When Roque used to read history books, he could only see expressions like "the colonizers brutally oppressed the colonial aborigines", as for how cruel the "cruelty" here is, the book is generally not written, and the description of Belgians cutting off their hands at every turn is already the limit.

When he came to this era, Roque knew how cruel the colonizers' "cruel" oppression of the colonial aborigines was, and Roque was already good, and he tried not to do anything hurtful, but despite this, Roque still couldn't help but worry that if one day the African aborigines awakened their national consciousness, what should Roque and Henry do as colonists.

Of course, maybe by then Roque and Henry will be gone, that is the problem of Roque and Henry's descendants, but this makes Roque more worried, just like the South African company, the loss of Cecil Rhodes, the lion, without Roque's help, how far can Xiao Si, who has been protected in the greenhouse, lead the South African company to go?

This is a serious problem.

So Roque is now doing everything he can to reduce the Transvaal's dependence on African labor, so that perhaps the Transvaal will face less of a shock in the future.

In fact, the best tools to replace labor are livestock and machinery, and during the Boer rule of the Transvaal, because of the lack of livestock, the Zulus had to use the labor gap to make up for the labor gap.

After the Boer War, because of the large number of horses brought by the expeditionary force, as well as Roque's tireless migration, the Transvaal's demand for Zulu labor has dropped to a very low level, and now the farms in the Transvaal basically do not need to hire Zulus, and the Zulus are gradually transferred to various construction companies and mines, Roque will solve this problem next, once the Transvaal completely de-relies on Zulu labor, Roque will use all his strength to help the Zulus build their country, Give all Zulus out of the Transvaal.

It seems to have been destined for a long time that South Africa in this time and space may also implement a "quarantine" policy in the future, which is more complete and resolute than that of another time and space.

Philip certainly doesn't know that Roque is planning to do so, don't look at what Philip said, in fact, in Philip's view, the continuous exploitation of Zulu talents is the king, in Philip's eyes, Zulus are a batch of "means of production" born every fifteen years or so, if possible, Philip hopes to maintain the current colonial model forever, only in this way can the interests of white people be maximized.

There are many white people who think the same way as Philip, and the vast majority of white people in Africa think so.

Ade and Philippe stayed at Favart Steel Plant for only one day before returning to Pretoria and Johannesburg respectively.

Instead of returning to Johannesburg, Roque went to Nyasaland.

On 29 November, a serious incident occurred in Nyasaland when two fishermen, Belgians from the Congo Free State, were shot dead while fishing in Lake Tanganyika in northern Nyasaland.

After getting the report, Roque felt that the reality was more bizarre than the reality, and originally Roque and Xiao Si planned to deal with the Belgians next, but they didn't expect the Belgians to take the initiative to send them to the door now.

Lake Tanganyika is a freshwater lake in central Africa, with a shoreline of 1,900 kilometers, a length of about 679 kilometers from north to south, an average width of 50.134 kilometers, an average depth of 570 meters, and an area of 32,900 square kilometers, making it the sixth largest lake in the world.

Lake Tanganyika is surrounded by the Congo Free State, German East Africa (Tanganyika), and Nyasaland.

Unlike Lake Nyasa, which belongs entirely to Nyasaland, Lake Tanganyika is divided between the Congo Free State, Tanganyika, and Nyasaland.

In another time and space, this part of the lake belongs to Zambia.

In this time and space, because Roque wanted to complete the "Two Cs Plan", Xiao Si sold the land of northern Zambia to Roque as part of Nyasaland, so this part of the lake is now also owned by Nyasaland.

Lake Tanganyika is rich in fishery resources, which can provide rich nutrition for the Chinese who colonized and pioneered, so Roque's development of northern Nyasaland is carried out around Lake Tanganyika.

In this way, the Chinese inevitably had to come into contact with the Belgians.

As mentioned above, Leopold II exercised brutal rule over the Congo Free State, and some whites in the Congo Free State were so bored that they even targeted the natives and tested their marksmanship.

It was against this backdrop that the two Chinese fishermen were shot and killed by bullets from the Congo Free State.

Knowing that the fishermen had been killed, Duncan, the general manager of the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, immediately called Antwerp and asked Antwerp to give a reasonable explanation.

The Antwerp Company is a colonial development company, and its largest shareholder is Leopold II, which leases large tracts of land in the Congo Free State to grow rubber, earning more than half a million pounds a year in profits, and is the largest "landowner" in the southern Congo Free State.

With Leopold II in the background, the Antwerp Company did not take the Nyasaland Agricultural Company's inquiries seriously at all, and did not even reply to the Nyasaland Agricultural Company in the first place.

The next day, on November 30, another Chinese was shot dead near the border between Nyasaland and the Congo Free State, and this time Duncan did not hesitate to mobilize security forces from Little Rock to Lake Tanganyika.

Since Antwerp refused to communicate with the Nyasaland Agricultural Company, the Nyasaland Agricultural Company had to defend Nyasaland's interests in the Nyasaland way.

By the time Roque arrived in Nyasaland, Little Rock's security forces had arrived at Lake Tanganyika and were setting up defenses in Nyasaland.

Don't think too much, it's just a defense now, the boss behind Belgium is France, Belgium and Britain have a good relationship, Nyasaland can't start a war because of a few people, and Nyasaland itself does not have the right to start a war.

When Roque came to Little Rock, the first thing he went to look for was Frank.

"Don't worry, Sir, I've sent a telegram to London, and London will ask the Belgians to give Nyasaland an explanation." Frank was inclined to a political solution to the problem, the cost of the Boer War was too great, and London had not yet relented and did not want to start another war.

"Director, I'm getting married this month, and if I'm not in a hurry, I should be preparing for my wedding in Johannesburg right now!" Roque was very dissatisfied, it was not the British who died, Frank was certainly not in a hurry, but Roque had a good reason.

It can't be said that the Barony of Nyasaland is also a British territory, so the residents of the Barony of Nyasaland must also be British, but the Chinese are not white, so Frank habitually ignores it.

"Then I wish you a happy marriage, and I will leave the matter to me, and I will urge the Belgians to give Nyasaland a convincing explanation." Frank tries to make the big thing small, but he still doesn't know Roque and how seriously he takes it.

"What's the explanation? A certain hunter's gun accidentally misfired three times, and all three times it hit the unsuspecting Nyasaland - no, not three times, I got a report that someone fired at least ten shots in the Congo Free State, which can no longer be explained by accidental misfire, this is an act of war in essence, if London does not want to start a full-scale war with the Belgians, then we in Nyasaland can start a local war with the Congo Free State, whoever wins, who has the final say, okay? Roque didn't listen to Frank's nonsense, this kind of thing is nonsense in the end, most of it will be over, and at most the Belgians will lose some money.

The point is that the Belgians have no money, the Kingdom of Belgium has only been established for less than a hundred years, and the Congo Free State is the private property of Leopold II, even if the Belgians lose money, how much can they lose, a hundred pounds, or two hundred pounds?

Not enough for a trip to Roqueryniasaran.

Of course, Rokniasaland can't be alone, on the day he received the report, Roque ordered Martin to go to Lake Tanganyika to lead the Little Rock security team that arrived at Lake Tanganyika ahead of schedule to deploy, and at the same time called the Cape Town Police Department, hoping that Anton could go to Johannesburg to take up his post, Anton and Martin have experience in participating in the war, even if this happens, Roque must strengthen Nyasaland's strength, and now Roque has a good reason.

"Lord, of course it's not that simple—" Frank was a little embarrassed, if the matter was resolved through political means, then the explanation of the Congo Free State would probably be similar to what Roque described.

"It's really not that simple-" Roque smiled, and Frank's heart trembled: "The Portuguese probably didn't tell the Belgians how they lost Portuguese East Africa, but it doesn't matter, soon the Belgians will know, if the Belgians think that the Chinese are the same as the African natives, they can be tortured and killed, then the Belgians are wrong, and soon they will know what price they will pay for it." ”

"Don't be like this, Lord, please give me a little more time, and I will definitely give you a solution that you can accept." Frank was horrified that if Roque replicated what he had done in Portuguese East Africa in the Congo Free State, then Belgian rule in the Congo Free State would collapse completely.

To say that the collapse of the Belgian colonial order in the Congo Free State is actually a good thing for Britain, the crux of the problem is that Britain is not ready to attack the Congo Free State, if the Congo Free State collapses, then Britain will not be able to reap the greatest benefits, so Frank does not dare to let Roque do whatever he wants, which will also have an impact on British colonial rule.

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