African Nationhood

Chapter 446 Zulu Rebellion

The pattering rain poured on Richard Turner's head. He looked at the sky angrily. Now the construction schedule would be delayed again.

Richard Turner was an indigenous white man from the Natal area and joined the Natal colonial government when he was young.

He was a member of the indigenous white people who started from the bottom. He was about to be promoted to the middle level, but the British suddenly failed.

The Cape-Natal colonial government was taken over by the Chinese-dominated South China Company, and their boss became Winston Brown, a white indigenous Boer who was transferred from the South China Company.

After changing bosses and changing names, the power environment here has also undergone major changes, and the Chinese have become the dominant people in southern Africa.

Although the commissioner of the administrative office is white, the invasion of Chinese forces still cannot be rectified.

His promotion was affected by the invasion of Chinese forces. In the urban construction area, he finally got rid of his old boss. Unexpectedly, Nanhua Company sent a young Chinese to become his boss easily.

His new boss took a map of Natal, randomly drew a circle on the coastal area and told him to build a port there.

The port his new boss plans to build will be used to export coal resources.

Natal's mineral resources are limited, and only the northern region has abundant coal resources.

This made it clear that he didn't want to let himself go back, and just wanted to keep himself in this deserted bay.

After reading the above reply, Richard Turner secretly cursed his Chinese boss in his heart, saying that you are the one who built the new port, and you are the one who has no materials.

Richard Turner was very suspicious of the administration's decision. It was clear that Indian immigrants were more suitable for this kind of hard work, so why were they all driven away?

In addition, there was a shortage of building materials here, so he sent several reports to the superiors to explain the situation.

The overseer Bruce and several white people quickly arrived at the barracks of the indigenous laborers. They captured a few strong black men in the barracks, put shackles on them, and then ordered their men to arrest black women.

Black women, on the other hand, are used for the pleasure of white men, and this is their regular routine.

When the Chinese boss learned about it, he didn't blame them. He just turned a blind eye and told them not to go too far and not to delay the construction period.

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The first is that the labor force building the port is mainly stupid Zulu and Basutoran people. In addition to being stupid, they are also very lazy.

In the future, another railway will be built to connect the inland Zhongjing Region, so that the rich coal resources in the Zhongjing Region can also be transported and exported.

The captured indigenous laborers would perform martial arts confrontations in front of the white people and beat them to death or until one party could no longer move.

Now that the continuous rainy season has arrived, construction delays have become a foregone conclusion.

Moreover, his new Chinese boss promised him that as long as he built Wanghai Port well, he would be promoted to deputy director of the Urban Construction Bureau.

There was nothing else for them to do in a remote place like this, so these black natives became ready-made entertainment tools.

Richard Turner called Bruce, the supervisor, and asked him to get some indigenous black people to entertain him.

The Natal Administrative Region is rich in water and heat resources and has very developed agriculture. In the future, exporting agricultural products will also require ports.

However, the above replies indicate that inland construction is very tight, and construction materials must be given priority to supply inland construction needs, while port construction should be temporarily slowed down.

Now he has been staying at the new port of Wanghai Port (today's Port of Richards Bay, South Africa) for a year, but the construction of this port is far from being completed.

Richard Turner became more and more angry as he thought about it. On the way back to the office, he planned to find some indigenous workers to vent his anger on.

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The profits from agricultural products are meager, and the lower the transportation cost, the easier it is to ensure profits. Therefore, the need to build new ports is very urgent.

The black indigenous people were cattle under the rule of white people no matter what period they were in. Not only did they have no status, they did not even have basic civil rights.

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The indigenous workers here are mainly Zulu people, who are a race that dares to fight against the British.

The owners of this land in southern Africa have changed several times, but the white people who oppress them have not decreased, and their oppression has become more serious.

The black people working as coolies in the harbor are members of the Ubia tribe. Their chief was killed by Dinzulu. Now this group of Ubia tribe members are united around a man named Ganya. They have secretly connected with the Basutoran people on the harbor side, planning to find opportunities to resist the oppression and rule of the white people.

The arrival of the rainy day gave this group of indigenous black people an opportunity to resist white rule, so they did not resist too violently when Bruce brought people here.

Most of the women who were arrested were also compliant, which surprised the white supervisors. The oppression of the past year or so had given them the illusion that these indigenous black people had really become submissive.

Since they are willing to obey, it would be easier to just take them away, thus saving the time of tying the women with ropes.

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Gangya walked in the middle, looking for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

A strong sea breeze blew by, and the white supervisors instinctively turned their backs to avoid the raindrops carried by the strong wind. Such raindrops, blessed by the sea breeze, hit people's faces very painfully.

Gangya had long been accustomed to the erosion of these natural conditions, so he seized the opportunity to jump high and hit the supervisor next to him with the shackles in his hand.

As he rose up, other black workers also rose up and attacked the white overseers.

The black women who were not restrained also broke out. Several women swarmed forward and knocked the unsuspecting white supervisor to the ground.

They held down an overseer while the workers next to them hit the white man with their shackles.

"Ah~~~"

The shrill screams could not spread far, after all, it was windy and rainy weather.

Blood splattered and the black laborers became excited.

Bruce was still conscious, and he was not afraid. He laughed wildly at the black people, "You are looking for death!"

Gangya could understand the white man's words, but he was not afraid.

Zulu warriors never feared any death. They took out the keys from the overseers and unlocked their shackles, then divided the people into two groups.

One group went to rescue other black compatriots who were imprisoned in the barracks, while the rest headed towards the white men's lair with weapons taken from the white overseers.

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The rebellion in Wanghai Port happened suddenly. After they killed all the white people managing Wanghai Port, they took advantage of the rainy night and marched towards Ulundi, the capital of the Zulu Kingdom.

Din Zulu's lair was attacked on a rainy night. When he woke up from a hangover, he found that his bed was surrounded by angry Zulus.

He humbly begged for mercy, hoping that his Zulu compatriots would let him go, but the sharp spear was not willing to make it easy for this Zulu traitor.

More and more Zulu people were incited, and in just one month, the Zulu Kingdom fell into an outbreak of ethnic hatred.

Without exception, all white communities or white farmers living in the Zulu Kingdom were ruthlessly massacred by the Zulus.

More than 5600 people died, the majority of whom were British whites.

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The entire Zulu Kingdom gathered again, and the thirteen tribal chiefs united and unanimously demanded that the South China Dominion and the Natal Administration grant them freedom and independence.

The Zulu rebellion caused a great stir in South China.

Boers and British whites united to march and petition, asking the government to put down the rebellion as soon as possible and avenge the dead white compatriots.

Chairman Shi did not feel angry or uneasy in the face of the sudden rebellion. He just ordered Army Commander Qu Sangqian to put down the Zulu rebellion as soon as possible and give an explanation to the people at home.

Qu Sangqian took the order and assured Chairman Shi that this time the Zulu problem would be completely solved.

(End of this chapter)