Hong Tao has also talked to Martini more than once about the system in Cape Town, and it is difficult for both of them to formulate a long-term system for the place that they think is appropriate. Hong Tao was almost as unfamiliar with the territory of South Africa as Martini, and even stranger than Martini on how to deal with the local tribes. According to Martini's description, there is probably no such thing as a state within a few hundred kilometers of Cape Town, and the locals do not understand what a state is, they have always lived in clusters as ethnic units, merging and dividing with each other, and generally speaking, they are still in a primitive tribal state.

They can use fire, eat cooked food, make and use simple tools, and have their own tribal totems and languages, which are the differences between them and primitive people. It is useless to talk about unity, system, law, and economy with the tribes here, and when you are bored, they will directly throw a javelin and poke you into a hole. They still live in a completely self-sufficient state of gathering and hunting, farming is far away from them, and many human civilizations are useless here. The easiest way here is to play the cult-like model of integrating politics and religion, first fool a group of people, give them enough benefits, and then let them fool others again, and give a little bit of the benefits to others, and you will roll up the snowball at the beginning.

When the snowball is big enough, you can push it to collide with other small snowballs, break them apart, crush them, and then roll them up on your own snowball and run forward with it to hit the bigger snowball. Until all the snowballs around you are gone, then you are the god of this area, and everyone will worship you, surrender to you, and fight and kill, and take and take.

"The farthest settlement of the Cape Town tribe is about sixty kilometres to the east. Further east are the mountains. Locals say there aren't many people living there. To the north, it is about 150 kilometers. Further north are mountains. I felt as if there were mountains all around, and this mountain circled the sea...... "Now Martini is the biggest snowball within a hundred kilometers around Cape Town, no, I should call him a big briquette, this guy has been with black people for a long time, his skin seems to be darker, and he has a sense of convergence."

"Almost, don't rush to expand outwards just yet. Let's talk about managing this area well. By the way, have you probably counted how many people are in your territory? Watching Maitini's fat fingers point around the map, Hong Tao knew he wasn't lying. The location he described was what came to be known as the Cape Mountains, which stretched for more than 800 kilometres and enclosed two large coastal plains in the southwestern corner of mainland South Africa, with Cape Town at the southernmost point of the western plain. The climate here is very similar to that of the Mediterranean region, with plenty of sunshine, not too cold or too hot, and moderate rainfall, making it a good place to develop agriculture. However, this plain area is not very rich in minerals, and it is necessary to vigorously develop the metallurgical industry. You have to go north, to the plateau 300 kilometers north. There is an abundance of iron, copper, manganese, diamonds and gold.

"There were seventy-one tribes, about 30,000 people in all. The largest tribes are now settled here, more than 1,300 people, and more than 200 slaves, who planted sugar cane plantations, wheat plantations, and whaling. There is also a tribe of more than 500 people living on the north side of the river, and they mainly help me to herd my horses, and the horse farm is more than 50 kilometers long. There are also three larger tribes at the foot of the mountains to the east, who are accustomed to living in the mountains and living by hunting. Now I offer them whale jerky in exchange for slaves and gold that they have taken from the other side of the mountain. With them, the east side is safe, and I have married the daughters of their two chiefs, and if the master had come two months earlier, he would have been able to make it to my wedding. "Medini is now a bit of a pointer, and he manages this little natural kingdom to perfection. In the current South Africa, it can have a population of tens of thousands, which is a great power, once these tribal warriors are armed with steel knives and crossbow arrows, it is no problem to sweep out in a circle.

"Don't just provide them with food and drink, but also strengthen cultural education, so that they have a sense of identity with you and the empire, and let them or their next generation become their own people, so that they can truly rule this land. In the short term, steel knives are more effective, but in the long run, books and words are more powerful. Hong Tao is still a cliché, he prefers to convince others, which is more worry-free.

"Hey, hey, I learned a trick from my master, as long as the children of the tribe are over seven years old, they will be sent here to serve the gods. While working, I also had to learn Chinese, and now the first batch of children can already have a simple conversation with me in Chinese. Their parents are proud of their children's ability to speak and write in the language of God, and there is no objection to them, only to send them secretly if they are not old enough or beyond their age, and there is nothing they do not want to give. "Matini laughed more obscenely than Hong Tao at this time, and he, a believer of Allah, didn't know how many rules he had violated, and he was very skilled in pretending to be a god and playing ghosts, and he was already a little Ouyang Qing's divine essence.

"If you think of everything, then I'm relieved. This time, I also bring you a new appointment of the governor, no longer a branch manager, but a real governor of Cape Town of the Golden River Empire, officially signed by the emperor himself, you, Bo Jiao, and Karl are the three most special overseas officials after the establishment of the empire. Hong Tao was generally satisfied with the current situation in Cape Town, the details were not for him to consider, the specific work was done by the emperor, the emperor had to die of exhaustion, and his officials had to die of idleness. He just needs to know when to affirm, when to bang, and when to replace.

"Golden River Empire...... Emperor? And what about you, master? Hong Tao's words were not long, but they were very informative, and Medini's smiling face instantly lost his smile, and he blinked his little eyes and fell into confusion.

"Alas...... The emperor has been made by someone else, and I am now an errand runner......" Hong Tao looked up to the sky and sighed, and then pretended to be relaxed and answered Martini's question.

"It's not fair! Who? Who became the emperor, why did he become the emperor! I'm not convinced! I refuse to accept this appointment...... Master, don't go back, here you can continue to be the chairman, and the emperor will also be! The idol on the pyramid was originally you, the master, and I have always been a servant of God. There are mountains, rivers, grain, whales, you can build big ships, and in a few years there will be more horses, and there will be slave cavalry like the Mamluks. Didn't you say that this land is very, very big, and it can't be ruled by anyone, so why do you have to go back and kowtow to others? Martini looked at Hong Tao's expression carefully, rolled his little eyes, turned his head and touched around, approached Hong Tao, and began to bewitch Hong Tao to stay in Cape Town to develop, and he planned to respect Hong Tao as the top and be willing to assist.

"Hey, hey, hey...... I don't know if I'm pretending not to be like it, or if you really think so. I was talking about playing just now, the Golden River Empire does have it, but the emperor is none other than me! I was in a bit of a hurry when I got off the boat just now, and I forgot to change into my new uniform, which will open your eyes for a while. Hong Tao listened to Martini's suggestion, his heart was warm, whether he was sincere or testing himself, anyway, everyone was willing to listen to good words, but the effect was only hot, and there was no substantive effect.

“…… Should I kiss His Majesty's shoes? Medini's reaction was so quick that he knelt on the ground with a plop, and reached out to grab Hong Tao's feet, as if he was the first person to bow to Hong Tao.

"Don't, don't! My shoes are new, don't get me dirty! According to the laws of the Jinhe Empire, there is no need to bow to the emperor, so it is better to stand up and speak. In addition to the letter of appointment, I also bring you a warship and an armed merchant ship, which you can use to patrol the surrounding coast in normal times, or you can carry your slave soldiers to attack the tribes close to the coastline. However, the task I gave you is to hold this place firmly, and then give me a dead eye on the coastline, and if any ships that do not belong to the Golden River Empire pass by, they will all be detained for me, and no one will be killed, and a ship will be sent to the port of Calamba. If you can't catch them alive, you will sink them directly, and you will not be allowed to let them go, no matter which way they come from or which way they go, it's all the same, understand? Hong Tao reacted faster than Martini, and immediately took half a step back, not letting Martini catch his feet. Then, with his hand, he grabbed the fat black man by the collar and pulled him up, pointed to the ships parked in the bay, and began to give work to Medini.

"Understood! I'd like to see a ship pass by here, preferably Carl's house. But there had never been a place where there was nothing but whales and seabirds......" Medini nodded vigorously, a task he found not difficult.

"Don't be careless, I also brought you three cannons, and you can find someone to unload them from the ship and load them on the battery. As soon as the enemy arrives too much for our two ships to take care of, they will go to the open sea to fight, and the defense of the port will depend on your slave soldiers and batteries. But don't be afraid, this kind of thing is just an assumption on my part, and the chances of it happening are not great, just in case. Martini replied so easily that Hong Tao was not very reassured, for fear that he would take this inappropriately and scare him again.

"The host...... No, it's Your Majesty! Your Majesty can rest assured that as long as there are ships passing by here and seeing the lighthouse and the lights on the shore, they will definitely come to the shore to have a look. Unless they run far enough away from the coastline that I can't see, we won't let them escape, our warships are invincible on the sea! Hong Tao's words did not frighten Martini, what level of warships in Jinhe Bay is, the fat man knows better than anyone else, anyway, he has never seen a ship that can run faster and beat harder than these ships, and he is very confident in completing the task.

(To be continued.) )