African Entrepreneurship Record

It can be said that Santos misjudged this time. He never thought that the Germans would take action against the Kingdom of Kazembe so soon, or that the Germans would dare to take action in the Kingdom of Kazembe.

So much so that he mistakenly regarded this operation in East Africa as a Portuguese colonial operation. In addition, the younger brother did not inquire clearly about the information, which deepened his judgment.

But one thing he was right in his analysis was that the Portuguese in the Cazembe Kingdom did not regard him as one of their own. After all, it was unreasonable for Santos to bring a bunch of "lost dogs" and want to occupy a third of the land here.

East Africa sent envoys to Kazembe to ask for "criminals" and land. The Portuguese Kazembe Chamber of Commerce did get the news, but they did not inform Santos and his party.

In fact, the Portuguese Kazembe Chamber of Commerce was also shocked by the efficiency of the East Africans. According to the Portuguese colonial routine, they generally try to avoid conflicts with local forces.

The Portuguese have always liked to use soft and hard tactics, and they will only resort to tough methods when they cannot be deceived. This can be seen from the two colonies of Mozambique and Angola.

The Kingdom of Portugal encourages intermarriage between Portuguese and indigenous high-ranking officials because the Portuguese believe that Portugal's management of the colony can be strengthened through high-ranking indigenous people with Portuguese blood.

Portugal's first colonial activities in Africa were actually cooperation with indigenous chiefs. At that time, the slave trade was still prevalent.

The chiefs were equivalent to the "suppliers" of the Portuguese. Later, when the Portuguese became bigger in the area, they turned these chief tribes and kingdoms into their own vassal states. Later, the colonies of Mozambique and Angola came into existence.

In fact, the Portuguese colonization was the most formal way of colonization. It was gradual and would change with the times. In addition, the colonial history was very early, and it was a living "textbook" of colonization.

Later, the British did not talk about military ethics and went straight to the point of snatching ready-made products from other colonists. Now the East Africans let the Portuguese experience a simpler and more crude colonial method. They started fighting whenever they disagreed. This is indeed the style of the Prussian barbarians. , the British will at least test the quality of the enemy first.

East Africa has long known the quality of the natives. Beating the natives is now just a game for East Africa.

East Africa's confidence comes from its two million immigrants. If the international situation is not considered, these two million people can conquer half of Africa.

Other colonists will consider costs when colonizing, so some are here to make a fortune, not to do charity. It is generally difficult to make decisions about long-term investment. After all, there is no place to cry after being picked.

The British have made some achievements in India, but India's population base is too large and it is destined to be independent in the future.

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"I am Yaris, the president of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Kazembe. I wonder what your name is?"

Yaris, president of the Portuguese Kazembe Chamber of Commerce, arrived belatedly.

"Andrew."

"Mr. Andrew! Why did you start this war against the Kazembe Kingdom without even saying hello?" President Yaris asked.

“This is a matter between our East African government and the Kingdom of Kazembe, hum!”

Just as Yaris was about to have a fit, he was stopped by Rolls.

"Mr. Yaris, right? Hello, I am the staff officer of the 1st East African Cavalry Battalion. You can just call me Rawls.

Battalion Commander Andrew is not good at communicating with others and is rather withdrawn. If you have any questions, just tell me. "

Yaris looked carefully at Rawls, a young man with an oriental face, and asked, "Can you represent the East African government?"

Rawls shook his head and said: "I cannot represent the East African government, but I can represent the army in front of you."

Yaris did not ask about the war first, but said: "Mr. Rawls! Are you German?"

"certainly!"

"I wonder where in Germany you are from?"

"Prince of Hechingen, Prussia."

"Your face is not common in Europe. I thought you were from Italy!"

Rawls didn't answer, and Yaris turned his attention back to the war.

"I wonder why you want to launch a war against the Kazembe Kingdom?"

Regardless of whether this matter has anything to do with the Portuguese, Yaris must first express the attitude of the Portuguese. The East African government is so unreasonable. Even if you want to annex the Kingdom of Kazembe, you must inform us! They called directly to the capital of Kazembe without making any noise, so much so that Yaris didn't dare to go out in the morning.

"Mr. Yaris, we had a deal with King Msili of the northern Yeke Kingdom and acquired the ownership of the Yeke Kingdom. However, the Kazembe Kingdom invaded our East African territory when we took over the Yeke Kingdom. A few days ago we The begging was fruitless, so I came up with this strategy."

Rawls seems to be explaining, but in fact he is informing that it is legal for East Africa to attack the Kingdom of Kazembe, and the Kingdom of Kazembe will naturally have to pay a price. It is as simple as that. As for the price, there is no comment.

"Even if there is something wrong with the Kingdom of Kazembe, it is not necessary to use force directly! Moreover, the Kingdom of Kazembe should be invading your country's border territory. You only need to take back the Kingdom of Kazembe and encroach on your territory. Why bother? Go straight into this place and capture the palace of the Kazembe Kingdom! This is too barbaric and not the behavior of a civilized world!"

"Mr. Yaris, this is wrong. Of course, East Africa is part of the civilized world, but Kazembe does not belong to the civilized world. We in East Africa naturally have an obligation to help the Kingdom of Kazembe enter the civilized world."

Yaris saw that Rolls was incompetent, and he had said such shameless words when he was young, so he did not intend to get entangled in it, and simply asked: "What do you plan to do with the Kingdom of Kazembe?"

"Of course this is not something I, a little soldier, can decide. It depends on what the central government decides. If you want to know the answer, you can go to Dar es Salaam and ask the government officials."

Rawls obviously knew the answer, but he pretended not to know, unable to reveal the true purpose of East Africa. Yaris changed his explanation.

"Since your country hasn't made a decision yet, I won't ask these questions. I want to know when you plan to leave? You are one of the officers of this army. I think you know the answer, right?"

"We naturally have no right to mobilize the troops to leave before receiving orders from our superiors." Rawls said smoothly.

At this moment, Rawls felt a chill in his heart, it was so disgusting! But Rawls finally knew that East Africa had evil plans against Kazembe. It was false that he had no right to transfer, but it was true that he refused to leave.

However, the Portuguese Kazembe Chamber of Commerce was naturally too weak to interfere in the East African government's decision-making, so Yaris turned to ask about East Africa's attitude towards the Portuguese Kazembe Chamber of Commerce.

"Your chamber of commerce can rest assured. You can continue to stay here and business and trade can continue as usual."

Before East Africa completely controls this place, there is really nothing that can be done against them. They cannot kill people and silence them, so they will maintain the status quo for now.

"By the way, is this person one of yours?" Rawls asked, pointing to Santos in the distance.

Santos was lying on the ground, his eyes were distracted, and he was still muttering something softly at the corner of his mouth.

Yaris hurried forward to confirm: "Santos! Santos?"

Yaris looked at Santos, who was already in a state of confusion. He repeatedly said something about friendly forces, and he also slapped Santos.

"Pa, Santos, wake up!"

Although Yaris usually dislikes Santos, he is "one of his own" after all, so he still wants to know what happened to make Santos, who was still alive and kicking some time ago, become like this.

"What did you do to our people?" Seeing that Santos could not be woken up, Yaris asked the East African soldiers.

"Are you sure he's one of your people? Yesterday, this guy attacked us with weapons, and he ended up like this after we captured him alive! Can I understand that your Chamber of Commerce organized this sneak attack?" Rawls asked rhetorically. .

Hearing the East African's backlash, Yaris hurriedly pushed Santos away and said: "Misunderstanding, actually I don't know this person at all, but he looks a bit like an old friend of mine. After repeated confirmation, I am sure that he is just a long-haired man." There is just a slight resemblance, but they are definitely not my former friends!"

"That's good. This guy launched a surprise attack on us yesterday when we were cleaning the battlefield. There were eighty-eight of them, each with a gun. Several of our people were injured by them." Rawls said.

"These guys must be gangsters on the African grasslands and have nothing to do with our Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Rawls." Yaris insisted.

"No matter what, it's still a human life. We have no intention of executing him. If you don't mind it, just take him away!" Rawls suggested.

"Mr. Rawls, you are really good at joking. The gangster will suffer for himself, so just let him fend for himself. But you are really a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and you still show mercy to such people."

Looking at Santos who had no use value, Yaris said with a wry smile, but in his heart he cursed Santos for being such a loser. There were so many people, and he still caused such little damage to the Germans through a sneak attack!

But this is good, at least it shows that the group of Prussian barbarians in front of them are really capable. With this set of equipment, Yaris doubts whether they are regular Prussian troops.

As for taking him back, Yaris has already determined that Santos is crazy. He just hinted at Santos (referring to slapping him) and he didn't respond. He is probably useless.

Moreover, these Germans must have some conspiracy in mind. Yaris maliciously speculated that the excuse for the war between these Prussian barbarians against the Kingdom of Kazembe was to accommodate the rebels of the Yeke Kingdom and invade the territory of East Africa. If Yaris really took Santos back, wouldn't it be a big deal? It is confirmed that Santos’s actions yesterday were instigated by the Cazembe Chamber of Commerce.

Thinking of this, Yaris greeted the Santos family again in his heart. Although Yaris did not have a good impression of the Germans, the situation was stronger than the people. This place was far away from the Portuguese colonies, and the Kazenbe Chamber of Commerce was weak, so he could only express his anger. Take it out on Santos.