Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 84 Colonization Plan (Subscribe!)
"How many troops can we deploy to Morocco now?" Carlo asked after thinking carefully for a moment.

Seeing that Carlo had an idea, Serrano quickly replied: "2 Spanish troops are ready to go at any time, Your Majesty.

If we add the troops we have deployed in Ceuta and Tetouan, there are about 3 troops that can be mobilized, which is enough to deal with the Moroccan army. "

Ceuta and Tetouan were Moroccan cities occupied by Spain by force, so naturally more troops were needed to suppress them.

Spain also regards these two cities as bridgeheads for colonizing Morocco, and has never reduced the garrisons in these two cities, either during the reign of Queen Isabella or now.

"What does the government plan to do?" Carlo looked at Primo.

"Let the situation in Ceuta become more lively, so that it can affect the entire Moroccan region." Primo smiled and said: "As long as the rebellion of these Moroccans causes casualties to Spanish civilians, it is time for our army to declare war on Morocco."

The Moroccan government cannot escape responsibility for the Moroccan rebellion. As long as there are casualties among Spanish civilians, Spain will have sufficient reason to intervene militarily in the situation in Morocco.

Once a war breaks out, the final outcome will no longer be determined by the Moroccan government.

If the great powers did not intervene, it would not be impossible to directly turn Morocco into a colony. Anyway, it was quite convenient for Morocco to rebel since it was close to the Spanish mainland.

By continuously exploiting Morocco, Spain can accelerate its industrial construction and economic growth, and divert domestic conflicts.

"Very good, let's do it." Carlo nodded without hesitation.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Primo smiled and nodded, then walked out of the palace with Serrano.

Although Spain was not a great power, its desire for colonies was no less than that of the great powers. As the world's first empire on which the sun never sets, Spain once had a large number of colonies.

Although there are only a few colonies now, the Spanish government, including Prime Minister Primo, still has a desire for colonies.

This was also the norm for European countries during this era. If Spain and Portugal had seen the huge income from colonization during the Great Colonial Era, then the prosperity of the British Empire had made European countries' ambitions for colonization continue to expand.

As long as it is a European country, it basically has the idea of ​​expanding its colonies.

The fact that countries like Portugal and Belgium had colonies in Africa is enough to prove the influence of colonialism on European countries of this era. It can quickly make a country rich without too much investment.

When Primo and Serrano walked out of the palace, Carlo called the butler Loren.

Primo and Serrano's desire for Morocco also reminded Carlo that although Africa was very large, almost all the great powers focused their attention on this continent.

If Spain had not participated in the division of Africa earlier, perhaps all that would be left for Spain in the future would be uninhabited deserts and uninhabited primeval forests.

Africa has an area of ​​3000 million square kilometers, with numerous mineral resources and inestimable economic value.

As long as Spain can occupy a part of Africa, it will be a great help.

Since Morocco is already under the watchful eye of the government, Carlo naturally shifted his target to other parts of Africa, such as Congo, which Belgium once acquired in history.

There are many reasons why Belgium was able to obtain Congo, but in the final analysis, several European powers did not want the other party to obtain this land. The King of Belgium also happened to appear at this time and began to explore and occupy Congo.

Compared with Congo being occupied by other powers, Belgium, which has obviously weaker overall strength, naturally poses no threat.

It was because of this that this land eventually fell into the hands of Congo, allowing Congo to snatch this piece of fat meat from many great powers.

How big was the Congo colony that Belgium acquired? It had a total area of ​​234 million square kilometers and was rich in mineral resources.

Congo's copper reserves are about 7500 million tons, accounting for 15% of the world's total reserves; cobalt reserves are about 450 million tons, accounting for 50% of the world's total reserves; and tantalum mud reserves are about 3000 million tons, accounting for 80% of the world's total reserves.

In addition, Congo also has 2.06 million carats of diamond reserves and extremely rich iron ore, non-metallic minerals and other resources.

In addition to minerals, Congo also has large reserves of oil and natural gas, and its economic value is definitely far beyond that of ordinary colonies.

Of course, what makes Carlo even more excited is that Congo has a large amount of uranium mines, and these uranium mines are of extremely high purity.

Uranium 235 extracted from uranium ore is the main raw material for making atomic bombs. If Congo can be occupied, it will be of great help to Spain in its future research and development of atomic bombs.

Uranium ore with higher purity can help Spain better extract uranium 235, which is very important for Spain's future strategic deployment and is no less important than Congo's other mineral resources.

Apart from anything else, these extremely pure uranium ores alone made Carlo decide to take over Congo at all costs.

At present, Spain’s biggest enemy in taking over Congo is actually Belgium, or rather, King Leopold II of Belgium.

Because King Leopold II of Belgium did not use government funds in the process of colonizing Congo, all expenses came from the property of the Belgian royal family.

This also led to Leopold II successfully turning Congo into his own territory after gaining rule over Congo.

Carlo did not think that he would lose to Leopold II in this colonial struggle. After all, he could also rely on the Spanish government, which was far stronger than Belgium.

Even without rising to the national level, Carlo was confident that he could surpass Leopold II.

By the time Spain's five-year industrial development plan was completed, Carlo's factory had already made a lot of money.

At least in terms of spending money, Carlo was not afraid of Leopold II. Anyway, with the vision from the future and huge capital, Carlo could always make enough money.

For example, Benz and others were conducting engine research. Once the car was manufactured and the production cost was greatly reduced through assembly line production, the sales of the car would be enough for Carlo to no longer worry about funding.

How much wealth did Leopold II have? How much did he dare to use to fight against Carlo for colonization?
When Carlo explored the Congo region earlier than Leopold II, it was already destined that Leopold II would lose in this colonial struggle.

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