African Nationhood

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Ouyang Geng and Prime Minister Lloyd George invited them to the restaurant of the City Hall, where they had a working meal while talking about the Rhodesian colony.

Let me also say something about the African and Indian laborers left in France.

Before the war, Nanhua organized 30 workers to serve in France. After several years of war, only tens of thousands of these workers died.

The remaining workers filled the void of these workers after the Chinese workers left. Because of these two groups of workers, Nanhua harvested 2000 million pounds of wool from Britain, France, and the United States.

As the war ended, the problem of these laborers became awkward.

Because white people consciously downplay the merits of these people of color and exaggerate the merits of white officers and soldiers.

Therefore, people of all countries are very repulsive towards people of color, especially Germany.

Because the French wanted to disgust Germany and also occupy the Alsace-Lorraine region as much as possible, they arranged all the black soldiers recruited by France in Africa in this area.

The French encouraged black soldiers to marry local German women in an attempt to turn the area into a black homeland.

Once these black people take root, they must be united with France.

At that time, this area will become French, and the black mixed blood living on this land will become a buffer zone between the two countries.

The French had a good plan, and the Germans were naturally aware of it. While the Weimar government strongly protested, it also compiled a pamphlet "The Black Terror on the Rhine".

The pamphlet declared: "Militarized Africans are hurting white people, and intermarriage is causing white people to gradually lose their innate superiority!"

At the same time, many newspapers and parties in Germany are doing their best to fabricate the crime records of black Frenchmen in Alsace and Lorraine, accusing and criticizing the black French regiments as "devils".

Because of the Weimar government's strong reaction, although Britain and the United States did not agree with Germany's propaganda strategy, they followed the Germans' ideas and put pressure on France.

It forced France to terminate the immigration resettlement plan in Alsace and Lorraine, and relocate all blacks living there who had not intermarried with Germans to other places for resettlement.

The French government was pressured to begin transferring black soldiers and laborers.

Nanhua did not want these workers, but all countries made it clear that they would not accept them, so Ouyang Geng planned to place these workers in Libya.

After so many years of development, "North Africa Petroleum Exploration Company" has become a conglomerate oil company that owns a large number of oil fields and occupies a large amount of land.

These more than 200,000 workers used to be a powerful force that could change the local situation.

"As for the resettlement of the Indian and African workers we sent to France, I am here to formally inform you that we will resettle these workers to the North African Oil Exploration Company, and they will serve as immigrants on the Gulf of Sirte. and escorts.”

After hearing this, Prime Minister Lloyd George immediately put forward the conditions. The command of the escort personnel needed to be handed over to the colonial government.

Upon hearing this request, Ouyang Geng immediately understood that the British wanted to use the labor guard to attack the local "Senussi Order."

This matter does not pose any problem to Nanhua. After all, Nanhua wants to get rid of its burden. It does not matter whether those workers live or die in Libya.

"Yes, General Manager William Sfield will cooperate with the local colonial government."

"Having finished talking about this issue, let's talk about the Rhodesian colony."

Hearing Ouyang Geng mention this colony, Prime Minister Lloyd George showed a relaxed smile on his face.

"Our cabinet has reached an agreement with His Majesty the King on the issue of this colony. Soon His Majesty the King will issue an edict to confer Marquis Henry as the King of Rhodesia."

"you?"

Ouyang Geng said halfway and did not continue.

He understood that the British were deliberately disgusting Chairman Shi. Although South China has nothing to do with Britain, the Rhodesian colony is still British in name. Therefore, the British King ordered the Rhodesia Colony to be awarded to the Marquis of Shi Jintang, and then the Rhodesia Colony became the territory of the Marquis of Shi Jintang.

Whether you, Shi Jintang, want to incorporate the Rhodesian territory into the dynasty after becoming emperor is your own business, but your title will definitely have the title of King of Rhodesia.

In this way, the status of Rhodesia will be different from other territories of the dynasty, which is equivalent to planting a mine in the middle of the unified dynasty in southern Africa.

Ouyang Geng's retorts and protests were useless, unless Nanhua had fallen out with Britain and did not recognize the legality of the British king.

But in this way, Emperor Nanhua will be naturally shorter when he faces the King of England in the future.

Ouyang Geng was not sure how Chairman Shi should make a decision. He could only report this matter to see Chairman Shi's decision.

Therefore, during the next work dinner, Ouyang Geng fell silent, while the British man who got the advantage drank two more glasses of wine as if he had won a battle.

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When Shi Jintang received the telegram from Ouyang Geng ahead of him, he was a little angry at first.

But after thinking about it, he wasn't angry anymore.

Because he had plans to abdicate in the future, the Rhodesian colony included half of Mozambique and the two large lakes of Malawi and Tanganyika.

Among these territories, the benefits from the two lakes alone are immeasurable.

Once Shi Jintang abdicates and delegates power, he cannot guarantee how democratic politics will change in the future, so he can keep a backup plan.

Although the British were disgusted by his own actions, they also reminded him that they would reserve a legal territory for the Shi royal family in the future.

Because he has not completely cut off from Britain, he can get this fiefdom first.

After he ascended the throne, he used Watson's medicine to treat influenza as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the British, allowing the British to cancel the fiefdom order and his title of marquis.

After he proclaimed himself emperor, he would directly incorporate this territory into the Nanhua Empire.

It is governed uniformly by the Government Affairs Council, and everyone is treated equally financially.

However, it is possible to establish a title for the eldest son Shi Hao, imitating the British Prince of Wales. After the prince ascends the throne, he will continue to seal this territory to the new prince.

This operation is not a problem in Western jurisprudence, but it would be a bit awkward in Eastern jurisprudence.

Because the Eastern dynasties have always been a unified and centralized model, and they pay attention to the concept of "the shore of the land is not the king's land".

But it doesn't matter. After all, the Nanhua Empire is a new empire that combines the characteristics of Eastern and Western methods.

Shi Jintang sent a telegram back to Ouyang Geng, asking him to discuss with the British to bring Cape Town over and incorporate it into the Rhodesian territory.

After discussions with the British, Ouyang Geng finally convinced the British to sell Cape Town to the Kingdom of Rhodesia for 600 million pounds and become part of the Rhodesian territory.

Shi Jintang has no objection to this, after all, the land is priceless.

He asked Huangshi Group, controlled by Ye Rong, to invest in the purchase of Cape Town, which could be regarded as filling the last gap in the territory of the Nanhua Empire.

After these matters were discussed, on December 1919, 12, King George V of the United Kingdom issued an edict: canonizing Marquis Henry Stone as King of Rhodesia.

Chairman Shi took the lead in achieving the title of king before proclaiming himself emperor, and the next step was to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

In order to prepare for the emperor's enthronement, the Ministry of Culture and Education has done a lot of work. A series of warm-up activities have begun in the city of Hanjing. The city is covered in red and colorful, and there is a festive atmosphere everywhere. (End of chapter)