Chapter 596

Chapter 596: Feeling of oppression

Ernst is not flattering, this is a fact, just like the annual coins given to the Khitan by the Song Dynasty. If it were given to a country of the size of North Korea, it would be a large amount of income.

 The Marshall Plan of the United States and the Warsaw Pact of the Soviet Union both had this effect, but the two countries were too powerful at the time, so they were able to make a bunch of countries rich.

The Far Eastern Empire in the 21st century also uses this trick to win over other countries, especially Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam and Africa. From this point of view, East Africa's current behavior is just a reverse version of the Far Eastern Empire, but they all use Nanyang as a springboard.

It's just that East Africa's strength is limited now. The only people who really make a fortune from East Africa's charity are Zanzibar businessmen. However, Zanzibar has been localized by East Africa, so its performance is not obvious. If Zanzibar is still an independent country, it will be different from Japan and South Korea. There is no difference in flow.

This is related to the issue of trade. If the United States does not open global market channels to Japan, Japan's proud automobile industry will not be able to export to Europe and the United States, and even the processing parts will not be available. After all, Japan lacks local resources.

 So even when Japan was the world's second largest economy, it could only bow before the United States. The same was true for Zanzibar. Without its local supply channels in East Africa, its decline was instantaneous.

  If the Suez Canal had not been opened before 1869, Zanzibar, a necessary place for trade in the Western Indian Ocean, would still be struggling. However, after the Suez Canal was opened, Zanzibar's status plummeted.

Of course, after the opening of the Suez Canal, the economy along the East African coast is now more active, and this is all due to East Africa.

 Because of East Africa's development of Africa, East Africa has become an emerging raw material supplier and market, and it has participated in world trade. This has created a hedge between sub-Saharan African shipping and the Suez Canal.

Moreover, the opening of the Suez Canal has further enhanced economic exchanges between East Africa and Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and Southern Europe, which can be regarded as mutual achievements.

  If Africa were in the previous life, let alone participating in world trade, it would not be able to drink the leftover swill, and could only lick the sides of the bowl a few times.

In the previous life, Africa, with the exception of South Africa and North Africa, had a little industry, and agriculture in the middle area did not even develop. Agricultural countries could save some money no matter how hard they worked. However, Africa's agricultural exports could only rely on ivory, leather or some special products.

This kind of export is actually the hunting and gathering of primitive societies, and the by-products are used to exchange for some money with other civilizations in the world.

Although East Africa is not considered developed, it has complete industry and agriculture, is large in size and scale, conducts intensive production in accordance with market demand, and is protected by the military, so it can participate in world trade.

In comparison, East Africa is not comparable to the Orange Free State or even the entire Cape Colony. The only things the Cape Colony can offer are diamonds and average-scale agriculture and animal husbandry.

As a colony of the British Empire, the agriculture and animal husbandry in the Cape Colony is nothing worth bragging about, because there are too many British colonies. If the Transvaal was still there, it would naturally be different. Gold alone could take off, but now The Transvaal is an East African territory, and East Africa is not developed, leaving large areas of land abandoned and further reducing its economic value.

Without the backing of gold and mineral resources, there is not much use value. The Transvaal Restoration Organization can only rely on its anti-East African passion to please the British, because the Transvaal people have nothing but hatred.

Of course, the British don't see it that way. What is the most precious thing left by the Transvaal Republic? Without knowing the existence of gold, the population of the Transvaal was naturally a valuable resource in Africa. Just like the French, for colonial development, they often went to the interior to capture or purchase black people from tribes.

East Africa is full of people but not hungry. It relies on the world's two largest population overflow areas to eat a lot of food and is barely three-thirds full. However, in comparison, other colonies in Africa are hungry. Of course, this is related to the concept of East African immigration. In this era, except for East Africa and Argentina, black slaves are definitely the most popular immigrant group. However, the number of immigrants from India and the Far Eastern Empire, which are the most populous in the world, is very insufficient compared with the black slave trade. look.

In the British colonies, they were actually quite exclusive. There were very few black people in regions like Australia and Canada, which were slightly more controlled. Of course, this was also related to the late development of the two places, which did not catch up with the era when the black slave trade was booming. Canada and Australia was developed almost at the same time as East Africa. When East Africa was established, the slave trade almost came to a halt, but East Africa gave the slave trade a new lease of life.

Although the Cape Colony is also in Africa, there are not many black people, otherwise it would not have a scale of almost one million Boers and other white people.

 The United Kingdom has always had a tradition of hosting separatist and independent forces and rebel parties in various countries, so as an enemy of East Africa, the United Kingdom is naturally more interested in the Transvaal people.

Although some Transvaal people joined relatives and friends in the Orange Free State and became Orangemen, most of them did not integrate into the Orange Free State. This population numbered hundreds of thousands.

A nation with a population of more than 100,000 and hostility to East Africa is the best weapon that Britain uses to deal with East Africa. Although Mozambique has a larger population, the last war between East and Portugal made Britain understand a truth, that is, the black servant army cannot be reused, and it is still white. More reliable.

 So the Governor-General in Bloemfontein went on to say: "After the Transvaal Republic regains its lost territory, it should naturally resume all the rights it enjoys as an independent country, and the United Kingdom will guarantee the security of the Transvaal Republic after its restoration."

The key point is that after the restoration of the country, it is a blank check. Of course, the promise of the Governor of Bloemfontein is also very attractive. One is to ensure the interests of the ruling class of the original Transvaal Republic, and the other is to ensure that the Transvaal "after the restoration of the country" The security of the Republic of Vanuatu.

Then Britain will definitely not provide security services for free. After the restoration of the country, the Transvaal Republic will definitely move closer to the British economically, politically, and militarily. In this way, the new Transvaal government will become a comprador class and serve the British.

In addition, the result of the successful restoration of the Transvaal Republic will definitely be that East Africa will lose a large area of ​​land in the south, and East Africa's strength will be weakened. Britain can re-establish a strategic buffer between East Africa and Cape Town that has the initiative on its own side. District, ensuring the safety of the Cape Colony.

Independent countries like East Africa are very eye-catching to the UK. In the UK's global strategic layout, apart from Europe, the first country to get rid of the UK is the United States. The Far East Empire is a difficult old bone to crack.

 In other regions, the UK has always been at an advantage, but the emergence of East Africa has made the areas in Africa that the UK was originally interested in become a mirror image.

There is French influence in West Africa and North Africa. South Africa, which Britain originally planned to acquire, is now mostly in the hands of East Africa. Britain can tolerate an East Africa that dominates the East African Plateau.

 But East Africa's hand has been stretched too long, and Britain now does not have the arrogance of the previous life. Their minimum requirement is that East African forces return to the north of Lake Malawi.

This is the same as someone who wanted to split the United States or Russia into several countries in the previous life. The visual presentation of the land area can bring pressure to people.

Just like Tsarist Russia in the 19th century, with more than 20 million square kilometers of land, even Britain, the world hegemon, can feel a sense of oppression.

 (End of this chapter)