Hearing Buckhausen say this, Vincent also had to calm down, now that he thinks about it, it is really a loss, he should have allocated the land on the other side of the river to his own farm, at that time he thought that there would be no one in the west anyway, and he would go over to develop it when the farm was manpowered, and as a result, this so-called "East African kingdom" took advantage of the loophole.

As for the Khoisan and other indigenous people living on the west bank of the Limpopo River, they are not considered "people" in the Transvaal Republic, the farms of the Boers are mostly composed of black slaves, although slaves are also used in East Africa, but there is no explicit rule in East Africa, in the official documents of East Africa the indigenous people are "unknown nationality" laborers, and the fact is that most of the African indigenous people do not have a concept of state, they only remember which tribe they once belonged to.

There are slaves in East Africa and the Transvaal Republic, but there are also differences in use, in order to rule, ordinary people in East Africa still have to work, but the Boers are different, there are slaves, who still farms their own land! The same is true of Vincent's farm, where the white man is in charge of the armed forces and can suppress the slaves at any time.

"Well, Buckhausen, since there are Germans on the other side, they can't be here to do something to our Transvaal Republic!" After calming down, Vincent began to worry instead.

"This, boss, I'm afraid it's hard to say, but according to them, it should be that we don't cross the line, that is, we don't cross the river, and they won't trouble us."

"That's it! That's fine. Vincent breathed a sigh of relief, and Vincent was mainly afraid that these Germans, like the British, wanted to exterminate the Boers.

In fact, the Boers at this time were very afraid of the British, otherwise they would not have fled directly from the Cape Town colony and crossed the Orange River and the Drakens Mountains to re-establish the country.

In 1834, the British enacted an ordinance in Cape Town abolishing slavery, which had a great impact on the Boers, who were based on the slave farm economy. In order to escape the repression of the British, the Boers left the Cape Town colony and migrated deep into the interior of South Africa.

This is also the reason why the Boers, although they arrived later than the Portuguese in Mozambique, were able to penetrate deep into the interior of Africa, to put it bluntly, by the British.

The British merely used policy pressure to get the Boers to leave the Cape colony willingly, which was still cowardly in the end.

It was not until later, in the Battle of the Bronkhorst Dry River, that 77 of the 247 British soldiers were killed and 157 were wounded, but only 2 of the Boer militia were killed and 4 wounded.

To be honest, if the Kingdom of East Africa were not under this name, but an Austro-Hungarian colony, it is estimated that the Boers would have been afraid.

In fact, the Kingdom of East Africa is far more threatening to the Boers than Austria-Hungary, although Austria-Hungary is a great power, but it is not as good as the Hexingen royal family overseas, and even the time of establishing diplomatic relations with the Far Eastern powers is almost the same time as East Africa, and now the Austro-Hungarian Minister to the Far East also serves as the Minister of Japan and the Minister of Siam, and its office is located in Tokyo, Japan.

However, the Boers were not aware of this, and if it weren't for the fact that Buckhausen was German, it would have been possible for Vincent to see the sudden appearance of the East African Army and mistake them for British.

"Boss, it's better to inform the government of this matter, don't think about what you have and don't have by relying on our strength alone, just this cavalry on the opposite side, I'm afraid the entire Transvaal Republic will be difficult to deal with, not to mention that they also say that there are tens of thousands of troops on the other side of the river." Buckhausen reminded.

Buckhausen's words are not an exaggeration at all, just looking at the uniform clothing and weapons of the Royal Army of East Africa, it looks like a standing army, and the standing army of the Transvaal Republic has a total of only a few thousand people.

The population of the entire Transvaal Republic is just over 200,000, and the number of troops in the Transvaal Republic alone is only close to 400,000, while the number of troops in East Africa alone has reached 30,000.

Of course, the data can't be counted like this, although the Boers have fewer troops, but ordinary people also carry guns, such as Vincent's farm, all white men are issued with guns, these are militia sources in wartime, as for the combat effectiveness of the militia, the British have long given the answer.

This is also the reason why Ernst did not intend to do anything against the Boers, if the Boers played guerrilla warfare in East Africa, not to mention the land in South Africa, it could also disturb Zimbabwe and Botswana under the control of East Africa.

The Transvaal Republic is vast and sparsely populated, and the Boers have horses, and there may not even be a human figure in the smoke, so if you want to do something to the Boers, you have to learn from the British and send more people.

Of course, this man refers to armed immigrants, not to the British army, and every stronghold opened up by the immigrants will encroach on their living space, and it will not be a problem to finally solve the Boers.

As for the 450,000 troops sent by the British during the Second Boer War, although the number was large enough to exceed the number of Boers, the 450,000 troops who were out of production played peek-a-boo with the Boers in the interior of South Africa.

"What you said makes sense, since we can all encounter the troops of the East African Kingdom here, then there must be more in the north, so it is very likely that the tens of thousands of troops mentioned by these East African Germans also exist." Vincent analyzed.

The Limpopo River is more than 1,000 kilometers long, and there are nearly 6 or 700 kilometers after the Portuguese colony, and if the East African Kingdom is deployed along the Limpopo River, there should be more people deployed in the north, because it is already very close to the source of the Limpopo River.

(Photo: Vincent Farm – Red Font Position)

Soon, Vincent reported to the government the news of the presence of the East African Army on the west bank of the Crocodile River (Limpopo).

Not only Vincent, but also other Boers whose farms were close to the Limpopo River, the unfamiliar power of the East African kingdom came into the eyes of the Transvaal Republic for the first time.

The Transvaal Republic can only analyze the information of this new force through the words of the reporter, and the conclusion is very pessimistic, the number of troops in East Africa to the south does not dare to act rashly, and the good news is that East Africa is not interested in the Transvaal Republic at present.

The garrison of the Limpopo River in East Africa is almost complete, with more than 15,000 troops stationed on the front line of the Limpopo River, and more than 10,000 on the Mozambican border.

East Africa, with the help of its army, completely blocked any possibility for the Portuguese and Boers to continue their expansion into the interior of Africa in advance, unless they declared war on the kingdom of East Africa.

As for whether they will declare war on East Africa without their own strength, it is really hard to say, especially since Mozambique has no clear geographical boundaries with East Africa, and the possibility of conflict between the two sides in the future is very high.

(End of chapter)