African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 276 "Old Friends"

In the former Central African Republic, the Azande Plateau.

Mmbre, a fortress built according to the terrain, looks very simple and randomly piled up with stones, but it is not easy to pass through it. If one man guards the gate, Wan Fumokai may not be able to reach it. It is still possible to arrange a platoon. If a few machine guns are mounted, 70.00% of the African countries in the previous life may not be able to pass.

This is a military stronghold built by the North Route Army in East Africa. Now a large group of African natives pass by here with their belongings.

Compared with the South Route Army, the Northern Route Army's battlefield can be said to be quite lively. The places where the Northern Route Army passed were southern South Sudan and the Azande Plateau.

The Azande Plateau is located in central Africa, between the Congo Basin, the Chad Basin, and the upper Nile Basin. It is the watershed between the three. The central plateau is an east-west ridge-like mountain with a length of more than 800 kilometers. Many passes have been formed during it, which has become a north-south traffic artery.

And the Central African Republic, which was located here in the previous life, is also appropriate. If the internal economy of Africa is developed, Central Africa can at least be called the crossroads of Africa.Even without considering the economic value, the military value of the Azande Plateau is also very high. From here, it can directly threaten East Africa and West Africa, the two regions with the best agricultural conditions in Africa.

And the conditions of the Azande Plateau itself are not bad. The temperature and precipitation are slightly higher than those in East Africa. If Ernst were to locate this place, it would be almost the same as the Nanyang Basin.

The strategic position is prominent, both are north-south traffic hubs, and gems are distributed. Central Africa is diamonds, andalusite reserves in Nanyang are the highest in Asia, and kyanite and rutile rank first in China.Nanyang City in the basin is also famous for its jade carving industry at home and abroad, and is one of the three hometowns of jade carving in the Far East.Both places are rich in gold, rich in forestry resources, also rich in arable land resources, and both have oil and radioactive minerals.

Having said so much, in fact, in other words, both resource endowments are relatively average, suitable for the development of agriculture, but strategically speaking, they are both an indispensable part of their respective regions.

Mineral resources in Central Africa look very good. They are gold and diamonds. In fact, these two are too common in sub-Saharan Africa, and they are almost distributed in East Africa today. Other minerals are basically not worth much except oil. The main reason is that the quantity is not enough, such as iron ore. The iron ore reserves in other parts of East Africa are measured in units of [-] million tons, while Central Africa is millions of tons. If you look at Central Africa as a whole in Africa or the world, it is a proper mineral-poor country.

Of course, the reason why resources are not fully explored cannot be ruled out.

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Looking at the endless stream of people, Rhodes, the platoon leader of the East African Army, said: "The fate of these Burundians is really bad. They should have gone a little further to the west at that time, otherwise they wouldn't suffer a second crime now."

"Hehe, according to our front-line intelligence personnel, among the eight indigenous kingdoms, the original Buganda Kingdom ran the farthest. It is said that it has now re-established a country near a large lake in the southwest, and they seem to have contacted Ottoman merchants in Libya through caravans. They have purchased a lot of firearms and have opened up the situation." Deputy Platoon Leader West said.

The Great Lake mentioned by West refers to Lake Chad. Migrating from the Great Lake (Lake Victoria) to Lake Chad is indeed difficult for the Buganda people, but now the benefits are also reflected, that is, there is no need for a second migration like the original Great Lakes indigenous countries.

"Musat I still has some strategic vision. When he was fighting in the Northwest, he wanted to run westward, and his eldest son, the idiot who defected to the Egyptians, is now gone. If there are no accidents, he will not appear in the future."

Musat I was the king who ran away from the Buganda Kingdom at the time, and chose a different path from the Buganda prince at that time.

The Buganda prince did receive preferential treatment from Sudanese local officials when he first arrived in Egypt, but after the population of Buganda was cleaned up in East Africa, his united front value was gone, and the Buganda people were gone. The so-called Buganda prince was naturally abolished.

"The eight northwestern countries are not bad, but the natives who were defeated by them are a bit stupid. When they saw our army, the people of the eight northwestern countries surrendered or ran away. They dared to fight us."

"Although the Eight Northwest Nations are defeated by us in East Africa, their own strength is not weak. They also crushed these indigenous tribes when they went to the Azande Plateau."

While the two were talking, people from the Kingdom of Burundi had already passed by, and a black man walking at the end came forward to bid farewell to Rhodes and the two.

"Mr. Rhodes, Mr. West, thank you for your care!" the black man said.

"Hehehe, you're welcome, Chief Romrom, you Kingdom of Burundi is our old friend, and it's quite emotional to meet old people here. This time you go west, and I, as your friend, give you a piece of advice. It's best to go as far as possible. Go straight in the direction of the sun setting. If you encounter other people like us with things in their hands, don't panic and immediately turn around and go northwest." Rhodes patted the gun in his hand.

Rhodes participated in the Northwest Campaign, which was the first war of conquest, and fought against the Burundians, so he said that he was an "old friend" of the Burundians, and at the same time gave a small suggestion to the new kings of the Kingdom of Burundi.

Rhodes' suggestion was considered out of good intentions, but it frightened Romrom. He asked, "There are still people from you in the east?"

"Of course not, but it's about the same, but they may be more difficult to deal with than ours in East Africa. You just need to know that if you meet them, you can run. You must run to the northwest, but don't worry too much. As long as you don't reach the edge of the sea, you won't be able to meet them."

Rhodes is referring to other colonists on the west coast of Africa, which is also a friendly reminder, and the northwest direction refers to the West African hinterland.

"Mr. Rhodes, thank you for your reminder. I will take the citizens to go directly to the northwest, so don't let it go!" Romrom replied in this way, and he did exactly that. The Kingdom of Burundi, which went westward again, migrated to the southwest of Niger in the previous life in one go, changing from an East African country to a West African country.

In the last war, the Kingdom of Burundi had already been destroyed, but after its remnants gathered on the Azand Plateau, the third son of the former king was selected to become the new king of the Kingdom of Burundi, that is, Rom Rom.

Rom Rom, who was only 16 years old, led the Burundians on the grasslands in the east of the Azand Plateau, galloping and plundering women and wealth, and the Kingdom of Burundi flourished again.

But the good times didn’t last long. Before the Kingdom of Burundi planned to enjoy it, the East Africans came again. Romrom, who had experienced the extermination of the country, knew that the Kingdom of Burundi was not the opponent of the Kingdom of East Africa, so he directly negotiated with the North Route Army of the Kingdom of East Africa. He could directly give up the land, but he had to give the Kingdom of Burundi time.

The Kingdom of East Africa agreed, and there was a scene where the Burundians migrated from here.In addition to Burundi, the same is true of other indigenous kingdoms that fled from the Great Lakes region to the Azande plateau.

Therefore, the area of ​​the Northern Route Army looks very lively. There is a scene of a large relocation of the aborigines, and these blacks can also be considered to return to their homeland in West Africa along the route that their ancestors spread to the whole of Africa.

And the migration of these kingdoms will also cause huge historical changes to West Africa. For example, Burundi, Rwanda, and Bu (U) Ganda have all become West African countries. In Ernst’s view, it is indeed very interesting. I don’t know what the development trajectory of these three countries will be after arriving in West Africa.

(End of this chapter)