Chapter 314 Trade and Conflict
Bedele Town in the Turkana Province of the East African Kingdom is one of the northernmost towns in the Turkana Province. It is also a trading market set up by the East African Kingdom.
Early in the morning, Berdelai opened.
The Abyssinian caravans that came all the way from southern Abyssinia brought the horses, cattle, sheep, camels and some agricultural specialties raised by the Abyssinians to trade in the town of Badele.
"A total of 150 muskets have arrived in the store today. They are of excellent performance. You can ask for prices freely. The one with the highest price will win." Following a report from a specialized arms store, the products were announced.
In an instant, everyone began to compete for bids.
"I will sell thirty Abyssinian horses." Bubu Yaweisi, a businessman from the Tigray region in northern Abyssinia, said.
The Abyssinian horse is a specialty of Abyssinia, and it is also produced in the Turkana Province of East Africa.
As soon as his bid was exported, he frightened away many small caravans interested in buying Abyssinia. The northern part of Abyssinia is the core area of the Abyssinian Empire, and the Tigray area is Abyssinia. The birthplace of the empire, several ruling families of the Abyssinian Empire took root in the Tigray region, and Bubu Yawais is a member of the Zagwi family in the Tigray region.
Just when Bubu Yaweisi was thinking that he had won the goods, a discordant voice suddenly came, "Hehehe, the Yankees also want to ride on our heads, and our Amway family will send out thirty horses." A Sennya horse, and a camel."
This is a businessman named Oudley Kevin from the southern region of the Amhara of the Abyssinian Empire. It is obvious that Oudley Kevin is also bound to acquire these guns.
Bubu Yaweisi took a closer look, and it turned out to be an "old rival", and he taunted unceremoniously: "It turns out that it is a small family from Amhara. What level is it compared with our Zagwi family? Our Zagwi family But one of the top three families in the empire, if I add ten more Amhara jackasses, this batch of guns will belong to me."
The East African businessman was taken aback for a while, so he asked: "Mr. Bubuyaweis, you are talking about ten donkeys!"
Bubu Yaweisi: "Ten donkeys, but ten donkeys from Amhara, or stupid donkeys with the same brains as Amway's Lai family."
"You..." Odley Kevin's blood pressure rose in an instant, "Okay, okay, this is how to play, right? I'll also add ten lame camels from the Tigrazagvi family."
East African businessman: "Uh! Mr. Audley Kevin, disabled livestock will be discounted."
Obviously, Odley Kevin didn't really want to trade with lame camels, but just to humiliate the Zagwi family. The East African businessman would have misunderstood his meaning, but Odley Kevin was very happy.
Oudley Kevin: "You're right, lame camels have to be discounted, so I said that Zagwi's lame camels aren't worth the price! Hahaha..."
"You bastard..." Enraged by the irony, Bubu Yaweisi went up to start a free fight with Odley Kevin.
The quick-sighted East African staff hurriedly tried to hold the two sides together, but the two sides obviously refused to give up, and a group of people fought together.
The East African Mounted Police from Bodelai Town heard the news, and a dozen horses came from outside the market, holding sticks to drive away the scuffling Abyssinian businessmen.
Soon.
"Quiet me, this is a public place, not a place to fight," said Crews, chief of the Berdelay Police Department, angrily.
At this time, both sides of the fight had already squatted in a row, listening to Cruise's lecture, surrounded by Abyssinian people eating melons, it was really interesting to see these big families deflated.
"Berdelai is a fair trade market, everything depends on money, not anyone with strong force can be arrogant, you should feel lucky, it is me, not the border guards, otherwise they will not be used to you, now Return to trading, don’t do it again, or I will let you know how powerful our East African police are, everyone else should leave, and continue trading.”
After the normal order of the market was stabilized, Cruise left, leaving only Bubu Yaweisi and Odley Kevin glaring at each other, but they no longer dared to do anything casually. It really hurts.
In the end, Odley Kevin bought the guns at the price of thirty horses and eleven "Zagwi lame" camels.
But when he left the city, Bubu Yaweisi said viciously: "Asshole! When you get to Abyssinia, you'd better pray that you're okay!"
Odley Kevin said proudly: "I really thought this was Tigray! I'm waiting for your revenge."
Odley Kevin’s confidence comes from the guns he just got. He has weapons in his hands and the caravans are all good players who have been in Abyssinia all the year round. Naturally, he will not be afraid.
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To the north of the town of Berdelai is Negmet, the southernmost city of the Abyssinian Empire. The relationship between East Africa and the Abyssinian Empire is still good, and there is almost no conflict of interest between the two sides. The reason for trading the market.
East Africa was vigilant by the forces in the Abyssinian Empire when it expanded to the Ethiopian plateau, but that was all.
East Africa has never really invaded Abyssinia from the beginning to the end. Naturally, there are no conflicts and contradictions. At most, the southern neighbors have changed from black aboriginals to whites, which naturally aroused the rulers of Abyssinia in the south. Be vigilant. After all, the four countries of Britain, France, Italy and Egypt are eyeing the Abyssinian Empire on the coast of the Red Sea, and there are lessons learned from the British invasion. It is impossible to let the Abyssinians relax their vigilance.
That's right, the Italians also briefly owned a "colony" along the Red Sea, that is, the port of Assab in northern Djibouti. In 1869, Italian colonist Giuseppe Sapeto's private colonial company - Rubatino Company and the Red Sea The tribal chiefs of Assab along the coast signed an agreement to purchase the port of Assab, but Egypt opposed this and sent troops to occupy Assab. Italy's colonization of Assab was temporarily frustrated.
So now Italy has no colonies in Africa, but the Rubatino company has not completely withdrawn from the port of Assab, and is still looking for opportunities to make a comeback. Now they have a good time. The Kingdom of Italy is deliberately invading Abyssinia The empire needs a landing port, and on the coast of the Red Sea, only Rubatino company is considered Italian, so the government of the Kingdom of Italy recruited Rubatino company, a full ten years earlier than in history, but now The port of Assab is still in the hands of Egypt, and a long-term plan is still needed.
As can be seen from the Port of Assab conspired by the Kingdom of Italy, almost all forces compete fiercely near the Mandeb Strait, with the former Djibouti as the center, the French Somaliland colony in the middle, the British Somaliland colony in the southeast, and the British Somaliland colony in the north. Eritrea is an Italian civilian colonial group mixed with Egyptian sphere of influence and Assab Bay, while the west is the Abyssinian Empire, and the southwest is the military town of Dire Dawa in the Kingdom of East Africa, plus the remaining forces of the Ottoman Empire. The tens of thousands of square kilometers of land on the west bank of the small Mandeb Strait are crowded with countries and tribes, and the source of all this is because of the opening of the Suez Canal.
The most aggrieved ones are undoubtedly the Abyssinian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. One is besieged as a landlocked country. Although the other is the local owner in name, Egypt has already become independent from the Ottoman Empire because of the Albanian stalwart Ali. out, while inheriting most of its assets west of the Sinai Peninsula.
What's interesting is that Eritrea was snatched from the Abyssinian Empire by the Ottoman Empire in its heyday in 1557, and it is now the territory of Egypt. This is one of the reasons why Egypt has a bad relationship with the Abyssinian Empire. Coupled with the dispute over the interests of the two parties in the Sudanese area, the enmity is adding to the enmity. When the British invaded the Abyssinian Empire before, Egypt took advantage of the fire to loot the Abyssinian Empire.
There is no territorial conflict between East Africa and the Abyssinian Empire. Although East Africa occupied the southern part of Ethiopia in the previous life, the Abyssinian Empire did not rule here. The time when southern Ethiopia was incorporated into the Abyssinian Empire in 1872 During the reign of Menelik II in 1896, Menelik II also moved the capital south to Addis Ababa in the middle of the Ethiopian Plateau in 1886, and now the most powerful force in the Abyssinian Empire It was Johannes IV supported by the British, and Menelik II is now the king of the Kingdom of Shaoa (equivalent to a vassal state conquered by the Abyssinian Empire).
(end of this chapter)