African Nationhood

Chapter 276 Tax Resistance Riot (Part )

In April 1890, the Transvaal Republic took the lead, the South China Company, the Dutch Zambezi Colonial Government, and the three parties signed a railway construction agreement with the Dutch Railway Company.

This railway has a total length of 958 kilometers from the Port of Mapu (now Maputo, Mozambique) to Bulawayo (now Bulawayo, Zimbabwe), with a total cost of 900 million pounds.

The money will be obtained from a loan from the Deutsche Reichsbank, equivalent to approximately 1.84 million German marks, with a repayment period of 30 years.

(Shi Jintang plans to hold off on repaying this money as long as possible and pay it back in one lump sum during the First World War.)
  The Transvaal Republic holds a 25% stake in this railway, the South China Company holds a 50% stake, and the Dutch Zambezi Colonial Government holds a 25% stake.

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After completing the horse-clothing railway, Shi Jintang began to focus on the "rebellion" activities in the two kingdoms under his command.

Since March, after the Shona indigenous coalition forces in the Kingdom of Matabeleland suffered an attack, they began to roam around the kingdom under the leadership of insiders to cause destruction.

Many "state-owned" plantations were attacked by these indigenous people, but due to the heroic resistance of the Chinese immigrants in the plantations, the plantations were basically not damaged.

The Nanhua Company's garrison "had to" dispatch urgently to pursue these indigenous rebels who were resisting taxes.

Every time the soldiers of the garrison pursued them, they could not catch up with the speed of the indigenous people's movement.

Therefore, the soldiers of the garrison could only kill a part of the indigenous rebels who were "falling behind" at a time.

Frequent pursuits and escapes have allowed both sides to develop a tacit understanding. Every day before dawn is a good time to replenish sleep. Both the garrison soldiers and the indigenous rebels are in peace.

When it's time to eat, the soldiers of the garrison will be able to accurately find the location of the indigenous rebels and then start chasing them.

In this way, some of the indigenous rebels became the trophies of the garrison's pursuers, and their lives were the military merits and honors of the garrison soldiers.

They can always leave half a day to rest in one day, and then continue the "death-killing game" of pursuit and escape the next day.

From March to September, this child's play pursuit was very effective.

The indigenous population in the two kingdoms has decreased significantly, from the original 143 million to more than 70.

Not all of these missing people were killed, but more than half of them fled to neighboring colonies.

The Dutch Zambezi Colony, the Rhodesian Company, the Congo Free State and Portuguese West Africa were the destinations where the natives fled the most.

Several surrounding colonies didn't care at all about the arrival of these indigenous people. After all, these indigenous people were always running around.

Under the control of the Nanhua Company, the largest number of indigenous people fled to Portuguese West Africa.

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Of the remaining 70 people, more than 30 are tax collection teams. These tax collection teams will be the main force entering Portuguese West Africa to pursue fugitive rebels.

Shi Jintang felt relieved about the number of indigenous people in the two kingdoms.

These indigenous people have become quails, very obedient, and do whatever they are told. If there is any surplus value in their labor force, they will keep it.

When there are more overseas territories, they will all be sent over to develop plantations and minerals. In the future, they will not be left in the mainland.

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The riots in Portuguese East Africa continued, and the Hanga chiefs became more and more courageous as they fought.

The Portuguese government telegraphed to Governor Antonio Enes that they had mobilized a combined force of 1000 native soldiers and 10000 African soldiers from the mainland and other colonies.

Let the Portuguese East African colonial government hold on, but the Portuguese have too few warships, and most of them are old, and there is no time to transport so many troops.

Reinforcements may not reach Portuguese East Africa for a while.

The Portuguese government called Whitehall in London, hoping that the British would help the Portuguese East African colonial government suppress the indigenous rebellion.

The Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the British Empire, responded by telegraphing: "The matter has been informed and will be forwarded to the local colonial government and colonial company for consideration."

The Portuguese government immediately understood what the British were thinking, and King Carlos I angrily scolded the British for their treachery.

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Governor Antonio Enes could only set up multi-layered defense lines along several inland rivers east of the Zambezi River, hoping to deter the Hanga chief's offensive. But Chief Hanjia followed Yang Kuan’s advice and traveled around the territory of Portuguese East Africa to instigate more Yao people to follow him and fight against the Portuguese.

As the number of Africans under Chief Hanga increased, they reached a terrifying number of 100,000.

The defense lines deployed by the Portuguese East African colonial government were retreating steadily due to the dual advantages of indigenous people, people, and geographical location.

They were defeated in four battles and lost more than 2000 soldiers, most of whom were Portuguese.

The indigenous troops recruited by the Portuguese had almost escaped before the battle.

Governor Antonio Enes could no longer hold on, and he sent people to seek peace from Chief Hanga.

The power of the Korean and Canadian chiefs increased greatly, and when faced with the groveling Portuguese, their arrogance naturally became arrogant.

He demanded that the Portuguese get off the coast of East Africa and surrender to the Baruei tribe.

This was something that the colonial government of Portuguese East Africa simply could not agree to, so Antonio Enes had no choice but to fight to the end.

Governor Antonio Enes desperately asked for help from the mainland, and contacted other Portuguese colonial governors, asking them to send as many reinforcements as possible.

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Governor Antonio Enes's prayer was answered. On August 1890, 8, more than thirty merchant ships and cruise ships successively brought the counter-insurgency soldiers that the Portuguese government had worked hard to mobilize to Mozambique Island.

For a moment, Governor Antonio Enes' momentum surged, and both sides launched formations on the north coast of Mozambique Island.

At the end of August, both sides gathered their troops and deployed their artillery to fire at each other, causing losses to each other.

The cannons in the hands of the Hanga chiefs were all captured from the fronts established by the Portuguese.

As for the cannonballs, there are enough. Cecil Rhodes, who doesn’t have enough anyway, will find a way.

The battle between the two sides is tense, and the winner will be decided soon.

Shi Jintang took advantage of the fierce fighting between the two sides and ordered Chen Bing to collect tax troops in Lunda and Ngoni on the border of the Lunda Kingdom and enter Portuguese West Africa to capture the fugitive rebels.

The Governor of Portuguese West Africa, who was watching the situation in East Africa, was immediately confused. What did Nanhua Company mean?
  Immediately, a telegram from the Portuguese West African colonial government was sent to the Nanhua Company, questioning the Nanhua Company's intentions.

Shi Jintang immediately replied: The rebels from our company ran into your colony, and we sent arresters to pursue them. Please help.

The Portuguese West African colonial government immediately responded: “This is not allowed, it is an invasion.

Please ask your company personnel to return it quickly, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences. "

Faced with the tough response of the colonial government of Portuguese West Africa, Shi Jintang was pleased with the opponent's reaction and directly said: "If any of our company's personnel are injured, you will be held responsible to the end!"

The Portuguese West Africa Company immediately shut down. They really couldn't figure out the Nanhua Company's intentions and could only wait and see for the time being.

The Lunda and Ngoni people who entered the Portuguese West African colonies found that no one cared about them, so they became more courageous.

When you see village tribes, as long as they have more domesticated livestock, you can directly rob them.

Naturally, the local tribe refused to give in, and a fight broke out between the two sides.

The Lunda and Ngoni tax collection groups were more luxuriously equipped and had the upper hand.

A large amount of livestock and property were looted and returned to the Kingdom of Lunda. After handing over the livestock and property to the people of the Lunda garrison, they entered Portuguese West Africa again to plunder.

The Portuguese West African government was rewarded by the chiefs everywhere. No matter how weak they were, they would not let the South China Company run wild.

He directly ordered the chiefs from various places to fight back on their own and kill the incoming enemies.

Now it was lively. More than 300,000 armed thugs, armed with flintlocks, matchlocks and spears, fought with the chiefs of Portuguese West Africa in Portuguese West Africa.

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