Chapter 437 Cholera and Shady
Vicious competition is bound to happen. This kind of thing is very common during the economic crisis, and it is not even a problem. Some countries have already prepared for rectification when they encounter an economic downturn. The soldiers are preparing for war. I won’t name Ernst.
Since 1870, East Africa has begun to change its previous efforts to cultivate food crops and instead vigorously support the development of cash crops. In essence, East African food crops are enough to support national development, and the continuous decline in food prices is indeed Not much oil and water. Food production security is particularly important to a country, which is why East Africa has always strongly supported food production while reducing its support for cash crops.
In addition to the monarchs from various countries, many countries outside Europe also participated in this exposition. For example, King Nasir al-Din of Persia traveled thousands of miles to meet him. The excuse was to participate in the "Vienna World Expo", but the actual purpose was just Wanting to see Princess Sissi quickly became a joke among the monarchs.
The World Expo was a good occasion to show off, but Ernst was not interested in participating, mainly because of the sudden outbreak of cholera in Vienna.
Ernst naturally knew that cholera was mainly spread through water sources and bacteria, but he didn't need to shout about it to the whole world. He didn't understand these things, and no one would believe him if he told him. The propaganda within the company and in East Africa was about the same.
Facts have proved that this cholera is not an isolated case. India, Southeast Asia, the Far East, the United States, and Europe are all hardest hit areas. For example, Gorky's father died of cholera this year.
On the contrary, East Africa seems out of place in this worldwide cholera. After all, East Africa is the country that attaches most importance to health in the world.
In addition to this reason, the closure of East Africa has also blocked the spread of foreign diseases in East Africa. As a country of immigrants, East Africa has still maintained measures to disinfect and isolate foreign immigrants in port areas for so many years. It has the most foreign epidemic diseases. Affects coastal areas of East Africa.
The 19th century is often called the "century of cholera", and cholera became the "world disease of the 19th century". Therefore, according to the perspective of later generations, the world in the 19th century was not a livable place.
There is no cholera in East Africa because of drinking boiled water and paying attention to hygiene. However, there are many other diseases in East Africa. Over the years, malaria, an old friend, has been with East Africa the longest and most frequently.
Eradicating malaria requires the efforts of generations. Currently, East Africa has become accustomed to coexisting with "malaria". However, although malaria is the main epidemic disease in East Africa, the actual outbreak rate is much lower than other countries at the same latitude. countries, at the same level as temperate countries and lower than subtropical and tropical regions.
Just like the Soviet Union used state power to fight the cold in Siberia, East Africa also used state power to make great efforts in health care.
Mosquitoes and flies are called "the most useless things" in the East African Kingdom. The power of the Ministry of Health extends from the center to the grassroots, becoming one of the most important departments in East Africa.
The current health services in East Africa can be said to be completely different from those in Africa in the past. In the 21st century, Africa was the region with the most serious cholera in the world. But now, during the most serious period of cholera in the world, East Africa is the worst.
There is one country (region) exception, and that is India. Almost every cholera pandemic in the world has not escaped, and it has always been the hardest-hit area. This is still the case in the 21st century, and it can be regarded as one of India's stubborn diseases.
The presence of many monarchs, the epidemic of cholera, and the economic crisis have all cast a shadow on the Vienna World Exposition, but they still cannot stop people's enthusiasm for this event.
In fact, the biggest negative impact on the Vienna World Expo is that hotel and restaurant owners in Vienna have increased prices indiscriminately. No matter how enthusiastic they are, they can't offset the rapid drain on their wallets. Some people who came to Vienna with great interest to participate in the exhibition , after enjoying the "preferential treatment" of Vienna's unscrupulous businessmen, they fled Vienna one after another.
“At this expo, East Africa won a total of 441 awards, just one more than the United States, ranking 11th in the world. The United States and Turkey tied for 12th, but official personnel sent by the Far East government , the Englishman Baola protested to us, saying that we had stolen their prize."
"Well, why?" Ernst asked.
"Your Highness, some of our East African exhibit products originated in East Africa, so there are many similarities, which is why there is controversy." "So that's what happened! Don't pay attention to him!" Ernst said.
It is easy to understand why there are exhibits in the East African exhibition area that overlap with the Far East, because some products in East Africa do originate in the Far East, such as tea and handicrafts. There are so many Far Eastern immigrants who immigrated to East Africa. , some craftsmanship was also spread to East Africa.
If Bao La is willing to protest, let him protest. Ernst is sure that no one will pay attention to him, because many of the judges in this World Expo are "his own people."
If the exhibits from East Africa and the Far East are the same, then the jury will definitely award the prize to East Africa. In fact, the victims are not only the Far East, but also Japan and North Korea. Ernst bought a lot of goods from the two countries. Less good stuff.
If some crafts and products from the Far East were unintentionally brought to East Africa by immigrants and developed, then Japan and North Korea were copied and pasted directly through the initiative of the East African government.
As for why only Baola protested to East Africa, it was because he, a British man, naturally looked down upon East Africa's behavior.
In fact, the Japanese people who participated in the meeting almost had their back molars chewed out, but they were afraid of the West and did not dare to express it. They focused on toleration.
"Koizumi-kun! You see, this exhibit is clearly our Japan's Yosegi joinery. Now if we change the name, Zimbabwean woodcraft appears here openly, and it is said that it is mastered by the indigenous tribes of Zimbabwe. Skill, this is obviously shameless Plagiarism, the most disgusting thing is that their exhibits won awards, but our Yosegi joinery didn't win anything."
"Guisan-kun, maybe it's just a coincidence. After all, the world is such a big place, there are some. It’s just so incredible.”
"Koizumi-kun, don't deceive yourself. The Yosegi joinery is a coincidence, so is the folding fan also a coincidence? The style of this East African folding fan is obviously Japanese. They don't even bother to modify the painting on it! And I didn't guess at the material. If it is wrong, the texture is unique to Japan. They may even buy the fans directly from Japan and then directly exhibit them under a different name.”
This is a misunderstanding in East Africa. How could it not be changed and mass-produced? It is impossible for East Africans to bring valuable exhibits to the exhibition. Only East Africa will bring them to the exhibition if there is a market for them.
Is there a shady story behind this World Expo? The answer is yes, and the shady story is very big. More than 90% of East African exhibits won awards, even surpassing the United States. This kind of thing would be impossible without a shady story.
As for Austria being so partial to East Africa, it is because Ernst is now a guest of the Austrian government. Simply solving the problem of excess steel has greatly eased the pressure on the Austrian government.
For this reason, the Austrian government and the Habsburg family gave Constantine and Ernst many medals and honors, and the Hechingen enterprise received many of the same titles.
So it makes sense that the judges at the World Expo favored East Africa. In fact, the Hechingen Consortium won more than 700 awards at the World Expo. This part was not counted for the East African Kingdom, but for Exhibits from Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Austria ranks first with more than 6,000 awards, and Prussia ranks second with more than 5,500 awards (Historically Austria 5991, Prussia 5066).
It’s obvious that Austria is number one, so it’s understandable that the East African Kingdom follows suit.
(End of this chapter)