Chapter 213 Southwest Strategy
The United States had the Great Western Development, and the East African version should be called the Great Southwest Development. The western movement in the United States was a large-scale enclosure of land from the east coast to inland areas.
What is currently going on in East Africa is a large-scale advance into the southwest region. Unlike the already weak Indians, there are still many indigenous tribes in the southwest region.
The indigenous population of the "pocket" area designated by Felix is estimated to be around three million. Now East Africa needs these three million people to contribute to the construction of East Africa.
Of course, according to East Africa's consistent policy, indigenous children and women are not needed, only young and strong labor is needed.
After such a screening, the number of "workers" left is only about one million, and together with the current "workers" in East Africa, there are only more than two million.
It is okay to use the term "labor", but there must be standards for "labor". Indigenous children have little productivity and waste food, so we don't want them. Women have the ability to work, but in order to strictly implement East Africa's racial policy, not a single one can be kept.
East African citizens are divided into three categories: pure white, pure yellow and mixed blood. Mixed blood is naturally a mixture of yellow and white. Although the gender ratio in East Africa has been improving, there are still more men than women.
If black indigenous women are allowed to exist, there is no guarantee that some bachelors will not be able to control their pants. How to solve the problem when black men are created?
Regarding the gender imbalance in East Africa, Ernst has always emphasized that you can wait, there will always be opportunities, but if you get involved with black people, you will be exiled.
The destination of exile is hard to say, but generally it is the Alaska colony. Currently, there are more than 300 people enjoying this treatment.
The East African government has repeatedly emphasized these cases to East African residents, urging them not to take them lightly, because if they really end up in Alaska, no one will be able to help them.
And if they were exiled to Alaska, don't even think about taking the black kid and the black woman to Alaska. As for what to do with them...
Alaska currently has a population of more than 20,000, of which, excluding normal immigrants and "criminals" who intermarry with indigenous people, there are still more than 1,000 criminals.
Generally, those who have not committed extremely serious crimes will not enjoy this treatment. The law has always existed in East Africa, and supervision has been strengthened, but there are always some people among the more than two million people who refuse to change their ways.
East Africa has expanded to the west to the basin east of the upper reaches of the Congo River, and further west is the vast tropical rainforest.
According to East Africa's capabilities, it could continue to move westward, because the Belgians colonized the entire Congo Basin by sailing upstream along the Congo River. If East Africa continued to move westward, it would be more convenient to sail downstream.
However, the rainforest area is too difficult to develop, and Ernst also wants to see whether Leopold of Belgium will still set his sights on Congo as he did in his previous life after occupying the core areas of Congo (plateaus and mountains) in East Africa.
All that was left to Leopold in Congo was a large area of tropical rainforest in the lower reaches of the Congo Basin. It lacked minerals and the land was difficult to develop, so the only thing left was abundant timber. Moreover, there were not many people in the tropical rainforest, so if Leopold wanted to make a profit, he could only resort to a more extreme exploitation strategy.
The directions to the east and south from the Congo Basin are blocked by East Africa, and to the west are the Portuguese and the French. The only way out is in the northern plateau area, which is the direction of Central Africa and Chad.
There is a mixture of forces there now. In addition to the original indigenous tribes, several kingdoms that were driven out of the Great Lakes region by East Africa and some tribes in the north have all poured in.
In fact, it is not appropriate to call Belgian Congo Congo. The real Kingdom of Congo is actually in Angola and the small section where the Congo River estuary meets the sea. The name of the Congo Basin also comes from this country. In any case, there are not many good places left for Belgium.
The precipitation in central and southern Africa gradually decreases southward, with the Katanga Plateau in Zambia and Congo as the boundary. Its climate and topography are basically the same as those in East Africa, which is why East Africa's expansion focus is on the southwest.
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Therefore, after the annexation of Zambia, East Africa will still be a plateau country. In the future, as long as a railway is built, the two places can be connected together.
If they expanded southwards, they would certainly have to deal with the Portuguese. The grasslands of southern Zambia were an important source of ivory trade for the Portuguese.
There has always been an ivory trade route that runs across the east and west coasts of southern Africa, and the Kingdom of Kazembe is an important node on this trade route.
The two ends are exactly Portugal's colonies of Angola and Mozambique. Even if East Africa swallows up the middle area, it will not border Angola. The only country that has the real ability to intervene in East Africa is Mozambique.
But now, East Africa has grown bolder, especially since Army Commander-in-Chief Felix is a hawkish figure in East Africa, and Prince Constantine also comes from a military background, and both of them have served in the Prussian army.
The style of the Prussian army is known to the whole of Europe, so the current state of government in East Africa can be imagined, which is expansion, expansion and more expansion.
If Ernst and Sweet had not intervened to mediate, Prince Constantine would have probably wiped out all the indigenous forces around Mozambique.
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"The First East African Cavalry Battalion has assembled!"
"Very good, the Kingdom of Kazembe has already declined our East African kindness, so next we shall give them a little cavalry shock?"
"Follow my orders, head straight to the center of Kazembe Kingdom and capture its high-ranking officials alive. Don't be afraid of the hostages losing their arms and legs. As long as we have the hostages in our hands, we won't be afraid of them not surrendering!"
The so-called good intentions of the East African government are not without reason. After the Yeke Kingdom was sold to the East African government by Msiri, some of its affiliated forces took advantage of the situation and defected to neighboring countries.
Some chiefs of the Kazembe Kingdom also participated in this feast of profiteering. Now the East African government directly asked them to spit out the profits they had swallowed. Naturally, the Kazembe Kingdom, which had never suffered a beating from East Africa, was unwilling to do so.
If it was the Kingdom of Malawi, which has been dealing with the East African government and the Mozambique colony for many years, it would have found a scapegoat and come to apologize long ago.
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“Haha, everyone has listened to my advice. Are you living a better life now than in the Yec Kingdom? Afonso is willing to be a dog for the Germans, but he doesn’t know that the Germans have evil ambitions and will one day suffer the consequences. Unlike the Kingdom of Kazembe, this is the world of us Portuguese. Besides, there is a market for doing business everywhere in Africa. There are not even a few living people in the Yec Kingdom now. Even if Afonso wants to monopolize the Yec Kingdom market, he can’t find a supplier.” Santos said to his subordinates with a proud look on his face.
After returning to Kazembe, Santos quickly got in touch with his former partners. The Portuguese were originally short of manpower in Africa, so they quickly agreed to the joining of Santos and others. Santos had accumulated a lot of wealth in the Kingdom of Yek, and now he had a lot of men and horses, and he was doing very well in the Kingdom of Kazembe.
"Don't worry, boss. As the saying goes, he who laughs last laughs best. There will always be a day when Afonso will cry."
It is unknown whether Afonso will cry or not, but Santos and others will soon stop laughing.
(End of this chapter)
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