely publicized, it still spread among the German nobles.
It was really hard to understand why a prince would not stay in Europe but go to Africa to suffer, so an attentive noble found some documentary records about Africa.
There is no maritime tradition in Germany, so the information and documents basically come from foreign countries and novels of some previous explorers.
However, since the documentary records are very old, even dating back hundreds of years, the update of the African version is still in the "white man's grave" state.
Many explorer novels aim to exaggerate, with stories of snakes hundreds of meters tall, terrifying poisonous insects, cannibal tribes, etc.
Good man! Prince Constantine must have hit his head against a tree to go to Africa!
There are definitely problems with the German nobles' records about Africa. For example, sailors and explorers would mostly record thrilling and exciting content. In particular, many explorers would compile books after returning to Europe, and naturally they would add some "explosive material" to increase sales.
Prince Constantine is of noble status, and what he does will definitely attract the attention of those who are interested, but the stereotypes about Africa make them not optimistic about Prince Constantine's voyage this time.
However, this also allowed many nobles in the German region to understand Africa in detail for the first time, although there were many errors.
The Prussian royal family expressed concern about Prince Constantine's voyage to sea, but the issue of Prince Constantine's whereabouts is not very important to the Prussian royal family now. This is a critical period for Prussia, and there are a lot of things to deal with.
Out of courtesy, the royal family sent a representative to have a brief exchange with Prince Constantine, and finally concluded that Constantine just had nothing to do.
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April 1869.
Becker and Merk led the delegation back to Mbeya and reported the results of the mission to Commissioner Soft.
After hearing that Musiri agreed to the deal, Siweit was overjoyed. He told Becker and Merk that he would report their achievements truthfully to the central government, and then held an emergency meeting in Mbeya to discuss taking over the Yeke Kingdom.
"We must not completely believe Mshiri's lies! The indigenous people are an uncivilized group, and their promises may not even be worth a piece of waste paper," said an official at the meeting.
"Well, that's right. When we first came to East Africa, many local chiefs often went back on their words, so it's better to be careful." Siweitt affirmed the previous official's statement.
"Your Excellency Commissioner, M'siri is a man of some insight, and he is also intimidated by our East African military power, so he must give up the land of the Yek Kingdom. So it doesn't matter whether M'siri will go back on his word. What's important is our attitude." Merk said to Siweitt.
"Moreover, Musiri will definitely not go against us in East Africa for the sake of the civilians of the Yek Kingdom. In my contacts with him, I observed that he is an extremely realistic person who is indifferent to life. Therefore, cooperation between him and us has become inevitable. This person has almost no emotions and only considers the gains and losses of his personal interests." Becker added.
Hearing this, Siwei Te pondered for a moment and said, "In this case, this mission should be successful, but we can't be careless. After all, every immigrant in East Africa is a precious treasure and cannot be lost.
And considering the efficiency of African natives, even if Musiri agrees to our request, it will probably take him a long time to evacuate the Yeke Kingdom. We should take the initiative to help him."
At this time, Becker also said: "I completely agree with the Commissioner's point of view, especially the relocation of the natives of the Yeke Kingdom. Musiri will definitely be perfunctory. If we don't take action, by then Musiri will probably leave more than 60% of the natives behind. In my opinion, if Musiri can take away the natives of the capital and the surrounding areas, it will be considered as exceeding the task."
"Well, in that case, we should send troops to actively cooperate with Msiri to complete the migration of the Yeke Kingdom. Merck, you are the military commander of Mbeya. Do you think it can be done relying solely on Mbeya's military force?" Siweitt asked.
"Report to the commander, if we don't mobilize the militia, it will definitely not work just relying on the strength of the Mbeya regular army. If the militia cooperates with this operation, we will be able to complete the task." Merk said.
"How many militiamen do you expect to need?"
"We don't need too many. Four thousand troops combined will be enough. We already have more than a thousand troops near the defense line. We can just temporarily recruit three thousand from Mbeya."
"Will there be a large number of fish slipping through the net if the number of people is too small? After all, there is a lot of jungle in Africa. It will be very difficult to comb an area as large as the Yeke Kingdom with just over 4,000 people," asked an official from Mbeya.
"This is not a problem. We just need to drive away most of the natives. Those who have fled into the mountains and forests are not a big threat. Previously, the Northwest battlefield also said that the local natives must be driven away completely, but there are still many natives in the Northwest.
Not to mention the northwest, there are probably many fish that have slipped through the net even in the entire inland East Africa, so it is very unrealistic to rely on military means to completely eliminate the indigenous people.
The only solution is to continue to squeeze the living environment of these indigenous peoples through immigration. In the future, the number of immigrants will increase, and there will naturally be no living space for the indigenous peoples. "Merck explained.
"Okay, our main task this time is to take control of the Yek Kingdom. As for the remaining problems, we will leave them to the central government and the new government." Siwei Te made the final decision.
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The border between Upper Lake Malawi and the Yeke Kingdom.
"This time the municipal government asked us to cooperate with the Yek Kingdom and help its ruler Musiri complete the relocation of the Yek Kingdom. Everyone must obey orders and not act alone to prevent terrorist attacks by thugs from the Yek Kingdom." Merk said to the soldiers and militiamen.
Thugs refer to the natives who are unwilling to relocate. The thugs that the East African Army encounters are all stubborn people. If you live in a remote area, the East African Army will not encounter you. If you block the East African Army's route and want to be a nail house, we can only send them to hell.
It was similar to what was estimated at the Mbeya Municipal Meeting. Msiri was an expert at getting things done. He really only took away the subjects from the capital and nearby areas, and completely ignored other places.
The Yeke Kingdom covers at least hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, and the capital and surrounding areas are only a small part of it, so most of the work still has to be done by East Africa himself.
However, Musiri was not useless. He gave up resistance, and most of the other natives naturally had no intention of resisting. Instead, many natives in the border areas chose to defect to the neighboring countries of the Yek Kingdom.
The East African government was just hoping for it. The Yek Kingdom had been sold to East Africa by Msiri. From that moment on, the indigenous countries that accepted the border areas of the Yek Kingdom became the "murderers" who "invaded" East Africa, and East Africa became the "victim", and naturally they will demand an explanation in the future.
(End of this chapter)
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