Rise of Empires: Spain

In early June 1874, the expedition captain Medino set foot on the port of Spain, and he was full of emotion.

Although he was Italian, he had been exploring Africa for nearly four years, and he missed his home in Spain very much.

After taking the train all the way to Madrid, Medino did not have much time to return to his house, nor did he have time to reminisce with his brother Jyoti.

He went straight into the Royal Palace of Madrid and reported to Carlo the gains and various discoveries of the four years of exploration.

Carlo was still very happy to see Medino after four years. "Metino, welcome back to Spain. You have worked hard in the exploration in the past few years. I will not forget your contribution. You and Anthony are both the heroes of the discovery of new land this time."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Medino nodded respectfully, and reported all his exploration data over the past four years, as well as more detailed topographic maps, what he saw, heard, and gained along the way to Carlo.

The information delivered by Medino himself must be more detailed and accurate. This is also unavoidable. After all, only by delivering it to Carlo in person can we ensure that the information will not be leaked on the way back to Spain.

Although the previous information is correct, some parts have been blurred to ensure that it is not so accurate, so that when other countries and cities find these information, they can be delayed for a longer time.

"Your Majesty, on the way upstream along the Congo River, we found many minerals. However, in order to prevent the suspicion and hostility of local African natives, we did not conduct a detailed investigation.

But what can be ensured is that the Congo River Basin has relatively rich mineral resources. We have discovered a lot of copper and iron mines, and there may even be diamond mines." Medino continued to report.

The exploration of Africa must not only determine whether there is fertile land in the Congo River Basin, but also determine whether this area has rich mineral resources.

According to the results of the current exploration, the Congo River Basin definitely has relatively rich mineral resources. Although it is not yet certain whether there are more precious minerals such as gold and silver mines, the value of copper and iron mines is also not low.

Carlo nodded. Although he knew how rich the mineral resources in the Congo River Basin were, this kind of thing obviously could not be said.

The fact that Medino was able to learn about the mineral resources in the Congo River Basin proved that he had done practical things during the expedition, rather than just completing the purpose of the expedition and ignoring the role of the expedition.

Looking at Medino, who was obviously much thinner, Carlo walked up and patted him on the shoulder, smiling and said: "Okay, the affairs of the Congo River Basin have been handed over to the government, and colonial development will be carried out soon.

Your most important task now is to have a good rest and enjoy life by the way. It shouldn't be easy to spend four years in Africa, right? Don't worry, when the colonial development of the Congo River Basin is on the right track, I will commend you and all the members of the expedition team for your contributions one by one.

This time you are the first to take the credit, and I have decided to grant you the title of count. The mission of the expedition is over, what are your plans for your future work?"

Metino is Garibaldi's eldest son. He was able to follow Carlo to Spain, and he was obviously ready to be a die-hard fan.

Carlo felt guilty enough for letting Medino go on an expedition to Africa. The mission of the expedition was successfully completed. Next, it was time to reuse Medino and commend his merits.

Hearing the news that he was about to be awarded the title of earl, Medino smiled respectfully, but he was not humble at all.

He also knew how much merit he had made in this expedition, and it was unnecessary to be too humble. More importantly, he was Carlo's confidant, and it was strange that he was not reused and rewarded.

But when it comes to his future plans, Medino does not have too many plans. In more than four years in Africa, Spain has undergone major changes. He doesn't know much about the current situation in Spain, so naturally he doesn't know what department he should go to and what position he should hold.

"Your Majesty, I haven't considered future plans yet. If Your Majesty has any orders, I am willing to go to any position as long as I can be loyal to Your Majesty." Medino said indifferently.

Such a dangerous thing as the African expedition has been successfully completed, and Medino really has nothing to worry about other positions.

You know, African expeditions in this era can be said to be full of dangers. The danger does not refer to the indigenous tribes in the interior of Africa, but also to the unknown diseases and viruses in the African primeval forests.

The biggest reason why the European powers' colonial development of Africa remained on the coast is because there are all kinds of terrible diseases in the primeval forests in the interior of Africa.

This African expedition will go deep into the Congo River Basin, facing unknown African natives and unknown diseases. In addition to his ability, Medino must have a lot of luck to discover the plains in the Congo River Basin, because those who are not lucky have died on the road of exploration.

Hearing Medino say this, Carlo smiled and nodded, and had his own plan: "Since you don't have any plans, go to the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau to work.

Temporarily serve as the deputy director of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau, and I will have other plans for your work in the future. I only have one request for you, that is, during your tenure at the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau, learn the intelligence work capabilities of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau, and be as familiar with and master the various departments of the Intelligence Bureau as possible."

Although the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau is not a formal organization, it has an irreplaceable position in Carlo's heart.

Medino served as the director of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau not to take over Kadir's job, but to independently create a new intelligence department after becoming familiar with the specific work process of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau.

Yes, Carlo has the intention to establish a new intelligence department.

It's not that Carlo doesn't trust the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau and Kadir. Kadir's work ability and loyalty can be guaranteed, and Carlo is quite confident in the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau under his leadership.

But there can't be only one such important intelligence department, which will make the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau overly redundant and cause some errors and arbitrariness in intelligence.

Although such a problem will not occur now, who can guarantee that the director of the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau will still be loyal to the royal family in the next few decades?

The purpose of establishing another intelligence department is to let the two major intelligence departments supervise each other and complement each other.

Carlo has already thought of the name of the other major intelligence department, which is the Spanish Military Intelligence Bureau. The main areas of responsibility of the Military Intelligence Bureau are also very simple, that is, military foreign intelligence, sending spies abroad, arresting spies at home, etc.

After the establishment of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Royal Security Intelligence Bureau's military intelligence organization can be transferred to the Military Intelligence Bureau.

The Royal Security Intelligence Bureau is responsible for comprehensive intelligence exploration at home and abroad, supervision and review of officials and parliamentarians, and monitoring of nobles and parliament, etc.

Hearing Carlo's appointment, Medino nodded without hesitation and said very respectfully: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Within a few days, the news of the rebellion in the Philippine colony was quickly reported back to Spain. Because the specific actions were top-secret intelligence, many people were not prepared for the rebellion in the Philippine colony.

Under the indulgence of Prime Minister Primo and Carlo, there was even a certain panic in Spain, and parliamentarians asked the government to quickly send troops to quell the rebellion in the Philippines.

Why panic? Of course, they were worried that the Philippines would evolve into a large-scale rebellion like Cuba.

It took more than half a year to quell the rebellion in Cuba, and it also caused unimaginable economic losses to the Cuban colony. Although the economic value of the Philippine colony is not as great as that of Cuba, it is still the largest colony of Spain and is of great importance.

After waiting for the news of the rebellion in the Philippines to ferment for a period of time, the Spanish government officially issued an order to urgently dispatch a colonial garrison regiment from the South Morocco colony to the Philippines to quell the rebellion and stabilize the situation in the Philippines.

The Spanish government did not conceal the news of the rebellion in the Philippines. As a neighbor of Spain, the Portuguese government naturally learned about the news of the rebellion in the Philippines.

After learning the news, the Portuguese government was relieved. At least it can be ensured that in the short term, the Spanish government will focus on the Philippines instead of Portugal.

After loading thousands of soldiers, the Spanish transport fleet went south along the African coast in a fair and mighty manner.

In fact, there is a shortcut from Spain to the Philippines, that is, to cross the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal directly to the Indian Ocean, and then cross the Strait of Malacca to the Philippines.

But such a route obviously does not pass through Guinea, so it was abandoned from the beginning.

In order to make the choice of route look reasonable, the landing place of the army of the South Morocco colony was chosen at the port of Ifni.

This place is close to the Canary Islands of Spain, and it is not abrupt to continue driving south. After all, it has entered the Atlantic Ocean and is far away from the Mediterranean Sea.

The army has set off, but the colonial development of the Congo River Basin has just begun. Whether it is building railways or building more and larger colonial outposts, Guinea must be used as a transit point.

This also means that Spain must increase its development efforts in Guinea in the future so as not to arouse suspicion from others.

The Spanish government also attaches great importance to the land in the Congo River Basin. Because this land is not far from Spain, it is much closer than the Philippines.

As long as such land can successfully obtain sovereignty, the future control will be much smoother. Although there are many indigenous people on these lands, Spain’s colonial policy does not care about these indigenous people at all.

There used to be a large number of indigenous people in Cuba, Argentina, Chile and other places. But now looking at these countries and regions, most of the population are Spanish or mixed-race Spanish, and the local indigenous population is very small, or even disappeared.

Such a policy is also the colonial policy of other European countries, and it is also the policy of the entire colonial era.

Why doesn’t Carlo worry about the possibility that colonizing Africa will lead to the blackening of Spain? Because this possibility will basically not happen.

The reason why the United States and France were blackened is that they relied too much on black labor and made these black laborers one of the main populations in their own countries.

With more black populations, they will naturally gather together to fight for more power. As long as this can be avoided, Spain can ensure that it will not be blackened.

How to do it? Of course, these black populations are imprisoned in the colonies forever, those who should be killed are killed, those who should be exploited are exploited, and the reproduction of the black population is reduced.

If they can't be dealt with, they will be driven out of the colonies, causing headaches for other colonial countries. In the Spanish mainland and Morocco, which will be localized in the future, blacks are not allowed to appear.

Kill one if you come, deal with one if you smuggle, the method is so simple.

Carlo is quite glad that he was reborn in this era, not 40 years after the First World War. If he was reborn in the First World War 40 years later, even if he wanted to massacre and transfer these black populations on a large scale, it would probably not be so easy.

Because the European powers at that time wiped their own butts very well, they would in turn question and condemn those countries that abused the indigenous people.

But in fact, the indigenous massacres they caused were even more cruel. The Indians in the American continent are the most obvious example, but whether Americans or Europeans, they will cover up this example and try their best to claim that they are civilized countries.

Although the main force in colonizing the Congo River Basin is the Spanish government, Carlo certainly cannot rely entirely on the power of the government.

After all, this land will establish a royal territory in the future. If the royal family does not contribute much, how can it control this land in the future?

At the same time as the colonial garrison set off for Guinea, Carlo also gave an order to Butler Loren, which was to order the royal family's enterprises to invest in the construction of railways in the Congo River Basin, and to take the lead in establishing a mining company with the government to develop the mineral resources here.

The advantage of colonizing a new land is that the mineral resources on this land can be developed at will. The opinions of these natives are not important at all. The natives who dare to resist can be killed directly, and they can even establish their authority by eliminating several native tribes to ensure that these natives will not make trouble during the mining process.

But if they cooperate in the development of mineral resources within the sphere of influence of other countries, there will be many problems and troubles.

First of all, the mining of mineral resources is not so arbitrary, and even the opinions of local people must be taken into account.

Of course, the mining company established by the royal family must also have a suitable name before entering Africa. Caroline has thought of the name of this mining company to be established, that is, the African United Mining Company, and the company's business is to explore and mine mineral resources in Africa.

Of course, because it is a Spanish company, it is reasonable for the company's main exploration area to be located in the Spanish colonies.

The good news at present is that the land in the Congo River Basin has not been taken seriously by other countries. Although Portugal has colonies nearby, their colonies are located on the coast of the Kingdom of Congo, which is already south of the Congo River.

And Portugal is not a big threat to Spain. If Portugal and Spain compete for colonization in the Congo River Basin, I believe the British will not object too much.

After all, it is a good thing for the Portuguese to hold back the Spanish, which can ensure that Spain will not focus on Gibraltar.

Although the British are not too afraid of Spain, considering the importance of Gibraltar, it is better to find something for Spain to do.

As for how valuable the land in the Congo River Basin is, the British don't really care. Because Britain's colonies are all over the world, is the land in the Congo River Basin more important than India?

Besides, Britain does not have a corresponding colonial layout on the African continent. And the British pay more attention to the vertical line from Egypt to South Africa. Whether the Congo River Basin is in such a vertical layout and what is the situation inside the African continent are all issues worth thinking about.

In addition to the colonization of the Congo River Basin Plain, there is another great piece of good news for Carlo, that is, the British private shipyard that was previously targeted has successfully completed the acquisition process, and the first batch of equipment and important production materials and ship design drawings dismantled by the shipyard are already being transported.

This shipyard may not be a big deal for the British. It can only be considered relatively large among private shipyards, but not much bigger.

However, it is still very beneficial for Spain to receive such a large shipyard. Because it is a shipyard purchased by the royal family, this shipyard will eventually be received by the Royal Guarnizo Shipyard.

After receiving these equipment and related materials, the Royal Guarnizo Shipyard will also greatly enhance its shipbuilding foundation.

At the same time, it can also absorb some advanced understanding and experience of the British in shipbuilding. Although Spain's history in the shipbuilding industry is also not bad, it is undeniable that the current Britain is the most powerful country in the navy, and the British shipbuilding industry is also the most powerful in the world.

There is no harm in absorbing the British experience in shipbuilding, but it can also allow Spain to make some progress.

This British private shipyard was worth as much as 1.5 million pounds before the economic crisis, but the royal family only spent 11 million pesetas to buy it, which was lower than the expected 13 million pesetas.

11 million pesetas is worth only about 420,000 pounds, which is only about a quarter of the original value of the shipyard.

This also proves the cruelty brought to these private enterprises by the economic crisis. A large enterprise that has worked hard to run may have nothing left in the economic crisis.

It is already very good that the shipyard can still be sold for 420,000 pounds. Many companies can only resell at a low price of one-tenth or even one-tenth of the price because they can't bear the economic pressure this time.

The money from the sale has to be used to repay the large amount of debt caused by the economic crisis. In fact, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as losing all the money.

Speaking of the development of industrial technology, it is actually very difficult for Spain to catch up with the great powers or to close the gap with its strength.

It is precisely because of this that Carlo has already found a partner for Spain, that is, Italy, where the two countries have the same royal family.

Although Italy is also considered a great power, its comprehensive strength is actually not much different from that of Spain. In fact, Spain's foundation and technical level in some aspects are stronger than Spain. After all, it was once an empire on which the sun never sets.

As a country that has been independent for a short time, Italy does not have any colonies. Moreover, Italy is located in the Mediterranean, and it is restricted by other countries if it wants to go out of the Mediterranean.

In this case, Italy cannot become stronger on its own. The union of Spain and Italy is possible, not only because the royal families of the two countries are one family, but also because Spain and Italy both have a competitor, France.

For Italy, the areas that are close to the mainland and have the hope of becoming colonies are Tunisia and Libya.

But the French are also eyeing this area. It is not so easy for Italy to take Tunisia, and it can even be said that the probability is very low.

Although Spain did not participate in the colonization of Tunisia, the French also had a presence in the colonization of Morocco.

In addition to the opposition of the British, the opinions of the French are also a very important part of Spain's desire to colonize Morocco.

In this case, Italy and Spain do have the possibility of getting closer. The scientific research strength of the two countries combined may barely be comparable to that of the great powers.

It is precisely because of this that in Carlo's plan, some scientific research fields need to cooperate with Italy so that they can work together.

Of course, even if they cooperate with Italy, some research cooperation in certain aspects will definitely not be close.

However, as long as the scientific research strength of the two countries can be combined to catch up with the great powers, Carlo's original purpose can be met.

The cooperation with Italy is destined to be short-term. When the scientific research projects of the two countries have made certain progress, it may be time for the cooperation to end.

However, the premise of ending the cooperation must be that the cooperation between the two sides has certain results. As long as there are certain research results, this cooperation is actually not a loss for both Italy and Spain.

Prime Minister Primo also approves of the attitude of cooperating with Italy. If Spain wants to achieve a strong goal, it must unite all friends that can be united.

At least Italy is still a friend of Spain, and naturally it is also within the scope of Spain's wooing.

After Carlo and Prime Minister Primo set the tone, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and some companies also took quick action and went to Italy and other countries to seek friendly cooperation.

Close cooperation at the national level is unlikely, but there is still great hope for friendly cooperation between these private companies.

In addition to Italy as the main cooperation target, small countries such as Austria-Hungary, Portugal, the Netherlands and Belgium are also on the list.

The scientific research capabilities of these small countries are certainly not as good as those of Spain and the great powers, but the combined capabilities are also quite excellent.

If the scientific research capabilities of these countries can be used to provide assistance for the scientific research of certain industries in Spain, then such an action will not be a loss.

Under the contact of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spanish companies have gone abroad and looked for partners to cooperate in European countries.

Such cooperation will certainly not involve some more important industries and research directions, but those more popular directions can still cooperate, such as steel smelting, oil mining, etc.

Of course, the cooperation with these countries and these companies cannot be successful, and even most of them will fail.

But it doesn't matter. As long as part of it can be successful, it proves that such actions are not in vain. Moreover, the research in these fields is not just a change in a certain field, it may also cause a qualitative change in the entire industry.

Both the Spanish government and private enterprises attach great importance to such cooperation, and even other governments including Italy are happy to see such cooperation.

Both parties have the right to use patents in the cooperative research projects, which takes care of the interests of both parties. This is also the reason why other countries are willing to cooperate.

If it were not for the impact of the economic crisis, perhaps such cooperation could achieve better results. However, it happened that the economic crisis made other powerful countries not focus on Spain, so Spain's high-profile cooperation with other countries' companies did not attract much attention.

Once the land in the Congo River Basin was discovered, it brought great pressure to the Spanish government. Of course, it was not the pressure of colonial competition.

In the land of the Congo River Basin, the only Europeans who have set foot on it are Spanish people, which is still worth affirming and reassuring.

The reason why the Spanish government felt pressured was that it had to take into account the development of colonies while completing the original five-year development plan.

In particular, the transportation department was responsible not only for building railways in Spain, but also for building railways in the Congo River Basin.

The domestic railway is related to the successful completion of the five-year development plan, and the railway in the Congo River Basin is related to the smooth development of the colony. Neither can be delayed.

The same is true for the industrial sector. Although there is no need to build any large factories in the colonies, the mining and transportation of minerals still need to be the responsibility of the industrial sector.

The agricultural sector is even more needless to say. The plains in the Congo River Basin have hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land. If all these lands are fertile and suitable for arable land, Spain will have a great improvement in agriculture.

Moreover, there are a large number of indigenous people in Africa who can be used as labor. Forcing these African indigenous people to cultivate plantations and farms built in Spain can not only ensure the production of crops, but also reduce labor costs.

Think about it carefully, isn't this another America? Although the area of ​​this America is very small, it is currently divided by only one country, Spain.

If this land can be completely occupied, the improvement brought to Spain is no less than the discovery of the New World. Spain can also rely on reforms and the discovery of the "New America" ​​to become a powerful country again, jump out of the big chessboard of Europe, and become a chess player, not a chess piece.

Yes, the current European continent is like a huge chessboard. The chess players are only five powers, Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Russia, and even Italy has not yet gotten rid of the status of a chess piece.

The remaining secondary powers and small and medium-sized countries are all chess pieces, and their interests are only in the mind of the chess player.

Whether Spain is strong or not depends on whether Spain is the flag holder. And the sign of whether Spain is the flag holder is whether Spain can take back Gibraltar and let other chess players see the strength of Spain.

About half a month later, Guinea finally received news that the army had successfully landed. This also relieved the Spanish government and Carlo, because it means that the current plan is very successful, and the colonial development of the Congo River Basin is about to get on track.

Before developing the colony in the Congo River Basin, Carlo had already selected the future governor of this land.

Manuel Macias Icasadu, a young officer under 30 years old.

There are many reasons for choosing Manuel. First of all, Manuel is a pure Spaniard, and Carlo currently needs to reuse Spaniards to express his trust in Spaniards.

Secondly, Manuel was born in an officer family and entered the army at the age of 17. He has excellent military ability.

His father is a staunch conservative and was once a local councilor in Madrid. Since Carlo became the King of Spain, Manuel's father has repeatedly expressed his support for the monarchy and Carlo, and has also entered Carlo's attention list.

However, Manuel's father is almost 60 years old, and his ability is not very outstanding. His highest position is the regional councilor of Madrid, and he retired with the rank of major in the army.

Fortunately, he still attaches great importance to the training of his son. Manuel inherited his father's career and joined the army at the age of 17. At the age of 29, he has surpassed his father's highest rank and is currently a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish Army.

For Manuel, Carlo has asked the Royal Security Intelligence Agency to inspect him several times. In the process of suppressing the rebellion in Cuba, Manuel also made considerable contributions and fought very bravely.

After returning to Spain, he was also very supportive of the military reform and successfully served as one of the commanders of the garrison regiment in the southern Morocco colony.

After the plan to colonize the land in the Congo River Basin was established, Manuel was recommended by Carlo as the head of the garrison army in the Congo River Basin.

The garrison regiment he led had set off with the transport fleet and had successfully arrived in the Guinea colony, preparing to enter the upper reaches of the Congo River without attracting the attention of the Portuguese.

Prime Minister Primo would naturally not object to Manuel's recommendation by Carlosso. After all, since this land has been determined to be built into a royal territory, the government naturally has no power to refute.

Prime Minister Primo still knows this self-knowledge, and he is unwilling to conflict with Carlo on this matter. After all, Spain's reform is about to succeed. If it is abandoned halfway due to some accidents, Prime Minister Primo's efforts in the past few years will be in vain.

The perspective comes to the Spanish Guinea colony, where Manuel has just landed with his troops.

Although Manuel is less than 30 years old, his military career has lasted for more than 12 years, and he can be regarded as an experienced commander.

His lieutenant colonel was not obtained by accumulating qualifications, but by participating in one battle after another and relying on military merit.

Lieutenant colonel is not considered a senior officer in Spain, but it is still rare to be a 29-year-old lieutenant colonel.

Manuel still has a long time to accumulate qualifications and establish merit in the future. As long as he does not make any big mistakes in his military career and goes smoothly, it will not be difficult to become a general in the future.

The rank of general can be regarded as a senior officer in any country, and the same is true in Spain.

Manuel was born in an ordinary officer family. It is quite good for him to have such an achievement. He is definitely a leader among the more than 10 million civilians in Spain.

After setting foot on the land of Africa, Manuel also understood the difficulty of his task.

The garrison he led must enter the upper reaches of the Congo River Basin with absolute secrecy, protect the Spanish colonial strongholds established there, and help the teams arriving next to build railways, maintain order, etc.

At least until the Spanish colonial stronghold takes shape in this area, the Spanish army can be exposed to the eyes of other countries.

In addition to the local African indigenous tribes, their enemies also included the colonial armies of other surrounding countries. Even the local viruses and poisonous insects in Africa are their enemies, and they may kill Africa if they are not careful.

Before coming to Guinea, Manuel had already sent people to bring enough medicines, including quinine to treat malaria.

There are numerous types of malaria in the primeval forests of Africa. It was not until the discovery of quinine in 1820 that Europeans got rid of malaria in Africa.

Of course, compared with the more mature medical systems of later generations, the drugs used to treat malaria in this era were relatively simple and inefficient.

Quinine was indeed discovered in 1820, but although this substance extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree was effective in treating malaria in Africa, it also had serious side effects.

It is even possible that malaria patients are not killed by the malaria, but by the side effects of quinine.

But in any case, quinine is indeed the only and most effective way to treat malaria in Africa. It is also one of the drugs that expedition teams and other colonists must bring before entering Africa.

The good news was that while Manuel was carrying a limited amount of quinine, they could resupply through the colony of Guinea.

As a colony in Africa, it was normal for the Guinea colony to have quinine in circulation. It is also normal for Spain to transport quinine to Guinea, which also gives the army that is about to penetrate into the upper reaches of the Congo River a certain guarantee in terms of medicine.

After landing in Guinea, Manuel led the army all the way east, and within a few days reached the sphere of influence of the Baka people in the east.

This place is far away from the Portuguese and British colonies, and there is no need to worry about being discovered by other colonists. However, the disadvantage is that they have penetrated deep into the African continent, and Manuel and his soldiers are facing an unknown environment and enemies.

According to the topographic map provided by the expedition team, the Bantu settlement is just south of the Baka's sphere of influence.

The vast plain discovered by the expedition was within the sphere of influence of the Bantu people.

Naturally, it is impossible for all the troops to go to the upper reaches of the Congo River Basin. After all, it is an army of more than 2,000 people. Logistics management is enough to give Manuel a headache.

After careful consideration, Manuel decided to station the army base camp near the border between the Guinea colony and the Baka people, which would also facilitate the army to obtain supplies from Guinea.

A small number of troops went deep into the hinterland of the Baka people and stationed themselves where the Baka and Bantu peoples connected. To the south there is the upper reaches of the Congo River Basin, and it is not far from the plain area.

The army will not consider stationing in the plains until the colonial development of that area is well underway.

After all, if the military's logistical support cannot be provided, stationing the military there will become a burden.

The exploration team was able to persist for four years because of the burning, killing and looting of the local indigenous people. Coupled with the fact that the number of people in the expedition team was originally small, this ensured the logistics supply problem of the expedition team.

The number of troops is several times that of the expedition team, so it is naturally impossible to use such a method. Even if food for the army can be obtained through robbery, the supply of weapons and ammunition is always a problem.

Before a complete supply system and supply lines are established, it is best for large forces to be located around the Guinea colony to ensure the safety of supplies.

Although the base camp of the garrison was chosen close to Guinea, Manuel himself did not intend to stay around the Guinea colony.

Although it would be more dangerous to enter the Baka's sphere of influence to the east, it was also his responsibility as an army commander.

Moreover, greater danger also represents greater opportunity. Manuel's mission was to protect the newly established colonial strongholds in the upper reaches of the Congo River Basin, and to help the expedition maintain local order and establish extensive contacts with more local indigenous tribes.

Although subsequent colonial development will definitely squeeze these indigenous peoples, the establishment of early colonial strongholds does not necessarily eliminate all these indigenous peoples.

The most important thing at present is the widespread establishment of colonial strongholds and the establishment of colonies throughout the Congo River Basin based on colonial strongholds.

Before this step was completed, Spain would not consider massacres of the local indigenous people. After all, these newly established colonial strongholds still need to conduct certain trade with local indigenous tribes to solve the supply problem.

Although the local tribes' technological level and culture are relatively backward, their hunting methods are still quite powerful. Trade outposts allow you to purchase the prey hunted by these tribes, which is also a source of food.

If they really can't buy it, they will consider forcibly snatching it from nearby indigenous tribes. After all, the safety of these indigenous people is definitely not more important than the safety of the Spanish in the colonial stronghold. What's more, there are many indigenous people on this land. To put it simply, they can't be killed all.

The government acted quickly. Just a few days after Manuel led the army to land in the Guinea colony, the first team sent by the government had already arrived in the Guinea colony.

The mission of this team is to expand the population of the Hong Kong stock and river basin strongholds, and at the same time find a way to build a simple railway to connect the two regions of Guinea and the Congo River Basin.

Only by connecting these two regions can the logistics supply problem of the Congo River Basin stronghold be completely solved. Only by solving the logistics supply problem of the Congo River Basin stronghold can the army rest assured to be stationed on this land and protect these Spaniards for the next step of colonial development.

If you want to be rich, build roads first. This is an eternal truth in any region, even for colonization.

As for whether the railway passing through the territory of the Baka people will cause them to oppose, no one will care.

If the Baka people object, the worst thing is to make this land become a no-man's land. As for the Baka people living on this land, it is actually more suitable for them to sleep underground.

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