May 29, 1912.
"Your Majesty, Greece and Bulgaria have concluded a defense entente against Ottoman Turkey, which shows that the Balkans have formed an alliance against Turkey."
Tony found Pedro with the Pauline Defense Treaty and explained that the situation in Europe had changed again. "Your Majesty, Italy's diplomatic activities have been successful. Now the Ottoman Turkey is in big trouble. It seems that the Italian-Turkish war is about to end."
"Tony, you are too optimistic. This war will last at least four or five months." Pedro said with a smile.
"Diplomacy is diplomacy, and military is military. The Balkan Alliance is now established, but they are not ready for war. There is a lack of military mobilization and weapons and equipment, coupled with the problem of choosing the right time, it will take a long time to end.
The countries in the Balkans are very sophisticated. Even if all preparations are made, they will not join the war immediately. They will only hope that Italy will help them consume a lot of Turkey's energy before they end at the right time.
Italy's war against Turkey is destined to be a money-losing war, and Tripolitania and Cyrenaica cannot compensate. "
Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, later known as Libya, were actually a complete bad place at this time, and Italy was brought down in the process. It suffered from the lack of colonies, but it cherished it.
Tripolitania and Cyrenaica are places that France does not like, but Italy is very protective of them, lest something like Tunisia happens again.
France has already captured the essence of North Africa. Tripolitania and Cyrenaica are covered in yellow sand. At this time, the agricultural value is small, and there are only many camels. It is not like Morocco, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, which are protected by the Atlas Mountains. Come rich.
"Your Majesty, Italy has a close relationship with Portugal. Do we want to show some practical expression?" Tony suggested.
"No, Italy is of no value to us Portugal now. We can maintain relations with them in the future, but we must slowly change the benefits to them."
Before taking the initiative in Imbilia, Portugal would of course have to give some advantages to Italy, but now that the goal has been achieved, it will naturally be necessary to discuss the matter in the future.
Portugal's current strength is no worse than Italy's, and of course they must treat each other as equals in the future.
Tangning Pedro, as His Majesty the Emperor, is very realistic.
"Tony, what happened to the black troops after they returned to Africa?"
"The situation is very good. According to your Majesty's request, we have increased the reward to each black man tenfold. They are also willing to reciprocate and take the tribe to southern Mozambique."
Although the African colonies are not as expensive as Brazil, they are still treasures, and Pedro naturally has to plan them carefully.
There are few black people in the colonies now, so of course they have to be driven to a place. Emperor Pedro is very conscientious and found a good place for them in Mozambique.
Mozambique, now bisected by Downing, and Zambia to the south, and Zimbabwe, the fertile lands bordering South Africa, were used by him as a home for colonial blacks.
The area of Southern Mozambique is only slightly smaller than Zimbabwe, but the conditions are not bad at all. The coastal plain is fertile and can be used to grow various crops. The inland mountains also have mineral resources and can also be used for grazing. It is not a problem to accommodate 50 million black people in this place, not to mention that there are only three to four million black people in the colonies now.
"As for the black army, we must win over and control it. As long as we control them, the black people will not be able to rise.
Let the colonial government people remember that black people can be wronged by anyone, but they cannot be wronged by the army.
Of course, while giving preferential treatment to these black soldiers, we must also suppress them at all times and let them know that only with our presence in Portugal can they have their status.
The relationship between black people and the lower class people must be disharmonious, and sometimes deliberate indulgence is necessary. Only if we can firmly control the inequality between upper and lower black people. "
Black people in Africa are extremely poor. Before they became soldiers, most of the black soldiers had little property in their tribes and their status was generally low. They also had no nostalgia for their homeland.
This time, Pedro allocated 12 million joint dollars. Except for 1/3 of this money, which was used to bribe the morale of the black army and some tribal leaders to promote the black immigration movement, the remaining 2/3 was given to them.
Tribal resettlement fees so that they can settle there.
"Are there any troublesome tribes during this migration?" Pedro asked.
“There was some at first, but it died down quickly.
The colonial government announced that those who violated the relocation movement would not only be suppressed by force, but also downgraded. Those who caused serious troubles would be classified as untouchables, while those who actively reported the troubles could be upgraded.
Although black people don't have much wealth, they now take their status very seriously. They all hope to climb up. After the Governor's Mansion announced that the matter was serious, everyone was very stable. "
"That's good. It seems that black people have a general understanding."
His Majesty the Emperor was very satisfied, but Tony also had some hidden concerns about the migration movement, believing that it would affect the development of the colony.
"Your Majesty, all the black people have moved to southern Mozambique. What if we need people for development in other places?"
"This is not a problem. If we move some mixed-race people and Indians who identify with Portuguese culture from Brazil, 500,000 people will be enough. Portugal will import another 100,000 people. Counting the 200,000 white people and mixed-race people in the original colony, 800,000 people will be enough. .
These 800,000 people will establish several key colonial sites in the colonies and build some satellite cities. The colonies will be engaged in large-scale agriculture and light industry.
As for those who are mining, they can contract black slave labor. Black people also need to make money to live. Give them a contract job. However, please note that the contract period of a black person is not allowed to exceed five years. After five years, he will leave and then be replaced. batch.
We in Portugal have no shortage of low-end labor force. India doesn’t have a lot of people, right? We have colonies in India and we have good relations with Britain. Is it difficult to get some people to mine? It’s not that we don’t give money, and there is no slavery and oppression. We have a contract system that gives money. "
After all, Portugal is also a big colonial empire, and there is no shortage of low-end consumable labor.
As a time traveler, Pedro certainly knows how to operate colonial development and restrict black people better than people of this era.
Of course, Tangning was wary of black people. He was not like the British, French, German and other countries of this era.
Although the great powers such as Britain and France looked down on black people, hated the exploitation of black people, and used prostitution for free, they still allowed them to grow like wild horses in the colonies. This would eventually lead to trouble.
South Africa is a typical example. It is obvious that a white country can be established, as long as the black people are driven to one place.
But these short-sighted white people keep black people around just for free labor, and in the end, the black people rely on their overwhelming numbers to turn over.
Tang Ning still attached great importance to the African colonies. Although it was not the focus of national development, he never gave up on localizing the colonies.
Black people in the colonies were a thorny issue. In this era, it was easy to make a bad reputation by killing and extracting blood. King Leopold II of Belgium was blackmailed.
Since they couldn't be massacred, Tang Ning decided to be gentle. There were not many black people at the moment. Find a good place for them to settle down, which would be civilized and avoid future troubles.
Chapter 255 Migration Movement
