African Nationhood

The city of Paarl, 60 kilometers away from Cape Town, has been designated by Boss Shi as the frontline command center, and the South China garrison's protection here is extremely strict.

This city is located in the Cape Town metropolitan area, immediately to the north of the Strand, where the climate is hotter than in coastal areas.

Because the entire Western Cape region has a Mediterranean climate, the Cape Town metropolitan area has many wine producing areas.

There are many wine estates in the city of Paarl, Würth further east, Belleville and Strand in the southwest. The wine produced is completely comparable to Europe, with high quality and pure taste.

When Shi Jintang arrived here by train, he immediately ordered the military leaders of the major occupied areas to move away all the wine in the occupied areas, and not leave a bottle to the British.

In addition, professional talents such as vineyard workers and winemakers here must also be screened out and taken away directly to re-employ in wine estates in the Namib region.

Some wineries have been established in Walvis Bay Port and Shijintang in Anhai Town before, but the quality of the red wine and brandy produced was very poor.

Now that there is an opportunity, it is natural to select some professionals to improve the level of drinks in their territory.

The various military leaders of the South China Army on the front line received secret military orders before marching. The property in the occupied area must be looted as much as possible, and no property should be left to the British.

Therefore, since the South China Company entered the Cape and Natal colonies, trains carrying looted property have not stopped.

Sansa Bruce has also received orders and rushed to Pretoria to take charge. In addition to receiving the property looted by the South China Army, she also has to organize human resources to continue digging for gold mines in the Rand Basin.

Now that the Rand Gold Mine has completely fallen into the control of Nanhua Company, the black miners who are digging the gold mine have also been put in place, and the gold production of the Rand Basin Gold Mine is gradually recovering.

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Minister Chamberlain and his party arrived in Paarl on the morning of June 6, and the two sides launched the third round of negotiations in the afternoon.

After the negotiations began, Minister Chamberlain stated the cabinet's conditions:

1. The South China Army and the Boer guerrillas need to withdraw from the Cape and Natal colonies.

2. His Majesty the King conferred the title of Marquis Shi Jintang.

3. The British Empire government recognized the independent status of the South China Company and the two Boer republics. As for whether the Boer republics joined the South China Company or not, it was the Boers' own choice.

4. The generals of the British Expeditionary Force must be handed over to the British mainland for trial, and the trial results will be open to the public.

5. Grant amnesty to the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force and the colonial troops who participated in this operation, and no further calculation of their culpability will be allowed.

6. The South China Company continued to be subordinate to the British government and was only loyal to the British King.

7. The British Cabinet will compensate the South China Company and the Boer Republic for a total of 8000 million pounds for their losses, and the installment time will be negotiated separately.

8. After the independence of the South China Company, the gold produced within the territory was not allowed to be sold to other political forces or European countries, and was only allowed to be traded with the British Empire.

9. The patent rights for new weapons of the South China Army need to be handed over to the British War Department. The previously signed agreement also needs to be reviewed by the War Department and can only be implemented after approval.

10. After the independence of the South China Company, the diplomatic power and the power to declare war were vested in the British Empire Cabinet.

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Once these conditions were announced, Shi Jintang was a little frightened by the British's generosity.

Compensation of 8000 million pounds is quite generous!

Giving more money is correct, but it also tightens the reins around Nanhua Company's neck.

Generally speaking, these conditions are basically in line with Shi Jintang's expectations.

But how can it be so easy to return the territory that we have worked so hard to gain?

“Minister Chamberlain, are these the final conditions of the cabinet?

If that's the case, I can only say sorry. "

"Sir Henry, your reaction surprised me. The conditions of the cabinet are already very generous, but you are going a little too far..."

"Too much? I think you are the one who went too far.

Article 3, Minister Chamberlain, please explain to me, what does it mean?" When Minister Chamberlain heard Shi Jintang ask, he smiled guiltily, "It's nothing, we have talked about this before, but the expression is more precise. Written. "

The smile on Shi Jintang's face disappeared and he looked at Minister Chamberlain very seriously, making him unable to sit still.

"Hmph, you have evil intentions. These words are obviously secretly encouraging the Boers to continue to fight against me.

Then you hypocritically say to the Boers, 'We in the British Empire support you. You see, we have long recognized your independent status. It's just that the Chinese politician won't give you independence. You should unite against him.' "

Minister Chamberlain twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a sneer: "Sir Henry, you are overthinking, there must be a problem with the wording here.

If you are not satisfied, we can modify it. "

Shi Jintang glared at the other party and continued: "When I started the army, I already pointed out that I would punish the British Expeditionary Force.

You have repeatedly defended them, which shows that the Balfour cabinet is also an evil cabinet, and you are all a group of evil elements harboring evil intentions.

Fortunately, I have seen through your sinister intentions and will not be fooled by you.

Regardless of whether you agree or not, I will stick to my original intention and insist on trying and punishing them. "

When Minister Chamberlain heard Shi Jintang's resolute tone, sweat broke out on his forehead.

“How on earth are you willing to agree to the cabinet’s conditions?

Aren't you afraid that the British government will target you secretly? "

Shi Jintang burst out laughing, "Minister Chamberlain, you are so naive!

Do you believe that as long as I publicly sentence Lieutenant General Kitchener and other British generals to death, your Balfour cabinet will collapse? "

Hearing what Shi Jintang said, Minister Chamberlain sweated even more on his forehead.

"Why do you insist on doing this? This condition can be negotiated!"

Shi Jintang shook his head, picked up the cigar on the table and took a puff.

“The essence of the negotiation between us is a transaction, but after the negotiation, I need to clean up the hearts and minds of the civilians below.

So it was a political show to win over the hearts and minds of the Boer commoners.

Lieutenant General Kitchener has caused untold evil in the Boer country, and he must be punished.

Executing the generals he spared was the biggest concession I could make.

By the way, those villains in the expeditionary force who did too much evil will also be executed.

This is what I said when I went to war, and I need to honor it.

So Minister Chamberlain, can you understand?

It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I will wait for you to make adjustments, or for the next cabinet to continue negotiations.

In addition, in the terms you gave, don't say anything about quitting the occupied land. Now I am on the strong side and you are on the weak side.

It’s still the same sentence: What you can’t get on the battlefield, you can’t get at the negotiation table. "

After saying this, Shi Jintang took a puff of his cigar and blew out the smoke from his mouth. He looked at Minister Chamberlain and continued: "Next time, I hope you will be more sensible and pragmatic.

I will leave Cape Town to you, and then contact me after you have communicated with the prime minister in the cabinet.

Shi Ming saw off Minister Chamberlain for me. "

Shi Ming held out his hand to Minister Chamberlain with a serious face, "Your Excellency, Secretary of the Colonial Department, please come!"

PS: We are collecting the names of Nanhua Company after its independence and will provide them as soon as possible! ! !

The puppet is scheduled for: the Chinese Autonomous Dominion in Southern Africa. (End of chapter)