At the same time, the powerful Bagash Ben Sayyid began his first administrative experience.
He declared himself Sultanate of Zanzibar First Regent, with full authority to act as the sultan of Majid bin Sayyid in charge of national affairs.
"Slavery is evil. Majid·Ben·Sayyid His Majesty the Sultan was bewitched by traitors and implemented in Zanzibar such a backward system that is rejected by the civilized world. It will inevitably hinder Sultanate of Zanzibar from integrating into the civilized world and hinder Zanzibar's development..."
In short, according to Bagash·Ben·Sayyid, Sultanate of Zanzibar's implementation of the slavery system is an evil act that reverses the course of history and is too numerous to describe.
"To sum up, I declare that the slavery system in Sultanate of Zanzibar will be abolished with immediate effect, and the trading of slaves in Sultanate of Zanzibar will be prohibited."
Bagash·Ben·Sayyid As soon as he finished speaking, the Zanzibar ministers below immediately became anxious.
"Your Excellency, this is absolutely unacceptable! This will shake the foundation of Sultanate of Zanzibar."
"Your Excellency, Zanzibar's prosperity depends entirely on the slave trade. If the slave trade is banned, Zanzibar's economy will be severely damaged."
"Zanzibar is a poor and small country. If we give up the slave trade, we will be tying ourselves up. The so-called civilized world is just a fantasy. We hope that the government will put national interests first and not destroy the Great Wall."
The ministers all defended the slavery system. As Zanzibar who made their fortune from the slave trade, these ministers themselves were big slave owners and at the same time made a lot of profits through the slave trade.
Majid·Ben·Sayyid Although he was relatively mediocre in his later years, he really made everyone rich, if Bagash·Ben·Sayyid hadn't pointed a gun at them.
These ministers must definitely shout Majid·Ben·Sayyid that the Sultan is wise and mighty, Bagash·Ben·Sayyid is incompetent and resourceful.
The ministers were thinking: Why did Zanzibar turn out to be a traitor like you? Are you willing to be British's dog? Don't hold us back! What about the civilized world? If you go to enrich India, don't come back! Majid·Ben·Sayyid It's true that Sultan, this idiot should have been shot directly back then. Don't let this idiot get to Mumbai.
I went to Mumbai for two years, opened my mouth and shut up about the civilized world, and didn't even look at what was going on in that hellish place in India. The so-called Indians is not actually a slave to British? It would become a backward system in another place, so why does British rely on being a master in India?
Of course, the ministers dare not speak out. After all, the dictator Bagash·Ben·Sayyid now has a gun in his hand. Although Bagash·Ben·Sayyid is a stupid donkey, Zanzibar ministers do not want to compete with their heads and bullets.
"Okay, I have made up my mind. There is no room for bargaining on this matter. You'd better not test my patience." Bagash·Ben·Sayyid threatened sternly.
Bagash·Ben·Sayyid himself is a fool, otherwise he would not have directly opposed Majid·Ben·Sayyid being exiled to India.
The lesson he learned from the last failure was that he had to have the right in his hand to speak out. How did he get the right? Bagash·Ben·Sayyid, who had enlightened in the Mumbai Dragon Field, had an epiphany. He still had to have a gun in his hand to have the right! So this time Bagash·Ben·Sayyid came back and actively attracted those progressive officers who opposed slavery, and at the same time installed his own people in the army.
In addition, Majid·Ben·Sayyid took medicine in his later years and became increasingly confused, which allowed Bagash·Ben·Sayyid to seize the opportunity.
"Now let's talk about the second thing. Germans, who provides slaves to Sultanate of Zanzibar, must be expelled from Zanzibar. From now on, Zanzibar will not welcome any slave traders."
This time, the ministers did not object, but were a little happy in their hearts. Who knows the most about Germans's power in East Africa, it is the ministers who are engaged in the slave trade.
In the past, Sultanate of Zanzibar went to the interior of East Africa to hunt slaves by himself. The black tribes were not easy to mess with, so the Zanzibar slave hunting team mainly used trade to provoke those tribes into melee, and then exchanged simple materials from the victors for slaves.
But since the establishment of East African colony, in front of Germans, those black tribes have become paper tigers, which are useless. Germans does not use any advanced means of provoking tribal conflicts and directly takes action.
Initially, when the Germans arrived, these ministers were worried that these Germans would hinder their interests in East Africa.
But Germans does not look down on black people. In Ernst's eyes, land is the most precious wealth in East Africa, so East African colony does not need indigenous people and leaves no land but no people.
However, it is very troublesome to deal with these black people, so we simply sell them directly to Sultanate of Zanzibar, and Sultanate of Zanzibar can obtain a large number of black people as long as they pay some symbolic remuneration.
In the Arab world, black slaves are in hot demand, and Arabs makes extensive use of black labor. Moreover, due to distance, the cost of obtaining black slaves is low for Arabs.
In the past, the cost of catching slaves by Zanzibar was higher than that of the sultanates in North Africa and Somalia. The northern countries only had to cross the narrow Red Sea and Gulf of Aden can sell black slaves to Arabian Peninsula. Fortunately, they themselves have a large demand for black slaves, and they developed the market early, so the number of black slaves has decreased too much, so Sultanate of Zanzibar, which was established late, can capture part of the market.
Since East African colony delivered goods directly to your doorstep, the slave traders of Sultanate of Zanzibar took off directly.
Not only is the quantity large, but the price is low, Zanzibar has been conquering the Arab regions slave market for more than a year. Don't live a comfortable life.
From this aspect, Ernst is still kind-hearted. If Ernst learns from Arabs and directly castrates the indigenous people, it will not only free the labor force, but also solve future problems...
I'm going too far. In short, the ministers know that Germans has good military force, and East African colony is still recruiting people. It may be stronger now than before.
Bagash·Ben·Sayyid came back in the past few months, and the strength of Germans is not very clear yet.
As long as he provokes Germans, he will definitely be pushed to the ground and beaten. Then the ministers will come forward to accuse Bagash·Ben·Sayyid of his crimes, get back the country's rights, and he can dance and run as usual.
While the ministers are daydreaming endlessly, Bagash·Ben·Sayyid is arranging personnel appointments.
"Abdullah serves as Kingdom Commander of the Army and is responsible for the expulsion of Germans. Katiubu serves as the Kingdom Army Major General and cooperates with Abdullah..."
After placing all his people in important positions, Bagash·Ben·Sayyid can't wait to start implementing his plan.
Dar es Salaam Port Pier.
"Mr. Basel, please leave!" Sultanate of Zanzibar's new lieutenant general Katiubu said arrogantly.
"Hmph, you will regret it." Bazer said angrily.
"Haha, wait and see!" Katiubu mocked.
Bazer had no expression on his face and turned around to start arranging the evacuation of personnel. Fortunately, the ship that arrived at the port today was an ocean-going ship from Hohenzollern Conglomerate. After Bazer discussed with the captain, the fleet turned north with the immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, heading towards Tanga Port. There was East African colony's army there, so there was no need to worry about Zanzibar's side making things difficult.
Bazer and more than 20 armed men, after packing up their supplies, left Dar es Salaam under the supervision of Zanzibaris.
At this time, Felix's army was still on the way. Since there were no horses, the group could only choose to walk. The forty-mile journey was not long, but they had to maintain their physical strength, so they could reach Dar es Salaam Port before dark.
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