Empire Rising: Spain

What should be done? Naturally, these black populations should be permanently confined within the colonies, kill those who need to be killed, exploit those who can be exploited, and reduce the propagation of the black populations.

Those who can’t be dealt with should be driven out of the colony, letting other colonial countries worry about them. In Spain’s homeland and regions like Morocco, which will be localized in the future, blacks are definitely not allowed.

Kill one if one comes, deal with one if one sneaks in; the method is as simple as that.

Carlo is quite glad to have been reborn in this era, rather than 40 years later during the Great War. If reborn 40 years later during the Great War, wanting to carry out large-scale massacre and transfer of these black populations might not be so easy.

Because at that time, the European Powers have cleaned their acts well, and they would question and condemn countries that abuse indigenous peoples.

In reality, the indigenous massacres they caused were more brutal. The Indians of the United States Continent are the most obvious example, but whether Americans or Europeans, they would cover up this example and vehemently claim to be civilized countries.

Although the main force colonizing the Congo River Basin is the Spanish Government, Carlo certainly cannot rely entirely on government power.

After all, this land will become a royal territory in the future; if the royal family doesn’t exert enough effort, how can it control this land in the future?

As the Colonial Defense Corps set forth to Guinea, Carlo also gave orders to Steward Loren, commanding royal enterprises to invest in building railroads in the Congo River Basin, and to join hands with the government to form mining companies, developing the mineral resources here.

The advantage of colonizing new land is that one can exploit the mineral resources on this land as they wish. Indigenous opinions don’t matter; those who dare to rebel should be killed directly, even using the extermination of several indigenous tribes to establish authority and ensure these indigenous peoples don’t cause trouble during mineral extraction.

However, if one collaborates within another country’s sphere of influence to develop mineral resources, the problems and troubles are plenty.

Firstly, the extraction of mineral resources is not so free; one even has to consider the opinions of local residents.

Of course, the royal-founded mining company must have an appropriate name to enter Africa. Carlo has already thought of the name for this soon-to-be-established mining company, which will be called the African United Mining Company, and its business will be prospecting and extracting mineral resources within Africa.

Since it’s a Spanish company, it’s only logical that the company’s main prospecting area is located in Spain’s colonies.

The good news is that the land of the Congo River Basin hasn’t yet attracted the attention of other countries. Although Portugal has colonies nearby, their colonies are located on the coast of the Congo Kingdom, already south of the Congo River.

Moreover, Portugal is not a major threat to Spain. If Portugal and Spain commence colonial competition in the Congo River Basin, it’s believed the British wouldn’t strongly oppose.

After all, the Portuguese keeping the Spaniards occupied is a good thing; it ensures that Spain doesn’t focus its attention on Gibraltar.

Although the British do not excessively fear Spain, considering the importance of Gibraltar, it’s better to appropriately provide Spain with some distractions.

As for how valuable the land of the Congo River Basin is, the British actually don’t care. Since British colonies are already spread globally, is the land of the Congo River Basin more important than India?

Moreover, the British aren’t without corresponding colonial layouts on the African Continent. Furthermore, what the British value more is the longitudinal line from Egypt to South Africa, whether the Congo River Basin falls within such a longitudinal layout, and what exactly lies within the African Continent’s interior, these are worth pondering.

Besides the beginning of colonization of the Congo River Basin plains, there’s another great news for Carlo. The previously eyed British private shipyard has successfully completed the acquisition process, and the first batch of equipment and essential production materials, and ship design drawings are already being transported.

This shipyard may not mean much to the British, considering it could only be considered fairly large among private shipyards, but not too large.

However, for Spain, acquiring such a large shipyard still holds much benefit. Since the royal family purchased the shipyard, it will eventually be taken over by the Royal Guanizuo Shipyard.

Once the Royal Guanizuo Shipyard receives these equipment and relevant materials, its foundation in shipbuilding will be significantly strengthened.

At the same time, it can absorb some advanced understandings and experiences from the British in shipbuilding. Although Spain also hasn’t fared badly in shipbuilding history, it is undeniable that the current UK is the strongest naval country, and the British shipbuilding industry is currently the most powerful one in the world.

Absorbing British experiences in shipbuilding has no downside but can further lead to Spanish progress.

This British private shipyard was valued at 1.5 million Pounds before the economic crisis, but the royal family’s acquisition cost was only 11 million Pesseta, even lower than the expected 13 million Pesseta.

The value of 11 million Pesseta is only about 420,000 Pounds, roughly a quarter compared to the shipyard’s original value.