Chapter 685 People make the best use of people
Ernst said to Weimar: "Black people are important soldiers, especially now that our East African population structure is too young, and now there is an important characteristic , that is, our East African territory has expanded more than six or seven times than before. In the past, our core territory was only in the eastern region, but now we also have the central and southern regions, both of which will be threatened by war.”
The main force of the new population in East Africa has actually changed from immigrants to births. , so East Africa is also facing population pressure, which is a happy trouble.
On the contrary, if a country is facing an aging population, I am afraid it will not laugh. In Ernst’s opinion, such countries are in decline. Of course, this is also the only way for East Africa in the future, unless East Africa has not made any progress, and like African countries in previous generations, it has been living in third countries all year round.
Before the new generation grows up, the cost of raising children in East Africa is quite high, but in the future, when the new generation that has received compulsory education grows up, East Africa’s national strength will definitely explode at a certain period of time, probably within the next twenty or thirty years.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, we have registered all workers and updated the data. If we deal with conflicts, we can ensure that we can draw manpower from them at any time." Weimar said.
The update frequency of black people in East Africa is relatively high, especially in the past few years during the large-scale infrastructure construction, which has caused hundreds of thousands of disabilities and deaths every year, so the data is updated very quickly, which is a big problem for the East African statistics department. A very distressing thing.
But something must be done. If a black man accidentally overturns the situation, Ernst will have no place to cry.
“For black people, we have no choice but to let them enter the military system. Otherwise, let them work as migrant workers. Mamluk-style counterattack scripts will never be staged in East Africa.” Enns. Te emphasized.
The Mamluks were slaves introduced from the Arab region to ancient Egypt. To be more precise, they were "slave soldiers." Therefore, the reason why these Mamluks turned over and became the dominant class in Egypt was caused by allowing slaves to enter the military system. Bad consequences.
The army is a place where people are tempered, and not surprisingly, it is also the place where it is easiest to "turn over". After all, the army values military merit more. The Mamluks achieved their counterattack by mastering military power.
Black people in East Africa may not be able to take this path. After all, it is impossible for East Africa to completely issue "inferior weapons" to the black servant army, and cannon fodder must also have "handy" weapons.
In fact, in the previous battles with the African indigenous people in East Africa, there were many "overturned" deeds. Even the indigenous tribes armed with stone spears and bows and arrows could also cause serious damage to the careless army in East Africa, but The continuous flow of immigrants from the East African rear prevented this rare war situation from becoming a common phenomenon.
For example, in the previous life, there were only a few thousand Germans in German East Africa, and some black tribes were able to fight the Germans back and forth.
The most famous one is that in 1905, under the leadership of Kingikitile Nguale, the Maji Maji Uprising broke out in German East Africa on a large scale against colonial rule, and quickly swept through the southern region of German East Africa.
Subsequently, Germany suppressed the uprising in 1907 through cruel means such as famine, but the Horseman Uprising severely dealt a blow to German colonial rule and forced Germany to adopt moderate means to manage German East Africa.
So the strict defense of black people is the political correctness of East Africa, and it is also an important policy for Ernst to govern the country.
Wilmar said: "Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince, we have never relaxed our surveillance activities on black people. After all, black riots are not uncommon in East Africa. There are dozens of them every year, but they are not common. "No matter how good the treatment of black people in East Africa is, they are still slaves. Even civilians have people who are dissatisfied with the government. What's more, slaves are not even considered the lowest level of society. After all, there are cattle and horses before slaves, and cattle and horses are second to slaves. The front is also a major feature of slave society.
“Very good, small-scale riots are acceptable to us, but acceptability only means accepting it objectively and factually. This kind of mistake is unavoidable, but the follow-up procedures are absolutely There should be no mercy, accountability should be held and punishment should be punished, and the relevant personnel and departments must make a review and include it in the files as a reference standard for assessment," Ernst emphasized.
This is the same as theoretically all aircraft accidents are man-made disasters. Even the Far Eastern Empire in the 21st century cannot avoid it, let alone a backward country like East Africa. However, in this era, the administrative efficiency of East Africa is already higher than Ordinary countries are much higher.
“Of course, the division of labor must be clear. We don’t need black people to enter the army yet, so we must let them continue to stick to their posts and stabilize the production order, especially the two major projects of agriculture and engineering.”
What Ernst has to do is to ensure the stability of the country's production during the war. After all, war is quite expensive. Many countries with poor financial conditions are facing war, and the future of the entire country is basically affected. Therefore, a country from It is very difficult for countries to rise from the ashes of war, especially those who have lost the war.
This has to mention Germany’s heritage. It has experienced two world wars and finally became one of the talkers in Europe. Therefore, Germany’s unification and accumulated wealth are unimaginable. What’s more important is that Accumulation of talents.
Ernst continued: "We want a war, not only to deal with the changes in the world since the Berlin Conference in 1884, but also to solve the geographical disadvantages of East Africa, especially the coastlines of the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The incompleteness will not only cause problems to the economic layout and development of East Africa, but also increase the difficulty of our national defense.”
"Without a complete coastline, many railways and ports cannot be directly connected. Just like the Austro-Hungarian Empire had to concentrate its resources on Trieste after losing the Venice region. Southwest Africa obviously does not have such a population and industry capacity. This is not conducive to our trade with the Americas and West Africa.”
“Within the Indian Ocean, Mozambique has many excellent ports, and the southern coastal plain of Mozambique can be said to be one of the lands with the best agricultural foundation in Africa. The fertility and terrain are not inferior to those of the Great Lakes area, and it has excellent ports as a basis. The advantage of developing export-oriented economic agriculture is even greater than that of Somalia. Somalia only takes advantage of the distance, but in the future, with the advancement of technology, the speed of ships will also increase. The sooner, Mozambique’s agricultural advantages can be fully utilized, and the southern territory of Mozambique already has a subtropical climate, which is the most important.”
“Of course, these are all based on one premise, that. Just be prepared for a large-scale war. Once a war starts, we will face the risk of being surrounded from all sides. Although East Africa is the most populous country in Africa, our land area is also the same, so our population density is not as high as many In a country with such a vast territory and sparse population, if the enemy engages in mobile warfare with us with the aim of destroying East Africa's infrastructure and industrial production capacity, then our accumulation over the years will be in vain."
“And our enemies are not weak. If they try their best to mobilize millions of troops, it is possible. Therefore, our army and frontline residents must prepare for war and cannot be beaten. "Caught off guard."
Of course, there is one thing Ernst did not say, that is, East Africa has been engaged in large-scale infrastructure construction since the 1970s, purely to realize the "industrial development plan" in the future, so that East Africa and the Like the Soviet Union in previous generations, it seized the opportunity to become an industrialized country in a short period of time.
Industrialization requires funds, so the war must not interrupt the production order in East Africa. Therefore, black people, as an important labor resource, maintain the industrial production order in East Africa and ensure the stable growth of East African countries' fiscal revenue during the war. They are the basis for East Africa to accumulate original capital. important means.
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