African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 292 Advanced Taxation System
How to develop the Matabele Plateau (Zimbabwe), first of all, let the local popularity come up, so the East African government launched a government meeting on this matter.

Of course, more government personnel brainstormed, and finally it was decided by Constantine and Ernst.

Von der Leyen: "From an economic point of view, the Matabele plateau is currently a blank area. Except for the army, there is no population, but there are a lot of local indigenous people. We can first use the indigenous people to develop some local resources. The Tabele Plateau is far away from East Africa, and there is Zambia in the middle, so it is only considered from the perspective of land transportation. The distance to develop the Matabele Plateau is too far, and the administrative management is also very inconvenient. In this regard, I propose to cooperate with Mozambique. Communicate and let them open the sea, if it can be transported by sea, it can greatly improve the environment of the Matabele plateau."

Yarman: "For security reasons, the Portuguese in Mozambique probably won't agree to our request, so it's better not to have too much hope for Mozambique."

Sitte: "The right way is to solve the communication problem first. The telegraph line in Zambia has almost been repaired to the Southern Frontier Province. After the completion, the telegraph line will be directly introduced from Zambia to the Matabele Plateau, so that we can also communicate with the local area in time. The garrison keeps in touch, makes quick decisions, and responds to emergencies and potential risks."

Constantine said: "The indigenous economy can be considered. The Matabele Plateau is already in a colonial state, so we can use the garrison to mobilize these indigenous people first, let them sort out the land first, and plant some crops. They are high-yield potatoes and cassava, so that the land can be initially developed, and it will be much easier for us to let the immigrants take over the developed land. As for the transportation problem, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should first contact Mozambique and communicate with them. If they don’t It doesn't matter if you are willing to provide an outlet to the sea. We will develop the Matabele Plateau step by step, as well as the telegraph line. After the Zambia main line is completed, we will immediately invest in the construction of the Matabele Plateau section. The Zambian branch line can temporarily delay the construction. time."

Stewart: "Your Majesty, when it comes to traffic issues, we must not forget to level the roads in the Matabele Plateau and Zambia, especially the construction of bridges on the Zambezi River and many tributaries of the Congo River. Vessels assist the orderly flow of traffic."

Von der Leyen: "In this regard, we have experience. We just want to mobilize and organize the local indigenous people to develop agriculture. The construction of transportation infrastructure can be carried out at the same time. When the farming is busy, we will work in the fields. When the farming is slack, we will organize the indigenous people to build bridges and pave roads. Development can also solve the problem of indigenous rations, as long as we manage the food distribution problem well, we can temporarily turn the indigenous people into hired workers in East Africa, and when we no longer need them, it is also convenient to kick them away.”

Felix: "Managing the natives is actually not an easy task, especially in the undeveloped areas, which are generally sparsely populated, and our army is scattered like sesame seeds, so we'd better make up for the immigrant population. Before, I used those tribal chiefs to assist the rule of East Africa. I had an idea that in addition to the strong means of military repression, we can also control the indigenous people through the soft means of economy. At least it can reduce the resistance of some indigenous people, that is, we use industrial products , to improve the quality of life of these high-level tribes, and let them fall into luxury, so that they cannot do without the industrial products of East Africa, and we exchange industrial products for grain outside the tax, and use these grains to invest in transportation construction, so that A closed-loop schedule can greatly improve management efficiency.”

East Africa also collects taxes on indigenous peoples, especially in areas that have just been annexed. Most of them are in this form, which is why East Africa can minimize local indigenous resistance.

East Africa’s taxes on indigenous people are more similar to Ottoman’s tax package system. Under strong military suppression, most indigenous regimes and tribes temporarily accept the management of the East African government in the form of subordinate forces, and then East Africa gives priority to ensuring the interests of the indigenous ruling class. There is a [-]-[-] split with these people, but the work is done by the indigenous rulers, and East Africa only needs to divide the money.

Temporarily supporting the continued existence of these indigenous regimes has greatly reduced the chances of indigenous resistance in East Africa in the vast area east of the Kuango River and north of the Limpopo River. Of course, if the "advanced" system such as the tax package system is not accepted Indigenous forces, East Africa is not soft, direct extermination, set a model.

As an example to the monkeys, other indigenous kingdoms and tribes unconditionally supported the tax system in East Africa. Those who know the current affairs are outstanding, and the top leaders of these indigenous forces can also enjoy better treatment than before.

Because most of the indigenous forces are in the stage of slavery, their productivity levels are extremely low, and the tax system in East Africa actually has the characteristics of a feudal system.

At the same time, with the help of technology promotion, these aborigines are forced to enter the farming era and live a settled life, so that they can receive taxes, and the original aboriginal rulers can also enjoy the support of taxes after the increase in productivity. It will no longer organize indigenous resistance to East African rule.

Of course, the indigenous ruling class enjoys dividends now, and they will definitely not be satisfied with this over time. After all, the temptation to monopolize taxes is much stronger than that of East Africa's [-]-[-] split.

However, East Africa has long considered this point. When the indigenous people are dissatisfied with the rule of East Africa, it is almost the time when East Africa will clean up the local population and make room for East African immigrants.

Constantine: "Under the tax system, these indigenous ruling classes will also accumulate a large amount of food. We use industrial products to buy it back from them, and we can hire the aborigines to renovate the infrastructure during the slack season, and the infrastructure Perfect, and provide convenience for the garrison and immigrants in East Africa, further strengthen our local ruling ability, and when the immigrant population reaches a certain level, we will take action against these natives, Felix, do you mean that?"

Felix: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Felix's strategy is very good. As for whether the natives will obediently accept the arrangements in East Africa, that is inevitable.

Under the tax package system in East Africa, except for the share that East Africa takes away through military strength, the high-level indigenous people actually get the bulk, and they will collect more taxes and fees from their own forces in the name of the East African government.

The output left to the indigenous slaves and civilians may only be enough to survive, while East Africa obtains the resources they have from the slave owners and chiefs through industrial products, and puts them into the slack period. These indigenous people will eat more for food. You must accept employment in East Africa.

Because East Africa has confiscated the grasslands and forests, and does not allow the aborigines to hunt and kill prey at the bottom, they can only support themselves by farming, and the heavy tax pressure forces these aborigines to take on more jobs to support themselves.

In fact, at the beginning of the mandatory implementation of the tax subsidy system, the happiest people were the indigenous slave class. They used to work for the slave owners for nothing, but now they can have their own harvest. Although it is pitiful, it is spiritually great. The needs of these slaves were met.

In this way, the resistance of the slaves is reduced, and the slave owners who are unwilling to accept the tax package system also find that the rule is more stable, and because the enthusiasm of the slaves has increased, the benefits they have obtained have also greatly increased.

The most important thing is that they can enjoy the convenience of industrial products through the East Africa Industrial Products Exchange Program later, and their quality of life can continue to be greatly improved.

In East Africa, the tax package system can be used to reduce the resistance of the indigenous people, complete infrastructure construction, and reduce the cost of garrisoning troops. Finally, after the immigrant population comes up, they can turn their faces and deny people without any burden, and use the land, roads, and houses developed by the indigenous people. confiscated.

Therefore, the current tax subsidy system is satisfied with the bottom indigenous people, the ruling class, and the East African forces. Everyone thinks that their future is bright.

(End of this chapter)