Chapter 106
"Stop! Who is that?" The militiaman raised his gun and carefully aimed at the incoming man.
Tulio Peni stood up, handed the gun to the team members behind him, raised his hands high, and said in Portuguese to the Mitomoni village soldiers: "I am Tulio Peni, an officer in the Mozambique Colony of the Kingdom of Portugal. I wish to speak to your commander."
Chirila... After speaking Portuguese for a while, the Mitomoni village soldiers became even more confused and held the guns in their hands tighter.
At this time, Gilles Zioni, the head of Mitomoni village who heard the commotion, walked to the front of the village.
Looking at Tulio Peni and his party in front of him, Gilles Zioni asked in German: "Who are you?"
Looking at Tulio Peni who looked confused, Gilles Zioni, whose hometown is on the Franco-Prussian border, asked again in French.
At this time, someone in Tulio Peni's team finally understood. This person's mother is French, so he understands French.
He walked up to Tulio Peni and repeated Gilles Zioni's words to Tulio Peni.
With an intermediary acting as a translator, people on both sides can finally begin to communicate.
After understanding the intention of Tulio Peni and others, Gilles Zioni did not embarrass these Portuguese.
At present, East Africa still adopts the strategy of attacking the Portuguese only if they don't attack us. East Africa is also relatively restrained in the land in the south, and stopped moving southward at the Rufuma River.
Unlike the eastern part, the western part of the two colonies actually has no clear boundary, because there are no mountains, rivers and rivers as geographical boundaries, and the east bank of Lake Malawi is flat.
Gilles Zioni received the Portuguese, but only allowed a few people to enter the village of Mitomoni without weapons, while the others could only stay outside the village.
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A month after Gilles Zioni sent Tulio Peni away, the Portuguese top brass in Maputo, the capital of the Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique) government, also received Tulio Peni's report.
The Portuguese were still surprised by the speed of expansion of the German East African colonies. It took hundreds of years for the Mozambique colony to develop to its current scale, and how many years did it take for the Germans to arrive?
Although they were surprised by the speed of the Germans, the Portuguese did not take any action. As long as the Germans did not play tricks on Mozambique, the Portuguese were too lazy to take the initiative.
After all, the strength that can easily defeat the Sultanate of Zanzibar is a force that cannot be underestimated on the entire west coast of the Indian Ocean, and the East African colonies currently do not have the resources that the Portuguese crave.
But the Portuguese did not do nothing. In order to avoid conflicts between the two colonies, the Mozambican government still sent people to Dar es Salaam and the East African colonies to discuss, determine the boundaries of the two colonies, and divide the sphere of influence in East Africa.
The East African colonial government accepted the Portuguese's request. At present, the East African colonies still focus on the north and west as their main targets, and are not interested in Mozambique in the south for the time being.
Ernst's plan to colonize East Africa also changed with the development of the East African colonies. If Ernst's earliest plan was to occupy the Tanganyika region, then the second stage covered the entire Tanzania, and it is currently in the third stage. That is the land of the future East African Community.
In its previous life, the East African Community had six member states: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan.
The current focus of the East African colonial strategy is on the three countries of Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda, and northern Kenya.
As for South Sudan, there is currently only Sudan and it is under the sphere of influence of the Ottoman Empire, so South Sudan is not part of the current plan.
When conducting colonial activities in East Africa, Ernst always advocated playing it safe and not to conflict with the more powerful local forces before establishing a firm foothold.
Wait for a while, wait until the population reaches a certain size, and then look for targets for expansion. Of course, this is aimed at Arabs and other European colonists. For indigenous tribes, East African colonies have always been arrogant and domineering.
What seems to be a simple truth is actually very difficult in this era. With the development of the European Industrial Revolution, European and American countries are now unscrupulous in the oceans and other continents.
As long as you see precious resources and products, you can grab them if you can. If you plant a boat or a flag on a small island, you can obtain an overseas territory. Of course, this is generally an act of self-interest. If countries do not recognize it, It's useless. If precious minerals are found on the island, the powers will smell it and come over.
The East African colonies were official colonies. Although Hechingen as a country existed in name only and became part of Prussia, it was easy to do things as long as the name was still there.
As the royal territory of Hechingen, the East African colonies were distinguished from Prussia in terms of ownership, but everyone implicitly agreed that this was a Prussian colony.
After all, Hechingen has become part of Prussia. Who knows if it is a vest created by Prussia. Prussia does not pay much attention to overseas countries for the time being, and there is no need to explain to other countries.
Therefore, the East African colonies can be regarded as a fake and a tiger's power. Otherwise, the Portuguese in Mozambique would be rude if they really understood all the details inside.
December 3, 1867.
The East African colonies and the Mozambique colonies signed an agreement - the "East Africa and Mozambique Non-Aggression Treaty".
The treaty demarcates the border between the two parties, starting from the outlet of the Rufuma River and ending at Adira Village on the east bank of the middle section of Lake Malawi. The border is more than 700 kilometers long.
North of the border is the sphere of influence of the East African colony, and south of the border is the sphere of influence of the Mozambique colony.
The two sides shall not enter each other's sphere of influence without the other's permission, respect each other's interests along the western Indian Ocean, and jointly maintain the smooth flow of traditional commercial and trade routes in the western Indian Ocean.
This treaty focuses on the intersection of the two sides' forces, one is the land border, the other is the maritime trade route.
The treaty was limited in that the division of land power only detailed the delineation of the boundaries where the two colonies currently met, that is, the area between Lake Malawi and the Indian Ocean.
Many places in East and South Africa were not divided and determined, which paved the way for future conflicts between the two colonies on the west shore of Lake Malawi.
However, the current treaty is still quite acceptable. East Africa currently has no idea of going deep to the west of Lake Malawi, and Mozambique has no plans to move inland.
The two sides will not meet in the west for the time being, and both sides currently need a stable situation in the east to ensure their respective interests.
Towards the end of the year, East Africa’s immigration tasks this year are about to be completed, and the immigrant population in the East African colonies will also reach a new level.
The war among the indigenous people in the northwest region had long since ended. As soon as the plague was over, the East African colonies took over the northwest region in one go.
Coupled with the ongoing exploration of northern Kenya, the main body of the East African Community in the previous life was basically in the hands of the East African colonies.
The signing of the "Non-Aggression Treaty between East Africa and Mozambique" added a layer of insurance to the expansion of the northern part of the East African colonies to avoid excessive energy in guarding against the Portuguese.
