Chapter 189 Occupation
Prince Constantine was going to sea, although it was not publicized, it was still spread among the German nobles.
A prince didn’t want to stay in Europe, but insisted on going to Africa to suffer. It was really hard for people to understand, so the interested nobles found records about Africa.
There is no nautical tradition in Germany, so the information and documents basically come from foreign countries and the novels of some previous explorers.
However, due to the long history of literature records, even dating back hundreds of years, the update of the African version is still in the state of "the grave of the white man".
Many explorer novels aim at exaggeration, such as giant snakes hundreds of meters, terrifying poisonous insects, cannibal tribes...
Good guy! This Prince Constantine couldn't think about going to Africa because he hit his head against a tree!
There must be a problem with the records of the German nobles about Africa. For example, sailors and explorers mostly recorded those thrilling and exciting contents, especially many explorers compiled books after returning to Europe. Naturally, they added a little "big material" for sales.
Prince Constantine has a distinguished status, and what he does will definitely attract the attention of interested people, but the stereotype of Africa makes them not optimistic about Prince Constantine's going to sea this time.
However, this also allowed many nobles in the German region to understand Africa in detail for the first time, although there are many mistakes.
The Prussian royal family expressed concern about Prince Constantine's going to sea, but the whereabouts of Prince Constantine is not very important to the Prussian royal family. It is a critical period for Prussia, and there are a lot of things to deal with.
Out of courtesy, the royal family sent representatives to briefly communicate with Prince Constantine, and finally came to the conclusion that Constantine just had nothing to do.
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April 1869.
Becker and Merkel led the mission back to Mbeya and reported the results of the mission to Commissioner Switt.
After hearing that Msiri agreed to the deal, he was overjoyed. He told Becker and Merkel that he would truthfully report their achievements to the central government, and then held an emergency meeting in Mbeya to discuss taking over the Yeke Kingdom. matters.
"We must not completely believe Msiri's nonsense! Indigenous people are uncivilized groups, and their promises may not be as good as waste paper." An official said at the meeting.
"Well, that's right. When we first came to East Africa, many local chiefs often backtracked, so it's better to be careful." Sitte affirmed the previous official's statement.
"Your Excellency, Msiri is quite knowledgeable, and he is also taken from our East African force, so the land of the Yeke Kingdom must be given up, so it is not important whether Msiri will backtrack, what is important is ours. Attitude." Merkel said to Sitte.
"Moreover, Msiri will definitely not oppose us in East Africa for the sake of the civilians of the Yeke Kingdom. In my contact with him, I observed that he is an extremely realistic person who disregards life at the same time, so the cooperation between him and us is also very important. It became inevitable, this person has almost no feelings, and only considers the gains and losses of personal interests." Becker added.
And considering the efficiency of the African natives, even if Msiri agreed to us, it may be a year before he vacates the Yeke Kingdom, so we should take the initiative to help him. "
At this time, Becker also said: "I fully agree with the Commissioner's point of view, especially the relocation of the indigenous people in the Yeke Kingdom. Msiri will definitely be perfunctory. If we don't take action, Msiri will probably leave more than 60% of the indigenous people. From the above, in my opinion, if Msiri can take away the capital and the surrounding natives, it will be regarded as overfulfilling the task.”
"Well, since this is the case, we should send troops to actively cooperate with Msiri to complete the migration of the Yeke Kingdom, Merkel, you are the military commander of Mbeya, do you think it can be done with Mbeya's military strength alone? "Switt asked.
"Report sir, if the militia is not dispatched, it will definitely not be possible to rely solely on the strength of Mbeya's regular army. If the militia cooperates with this operation, the task will be completed." Merkel said.
"How many militia do you expect to need?"
"It doesn't need to be too much. The total strength of all troops can reach 4,000. We already have more than 1,000 troops near the defense line. We can temporarily recruit 3,000 troops from Mbeya."
"The number of people is too small, will it lead to a large number of fish that slip through the net? After all, Africa has a lot of forests. It is very difficult to sort out an area as large as the Yeke Kingdom with more than 4,000 people." You Mbe Asian officials asked.
"This is not a problem. We only need to drive away most of the aborigines. Those aborigines who ran into the mountains are not a problem. The Northwest battlefield also said that we should drive the local aborigines away, but there are still many aborigines in the northwest. exist.
Not to mention the Northwest, I am afraid that there are many fish that escaped the net in the entire interior of East Africa, so it is very unrealistic to rely on military means to completely clean up the indigenous people.
The only solution is to continuously squeeze the living environment of these aborigines through immigration. With more and more immigrants in the future, there will naturally be no living space for aboriginals. ’” Merkel explained.
"Okay, our main task this time is to secure the Yeke Kingdom now, and leave the rest of the problems to the central government and the new government." Si Te made a final decision.
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The junction of the Upper Malawi Lake District and the Yeke Kingdom.
"This time, the city government asked us to cooperate with Yeke Kingdom and help its ruler Msiri complete the relocation of Yeke Kingdom. Everyone must obey the command and not act alone to prevent terrorist attacks by Yeke Kingdom thugs." Moore Ke said to the soldiers and militiamen.
The thugs refer to the natives who are unwilling to relocate. The thugs that the East African army can encounter are all top-notch members. As long as you live in a remote place, the East African army will not run into you. Those who block the East African army must pass On the way, if you still want to be a nail household, you can only send them to hell.
As estimated at the Mbeya City Council, Msiri's perfunctory skills are perfect. He really only took away the capital and the subjects in the nearby areas, and completely ignored other places.
The Kingdom of Yeke covers at least a hundred thousand square kilometers, and the capital and surrounding areas are only a small part, so most of the work has to be done by East Africa himself.
However, Msiri is not useless. He gave up resistance, and most of the other aborigines naturally did not have the intention to resist. However, many aborigines in the border areas chose to seek refuge in the neighboring countries of the Yeke Kingdom.
The East African government can't wait for it. The Yeke Kingdom has been packaged and sold to East Africa by Msiri. Those indigenous countries that accept the Yeke Kingdom's border area have become "invaded" from this moment. , the future will naturally ask for an explanation.
(end of this chapter)