Taking over the Egyptian Dynasty was more complicated than expected.
The surrender of the Egyptian Dynasty was not won by Great Xia's military force. Great Xia did not even exert any pressure on the Egyptian Dynasty, which left hidden dangers.
Perhaps in the eyes of the Egyptian people, such surrender was more like 'betrayal'.
Fortunately, Great Xia had signed a legally binding agreement with the Egyptian Dynasty, and there was no cheating.
At 10 am on the 18th of April, Great Xia's Vice Minister of Cabinet Kou Zhun, together with Africa's Protector General Mulanyue, arrived in Cairo to officially take over Egypt.
At this time, the defense of Cairo had been taken over by the Ravenous Wolf Army.
The African Theater of Operations Command and the Ravenous Wolf Army General Headquarters were all moved to Cairo. There was no doubt that Cairo would become the central city of Great Xia in Africa.
With the arrival of Mulanyue and her party in Cairo, the Egyptian Dynasty was officially disbanded. The members of the royal family temporarily lived in the palace, but they would no longer appear or even take a step out of the palace.
According to the arrangement of the Azure Emblem, they would live in the territory of the Germanic Dynasty in the future.
A group of civil and military officials were also dismissed.
Great Xia's strategy for ruling Egypt was to boil the frog in warm water. Therefore, whether it was the Egyptian court officials or local officials, the Protectorate of Africa would keep them in office if they could.
The strategy adopted by Great Xia was to maximize the use of local officials.
In this way, the resistance of the Egyptian people to Great Xia would be much smaller, which was conducive to the smooth transition of power. After two or three years, this resistance would be quelled.
Even then, it would be mainstream to use local officials.
The African continent was not like the southern border. The recognition of the Chinese civilization was too low, and it was too difficult to forcibly assimilate. They could only plan slowly and try to rope in the local people.
To put it in an inappropriate way, it would be 'using barbarians to control barbarians'.
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In the capital.
While Mulanyue and her party were taking over the Egyptian Dynasty, the court was also studying the relevant personnel arrangements.
In addition to the Sudan region being merged into the Sudan Province, the newly established Egyptian Province and Libyan Province needed to send a governor to take office.
In particular, the Egyptian governor was of utmost importance.
The cabinet suggested that it was best to select one of the five existing governors in the Protectorate of Africa as the five governors were familiar with the situation in Africa and could more easily play the role.
Ouyang Shuo agreed with the cabinet's suggestion.
Among the five governors, Sudan's Governor Pei Yun and Kenya's Governor Cao Can were sent to Africa.
The rest were Governor Du Sijing of Ethiopia, Governor Zhangsun Wuji of Tanzania, and Governor Yang Xiuqing of Mozambique.
Since Du Sijing had always been working under Mu Lanyue, in order to avoid suspicion, Ouyang Shuo also excluded Du Sijing from this transfer.
Furthermore, the strategic position of the Essex Province was also very important and could not be separated from Du Sijing.
Zhangsun Wuji had just been transferred last year and was far from being familiar with the situation in Africa, so he was also excluded. As such, Yang Xiuqing became the only candidate.
Ouyang Shuo didn't hesitate and immediately decided to transfer Yang Xiuqing to Egypt's governor.
This former core figure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was also an old minister of the empire. He was conscientious and conscientious. Be it in talent or ability, he was the best of the best.
Yang Xiuqing's experience in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also gave him the advantage of being good at comforting people. This was also a great help to him when he was in charge of the province of Egypt.
As such, Ouyang Shuo had no reason not to put Yang Xiuqing in an important position.
The person who took over Governor Mose's position was the former governor of Xingyi County of North Chuan Province, South of Rosy Clouds.
Under the background of the imperial court abolishing the prefectural government and increasing the number of counties, the rank of a county governor was actually decreasing. Being promoted from a county governor to a governor was really like a carp leaping through the dragon's gate.
South of Rosy Clouds was the former Lord of Rosy Cloud City and was also a core figure of the former Southern Xiang City. Before he submitted to Great Xia, he even had a period of conflict and confrontation with Great Xia.
Logically speaking, it was very difficult for such a person to be promoted. It was already very commendable for him to be able to hold his position as a county governor, let alone to be promoted to a provincial governor.
Ouyang Shuo made such a decision because South of Rosy Clouds had managed Xingyi County well in the past few years. As a lord, South of Rosy Clouds could at least prove that he had the ability to get to where he was.
Secondly, he could be considered to have bought his talents with a thousand gold coins.
Ouyang Shuo wanted to convey a message to the lords that Great Xia didn't care about their "past". As long as they worked hard after submitting to Great Xia, they would be put in an important position.
The imperial court wouldn't look at them with colored glasses.
Hao Jiancheng, the former Zhaoqing County Governor of Lingnan Province, was promoted to the position of Governor of Libya Province.
Like Gu Xiuwen and Zhou Haichen, Hao Jiancheng was also Ouyang Shuo's favorite student. He was one of the best among the indigenous civil officials. Before becoming the Zhaoqing County Governor, he was the head of construction in the territory.
There was a reason why Hao Jiancheng was assigned to oversee Libya.
More than 95% of Libya's territory was desert or semi-desert. Only the narrow plains along the northern coast could be used for farming and living. The land utilization rate was extremely low.
However, Libya was adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea. Just this point alone was enough to attract Great Xia's attention. Needless to say, like Egypt, Libya was also rich in oil. This made its strategic position prominent.
In addition, Tunisia, which was also included in the Libyan Province, was located in the northernmost part of Africa. It was in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea route and was separated from Italy by the Tunis Strait. It was the only way to transport oil from the Middle East to Western Europe and the United States. Its geographical location was very important.
The Atlantic Fleet would set up a naval base in Etna, Tunisia.
After learning that Egypt had submitted to Great Xia, the Caesar Dynasty's extreme reaction was not without reason. When the Atlantic Fleet returned to the Mediterranean Sea, the Caesar Dynasty's fleet would be in big trouble.
Controlling the Tunis Strait was equivalent to controlling the Mediterranean Sea route.
In addition, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal were both under Great Xia's control. Basically, it could be said that Great Xia had already controlled the core of the Mediterranean Sea trade.
Such a Libyan Province was definitely worth Ouyang Shuo sending his trusted officials to guard.
Back then, Old Chen didn't dare to make the decision and ceded the Egyptian Dynasty to Great Xia because he was worried about this.
The sad thing was that although the Egyptian Dynasty controlled the Suez Canal and Tunis, they didn't have a navy. They could only look on helplessly and surrender their maritime rights.
In the end, it was Great Xia who benefited.
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In mid-April, just as Great Xia was methodically taking over the Egyptian Dynasty, the 500,000 soldiers of the Egyptian Dynasty were quietly gathering and stationed outside Cairo.
On the 22nd of April, the 500,000 soldiers of the Egyptian Dynasty entered Cairo under the cover of night. After disappearing through the teleportation portal, they appeared in the Base City, which was thousands of kilometers away.
According to the rules of the game, the Egyptian Dynasty had submitted to Great Xia, so the 500,000 soldiers of the Egyptian Dynasty naturally belonged to the Great Xia army. Thus, they could use the teleportation portal in Great Xia.
As a result, the teleportation from Cairo to the Base City was realized.
The next morning, the 500,000 soldiers of the Egyptian Dynasty landed in the Spanish Dynasty under the protection of the second formation of the Atlantic Fleet stationed at the port of Gibraltar.
This marked the beginning of the Egyptian Dynasty's conquest of the Spanish Dynasty.
At the same time, Great Xia's North African Army, which had just entered the Libyan Province, took advantage of the situation to advance westward and attack the Algerian region, which had already been included in the Spanish Dynasty's rule.
The North African Army's slogan was "revenge."
Ouyang Shuo didn't forget that the Silver Hand and the Azure Badge had used the shell of Algeria to force Great Xia to abandon the Moroca Province.
Two years later, Great Xia came to take revenge.
On the 24th of April, according to the agreement, after purchasing a batch of firearms, the Indian Empire launched a counterattack against the Argentine region controlled by the Spanish Dynasty.
For a time, the Spanish Dynasty was besieged on all sides.
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