When the Spanish colonizer Pizarro bloodied Cusco, the capital of the Inca Empire, the largest city in the southern hemisphere was reduced to ruins, and the urban civilization that represents the southern hemisphere fell into a trough. Today, Nanshan Port, the overseas capital of Huamei Nanshan, with a population of more than 40,000, has become the largest and most prosperous southern hemisphere city in the 17th century in the new world.

Ten years after the separation from the Viceroyalty of South Africa, Nanshan Overseas Territory, which has been elevated to the status of an overseas territory directly under the jurisdiction of the state and enjoys the treatment of the state's formal administrative policies, has finally become a large port city with an economic development that is no less than that of the local towns.

Geographically, Nanshan Port was the junction of sea routes in the eastern and western hemispheres in the 17th century, the core strategic hub of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean routes between China and the United States, and naturally the key business objects of successive Chinese and American governments.

It concentrates more than 90% of the population and industry of Nanshan Overseas Territory, has a relatively complete agricultural and industrial industrial system, and the first Nanshan Municipal University was completed the year before last, and the last urban function gap of Nanshan Port has also been filled.

In addition to the vigorous development of agriculture, Guoxing Group and Oriental Union Group, which are based in South Africa and the Far East, directly use this place as the rear base of the group's eastward operation, and are the two largest local investors.

OUCC Group not only has its Oriental Bank headquartered in Nanshan Port, but also owns a hardware manufacturing plant with North Industries Group, a textile factory with Yang Wenwen Living Art Group, a paper mill with Huamei Wood Group, a building materials factory with Zhang's Building Materials Group, and a canning factory and distillery with Meilin Food Group. At present, the Nanshan Shipyard, a joint venture between the Oriental Union Group and the Beiyang Shipbuilding Group, has also entered the final stage of construction.

The Guoxing Group, which came to the top, did not show weakness, and some heavyweight industrial and agricultural projects are also among the best in Nanshan Port.

A large agricultural conglomerate joint venture with the state-owned Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery and Animal Husbandry Group, which owns the largest fiber crops and olive plantations in Nanshan Overseas Territory, and the hemp fiber and olive oil produced here already account for one-third of the domestic supply; Nanshan Machinery Manufacturing Company, a joint venture with the state-owned heavy machinery company and General Industry Group, is the only enterprise that can assemble steam units and steam tractors overseas; Nanshan Pharmaceutical Company, a joint venture with a state-owned pharmaceutical group, is the only enterprise in the entire southern hemisphere that can produce antibiotics and medical disinfection supplies; The African Investment Bank, a subsidiary of Guoxing Group, not only monopolizes most of the financial investment business in the Viceroyalty of South Africa, but even extends its tentacles to the Portuguese and Brazilian colonies on the other side of the ocean.

It is said that even the National Security Council recently sent a cabinet proposal. The Ministry of Defense is allowed to fund the purchase of relevant patent rights to establish an ordnance repair and ammunition production workshop in Nanshan Port, so as to solve the military cost in the east of Africa and avoid the unnecessary and high-cost problem caused by the long-distance transportation of domestic arms. This is the first time that the Chinese and US military have their own military industrial enterprises, and of course, this must naturally rely on the cooperation of several military industrial oligarchs.

In the past 10 years, large and small domestic enterprises have invested in a large number of industrial projects in Nanshan Port, whether they are state-owned enterprises or private groups. Although the scale of a single industrial project is several orders of magnitude smaller than that of the local area, it also gives Nanshan Port a relatively complete industrial base, which will support Huamei's strategic expansion in the east of Africa.

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Saturday, June 10, 1645.

Nanshan Port, which is rainy in winter, is shrouded in smoke and rain. In contrast to the heavy winter snow in many towns in the northern hemisphere, the Mediterranean climate of Nanshan Port has been above 5 degrees Celsius even in winter.

As the Indian Ocean to the east has entered the southwest monsoon season, the number of European merchants who are about to cross the Indian Ocean to the Far East has suddenly increased, and the number of European ships entering the upper bay of Nanshan Port has begun to be overcrowded. In addition to the usual Portuguese, English, and Dutch merchant ships, this year there were two more Emden merchant ships - medium-sized, three-masted merchant ships with a distinctly ornate style.

At the beginning of last year, the Kingdom of Emden, with the back-the-scenes support of Huamei, acquired India's Trankuiba from the defeated country Denmark, and this year officially formed its own East India Company. The largest shareholder behind the Emden East India Company was the Chamber of Commerce under Prince Rupert, the son-in-law of the Chinese and American Foreign Minister Swenbo. It is said that even Shi Wenbo himself has participated in some small shares for his daughter's sake.

Merchant ships sent from Germany also carried hundreds of Emden soldiers, who would become the defense of the Emden Kingdom's trading fortress in the Indian colony of Trankuiba, and an important pawn in Huamei's private attempt to weaken Portugal's influence in the Indian subcontinent.

The Emden soldiers, who had just arrived in Huamei Harbor, were dumbfounded. They could never have imagined that in the far south tip of Africa, there would be such a bustling and gorgeous city. In terms of size and prosperity, it is no worse than the city of Twin Ports, the capital of the gorgeous Caribbean, which they pass through, and in terms of climate. Aside from the reversal of heat and cold, it's noticeably more like Europe.

These Emden soldiers, who were "lucky" enough to be transferred to India, have been on the voyage for more than three months. Along the way, they basically only stopped in gorgeous ports to recuperate, and also enjoyed a continuous range of allied preferential treatment, which felt like the nobles paid them for ocean travel. It's just that they don't know that in two months at most, they will face the barbaric and unbearable life of the South Asian subcontinent.

The officers and men of Emden who entered the port were greeted by the local Chinese and American civilian police reserves, and although the other party was polite, the officers and men of Emden were all invited into the sanitary and quarantine area of the port without exception, and one by one they took off their fines to carry out disinfection and epidemic prevention work. Even though they experienced this kind of undignified "courtesy" many times along the way, the Emden people, including the future governor of Trankuiba, were extremely cooperative, because every time they lost face, they would get more benefits.

At the northern end of the central square of Nanshan City, the former residence of the Governor of Nanshan has long been converted into the Nanshan Overseas Consular Government Building and the residence of the Chief Consul. Diagonally opposite, there is also a conjoined two-storey multi-storey building, with police officers standing guard at the door, and both buildings flying the Chinese American flag, which also looks like a government office.

This is a government office building that was completed only half a year ago, but its owner is not the Nanshan Overseas Consular Government, but belongs to the Viceroyalty of South Africa and the Viceroyalty of the Indian Ocean.

After the adjustment of the Huamei Cabinet, the administrative offices of the two Governors have now moved to the Nanshan Overseas Territory, and the future Governor-General of South Africa and the Governor-General of the Indian Ocean can choose to handle the affairs of their respective Governor's Districts here, which can also be regarded as a centralized office with the Nanshan Overseas Territorial Government, so as to improve the efficiency of regional management and information communication. Interpret it on another level. The Viceroyalty of South Africa and the Viceroyalty of the Indian Ocean, which were subject to strict restrictions on the development of industries in overseas colonies, could only be attached to the Nanshan Overseas Territories.

In the penthouse on the west side near the central plaza, where the fireplace warms the room with high-grade bamboo charcoal, and in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling glass window, a gorgeous middle-aged official is holding a monocular, surveying the European merchant ships in the harbor.

"Your Excellency the Governor, Governor Sun is here. Will the tea party start now? A European attendant walked into the room and bowed to the Governor of the Viceroyalty of South Africa, Xu Wen.

As soon as he heard that his colleague and old boss Sun Hongyi was coming, Xu Wen hurriedly tidied up his clothes, and then walked quickly towards the gate. It's a habit he's developed over the years. In the face of the old boss of Yingu Town, who vigorously cultivated him twenty years ago, Xu Wen has always maintained a posture of a subordinate junior, even if he is now a ministerial-level senior official of the country, and he is one year older than Sun Hongyi.

The appointment of Sun Hongyi and Xu Wen, two people with close ties, as governors of the two core colonies of China and the United States can be regarded as the result of careful consideration by Premier Guan Ruzhong. Because this will involve the entanglement of interests of the Oriental Union Group and the Guoxing Group, with the combination of these two good relationships, many troubles can be easily solved.

After years of official growth, Xu Wen, as a first-generation immigrant, is also an old man, and not only respects Sun Hongyi as always. even happily accepted the marriage of the two families under the hint of the other party. Xu Wen's third daughter Xu Qing just graduated from college this year, and she said that she gave Sun Hongyi's second son Sun Zhilin, and it is said that the date of the engagement ceremony has been chosen.

"Lao Xu, you still can't get rid of the stinky problem. It's also a feudal official. We're about to get married again, why are we still so polite? ”

Sun Hongyi, who was 48 years old and had not yet grown a beard, smiled and appeared in Xu Wen's governor's office accompanied by several subordinates. Xu Wen in front of him seemed to be much older than him, although Sun Hongyi was deliberately serious on the surface. But the other party's attitude still made him very satisfied.

"I have been taught by Sun Dou for many years, Xu Wen doesn't dare to make a mistake."

After Xu Wen politely shook hands with Sun Hongyi, he invited the other party to sit down. Then a few attendants brought hot refreshments and began the tea party in the warm office.

"There is another war on the Falklands (Madagascar), and several small princely states in the south and west have declared their disobedience to the rule of the kingdom of Merina." Sun Hongyi took a copy of the document from the official behind him and shook it in front of Xu Wen, "The Merina Kingdom refused to allow us to buy Tiyì from the land in the northern part of the Falklands, and this time their internal war is a good opportunity for us. We can find any kind of excuse to force them to regress! ”

As soon as Xu Wen heard this, he knew that this time the old boss wanted to take the opportunity to transfer troops from the Viceroy of South Africa. Just politely took the text and flipped it a few times, Xu Wen nodded with a smile: "I also heard about it, I don't know what Sun Du plans to do?" ”

"I need troops, I have communicated with the prime minister, and the parliament is also considering my opinion. I came today to hope that you would give me some support. Sun Hongyi didn't plan to make a detour, so he just gestured.

The Grey Wolf Brigade of the Chinese Foreign Legion is now split into two parts, with the majority of its troops in the Viceroyalty of South Africa, to suppress the latest round of Nguni riots in the interior. For the inland expansion of the Viceroyalty of South Africa, whether it was during Zhou Yi's administration or after Xu Wen took office, Guoxing Group did not spend much effort to lobby in China.

On the banks of the um Sunduji River in the inland west of Sulan Harbor, under the military advance and protection of the Chinese and American Army, a new agricultural colonization town "Jinhe Town" was finally established the year before last. The use of a large number of black prisoners of war in Nguni, the land transportation to the port of Suran on the south bank of the Umsunduzi River finally took shape, several large colonization farms were established on the fertile land, and the development of the surrounding Xiaoyan gold mine was also raised to a higher level, from which the Guoxing Group obtained nearly 1 ton of gold worth more than $600,000 last year.

Whether it is the Gray Wolf Brigade, which is mainly stationed in Jinhe Town, or the National Guard Brigade transferred from Sulan Port, it has been exhausted and continued to cross the um Sunduzi River several times in the past six months, and has carried out several large-scale military clearance operations, but the poor land transportation and the endless sneak attacks of the Nguni still make the Gray Wolf Brigade suffer.

At present, the troubles of the Viceroyalty of South Africa continue, and the need for heavy military intervention in the Viceroyalty of the Indian Ocean has also made the high-level of China and the United States stretched. In Xu Wen's view, Sun Hongyi obviously wanted the main force of the Gray Wolf Brigade to move to the island of Madagascar today. Inside. Naturally, it is the interests of the Oriental Union Group that play a leading role.

"But the Army Command has already ordered the Gray Wolf Brigade to rest for half a year, I'm afraid I'm not qualified to persuade them to transfer to the Falklands, right?"

Xu Wen smiled awkwardly, because according to the regulations, the Gray Wolf Brigade is under the dual jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense and the Army Command, and even the Governor of the Viceroyalty of South Africa only has the right to coordinate deployment and logistics support, but does not have the right to military mobilization. To put it bluntly, where the Gray Wolf Brigade is going is not something he can say alone.

"No, you misunderstood." Sun Hongyi knew that the other party would be wrong. Hurriedly waved his hand, "You don't need a regular army, you just need to transfer the National Guard Reserve from Jinsha Port and Sulan Port!" ”

Xu Wen was stunned for a moment, and finally understood Sun Hongyi's plan. The National Guard of the Overseas Viceroyalty is a power mobilized by the Governor for the purpose of policing and defence of the colonies. Sun Hongyi planned to use a team of second-line paramilitary forces to complete the colonial expansion of the island of Madagascar.

"How much do you need?" Xu Wen pondered for a moment, and finally showed a stern expression for the first time.

"Secondment of two National Guard squadrons (companies) each of the South African Governor's District, the Nanshan Overseas Territory, and the Wolshan Island Overseas Territory, plus one infantry battalion of the Gray Wolf Brigade remaining on the Falklands. There are also the National Guard Brigades in Cangjiao Port and Songhai Town, as well as a mercenary brigade of the Blackwater Security Company, there is at least one brigade of troops available! You don't need too many regular troops, you can do the same. ”

Speaking of which. Sun Hongyi suddenly showed a strange smile, as if he had been planning for a long time this war to interfere with the indigenous kingdom of the Falklands.

Historically, the French invasion of Madagascar at the end of the 19th century exhausted its national strength for many years, and it took all the hardships to take it. But for now, Sun Hongyi is clearly confident that the island of Madagascar, where the total indigenous population in the 17th century was less than one million, and the internal conflict was raging.

The reason for this is that Sun Hongyi, who has been good at roundabout development for many years. The appetite for Madagascar is far greater than most people think. Because in Sun Hongyi's view, Madagascar is extremely rich in resources and has a closed geographical environment, so it can be fully invaded and built into the largest overseas territory of Huamei.

This is in line with the tone of the occupation of Madagascar Island under the Chinese and American Prime Minister Wu Yuanding ten years ago, but the biggest obstacle to the deepening of Chinese and American colonial rule in Madagascar is the largest indigenous kingdom of Merina, which has also made Wu Yuanyi's concept of Madagascar overseas territory extremely slow for many years.

The only way to do this is to create and exacerbate the contradictions among the local indigenous people as much as possible, and to dismember the foundations of the kingdom of Merina, which had completed the unification of the interior of Madagascar at the beginning of the 17th century.

More than 5,000 Matthias indigenous laborers in the two places have been working day and night in the area of Songhai Township, where more than 5,000 indigenous Magas laborers have been working day and night, but production has not been able to improve qualitatively.

Cities and towns along the entire Indian Ocean route are heavily dependent on the open-pit coal mines of Cangjiao Port, and the annual coal supply needs of the Chinese civil steam ships traveling between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean alone reach 60,000 tons. Coupled with industrial consumption, whether it is the Nanshan Overseas Territory, the Wolshan Island Overseas Territory, or the Indian Ocean Governorate, they are all beginning to face a situation of "insufficient ammunition".

It is not so much that Sun Hongyi covets Madagascar's resources, but that there is an uncompromising demand for the economic development of the Sino-American Indian Ocean route. With the help of a war to interfere with the indigenous kingdom of Madagascar, to expand the colonial development space and labor demand in the region, is a consensus reached by Sun Hongyi and some people in China.

"Old Xu?" Seeing that the other party seemed to be a little distracted, Sun Hongyi raised his voice slightly dissatisfied.

"Oh, okay, since Sun Du is interested, I will try my best to find a way, and everyone should help each other." Xu Wen came back to his senses and nodded quickly.

The simple tea party was over, and Sun Hongyi left satisfied, leaving only Xu Wen still in the governor's office to continue his contemplation.

It has only been a year since he took office, and the country's impression of the Viceroyalty of South Africa and the Viceroyalty of the Indian Ocean is a word "rob" in Xu Wen's eyes. Not only have the local indigenous people suffered from various encroachments, but there is also a considerable gap between the infrastructure and living standards of the residents in the colonial towns and the native towns. Aside from economic development, most of the results have been transferred to the mainland, leaving the Governorate with limited funds for local development.

After the black riot war in South Africa ten years ago, the area has expanded to nearly 20,000 square kilometers of Nanshan Overseas Territory, and the indigenous people who have grown up for generations have almost been uprooted. The local black tribes, which were already sparsely populated, were either wiped out by force or driven to the far north. Nowadays, it is difficult to see indigenous black people in Nanshan Overseas Territory, and the new generation of Nanshan Overseas Consulate Huamei teenagers look at the black slave laborers in transit in the port almost like strange animals, as if they do not believe that there are such human beings in the land where they live.

The bleak image of a large number of indigenous prisoners of war being transported from Suran Harbor to labor in my mind seemed to be in my mind, and the thousands of natives were escorted to North America or other overseas territories to participate in various projects, turning into numbers that came and went at a moment's notice. Even if they survive, their ultimate fate is to be sold to mines and plantations in the Caribbean or Brazil, and how many will return to their homeland alive.

Now, is a larger and more closed island of Madagascar also about to usher in a round of brutal washing? (To be continued......)