Chapter 61 The New Dynasty of Zanzibar
At the same time, the powerful Bhagash bin Saeed began his first administrative experience.
He proclaimed himself the First Consul of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, with full powers of Sultan Majid bin Said in charge of the affairs of the country.
"Slavery is evil, and His Majesty Sultan Majid bin Said, who has been deceived by traitors, to apply in Zanzibar this backward system, which is rejected by the civilized world, will inevitably hinder the integration of the Sultanate of Zanzibar into the civilized world and hinder the development of Zanzibar......"
In short, in the mouth of Bhagash bin Said, the practice of slavery in the Sultanate of Zanzibar was a reversal of the wheel of history and an unspeakable evil.
"In view of the foregoing, I declare that slavery in the Sultanate of Zanzibar shall be abolished with immediate effect and that the slave trade in the Sultanate of Zanzibar shall be prohibited."
As soon as Bhagash bin Saeed's words fell, the Zanzibar ministers below immediately became anxious.
"Your Excellency, this must not be done! This is the foundation of the Sultanate of Zanzibar. ”
"Your Excellency, Zanzibar's prosperity is entirely dependent on the slave trade, and if the slave trade is banned, Zanzibar's economy will be hit hard."
"Zanzibar is a poor country, a small country, if we give up the slave trade, it will be self-tied, the so-called civilized world is just a fantasy, and we hope that the government will put the national interests first, and not destroy the Great Wall."
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The ministers defended slavery, and as Zanzibar, which made its fortune from the slave trade, these ministers were themselves big slave owners and made a lot of money from the slave trade.
Although Majid bin Saeed was relatively mediocre in his later years, he really made everyone rich, if it weren't for the fact that Bhagash bin Saeed pointed a gun at them.
These ministers must shout that Sultan Majid ibn Saeed is wise and powerful, and that Bagash bin Saeed is inadequate and scheming.
The ministers thought to themselves: why is it that Zanzibar has produced you traitor, you are willing to be a dog for the British, don't pull us! What kind of civilized world, if you go to India, don't come back! Majid bin Saeed Sultan is also true, he should have shot this brain-dead thing directly, and didn't let this brain-dead run to Mumbai.
Go to Bombay for two years, open your mouth and shut up the civilized world, and don't look at what the hell is in that place in India, the so-called Indians are not actually slaves of the British? If you change places, it will become a backward system, so why should the British rely on India to be a master?
Of course, the ministers also dare not speak out, after all, now the dictator Bagash bin Said has a gun in his hand, although Bagash bin Said is a stupid donkey, but the Zanzibar ministers do not want to use their heads and bullets to be harder than anyone.
"Well, I've made up my mind, there's no room for bargaining in this matter, and you'd better not test my patience." Bhagash bin Said said sternly and intimidatingly.
Bhagash bin Saeed himself was a stunned young man, otherwise he would not have directly opposed Majid bin Saeed's exile to India.
The last time he failed, the lesson he learned is to have the right to speak in his hand to be tough, how did the right come from, Bhagash bin Said, who was enlightened at the Dragon Field in Mumbai, had an epiphany, and he still had to have a gun in his hand to have the right! So this time, when Bhagash bin Said returned, he actively co-opted the progressive officers who opposed slavery, and at the same time installed his own men in the army.
Coupled with the fact that Majid bin Saeed took medicine in his later years and became more and more confused, this allowed Bhagash bin Saeed to seize the opportunity.
"Now for the second thing, as the Germans who supplied slaves to the Sultanate of Zanzibar must be expelled from Zanzibar, and from now on no slave traders are welcome in Zanzibar."
This time the ministers did not object, but there was some joy in their hearts, and if anyone wanted to say who knew best about the power of the Germans in East Africa, it was these ministers engaged in the slave trade.
In the past, the Sultanate of Zanzibar went to hunt slaves in the interior of East Africa by itself, and those black tribes were not easy to mess with, so the Zanzibar slave hunting team mainly provoked those tribes to fight in the form of trade, and then exchanged simple materials for slaves from the victors.
But since the establishment of the East African colony, in front of the Germanic people, those black tribes have become paper tigers, which are useless, and the Germanic people do not use any advanced means to provoke tribal contradictions, and they do it directly.
Initially, when the Germans arrived, the ministers were worried that the Germans would interfere with their interests in East Africa.
But the Germans could not look down on the blacks, and in Ernst's eyes, the land was the most valuable wealth of East Africa, so the East African colonies did not need natives, and the land was not left behind.
But it was troublesome to deal with these blacks, so they simply sold them directly to the Sultanate of Zanzibar, which could get a large number of blacks for a symbolic payment.
In the Arab world, black slaves were a sought-after commodity, Arabs made extensive use of black labor, and because of the distance, Arabs had a low cost of obtaining blacks.
In the past, Zanzibar took slaves by itself, and the cost was higher than that of the Sultanates in North Africa and Somalia, and the northern countries could sell black slaves to the Arabian Peninsula as long as they crossed the narrow Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Since the East African colonies delivered directly to their homes, the slave traders of the Sultanate of Zanzibar took off directly.
Not to mention the large amount of money, but also the price is low, for more than a year, Zanzibar has been attacking cities and land in the slave markets in the Arab region, and life is not too comfortable.
In this respect, Ernst still has some good intentions, if Ernst learns from the Arabs to directly castrate the natives, not only can he prostitute labor for nothing, but also solve the troubles......
Far from it, the ministers knew that the Germanic people were good in force, and that the East African colonies were still recruiting people, and that they might be stronger now than before.
Bagash bin Said had returned in recent months, and his knowledge of the strength of the Germanic people was not very clear.
If he provokes the Germans, he will be beaten to the ground, and then the ministers will come forward to accuse Bhagash bin Said of his crimes, and take back the rights of the state, and he will be able to dance and run like horses.
While the ministers were in a reverie, Bhagash bin Said was arranging appointments.
"Abdullah is the commander-in-chief of the Royal Army, responsible for this expulsion of the Germans, Kati is not a major general of the Royal Army, and cooperates with Abdullah ......"
Having put himself in a prominent position, Bhagash bin Said couldn't wait to start implementing his plan.
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Dar es Salaam Port Terminal.
"Mr. Bazel, please leave!" The new lieutenant general of the Sultanate of Zanzibar, Kati, said not arrogantly.
"Hmph, you'll regret it." Bazel said angrily.
"Hehe, wait and see!" Kati didn't scoff.
Bazel's face was expressionless, and he turned around and began to arrange for the evacuation of personnel. Fortunately, the ships arriving at the port today were the ocean-going ships of the Heshingen consortium, and after consulting with the captain, Bazel turned north with the Austro-Hungarian immigrants and headed for Tanga Harbor, where there were troops from the East African colonies and no need to worry about the difficulties of Zanzibar.
Bazel and more than two dozen armed men, after packing up their supplies, left Dar es Salaam under the watchful eye of the Zanzibaris.
At this time, Felix's army was still on the way to come, and there was no reason for the allocation of horses, so the group could only choose to walk, forty miles was not a long way, but they had to maintain their physical strength, so they could reach the port of Dar es Salaam before dark.