Chapter 923 Doing all the bad things
Mosier’s recollections are completely consistent with historical facts. In Zamboanga, the most prosperous city in Mindanao, production activities were almost paralyzed due to a sharp decline in population. Only the plantations, factories, and workshops run by Spanish and Chinese people were spared from the disaster.
However, Zamboanga, which has lost a large number of people, has basically stopped various industries. After all, there is no population, which means that the original urban raw material supply and market demand have been cut in half. East Africa is completely destroyed for the sake of destruction.
In the period that followed, Zamboanga continued to lose a large number of people, mainly Spaniards who were originally engaged in commercial trade. After all, the original raw materials and markets were destroyed by East Africa, and they could not make a fortune by staying there, so it was better to leave directly.
This is not the end. The struggle between East Africa and the local Moros continued for nearly two decades. In the end, East Africa basically eliminated the Moros through a steady stream of immigrants and military suppression. The Green Cult population on the entire island was directly emptied. Of course, if you convert, you will be fine.
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Regarding the Zamboanga tragedy, the central government of East Africa naturally got the news, but no one cared about it. First of all, the area was a colony that was not taken seriously. Secondly, the cleansing of the Moros in East Africa corresponded to the attitude of the Moros towards East Africa. of.
After all, as a country created by colonization, East Africa is still open to the local indigenous people, so as not to completely kill them. The main reason is that since the emergence of East Africa, it has never encountered such a strong resistance to the indigenous people of East Africa as the Moro people.
Finally, the population of Mindanao is not large, and the location is remote, so the impact is not big. After all, no one will speak out for the Moros. After all, everyone does this.
The Spanish government also committed massacres in Mindanao, but the Spanish government also needed the Moros to work as cattle and horses for its colonial construction, but it was different in East Africa. Ernst only valued the land and had no interest in the indigenous people at all, so faced with Without the resistance of the Moros, East Africa would only adopt more tyrannical methods of rule than the Spanish government.
If you are disobedient and insist on going your own way, then go see God. After all, East Africa has also left a way out for the locals, such as converting to Christianity. Naturally, you can open up the world. If this is not possible, then naturally you can only go and talk to God in person. Anyway, the Moros are under the control of God, and God will not blame East Africa.
Of course, the Spanish government is somewhat aware of what East Africa is doing, but is quite speechless about what East Africa is doing in Mindanao.
After all, the purpose of establishing a colony is to make money, but if East Africa is doing this now, when will Mindanao be able to recoup its capital in the future if Mindanao does not introduce external populations? After all, East Africa spent money to buy Mindanao, garrison, administration Management and subsequent investment all cost money.
Ernst is naturally aware of this, but the economic value of Mindanao is mainly reflected in local minerals. Even if East Africa is left undeveloped, it will still make money in the future.
As for population immigration, it is much simpler. It can be introduced from the Far East. The colony is not the mainland, so there is no need to worry about the population structure. It is no problem that there are more Chinese immigrants than white people. After all, Lanfang Overseas Province is a case. Although Lanfang Overseas Less than 20% of the province's white population is white.
Of course, the development and governance of Mindanao is also a long process. First of all, it is very difficult for the Moro people scattered across the island to be completely wiped out.
The Vietnam War in the previous life has set a template. It is naturally impossible for East Africa to learn from the United States and fight with them. Therefore, East Africa's strategy is mainly based on "compression, replacement, and weakening."
After that, starting from coastal strongholds, they gradually occupied land suitable for survival, destroyed the Moro people's cultivated land, houses, etc., and forced them into the primitive jungle.
Even though East Africa has nothing to do with them if they escape into the primitive jungle, the regression of civilization and productivity, coupled with the harsh conditions of the rainforest environment, can itself trigger a decline in the Moro population. At the same time, East Africa continues to encircle and suppress the Moro people in the periphery, and with related measures such as setting fire to the mountains, it will be difficult for the Moro people to restore their original jungle life.
Of course, the premise for this is to introduce a large number of people to East Africa, thereby forming a population gathering area, and occupying land suitable for survival, in order to achieve this goal. Otherwise, if East Africa walks in front and the indigenous people go down the mountain, it will be in vain.
In fact, this is a premeditated genocide, and it is even worse than what East Africa did on the mainland. On the mainland, many black people at least have an overseas route to take, but the Moro East Africans don’t even think about exiling them. From this point of view, East Africa has really done all the bad things in Mindanao, showing the "grace" of the 19th century colonizers.
Therefore, at the government meeting, Ernst said directly: "In the next ten years, we will directly introduce millions of immigrants from the Far East to fill Mindanao. Only in this way can we stabilize the rule of Mindanao."
The introduction of Chinese immigrants may be digging their own graves for other countries, but it does not threaten countries like East Africa, which are mainly mixed. At the same time, the upper-class rulers of Mindanao are definitely mainly East Africans. In this way, East Africa will not worry about the future of Mindanao. Split.
These colonies far away from the mainland of East Africa, to be honest, even if they are of the same race, their feelings will fade after a few decades. Just like the British global colonies, they will not be disintegrated in the future.
So East Africa does not need these overseas colonies to become part of East Africa in the future, but to become subsidiary forces that rely on the existence of East Africa.
This is easy to do, just like the location and history of Mindanao. If the Philippines becomes independent in the future, won’t the Philippines be tempted? Will it be like "since ancient times"?
If nothing else, why is Australia so afraid of Indonesia? It’s not just that Indonesia has too many people. In the future, the Philippines will definitely have the same explosive population growth as in its previous life. In this way, the Philippines will naturally be tempted by Mindanao, which is separated from it.
Similarly, the situation in Lanfang Overseas Province is more complicated than in Mindanao. Mindanao is at least geographically separated from the Philippines, while Lanfang Overseas Province is directly bordering other countries.
Ernst can't guarantee whether countries like Indonesia and Malaysia will appear in the future. After all, East Africa's dismantling of the Nanyang region has already begun. There is no doubt that in Ernst's eyes, it would be better to subdivide this region. In the previous life, there were more than 7,000 islands in the Philippines and more than 17,000 islands in Indonesia. It would be outrageous to be able to form a country. This is obviously "attributable" to countries such as the Netherlands and Spain.
They were trying to save trouble. In order to facilitate local colonial rule, they ravaged a bunch of islands together. In Ernst's view, it is reasonable for Indonesia to be divided into at least a few to a dozen countries. For the same reason, in previous lives The same is true for the Philippines and Malaysia.
Of course, East Africa is definitely not capable of doing this now, which means conflict with the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. However, as East Africa’s national power grows, this day will come sooner or later.
Not to mention these countries earlier, even Australia has a lot to do in Ernst's eyes. After all, in addition to attaching importance to the location of the Nanyang maritime transportation hub, East Africa covets the most local resources. Why can Lanfang Overseas Province become the native land of East Africa? Among them One of the biggest reasons is that the population is small and in terms of resources, it is destined not to be separated from East Africa in the future.
Mindanao is different. The island is rich in mineral resources, including coal, iron, copper and other reserves. The presence of coal and iron means that there is no shortage of basic industrial development resources.
Therefore, in Ernst's mind, in the future, Mindanao can be enfeoffed and one of his sons can be directly appointed as the local king. In this way, even if Mindanao becomes independent, it can form a bond with East Africa and at the same time help maintain the rule of the East African royal family, killing two birds with one stone. .
(End of this chapter)