Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 314

Rock used to read books on history, and he could only see expressions like "colonists brutally oppressed the aborigines in the colonies". As for how cruel the "cruelty" is here, it is generally not written in the book , the description like the Belgian chopping off his hands at every turn is already the limit.

Only in this era did Roque know how cruel the "cruel" oppression of the colonists was by the colonists. Roque was already considered good, and tried not to do harm to nature, but even so, Roque could not help it. Worrying, if one day the African aborigines awaken their national consciousness, what should Rock and Henry, the colonists, do.

Of course, maybe Roque and Henry will be gone by then, and that is the problem of Roque and Henry's descendants, but this makes Roque even more worried, just like the South African company, losing Cecil Rhodes Without Roque's help, how far could Stoudemire, who has been protected in the greenhouse, lead the South African company?

This is a very serious problem.

Therefore, Roque is now doing his best to reduce the Transvaal's dependence on African labor, so that the impact that the Transvaal may face in the future may be smaller.

In fact, the best tools to replace labor are livestock and machinery. When the Boers ruled the Transvaal, because of the lack of livestock, they could only use Zulus to make up for the vacancy of labor.

After the Boer War, due to the large number of horses brought by the expeditionary force and the tireless immigration of Rock, the demand for Zulu labor in the Transvaal has dropped to a very low level. Now the farms in the Transvaal have basically There is no need to hire Zulu people in the world, and Zulu people are gradually transferred to various construction companies and mines. Rock's next step is to solve this problem. Once the Transvaal completely removes its dependence on Zulu labor, Rock will use all his strength to help the Zulus establish their country and "gift" all the Zulus out of the Transvaal.

It seems that it is preordained that South Africa in this time and space may also implement a "segregation" policy in the future, which is more thorough and resolute than another time and space.

Philip certainly didn't know Rock's plan was like this. Don't look at what Philip said. In fact, in Philip's view, the continuous squeezing of Zulu talents is the kingly way. In Philip's eyes, Zulus are born every 15 years or so. A batch of "means of production", if possible, Philip hopes to maintain the current colonial model forever, only in this way can the white people's interests be maximized.

There are quite a few white people who have the same thoughts as Philip, and the vast majority of white people in Africa think so.

Ad and Philip only stayed at Fawalt Steel Works for one day before returning to Pretoria and Johannesburg respectively.

Rock did not return to Johannesburg, but went to Nyasaland.

On November 11, a serious vicious incident occurred in Nyasaland. Two fishermen were shot dead while fishing in Lake Tanganyika in the north of Nyasaland. The murderer was a Belgian from the Congo Free State.

After getting the report, Rock felt that reality was more bizarre than fiction. Originally, Rock and Stoudemire planned to deal with the Belgians next, but they didn't expect the Belgians to come to their door.

Lake Tanganyika is a freshwater lake in central Africa, with a shoreline of 1900 kilometers, a length of 679 kilometers from north to south, an average width of 50.134 kilometers, an average depth of 570 meters, and an area of ​​32900 square kilometers. It is the sixth largest lake in the world.

Lake Tanganyika is surrounded by the Congo Free State, German East Africa (Tanganyika), and Nyasaland.

Unlike Lake Nyasa, which all belongs to Nyasaland, the lake surface of Lake Tanganyika is divided by the Congo Free State, Tanganyika, and Nyasaland. According to international practice, the center of the lake is divided On the boundary line, the Congo Free State and German East Africa divide most of the lake, and Nyasaland only has a small part of the lake in the south.

In another time and space, this part of the lake belongs to Zambia.

In this time and space, because Rock wanted to complete the "Two C Plans", Stoudemire sold the land in northern Zambia to Rock as part of Nyasaland, so this part of the lake now also belongs to Nyasaland.

Lake Tanganyika is rich in fishery resources, which can provide rich nutrition for the colonized Chinese, so Rock's development of northern Nyasaland is carried out around Lake Tanganyika.

In this way, it is inevitable that the Chinese will have contact with the Belgians.

As mentioned above, Leopold II imposed brutal rule on the Congo Free State. Some white people in the Congo Free State were so bored that they used the aborigines as targets to compete with marksmanship.

It was against this background that the two Chinese fishermen were shot and killed by bullets from the Congo Free State.

Knowing that the fishermen were killed, Duncan, the general manager of Nyasaland Agricultural Company, immediately called the Antwerp company and asked the Antwerp company to give a reasonable explanation.

The Antwerp Company is a colonial development company whose largest shareholder is Leopold II. This company leases a large area of ​​land in the Congo Free State to plant rubber, and earns more than 50 pounds in profits every year. Landlord".

With Leopold II in the background, the Antwerp company did not take Nyasaland Agricultural Company's inquiries seriously at all, and did not even reply to Nyasaland Agricultural Company immediately.

The next day, on November 11, another Chinese was shot and killed near the border between Nyasaland and the Congo Free State. This time, Duncan did not hesitate to mobilize security forces from Little Rock to Lake Tanganyika .

Since the Antwerp company refuses to communicate with Nyasaland Agricultural Company, Nyasaland Agricultural Company will use Nyasaland's method to protect Nyasaland's interests.

When Rock rushed to Nyasaland, the security forces from Little Rock had already arrived at Lake Tanganyika and deployed their defenses in Nyasaland.

Don't think too much, it's just defense now. The boss behind Belgium is France, and the relationship between Belgium and the United Kingdom is also good. Nyasaland cannot start a war because of a few people, and Nyasaland itself has no right to start a war.

After Rock came to Little Rock, the first thing he went to look for was Frank.

"Lord, don't worry, I have already sent a telegram to London, and London will ask the Belgians to give Nyasaland an explanation." Frank prefers to solve the problem through political means. The price of the Boer War is too great, and London has not yet eased Take it easy and don't want to start another war.

"Director, I'm going to get married this month. If I'm not in a hurry, I should be preparing for my wedding in Johannesburg now!" Rock was very dissatisfied. reason.

It cannot be said that the Barony of Nyasaland is also a British territory, so the residents of the Barony of Nyasaland must also be British, but the Chinese are not white, so Frank habitually ignores that.

"Then I wish you a happy wedding. Just leave this matter to me. I will urge the Belgians to give Nyasaland a convincing explanation." Rock's emphasis on this matter.

"What explanation? A hunter's gun accidentally went off three times, hitting unsuspecting Nyasalanders exactly three times—no, not three times. I have reports that someone fired at least Ten shots, this can no longer be explained by accidental fire, this is an act of war in essence, if London does not want to start a full-scale war with the Belgians, then we Nyasaland can start a local war with the Congo Free State, Whoever wins has the final right of interpretation, okay?" Rock didn't listen to Frank's nonsense, and this kind of thing will be left alone in the end, and the Belgian will lose some money at most.

How can Roque be short of money? The key is that the Belgians don’t have much money yet. The Kingdom of Belgium has only been established for less than 100 years. The Congo Free State is the private property of King Leopold II. Even if the Belgians lose money, how much can they lose? , a hundred pounds, or two hundred pounds?

Not enough for a trip to Rockland Saran.

Of course, it is impossible for Rocknia Saran to be alone. On the day he received the report, Rock ordered Martin to go to Lake Tanganyika and lead the security team of Little Rock who arrived at Lake Tanganyika ahead of schedule to set up defenses. The Cape Town Police Department hopes that Anton can serve in Johannesburg. Both Anton and Martin have experience in participating in wars. Even if such a thing does not happen, Rock will strengthen the strength of Nyasaland. reason.

"My lord, of course it's not that simple—" Frank was a little embarrassed. If the matter was resolved through political means, then the explanation of the Congo Free State would probably be similar to what Rock described.

"It's really not that simple—" Rock smiled, and Frank's heart trembled suddenly: "The Portuguese probably didn't tell the Belgians how they lost Portuguese East Africa, but it doesn't matter, the Belgians will know soon, If the Belgians think that the Chinese are the same as the African natives and can be killed by them, then the Belgians are wrong, and they will soon know what price they will pay for it."

"Don't be like this, my lord, please give me a little more time, and I will definitely give you a solution that you can accept." Frank was shocked, if Rock replicated everything he did in Portuguese East Africa in the Congo Free State, then Belgian rule in the Congo Free State would collapse completely.

To say that the collapse of the Belgian colonial order in the Congo Free State is actually a good thing for the UK. The crux of the problem is that the UK is not yet ready to attack the Congo Free State. If the Congo Free State collapses, the UK will not be able to gain To the greatest benefit, so Frank did not dare to let Rock do whatever he wanted, which would also have an impact on British colonial rule.

　The brothers in the group guessed it right, this is an update made yesterday afternoon, so today’s update is gone—look, your beloved author is so cheeky——

　　

　

(End of this chapter)