It had just rained heavily in the northeastern region of South Africa. From shallow beaches along the coast to high mountains inland, they were all shrouded in this rain curtain. The swamps were filled with rain, the rivers were rejuvenated again, and the animals were rushing happily on the grasslands. The entire eastern coastal area ushered in the most pleasant time of the year.

As the secret line of the State Intelligence Administration of the East Coast of China, Jose Moreno, who was once a small officer, wiped the rain on his face and smiled with relief. He owned a large piece of roughly cultivated land in the area north of the city of Glory, which was planted with wheat, alfalfa and other crops. The arrival of this heavy rain could allow the properties in the fields under his name to be harvested normally, which is enough.

He needs money very much now, and these agricultural products are one of the few commodities that can be exchanged for money from the representatives of the Eastern Coast National Grain Reserve Depot. Don’t think that gold and silver are useless among them, the "displaced people". In fact, because the logistics of the East Coast people are relatively excellent, they can purchase various commodities from daily necessities to guns and ammunition by ordering. The sufficient supply of goods is one of the most important means for Jose Moreno to maintain his position among the "displaced people" group (the other means is the recognition of the East Coast people).

Jose Moreno now manages about 5,000 people, all Indians from La Plata and Chile and Mestiso. He has a large team under him, with about 200 people, basically all soldiers, sheriffs (police) or grassroots officials from the Spanish colonies in the past. In principle, every member of this management team must be investigated and identified by the East Coast intelligence department to ensure that there are no people with strong hostility to the East Coast. You must know that when the country was founded, these people may be the ruling class of the new country. The East Coast people will not be so stupid that an anti-East member can hold a high position, even if this person is forced to make any big waves.

It can also be seen from this that although the East Coast people promised these people to go to the Yellow-and-Black Dividing Line to establish a country, they have never relaxed their control over these people. They will ensure that the politics and economy of these countries are controlled by the East Coast and move closer to the East Coast in culture, so that they can be worthy of the huge expenses paid by the East Coast government to relocate them.

Jose Moreno is one of the immigrant leaders who are controlled by the East Coast. He has been secretly trained by East Coast intelligence officials, knowing how to manage a large group of people, knowing who will obey him, who may oppose him, and who will be indifferent to neutral. He also learned a set of superficial economic theories, which helped him broaden his horizons and would not act recklessly when giving various orders. Although his team also has other management teams who are secretly trained by East Coast people who understand the economy, as a leader and a column commander, when he issued a wrong order but was questioned by his subordinates and had to correct it, it was always a harm to authority and something that should be avoided.

Speaking of this so-called column, it was actually something that Xiao Jingzong, a commissioner of the Yicheng Regional Administration, scattered into three columns, namely the first, second and third columns. The number of people in each column was generally five or six thousand. When they headed north, they scattered dozens of kilometers, and then went hand in hand, and then gathered at a location designated by the East Coast people.

The communication between the three columns relies on a large number of riders to communicate. Sometimes when they encounter a powerful black tribe, they will even fight together and exert their collective strength to eliminate the enemy.

Black people are always very powerless when they encounter these groups. Although their total number is quite large, they are scattered everywhere in tribal form, and they may even have enemies with each other and cannot pee in a pot. Therefore, when they encounter thousands or even tens of thousands of "big tribes" supported by modern armed forces, they are a little too little to see and are often beaten to pieces. The property is seized by others and becomes the spoils of others. The personnel are captured by others and sold at a low price and become slave laborers on the construction site of the marching railway, contributing to the construction of the Great East Coast.

In addition to the Indians and Mestiso people, there are also a large number of the Eight Banners tribes from the New China Island. Because these people lived together for a long time, fought, were familiar with each other, and had relatively sound systems, the people in the Yicheng Regional Administration did not intend to change their original social structure, but allowed them to continue to march north in the form of the Eight Banners and fight against the blacks.

It has to be said that after decades of training by the East Coast people, the Eight Banners of the Islands are still good in combat, not much worse than those of the Mestiso people. Especially the Saccaravs, the weapons bought from the English and Portuguese in the past could make other tribes cry and cry out for their parents. They once expanded their power to the entire West Coast, and even tentatively entered the Central Plateau, defeating the Melinas several times, and their combat effectiveness was strong. I believe that if the East Coast people had not emerged and defeated the Saccaravs Kingdom, which had been divided into two parts, through years of war, God knows how big the territory they would have captured.

To a certain extent, these black people living on the east coast of South Africa are actually quite pitiful. Their civilized level is low and their strength is extremely scattered. Although they are still barbaric and dare to fight, when facing these tens of thousands of external colonists, their resistance is still unscrupulous and they are defeated by them and become miserable slaves. The staff of the East Coast Army once carefully judged it and finally agreed that as long as they continue to advance northward, they do not give these black people a chance to breathe, and they are not allowed to be unified into a whole, then their threat will not be great and they will be completely eliminated.

The main reason why the Zulu people in eastern South Africa was so difficult that the British colonists suffered several losses in history was that they received foreign muskets, and the British moved too slowly, giving them too much time to integrate. In addition, they produced a hero who unified most of the Zulu tribes so that they could use powerful forces to fight the British. These three conditions can be said to be indispensable. Obviously, the East Coast people will not give them this opportunity or make the British mistakes, so it seems that it is not difficult to eliminate these black forces.

Of course, some people may think that the Northbound movement driven by the East Coast was too harmful and too cruel to the blacks. But if you consider that these blacks have not been in South Africa for many years and have cruelly eliminated the indigenous Koisan Reds of South Africa, then you can look at this series of colonial wars with a relatively relaxed attitude - you always have to pay it back when you come out to do it, that's all!

"Get my wine." Jose Moreno, sitting on a rough wooden bench, asked his servant to bring a bottle of wine he bought in Yicheng County and planned to enjoy it on this rainy day.

The servant was also a slave for the Mestiso people, and was later bought by Moreno, promising to follow him for five years to give him freedom. Therefore, the servant was still very dedicated to his work. In just a short while, he took the bottle of wine from the box, took it to Moreno happily, and poured him a glass.

To be honest, Moreno's belongings are quite a lot. He has a wooden villa on the outskirts of Guanghui City, and there is a large warehouse behind the villa for temporary storage of all kinds of supplies and food. The guards of the warehouse are dozens of fully armed soldiers, all of whom are Moreno's dog legs, and they live on the money and spoils given by Moreno. They have always been the object of hatred by other ordinary people. But there is no way, Jose Moreno is the commander-in-chief of the column recognized by the East Coast people. If they want to overthrow Moreno's rule and elect a new person to the stage, they need to obtain the understanding of the East Coast people. But under the current circumstances, it seems difficult for the East Coast people to allow them to engage in such internal strife, unless Moreno's rule is too bad and they have to be replaced.

It was raining heavily outside the wooden house. While enjoying red wine and fried steak, Moreno was worried that the heavy rain would affect the actions of the East Coast caravans. The mules and horses and carts of these caravans were loaded with all kinds of supplies they needed. If they could not arrive in time, they would probably have a hard time. Some people might even die due to lack of medical treatment and medicine. This is not an unfair worry. Many new children born today are malnourished and suffer from various diseases. If they cannot get help from medical supplies sponsored by the East Coast government in time, many children may die in the middle, which will undoubtedly weaken the legitimacy of Moreno's rule.

"To be honest, it's a marche of suffering." Moreno took a bite of steak and pretended to worry about the lives of the people under the control. But if you ask him to open his own warehouse and distribute money to the people, he will not be very happy. Those things are the property he saved after exploiting for a long time. As the saying goes, good fortune is hard to give up. If he takes it out to help ordinary people in need, Moreno really feels so sad. He will not do this unless he has to.

Similar to him is his so-called management team. Although these people are not wealthy by the standards of the East Coast, they are much richer than other Mestiso people. Not only are they richer in their pockets, but they also have more money. Every time they march, they have to hold things, which is really jealous.

The problem of the gap between the rich and the poor is naked even in this group that is in a state of marching and fighting. It is really a puzzling problem for the East Coast intelligence officials who often go to investigate among them. The former Spanish colonial soldiers were very greedy when they had not moved, but they all arrived in Africa and were still dead. It is really troublesome, and they are worried that they will make people resent in the future, so that the East Coast people have to go out to help wipe their butts.

The East Coast people have persuaded Moreno and others not to be too greedy and stingy, but the effect is not very good. Moreno's usual catchphrase is "If you want to eat meat, go hunting on the grassland by yourself", but the problem is that tens of thousands of people flock into a small grassland at the same time, and there are threats from black people in the local area. How many wild beasts can ordinary people hunt? Only some people with excellent hunting skills and good luck are able to hunt some wild beasts, and then sell their fur to the East Coast people for some luxury goods such as tobacco, sugar, biscuits, and wine. The working people can still rely on poorly effective land harvests and limited assistance from the East Coast people, which is very difficult.

After finishing his lunch in three bites, Moreno wiped his mouth with his sleeves, then walked to the door and looked at the rainy weather outside, and was quite satisfied. The heavy rainfall means that the harvest in the ground is guaranteed, which is more important than anything else. I heard that the climate of their destination thousands of miles away is better. It is not hot in summer, not cold in winter, moderate precipitation, and the land is very fertile, which is enough to allow all of them to live a comfortable life in the local area, provided that the East Coast people provide all their help.

Moreno's promise to the East Coast people is relatively reassuring. Their reputation has always been good, and it is relatively reasonable, much better than the bullshit officials in Lima. The only thing that makes everyone feel unhappy is that some Taoist priests in Taoism were involved in their column. These guys either master some skills in survival in the wild, have good medical skills, or can repair machinery, and have provided considerable help to their team, but - they preach publicly or semi-publicly is really disgusting! As a devout Catholic, Jose Moreno was very disgusted by this, but he did not dare to do anything to those East Coast religious people. Not to mention their role, they did not dare to take action even if they were in their background, or he would probably not be able to protect his position if he was sensible. This was almost certain!

I hope everyone can keep their faith carefully. They came from La Plata and from Chile to this southern Africa, and they had already lost a lot of things. If they threw away their faith and handed over their souls to the devil, it would be too miserable. Moreno could not imagine such a life.

However, relying solely on themselves, even if the East Coast people are not forced, can they really keep their faith forever? The dozen or so priests in their team are still cultivated by the East Coast people themselves. Whether their faith in the Lord is strong should be questioned, especially when facing the encroachment of Taoism on the East Coast, they are even more at a loss and have not taken enough measures to prevent people from turning to paganism, which is particularly incompetent.

Moreno estimated that among the more than 5,000 people he had ruled, there might be hundreds of people who had already transferred to Taoism on the East Coast. Because these hateful Taoists seem to have sufficient funds and often help people with free treatment. Some families with more children and less food will occasionally receive their relief, which is extremely helpful to their missionary cause.

Under such a situation, the relatively poor priests seemed to be unable to compete with them at all. Perhaps when they reached their final destination, the East Coast Taoist Church would gradually become an important belief among them. What should I do? Moreno was very painful.
Chapter completed!