African Nationhood

Chapter 124 New District and Invasion Plan (First order requested)

In August 1883, in the Vietnam region of Southeast Asia, a battle between the Nguyen Dynasty and the French broke out as scheduled.

Liu Chengye and several other Black Flag Army representatives who were stranded in Southwest Africa were secretly happy when they heard the news.

They are already a little happy in Southwest Africa. They eat well and live well here.

Usually they can go to Jinshan Town, where white people are concentrated, to gamble and have fun. If the mood strikes, they can go to a brothel to experience the charm of white women.

Even if they want to go out to sea to play, they can be satisfied.

They can follow the guano boat coming from Golden Hook Port to tour the coastal scenery of Southwest Africa for free.

The only drawback is that the guano boat is too small and not as comfortable as a large cruise ship.

Since they couldn't go back, they were thinking about how to make some money to make a living. After all, they didn't bring much money with them when they came.

Once here, there is no economic foundation and enjoyment is unrealistic.

So under the arrangement of Nanhua Company, they became members of the beast hunting team. This team, as the name suggests, specializes in hunting beasts.

Local governments will hire such groups specifically to clean up predators in predetermined areas.

After the cleanup is completed, the immigrants will be resettled.

After a month, they have earned a lot of money and can go to Jinshan Town to enjoy themselves.

……

Naturally, Shi Jintang would not pay attention to the affairs of those representatives of the Black Flag Army. He had more important things to do.

He wants to divide the Bechuanaland region (Botswana) into administrative areas. This matter has been delayed for a long time, and now it is finally about to be implemented.

Next year will be 1884, and the battle between European powers in Africa has become increasingly fierce.

King Leopold II of Belgium has already sent an expedition to explore and colonize the Congo rain forest.

His expedition established a series of warehouses and strongholds along the Congo River, and signed treaties with more than 400 indigenous chiefs in the Congo River basin to transfer territorial rights.

According to the history of the original time and space, on November 1884, 11, European countries would hold an international conference on the partition of Africa in Berlin.

This 105-day meeting will completely establish the sphere of influence and territory of European countries on the African continent.

There is not much time left for Nanhua Company, so Shi Jintang plans to advance the planned military plan.

That is to target the Matabeleland Kingdom (Zimbabwe region). His plan is to occupy this indigenous kingdom first.

For the Lunda Kingdom (Zambia region) north of the Zambezi River and south of the Congo rainforest, it can be invaded slowly.

There is no need to invade by force in the early stage. You only need to sign a territorial contract with the local indigenous king and slowly eat away the rest.

In this way, at the Berlin Conference, Nanhua Company could obtain the actual territory in accordance with the signed contract.

That is to say, after this meeting, European countries will change their previous colonial strategy of only occupying coastal ports on the African continent and not going deep into the interior, and begin to invade the interior of Africa to seize resources.

After the Nanhua Company occupied Zambia and Tianjin, it had the foundation for establishing a country.

Building an industrialized country requires vast land and abundant coal and iron mineral resources.

Zimbabwe has abundant reserves of both resources.

Zambia has the richest copper resources and has been known as the "Country of Copper Mines" in later generations.

Moreover, these two pieces of land are rich in indigenous human resources, which play a huge role in the early development of Nanhua Company that cannot be ignored.

The name of Bechuanaland (Botswana) will continue to be retained, and Shijintang has established 4 new regions in this area.

They are the Oka region, which includes the Caprivi region of Nagoya and the Okavango Delta. The district chief is concurrently served by Qu Sanggan, the district chief of the water-rich area.

This large area is rich in aquatic plants, but it is subject to seasonal restrictions and the population is relatively scarce. It is a paradise for wild animals.

In later generations, this area was only planned as a tourist area, so this large area was not worth investing too many resources in development. The headquarters of the 1st Advance Battalion had already been stationed in this area, and its capital was located in the newly built stronghold on the north side of the Zambezi River, downstream of Victoria Falls, in Maba Town (today's Maramba City, Zambia).

The Kalahari Desert of the Central Plains Region is adjacent to the south of the Oka Region. It is divided into two regions, the South and the North Kala, on the central axis. These two regions are mainly sandy land, supplemented by a small amount of grassland. They are based on the future Will be mainly based on animal husbandry.

The district chief of the North Kara Region is concurrently served by Futong of the Central Plains Region, and its capital is located in Hangzhou Town (now Hangji, the capital of Hangji District, Botswana).

As for the South Kara region, which has no development value for the time being, Shi Jintang decided to hand over this region to the head of the Shapu District in the Julin area, and his American classmate Deng Shicong concurrently served as the mayor.

The capital is located in Chabon Town, an indigenous village site on an oasis at the junction of the two places (today Chabon, the capital of Kahadi District, Botswana).

The Dongjin Region was established to the east of the North and South Kara Region, with its capital in Flamburg (today's Francistown, the capital of central Botswana). The district chief was Lu Yongquan, an American student classmate of Shi Jintang.

This capital will be the forward base for Nanhua Company to attack the Matabena Kingdom.

The second advance battalion had already settled here at the beginning of this year.

It has now been built into a military fortress.

As for the Fu Crocodile District in the Orange Grove area, the area has been expanded. In addition to the previous division, a part of the area has been included, completely bordering Dongjin District.

The district chief of this region temporarily appointed Tian Liang, commander of the third battalion, to serve concurrently.

His advance third battalion will be expanded to 1000 men and will be stationed in Mafeking and Xinju Town (now Kuruman Town, South Africa), the capital of Liyuan District.

The zoning of Liyuan District has also been changed, adding the East and West Griqualand areas purchased from the Cape Colony. The district leader is Qian Wenkui, an American student classmate of Shi Jintang.

The district chiefs of the three regions in the southern region of Southwest Africa are temporarily served by the battalion commander of the 4th Advance Battalion, Yan Han.

He is an immigrant from the Qing Dynasty and a student of Robin Trudeau. He is now leading his troops to be stationed in Golden Gou Port (today's Port of Lüderitz, Namibia).

As a result, all administrative divisions and local officials under the entire Nanhua Company have been fully prepared.

In view of the expansion of the Nanhua Company's rule and the area of ​​Southwest Africa, Shi Jintang named the original Southwest Africa region the Namib region.

Therefore, the new Southwest Africa includes three major regions, namely the Namib region, the Orange Grove region and the Bechuanaland region.

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The military plan against the Kingdom of Matabeleland and the Kingdom of Lunda must be completed before June next year (1884).

At that time, the Dutch invasion of East Wanlu City would occur in Borneo. The Nanhua Company was weak and could not fight on multiple fronts.

Therefore, he must free up his hands in advance and prepare materials in advance to support Lanfang Company in Dongwanlu City.

However, the Lanfang Company that supported Dongwanlu City could not use the name of Nanhua Company. After thinking about it, Shi Jintang decided to start with Liu Asheng's grandchildren.

The specific plan is the strategy of "Li Dai Tao Zang", and the specific implementer is Zhong Yilin, the new representative who has just settled in Dongwanlu City.

This young man is young and good-looking, and he happens to be married to the Liu family.

The main reason why he did not deign to marry was that the Liu family's daughter was too young.

Only 14 years old this year, he really can't do anything.

Ye Rong is 19 years old this year, and he has endured it without making a move. Naturally, he will not break his principles for the daughter of the Liu family.

Moreover, once they get married, a wedding must be held, and then the daughter of the Liu family will become his official wife, which is inconsistent with his plan.

He will let someone notify Zhong Yilin about this and let him prepare mentally in advance.

In addition, in order to increase Zhong Yilin's weight, he decided to adopt this young man as his adoptive brother.

With this level of status, Zhong Yilin's status is important enough.
  It will be enough to control Lanfang Company in the future.

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