The Bantu kingdom that Li Lu wanted to conquer was famous in later generations, and the city they had worked so hard to build mysteriously declined in the 17th century, leaving only hundreds of stone city ruins centered on the "Great Zimbabwe Ruins", where people were reminded that there was once a powerful black dynasty.In Li Lu's time, the Bantu people began to enter the slave society two hundred years ago, and they successively established several small kingdoms, and after fierce annexation, twenty years ago, thanks to the efforts of a relatively heroic monarch, they finally completed the formal unification and became the superpower that dominated southern Africa.But the good times did not last long, after the death of the old king of the Bantu Kingdom, the new king was the son of the old king, Solanos, who was privately called the "mad king" by his subjects, because this mad king was often angry because of something out of nothing, and he even imprisoned one of his sons named Matus and planned to kill him.At this time, the imprisoned Prince Matus's half-brother and sister, as well as his supporters, are determined to rescue their brother and leader.So they fled on a dark and windy night, evading the pursuit of the "Mad King", overcoming obstacles and obstacles all the way, and finally escaped the pursuit of the "Mad King".This prince Matus and his supporters came to Massa of Satalogo and enlisted Satalogo's support, where they erected a banner against the threat of Makalanga (the capital of the Bantu kingdom, located in the famous ruins of Great Zimbabwe), and Matus ascended to the throne of king with the support of Satalogo, who also gained the nobility he had dreamed of.After learning that Matus had erected a rebel flag in Massa, the "Mad King" Solanus was very angry, and he wanted to send troops to destroy these rebellions, and he would never allow anyone to dare to challenge his authority.Neither Matus and Satalogo of Massa, nor Solanos, the "Mad King" of Makalanga, knew that a guy named Li Lu had set his greedy eyes on him, and that the nightmare of the Bantu people was about to come.The reason why Li Lu wants to attack this Bantu Kingdom is very simple, that is, Li Lu does not allow a colonization that can threaten his ongoing colonization on the territory he has his eye on, well, to put it more bluntly, that is, this Bantu Kingdom is too rich, which has attracted the attention of Li Lu, the evil dragon.The Zimbabwean highlands, which are occupied by the Bantu people, are a great place for human habitation.The climate was mild, rainfall was abundant, and the boundless meadows provided vast pastures for grazing a large number of livestock, and for them, the Bantus, the wealth was assessed by the number of cattle, and the cattle and sheep became intermediaries in the exchange of daily necessities.According to Li Lu's Jinyiwei, the territory of the Bantu people was rich in copper, tin, and gold, and gold was the main export goods of the Bantu Kingdom.In addition, the Jinyi Wei secret spy also found an astonishing amount of iron ore, not to mention that the Bantu people here are also one of the main sources of black slaves in Britain, such a treasure land is not under the control of his Li Lu, where is this?
Before setting out on the expedition, Li Lu got the news of the split of the Bantu people, he was very happy, and immediately called Zhao Feng, the commander of the expeditionary force, "Xinrui (Zhao Feng's character), the Bantu people are divided, that madman king Solanus and his son Matus fought....... the Satalogo I want you to capture has become the duke of Matus......
You have to make good use of this opportunity, pacify this Bantu country as soon as possible......
"Zhao Feng "snorted", and then took office, the British Navy had already established a colonial base on the big island opposite Massa and Madagascar, so after the British expeditionary force set off from Ceylon, the first thing they came to was this Falklands, and they were ready to use the Falklands as a base to launch an operation against the Bantu people.The British conquest of the Falklands was relatively smooth, because the Malagasy people did not have any concept of a state, they were still living in a primitive society, and after encountering the powerful British army, those who surrendered became slaves of the British, and those who did not surrender either died or were driven into the deep rainforest to be savages.Li Lu and his subordinates have always been loyal believers in "doing to others what they want", in order to achieve their goals, even if they are in despicable means, they are willing to try, Zhao Feng is the best among them, after accepting Li Lu's task, he has been thinking about how to open up the situation."
There's no need to think about it on Massa's side, Satalogo hates us to death now......"
Zhao Feng's head was running rapidly, "What about Solanos' side?"
The enemy of the enemy is a temporary friend, hehehe, first use the hand of Solanos to destroy Matus and Satalogo, and then take advantage of Solanos's inattention, Lao Tzu will come to a raid......"
After making up his mind, Zhao Feng immediately found Song Rui, the head of the Southeast Africa Branch of Jinyiwei, who often pretended to be a businessman to go to Malankaga, and told the big spy his thoughts, asking him to convince Solanus that madman, Song Rui took the task, and then went to Malankaga with a gift and met the "mad king" Solanus was very happy when he learned that Song Rui was an envoy of the powerful British Empire overseas and was willing to sell them advanced iron weapons.Although Solanus was brutal, he was not illiterate, he had a steel knife bought from an English merchant, and he was very rare to know that he could buy such a knife, and he was naturally very happy when he learned that he could buy such a knife, and Solanus had already dreamed of conquering Massa and hanging the heads of those rebellious people."
Dear Song, can you not tell me why you British are willing to sell me such a fine weapon??"
Although happy, Soranos's basic vigilance has not been lost."
Your Majesty, the British Empire is a nation of merchants, and weapons are a kind of commodity, and we, as merchants, naturally sell them; And then there is the lawful merchant who Satalogo killed us, he is our common enemy, and you say why we should not help you, Your Majesty?
”Song Rui said with a smile."
Hahahaha, so that's it......
Song, you and you British businessmen are my Solanos' best friends, as long as I put down the rebellion, I will give you what you want, there is nothing in this world that I can't afford to give......"
Solanos is not only brutal but also likes to brag, look at his tone, there is nothing he can't afford to give."
Ah, Your Majesty the King, we don't have any special requirements, as long as you provide us English merchants with the convenience of doing business, and we want to buy those prisoners .......of war after your victory," Song Rui said with a humble face, but he couldn't stop complaining in his heart, this Solanus turned out to be a big talker."
It's easy, I'll give orders to protect you British merchants......
As for those prisoners of war, haha" Solanos laughed, "Song, you have said that your whole country is a businessman, and your country must be very rich, so we have to talk about the price....."
When Song Rui heard this, he was angry in his heart, this Solanos is really not a good thing, this greed has reached a certain point.However, he did not show his anger, but replaced it with a pitiful look, "Your Majesty, we Chinese people have a saying, "Sit on the ground and start the price, and pay back the money on the ground......"
He quickly cut into the merchant mode and fought with Solanos.But the strange thing is that Solanos, who has a very bad temper, did not get angry, but finally smiled and said, "Dear Song, I really didn't expect that you British are all born businessmen, I was testing you just now, I want to know how much of your words are true, your performance is very satisfactory to me....."
Solanos's words suddenly made Song Rui, who had extremely strong psychological quality, break out in a cold sweat, and even his back was soaked, and he secretly said in his heart, this Solanos is really cunning, if it weren't for the mistake, he might not be able to walk this stone palace today.