"Stop! Who? The militia raised their guns and cautiously aimed at the comers.

Tulio Peni stepped forward, handed the gun to the team behind him, raised his hands in the air, and said in Portuguese, facing the militia of Mitomoni Village, "I am Tulio Peni, an officer in the Mozambique colony of the Kingdom of Portugal, and I wish to speak to your chief." ”

Tweet Wow...... After a burst of Portuguese speech, the militia of Mitomoni became even more confused, and the guns in their hands tightened.

At this time, the head of the village of Mitomoni, Gilles Zioni, who heard the movement, walked to the front of the village.

Looking at Tulio Penny and his party in front of him, Gilles Zioni asked in German, "Who are you?" ”

Looking at Turio Peni with an unknown expression, Gilles Zioni, whose hometown is on the Franco-Prussian border, asked again in French.

At this time, someone in Tulio Peni's team finally understood, this person's mother is French, so he understands French.

He walked up to Turio Peni and repeated Gilles Zioni's words to Tulio Peni.

With an intermediary acting as an interpreter, the two sides can finally start communicating.

After understanding the intentions of Tulio Peni and others, Gilles Zioni did not embarrass these Portuguese.

At present, East Africa is still based on the strategy of not offending me and not offending others, and East Africa is also relatively restrained towards the land in the south, and stopped its southward movement at the Rufuma River.

Unlike the east, the western part of the two colonies actually had no clear border, as there were no mountains and rivers as geographical boundaries, and the eastern shore of Lake Malawi was flat.

Gilles Zioni received the Portuguese, but only a few were allowed to enter the village of Mitomoni unarmed, while others had to stay outside the village.

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A month after Gilles Zioni sent Tulio Peni away, the Portuguese top brass in Maputo, the capital of the Portuguese East African (Mozambique) government, also received a report from Tulio Peni.

The Portuguese were still surprised by the speed of expansion of the German colonies in East Africa, knowing that the Mozambique colony had been developed for hundreds of years before it became today's scale, and the Germans had only been here for a few years?

Although surprised by the speed of the Germans, the Portuguese did not take any action, and as long as the Germans did not think about Mozambique, the Portuguese did not bother to take the initiative.

After all, the strength that could easily defeat the Sultanate of Zanzibar was a force to be reckoned with on the entire western coast of the Indian Ocean, and the East African colonies currently did not have the resources that the Portuguese craved.

But the Portuguese did not do nothing, in order to avoid the conflict between the two colonies, the Mozambican government still sent people to Dar es Salaam to negotiate with the East African colonies, determine the border between the two colonies, and divide the sphere of influence in East Africa.

The government of the East African colonies accepted the request of the Portuguese, and for the time being the East African colonies were still mainly targeting the north and west, and were not interested in Mozambique in the south for the time being.

Ernst's plan to colonize East Africa also changed with the development of the East African colony, if the earliest plan of Ernst was to occupy Tanganyika, then the second stage was the whole of Tanzania, and now it is in the third stage, that is, the land of the East African Community.

In the previous East African Community, there were six member states, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan.

The current focus of the East African colony strategy is Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, and northern Kenya.

As for South Sudan, there is currently only Sudan, and it is under the influence of the Ottoman Empire, so South Sudan is not part of the plan.

In his colonization activities in East Africa, Ernst had always advocated the principle of prudence, and did not clash with the more powerful forces in the region until he had gained a firm foothold.

Wait for a while, wait until the population reaches the size of the population, and then look for targets to expand, of course, this is for the Arabs and other European colonizers, and for the indigenous tribes, the East African colonies have always been arrogant.

It seems to be a simple truth, but in fact it is difficult in this era, with the development of the industrial revolution in Europe, now European and American countries are unscrupulous on the seas and other continents.

As long as you see precious resources and products, you can grab them, a boat, a flag on the island, you can get a piece of overseas territory, of course, generally this is a self-deprecating behavior, if the countries do not recognize it, it is useless, if the island finds precious minerals, the great powers smell it, they will come.

The East African colonies were officially colonies, and although Heisingen was a part of Prussia in name only, it was easy to do so in name.

The East African colony, as the royal domain of Heshingen, was distinguished from Prussia in terms of ownership, but everyone tacitly agreed that it was a Prussian colony.

After all, you Heixingen have become a part of Prussia, who knows if it is a vest played by Prussia, and Prussia does not pay much attention to overseas for the time being, and there is no need to explain it to other countries.

Therefore, the East African colonies can be regarded as a fox and a tiger, otherwise the Portuguese in Mozambique would not be polite if they really figured out all the ways inside.

December 3, 1867.

The East African colonies and the Mozambican colonies signed an agreement, the Non-Aggression Pact between East Africa and Mozambique.

The treaty demarcated the border between the two sides, which was more than 700 kilometres long, starting at the mouth of the Rufuma River and ending at the village of Aidira on the eastern shore of the middle section of Lake Malawi.

To the north of the border is the colonial sphere of influence of East Africa, and to the south of the border is the colonial sphere of influence of Mozambique.

The two sides shall not step into each other's sphere of influence without the permission of the other side, respect each other's interests along the coast of the western Indian Ocean, and jointly safeguard the smooth flow of traditional commercial and trade routes in the western Indian Ocean.

The treaty focused on the intersection of the two powers, one by land and the other by sea.

The limitation of the treaty was that the division of land powers described in detail the demarcation of the boundary between the two colonies at the present junction, i.e., the area between Lake Malawi and the Indian Ocean.

Much of East and South Africa was not divided and judged, setting the stage for a future conflict between the two colonies on the west shore of Lake Malawi.

However, the treaty is quite acceptable at the moment, with no intention of going deeper west of Lake Malawi in East Africa and no plans to move inland in Mozambique.

The two sides will not meet in the west for the time being, and in the east both sides need a stable situation to ensure their respective interests.

Towards the end of the year, the migration task in East Africa this year is about to be completed, and the migrant population of the East African colonies will also reach a new level.

The war of the indigenous people in the northwest has long ended, and when the plague is over, the East African colonies will take the northwest in one go.

With the addition of northern Kenya, which is being explored, the main body of the East African Community in the previous life was basically in the hands of the East African colonies.

The signing of the Non-Aggression Pact between East Africa and Mozambique added a layer of insurance to the expansion of the northern part of the East African colony and avoided excessive energy to guard against the Portuguese.