Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 315 Clown

Garfield, the senior manager of the Antwerp company, has been very angry recently. The cause of the incident is very simple. Two managers of the Antwerp company were fishing in Lake Tanganyika, because the fishing operations of two Chinese fishermen affected the fishing of these two people. They shot and killed the two Chinese fishermen, and then went ashore and returned to the company like nothing happened, without reporting it at all.

So Garfield didn't know anything when he received the Nyasaland Agricultural Company's telegram, so naturally he didn't respond immediately.

What Garfield never expected was that another Chinese was shot and killed in the Kaputa area the next day. This time, Nyasaland Agricultural Company did not send a telegram, but Garfield raised his vigilance. After learning about the background of Yasaland Agricultural Company, Garfield suddenly realized that Nyasaland Agricultural Company did not seem to be as harmless as her name. At this moment, Garfield received another telegram from Antwerp.

"Investigate the truth of the matter, give Lord Nyasaland a reasonable explanation, compensate Nyasaland for its economic losses, and satisfy all the requirements of Lord Nyasaland within a reasonable range, and must control the situation within a controllable range. If necessary, you can ask Viscount Alfred Milner to intervene-this simply allows us to surrender to Nyasaland." Garfield still underestimated the importance Antwerp attaches to Nyasaland, and a resentment welled up , In the Congo Free State, the Antwerp company is like a god, and has never suffered any setbacks. Now, because of three civilians, Antwerp will bow to Nyasaland, which makes Garfield resentful.

"Lord Nyasaland is very capable. This man is unscrupulous. Like the deceased Mr. Cecil Rhodes, he is a loyal supporter of the British 'Two C Plan'. Some time ago, Portuguese East Africa underwent drastic changes. Evidence suggests that Lord Nyasaland was involved, but the Portuguese claim that it was because of Nyasaland's support for the Yao that the Yao were able to defeat the Portuguese, and that after the agreement between the Yao and the Portuguese, Nyasaland The Lord obtained the mouth of the Zambezi River Basin from the Yao people and became the biggest beneficiary of Portuguese East Africa. We still don’t know the relationship between Lord Nyasaland and the Yao people, but we have reason to believe that Niasa There must be some kind of unknown transaction between the Nyasaland and the Yao people.” Kenneth Bryan, a senior employee of the Antwerp company, emphasized the relationship between Nyasaland and the Yao people. Although Kenneth had no evidence, Kenneth’s tendency to speak Sex is obvious.

Because of the rebellion of the Yao people, Portugal lost most of its territory in Portuguese East Africa. Now Portugal is in chaos. The royalist party hopes to gather troops to return to Portuguese East Africa and regain Portugal’s interests in Portuguese East Africa. The opposition party wants the king to abdicate. The prime minister resigns and a national election is called to decide the fate of Portugal.

The crumbling Kingdom of Portugal had no time to return to Portuguese East Africa. As the Yao people rebuilt the Kingdom of Mweni Matapa and Nyasaland built Port Edward and the railway at the mouth of the Zambezi River, Portugal’s return to Portuguese East Africa became increasingly distant. Indefinitely, although the Portuguese government is seeking international support through various channels, as long as the British government does not come forward, no one will support the Portuguese.

Both Rhodesia and Nyasaland were beneficiaries of the upheaval in Portuguese East Africa, and the territories acquired by Rhodesia and Nyasaland were also British territories, so the British government would never come forward to uphold justice for the Portuguese. Unfortunately, the Portuguese are determined.

What Kenneth is worried about now is that Nyasaland will replicate the behavior in Portuguese East Africa in the Congo Free State, which is no less than a disaster for the Congo Free State.

"If Lord Nyasaland regards the Congo Free State as Portuguese East Africa, then Lord Nyasaland is wrong. The Congo Free State is not Portuguese East Africa, and the Congolese and Negriro people are not Yao people. If Congo If people and Negliro people dare to rebel, then we will kill all the Congolese and Negliro people.” Colonel Jim Theresa of the Antwerp company station was murderous. Colonel Jim Theresa was a German and had participated in the In the Franco-Prussian War, he lost an eye in the Franco-Prussian War. After retiring from the German army, he came to the Congo Free State to join the colonial army formed by Leopold II.

"Colonel, even if we kill all the Congolese and Negliro people, it won't solve the problem. Three years ago, there were no less than 10 people near Lake Tanganyika, and now it is less than [-]. Come on, the Congolese and Negliro people are going to die too—" Kenneth sighed faintly, the Belgians were not much better than the Portuguese in terms of cruelty.

In 1884, when Leopold II established the Congo Free State, there were about 2500 million people in the Congo Free State. In 1908, influenced by the international public opinion environment, Belgium nationalized the Congo Free State and became the Belgian Congo. There are less than 1000 million people left in the Congo. In just 24 years, the population of the Congo Free State has decreased by between 1000 million and 1500 million.

No, it’s more than 1000 million to 1500 million, because the population of the Congo Free State cannot fail to increase during the past 24 years. Therefore, the number here must be added to the population that has naturally increased during these years.

With reference to the population growth rate at this time, this number may double.

The cruelty of the Belgians is evident.

"Are you accusing us of being too cruel? Crocodile tears, tax collection and rubber tapping, you don't think so!" Jim retorted. Kenneth used to be a lawyer. Kenneth is only useful when it comes to contracts. If there is no threat of force from soldiers like Jim, there will be no room for lawyers like Kenneth to operate.

"Come on, let's discuss Nyasaland, what kind of explanation should we give to make Lord Nyasaland accept, or how much compensation do we need to satisfy Lord Nyasaland? "Garfield doesn't want to listen to meaningless quarrels, and it's okay to fight each other on weekdays. If the building is about to collapse and you don't forget to fight for power, that's a dead end.

"It's very simple, just find any reason, such as a gun misfire or something, and just pay Nyasaland some compensation. If Lord Nyasaland is endless, I will show him the glory of the Prussian warrior." Jim vowed, It is indeed easy for a king who insists on the "yellow peril theory" to bring out a group of confident warriors.

Although Rock is now the Baron of Nyasaland, and has shown a tendency to be more and more valued, but after all, Rock is a yellow man. The Eight-Nation Allied Forces' war of aggression against China has just ended, and Germany is the main force of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces to invade China. So it is really difficult for Jim to respect Rock, the Baron of Nyasaland.

"During the Boer War, it was said that General Joubert, the commander-in-chief of the Boer Allied Forces, was killed by Lord Nyasaland. Before the Boer War, Lord Nyasaland was only a patrolman in the Cape Town Police Department. Lord Saran rose like a rocket, and after the war he was already a baron with a fief of 20 square kilometers, such a person is not intimidated." Kenneth was not in a hurry, if it wasn't because Kenneth and Jim's interests were closely related, Then Kenneth really wanted to see how Jim proved the glory of Prussian warriors to the Nyasaland people.

"Lord Nyasaland is just a funny clown. It is only through good luck that he has a little poor merit. Look at the performance of the British Expeditionary Force in the Boer War. It really does not match the honor of the British Empire. By the way, that clown was just a patrolman before the war broke out, and even the expeditionary force was in a mess, so what can the patrolman do?" Jim laughed, the performance of the British expeditionary force in the Boer War has indeed become a talking point and a laughing stock for Europeans .

In today's world, Britain is still the undisputed leader.

And the whole world is very happy to watch the boss's jokes. Thinking about the United States' defeat in Somalia in the [-]th century, the whole world is almost without drums and gongs.

"Jim, don't say that. How Lord Nyasaland got his title is beyond the scope of our discussion. What we are going to discuss now is how to deal with Nyasaland's accusation." Garfield remained calm, Nyasaland Even if Saran was a clown, he was still a clown representing the British Empire, and the Antwerp Company could not ignore it.

"Ask? What qualifications do Nyasaland people have to 'accuse' us? We are not under Lord Nyasaland." Jim refused to let go. What he couldn't accept was Rock's complexion.

It's just that it's not in the interests of the Antwerp company to keep pestering at this time, so Garfield was very disappointed with Jim and turned his attention to Kenneth.

Kenneth smiled wryly and spread his hands, expressing that he was also very helpless. No matter how the Antwerp company explained to the Nyasaland people, they must ask the garrison to fully restrain themselves. If there is another vicious incident at this time, the consequences will be out of control.

"Jim, restrain your subordinates. I don't want to see similar incidents happen again. If there is another incident, you have to find a way to explain it to Lord Nyasaland yourself." Garfield sternly said, if Jim still ignores the overall situation, Then Garfield would consider transferring Jim away. With Jim's attitude, he couldn't get along peacefully with the Nyasarans, and it would only make things worse and worse.

"Sir, there is no need to be afraid of the Nyasaland people. I have deployed two companies on the border. They are enough to deal with those Nyasaland militias that don't even have uniforms." Jim is full of confidence, at least Jim's men are regular troops .

"Gentlemen, we are in trouble—" the office door was suddenly pushed open, and Larry Lind, the security manager of the Antwerp company, hurriedly said: "Our two companies on the border were attacked, and all 240 people were killed. The problem is, we don’t know who the attacker is, how many people there are, or even whether the other party will attack again, this time we are in big trouble—”

Jim was dumbfounded, he never expected that the slap in the face would come so quickly.

(End of this chapter)