The tax system, an old antique that was dug out of the garbage heap, is a new version of it that the indigenous people have not seen in sub-Saharan Africa.

Of course, it is only in the newly occupied areas that this is done, such as Zambia, the Azander Plateau, which is close to East Africa, East Africa is still playing the old way, orderly cage change, especially in the case of European war, East Africa has a rich immigrant population can be implemented.

Zambian government agencies have been established, each area is under the responsibility of senior officials, and there is no need to compromise with the indigenous forces, the Azande Plateau is relatively late, because East Africa is not very active in the development of here, but the Azande Plateau is next to the Great Lakes region, so it is easy to control, plus a large number of indigenous people have been emptied before, so there is no need to invest too much force.

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Lake Solon (Lake Tanganyika).

Port Mproron, a small fishing port at the southernmost tip of Lake Solon, was guided by the Kingdom of East Africa, and finally arrived here with his core of 3,000 soldiers and civilians.

Before Msiri arrived, East Africa was home to tens of thousands of indigenous people, and the shacks lined the southern shore of Lake Solon were quite spectacular.

"Guide Capri, why are there so many blacks here?" Msiri asked, looking at the blacks gathered on the shore.

Kabri: "Your Excellency Msiri, they are a gift from the Kingdom of East Africa, after all, the place you are going to, there are also many indigenous forces, so the population is also urgently needed, most of these are East African natives who can speak Swahili, understand your language, can accept your command, and are all adult men, I believe that you can use them to organize a strong army, and then in West Africa can become the overlord there." ”

And this kind of good thing? Msiri couldn't believe that East Africans were so kind, giving away people for free and staying to create wealth for themselves.

Capri continued: "Your Excellency Mr. Msiri, don't underestimate these people, they are all trained in East Africa, they have strong organizational skills, and they have strong experience in agriculture, most of them come out of the farm, and you can take them to West Africa and continue to let them grow food and accumulate your personal wealth." ”

Capri's words are basically relieved, these are the "laborers" of East Africa, that is, slaves, and now these slaves are decommissioned, and Zanzibar can not recruit so many "laborers", and they also have to choose people, Ottoman customers are very strict about the quality of slaves, so they have to let them take the Msiri ride to West Africa together.

As for whether they are engaged in agriculture or not, it is not certain, and there are not a few people who pave the way for East Africa to build bridges and build houses, and they are all engaged in high-intensity work in East Africa anyway.

Under these high-intensity projects in East Africa, these natives look glamorous, but in fact they are extremely seriously consumed, and if they are lucky, they can use it for a few more years, and they may become ill because of overwork, so as to lose their ability to work.

East African pastures and captive cattle and horses are expanding rapidly, these cattle and horses can replace most of the natives, and when the cattle and horses reach age, East Africans can still eat meat when they are slaughtered, and bones can be used to make soup, and these natives do not have this effect, and it is impossible to find a pit for them to bury, it is too troublesome, if the corpses are exposed in the wilderness, it may cause plague, so take advantage of the current time to send away these old, or sick and wounded natives, both sides are happy.

Mrsiri: "I don't know what kind of food they will grow!" ”

Capri: "That's a lot, basically East African crops, most of them have experience, rice, wheat, bananas, potatoes ......"

Eager to check on the natives, to make sure that the East Africans were really so kind, he casually approached some of the natives and said in Swahili: "Stand up. ”

Then, he looked around a few people and found that there was no major problem, his arms and legs were all there, his body was not swollen, and he had tendons and meat, good guy! Sturdier than some of the slaves in his own tribe.

This had to be the food of East Africa, although the slaves had a heavy workload, eating most of cassava and corn, but the amount was full, and it was their own rations, especially cassava, which was drought tolerant, barren, high yield, and could be harvested all year round.

As long as East Africa set aside a large amount of wasteland for these natives to grow cassava, they could basically meet the food rations of these slaves, and at the same time not delay the production of their own crops in East Africa.

Musiri ordered: "You take two steps first, and I'll see." ”

Several natives who had been "trained" by East Africa for many years immediately followed Msiri's orders and took a few steps, after all, this "big man" stood with the East Africans, and they did not dare to disobey orders, for fear of being beaten, and the most terrible torture was confinement.

Mrsiri then asked the natives to do some difficult exercises, and after repeated experiments, Msiri found that the East Africans really did not lie to themselves, and the natives were of good quality and were generally very healthy.

Mrsiri said with great satisfaction: "Mr. Capri, thank you very much for the gift from East Africa, these people are very good. ”

"Hahaha, of course, Lord Msiri, you are our friend in East Africa, and you have always been very generous to our friends in East Africa." Capri smiled, and then silently added in his heart, "It's weird! ”

People are a kind of consumables, especially those who are engaged in heavy physical labor all year round, and the same is true of these slaves in the Kingdom of East Africa, although they eat a lot, they are relatively simple in nutrition, and they are engaged in heavy physical labor for a long time, and at the same time they are kept in captivity in East Africa, which has been greatly consumed.

These slaves who were given to Mrsiri were all given to Mrsiri in East Africa according to the life expectancy of European railway workers, and then according to the length of their service.

Although East African slaves did not work on the railroads, their workload was comparable to that of European railway workers, and at the same time, they were all heavy physical activities, that is, they were given to the Msiri when they were at their best, so that they appeared to be energetic and in good shape.

In fact, after going to West Africa with Mrsiri, if they continue to engage in heavy physical labor, then they will definitely collapse in a certain period of time, of course, if Mrsiri does not do this and slowly recuperate, they may still live for a long time.

For example, Mrsili's army, which is not very trained in peacetime, basically relies on firepower to suppress indigenous opponents, and then follows Mrsiri to eat and drink spicy food, which is definitely the most nourishing group in Africa.

However, if Msiri really intends to drag these East African slaves to West Africa to farm, the result may be different, and the risk of these slaves dying at the same time is very high.

However, according to the speculation of the East African government, Mrsiri will not do this, because Mrsili's regime has a characteristic, that is, plundering the wealth of other tribes and kingdoms, as the so-called enemy stores grain, I store guns, and the enemy is my granary, which is what Mrsiri is best at.

In fact, East Africa's judgment is not wrong at all, and at this time, Msiri has already planned in his heart that he will use the slaves sent by East Africa to organize a regular combat force and go to West Africa to do a big job.

Conventional combat units, that is, those that do not use firearms, use firearms is the treatment only of Mrsili's henchmen.

And the benefits of Mrsiri's reuse of these East African slaves are obvious, everyone speaks Swahili, that is, fellow countrymen, their own people, and these slaves are all strong, and they are all adult men, and when they go to West Africa, they can let those West Africans who have never seen the world see the fighting power of the Bantu people in East Africa.

To sum up Msiri's idea is to "enter the customs" in two words, and the all-black "Eight Banners" soldiers of Msiri will go to West Africa together to earn a generation of glory and wealth.

Of course, Msiri also found that the population given to him in East Africa is all "strong men", and there is not a single woman, but think about it, women are the wealth of war, and East Africa will definitely not give it to themselves casually, it doesn't matter, just go to West Africa to grab the locals.

This is a misunderstanding of East Africa, where there are no children or women among slaves, and they have long been driven to the northwest by East Africa.

However, Msiri's careful thinking about going to West Africa to rob women can be regarded as a crooked mistake, and most of the indigenous women and children expelled from East Africa did go there, but they are now the assets of various tribes and kingdoms in West Africa.

(End of chapter)