African Nationhood

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The next day Zhang Xianghe left Luanda on the battleship "King of Shu" and set sail for Cabinda.

Jan Smuts stayed in Luanda and waited for Zhang Xianghe to return.

Although the territory in Cabinda is small, it is very important. Chairman Shi requested that this enclave be settled as soon as possible.

The West African Administrative Office will wait for the military to deploy soldiers and settle logistics matters before it will start cleaning up gangs and arresting indentured laborers in the West African Administrative Office. It will not take action for the time being.

Cabinda, formerly known as the Portuguese Congo, was a small piece of land given to Portugal when the Berlin Conference of 1885 divided the Kingdom of Congo into the French Congo (Republic of the Congo) and the Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

On the eve of the Berlin Conference, the locals of Cabinda signed a treaty with Portugal, agreeing to place Cabinda under Portuguese protection.

This enclave is 130 kilometers away from Luanda. Cabinda covers an area of ​​7283 square kilometers and its capital is Cabinda Port.

The northeastern part is the Mayamba Mountains, and most of the rest is plains. The coastline is 90 kilometers long and has a tropical rain forest climate.

Due to the abundant rainfall and warm climate, the forests here are dense and wood is abundant here (the effect of cabinda bark is even more significant).

The indigenous residents are mostly engaged in agriculture and forestry. The main crops include cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber and tropical fruit cultivation, as well as fishing.

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The cabinet decided to place the Cabinda region under the administration of the West African Administration. Therefore, after Zhang Xianghe handed over to the Portuguese, he began to build the government agencies of the Cabinda region.

Because there are no Chinese immigrants here yet, the government organization established by Zhang Xianghe is mainly the management committee.

He concurrently serves as the chairman of the management committee, and the vice-chairman is a local civil servant.

This person's name is Zhao Changfu. He is thirty-five years old this year. He has rich administrative experience but has never been a chief official. Let him serve as deputy first and then strengthen him.

He is usually responsible for presiding over all government affairs, while legal affairs are left to the Judicial Committee. His name is Ji Jialun, a student of Tielan Tielao, the Judicial Committee member.

Zhang Xianghe learned from the people left behind that there were very few indigenous white people here, and the total number of people in the entire colony was less than 1000.

There are not many mixed-race people, less than 5000, and the total population of the entire colony is less than 10.

Zhang Xianghe thought for a while and felt that he could start from here and make some attempts.

The West Africa Administration is too big, and he has no idea whether to implement it rashly.

The area here is small and the population is not large, so it is just the right place to implement your own administrative ideas.

He plans to gather the whites and mixed-race people here to serve as police and tax collectors for the regional government.

The relationship between white people and mixed-race people and indigenous black people has always been bad. It is more convenient for the West African Administration government to have them come forward to maintain law and order and collect taxes.

The indigenous white people and mixed-race people have the backing of the administrative government and will never show mercy to the indigenous black people.

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So Zhang Xianghe summoned the accompanying white man Santos and the mixed-race black man Lorenzo brought from Luanda.

"Commissioner Zhang, what are your orders?"

"That's right, I plan to appoint you, Santos, as the deputy chief of the Cabinda Regional Police, and Lourenco as the deputy chief tax collector of the Cabinda Region.

These two positions are the highest positions you can get at the moment. You two first build up the police force and tax collection team.

My request is very simple: maintain law and order in the Cabinda region and raise taxes at the same time. "

Santos and Lourenco were both excited. They went directly from civilians to government officials in a province.

“The police force will receive uniforms and standard police guns, and the tax collection corps will also receive uniforms and guns.

The two of you are now going to the Cabinda region to gather your men. The indigenous white people and indigenous mixed-race people are your soldiers.

The more soldiers you have, the better. I plan to clean up this place thoroughly. "

The two smiled and nodded, then said goodbye and left. …

Zhang Xianghe summoned again, Cabinda garrison battalion commander Zheng Changan, and gendarmerie leader company commander Chen Andong.

There is a difference in age between the two. Chen Andong is younger and Zheng Changan is slightly older. Both of them are the best of the Nanhua generation.

"Xiao Chen, I will now arrange a part-time job for you, as the chief of the police department of the Cabinda region. Your usual job is to supervise the white policemen under you.

As long as they can maintain law and order everywhere, you don't care about them. If they don't obey, you just beat them and punish them. "

Chen Andong immediately stood up to salute and replied loudly: "Yes!"

"Captain Zheng, your part-time job is the tax chief of the Cabinda region. Your usual job is to supervise the mixed-race black people below and make them be honest and obedient.

The task of collecting taxes mainly depends on them, the mixed-race blacks. As long as they can ensure that they receive enough taxes, they can do whatever they want. "

Zheng Changan also stood up and saluted and replied loudly: "Yes!"

After finishing these things, time has almost passed.

Zhang Xianghe returned to the office and called the correspondent to work with the local power generation board.

The main content of this communication is to request the mainland to send immigration ships as soon as possible. The initial immigration target is 5 people. These immigrants will be incorporated into the agricultural reclamation company and forestry company as soon as possible after arriving here.

They want to work in the plantations and forest farms left by the Portuguese to lay the foundation for future land allocation or forest farm allocation.

In addition, sufficient educational personnel and medical personnel need to be dispatched.

The indigenous white people here need education, and the mixed-race black people also need education.

There were a lot of these mixed-race blacks in the territory controlled by Nanhua, but Nanhua never paid attention to this group and slaughtered them together with the indigenous blacks.

He felt that these mixed-race black people could be given some positions so that they could be used by South China to help clean up and slaughter the indigenous people, and they could also be used as scapegoats in the future.

Zhang Xianghe felt that he should write a special report on the positioning of mixed-race blacks and submit it to Chairman Shi and Prime Minister Ouyang Geng.

As the international situation becomes increasingly severe, the South Chinese people should no longer have to dirty their hands to clean up the indigenous people.

A class of agents should be supported to specialize in such work.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xianghe's brain was extremely active, and he wanted to write quickly.

However, he still needs to deal with the current matter, so he can only write it when he has time in the evening.

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The medical staff's matter was quite urgent. He learned through the people left behind that there were many types of diseases here.

Known types of diseases include malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, leprosy, fruit fly, meningitis, cholera, tuberculosis, etc.

Among them, malaria, yellow fever, dengue fever and cholera are relatively common. After immigrants arrive, we must vigorously prevent and control them and increase safety and health education.

In addition to education and medical issues, the other issues here are defense issues.

When he first arrived here, he and Brigadier General Ou Haiwa went to see the coastal defense artillery positions at the port.

They found that the coastal defense guns here were even older, and most of the guns were rusty and had lost their function.

Although the overall environment in Africa is relatively safe, it is necessary to prepare in advance to guard against future military conflicts.

We cannot improvise, let alone take chances.

By the time he finished speaking, the correspondent had already recorded a large article.

After getting everything done here, it's almost time for the West African Administrative Office to take action. (End of chapter)