After the trial voyage, the Fifth Fleet gathered in the port of Odessa and set off from there.

Asal, Kitard's cousin, the former governor of South Africa, and now the newly captured senior official of the Ottoman province around the Ottoman Strait, set out with him as Kitard's advisor.

The fleet brought the Bogda reorganization division, and it seemed that something big was going on.

In addition to Assal, the reorganization division commander Kang Xiaozi, Chitard's own secretarial team, special operations team also followed, as well as Adil, the former Mediterranean intelligence chief who is now appointed as the chief executive of South Africa.

Adil came back to report to the Government Affairs Council, and after completing the work, he happened to set off with the fleet.

The journey was smooth. After replenishing fresh water and coal at Kenitra Port in Morocco, it took about a month to arrive at Port Durban (Durban), the capital of the Viceroyalty of South Africa.

Nowadays, after accepting a large number of immigrants from Bangladesh, Southeast Asia, and some Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese, the population of the South African Viceroyalty has exceeded one million in the past two decades, and Wangbu City has become a city no less than the mainland province.

The great city of Fu.

Kitard's second son, Ongketai, had known for a long time that he was coming and had been prepared in the city early in the morning.

Since this is an immigration center, there is naturally a large immigration transfer base. Bogda's organizer is resting at the base, while Kitard and his entourage live in the Governor's Mansion.

Early the next morning, Kitard held a meeting in the conference room of the Governor's Palace.

"Your Majesty"

Adil will report the situation.

"Although South Africa has a good climate, most of its areas are plateaus and mountains, and transportation is extremely inconvenient."

"And most of it is grassland, with many kinds of wild animals and many tribes."

"Roughly speaking, the northwest is our country's most important industrial and mining base, Gauteng. By the way, it is what we often call the Golden Valley. Gauteng is the land of gold in Tswana language."

"The main tribe here is the Tswana. After more than ten years of conquest, half of them surrendered to us, and the other half who resisted became slaves and were sold to the Americas."

"The eastern coast is dominated by the Zulu people, and they are divided into two major tribes, the north and the south. Under the suppression of our country, they have to move to the inland mountains."

"The closest place to them is still inhabited. Next to North Zulu are the Swazis. They have built a kingdom of Swaziland, and the North Zulu are at war with them."

"Next to South Zulu is the Basuto Kingdom, and its main tribe is the Basuto people"

(Kingdom of Basotho, later Kingdom of Lesotho)

"Since a kingdom has been established, its civilization is obviously a little more advanced. It has been able to raise a large number of cattle and sheep, and can grow food in the valley. Of course, it is still an extensive operation."

"In the past, when we went to the Golden Valley, we took the passage between the Kingdom of Basuto and the Kingdom of Swaziland. Both countries are in mountainous areas, but they are not in conflict with each other."

"However, there are Xhosa, Zulu and Tswana people between these two places, so there are natural conflicts. Fortunately, our immigration policy is very different from that of European countries."

"The strategy of European countries is to use tax exemptions and other preferential measures to attract immigrants to go there on their own. At the beginning, the population is very small. Although these people carry firearms, they are not enough in front of the huge natives, and they can only retreat to the coastal areas."

"When the population gathered in the coastal areas reaches a certain size, they will go out collectively to continue exploring inland. In this case, the progress will be very slow. At present, the Dutch and British in the south are still limited to the area south of the southern mountains of South Africa."
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"The largest river in South Africa is the Orange River, named by the Dutch. The above-mentioned area is roughly located south of the river, that is, south of the Kingdom of Basotho"

"North of the Orange River, there is a tributary of the river called the Maud River. There is a place near its upper reaches with rich water and grass. The white people once established a small stronghold here called Bloemfontein. Eventually, naturally, they were invaded by the natives.

They retreated, and now there is only a small church left there."

"A branch of the local Basuto people call this place Mongolia. Haha, naturally it is far from our meaning of Mongolia. What they mean is that this is a paradise for cheetahs. Our country has now taken over this place and has stationed some

A company of soldiers adopted the native name and called it Mongolia."

"And built a small earth city there"

"But in the vast arid grasslands north of the Orange River, there are still a large number of Xhosa, Tswana, and Zulu people who have had many contacts with our country. Fortunately, when our country dispatches, there are usually at least one company.

The cavalry will follow, otherwise there will be no advantage in numbers."

"According to our estimates, the combined population of the various tribes here probably exceeds one million. We were defeated by our country and captured more than 100,000 people. In addition to being sold to America, the remaining people were naturally used to connect Wangbu Port and Golden Valley.

on the road"

"This completely hardened road has been built for several years now. Based on the endurance of the horse-drawn carriages, we have built villages every fifty miles to allow immigrants to farm and graze here, while also taking on the responsibility of maintaining the road.

, in order to encourage them to do so, a 10% tax reduction is provided for them."

"Our country once moved about 6,000 herdsmen here, and now they are roughly distributed on both sides of this road. In order to fight against wild beasts and natives, they live together in villages of twenty households, and they also move together when grazing."<

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"There are coal mines and iron mines near Wangbu, but the output is not high. The real place rich in coal and iron resources is the Golden Valley area. We built the city of Ikobi in the place His Majesty marked as Johannesburg. Ikobi is Tswana.

Gold in people's mouths"

"Due to the long distance, we can only set up a complex base on the spot. After the finished products are produced, they will be transported to Wangbu Port over kilometers under the escort of soldiers."

"But the efficiency is still very low. I heard that the local area has begun trial production of cars driven by steam engines. It would be much more convenient if they were put here."

“In the mountainous area near the Mozambique area occupied by the Portuguese, we built the city of Phalaborua and set up a copper smelting base there. The copper ingots were transported by water to Maputo and Oangbu ports, and then transferred to the mainland.

Or somewhere else."

"South of the Southern Mountains, the Dutch and British are almost equally divided. The British occupy the eastern half with Port Elizabeth as the center and west, and the Dutch naturally occupy the western half with Cape Town as the center."

"Except for the Xhosa, the tribes here are mainly Khoisan"

“At present, our country has firmly controlled the vast area north of the Orange River and has established four major castles: Wangbu, Igobi, Phalaborua, and Maputo, as well as a series of castles on the roads between them.

Immigration stronghold"
Chapter completed!