Chapter 594 Contradiction
Ernst only stayed in Bagamoyo for one day before returning to the first town. However, he took the waterway when he went and the road when he came. The distance between Bagamoyo and the first town was The road is not as comfortable as the waterway, but it is still smooth.
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Orange Free State.
For the Boers in Orange, or the Boers in the former Orange Free State, life today is very unhappy.
On the one hand, all the promises made by the British were not realized; on the other hand, the Boers of the former Transvaal Republic occupied a large number of their own resources.
"That's not what the British said at the time. Not only did they fail to solve Orange's financial problems, but they continued to raise tax rates in Orange. We were all deceived, and now the British still don't admit it!"
"The so-called investment and dividends have not been realized, and they continue to recruit people to work in their diamond mines. The wages are still very low. Those land and minerals belong to us, these **** robbers."
"And the **** Transvaal people. We received these poor people with kindness at first, but now they turn around and use them as dogs for the British to deal with us. They were really blind to accept these white-eyed wolves."
With the migration of the original Transvaal Boers to the Orange Free State, the social structure of the local Boers was immediately changed.
Although the two countries are close friends, they have been in contact for a long time, but conflicts have arisen. Naturally, this is inevitably fueled by the British. The British were originally wary of the Boers and naturally did not want the Boers under their rule to unite.
At the beginning, the Boers in the Transvaal were the targets that the British could win over, while the Boers in Orange were naturally the targets of suppression.
Because the Boers in the Transvaal were driven from the territory of the original Transvaal Republic by East Africa, and the British were also outsiders to the Orange Free State, the Orange people had a sense of themselves. You are the master of this land.
Obviously, the Transvaal and the British did not think so, so the Transvaal Restoration Organization came together with the British.
"These Transvaal people are all ignorant wolves. We vacated houses and lent them land to help them get through the most difficult days, but now they want to turn back to their own country. It's really shameless."
"And that's all if they just obediently reintegrate into Orange. They insist on shouting slogans of regaining lost land and rebuilding the Transvaal every day and asking for supplies and donations. They are greedy."
"Do you think their so-called restoration slogan is used to deceive us? They are not going to East Africa at all, but are using it to deal with us?" someone boldly speculated.
"It should be unlikely. I think the training of the Nationalist Army is quite impressive. Obviously they want to compare with the East African Army. For us, killing a chicken with a sledgehammer is a waste."
"That's impossible to say! East Africa is not the East Africa it used to be. Before, they were able to gather tens of thousands of troops when they attacked the Transvaal. Then they fought against Portugal and defeated the Portuguese. Between the two sides, the mobilization of troops was huge. At least more than 200,000. And if you think about how many people there were in the Transvaal in the past, it was only about 200,000. Even if children and old people could travel together, it would probably be enough to fill the gap in East Africa." "That is, now all the people in the Transvaal The world knows that East Africa is the most powerful country in Africa. There are at least tens of thousands of people serving in the navy alone, and the number of the army should be maintained at least 100,000. Even all the Boers combined may not be enough to defeat the East African army. , not to mention that the Restoration Army only has more than 3,000 people."
"As long as East Africa deploys one-tenth of its army, it can completely annihilate the Nationalist Army. The number and equipment of the Nationalist Army have no chance of winning compared with the East African Army. That's why I say that the so-called Nationalist Army is the Transvaal." He joined forces with the British to exploit the citizens of the former Orange Free State."
This is nothing more than what the Orange people think. If you shout too many slogans, you will get tired of hearing them. The Transvaal people may sound nice, but you should take action! East Africa is right there. Instead of seeking revenge in East Africa, they seek alms from the Orange people every day, so the Orange people look down upon the Transvaal people.
Of course, the Transvaal people originally wanted to fight with East Africa and regain their own land, but neither the British nor the Orange people supported it before.
After all, the Orange people have no grudges against East Africa and do not want to offend East Africa. However, Britain is worried that it will suffer harm instead of killing the snake. East Africa has strong wings now, and ordinary attacks cannot cause harm at all, so Britain has always wanted to save It was a big deal, but the Afghans came to cause trouble again, so it was delayed.
The Transvaal Restoration Army, which the British had previously actively supported with money, has now made excuses to allocate funds to the Orange Free State. After all, the British have no intention of causing trouble in East Africa, but they do not want to disband the Transvaal. The Restoration Army, so it can only be raised by the Orange Free State first.
This is also the reason why the Orange Free State has been increasing taxes in recent years. After all, there is an extra army to support, and it certainly cannot rely on the poor Orange treasury. However, the British occupy the diamond mines but do not get a dime. This is It made the original Orange people feel even more unbalanced.
"We in Orange have lured the wolf into the house. I have no objection to helping the Transvaal people, but I don't want our help to be taken for granted without seeing anything in return. We may even continue to ask for it in return, and in the name of brotherhood, But he acts as a hawk for his former enemy."
Before the emergence of East Africa, apart from the natives, the enemies of the Boers were naturally the British. East Africa was certainly not a good thing, but the British who were loyal to the Transvaal Restoration Army were regarded as feuding people.
And the Orange people don't have much aversion to East Africa. After all, it is the Transvaal, not Orange, that is causing trouble in East Africa.
On the contrary, the Transvaal people who moved south were ungrateful and opposed the Orange people at every turn, squeezing out a lot of social resources.
Of course, the tax increase alone has caused complaints among Orangemen. Now with the end of the British war in Afghanistan, there are rumors that the Transvaal Restoration Army will recruit troops, which is naturally a good thing.
But the problem is that after several years of getting along, the Orange people have learned that Britain is a hard-earned man, and the money for recruiting soldiers and horses for the Transvaal Union Army will definitely come from the Orange people.
Just raising an additional three thousand troops would be difficult, because these more than three thousand troops are fully armed and trained according to the standards of British native soldiers.
"Coffee" alone is not a small expense, and the British are very thieves. They import cheap coffee from Zanzibar merchants and then receive kickbacks, so the consumption of the Transvaal Restoration Army cannot be as low as possible.
(End of this chapter)