Although Msiri had long since sold the Yeke Kingdom to East Africa, the Yeke Kingdom covered more than a hundred thousand square kilometers, so it still took the East African government three months to completely take over the area.
The greatest difficulty lay in immigration. The overall number of new immigrants to East Africa had now declined, and the Yeke Kingdom lay deep inland, farthest from East Africa's main immigrant landing ports, making immigration even more difficult.
Simply traveling here from the coast took considerable time, and Mbeya city had even diverted part of its own immigration quota here.
Former capital of the Yeke Kingdom.
At this moment, the palace in the Yeke Kingdom's former capital was empty of people. The natives had been driven away, yet some people still remained here. Besides East African immigrants, there were also some traveling Portuguese merchants.
"Mr. Santos, we have already investigated it clearly. These people are Germans. They made a deal with Msiri and bought this place, but we still do not know the details of the transaction," Afonso said.
"What was wrong with Msiri's head—had a donkey kicked it? Not only did he hand over the Yeke Kingdom, he even helped the Germans drive out his own people!" Santos said angrily.
Santos was so furious because East Africa's expulsion policy had instantly turned the fruits of his years of painstaking work here into nothing.
Portuguese influence had not yet truly reached this place, but many Portuguese merchants still ventured into Africa's interior. The risks were high, but so were the profits.
Santos had earned considerable gains through his operations in the Yeke Kingdom. These unsophisticated natives were extremely easy to fool, especially after East Africa sealed off the Yeke Kingdom's original trade routes. Over the past two or three years,