Chapter 596 Sense 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 Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries and Africa. From this point of view, East Africa’s current behavior is just a reverse version of the Far Eastern Empire, but both anchors Nanyang was chosen 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 , that is no different from Japan and South Korea.
This is related to trade issues. If the United States does not open global market channels to Japan, Japan’s proud automobile industry will not be able to get enough processing parts, not to mention exporting to Europe and the United States. After all, Japan’s domestic resources are scarce.
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 would be instant.
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 would Straight down.
Of course, after the opening of the Suez Canal, the economy along the East African coast is now more active. 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 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 remaining swill, and could only lick the side of the bowl a few times.
In the previous life, Africa, with the exception of South Africa and North Africa, had a little bit of industry, and agriculture in the middle area did not even develop. No matter how hard the agricultural countries worked, they could still save some money. However, even Africa's agricultural exports could only rely on ivory, leather or These are some specialties.
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, large volume and scale, intensive production according to market demand, and military escort, 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 be different, relying solely on gold. It can take off, but now the Transvaal is an East African territory, and East Africa is not developed, leaving large areas of land abandoned and the economic value further reduced.
Without the endorsement 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 Republic of Transvaal? 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 who don’t know how hungry they are. It relies on the world’s two largest population overflow areas to eat a lot 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 xenophobic. 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 slave trade. In the prosperous years, Canada and Australia developed almost at the same time as East Africa. When East Africa was established, the black slave trade almost came to a halt, but East Africa gave the black slave trade a continuation 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.
Britain has always had a tradition of hosting separatist and independent forces as well as rebel parties in various countries, so as an enemy of East Africa, Britain 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 part of the population also accounted for ten As many as tens 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 East-Portuguese War 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 then deceived: "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 that the Transvaal Republic will recover after its restoration. The security of the Republic of Va."
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 the "restoration of the country." Security of the Post-Transvaal Republic.
Then the British 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, so that the new Transvaal government will become a comprador. Class, in the service of Britain.
In addition, the result of the successful restoration of the Transvaal Republic will definitely be that East Africa will lose a large area of southern land, and East Africa's strength will be weakened. Britain can re-establish an initiative between East Africa and Cape Town. It maintains its own strategic buffer zone to ensure the security 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 United Kingdom has always been at an advantage, but the emergence of East Africa has made the areas in Africa that the United Kingdom was originally interested in become a mirror image.
French forces exist 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 stretched too far, and Britain now does not have the arrogance of its 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. Visually displaying 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.
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