Chapter 187: Occupation
The fact that Prince Constantine was going to sea, although not widely publicized, spread among the German nobility.
It is really incomprehensible that a prince who left Europe aside and had to go to Africa to suffer, so the nobles with a heart found a documentary record about Africa.
There is no seafaring tradition in Germany, so the sources and documentation come mostly from foreign countries and some previous explorers.
However, due to the relatively old documentation, which can even be traced back hundreds of years, the African version is still in the state of "white man's grave".
And many of the explorers are exaggerated as the goal, what hundreds of meters of large snakes, terrifying poisonous insects, cannibalistic tribes......
Boy! This Prince Konstantin hit his head against a tree so he couldn't think of going to Africa!
There must be something wrong with the records of the German aristocracy about Africa, for example, most sailors and explorers will record those thrilling and exciting content, especially many explorers, who return to Europe to compile books, and naturally add a little "fierce material" in order to sell.
Prince Konstantin has a noble status, and what he does will definitely attract the attention of those who care, but the stereotype of Africa makes them not optimistic about Prince Konstantin's voyage.
However, it also gave many German aristocrats the first time to understand Africa in detail, although there were many mistakes.
The Prussian royal family expressed concern about Prince Konstantin's departure to sea, but now the question of Prince Konstantin's whereabouts is not very important to the Prussian royal family, and this is a critical period for Prussia, and there are a lot of things to deal with.
Out of politeness, the royal family sent a representative to briefly communicate with Prince Konstantin, and finally concluded that Konstantin was just idle.
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April 1869.
Becker and Merk led the mission back to Mbeya and reported the results of the mission to Commissioner Wise.
After hearing that Mrsiri agreed to the terms of the deal, Siwei was overjoyed, and he told Becker and Merk that he would truthfully report their achievements to the central government, and then held an emergency meeting in Mbeya to discuss the matter of taking over the Yek Kingdom.
"We must not fully believe the nonsense of Mrsri! Indigenous people are uncivilized people, and their commitment may not even be as good as waste paper. An official said at the meeting.
"Well, that's right, when we first came to East Africa, a lot of local chiefs often rebelled, so it's better to be careful." Justt affirmed the previous official's statement.
"Your Excellency, Mr. Musiri still has some knowledge, and he is also in the armed forces of our East Africa, so he must give up the land of the Yeke Kingdom, so it doesn't matter whether Mrsiri will go back on his word, what matters is our attitude." Merk said to.
"Moreover, Mrsiri will definitely not really oppose us in East Africa for the sake of the civilians of the Yek Kingdom, in my contact with him, I have observed that he is an extremely realistic person who disregards life at the same time, so the cooperation between him and us has become inevitable, this person's feelings are almost none, and only the gains and losses of personal interests are considered." Becker added.
Hearing this, Sith pondered for a moment and said: "In this case, this mission should be successful, but we must not be careless, after all, every immigrant in East Africa is a precious treasure and cannot be lost.
And considering the efficiency of the African natives, even if Mrsiri agrees to us, when he moves out of the Yek Kingdom, we should take the initiative to help him. ”
At this time, Becker also said: "I completely agree with His Excellency the Commissioner's point of view, especially the relocation of the natives of the Yeke Kingdom, Mrsiri will definitely be perfunctory, if we don't take action, then Mrsiri will probably leave more than sixty percent of the natives, in my opinion, Mrsiri can take away the capital and the surrounding natives even if it is more than the task." ”
"Well, in that case, we should send troops to take the initiative to cooperate with Mrsiri to complete the migration of the Yeke Kingdom, Merke, you are the military governor of Mbeya, do you think it can be done with Mbeya's military force alone?" Justter asked.
"Report to the chief, if the militia is not mobilized, it will definitely not be possible to rely on the strength of the regular army of Mbeya, and if the militia cooperates with this operation, it will definitely be able to complete the task." Merk said.
"How many militiamen do you expect to need?"
"It doesn't take too much, all the troops combined, it can reach four thousand, we already have more than a thousand troops near the defense line, and it is enough to temporarily recruit three thousand people from Mbeya."
"If the number of people is too small, will it lead to a large number of fish that slip through the net, after all, there is a lot of jungle area in Africa, and it is very difficult to rely on more than 4,000 people to sort out such a large area as the Yeke Kingdom." An official with Mbeya asked.
"It's not a problem, we just need to drive away most of the natives, those who run into the mountains and forests are not a problem, the previous northwest battlefield also said to drive away the local natives, but there are still many natives in the northwest.
Not to mention the northwest, but also the entire interior of East Africa, I am afraid that there are many fish that have slipped through the net, so it is very unrealistic to rely on military means to completely clean up the indigenous people.
Only through immigration, constantly squeezing the living environment of these indigenous people is the solution, and the number of immigrants in the future will increase, and naturally there will be no living space for indigenous people. Merk explained.
"Okay, our main task this time is to put the Yeke Kingdom in the bag now, and leave the rest of the problems to the central government and the new government." Thinking is the final word.
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Upper Lake Malawi is on the border with the Yek Kingdom.
"This time the city government asks us to cooperate with the Yek Kingdom and help its ruler Musiri complete the relocation of the Yek Kingdom, and everyone must obey the command and do not act alone to prevent the terrorist attack of the mob in the Yek Kingdom." Merk said to the soldiers and militiamen.
The thugs refer to the natives who are unwilling to relocate, and the thugs that the East African army can meet are all iron elements, and if they live in the middle of nowhere, the East African army will not run into you, blocking the way of the East African army, and if they want to be nail households, they can only send them to hell.
Similar to what was estimated at the Mbeya city council, Mrsiri's perfunctory kung fu was perfect, and he really only took the capital and the subjects of the nearby areas with him, and as for the rest of the city, he didn't care about it at all.
The Yeke Kingdom is more than 100,000 square kilometers, and the capital and surrounding areas are only a small part, so most of the work has to be done by East Africa itself.
However, Mrsiri is not useless, he gave up resistance, and most of the other natives naturally did not have the heart to resist, but many natives in the border areas chose to take refuge in the neighboring countries of the Yek Kingdom.
The East African government can't ask for it, the Yeke Kingdom has been packaged and sold to East Africa by Msiri, and those indigenous countries that accept the border areas of the Yeke Kingdom have become "murderers" of "aggression" against East Africa from this moment, and East Africa has become a "victim", and they will naturally ask for an explanation in the future.
(End of chapter)