Chapter 126 Old Rat Khan: The Belgians are more ruthless than the Germans
This question instantly aroused everyone's curiosity.

After all, it’s a ranking!
However, there is one thing that the ancients of all generations can be sure of.

That is the poorest country in the world, and it definitely won’t be China.

Everyone was looking at the sky screen with a curious and amusing attitude, and they were in a relaxed mood.

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【The poorest country in the world is called Burundi. 】

【never heard of that?】

【It doesn’t matter.】

[Because Burundi’s presence in the world is indeed not high. ]

[When Burundi is mentioned on the domestic Internet, I am afraid that 80% of netizens will instantly think of one word. ]

【Odebiao.】

[Yes, Burundi is the homeland of Odebiao, the banana-puller.]

[This is a small landlocked country in Africa, close to Rwanda. ]

【The country has an area of ​​2.7 square kilometers and a population of 1200 million. 】

When seeing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh.

"I heard on Skynet that Burundi is a small, poor country with little presence."

“The result is that the population is 12 million.”

"How many people will there be in the future world?"

"Find some time to call Zheng He back and ask him if he has ever been to Burundi in Africa?"

[How poor is Burundi? ]

[Let me put it this way, everyone knows Haiti, the country that is considered hopeless. ]

【What is Burundi's per capita GDP? 】

[Only one-seventh of Haiti’s, about $238.]

【Burundi's climate is warm and humid, suitable for human habitation. 】

【But the country’s terrain is relatively rugged and not very suitable for agricultural development. 】

[The main industry, besides the well-known banana harvest, is logging, making it a small resource-based country.]

[The indigenous people of Burundi make their living by hunting. ]

[It was not until the 9th century that a group of farming tribes came from the west, and they were called Hutu.]

[Later, a group of black herding tribes came from the east. They were called Tutsi.]

[Everyone lives in this area, relying on the weather for food and continuing their African tribal history.]

How to distinguish them?

[Even the locals themselves can’t tell the difference.]

[It probably means that if you farm your own land, you are a Hutu.]

[If your son herds cattle, he is a Tutsi.]

[Although their sources are different, Burundi has a mild climate and abundant natural resources, so it is not a problem to feed everyone. ]

[In primitive Africa before entering feudal society.]

[The Hutus and the Tutsis lived peacefully among themselves.]

The ancient people were all looking at the sky seriously and had nothing to say.

But when the audience on the sky screen saw the Hutus and Tutsis, the barrage of comments suddenly exploded.

What are you talking about, Hutu, Tutsi?

《Boom, boom, boom! Cardiopulmonary arrest!》

"I was just there for fun until I saw the Hutus and the Tutsis."

Tutu people!

"Burundi's population may be a little too large."

"It's bad. Something's going to happen."

《Children, run, run, don't look back! 》

……

The ancients who were watching the sky screen suddenly saw a huge explosion of barrage.

It's all a bit unclear.

Isn’t the content described on this curtain very normal?
It hasn't reached any critical point?
Why do the audiences in later generations post comments like crazy when they see Hutus and Tutsis?
Amidst the doubts, Tianmu continued to tell the story.

【Burundi, located in the interior of Africa, developed very slowly, and it was not until the 16th century that a feudal kingdom was established.】

[When the country was founded, their way of dividing ethnic groups was also very simple, using the cattle-based system. ]

[The state collected cattle from each tribe as tax. ] [Using cattle to distinguish. ]

[The tribe with more cattle is the Tutsi who herd cattle, and the tribe with fewer cattle is the Hutu who farm.]

[The reason why they use cattle to distinguish them is that Tutsis and Hutus look alike, have basically the same culture, speak the same language, and have intermarried for a long time, so they are actually one ethnic group.]

[The difference may not be as big as the difference between you and the village next door. ]

[Whether they are Hutus or Tutsis, no one cares, everyone thinks they are all the same.]

【It can be said that there is no ethnic conflict in Burundi. 】

【The farmers and the herders lived a peaceful life together. 】

【Until that day.】

【The European colonists came with their Maxim. 】

[The Maximist German colonists occupied Burundi without much difficulty.]

Seeing the Germans coming with the Maxim rifle to invade a backward Burundi.

Zhu Di was also stunned.

"Judging from the videos of World War II, the Germans and their Maxims are no pushovers."

"And Burundi on the canopy."

"It looks quite backward, like a primitive tribe."

"How can we fight the Germans when they come?"

"I can only vote directly, right?"

And the fact is indeed as Zhu Di said, this war cannot be fought.

[The Germans came, occupied Burundi, and began to prepare to suck the blood of the colony. ]

[After the inspection, I found that although Burundi looked good, it was actually just so-so.]

[It is too poor and backward, and transportation is inconvenient. If you want to rule here directly, it will cost a lot. ]

[For a while, the Germans didn’t know how to squeeze money out of the extremely poor Burundian people.]

After some thought, they decided to follow the example of the experienced British and appoint officials to carry out indirect colonial rule.

[Soon the First World War broke out, Belgium said I can't beat you in Europe, and you can't beat me in Africa.]

【Belgian troops sent troops to occupy Burundi.】

[After the end of World War I, Britain and France decided to transfer the colonies that originally belonged to Germany to Belgium.]

【So Belgium became the sovereign of Burundi. 】

See Belgium come on stage.

There was another commotion in the sky.

《Boom boom boom!》

"Among all the inhumane colonizers, Belgium is the least humane one."

"Bijou Leopold?"

"Oh no! Will the Burundian blacks also have their hands chopped off?"

"Belgium is famous for being a bad person, even worse than Britain and France."

Burundi: Danger!

The audience of the barrage was in an uproar.

However, the ancient people outside the sky seemed a little puzzled.

Zhu Di also had some doubts:
"Belgium? Isn't it just a tiny country between Germany and France?"

"Why is Tianmu so excited to see Belgium coming to colonize Burundi?"

"Could Belgium be more terrifying than the powerful Germans?"

……

【After the Belgians arrived, they conducted some investigations. 】

[I found that although Burundi is not suitable for growing grain, it is suitable for growing coffee. 】

[Then the Belgian colonists declared:]

[The people of Burundi generally have food intolerance. They are all born hungry and don’t need to eat too much. ]

[At a single order, Belgium announced that it would convert large tracts of grain-producing land in Burundi to coffee planting.]

[The local villagers have been farming for eight generations, but suddenly they are not allowed to do so and are forced to grow coffee and starve.]

[This naturally caused dissatisfaction among the local people.]

【Seeing the anti-colonial movement gaining momentum, Belgium came up with a plan. 】

(End of this chapter)