Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 610 Adults Don't Make Choices

After the independence of the Kingdom of Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa once had a total area of ​​80 square kilometers, but only about 15 square kilometers belonged to the Portuguese.

Objectively speaking, this 15 square kilometers is actually the essence of Portuguese East Africa. If the Portuguese manage it carefully, it will be very good. After all, the area of ​​Portugal is only [-] square kilometers, even if it is divided into Portuguese East Africa. , is also a half Portuguese mainland.

It's a pity that the Portuguese didn't learn any experience from their previous failures, and they still adopted high-handed rule over the Africans in the territory. This caused extreme tension between the whites of Lorenzo Marquez and the Africans.

Now that there is internal strife among the white people, Rock is really powerless to complain.

The current Portuguese East Africa is like Southern Africa in another time and space, it is simply playing tricks.

On December NO.15, Roque welcomed two special guests at his official residence in Nyasaland, Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards, Labor Party leaders of Lorenzo Marquez.

The Labor Party is not a workers' party, but a nascent bourgeois party corresponding to the royalist party. In essence, the Labor Party is also formed by capitalists. It is a political party formed by the nascent bourgeoisie to fight for their interests. It is different from a trade union formed by workers.

When Portuguese East Africa remained intact, plantations were the economic basis of Portuguese East Africa.

The current area of ​​Portuguese East Africa is only 15 square kilometers, which has shrunk greatly compared to before. This situation forced the white people in Portuguese East Africa to take the initiative to make changes. Primary agricultural product processing gradually replaced traditional plantations and became Portuguese East Africa. Another pillar of the economy.

In Portuguese East Africa, the traditional plantation industry is mainly operated by the royalist party, while the emerging bourgeoisie controls the processing of agricultural products. Therefore, the Labor Party and the royalist party are inherently opposed to each other, arguing endlessly for their own interests. The poll tax imposed by Portugal only intensifies the contradiction fuse.

Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards came to seek Nyasaland's support.

Although Nyasaland should bear a lot of responsibility for the current situation in Portuguese East Africa, for capitalists, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is simply an instinct. Compared with Nyasaland, Portugal itself is sluggish and old. Well, one is that the heat is booming, so this is not a very difficult multiple choice question.

No, not even multiple choice questions, adults never make choices.

For business, a stable political environment is very important. Now Lorenzo Marques faces the sea on one side and is surrounded by southern African territories on three sides, just like Walvis Bay surrounded by German Southwest African territories.

However, Walvis Bay is backed by the powerful southern Africa, so it can maintain its independence, and German Southwest Africa dare not make the idea of ​​Walvis Bay.

But Lorenzo Marquez is different. Portugal is weak and cannot even maintain the stability of the country. It is simply unable to take care of Lorenzo Marquez. Therefore, Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards hope to get Nea With the help of Saran, he promised to hold a referendum in Lorenzo Marques after gaining control of Lorenzo Marques, and let the Lorenzo Marques decide the fate of Lorenzo Marques.

In fact, this is a euphemistic statement. The normal statement should be: If Nyasaland is willing to help Lorenzo Marquez’s Labor Party, then Lorenzo Marquez will become Nyasaland’s protectorate in the future, or is directly added to Southern Africa.

It was only at this time that Roque realized the benefits of imperialism. It is not important to be polite, righteous, honest, fair, and peaceful. Only the interests of Hongguoguo can move people's hearts.

Therefore, Rock's attitude is very clear: "Southern Africa is of course willing to help all people who yearn for freedom and peace. As the superpower in southern Africa, Southern Africa should play a more important role in maintaining regional stability and create a better environment for the people of the whole of Africa." Good life, so go ahead and do it, Southern Africa will never ignore the voice of Lorenzo Marquez yearning for freedom—"

This attitude is also to turn southern Africa into a beacon of civilization for the whole of Africa——

Then Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards looked at each other, and both could see the relief in the other's eyes.

It now appears that this step is the right one.

For Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards, what they need is not a saint or a tyrant, what they need is a careerist who can provide them with tangible help.

Of course, it would be better if this ambitious man could find a perfect footnote for his behavior if he could not stick to the constraints of the world.

Rock's performance perfectly meets the requirements of Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards. He is greedy enough, shameless enough, and high-sounding enough. Although these adjectives are not nice, only such people can truly protect those in need. protector.

Compared with Roque, Roger Hart, the current Portuguese East African Governor, is not qualified enough.

After Portuguese East Africa was disintegrated, the candidates for governors were changed in turn like a revolving door. In just a few years, six governors had been replaced in Portuguese East Africa, and none of them could stay in the position of governor for a full year.

The current Governor of Portuguese East Africa, Roger Hart, took office in June this year, and it has only been less than half a year now.

At the beginning of his tenure, in order to develop the economy of Portuguese East Africa, Roger Hart gave great support to the Labor Party and formulated many policies beneficial to the Labor Party, which indeed effectively safeguarded the interests of the Labor Party. The most competitive products in the field are from Portuguese East Africa.

But after a few months, Roger Hart's attitude towards the Labor Party changed.

The main reason is taxes. Like South African companies, Portuguese East African products exported to Europe do not need to pay taxes to the Portuguese East African Governor’s Office. When Portuguese East African exports less products to Europe and do not make much profit, It doesn't matter whether you pay taxes or not, but seeing that Portuguese East Africa is exporting more and more products to Europe and making more and more profits, the Governor's Palace and the Royalist Party are becoming more and more dissatisfied, so last month, Romania Jay Hart announced a decree requiring companies in Portuguese East Africa to pay a 15.00% commodity tax starting from January next year.

The commodity tax levied in southern Africa was only increased from 5.00% to [-]%, which caused the unanimous veto of Congress.

Portuguese East Africa immediately imposed a 15.00% levy. One can imagine the excitement of the Labor Party in Portuguese East Africa.

What's more, the "New Tax Law" in southern Africa also has an export tax rebate clause to ensure the competitiveness of southern African products to the greatest extent. Portuguese East Africa is ugly in this regard, and has the temperament of fattening pigs before slaughtering them.

Therefore, the poll tax imposed by the Portuguese government is really not important. The export tax is the root cause of Lorenzo Marquez's chaos.

"Lord, we are not asking for support from Southern Africa, but from Nyasaland, otherwise we would not have come to Nyasaland, but went directly to Pretoria—" Dylan Karami To be blunt, Sidney Richards next to him nodded with sympathy.

"Is there any difference? Nyasaland is also part of southern Africa." Rock smiled, seeing Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards getting more and more pleasing to the eye.

"No, no, my lord, it's not the same. Nyasaland is very different from southern Africa. Before that, we have cooperated with Nyasaland's companies a lot, and we know the situation in Nyasaland very well. Now Southern Africa is actually an enlarged version of Portuguese East Africa. I don't mean to be disrespectful to Lord Halewood, but the current southern Africa cannot provide the best protection for Lorenzo Marquez. On the contrary, you, my lord, It can effectively protect the interests of the territory, so even if we hold a referendum in the future, what we want to join is not southern Africa, but Nyasaland." Dylan Karami's words made Rock very comfortable.

Lorenzo Marquez now has Rhodesia to the north, Swaziland to the south and Natal to the west, so Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards know Southern Africa very well .

Although Rhodesia, Natal, and Swaziland are both part of southern Africa, Rhodesia, Natal, and Swaziland are very different in terms of development, especially in terms of infrastructure. Rhodesia is literally blocks away from Natal and Swaziland.

Relatively speaking, the infrastructure construction in Nyasaland surprised Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards. Now there are not only railways and waterways connecting Port Edward and Little Rock. Last year, Nyasaland It also cost a lot of money to build a road between Port Edward and Little Rock.

Compared with railways and waterways, roads play a greater role in regional economic development. When Nyasaland built roads, many temporary camps for workers were built along the way. After the workers evacuated, these temporary camps became the natural environment for new immigrants. Nyasaland's development of the Zambezi River Basin revolves around these settlements.

The Zambezi River Basin has been part of Nyasaland since 1902, and it is only six years now.

Prior to this, Portugal had colonized the Zambezi River Basin for nearly 500 years.

Dylan Karami and Sidney Richards feel that the Zambezi Valley has changed more in the past six years than in the previous 500 years.

The Portuguese colonization left the Zambezi River Basin with only undeveloped plantations and a colonial history written by Portuguese East Africans with blood and tears.

In just six years, Nyasaland brought railways, roads, and countless towns along the Zambezi River.

These towns now seem to be small in scale, and some towns are even threatened by wild animals, and they cannot even be self-sufficient.

But in time, as time goes by, there will be more and more Chinese in the Zambezi River Basin, and their power will become stronger, and these problems will eventually be resolved.

(End of this chapter)