Chapter 637 The Great Lack of Great Virtue
Constantine and his old brother talked about everything, of course, more about the management of the colony.
Although Constantine did not participate in the management of East Africa in its early days as a colony, he never ate pork and saw pigs running away, especially when he was crowned king of East Africa, which was in the process of transforming from a colony to a kingdom.
At that time, many models in East Africa were still operating in the colonial form, especially those newly occupied areas. Naturally, Prince Karl was not bored and came to listen to Constantine’s bragging, but really wanted to learn from East Africa. mode.
Colonial management is actually not difficult. You can do it with a gun in your hand. The most primitive colonial method is nothing more than "robbing".
Colonial management has now been upgraded to a "cooperative" model. Just like the United Kingdom, it has attracted a large group of princes and nobles in India to jointly exploit and exploit the lower class people in India.
The British are also building roads, canals, canals, and railways in India, which were not seen before. Like the Portuguese and Spanish colonial world, they would not build in the colonies at all.
As for the Dutch, they paid more attention to trade methods. Unfortunately, they were too small and ultimately failed in the competition with the British.
What deserves Prince Carl’s attention in East Africa is naturally its rapidly expanding national power. In just a dozen years, East Africa has completed its transition from primitive society to modern society.
This is actually not difficult. As long as the population is in place, colonial development will be much easier. Of course, black people are also possible, but there are not many black people in Africa. They are also one of the three major races. , but it has not reached 100 million. With so many people in East Africa, it may only be more than 70 million now.
There was no massacre in East Africa, but there was forced mass migration in East Africa. At that time, six to seven million natives from the Great Lakes region fled to West Africa, and there were rivers of blood along the way. After all, when you arrive in a new place, you have to grab land and wealth. .
But there is no psychological burden in East Africa. As long as the blood is not spilled in East Africa, it is just a vendetta between the Black Uncle tribes. It has nothing to do with East Africa. East Africa and the United States are just robbers and murderers. The difference between criminals and which one is worse is self-evident, but they are not fun. Of course, the United States is a robber and a murderer together. East Africa also has an additional identity of a human trafficker, and the buyer is the United States. This is also an era. Satire.
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"This little guy must be Jena! So cute, just like Karina when she was a child." Queen Mother Sophie hugged Princess Jena and said lovingly.
The communication between East Africa and Austria is still very convenient, at least there is no shortage of telegrams and telephone calls, so the Queen Mother Sophie knew the existence of the little one before Jenna was born.
Little Jenna was sleepy-eyed, but she didn't cry because of being held by a "stranger". Her little face was chubby and very cute.
"Grandma, you are exaggerating. How can it be exactly the same." Karina said coquettishly, holding the arm of Queen Mother Sophie.
"Haha, I took care of you when you were a child, and you don't remember what you looked like as a baby. Look at this nose, these eyes..." Queen Mother Sophie started to look for similarities.
The current Queen Mother Sophie is much younger than her previous life. After all, her precious son Archduke Ferdinand was not shot in Mexico, and he can still visit her often, so his life is smoother, of course. , the bad relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with Princess Sissi has never changed.
"Little Friedrich and his grandfather are in East Africa. Because the royal family of Hechingen is a little thin, they cannot come to Austria for political stability reasons, so there are only photos." Archduke Ferdinand took out Show the photos of your grandson to your mother.
Originally I wanted to do a portrait, but little Friedrich was so lively and active that he couldn't sit still at all, so he could only record it with photos. Although the photos lacked some vividness, they were more realistic.
While the family was enjoying themselves, Ernst and his uncle, Emperor Franz, were discussing the relationship between East Africa and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the study. Now that East Africa has the strength to have an equal relationship with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, even Franz has to pay attention to the existence of East Africa. The benefits transferred from East Africa every year are not a small amount.
"The British have sanctioned you for almost a year! I haven't heard any follow-up actions from them recently. What kind of relationship do you have now?" Franz asked.
“In the past, Afghanistan distracted the UK’s attention. After all, Afghanistan is directly related to India, and India is the lifeblood of the UK, so the UK focused all its energy on dealing with Afghanistan. As for now, we are not Worried about the British causing trouble, they are now concentrating on dealing with the Orangemen.”
"Orange people?"
Orange people are currently only called so in East Africa. As for other countries, they may not even know the existence of the Orange Free State.
“They are the Boers who originally lived in South Africa. After the Transvaal was destroyed by us, most of the residents moved to the Orange Free State, which is also a Boer country.
Now Germany The Transvaal immigrants and the original residents of the Orange Free State were engaged in a civil war, so in order to distinguish them, we called them Transvaal and Orange people respectively. "Ernst had to. Franz explains the intricate relationships here.
Because the location of the Orange Free State is really embarrassing, being completely turned into a landlocked country by East Africa and Cape Town, and apart from diamonds, it is not of much value, so it naturally does not attract attention. This is different from the previous life. Outer Mongolia is about the same size between the two major countries, but its area is not as large as that of Outer Mongolia. Neither East Africa nor the United Kingdom pays much attention to it, and the channels for external exchanges are cut off by the two gangsters. It is hard to tell.
Therefore, a place like the Orange Free State is destined to be difficult to attract the attention of the outside world. Even its civil war is only known to its two neighbors in East Africa and the United Kingdom.
"Since they are all Boers, why are they fighting? Shouldn't they all point their spears at you?"
"Ahem, uncle, you are wrong to say that. We in East Africa have always been a kind-hearted country, at least the Orange people know our kindness,” Ernst said shamelessly.
“Did you provoke the internal conflicts among the Boers?”
“Of course not. If we had the ability, we would have done so long ago. And if we in East Africa were to sow discord, then Oran The people of Zhizhi and the Transvaal will not be divided at all, and maybe they will unite to fight against the outside world. After all, it is an indelible fact that we wiped out the Transvaal Republic."
"Since it's not you, why are they fighting among themselves? And as you said, with the big enemy in East Africa at hand, aren't they afraid to take advantage of it?"
"This is thanks to the British shortage. Your Majesty, Britain is now the suzerain of the Orange Free State. Father, you also know that the Boers did not deal with the British at the beginning. When Orange was incorporated into the British colony, the Orange people would naturally not be honest. For their own rights, they would definitely go against the British on some matters.
If this is another colony, The Orange people might really be able to win their rights, but they have admitted a large number of Transvaal people.
Many Transvaal people want to restore their country, but in the face of our East Africans. Such a powerful country, so they know they can only rely on Britain, so Britain They chose to cooperate with the Transvaal.
So the British took the initiative to sow discord and divided the Boers into two parts. Now that the civil strife in the Orange Free State has not subsided, the British cannot concentrate in South Africa. The force is against us.”
(End of this chapter)