Chapter 191

"Your Majesty, have you really decided to do this?" Inside the Ma Deli Wang Gong, Prime Minister Pu Limo, who usually had a calm face, showed a surprised expression and looked at Gao Da with an incredible look.

"If we don't do this, these mice hiding in dark corners will never show up." Gao Da had a faint smile on his face, as if he had no worries about his proposal just now: "

I don't want to let any mouse run away. This will be a great opportunity to catch them all in one net."

"But, what you are doing is a bit too dangerous." Prime Minister Pu Limo was still a little worried. After all, Gao Da's proposal could be said to be quite bold: "

What if the enemy launches an assassination against you in South Morocco? If you have any accidents, you can still destroy the existing situation in Spain.

Your Majesty, you should stay in Ma Deli. The army will handle any threats for you and will never let the enemy approach the surroundings of Ma Deli."

The proposal Gao Da made that surprised Prime Minister Pu Limo was to go south to inspect South Morocco at this cloudy moment.

More than five years have passed since the establishment of the South Morocco colony, and the construction of the colony has already had considerable results.

At that time, Gao Da and Prime Minister Pu Limo conducted a political interest exchange. Prime Minister Pu Limo proposed the candidate for the first Governor of the South Morocco colony, and Canovas also ascended to the high position of Minister of Agriculture because of this.

Now that five years have passed, the South Morocco colony has also ushered in the second governor, Count Antuoni, a Spanish noble who looks very ordinary.

After five years of development, the number of Moroccans inside the South Morocco colony has plummeted. When Spain just occupied this land, there were millions of Moroccans living on this land.

But now, according to the estimates of the South Morocco colonial government, the number of Moroccans in the South Morocco region does not exceed 800,000.

Agadir is the largest city in the South Morocco colony and the location of the colonial capital. The reason why Gao Da chose to inspect the South Morocco colony at this time, besides wanting to lure the snake out of the hole, is that the development of the South Morocco colony indeed needs to be inspected.

The development of Agadir port has been quite rapid since the establishment of South Morocco. Most of the materials produced by the colony are gathered at Agadir port and transported to the Spanish mainland by sea.

In these five years, a total of thousands of Moroccans have chosen to join Spain's embrace and become glorious Spaniards.

However, these people are ultimately only a very small part. Most Moroccans can only work as cheap labor in Spanish plantations or earn a meager reward by serving Spanish colonists.

Although these Moroccans are also white, their treatment is only a little better than the indigenous people in other Spanish colonies.

Unless they are willing to join Spain's nationality and voluntarily convert to Catholicism, they and their children and descendants will always be Spain's cheap labor.

There are only two ways to join Spain's nationality. One is to marry Spanish soldiers stationed locally. After becoming their wives, they can join Spain's nationality.

The second is those who have made huge contributions to the colonial government, who can be nominated as Moroccan immigrants and join Spanish nationality through immigration.

But no matter which way, the average number of Moroccans who can join Spain each year does not exceed 200, and each person must undergo a fairly strict political review.

Those relatively extreme Muslims have basically no possibility of joining Spain. After all, Spain is a Catholic country. If there are too many heretics, it will cause damage to the stability of the country.

Back to Gao Da's proposal, although Prime Minister Pu Limo did not want Gao Da to take the risk to go to the South Morocco colony, Gao Da obviously did not want to wait like this.

Only by luring the snake out of the hole and successfully clearing away these rebellious nobles and other forces can Spain's future political environment achieve long-term stability.

Although going to South Morocco has certain risks, Gao Da is not going alone. Not only will there be an Imperial Guard of thousands of people accompanying him for protection, but the Royal Security Intelligence Agency will also arrange a large number of intelligence personnel to be scattered along the journey to ensure that Gao Da will not encounter any danger.

To ensure the safety of Gao Da's itinerary, the inspection itinerary along the way will not be disclosed, and the Spanish naval fleet will also accompany him for protection to ensure that the entire itinerary is foolproof.

After confirming that he could no longer persuade Gao Da to give up the idea, Prime Minister Pu Limo finally nodded and exhorted: "Your Majesty, I have nothing to say. May God bless you, and may your journey be smooth.

I will sit in Ma Deli for you. Whether it is Queen Isabella or the Kaluo Sect, they will eventually be swept into the dustbin of history and become fertilizer for Spain's development.

Spain will only move forward under your leadership. Your Majesty, remember to return safely."

Gao Da nodded, his eyes full of solemnity: "Don't worry, Prime Minister Pu Limo, I am still waiting to witness the day when Spain achieves a great revival with you.

Before Spain moves to the top of the world, it is impossible for me to break my promise. What's more, there is the protection of the Imperial Guard. Even if the enemy has thousands of troops, what can they do to me?"

After this meeting ended, Gao Da's plan to lure the snake out of the hole was successfully formulated.

For the safety of Queen Suofei and Prince Juan Fernando, the Imperial Guard will continue to be stationed on the outskirts of Ma Deli to protect Spain's political center.

And the Ma Deli Wang Gong will also strengthen its defense forces. Under the situation of inside and outside cooperation with the Imperial Guard, even a regular army cannot threaten the safety of the Ma Deli Wang Gong.

After arranging all the defense forces of the royal palace, Gao Da, under the gaze of Prime Minister Pu Limo, under the complex eyes of many government officials, and under the farewell of the Spanish people, boarded the fleet with a huge team of thousands of people and started his journey to inspect the South Morocco colony.

To make his southern inspection tour not so abrupt, the South Morocco colony had already released news half a month ago that a large gold mine had been discovered in the colony.

As for whether the news of the gold mine is true or not, it doesn't matter anymore. Gao Da has already left the Ma Deli Wang Gong and headed to the South Morocco colony, which is the most important thing for Queen Isabella and the Kaluo Sect rebels.

Spain's stability cannot be separated from the efforts of three people, and it is also the current political triangle of Spain: Prime Minister Pu Limo, Grand Duke Serrano, and Gao Da.

After Gao Da left Ma Deli, only two old men, Pu Limo and Grand Duke Serrano, were left in Ma Deli to guard.

Although it is very difficult to overthrow the current Spanish government, for Queen Isabella and the Kaluo Sect, this may be the best opportunity.

Even if Prime Minister Pu Limo and Grand Duke Serrano unite to control Spanish politics, they cannot control every corner of Spanish politics.

Although the overall direction of the Spanish government is under the leadership of Prime Minister Pu Limo, there are still some officials who are not satisfied with the government's existing system.

The official performance appraisal system introduced before can be said to be a fatal blow to some slack officials. If they get a poor evaluation in the performance appraisal, not only will it be very difficult to be re-elected to their current position, but they don't even have to think about going further.

The Spanish people also attach great importance to the official appraisal results announced by the government. Basically, as long as officials who get poor results will no longer receive the trust and support of the people.

Since the promulgation of the performance appraisal system, most officials in Spain have definitely completed their tasks with trepidation.

This feeling that one's destiny is in the hands of others is like a Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of these officials, and one carelessness will cost them their lives.

After everyone boarded the fleet, the fleet began to go south along the Mediterranean Sea, and after passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, it entered the vast Atlantic Ocean.

Although it can go south along the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean to reach the South Morocco colony, for Gao Da, he is not in a hurry to go to South Morocco so early.

Gao Da first ordered the fleet to go west into the vast Atlantic Ocean, and then let the fleet concentrate its fire on a certain hypothetical target to test the reaction ability and combat effectiveness of the warships.

After everything was completed, Gao Da ordered the fleet to go south to South Morocco.

Although Gao Da arrived at Agadir port in South Morocco several hours later than expected, Colonial Governor Count Antuoni did not dare to have any dissatisfaction and respectfully led the colonial officials and garrison officers to welcome Gao Da's arrival at Agadir port.

After the fleet approached the port, first thousands of soldiers in Imperial Guard uniforms came down from the transport ships in a mighty manner. After standing in neat rows at the port, Gao Da and his party landed from the warships in the fleet.

The officer leading this small-scale Imperial Guard is Alessandro Lev Valan, who was among the first batch of excellent graduates from the Royal Military Academy. He was awarded the rank of captain on the day of graduation and was selected in the subsequent selection of Imperial Guard officers.

Because of his excellent performance in the Imperial Guard and the expansion of the Imperial Guard, Alessandro Lev Valan, who was originally a company commander, was first promoted to deputy battalion commander of the 7th Infantry Battalion of the 2nd Imperial Guard Infantry Regiment, and then was exceptionally promoted to battalion commander of the 14th Infantry Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Guard Division.

Among the thousands of Imperial Guard soldiers responsible for protecting Gao Da's safety this time, the main body is composed of Alessandro Lev Valan's 14th Infantry Battalion.

The reason why Alessandro Lev Valan was able to achieve rapid promotion in the Imperial Guard is mainly because of his excellent ability and his identity as a Spaniard.

At the beginning of Gao Da's ascension to the Spanish throne, because he was not sure who could be used, he mainly used his subordinates brought from Italy.

But now, Gao Da has cultivated a part of Spanish confidants through various means, so he naturally wants to reuse these Spanish subordinates.

After all, this is Spain. A small number of Italians can rise to the top through Gao Da's favor, but most of the people Gao Da reuses must be Spaniards.

As Gao Da stepped on the land of South Morocco, South Morocco Colonial Governor Count Antuoni led a group of officials and colonial garrison officers to quickly step forward, and said to Gao Da with a very respectful attitude: "Your Majesty, Antuoni represents the officials and colonial garrison officers of the South Morocco colony to greet you!"

Gao Da nodded and looked at the colonial governor in front of him.

Under the investigation of the Royal Security Intelligence Agency, Count Antuoni's family background and recent trends are clear at a glance.

Although Count Antuoni's ability is not very strong, fortunately, his loyalty can be guaranteed. His family was not reused during Queen Isabella's rule. After all, he was just an ordinary member of Spain's huge noble system.

Before being appointed as the Governor of the South Morocco colony, Count Antuoni had been honestly staying in his castle, and apart from raising a few lovers, he had no major stains.

This doesn't count for anything in this era. After all, some nobles even have dozens or hundreds of lovers, so many that they can't even count them.

As long as it is not the kind of forcing good people into prostitution, Gao Da doesn't care how many lovers his nobles and officials have.

After Count Antuoni, a group of colonial officials and garrison officers saluted Gao Da respectfully.

The number of people saluting is actually not large, and there are less than ten people in total. Although there are many colonial officials and garrison officers, only a few of these officials and officers are qualified to meet Gao Da and salute in person.

Under the leadership of Count Antuoni, Gao Da and his party went to the Colonial Governor's Mansion to understand the development status of the South Morocco colony so far.

For the transportation to the Governor's Mansion, Gao Da chose the luxury carriage he brought from Spain.

Yes, Gao Da also brought the luxury carriage he customized.

There are several reasons. First, Gao Da is already used to sitting in this luxury carriage. This carriage is a circle larger than a normal carriage, not only with more space but also with quite luxurious decorations.

The funds spent on just such a carriage are as high as several thousand pesetas, which is more than a full kilogram when converted into gold.

Such a carriage with a larger volume needs at least six strong horses to pull it. Gao Da brought eight white horses raised in the royal palace from Spain this time, which is enough to ensure that this huge carriage can walk smoothly on the land of South Morocco.

Although the exterior of the carriage looks like wood, the interior is inlaid with thick steel plates, which can resist rifle fire.

The base of the carriage is protected by steel plates several centimeters thick, which can ensure that the people in the carriage can survive safely when affected by bombs.

Sitting in such a carriage, Gao Da doesn't have to worry about his safety at all. Gao Da will not stupidly stick his head out, and will not create space for potential assassins to assassinate him.

Many of the high-ranking officials and nobles who were assassinated in history were riding in convertibles, without too strict protection forces, walking in the public eye like that.

Under such circumstances, being assassinated is simply a matter of course, and Gao Da will not put himself in a too dangerous situation. This time coming to South Morocco, Gao Da will naturally appear in public.

But such public occasions are to be searched in advance, and no one will be allowed to approach Gao Da.

After five years of construction, Agadir port has transformed from a city with Moroccan style to a city with mixed styles.

Especially this street near the Governor's Mansion, the buildings are all in Spanish style, and next to it is the barracks of the Spanish colonial army.

A colonial garrison regiment is stationed here, which can ensure the safety of the Colonial Governor's Mansion to the greatest extent. Not far from the Colonial Governor's Mansion is the location of the colonial government, which also leads to the fact that the surroundings of this street are almost the political center of the entire South Morocco colony, and you can basically not see the figures of Moroccans.

Before coming to South Morocco, Gao Da heard one thing, that is, colonial officials were proud of having a Moroccan maid.

But after coming to Morocco, perhaps because colonial officials learned of Gao Da's arrival, Gao Da did not find the existence of so-called Moroccan maids.

The party arrived at the Colonial Governor's Mansion in a mighty manner, and the Imperial Guard soon took over the defense work of the Governor's Mansion.

For Gao Da's safety, the Imperial Guard will take over the defense work of the location where Gao Da is. Whether it is the Colonial Governor's Mansion or the colonial government, it is naturally within this scope.

Under the leadership of Count Antuoni, Gao Da and several colonial officials and officers entered the conference room of the Governor's Mansion and held a short meeting.

Count Antuoni first took out the materials that had been prepared and reported to Gao Da the development status of the South Morocco colony so far.

Although within the five years since the establishment of the South Morocco colony, the population of the colony plummeted by 200,000. But many of these 200,000 people were relatively extreme Muslims. Because they were difficult to rule, they were either sent to mines and plantations to be enslaved to death, or directly driven to the Sahara Desert in the south by tough means.

Under the sacrifice of these 200,000 people, the development of the South Morocco colony was also very rapid.

Currently, the colony has built a factory-shaped railway on the Agadir to Tata line and the Agadir to Tan-Tan line. The total length of the railway is over 500 kilometers, which is the most important transport line in the colony at present.

It is precisely because of the existence of this railway that the Spanish army can easily reach any place in the South Morocco colony.

No matter where a major rebellion of Moroccans breaks out, the Spanish army can arrive in the shortest time and complete the suppression work.

Since the establishment of the South Morocco colony, Moroccans have had quite a few rebellious actions. But most of these resistance scales are not large, and at most only less than 10,000 people participated, and they were soon suppressed by the Spanish colonial army.

The number of Spaniards in the South Morocco colony has also grown from the scattered few at the beginning to thousands, and the number is still increasing.

(End of this chapter)