In February, the situation in the Congo Free State collapsed rapidly, with the withdrawal of big business, the fall of large swathes of central and eastern China, and the lack of effective response to the chaos of the Belgian government, even the connection between Leopoldville and Boma was severed.

Named after Leopold II, Leopoldville is the largest city in the Congo Free State, but it is not the political center of the Congo Free State, and Boma is the nominal capital of the Congo Free State.

After the outbreak of the rebellion, the rebels blew up the railway between Leopoldville and Boma, and only a small area around the mouth of the sea was still under the control of the Belgian government.

The topography of the Congo Free State is like a huge funnel, the body is located in the inland rainforest area, an area of more than 2 million square kilometers, and the mouth to the sea is extremely narrow, less than 30 kilometers.

Although most of the territory of the Congo Free State is controlled by the rebels, the Belgian government has not given up its ambitions for the Congo Free State, and the withdrawal of large enterprises after the rebellion has given the Belgian government a golden opportunity.

The problem is that in the face of the rebels, the Belgian government is unable to even form a counterinsurgency force, although the Belgian government insists on the ownership of the Congo Free State and refuses any "help" from neighboring countries, but the actual situation in the Congo Free State continues to deteriorate, and by the end of February, only a few white-controlled areas in the Congo Free State are still holding out, and even Leopoldville is besieged by the rebels.

The current rebels are also different from the unarmed rabble of the past.

Ever since the Africans in Portuguese East Africa succeeded in driving the Portuguese away, siege became the most effective means for Africans to deal with the colonizers.

Compared with Belgium and Portugal, the biggest advantage of the African region is human resources, as well as the complex geographical environment, in the past, when Africans and whites fought, because of the lack of understanding of white weapons, often took the initiative to attack the colonial army, and as a result, they ran into a bloody encounter in front of the strong fortifications built by the colonial army with superior weapons.

Now that the Africans have learned wisely, they no longer take the initiative to attack, give full play to their numerical superiority, take advantage of the complex geographical environment to adopt the method of encircling but not fighting, gradually depleting the material reserves of the colonial troops, and closing down the colonial forces to take the initiative to attack.

After the rebellion broke out in the Congo Free State, the lucky whites fled, and the unlucky whites disappeared silently, Roque originally began in early February, ready to gradually send the refugees in Nyasaland back to Europe in batches, but was rejected by most of the refugees, many refugees wanted to stay in Nyasaland and did not want to leave at all.

"Most of the white people in Africa chose to emigrate because they couldn't survive in Europe, and even we, the officials, chose to go to Africa to find another way out because they were not valued at home and had no hope of promotion, and those refugees from the Congo Free State are now penniless, all their property was lost in the rebellion, and most of them were reduced to the bottom of society after returning to Europe, so it is normal for them not to want to leave." Henry understands the mentality of white Africans, and Henry went to Africa to join the army because he did not have the right to inherit the title and was not valued in the family.

"Even if they stay in Nyasaland, they will be at the bottom of society, and there are no Africans in Nyasaland for them to enslave, and they are afraid that they will not be used to the way the Nyasaland farms are run." Roque is not optimistic about these refugees, if they have fought bloody battles with the rebels and are finally forced to go to Nyasaland, then Roque will give them some respect, forget it now, those cowards who fled without a fight are not worthy of pity at all.

This is indeed a stark contrast, in Nyasaland, even women have to take time out of their country each year to undergo a certain level of military training, just to have the ability to survive in the event of a disaster.

These refugees in Nyasaland are all plantation owners in the Congo Free State, hunting is the most enthusiastic sport of the white people in the Congo Free State, and they even shoot Africans in the Congo Free State for fun in their spare time.

"It's the same when you go back to Europe, and you don't even have a farm when you go back to Europe, you can only go into factories and be enslaved, and you can stay in Nyasaland at least have a farm, as long as you are not too lazy and incurable, it is still no problem to support your family." Henry also has no way to deal with this problem, Orange has already appeared "poor whites" who are not doing well and are forced to sell their farms, and whites are no longer high in Africa.

Most Boers choose to sell their farms and move to Canada or Australia to start their own businesses, but depending on their personalities, even if they re-emigrate, the outcome will not change.

Now because of the immigration policies of various countries, these wandering poor whites still have loopholes to exploit, and when countries realize this problem and gradually abolish the immigration policies, these whites will be completely reduced to poor whites, and no one can save them.

In fact, this is also normal, there are many poor white people in Europe now, and these white people in Africa were mostly poor white people before they came to Africa.

"Nyasaland has no extra land to allocate to them." Roque directly refused, there is a lot of vacant land in Nyasaland, but it is all for the Chinese, and there is not an inch of land redundant.

Refugees from the Congo Free State, even if they want to stay in southern Africa, are subject to the unified distribution of the federal government, and it is basically impossible to stay in Nyasaland, and it is possible for Natal or Basutolan.

In a few years, even Natal and Basutolan will have no vacant space to house these new immigrants, so Ade is lifting the immigration policy in phases.

"You don't have to be so obvious, there are only more than 1,000 people, and it doesn't take much land to settle them." Henry was dissatisfied, although Roque didn't say it, in fact, Nyasaland was extremely xenophobic, just look at the whites introduced by Nyasaland, unless they have a skill, or Nyasaland will definitely not accept it.

Of the ten states in southern Africa, Nyasaland is not the largest, but it has been expanding, and after annexing part of the land of Portuguese West Africa and the Congo Free State, the area of Nyasaland has now reached nearly 700,000 square kilometers, not including Lake Nyasaland and the North Sea, which are actually controlled by Nyasaland, and there are almost no white farmers in such a large area, which is an open secret in southern Africa.

Many white people, including Henry, also criticized Roque's approach, but Roque's reasons are sufficient, whites have obvious gaps with the Chinese in cultivation technology, diligence, management difficulty, etc., although Nyasaland is located on the border, but in the ten states of southern Africa, the degree of development is the best, and the Chinese are now also Afrikaners, so the whites who know the situation dare not raise it in person, and can only criticize behind their backs.

In the relationship between Henry and Roque, if there is something to say, it must be said in person, and there is no need to shy away from it.

"Come on, why don't you let them go to Favart?" Roque was even more dissatisfied, Favart's area was a little smaller, but it was no problem to accommodate more than 1,000 people.

"I think so, but I'm afraid they won't like it." Henry is also painful and happy, Favalt is full of steel factories and cement factories, and he makes a lot of money, but the environment is very poor, at the moment in 1911, not to mention any environmental pollution, the current level of economic development is not qualified to consider this problem.

When Roque and Henry complained, Feng Xun, who was in charge of managing the refugee camp, was also bitter.

There are no adult men in the camp now, and all the adult men are put on board the ship as soon as Roque decides to repatriate in batches, and they don't even know their destination.

Now the rest of the camp are women and children, and they don't know how to know that they are about to be repatriated, so they refuse to leave the camp, which makes Feng Xun very troubled.

"This is very close to the border, and the rebels may come at any time, so you have to get out of here and go to a safer place-" Feng Xun still tried to convince, facing a group of women and children who used tears as weapons at every turn, Feng Xun was indeed ruthless.

These women and children are not stupid, and during their time in the camp, as they get to know the Nyasalanders, they have finally found the right way to communicate with the Nyasalanders, and tears are their greatest weapon.

"Sheriff, don't lie to us, the rebels will never dare to enter Nyasaland, this is the safest place in the world-" Luisa, who wanted to stay in Nyasaland, said with tears in her eyes, the refugee camp was indeed very close to the border, but the rebels did not dare to go near the border at all, and they could not even hear the gunfire in the refugee camp.

"We're going to demolish this camp in a few days, and the rebels will definitely come back by then." Feng Xun was even frightened, but his soft tone really didn't have much deterrent power.

"It's okay, as long as we stay, we can build our own house, if the rebels come back, we will be unlucky-" Louisa was adamant, the Nyasaland people's attachment to the land, although Luisa did not understand it very well, but she understood it very well.

The whole Congo Free State knows that the land controlled by Nyasaland will never be spit out, and Nyasaland does not allow Africans to enter Nyasaland, and all illegal entry is considered an invasion, and will be brutally attacked by the Nyasaland military and border police, and the rebels are not stupid, even if they come back, they will not dare to cross the small river that has dried up due to lack of water.

(End of chapter)