Chapter 278 More than Three Thousand Kilometers
Previous Life In the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the banks of the Kuango River.
Commander of the Western Route Army, Merk arrived here smoothly with the East African Army and Msili's servant army.
The Kuango River is a tributary of the Congo River. It originates from the Lunda Plateau in Angola, joins the Kasai River and then flows into the Congo River.
The Kasai River is the largest tributary on the left bank of the Congo River. The main tributaries of the Kasai River from upstream to downstream include the Sankuru River, Shivimbe River, Shikapa River, Kwelu River, and Kwango River. wait. This area has a dense water network, large terrain differences, and abundant water resources.
The main tributaries of the Kasai River from the upstream to the downstream include the Sankulu River, Shivimbe River, Shikapa River, Kwelu River, Kuango River, etc.
The Kwango River was the boundary river between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola in the previous life. Now it is used as the national boundary in East Africa. On the opposite side is the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of Congo and the colony of Angola.
“Controlling the right bank of the Kwango River, our trip will end here. Thank you Your Excellency Msili for your cooperation, we in East Africa will provide you and your subjects with migration convenience as agreed in advance ”
After that, Merk took a pencil in his hand and drew a red line on the map along the lines of the Kuango River. There were also several north-south rivers on the map, and the same was true. The Kuango River is the last one.
Msili has been prepared for a long time, which he doesn’t mind, but there is one thing that still makes him unhappy, “Your Excellency Merk, this is all easy to say, but can the Kingdom of East Africa provide me with more cigarettes? Wine.”
Deliberately groomed by the East African kingdom, Msiri eventually became an alcoholic and a smoker.
"Of course there is no problem! Mr. Msili, this matter is easy to handle. We can give you a batch for free, but in the future you can only buy it with money."
"Of course not. Question,” Msili replied.
The money East Africa wants actually refers to precious metals, animal skins and some special products. In short, anything valuable can be exchanged. It is a small problem for Msili.
"Your Excellency Merk, I wonder where you plan to place us?" Although Msili knew that East Africa had arranged a route for his kingdom, he did not know the specific location, only that it was in the north.
"Look!" Merk spread out the map and said to Msili: "This is East Africa. Our location is here now, and your kingdom is at this location. You will go all the way east until this lake (Tanga Nyika) area, then take a boat to Bujumbura, in Here we turn northwest and finally cross the northern territory of East Africa and come here, which we call Cameroon in East Africa.”
Looking at the big circle Merk drew on the map, Msili was a little surprised. It’s not the same as the migration I originally thought about! This distance is too far!
In fact, in Africa, migration of indigenous kingdoms and tribes is very common. The Yeke Kingdom of Msili moved westward due to the expansion of East Africa.
But the normal migration of indigenous people is from the original area to a nearby area, but the migration route announced to Msili by Merk directly bypassed the Congo rainforest and made a big circle.
Although Msili is very unfamiliar with maps, she has been following Merk these days and watching him flipping over maps from time to time, so she knows some concepts.
Msili once asked Merk where his kingdom was. As a result, Merk pointed on the map. A place the size of a finger was the entire territory of his kingdom, and the East Africa next to it was a slap in the face compared to the Yeke Kingdom. , East Africa is now even larger. Seeing that Msili was a little worried, Merk comforted him: "The distance is a bit long, but it's not that difficult. It's just over three thousand kilometers! There are waterways in the middle, so it won't take too much time."< br>
Msili didn’t know how long it was over three thousand kilometers, but he knew that the line drawn by Merk could go around the Yeke Kingdom many times just from the map.
Forget it, the food on the way was paid for by East Africa anyway, so he didn’t care about such a long journey. Msili then asked: "Cameroon, how is the environment in this place?"
" It’s almost the same as here, maybe with a little more rain, but there’s not much difference in other aspects, and the indigenous power there is very weak, you can still dominate there,” Merk replied.
Msili asked with some suspicion: "In that case, why don't you East Africa take over that land!"
"Hahaha, East Africa has reached its limit now, and we still have a lot of land that has not been developed. I don’t have time to manage such a distant place, and I’m not afraid that you will know that the current situation in East Africa The purpose is to clear out the local indigenous people. As for the means, it is hard to say. If you had not had a good attitude and good cooperation at the beginning, you might have ended up like the indigenous people we eliminated before, so migrating to the north is also a good place. We won't be able to care about you once we get there," Merk said.
Although the words were a little ugly, they were all true. Msili thought for a while and felt that the original blow was still a hero who knows the current affairs.
Msili made sure again: "Mr. Merk, the indigenous people there are really weak, you won't lie to me, right?"
"That's natural, Mr. Msili, You have also done business on the East African grasslands. You should know the form of the tribes on the East African grasslands. To be honest, Well, compared to them, the kingdom you created is a symbol of civilization. The situation in Cameroon is similar to that of the former East African grasslands. In addition, you are holding hot weapons, but the indigenous people still use spears and bows. Don’t say you can’t beat those natives with your musket.”
"So that's it. If my army goes there, it should be easy to gain a foothold. No, it should be said to become their new ruler." After knowing the status of the indigenous people, Msili became more confident.
Msili has a firearms unit in his hands, with a strength of a thousand people, plus the ordinary armed forces of the Yeke Kingdom, with thousands of people. Such strength can indeed defeat the local natives of Cameroon.
"Mr. Merk, I have one last question!"
"You said?"
"That is, my kingdom moved into this so-called Cameroon, how can I get your products in the future? ”
Musili looked at the map and found that Cameroon, which the East African Kingdom refers to, is quite a distance from East Africa, and is even separated.
Merk said: "This is easy to handle. When the time comes, you can send a caravan and report it to our border personnel, and that's it. Do you want to buy or sell? We are very welcome in the East African Kingdom. Oh, By the way, don’t forget to mention your own name. After all, you are also a meritorious person from East Africa. Maybe you can get a discount. . ”
Unlike the closed coastal areas of East Africa, the Kingdom of East Africa also advocates free trade in the interior, because compared with the indigenous people, there is a gap between East Africa and the indigenous countries. It relies on the production of the Hechingen Consortium. With those small commodities, various resources needed in East Africa can be obtained from African chiefs.
(End of this chapter)