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"By the way, when it comes to slave traders, Arab slave traders in the Congo River Basin, do they get harassment frequently?" Constantine said to Stanley.

"Why don't the Europeans go to Africa frequently? They are just seeking wealth. These Arabs are really vicious. Starting from the east coast of Africa, especially Zanzibar, is the base camp of their Arab slave traders. They often clash and exchange fire with the mercenaries of our expedition team. These bastards, when they come to the villages of the native Africans, will kill them all, and then plunder young children and docile women as slaves. Even the missionaries of the Catholic Church can't stand it." Speaking of this, Stanley seemed to think of something interesting and paused.

"If one day you go to southern Africa and see many Christians, don't be surprised. Since the Age of Discovery, European missionaries have successively visited southern Africa to preach. You must not guess their initial missionary techniques, haha," Stanley laughed.

"Missionary techniques?" Nina asked in confusion, "What other methods can preach? The priests preach the Bible to those who admire God."

"No, right, right?" Stanley was very proud of Nina's failure to guess correctly, and deliberately joked with the little girl. "Their initial missionary method was to kidnap local nobles or powerful figures, and then preach God to them. When they converted to God and then let them go, would you think it was interesting?" Stanley said.

"There are people who preach like this?" Nina widened her eyes and couldn't believe it.

"By the way, just last year, an expedition led by the Frenchman Brazzai was planted with the French flag in the north of the Congo River, now called Brazzaiville. We are not outdone. In Kinshasa, the southern part of the Congo River, the flag of the Congo Council was planted with the flag of the Congo Council," Stanley looked at Constantine and said carefully.

According to the original plan, Constantine personally informed Stanley in the northern part of the Congo River, but the guy didn't care and let the French take the lead.

"Oh," Constantine sighed in her heart. In history, the Kangguo (Bulw) was a French colony, but it still failed to change this situation.

Of course, it may also be that Stanley judged the situation and did not dare to offend the French. Although the French were defeated by the Germans in the Franco-Prussian War, they were still powerful powers that Greece could not provoke.

"How many strongholds and treaty agreements have your expedition built?" Constantine asked.

The basis for determining the ownership of colonies in each European country is the actual occupation or agreement signed with the chief. The actual occupation is the business contact stronghold established by merchants. The agreement is the protection agreement or the contract signed by the colonial states, either by coercion or inducement, or by indigenous chiefs.

This is the basis for determining the ownership of the colony. For a small country like Greece that relies on people, this thing may not necessarily lead to a colony, but if it does not, it will definitely not be obtained.

"We followed the Congo River as planned, set up more than ten strongholds along the way, and signed more than a hundred rights transfer treaties," Stanley replied.

"You need to speed up the progress, and countries are expanding rapidly towards Africa. By the way, judging from your experience in Africa for so many years, what do you think of the development prospects of the Congo River Basin?" Stanley asked.

After hearing Constantine's question, Stanley frowned and thought.

"If you are talking about the development prospects that you have money to make, I, Your Excellency the Duke, probably won't be happy to listen," Stanley said with his right hand touching his chin.

"What does this mean?" Stanley's heart tightened. He thought he could hear some exciting words, but Stanley's words seemed to be pouring a basin of cold water.

"The Congo River Basin is densely covered with crisscrossing channels, not only the Congo River, but also many tributaries of the Congo River. It has abundant rainfall and stable water flow. This is because the equator passes through the Congo River Basin. As the season changes, when the south of the equator is the dry season, the north of the equator is the rainy season, and vice versa. The tributaries of the Congo River are distributed in the north and south of the equator. They take turns to inject abundant river water into the downstream Congo River. Judging from my experience, it has very high water transport value," Stanley said.

No matter in any era, water transportation is the cheapest way of transportation, no doubt.

The waterways formed by the many tributaries of the Congo River are golden trade routes.

"According to what you say, this should be good news, right?" Constantine asked in confusion.

"You are right, but there is a prerequisite for this. You need huge initial investment. The railway from Matadi to Kinsasha is a hurdle that cannot be overcome," Stanley replied.

From Matadi to Kinshasa, the railway is about 400 kilometers long. It is conceivable how difficult it would be to build such a railway in Africa far from a civilized world.

The more difficult it is, the more expensive it is.

As for why it is Matadi to Kinshasa, this is because after the waterfall area in the lower Congo River arrives in Africa, the farthest route along the Congo River can only reach Matadi.

The Matadi to Kinsasha River section is not open to navigation.

"Building a railway connecting the vast waterway network of the Congo River to the estuary of the navigable ship is an indispensable condition for the development of Congo," Stanley continued.

"As for what resources the country of Gangguo has, I am not a professional scholar, and I don't know it. However, from the perspective of the civilized level of the locals, no matter what kind of treasure God buried in Congo, it is still buried underground intact," Stanley said.

"In other words, so far, I know that you and your father, His Majesty the King, have invested a lot of money, but I am frank, that's not enough. You have to find supporters, those bankers with a lot of capital, or some other powerful people, this is my personal sincere advice," Stanley said, looking at Constantine.

Stanley was full of hope that Constantine would succeed because his final payment had not been paid yet.

"In other words, the early investment cost a lot, but it still has a good prospect of profit?" Constantine wanted to know the idea of ​​this old African man and continued to ask.

"That's right, O, by the way, I heard recently that an expedition team came from Tanzania," Stanley said.

"There are so many expeditions in Africa, sir," Constantine said without considering it.

"This one is different. His team leader is Cameron, and he is an Englishman. As for his patron, I found out in private," Stanley said, staring at Constantine, "It is King of Belgium, Leopold II."

When he heard this name, Constantine's pupils shrank and he thought, "It's still here."
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