Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 239

At the beginning, the Transvaal was forced to death by the expeditionary force because it was inland, had no outlet to the sea, and could not receive external support.

If Rock is conservative, Nyasaland will eventually be controlled by others because of its inland location.

So no matter what the situation in Portuguese East Africa is, Rock will do everything possible to obtain an outlet to the Indian Ocean from Portuguese East Africa.

Cecil Rhodes probably had the same thinking as Roque, so he supported the Yao people to resist the rule of the Portuguese. It is a pity that Cecil Rhodes did a lot of preliminary work, but he did not wait for the day when it will come to fruition , But it doesn't matter, Rock and Stoudemire will inherit Cecil Rhodes' will, continue to support the Yao people, combat the Portuguese colonial behavior, and strive hard for the independence and freedom of the colonial people.

"How is the strength of the Yao people?" Rock wanted to know what step Cecil Rhodes had made.

"The people of the Yao tribe—their strength is not bad. They are very tenacious and equipped with some rifles. Some of them have received modern military training." Stoudemire blinked his big innocent eyes and said it as if it had nothing to do with him.

Roque gave a meaningful "oh".

Stoudemire felt a little hot on his face. Before Stoudemire could explain, Roque went further: "It's just that this level is definitely not enough, and we need to work harder-there are many retired Zulu scouts from the Expeditionary Army in Johannesburg." , what do you think will happen if those Zulu scouts join the Yao clan?"

Xiao Si was dumbfounded, and it took a long time before he couldn't help sighing: "Hehe—Lock, no wonder my father values ​​you so much."

Perhaps in a shameless degree, Roque and Cecil Rhodes are more like grandpa.

Overcoming thorns and thorns all the way——

This is not an exaggeration, it is really overcoming obstacles, many times there is no road at all, and there are dense bushes and virgin forests everywhere, only relying on guides and guards to open the way, Rock and Stoudemire can move forward.

There are many wild animals along the way, including crocodiles, hippopotamuses, African elephants, giraffes, and extremely poisonous venomous cobras. A guide was accidentally attacked by a venomous cobra, but to Rock's surprise, the name After the guide quickly treated the wound, he was able to continue working alive and kicking, which made Rock amazed at the survivability of the Yao people.

"Didn't expect that?" Xiaosi was used to it.

"I didn't expect that!" Rock was getting used to it, and it wasn't long before Rock would be able to be surprised everywhere.

"So Rock, you have to understand Africans so that you don't reject them." Stoudemire knows Rock well now, so he knows Rock's repelling attitude towards Africans.

"No, no, Cecil, this advantage is not enough to offset the shortcomings of Africans. When Africans are in a weak position, they are indeed harmless to humans and animals, but if the number of Africans reaches a certain level—" Rock thought Described to Stoudemire what the future world would look like. Just halfway through the conversation, Rock suddenly realized that even if Rock described it in detail, Stoudemire would only think that Rock was scaremongering.

People in 1902 would never understand how absurd "political correctness" would be in the world 100 years later.

"Continue, what will happen after the number of people reaches a certain level?" Stoudemire is still waiting for Rock's high-level remarks.

This is really not irony. What Cecil Rhodes said to Stoudemire before the onset of the illness already had a little bit of trust in him. Therefore, Stoudemire absolutely trusts Rock now.

"When the number of people reaches a certain level, they will eat up all the food in the world." Rock said nonsense seriously.

Stoudemire burst into laughter, staggered on the horse, and almost fell off the horse.

It took a long time for Stoudemire to calm down, and then sincerely thanked Rock: "Thank you Locke, I feel much better now, you don't have to make me laugh on purpose."

Rock really didn't mean it.

Rock, Stoudemire and his team included more than 100 guards and guides, and more than 300 horses. In the whole day, more than 100 people only advanced less than [-] kilometers in Portuguese East Africa. A vacant space was cleared on the grassland, tents were set up, bonfires were lit around the camp, and some barbecues were cooked by the bonfires. This was a rare leisure for Rock.

Before the tender mutton was roasted, Victor, who had gone out to explore the road, rushed to report that Rock and his camp were on a mountainside, on the other side of the mountain, and a Portuguese caravan was also resting.

Victor is Stoudemire's guard captain. After hearing Victor's report, Stoudemire nodded slightly.

Victor didn't talk nonsense, he smiled and greeted thirty or forty guards to get on their horses, left the camp and walked away.

About half an hour later, there was a sudden burst of gunfire from across the mountain, and Li De immediately stood beside Rock with a gun in his hand.

Now that Rock is going out, he will definitely not be alone. There are more than a dozen commandos around him at any time.

"Don't be nervous, it's just a normal operation." Stoudemire was still drinking heavily and eating meat.

Reminiscent of the caravan reported by Victor just now, Rock took a breath and signaled Li De not to worry.

"Will there be any problems?" Rock was really surprised. This kind of thing is an international dispute if you are not careful.

"What's the problem?" Stoudemire sneered, not caring about the caravan at all: "Do you know how many people are missing every year in the pioneering team of our South African company?"

Missing?

What's the situation.

Stoudemire didn't wait for Rock to answer, and took the initiative to raise two fingers: "200, at least 200 people are missing every year. In a place like Africa, missing means no bones left. Have you seen those eyes around our camp? They are all wild animals, a big living person, what you can eat in half an hour is only a skeleton, and after another three to five days, there will be no bones left—"

It seems that Stoudemire is no stranger to this kind of black eating black. Whether it is a pioneering team or a caravan, they have to carry weapons when they leave the city. Under normal circumstances, no matter how powerful a wild animal is, it cannot compete with a colonist equipped with modern weapons. The pioneering team confronted each other, so most of the missing colonial pioneers disappeared like this.

A quarter of an hour later, Victor and his party came back laughing and joking. When they left, they had one person and one horse, and when they came back, they had at least one person and two horses. It is self-evident how the extra horses came from.

The caravan on the other side of the mountain was not a good thing either. Rock noticed that many of the goods brought back by Victor and the others were ivory stained with blood, and it seemed that they had just been taken off.

"If we don't attack them, then they might attack us at night. This is Africa, not the civilized world—" Stoudemire explained to Rock.

"No need to explain, Cecil, I'm not a pedantic old man. When we encounter threats, we must fight back." Rock is not pedantic. When it's time to fight back, Rock is more ruthless than anyone else, but——

Judging from the horses brought back by Victor and the others, the caravan on the other side of the mountain had a maximum of 30 people. Rock didn't think they had the guts to launch an attack here.

After all, there are more than a hundred guards on Rock's side, and none of them seem easy to mess with.

There was nothing to say all night, and before leaving early the next morning, Rock deliberately went to the opposite side of the mountain to have a look.

What Stoudemire said is right. In Africa, there is really no need to destroy corpses. Wild animals, big and small, will do it in a short time. For a long time, if it wasn't for Victor's repeated confirmation, Rock would never believe that there were dozens of corpses lying here a few hours ago.

In the next few days, the weather was calm. After leaving the mountainous area, there was an endless prairie along the way. The speed of advancement suddenly accelerated, and there were still not many traces of human development along the way. Three days later, Rock and his party finally arrived in Nyasaland in Nyasaland. lake.

Lake Niassa is the third largest lake in Africa. It is 584 kilometers long from north to south and 16 to 80 kilometers wide from east to west. The water area is nearly 200 square kilometers. There are more than 14 kinds of freshwater fish in the lake. , beautiful scenery, the lake is fed by [-] rivers with water all year round, the only outlet of the lake is the Shire River, a tributary of the Zambezi River, along the Shire River, you can directly reach the Indian Ocean.

"Ownership of Lake Niassa is still in dispute, the Portuguese claim they own at least a portion of Lake Niassa, ridiculously I bet most Portuguese in Portuguese East Africa have no idea where Lake Niassa is , My father once wanted to own all the ownership of Lake Niassa, but it was a pity that he failed to do so, otherwise it would be all yours now.” Stoudemire felt a little regretful, standing on the south bank of Lake Niassa, Lake Niassa The waves are shining, beautiful and quiet, and the scenery is indeed beautiful.

"Don't worry, take your time." Rock will have more time to deal with the Portuguese slowly, not to mention Lake Niassa. If it goes wrong, the Portuguese in the entire Portuguese East Africa may not be able to keep them.

In fact, it is not only the Portuguese who have ideas about Lake Nyasa. The Germans who occupied Tanganyika (Tanzania) also coveted Lake Nyasa. However, in 1890, the British Empire and Germany signed the "Heli According to the Golan Agreement, the contract was confirmed in written form, and all the water surface of Lake Niassa belonged to Nyasaland, and the territory north of Lake Niassa belonged to Germany.

During the First World War, Britain ordered South Africa to send troops to Germany's colonies in Africa, and Tanganyika became a British colony. After Tanganyika became independent in 1963, the ownership of Lake Nyasa was once again in dispute.

With Roque here, these disputes should not arise. Rock would not divide a good lake into several parts, and he would not be able to circle the lake water. Of course, such a large lake must all belong to Nyasaland. .

When you arrive at Lake Niassa, you don’t need to camp anymore. There is an island called Likoma in Lake Niassa. Although the island is closer to Portuguese East Africa, less than five kilometers away, it belongs to Niasaland. There are churches and trading posts on the island, and Rock and his party live in the trading post at night.

The area of ​​Likoma Island is still quite large, about 18 square kilometers. There is very little land on the island, and there are more rocks on the island. Because the land is barren, there are only a few Negro families in Nyasaland on the island. People, who make a living by fishing, live on the southeast coast of the island.

"Don't you dislike the Zulu people? Would you like me to clean them up for you?" Stoudemire was completely released when he arrived in Nyasaland. This is the kingdom of Stoudemire. You can decide life and death with one word.

"It doesn't need to be so violent, just let them go to Tanganyika." Although Rock already knew the status of the Zulu people these days, he still couldn't kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Unlike the way white people treat Zulus, Rock does not need Zulu labor, so Rock will not allow Zulus to settle in Nyasaland.

Of course, this does not mean that Roque will deal with all the Zulus in Nyasaland. The word "deal with" is too cruel for Roque to do it.

Rock can send all these Zulus to Tanganyika, and the Germans who are also short of labor will definitely welcome these Zulus, or Rock can sell the Zulus in Nyasaland to Portuguese East Africa. Portuguese planters, vineyard planters must be grateful to Roque.

It is really impossible for Rock to kill the Zulu people. The Zulu people in the 21st century are indeed hateful, but the Zulu people in the early 20th century are not. There are many Zulu police officers in the Johannesburg Police Department. They They all performed well. Although they are still not as good as the Chinese police, they are much better than the Boer police. To be honest, Rock has no bad feelings for the Zulus of this era, but he doesn't like them either. It's better for everyone to live in peace.

Of course, if the Zulu people want to trouble the Chinese in the future, Rock will definitely not be polite. Most Zulu people are afraid of power and not virtuous. Give them some color, and they will most likely push their noses in the face.

"Going to Tanganyika, it might as well sell to the Portuguese." Stoudemire's thoughts coincided with Rock's.

The Zulu people in this era are actually classified as "property" by white people. Since it is property, it can be transferred. Therefore, people like Hoover really have no psychological barriers to engage in human trafficking. .

Neither did Stoudemire. In Stoudemire's view, the Zulu people in Nyasaland are also Rock's property, so Stoudemire couldn't help feeling sorry when he heard that Rock was going to send the Zulu people to Tanganyika.

"If you want to sell you, sell it, and the money from the sale will belong to you." Rock didn't care, and the Virgin would not take the initiative to protect the interests of the Zulu people.

"Haha, it's easy, Victor, come here, I've found you a good deal." Stoudemire didn't like the money either, but Victor should like it very much.

Victor was fishing. Hearing Xiao Si's call, Victor immediately ran over happily.

Hearing Stoudemire finished speaking, Victor almost went crazy with joy, called a few guards, led the horse with a rope, and hurried away.

Rock didn't want to see such a scene, so he simply went back to the store to sleep.

When Rock woke up, he could vaguely see a few smoke pillars in the southwest direction. If he was right, it was Victor and the others who were burning the house of the Negroes.

Rock didn't ask about the fate of those Negro families. This is how it is in this era. The Eight-Power Allied Forces also burned, killed and looted in the Qing Dynasty. Who will show mercy to the Chinese in the Qing Dynasty?

Or take care of yourself.

　Sorry, I'm late, I forgot to set the time--Happy holidays brothers--

　　

　

(End of this chapter)