"We are German merchant ships, and we have paid all the fees required by your country, and all the formalities have been completed, and you cannot prevent us from leaving the port." Captain Pell yelled at the Portuguese officials standing in front of him.

"I'm not stopping your boat from leaving port, I'm stopping illegal smuggling, and the blacks on your ship aren't qualified to go out to work." Said the Portuguese.

"How is it possible, for the sake of these people, we pay for the employment of your government, and some of the others are the freedmen we employ!" Captain Pell argued.

"No, no, no, they are the property of the Kingdom of Portugal, all migrant workers must be allowed by the Portuguese government, only more than 200 of the more than 700 people on your ship have gone through the relevant procedures, and the remaining 500 people are illegal to leave the country." Portuguese officials insisted.

The Germans, in order to save human resources, had direct contact with the indigenous chiefs of Angola, bypassing the Portuguese government. Such a dismissal naturally aroused the latter's dissatisfaction, and at first dozens or hundreds of people were bearable, but later the Portuguese could not bear the labor dispatch of hundreds of people at a time.

According to the Portuguese colonial authorities, the dispatch of at least 15,000 people a year does not meet the "relevant rules". The Germans, on the other hand, had rejected the Portuguese government's dispatch of labor under the pretext of commercial freedom. And the final result of the confrontation between the two sides is naturally that the Yarrow merchant ship was detained in Portugal, since ancient times merchants do not fight with officials, how much trouble can a businessman make in other people's territory?

And then, this event, which was originally unexpected by Prince Ruprecht, quickly fermented and expanded! In less than a week, after the Yarrow was detained at Cape Morrow, four more German merchant ships were detained in Angola for carrying "illegal" husbands.

Subsequently, the owners of these merchant ships were charged for carrying a total of 2,100 "illegal workers"! Eventually, the Portuguese colonial authorities used this as an excuse to declare that the German shipowners were required to pay compensation of up to 150,000 marks for the charge. And in the end, a copy of this summons went to the prince.

That's right, it's the prince, because the backstage boss of these shipowners is the Bavarian royal family! Because Namibia is underpopulated, the prince, who is engaged in diamond mining, needs a lot of labor. Half of the so-called "illegal workers" of the Portuguese government are the result of the operation of the Bavarian royal family!

"Portugal is crazy, right?" The prince looked at the summons in his hand, and the corners of his mouth twitched! "Alright, tell Moltke that the self-detonating boat we prepared is no longer needed, and this matter is enough for us to deal with Portugal." It takes no effort to break through the iron shoes! The prince didn't expect that when he was working hard to find an excuse, someone would directly send the excuse over.

"But that's not normal! How could Portugal dare to get along with Germany? There can't be any conspiracy behind this, right? The prince muttered in a low voice, a small country should be a man with its tail between its legs, and when it has the support of a big country, it can jump twice, without the support of a big country, what is the difference between this and death?

"So what do we do now?" Count Schelling, who was on the side, asked.

"Cold treatment, they want to buckle it, just buckle it, but we must not give in, we will consume it with them!" The prince thought for a moment and said.

"However, there are 500 detained laborers on the Yarrow alone, and the daily diet of these people is a problem, and the most important thing is that the telegram sent two days ago said that the Portuguese have begun to refuse to sell food to the Yarrow, and many have been forced to leave the ship." Count Schelling said.

"Good! Don't we have a ship in Namibia? Wouldn't it be enough to bring food and water over? Resist me, I can't coax it! Also, contact me with a few media outlets to hype up this matter. The bigger the trouble, the better, you don't need me to teach you this, right? The prince commanded.

"This kind of daring to challenge the dignity of the German Reich will inevitably be met with a strong counterattack from the Reich!" The Count said with a slight bow.

"Poof." The prince had just drunk half a cup of black tea in his mouth and spit it out.

"You're stupid! Can't find the entry point? Can't you wear something tall? The prince gave the count a blank look: "Well, human freedom is a God-given right, you can freely choose your work and lifestyle, and the dirty slavery has been spurned by civilized society, and today, in distant Africa, there are still such a handful of people engaged in dirty industries!" This is a step backwards in history! It is a challenge to the bottom line of civilization and human morality! ”

Although there are many contractmen under the prince who have signed a contract to sell their bodies, it does not prevent the prince from standing on the high ground of human morality to attack his opponents, of course, the treatment of these bodyworkers is much better than that of their African counterparts, at least two meals a day can be guaranteed. There was still some money left over to buy some of the industrial goods that Germany had dumped into Africa.

"I rely on it, a leader is a leader." Count Schelling was also convinced, not by this sentence, but because this sentence was finally said by the prince, as one of the prince's number one followers, he understood how many unspeakable things the prince had done, at least the fiasco of the Sino-Russian fleet in the Spanish-American War, one-third of the responsibility should be counted on the prince's head. A person's face can be thicker to this extent, and he will yin the other party, and then drink and talk about it, which is also a skill!

"And what about the military side?" Just after Count Schelling had left, Hindenburg, who had been silent beside him, asked.

"Step by step, before the official action, we must at least find out who the opponent is, I feel strange now, knowing that Germany is not easy to mess with, and also knowing that our two warships will go to Africa to cruise, where did the Portuguese come from so boldly?" The prince fell into deep thought.

"Isn't there anything to be gained by the intelligence services?" The prince asked, somewhat displeased.

"I'm sorry, but Imperial Intelligence is currently working hard to find the relevant information." Hindenburg said.

"It seems that it is not only the General Staff that should be reorganized!" The prince's words made Hindenburg on the other side shudder.

After a period of contact, Hindenburg realized the horror of the prince in front of him, he rarely expressed his opinion or made decisions, and if he wanted to do something, then the result was eighty percent achievable! Even the General Staff, which consisted of the Junker aristocratic officer corps, could intervene.

It is difficult for Hindenburg to imagine that with the status, ability and connections of this prince, there is anything he could not do within the limits of Germany! "He's another emperor of the Empire!" How many years later, Hindenburg said this about Prince Ruprecht!

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