Chapter 444 Arriving Home
In the first town, everyone received a warm welcome. This was the second time this happened. The last time was when Constantine came to East Africa. Although Ernst had also been here before. A town, but hurriedly participated in the southern battlefield.
This time it was different. The Crown Prince’s wedding had to be lively no matter what. Ernst and Karina, who had just arrived in the first town, “got married again” in the first town step by step.
However, compared to Vienna, there were not so many distinguished guests in East Africa. After simply accepting the blessings of his subordinates, the family gathered at the Svet Palace.
"Karina, I don't have anything good to give you. This is the crown I asked someone to make in Europe. It can be regarded as a meeting gift for you." Constantine smiled and asked the entourage to present the crown to Karina.
The son is finally married, and the next step is to have a grandson and inherit the great legacy created by the Hechingen royal family. This was particularly important to Constantine. Aristocratic education made European aristocrats pay special attention to their families, even higher than themselves.
Although Constantine and Ernst were both members of the Hohenzollern family, Hechingen was considered a branch of the Hohenzollern family parallel to the Prussian royal family and the Sigmaringen royal family. Therefore, it is in line with Constantine's idea to carry forward the royal line of Hechingen. What is meant by carrying forward is naturally the prosperity of people and the acquisition of power and wealth. Now that we have both power and wealth, we need to send people.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Karina replied respectfully.
This is the education of the Habsburg family, or Queen Mother Sophie.
“Let’s take a look first!” Ernst took off the crown and put it on Karina’s head. With the blessing of the crown, it was indeed more beautiful.
Married women in European royal families can wear crowns. Of course, this is not correct. This kind of thing is directly linked to women. It is more appropriate to call it a female crown. According to Ernst's understanding, this is actually similar to the function of hairpins, which are decorative.
The crown of East Africa has never been stingy in the use of gems. The "precious" diamonds can only serve as a base, and it is other gems that give it vitality.
The Crown Princess’s crown made Princess Charlotte look straight in the eyes. There is no other way. The most indispensable thing in East Africa is various gemstones, so that in a place like Kenya where resources are relatively scarce, They are rich in all kinds of gemstones. Fortunately, East Africa implements a closed planned economy.
Otherwise, East Africans might just go digging for "stones". This is probably the current situation in some colonies. Food exports are worth a few dollars and are not scarce, so the colonists are more keen on high profits. Industries such as gems, which are highly profitable and popular in the international market, are also the focus of colonial development.
Having a high vision but a low hand, not supporting basic industries, the colonists and compradors will eventually be rewarded with high profits, but the consequences will be reflected on the common people at the bottom. There is no good and healthy agricultural foundation, so that some countries with excellent natural conditions endowment, The people don’t even have food to eat.
Brazil in the previous life is a good example. Most people think that Brazilians are very poor, especially the slums in Brazil that are famous all over the world.
But Brazil is actually very strong. Its agriculture and industry are quite good. Brazil’s cultivated land area is 1.2 billion acres, and crops are harvested three times a year. It has excellent water and heat resources. Its population is just over 200 million. Brazil’s total grain The output has reached more than 200 million tons, which is equivalent to one person per year One ton of grain is distributed, which far exceeds that of a large Eastern country and is as close as the United States. Its superior agriculture has also made Brazil one of the largest net exporters of grain in the world. It is the world's largest producer of coffee, cane sugar, and second largest soybean producer. Exporting countries, etc. It stands to reason that Brazilians have no problem having enough to eat.
But 50% of the people in Brazil do not have enough to eat. This can actually be seen from Brazil’s outrageous urbanization rate. The urbanization rate in Brazil is as high as over 85%. The problem is that Brazil The industrial scale is simply not enough to support such a large population, so many of Brazil's population have flowed into gray and black industries, and gangs are prevalent in Brazil.
However, Brazilian industry is not enough to support the employment of the Brazilian population, but Brazil’s industrial volume is among the top ten in the world, and it also has an independent aircraft manufacturing industry.
In Ernst’s view, any country that can occupy a certain market share in the civil aircraft manufacturing industry in the 21st century is quite powerful. After all, the wealth created by Brazil is not shared by ordinary people at all, and the polarization is too serious.
So Ernst believed that a country would not be stable without agriculture, not strong without industry, and not rich without business. What stabilizes the country's stability and existence is definitely agriculture. Improving agricultural production and distribution first is what many late-developing countries should do first.
Only by solving the agricultural problem can we effectively support industrial development and reduce dependence on foreign capital. Take East Africa as an example. East Africa is developing at a super speed. If it only relies on agriculture, East Africa can still develop, but It cannot be so fast, and the accelerator of East Africa's development is the Hechingen Consortium.
For East Africa, the Hechingen Consortium is a kind of "foreign" capital, a part of the productivity spillover from the German region. Borrowing money for development is the norm in the international community. Ernst also played the trick of playing left-handed and right-handed. But once capital flowed, East Africa's industry developed.
As for the problem of not being rich without business, it is easy to understand. Wealth is relative. If I have one dollar more than you, I am richer than you. Therefore, the purpose of business is to take other people’s money and put it into your own. pocket.
Putting other people's money into one's own pocket Ernst believed that there are three major categories, one is robbery, the other is fraud, and the third is trading. Robbery is colonialism, fraud is the financial industry, and trading is the development of export trade.
These three types of East Africa are involved. Colonialism is the foundation of the founding of East Africa. More than 20 million black people are the targets of East African plunder. East Africa has no conditions to engage in the financial industry, but Hechingen Bank will do it. During this economic crisis, the assets of the Bank of Hechingen soared, harvesting leeks in Europe and the United States, not to mention export trade.
Thinking about it, Ernst suddenly felt that he was a little cruel. He didn’t know how many people were involved for the development of East Africa. But when he thought about it again, if he didn’t take the money, it would be taken away by Jewish capital and others. If the capital is swallowed up and used for "lending" to them, it is better to use it to develop Africa!
Ernst was thinking divergently on the side, which aroused Constantine's dissatisfaction: "Ernst, don't be in a daze, today is not an ordinary day, there are not so many important national events for you to think about!"
"Uh, father, you are right, I was just a little fascinated by Karina!" Ernst said quickly and wisely.
This made Karina a little embarrassed, but this is normal. When nobles meet, they compliment each other.
"Well, that's the best," said Constantine.
"Your Excellency, you and your wife may as well move to the first town this time. After all, we still have too few acquaintances in East Africa. Karina doesn't have many playmates when she comes to East Africa, so I still need you to do this. Parents should spend more time with her," Constantine suggested to Ferdinand and his wife.
Archduke Ferdinand lived in Bagamoyo for work reasons. This was because the East African Navy was in its infancy at that time. Archduke Ferdinand was the only one who knew the ropes. Now the East African Navy has established a strong presence. There is also the support of the Austrian Navy, so there is no need to do everything by himself, and Constantine considered that Archduke Ferdinand and his wife left their daughter at Schonbrunn Palace in order to go to Mexico, and now reuniting the family can be regarded as making up for it.
"Of course, after the naval affairs are settled after a while, Charlotte and I will move here." Archduke Ferdinand said.
(End of this chapter)