Chapter 129: Driving the Portuguese

By the end of September, the British had withdrawn all their troops in East Africa, and the Portuguese had taken their own troops and some civilians, and more civilians had gone to Brazil.

Brazilians are a little gloating about the tragic plight of the suzerain, after all, the Portuguese have a rich political heritage in the international community, and as the world's number one Portuguese-speaking power, Brazil naturally believes that it should take over the political status and influence of the Kingdom of Portugal in the Portuguese-speaking world, just as Mexico always wants to replace Spain as the boss of the Spanish-speaking world.

However, Mexico's virtue is higher than the sky, it is destined to become a big thing, Spain itself is not old, the fig leaf has not been lifted by the United States, and a country like Mexico, which is eaten to death by the United States, has no face in the Spanish-speaking world.

Now there is a rapidly developing Argentina in the Spanish-speaking world, and even if Spain itself is not good, it will not be Mexico's turn to be the talker.

Of course, the history of the previous life ultimately proved that Spain, as a member of the Western world, was not comparable to other Spanish-speaking countries from the beginning to the end, and Mexico and Argentina were eventually submissive to the United States, including the Philippines, Cuba, and Venezuela, and the United States seemed to catch the wool of the original Spanish-speaking countries.

However, the typical polarization of Spanish-speaking countries is serious, there are Mexico and Venezuela who kneel directly, there are also Cuba and Venezuela, Paraguay and other small countries that dare to confront the power, of course, now Paraguay has been abolished, and the main energy is currently focused on economic development.

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Maputo.

Maputo is currently an important part of the eastern port of East Africa, and with the Portuguese economy, Maputo has developed as well as a city in East Africa.

Although Maputo's population has been greatly reduced, it can still rank among the eastern port cities, because it is too remote, Brazil did not send ships to pick up people here, so that now Maputo still has at least more than 20,000 Portuguese residents, of course, as a comprehensive international "big city" in southeast Africa, Maputo also has a large number of Arabs, Persians and Indians.

The Arabs and Persians here are mainly merchants, and in addition to mixing in Maputo, they also often carry out commercial activities in East African cities such as Dar es Salaam.

As a hegemon in the Indian Ocean, East Africa has a clear understanding of its means in the western Indian Ocean region, so it actively cooperates with East Africa's domination of Maputo.

"The price of the ferry back to Europe is double, of course, if you can take a ride on the boat yourself, or let the Portuguese government send you back, then you have the ability, if you want to stay in East Africa, you can do it, but everything must be arranged by the East African government."

As soon as the new mayor of Maputo, Hans Layton, took office, he began to issue an ultimatum to the Portuguese inhabitants of Maputo.

For Portuguese civilians, the attitude of the East African government was that they could become East African nationals, but after becoming East African citizens, it also meant losing their freedom.

Most of the Portuguese in Mozambique have small assets and are naturally unlikely to actively integrate into East Africa, so more people choose to return to Europe with their savings over the years.

Of course, East Africa is also picky, even if there are people who can't think of applying for East African citizenship, they have to pass the screening of East Africa, which has long passed the stage of hunger for immigrants.

"Ronal, are your family planning to go back to their homeland?" Griffin asked.

"Of course, it is not a wise choice to stay in East Africa now, after all, Portugal has long been at odds with East Africa, so it is hard to think that East Africa will be kind to those who stay." Ronald replied.

"You're right, but are your family going back to Portugal?"

"Yes, where else can we go but Portugal? You also know that my wife and children are locals, and I am afraid that I will not be welcomed when I go to other countries. ”

Griffin said: "I'm afraid the local situation will not be too good, so I still persuade you to develop in Brazil, I heard that Brazil has abolished slavery, and there are many black people in Brazil, and there will not be too much discrimination when you go there, but I am afraid that your family will not be integrated into it." ”

Hearing this, Ronald was also very worried, he said with a bitter face: "But we can't go to Brazil now, there are too few passing boats from Maputo, and the asking price is higher than that of East Africans, but East African ships provide routes to Lisbon, so it's hard to get a ticket." ”

"Alas, there is no other way but to leave Maputo, especially like your wife, East Africa treats blacks very harshly, and if you don't leave here, I'm afraid you will become slaves directly." Griffin said matter-of-factly.

East Africa has a lot of notoriety, especially in the former Portuguese colonies, and East Africa has always had a bad reputation, so most people have nothing but fear of East Africa.

East Africa knows this, but it is also happy to do it, after all, it is now wishing that the Portuguese would get out of here as soon as possible.

In the 19th century, there were not many so-called "good citizens" in the colonies, most of them were aggressive "thorns", or simply prisoners, the most typical of which were Australian prisons.

Therefore, East Africa naturally has little interest in the Portuguese residents left over from the Portuguese government, and the Boers have no choice, after all, the Boer Republic has been wiped out by East Africa, and there is no place to send it, and it is impossible for the Netherlands and Britain, the original Boer suzerainty, to receive these Boers.

The Portuguese are different, even if they don't go to Portugal, there are Portuguese Goa and Portuguese East Timor, these Portuguese colonies will definitely welcome Portuguese immigrants.

Especially in a colony like Portuguese Goa, which was under great pressure from India, it was difficult for the local Portuguese to maintain the interests of the local Portuguese without a certain population, especially after the complete disgrace of Portuguese proper.

Of course, now is not the time to send these people to Portuguese Goa, the East African government is currently trying to clean the pockets of the local Portuguese, and the price of a ferry ticket back to Portuguese mainland is not cheap.

After the economically powerful Portuguese are completely clean, East Africa will organize the delivery of the rest of the people to Portuguese Goa, which is on the west coast of India, not far from East Africa, so the ticket price is also half cheaper.

At this time, if the Portuguese Goa route is released, then most Portuguese people will decide with their butts that Portuguese Goa will be the first choice, so that East Africa will make less money.

Of course, if you have a way or means, you can also take a hitchhiker to leave East Africa, Maputo as a commercial port, there are many Arabs and Persians merchant ships passing by, and it is completely possible to leave East Africa through them.

There is no need to choose only Portugal, many immigrants from many countries are not taboo in meat and vegetarian, for example, the island of Madagascar next door is also a good choice, and the northern part of the island of Madagascar is currently French territory, and the quality of life ashore there will not be much worse.

It can be said that in the colonies of the world, white immigrants are relatively welcome, just like the United States, although the Anglo-Saxons are the ruling class, but the domestic population is actually mostly Irish, German, Italian, Slavic and so on.

The island of Madagascar is also the most cost-effective destination for the Portuguese at present, and the island can be a second-class citizen, as long as you obey the dispatch of the French government, you can basically continue to live a very nourishing life.

(End of chapter)