The vast African shield has been a land since the Precambrian period. It has been in the outline of the appearance around the early Jurassic period. During the long years of about 40 million years, the shield continued to move in a vertical direction, forming a tectonic shape of depressions and uplifts. The uplifts stood in the east, stretching from Abyssinia to South Africa, forming a zone adjacent to the plateau. A series of rifts ran through the north and south direction of the East African uplift, forming some large lakes.

After the plateaus rose, the sediment and soft rock formations were stripped from the later sediment of a large number of areas, leaving the ancient shield composed of the Precambrian rock formations naked, some of which were buried very deeply. These Precambrian schist and gneiss formed the foundation of most of the land in the Malawi Lake area.

"I talked to Ma Hu, and he had three requirements. First, he wanted to develop along the Dalong River (Shire River) valley and the Flame Lake (Lake Malawi or Lake Niasa, because the sunlight fell on the lake surface, and the lake water produced dazzling flame-like light, hence the name) lakeside; second, he needed a loan, and the New World Friendship Mutual Aid Bank promised to provide a long-term loan of 500,000 yuan after the successful founding of the country, and he wanted to implement it as soon as possible; third, he did not want to establish a republic, but in fact he wanted to be a king." On the banks of Lake Malawi on the outskirts of Merrill Lynch, a second-level army lieutenant in the East Coast was admiring the lake shrouded in the drizzle.

"Haha, there are still many requirements." Another official in a black uniform was amazed and said, "The first point is actually nothing, the second point is a little troublesome. It's not that I wouldn't give it to him, but it's a little difficult now. As for this third point, haha, where does he become a king, the rule of law inherit?"

"Of course we support him and build one by himself. How did the four Mongolian Khans in the Far East come from? Since ancient times, emperors and strong soldiers have done it. We can just say that he is careless, and he can do it, and it is okay if he doesn't! Well, to be honest, I think the Executive Committee may still agree to this. No matter what you want to be, firmly laying roots in the local area and expelling black people to the north is their most important job. I guess what the superiors mean. If there is a political or military strongman in the established countries, they will be allowed to use a feudal monarchy. If everyone inside is dissatisfied with each other and no one has an absolute advantage, then use a relatively gentle republic system and we suppress it. They can only fight without breaking it, and no major events can happen. Chief Tang, you should also have a charter within the General Administration of Intelligence. You can go back and ask."

Section Chief Tang is named Tang Chengzhi. He is 30 years old this year. He is a section chief under the State Administration of Intelligence. He is currently responsible for tracking various affairs of Ma Hu's headquarters in the founding of the Malawi Lake area. It is worth mentioning that his father is Lieutenant Colonel Tang Moyu, who has just retired from the military. It is rumored that this person will soon take over Jiang Yunfan as the director of the Lianwu Management Committee, which can be regarded as a carp leaping over the dragon gate.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. He just wants to be whatever he likes. In short, it's just a vassal of our country. By the way, Staff Tang, you have also seen it along the way. What do you think about the economic or material foundation of the founding of Ma Hu's troops? This is related to the purpose of the loans our country has issued to him. I want to hear your opinions." Tang Chengzhi asked.

"I don't have much advice, so I'd better start with the most basic agriculture, feed myself and reproduce the population first, and then talk about other things." Staff Tang said: "It's actually reasonable for Ma Hu to develop along the Dalong Valley and the lakeside area. I've seen that this is alluvial soil, which is very fertile. Just look at the lush white-flowered acacia trees, which are much stronger than the brick and red soil on the plateau. There is corn flowing out from Portugal, and the black tribes have grown a lot, and it has almost become their second staple food except cassava. But there is a problem. According to our experience, the best natural conditions may not necessarily bring the highest productivity, and it is often not very good.

Fertile soil can produce more corn. Therefore, in those plateau red soil areas, it may be more suitable for planting corn than river valleys or lakesides. After all, this is a subtropical crop. Too much rainfall, too high temperatures, and too high humidity may reduce its yield. The corn planting in New Huaxia Island is not very successful, although there are many brick red soils there. I think we should formally give suggestions that when they occupy more brick red soil and barren sand in the future, they will plant corn on a large scale instead of wasting precious fertile river valleys. Corn is a treasure given by the Heavenly Lord to people living in barren lands, but it is not suitable for all regions."

"It makes sense. Maybe they should be allowed to plant rice more. Anyway, the water system is developed there, with high temperature, high humidity, and high rainfall, everything is perfect." Tang Chengzhi nodded and said, "So, let's talk about cash crops, which is more valuable. By planting rice, corn cannot be paid home, and the process of repaying debts will be very long."

In fact, as Tang Chengzhi said, it is indeed a bit slow to sell grain. Now there is a surplus of grain on the east coast. The top government officials are trying to make the colonies use agricultural products within the East coast system as much as possible. In other words, New Kurland and Portuguese Mozambique can sell some grain, palm oil, cashews, etc., but there is a quantity limit. Your Malawi Kingdom suddenly dumped a large amount of grain. Although it was to pay back the debt, it was not a big deal. Moreover, the food was not sold at a price. Do you think it was coffee, cocoa, tea, and rubber?

In fact, later generations of Malawi have a relatively long history in planting cash crops. As early as 1888, the colonized African Lakes Company introduced two Assam tea trees, mainly planted in Blantyre on the plateau. In 1908, the first export of 23,000 pounds of tea in Britain. By the mid-20th century, Malawi's tea exports had already been large, exceeding 19 million pounds per year (at that time, worth 3 million pounds), and the average yield of 810 pounds per acre was already very high, sometimes higher than the tea yield in India and Ceylon.

However, there are some problems in growing tea in Malawi. The first thing to be affected is competition with the tea production areas in the northeast of Hejian on the east bank. Although the tea production there is not very large, competition is competition and may harm the interests of tea farmers on the east bank. After all, they have been hit hard by foreign imported tea. Secondly, these Malays do not know how to grow tea, and areas suitable for tea cultivation are still in the hands of blacks. I don’t know if they can be taken down. Thirdly, transportation problems must be solved, and labor problems cannot be ignored. In short, there are still many problems, which cannot be solved overnight.

Later Malawi was also the most important tung oil producer in the Commonwealth. On the east coast where the paint industry is booming, this is a commodity with increasing demand, not to mention that it can be used in military industry. Now there is a certain scale of tung oil production in the east coast, but the output is far from enough, and it needs to be purchased and imported every year. If the Kingdom of Malawi can produce in large quantities, it would be a good deal to make money.

In 1927, Malawi first introduced wood oil trees. After cultivation, colonists found that the tung tung seeds growing in Malawi had more fruit than the origin (China). Moreover, this important economic tree species can grow in barren soil areas and does not require much rain in the dry season. Unfortunately, the area suitable for this tree growth is also in the plateau area, not the river valleys and lakeside areas that the Eight Banners of the Island are currently trying to control. But there is no doubt that this represents the future, coffee can be planted in the middle of the wood oil trees, which greatly enhances farmers' resistance to risks brought about by market price fluctuations.

In addition to the above two cash crops, Malawi also has a cash crop that can make money quickly, that is tobacco. In 1891, Virginia species tobacco was first introduced. By 1960, the European plantations that hired black sharecroppers produced more than 5.5 million pounds of dry tobacco, while the locals planted more than 20 million pounds themselves, which was still amazing. Although due to the trace elements of soil, the quality of tobacco in Malawi may not be as good as the Zimbabwe Plateau in the south, it was also quite good, bringing a large amount of rare cash income to this poor country.

Basically, tea, tung oil, and tobacco are the three major items that will make money in the future in the Kingdom of Malawi. Coffee can only be considered a small supplement and cannot be used as a big deal. As for other cashews, peanuts, cotton, sugarcane, etc., there are not many plantings in later generations, and it may only meet the local and nearby markets. After all, there are only so many plateaus for growing cash crops, and you cannot plant them after planting this or that. Then, naturally, you can only arrange the planting area of ​​various crops based on the international market conditions and - and the most important - the unified guidance of the East Coast government.

"What kind of economic crops are not something that the locals in Malawi can decide. This must be unified and deployed by the central government. The Kingdom of Malawi is our vassal state and a member of our economic system, so naturally we must obey the arrangements." Staff Officer Tang said without hesitation: "Actually, I think Ma Hu's group of people are not very worried about how to repay the debt. Anyway, everything is sold to you, and you have the final say, so we will do it. I guess they have this mentality, right?"

"Haha, you said it very vividly, but it is more likely that they have not considered this step yet. The three strongholds of Weihe, Dalong and Merrill are far apart and not many people, so it is very difficult to maintain them at present. In the future, you still have to continue to distribute the Eight Banners tribes here to make their total population reach tens of thousands before they can finally gain a foothold." Tang Chengzhi laughed and said, "Well, you can't just squeeze Malays for them. For Indians and even Arabs who moved out of Bahrain, you should also stuff them appropriately. There are not many people, but thousands or tens of thousands of people on the other hand. This is beneficial in the long run."

Staff Officer Tang nodded secretly after hearing this. Sand mixing is definitely essential. Although the Kingdom of Malawi was established with the help of the people on the East Coast, they will definitely be very respectful in the future. But people cannot just look at the front of them, and have a long-term vision. A country is all a nation, and the internal forces are united. Where do you place the men on the East Coast? You must add some "seasoning" to you, get some different ethnic groups, and increase some internal conflicts, so that it is more conducive to the coordination of people in the East Coast and exert influence.

I believe Ma Hu can understand the painstaking efforts of the men in the Shangguo Kingdom. You must know that in a sense, this is also a kind of protection for upper-class people such as Ma Hu. Otherwise, would you fall into the lake and "drunk" or "slept to death" in your dream? Think carefully.
Chapter completed!