In preparation for war, the East African government decided to slow down the development of Zambia, prioritizing Zimbabwe.

The first is to build a telegraph line from South Salzburg to Zimbabwe, which is different from the South Salzburg to Lusaka telegraph line, which will run directly from South Salzburg to the north bank of the Limpopo River, and then extend along the north bank of the Limpopo River to both sides, so that the central government can keep abreast of the news from the front.

Secondly, it is to organize the local Shona tribe and build a simple north-south road to ensure the smooth operation of food, weapons, and personnel on the front line.

At the same time, the Kingdom of East Africa will build a series of fortifications in Zimbabwe, although it is extremely unlikely that the Boers will push back, but as long as it is possible, it must be prepared in advance.

Among them, Bulawayo, the former capital of the kingdom of Matabele, continued to function as a military fortress, and at the same time assumed the important task of ensuring the safety of the grain routes.

This time, the East African government has taken possession of the land of the Ndebele people, and the Shona people in the territory are still the "proletarian" class, and East Africa, as the landlords, naturally has the right to tax the Shona who use their land.

But the situation in Africa is well known, and it is not possible to get blacks to engage in agricultural production honestly without taking special measures.

The Shona people, who have lost their restraint to Ndebele, rely on the wildlife that is everywhere to make a living, which is very inconsistent with "East African values".

It's all gone to catch the beasts, who will develop the land! East Africa immediately declared that all animals in Zimbabwe belonged to the government, and prohibited "illegal" hunting, and the legal principle was that the land belonged to East Africa, and everything on the land, including the Shona themselves, was the property of the Kingdom of East Africa.

As for what is illegal hunting, it means that all hunting activities carried out by black people in Zimbabwe without the permission of the East African government are illegal, and they are immediately enslaved when discovered.

As for the Shona tribe who have lived here for hundreds of years, who said that you came early, and the ownership of the land is yours? Anyway, the kingdom of East Africa is the land that was snatched from the Ndebele people, so even if the land ownership is discussed, it should be the Ndebele people, but it is a pity that they have already embarked on the road to dig the central canal, and it is inevitable that they will die and die.

East Africa is expected to wage war against the Boers with 50,000 troops, plus more than 10,000 troops to guard against the Portuguese and maintain local law and order, then the entire Zimbabwe will have at least 70,000 out-of-work soldiers.

It would be an absolute disaster if the food to feed the 70,000-strong army was transported from the rear alone, mainly because the transportation was unbearable, so it was necessary to settle most of the food supply problems in Zimbabwe's local tuntians and solve most of the food supply problems nearby.

In his previous life, he was in Tanzania and saw some locals engaged in agricultural production, which was quite rough, and basically scattered the seeds in the ground and didn't care.

In the end, the grain production is indeed miserable, but the Africans are relatively open, and it is enough to support themselves, although they are lazy, but they really do not roll at all, which is called not seeking progress in the East.

Of course, the lack of scientific concepts is also an important reason, such as the Tanzanian government has also tried to break the local feudal superstition through the countryside, but to little effect.

Most people reject science, and even if they don't have enough to eat, they don't accept chemical fertilizers and pesticides. The promotion of high-yielding crops such as hybrid rice is also difficult.

Nevertheless, Tanzania can be regarded as a model country among African countries, and its government is relatively responsible and the regime is relatively stable.

This also shows that the Far Easterner's aid still has some effect, in fact, in the past life, the Far Easterners always misunderstood a concept, that is, to confuse East African countries with West African countries and South African countries.

As we all know, West Africa is the territory of France, and even in the 21st century, France still has a unique presence in West Africa.

South Africa is the territory of the United Kingdom, especially the Cape Town area, which has been developed for a long time, and even if South Africa is independent enough, the United Kingdom has an important influence on the country, and South Africa has economic influence in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia.

East Africa is more special, although it is all black Africa, but East Africa has been a colony of Germany and Portugal for a long time, Germany led the indigenous people of East Africa to see how much the so-called British Empire is in World War I, and Portugal's performance in various colonies after World War II is also embarrassing, educated by India, Indonesia, and even Angola, without dignity.

As a result, East African countries have performed relatively well compared to West and South African countries after independence, and at the same time they are more opposed to the West.

In fact, if you take a closer look at the list, you will find that all the countries in Africa that oppose the normalization of the African region are West African and South African countries.

According to the Yin-Yang people: "This is the so-called Black Brother!" ”

In fact, the Far East and West Africa, South Africa have never established a more friendly country, just like Japan and South Korea, how can the two dogs have any autonomy.

The early aid countries in the Far East were mainly East Africa, and the main countries supporting Africa at the time of the vote were North Africa and East Africa.

After all, when the West African countries and South African countries voted, West Africa had to see how Rancy's father decided, and France was very chicken-thief, half of the West African countries voted against and half voted in favor, so that neither the United States nor the Far East could be offended.

As for the three South African countries (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini) all voted against, and Nyasaland (Malawi) also voted against, and the remaining countries affected by South Africa abstained, South Africa (white) and Australia, Canada are the loyal horses of the United States.

It can be seen from this that Africa is not a whole, but when the Far Easterners talk about Africa, they always think of it as a whole.

Ernst's experience of living in Africa made him have a different view of East Africa, at least he has come into contact with many East Africans with good personalities, of course, there are also some people who specialize in looking at Chinese people unpleasantly, good and bad, so this is also the reason why Ernst generally does not choose to exterminate East Africans.

However, in order to avoid trouble, it is better to let them leave East Africa in the end, so that it is friendly to everyone.

Speaking of Zimbabwe, even under the surveillance of the Kingdom of East Africa, the food production of the Shona people is probably sparse, but the low yield of food grown by two million people can greatly alleviate the pressure on food supply.

In addition to military considerations, the most important thing in Zimbabwe's tuntian fields is to open up fields, and many Ndebele landowners used to be engaged in animal husbandry, so Zimbabwe did not have much farmland.

Let the Shona people open up the land first, and when the subsequent immigrants take over the fields, it is also convenient to transform, and the reclamation is a technical work, like the indigenous slash-and-burn farming method can only be used in the early stage, and the later field transformation still depends on the immigrants to complete.

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