Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 666

The Netherlands, which has a land area of ​​only 190 square kilometers, has a colonial area of ​​more than [-] million square kilometers in Southeast Asia. These colonies are collectively called the Dutch East Indies. They were originally under the jurisdiction of the East India Company. After the disintegration of the East India Company, the Dutch East Indies were The Dutch government took over.

Relying on the Strait of Malacca, the Dutch have earned a lot of money just by collecting toll taxes in recent years. Among them, southern Africa has contributed a lot of tax revenue to the Dutch government because of the continuous immigration in these years.

Migration in Southern Africa is not done officially, but in the form of private companies, in order to obtain continuous and stable migration.

Even in order not to attract the attention of the Qing Dynasty, Rock set up many companies in one go, and the channels of immigration began to diversify with the control of the Qing Dynasty. Not only the Qing Dynasty, but also the Dutch East Indies, French Indochina, Even in British Malaya, as long as there are Chinese willing to immigrate, Nyasaland will warmly welcome them.

This will definitely cause dissatisfaction in the above three places to a certain extent, but Britain and France have many colonies around the world, so they don't care much about this issue, but it is different for the Dutch. The former sea coachmen are only left in Southeast Asia. The colony of the Dutch East Indies, the Netherlands itself relies on blood transfusions from the Dutch East Indies to maintain it. Nyasaland is now immigrating from the Dutch East Indies, which violates the fundamental interests of the Dutch.

So sooner or later conflicts will arise.

"Calm down, Locke, I will negotiate with the Netherlands on this matter, and I will definitely bring him back as soon as possible." Viscount Gladstone immediately appeased Rock, how much people are lacking in southern Africa, and how much Rock attaches importance to these situations. Viscount Ston knew it all.

"There is only about one day's worth of food and drinking water left on the Ark." Rock reminded Viscount Gladstone to hurry up, retaliation or not is a matter of the future, and the top priority is to let the Dutch release as soon as possible.

"I will urge the Dutch to ensure the safety of those new immigrants as much as possible, and try to ensure that no one is harmed." Viscount Gladstone did not dare to say anything. White people are brutal in the colonies. Viscount Gladstone is very clear. Look at the south Africa knows it. Does anyone care about the life and death of Africans?

No!

Even Roque, a "minority", doesn't care about the life and death of Africans.

The same is true for the Chinese in the Dutch East Indies. The Chinese in southern Africa are protected by Rock, so they will get their due rights. However, in the Dutch East Indies, the Chinese are suppressed by the Dutch colonists because of their strong economic strength. And the hatred of the local Javanese.

However, the Chinese in the Dutch East Indies have not yet had the ability to protect themselves. They are like a three-year-old child walking in the busy market with gold bricks, and anyone can bully them.

"My lord, if the Chinese on the Ark are hurt, I will definitely retaliate." Rock made no secret of it. Although Southern Africa did not have the right to declare war on the Netherlands, Rock had some ways to make the Dutch regret it.

Although southern Africa has become self-governing, its diplomacy is still controlled by the United Kingdom, so it does not have the right to declare war on the Netherlands. Even if such a thing happens, it is only possible to get a proper solution by relying on the mediation of the British.

Of course, for Rock, many legal provisions on the surface are not very binding. Rock doesn't even need to use the power of the southern African and British governments to send some mercenaries from the umbrella company to the Dutch East Indies. Enough to make the Dutch overwhelmed.

Certainly Roque would not report some things to Viscount Gladstone. In fact, Roque had sent telegrams to Jonathan and Tang En respectively last night. By now, mercenaries should have departed from the Ardan Islands and Port Elizabeth respectively.

"Lock, calm down. If you want to get supplies, you can go to the Lion City. There is no need to go to Medan." Viscount Gladstone also has an opinion on Rock. The Lion City is Singapore, and it is also in the Straits of Malacca, which is now a British-controlled area. .

Nyasaland's immigrant ship did not stop at the British port, but went to Medan controlled by the Dutch. To put it bluntly, it deserved the accident.

"There are people waiting to board the ship in Medan—" Rock didn't think about it. Of course, there is a reason for docking in Medan. If he doesn't deal with the Dutch, Rock can't find a reason to turn against the Dutch.

Viscount Gladstone glared at Rock angrily, not knowing what to say.

Over the years, southern Africa has never stopped immigrating from all over the world. As a result, white Europeans are unwilling to come to southern Africa. On the contrary, more and more Chinese are coming to southern Africa from the Far East. Now southern Africa, if Nyasaland is not counted, includes Including the Boers and the British, the number of Chinese is almost equal to that of whites. If Nyasaland is added, the number of Chinese will definitely exceed that of whites.

The key issue is that Nyasaland has been refusing the census on the pretext of insufficient conditions, so Viscount Gladstone does not know how many Chinese and whites there are in southern Africa.

But what is certain is that in southern Africa, whites are the "minority".

Rock was not in a hurry, he looked at Viscount Gladstone calmly and did not say a word.

In the matter of immigration, everyone has their own talents. If the federal government can win tens of millions of white people, then everyone will just work together to build a better southern Africa.

Rock doesn't resist this at all, it doesn't matter whether they are white or Chinese, as long as the main ethnic group in southern Africa is not African.

"Prime Minister's telegram—" Viscount Gladstone's secretary sent the telegram without forgetting to give Rock a polite and reserved smile.

This is what people do.

After reading the telegram, Viscount Gladstone handed it to Roque.

Ade asked Viscount Gladstone to return to Pretoria immediately, and hoped that Viscount Gladstone could persuade Rock to remain calm.

It is estimated that the telegram from Ade to Rock has also reached Zach at this moment.

"Keep calm first, and bring the person back first. If—ah, well, I know you will be careful." Only then did Viscount Gladstone realize that Roque might be the best subversive expert of this era. Viscount Gladstone's reminder and pointers are needed.

Compared with Roque, the methods used by colonial countries to compete for colonies in this era are really a bit rough.

For example, the current competition for Tripolitania between Italy and the Ottoman Empire, both countries are already on the verge of breaking out, and the war is imminent.

Based on Viscount Gladstone's understanding of Roque, if Roque was replaced by an Italian, then Roque would probably not directly conflict with the Ottoman Empire, but would provoke the Tripolitanians to directly stand up against the brutality of the Ottoman Empire Whether it is volunteers or mercenaries, Roque will have a way to drive out the Ottomans, and then Tripolitania will become a de facto colony in southern Africa.

This kind of operation is much better than the Italians going into battle shirtless, and the key is that the Ottomans have no reason to win international support.

If you can't even keep your own colonies, you can't even defeat the natives of the colonies, so how can you still have the face to win international support?

At the end of the last century in 1890, Italy declared Ethiopia as an Italian "protection", and then sent troops to invade Ethiopia.

As a result, the Ethiopians were very fierce. They persisted in the Italian invasion for six years and never gave in. In turn, they completely defeated the Italians. In the end, Italy was forced to recognize the independence of Ethiopia, and Ethiopia became the only independent country in Africa. The Italians It has become a joke in Europe.

With this lesson learned, Italians turned to the Ottoman Empire, known as the "sick man of Europe".

The same is true for the Dutch. Southern Africa may not be able to declare war on the Netherlands because they do not have the right to declare war.

But Roque had plenty of ways to retaliate against the Dutch, so Viscount Gladstone hesitated to speak.

Rock is not a character who suffers from losses and forbearance.

Back at the mansion, Rock really saw the telegram sent to him by Ade.

The telegram is nothing more than keeping calm and restraint, not making a big fuss because of an immigrant ship, southern Africa does not have the strength to fight overseas, etc.

What Ade said is correct. Southern Africa does not have a navy yet, and it does not have the strength to launch overseas operations at all.

However, this will not restrict Rock. The mercenaries of the umbrella company will go to Lion City first, and then sneak to Sumatra across the sea in batches through Lion City. The Rand Bank is responsible for the funds needed by the mercenaries. Adan The company is responsible for organizing logistical supplies for the mercenaries, and the Christian Ocean Shipping Company is responsible for delivering the supplies without using the power of the federal government. No matter how good the relationship between the Dutch and the British is, the British have no way to stand up for the Dutch. .

After all, no matter what, the Dutch East Indies are the East Indies of the Dutch, not the East Indies of the United Kingdom, and southern Africa is the southern Africa of the United Kingdom. Therefore, the British government may say a few sarcastic remarks hypocritically, but it will certainly not restrict employment. The actions of the mercenaries will even create conditions as convenient as possible for the mercenaries.

Rock doesn't care what London thinks. The Dutch East Indies is one of the most important natural rubber producing areas in the world, and natural rubber is an important raw material for modern industry. Nyasaland imported from the Dutch East Indies in the past two years. There are more and more natural rubber, and the Dutch earn hundreds of millions of Dutch guilders every year with natural rubber. Regardless of whether the British are jealous, Roque is still quite greedy.

Although Viscount Gladstone and Ade both promised to do their best to mediate, but due to the poor speed of information transmission at this time and the slow and bloated colonial efficiency of the Dutch, it has been three days since Southern Africa received a reply from the Dutch.

Rock's worries really became a reality. Although the British captain on the Ark repeatedly asked, the Dutch still did not provide enough supplies to the Ark.

Despite the full rescue efforts of the local Chinese, 14 people died on the Ark due to the obstruction of the Dutch authorities.

All 14 were minors, including eight infants.

The news spread back to southern Africa, and the front page headline of The Times that day was bolded: We will pay in blood!

(End of this chapter)