"Oh, Conrad went himself, interesting."

Li Fushou waved his hand to make the visitor stand back, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, of course he knew why the Chief of the General Staff went to Colonel Koch's mansion, all this was no secret to him.

He was interested to see if Major General Konrad Adenauer would try to get Colonel Koch through.

If that's the case

It is necessary to replace the chief of the general staff as soon as possible, and carry out a round of merciless purge of the forces of German officers.

With Li Fushou's unashamed understanding of Conrad Adenauer, there is a high probability that he will abandon his pawn and firmly draw a clear line, although this is less humane, but it is undoubtedly appropriate.

Colonel Koch's every move was under control, and his behavior was not a big deal among the old feudal warlords, and he privately ran some local forces in the respect of the great lords, which was common among the old warlords, and was simply the norm in the German Empire and Austria-Hungary, where there were many feudal lords.

But Queensland follows the British system of separation of powers, and the royal power must be weakened by the parliamentary system, checked and balanced by the judiciary, not to mention the separatist local forces, which must not allow the breeding ground.

In the Ottoman Empire, what was natural was common in Germany, but in England or Queensland, it was beyond the rules and was categorically punished severely.

Dealing with a colonel is not a big deal, and Li Fushou quickly put it behind him and seriously considered the next few tricky things.

There was no need for Li Fushou to rush to inspect the Mozambique region when the situation in Africa was not completely calm, and there were two important reasons that could not be ignored that contributed to the advance of the trip.

First, since the discovery of the Rand gold mine in South Africa in 1866, British geologists discovered gold veins dozens of kilometers long near Johannesburg in 1880, causing a gold mining boom, hundreds of large and small gold mines, all over the surrounding area of Johannesburg.

In particular, the Boers and British merchants were the most numerous, and the conflicts of interest were the most acute, which led to the outbreak of the First Anglo-Boer War, which finally ended the lost war with dignity at the cost of the British recognition of the two Dominions of the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State.

Nominally, the Transvaal and Orange remain the territories of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and in essence they are completely self-governing and not proclamational.

After the end of the war, the Queensland forces infiltrated into South Africa, mainly to open up markets and establish a financial base led by Huitong Bank, and tried to enter the gold mining industry, although after many efforts, it still had little success.

So far, it has only controlled 4 small and medium-sized gold mines, mining about 6~70,000 ounces of gold per year, which is only one percent of South Africa's gold production, which obviously cannot satisfy Queensland's appetite.

In Queensland alone, 2.4 million to 2.5 million ounces of gold are produced a year, most of which goes to Huitong Bank and Shangri-La Bank, and a small amount to private gold owners.

The Koi copper-gold mine produces 350,000 ounces of gold, about 1.7 million ounces of silver, and more than 10,000 tons of copper a year, which is a staggering figure in today's era.

As Queensland's economy grows, so does the demand for gold.

After all, the pound is linked to gold reserves, and the more gold in reserve, the more pounds the United Reserve Bank of Australia (a policy bank jointly established by Queensland, Western Australia, and South Australia) can issue, the better the market liquidity, and the economic development will not lack of capital to promote.

Therefore, out of the grand strategy of economic development, Red Fort has set its sights on South Africa, the world's largest gold producer, in an attempt to enter a piece of the pie.

Li Fushou's visit was at the invitation of Count Canafon to discuss the development of gold mines in South Africa.

The Earl of Canafon was a nobleman who received the reward of Her Majesty with the Earl of Queensland, and the two had a correspondence and had a very good relationship.

Second, Li Fushou needed to go to the Suez Canal management office to meet with an important person from London, and after the Conservative Party won the election, the Red Fort received a transoceanic telegram invitation from this important person to meet on confidential matters.

It was precisely on the basis of the above two events that Li Fushou decided to start an inspection trip to Africa in advance, to investigate the human geography of Mozambique, to negotiate the demarcation of the border with German East Africa, and to collect the situation of the Kingdom of Madagascar on the other side of the strait.

Li Fushou knew that Koch had no rebellious heart, and in essence he was not capable of rebelling, let alone privately sending weapons to the Portuguese, so how reckless would he have to be to do it?

The Portuguese in the town of Solafa have weapons in their own hands and it is not a big deal seriously, the wilderness of Africa is still very dangerous, it is a long-standing tradition, and it is normal for more than 2,000 white people to have a few hundred guns.

On the other hand, Mozambique has never had a law prohibiting private possession of weapons, and Wu Mozhou's general camp is still in preparation, and no local policies and regulations have been introduced.

But I'm afraid of the word serious in everything, I'm afraid of going online, and I'm even more afraid that someone will push it, it's really yellow mud falling into the crotch of his pants...... It's not, it's.

After all, it was Colonel Koch who did something stupid in his mind, or why did he secretly release dozens of Portuguese prisoners, or even appoint Juan Carlos as mayor?

"Sir, Karl Peters, president of the German East Africa Company, has received a reply letter from our side agreeing to the demarcation negotiations, and has already led a team to Seoul City, intending to start relevant negotiations as soon as possible.

"If there is anything to ask for here, he will preside over the negotiations."

"Master, what is the ...... in this?"

Li Fushou frowned slightly and said; "I want all the rich areas around Lake Malawi, the more the better, the less the price to pay, the better, if you can't talk about it, put aside the controversy, anyway, we have time."

"Understood, the lowly position immediately reported the master's instructions to the chief administrator."

"Oh...... By the way, let Senator Wu take Carl Peters to visit the heavy cruiser "Xuanwu", the Germans are good at using gunboat diplomacy, Rear Admiral Heinrich has just sailed to scare the indigenous chiefs of Africa, let's give him a picture of the cat and the tiger, it should have some effect. ”

"Yes, sir."

Li Siren, assistant to the deputy director, took the order and left, Li Fushou sat down again, picked up the information of the Kingdom of Madagascar in his hand and looked at it.

This time, that time!

I have to admit that the British have a bad vision, the conditions in Mozambique are much stronger than those of the Kingdom of Madagascar, the cost of conquest is much smaller, and the benefits obtained are much greater.

Now Li Fushou has little interest in continuing to conquer the kingdom of Madagascar, and he doesn't want to do it in the past few years, but the relevant situation still needs to be understood, so be prepared!

Looking at the information coming from the Kingdom of Madagascar, it can be summed up in just two sentences;

Since the Kingdom of Madagascar had united to defeat the French invaders last year, at the end of July 1885, Her Majesty the elderly Queen had died at the end of the year, and the country had been plunged into a civil war for power.

Over here

I have to mention the important power figure that influenced the history of this African island nation, Queen Razoherina of Madagascar, an iron-fisted queen similar to Wu Zetian, who defeated the aggression of the French colonizers twice, both of which were brilliant victories under her leadership.

In 1862, King Radama II of the Kingdom of Madagascar was coerced by France to sign the so-called Treaty of Amity and Commerce, approving the establishment of the "Madagascar Real Estate, Industrial and Commercial Company", and handing over the development of natural resources to the French capitalists led by Lambert.

This agreement that humiliated the country aroused great indignation among the people in China, and it was imperceptibly brewed under the impetus of well-intentioned people, and finally broke out completely after more than half a year.

On May 9, 1863, the Malagasy people revolted, besieging the palace and demanding the abolition of the unequal treaties.

On May 12, the king was strangled to death, and Queen Razoherina succeeded to the throne, and on the same day announced the abrogation of the treaty with France, and carried out enlightened reforms in the kingdom, abolishing the decadent and backward system, learning from the Western countries, developing the economy, and establishing a new army to reorganize the armament of war.

meanwhile

Razoherina appointed Reini Arivorni as prime minister, and took advantage of the conflict between Britain and France over Madagascar to sign a trade agreement with Britain in 1865 in an attempt to counteract French power and obtain British military aid.

For the next 20 years

The British and French colonists launched a joint attack, and the French launched two attacks alone, both of which ended in failure, the most recent of which ended in June 1885, just over a year ago.

It's a pity

Shortly after the victory over the French colonialists, the Wu Zetian-style iron-fisted ruler Razohrina died, and her two sons fought with Prime Minister Rainy Lai Yarivoni for power.

Whether there is a black hand of the British and French colonizers in this, the answer is self-evident.

At such a time, Li Fushou certainly would not rush to intervene and give the people of the Kingdom of Madagascar a precious opportunity to eliminate civil strife and work together with the outside world.

The interests of the colonizers are the same, and only in chaos can they get their hands on it, and only by supporting the weak to fight the strong can they take advantage of the chaos.

I dare not say anything else, the abundant human resources of the Kingdom of Madagascar alone are enough for the colonizers to survive.

Reunion Island in France, South Africa and Sri Lanka in the United Kingdom, and Mozambique in Queensland are all short of cheap labor.

Compared with transporting immigrants from mainland China, cheap labor in the Kingdom of Madagascar, which is close at hand, is more like a consumable.