PS: The area of the Dreamy Cloud Swampland was written incorrectly in the previous chapter. It was 26,000, not 300,000. It has been corrected. Please forgive me, my dear readers.
"Welcome to the East African Administrative District!" In Nanzhan City, Khartoum, Port Sudan, and various cities in East Africa that received Japanese immigrants, the immigrants were gathered for a meeting. The person in charge of the podium spoke in Chinese, and the Japanese interpreters held up loudspeakers and shouted in Japanese to the Japanese immigrants in front of them.
"… The East African Administrative Region is a civilized place with laws and discipline. Because we believe that you are also civilized people who know to abide by the law, we welcome you with open arms. I hope that through hard work, you can achieve personal development within the boundaries of law and order. Similarly, in order to maintain law and order in the administrative region of East Africa, and in order to safeguard the happiness and rights of law-abiding citizens, we will not spare those who commit crimes. We sincerely hope that you can integrate into the administrative district of East Africa as soon as possible … "
The staff of the administrative region of East Africa did not care about the Eastern accent of the interpreters. From now on, these Japanese would have to learn Mandarin instead of Japanese. Some people might think that the staff of the East African administrative region could better command the Japanese if they knew the Japanese language, but from the Japanese's point of view, learning the Chinese language as soon as possible was the key to their advancement.
In the next two months, the Japanese immigrants arrived at the designated gathering places. At the same time, the chairman of the German African Colonial Policy Committee, Karl Marx, announced: Herr Weber took a group of Germans on a visit to the East African Region. Seeing the large number of Japanese, after interacting with them and feeling their spirit and obedience, the Germans were immediately full of praises.
There were already 50,000 immigrants who had migrated to Sudan in East Africa. Their relatives had come to East Africa in the past decade. There were 350,000 Japanese immigrants in East Africa. The job of the Japanese immigrants in East Africa was to serve as the middle level. They obeyed the work arrangements of the staff of the East African administrative region. They worked hard and led the black brothers to work.
The German delegation went to Sudan, where the immigration was the most successful. The north of Sudan's three counties was the territory where the Arabs gathered. The Mahdi Movement was very powerful there, and it had always been regarded as Sudan's' uncivilized land '. In the remaining two prefectures, the Japanese immigrants with healthy skin color and the reliable East African black brothers led the Sudanese black brothers to manage the Sudanese farmlands and pastures.
The administrative district of East Africa worked hard on education, industry, and agriculture. The black brothers in the city all had the basic appearance that urban residents should have. With the East African Security Army and the police system, there were indeed various problems in the city, but they were far from being out of order. Including Marx? Mr. Webb was full of praise. He believed that the level of management of the Min dynasty's colonies was no less than that of Germany.
There was a special envoy among the Germans, in Marx's camp? While Mr. Weber was taking the party on a tour, the Emissary asked for an audience with the leaders of the East African Administration. After both parties sat down, the German envoy immediately asked, "Your Highness, how will your country deal with the black people who escaped from the Congo Free State?"
Wei Kun did not answer. He stared at the Germans for a moment and then asked, "What do you want?"
"If you can, we should like you to transfer these Negroes to us," replied the German envoy.
Wei Kun exchanged glances with the others and said, "You want those black people to lead the way, but we also need them to lead the way. There is no need for you to do this. "
Hearing Wei Kun say this, the German envoy couldn't help but smile. "Your Highness, don't you think there is a problem with the division of colonies in Africa?"
Wei Kun shook his head slightly. "Your Highness, you probably can't understand the Min dynasty's attitude. We are disgusted with the Belgians killing elephants and destroying the native rubber forests in the Congo Free State. If you have read our China's concept of the biosphere, you can probably understand how atrocious this is to nature. Even if we can't stop such atrocities in the entire Congo, we hope to save some of them. "
The German envoy was not a colonial official in Cameroon, but a German official. He had really seen the Min dynasty's criticism of the Congo Free State in Europe. Other countries were desperately criticizing the cruel rule of Belgium's King Leopold II in the Congo, and the Min dynasty also had a few words of criticism. Most of it was the destruction of the Belgian colonists and colonial companies in the Congo.
The Belgian colonists made the local blacks pay heavy taxes in kind. The taxes were mainly rubber and ivory. In order to fulfill the heavy taxes, the Africans were forced to use fast and convenient methods. They cut down the rubber trees or peel off the rubber, which was used once. The concession companies only cared about the immediate benefits and never cultivated new rubber trees. Therefore, the rubber forest gradually became exhausted, and the output doubled.
The Congo had abundant rainfall, and a variety of edible rhizomes and fruits were abundant. The locals did not have the tradition of hunting elephants. Under the pressure of the Belgian colonists, the local elephant herds in the Congo were quickly killed, and the elephants were already showing signs of extinction.
The Min dynasty's starting point was so 'novel' that it resonated with some European intellectuals. At the same time, because it was too different, it was ridiculed by many newspapers. Because of this, the reports that scolded the Belgian King Leopold II for his cruelty were too monotonous, which served as a foil to the Min dynasty's different point of view, thus making the Min dynasty's point of view known.
The German envoy did not feel the need to protect wild animals. He keenly noticed the content in Wei Kun's words. "Your Highness, if you wish to liberate part of the Congo Free State's land …"
Wei Kun interrupted the envoy's words. "Leopold II is about to surrender. The Belgian Parliament has begun to consider forcing him to surrender the Congo Free State. What do you think Leopold II should do at this time?"
"This …" The envoy did not understand what to do.
Wei Kun smiled without saying a word. He had no reason to explain.
At this time, in the African Palace in Brussels, Belgium, the envoy of the Bank of Europe was sitting face to face with the Belgian King Leopold II. The African Palace was an extremely gorgeous building. Leopold II used the money he plundered from Africa to build this palace to show off his success. Now, the map in front of the king and the envoy had been marked. About a quarter of the land in the east and south of the Congo Free State was marked.
Seeing Leopold II's hesitation, the envoy of the Bank of Europe advised, "Your Majesty, the parliament is not loyal to you, so you have no reason to let their interests be satisfied. Who are the people standing behind those parliament members? They are all Belgian capitalists. Those capitalists are jealous of your achievements and think that after taking away your Congo Free State, they can do whatever they want in the Congo Free State. At this time, why are you still hesitating? Are you worried about our Bank of Europe's credit or funds? "
"No! I need your company to provide me with shares, "Leopold II said.
The representative of the Bank of Europe replied, "We can give you shares, but our company's primary goal is to restore the local ecology and prohibit the hunting of elephants. You don't have to expect any dividends in the next ten or even twenty years. "
Staring at the calm face of the Bank of Europe representative, Leopold II asked in confusion, "Do you really want to do some biological protection? What can you get from doing this? "
"We do want to implement biological protection. This approach can bring us inner recognition and satisfaction. "As a Chinese, the representative of the Bank of Europe said from the bottom of his heart. For thousands of years, the Chinese had opposed the practice of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. In recent years, everyone had been living a good life, and the social ethos had also developed rapidly in the direction of 'knowing etiquette when the granary is full, knowing honor and disgrace when the food and clothing are sufficient'. Of course, everyone had not become the so-called moral people who only knew how to eat vegetarian and pray to Buddha, but it was also normal that people and nature needed to get along more harmoniously.
"What a bizarre satisfaction," Leopold II muttered. The rubber and ivory trade made him a lot of money, so the king was very aware of the plummeting rubber and ivory production in recent years. The largest Anglo-Belgian Rubber Company produced 951 tons of rubber in 1903, but it was reduced to 358 tons in 1905. As for ivory, it was basically out of stock.
After muttering, Leopold II straightened his back. The Chinese might be crazy, but they still had real money in their hands. The king asked, "How do you complete the payment?"
"We can give you checks from the German Central Bank and the Austrian Central Bank, which can be paid at any time. So can the Central Bank of England, France, and Italy. I don't think you want me to give you a check from Belgium, "the representative of the Bank of Europe said with a smile.
Leopold II rolled his eyes. In recent years, the name of the Bank of Europe had become more and more famous. No one wanted to use China's RMB, which had no precious metals as collateral. Many people were willing to do business with the Bank of Europe because the bank could pay in various currencies throughout Europe.
"Germany and Austria are not bad," Leopold II replied.
With the consent of both sides, Leopold II signed a land lease agreement with the representative of the Bank of Europe. Not only with the Bank of Europe, but also with companies and banking groups from England, France, Italy, and other countries. These companies that Leopold II invested in were able to rent a large amount of land.
The German envoy did not know that the Belgian King Leopold II was so decisive. He just felt that things would not develop as he wished. Wei Kun, the military governor of the East Africa Administrative Region, obviously had no intention of cooperating with Germany in this regard. Just when the German envoy decided to give up this negotiation, he heard Wei Kun say, "As long as Germany does not become enemies with our East Africa Administrative Region in the future, no matter how the war between you and the other colonies turns out, we will not intervene."
The envoy shuddered. This was the diplomatic agreement that he most hoped to reach, but it was also an agreement that he knew very well was impossible to achieve. There was a kind of inexplicable cooperation between the Min dynasty and England. Germany had also tried, but neither side had the intention of cooperating with Germany. The envoy stared at Wei Kun, the second son of the emperor of China, Vézé, for a while, then suppressed his excitement and asked, "Your Excellency, do you want to form an alliance with us?"
Wei Kun replied seriously, "The East Africa Administrative Region is not China's territory. We are just the East Africa Administrative Region. As the person in charge of the East Africa Administrative Region, I can responsibly tell you that the East Africa Administrative Region will not expand its territory. No matter what kind of war happens, as long as it is not against us, we will not participate in any side. "
Still not an alliance with Germany … The German envoy understood what Wei Kun was thinking. He asked somewhat unhappily, "If we, Germany, take over all of Africa except the East Africa Administrative Region, will you also sit back and do nothing?"
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