Chapter 302： Excuse to deliver! (1/2)

”We are a German merchant ship. We have paid all the fees in accordance with your country's requirements and completed all the procedures. You can't prevent us from leaving the port.” Captain Pell shouted to the Portuguese official standing in front of him.

”I am not preventing your ship from leaving the port, but preventing illegal immigration. The black people on your ship are not qualified to go out to work.” said the Portuguese.

”How is it possible that for these people, we paid the employment fees to your government, and some of them are free people we hired!” Captain Pell argued.

”No, no, no, they are the property of the Kingdom of Portugal. All migrant workers must get the permission of the Portuguese government. Only more than 200 of the 700 people on your boat have gone through the relevant procedures, and the remaining 500 people are leaving the country illegally. ”The Portuguese official insisted.

In order to save human resources, the Germans directly contacted the indigenous chiefs of Angola and bypassed the Portuguese government. This dismissal naturally caused the latter's dissatisfaction. At first, dozens of people and hundreds of people could be tolerated, but then the Portuguese could not bear the frequent dispatch of hundreds of people.

According to the Portuguese colonial authorities, at least 15,000 labor dispatches each year do not comply with ”relevant rules.” The Germans have used commercial freedom as an excuse to reject labor dispatch led by the Portuguese government. And the end result of the confrontation between the two sides is naturally that the Yarrow merchant ship was detained in Portugal. Since ancient times, merchants have not been fighting with officials. How much can a merchant cause in others' turf?

And then, this unexpected event quickly swelled up! After the Yarrow was detained by Cape Morro, in less than a week, four more German merchant ships were detained in Angola for carrying ”illegal” husbands.

Subsequently, the owners of these merchant ships were charged for carrying a total of 2,100 ”illegal workers”! In the end, the Portuguese colonial authorities used this as an excuse to announce that the German shipowner needed to pay up to 150,000 marks for this accusation. In the end, a copy of this summons arrived at the prince...

That's right, it's here for the prince, because the backstage boss of these ship owners is the Bavarian royal family! Because of the shortage of population in Namibia, the prince who is engaged in diamond mining needs a lot of labor. Half of what the Portuguese government calls ”illegal labor” is the result of the operation of the Bavarian royal family!

”Portugal is crazy?” The prince looked at the summons in his hand, his mouth twitched! ”Okay, tell Xiao Maoqi and the others that the self-explosive boat we prepared won't be used. This matter is enough for us to solve Portugal.” It takes no time to break through the iron shoes! The prince did not expect that when he worked so hard to find excuses, someone would directly send them over...

”But this is not normal! How can Portugal and Germany dare to live with Germany? There is no conspiracy behind this, right?” The prince whispered, a small country should be a man with its tail between its tails, and it can even jump with the support of a big country. Without the support of major powers, what is the difference between this and death?

”So what should we do now?” Earl Schelling asked.

”Cold treatment, they want to buckle, so just buckle it, but absolutely can't give in, we will consume them with them!” The prince thought for a while and said.

”However, there are 500 detained laborers on the Guangyaluo. The daily diet of these people is a problem, and the most important thing is that the telegram sent two days ago said that the Portuguese had begun to refuse to sell to Yaro. Many people have been forced to leave the ship.” said Earl Schelling.