Because of its geographical relationship, Germany pays more attention to Portuguese East Africa than France, where Tanganyika borders with Portuguese East Africa, and French Equatorial Africa and Portuguese East Africa are separated by the Congo Free State and Nyasaland.

So the Portuguese asked for help from Germany and France, and France only had a retired president, but Germany had an active chief of the General Staff.

Schlieffen probably didn't expect that Roque would put aside the national state for the sake of three or two "insignificant" people, and the strict Germans estimated that they were frantically complaining about the "British" who were out of tune at this time.

"Well, I'll send a telegram to Your Majesty, but I don't promise it will have an effect." Fortunately, Schlieffen was not a madman like Wilhelm II.

Wilhelm II has now become the laughing stock of Europe, and when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, Wilhelm II demanded that the German troops fight like the "Huns", which led to the Germans in the Eight-Nation Coalition being nicknamed "Huns".

The word "Huns" is very negative in European society.

"Then let's talk about Portuguese East Africa." In fact, Roque did not expect Schlieffen's telegram to change anything, and if Wilhelm II, the madman, had listened to the persuasion, the First World War would not have broken out.

"Sir, I need a promise from you, that the war that took place in Portuguese East Africa must not take place in Tanganyika, as well as in South West Africa." Schlieffen came up and got straight to the point.

"No, no, no, Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, the war in Portuguese East Africa has nothing to do with Nyasaland, and I can't give you such a promise, which is neither reasonable nor legal." Roque would not give anyone a hand, even if everyone knew that it was Nyasaland who supported the Yao, Roque would resolutely refuse to admit it.

It is absolutely impossible to admit this kind of thing, not to mention that the Portuguese have no evidence, even if the Portuguese catch Lara or the scum, even if Lara or the scum confess to Roque, Roque will resolutely refuse to admit it.

"Sir, I think we need to be honest with each other." Schlieffen is still insisting that the military is indeed not suitable for chatting, and this is just the beginning, so he will talk directly about the topic.

"Sorry, Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, if you insist on this, then there is nothing to talk about between us, and if you think that I have anything to do with it, or the war between Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa, then you can go and alert the Portuguese, or go directly to London." Roque's face turned cold, if Schlieffen was still obsessed, then Roque would terminate all communication with Schlieffen.

It's not just about terminating the exchange, if Schlieffen is resolute, then Roque will send Zulu scouts into Tanganyika to find trouble with the Germans, although Germany has a large population and great war potential, but Roque is going all out, and it is enough for the Germans to drink a pot.

If Roque orders the Yao people to enter Tanganyika, then Tanganyika will not say that they will follow in the footsteps of Portuguese East Africa, at least the German colonial rule in Tanganyika will collapse instantly.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if Germany can maintain the order of colonial rule, then the cost of the Germans will increase exponentially, and when the cost of colonization and the output of the colony reach a critical point, and the input and output do not match, the colony will lose its meaning.

Otherwise, the Portuguese would not have sought negotiations.

"Well, sir, it's my formulation that is wrong, so let's talk about the situation in Portuguese East Africa, and what can be done to end the war in Portuguese East Africa as soon as possible?" Schlieffen is quite smart, and there is no way to go to the dark.

"To end the war, the Portuguese must give up part of their interests, and now we know that the Yao people's demand is for the Portuguese to withdraw from Portuguese East Africa, and to compensate the Portuguese for the losses caused to the Yao people and other Africans in Portuguese East Africa by colonizing Portuguese East Africa for 500 years. Luo Ke once again reiterated the demands of the Yao people.

In fact, the Portuguese also know this, and the Yao and Portuguese are now lions with big mouths, first putting forward a condition that is unacceptable to the other party, and then asking for a price to pay back on the spot.

It's just that the initiative is not on the side of the Portuguese now, and if the Portuguese pin their hopes on negotiations, then the Portuguese will definitely be disappointed, and Roque will not give the Portuguese a chance to breathe.

Just last night, the Yao people officially began to launch a frontal assault on Xigubo.

Luo Ke was reluctant to attack head-on because Luo Ke wanted to preserve the vitality of the Yao people.

Now there is no such concern, after the Yao people crossed the Zambezi River, the Ngoni and Zhaona people also joined the ranks of the revolt against the Portuguese, and the Yao people now drove the Ngoni and Zhaonai to attack Xigubo, which can be regarded as the name of the Ngoni and the Zhaona.

Before the Yao rebelled against the Portuguese, the Ngoni and the recruits watched from the other side.

Now that the Yao people are about to win, the Ngoni and the recruits want to come and pick peaches, how can it be so easy!

This time, the Yao did not destroy the telegraph line of Xigubo, and it is estimated that the Portuguese will get the news that the Yao people have begun to attack Xigubo head-on tomorrow at the latest, and then Roque does not believe that the Portuguese can still sit still.

"My lord, I want to remind you that if the Yao people win the final victory, then we are all in trouble." Schlieffen also knew that the Portuguese were in danger this time, and the reason why Schlieffen accepted the invitation of the Portuguese was not to "do justice" for the Portuguese, but to determine Roque's attitude.

Schlieffen's attitude was also very clear, if the Yao people could succeed in overthrowing the Portuguese rule, then the Africans in other African colonies would follow suit, and then everyone would be in trouble, so this precedent could not be set.

As for "justice", this is impossible between countries, to put it mildly, if the Portuguese are going to be unlucky, it would be good if the Germans did not fall into the ground, justice?

Dream on!

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, but that's not something we can decide." Roque doesn't care, the "rebellion" of Africans is indeed a trouble for other countries, but it is really not for Roque.

The reason why the Chinese can live in Nyasaland is that the only reliance on Roque is Roque, and in Nyasaland, if anyone wants to rebel, they don't need Roque to come forward, and the Chinese in Nyasaland will devour the rebels alive.

As for the Africans in the four colonies of the Cape, Roque is also not worried, on the contrary, Roque is actually most worried about the Boers, and the Boer War has just ended, the Boers have broken their backbones, and now they are unable to rebel even if they want to.

"Just because you're not worried, Sir, doesn't mean London isn't worried." Schlieffen spoke menacingly.

"Hehe-" Roque smiled silently.

Even if the threat is over, even if Britain enters the stage of strategic contraction, it is not comparable to Germany, there are still three catties of nails in the broken ship, don't look at Germany's GDP now exceeds that of Britain, that is only these two years, Britain's accumulation of more than 100 years since the Industrial Revolution is not a joke, how many years has Germany been reunified, not to mention that Britain's hair is thicker than Germany's waist, at least now Germany can't afford to fight a war costing 220 million pounds even if it smashes the pot and sells iron.

"So, the final request of the Yao people?" Schlieffen was only now sure he couldn't get what he wanted from Roque.

"Portugal renounced all territories north of the Savi River in Portuguese East Africa, recognized the Yao people's ownership of the territory north of the Savie, and compensated the Yao people for their losses in the war." Roque also opened his mouth and pushed the original boundary line south by at least 250 kilometers in one sentence.

"It can't be a lord, the Portuguese won't accept this plan." Schlieffen subconsciously refused, and if the Portuguese accepted this plan, then Portuguese East Africa would cease to exist.

The Savey River is the dividing line between Manica and Inhambone in the future, and the territory south of the Savey River in Portuguese East Africa is about 170,000 square kilometers, and about 630,000 square kilometers north of it.

What's more, the Yao people also demanded compensation from the Portuguese for their losses, which was simply a fantasy, and they had only heard that the colonial countries taxed in the colonies, and there was never such a thing as colonial countries compensating for the losses of the colonies.

"The Portuguese will take it." Roque was cold, of course the Portuguese did not want to accept this plan, but they did not accept it, because Xigubo was just south of the Sawe River, in other words, the entire territory north of the Sawe River had been actually occupied by the Yao.

Schlieffen was silent, clearly gauging the meaning of Roque's words.

"This condition is only limited to the time when Xigubo is captured by the Yao, and if the Yao occupy Xigubo and the Portuguese have not agreed to this plan, then the Yao will demand all Portuguese East African territories, including Lourenzo Marques." Roque's condition is time-limited, and now it depends on the determination of the Portuguese.

The determination of the Yao people is obvious, before the Ngoni and the recruits are dead, the Yao people will definitely not stop attacking Xigubo, now it depends on whether the Portuguese can hold on, hold on, this war is still fought, if it can't be held, then there is no need to negotiate.

If the Yao captured Xigubo, then the next attack on Lorenzo Marques would be a complete success, and at that time, the Yao would not accept the Portuguese's request for negotiation at all.

When he left the Johannesburg Police Station, Schlieffen was in a very heavy mood, and Roque's attitude was so resolute that Schlieffen had nothing to gain from Roque.

That evening, the Portuguese delegation in Johannesburg received the news that the Yao had begun to attack Xigubo.

At the strong request of the Portuguese, negotiations resumed that evening.

"There is no possibility of any compromise on our terms, and out of respect for Lord Nyasaland, we accept the mediation of Lord Nyasaland and can renounce our territorial claims south of the Sawe River, but this condition is time-limited, and if we occupy Sigubo and the negotiations are not over, then this condition will be abolished." The attitude of the scum was even tougher, if it weren't for Roque's intervention, the scum wouldn't even agree to this condition, in just one day, the Ngoni and the recruits had already occupied a third of the city of Sigubo, and now there was a brutal street fighting, and in three days at most, the Portuguese of Sigubo would be exhausted in the street fighting.

The biggest disadvantage of the Portuguese was that they were understaffed, so they could not hold on to the large number of Ngoni and recruits in street fighting, as everyone knows.

"We are negotiating, and all acts of war must stop!" Negotiating on behalf of Portugal was João Franco, the future Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Portugal, a hard-lined, but incompetent dictator.

"We didn't come to any agreement, so the war couldn't stop." The scum will certainly not agree to an armistice, and the Portuguese government will only agree to a sue for peace if the war continues and Portugal continues to shed blood.

Don't think how hard the Portuguese are, in 1890 the British issued an ultimatum to Portugal demanding that Portugal withdraw its troops stationed between Portuguese East Africa and Portuguese West Africa, which is effectively known as Nyasaland.

Subsequently, British warships blockaded the port of Lisbon and threatened Portugal with war, and under pressure, King Carlos I of Portugal agreed to the British demand.

This act also marks the complete failure of Portugal's "Pink Map Project".

The "Pink Map Project" is to link Portuguese West Africa (Angola) and Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique), which is in direct conflict with the "Two Cs" of the United Kingdom.

Carlos I's concession provoked a unanimous protest from the entire population, and the Republicans took the opportunity to accuse the government of weakness and incompetence and betrayal of national interests, claiming that all this was a consequence of the monarchy, and that to change all this, it was necessary to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic.

Therefore, the Portuguese really did not dare to carry it, and they did not have the ability to send troops to suppress the resistance of the Yao people, and the entire Portuguese kingdom was in turmoil.

"Lord Nyasaland, you should be responsible!" Joao Franco snapped at Roque.

Roque spread his hands, his expression extremely innocent.

Roque's mediation role was appointed by London, and Roque can only do his best, whether the mediation can be successful depends on the thoughts of the Yao people and the Portuguese, the Portuguese do not give any promises now, and they are not even willing to back down, blindly trying to delay time, so how can Roque mediate?

Not to mention that Roque can't help it, no one can do it, the Portuguese also invited Germans and French in order to put pressure on Nyasaland and the Yao people, and as a result, the Chief of the General Staff, His Excellency Schlieffen, was unwell today and did not appear at the negotiation meeting at all, and the former President was "dozing off" and did not know what was going on in the conference room.

After all, he is almost sixty years old, so be considerate.

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