Chapter 1101 East Africa’s Penetration into Bosnia
As reflected in the entire Bosnia region, the situation is similar to Sarajevo. The Bosnia region can be said to be the natural arena for Croats, Serbs and Ottomans.
After the Austro-Hungarian Empire occupied the local area, it was naturally not smooth sailing. The remnants of the Ottoman Empire and the infiltration of Serbia, a foreign force, made the local investment situation very bad.
So the Hechingen Consortium and the East African government behind it can only adjust their strategy and choose the southwest region of Bosnia, which is relatively easy to control, as the main penetration area.
As a German country, East Africa naturally could not trust the Ottoman remnants and the Serbs who were resurrected with extreme nationalism. Therefore, the Hechingen Consortium colluded with the then Austro-Hungarian Empire military to control Mostar as the core. Ottoman remnants and Serbian immigrants were expelled to Sarajevo and other places in the interior of Bosnia.
This is also the main reason why the residents of the lower Neretva River Valley today are mainly Chinese and Croats. Of course, in the official caliber of the lower Neretva River Valley, there are certainly no so-called "Chinese". These Chinese are all Germanized The same is true for the later Germans, including the Croats in the territory, and the Serbs.
As for Germans in the true sense, such as Austro-Hungarian government officials and military officers, there are still a certain number of Germans in the local upper class.
Kerlev, general manager of the Mostar Hydropower Station Company, is a typical East African German. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire controls the local military and administrative power, the economy of the lower Neretva River Valley can Said to be entirely controlled by the Hechingen consortium backed by East Africa.
This was also a tacit understanding between the governments of East Africa and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Austro-Hungarian Empire’s investment in Bosnia was concentrated in the north, or in key areas such as Sarajevo, while the sparsely populated lower Neretva River Valley at that time was basically It was not within the governance capabilities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Even after the Austro-Hungarian Empire occupied Bosnia, only one company of Austro-Hungarian troops was stationed in Mostar. Apart from a small military role in Mostar, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had no regard for the local area at all. care.
At that time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would not have thought that East Africa would frantically introduce nearly 100,000 immigrants directly from the Far Eastern Empire to settle in the lower reaches of the Neretva River.
Now the number of Chinese immigrants in the lower Neretva River Valley has more than quadrupled, becoming the dominant ethnic group in the area, adding another fire to the ethnic hodgepodge of the Balkan Peninsula.
Now that the deal is done, the Austro-Hungarian government has directly accepted the reality. This will not cause the slightest psychological burden to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a multi-ethnic country with no dominant nation. It can be considered a professional counterpart. After all, the Austro-Hungarian Empire The governance of Bosnia was already a mess.
East Africa's local behavior actually consolidated the Austro-Hungarian Empire's control over Bosnia. After all, the attributes of Far Eastern immigrants determined that they were far easier to govern than the Serbs and the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
Furthermore, in the lower Neretva River Valley, with the support of East African capital and the large market of East Africa, industry and agriculture have developed rapidly, becoming one of the fastest growing regions in the southern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and becoming one of the fastest growing regions in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The empire was an important source of finance in Bosnia, which further reassured the Habsburgs.
The city of Porto Ploce and the city of Mostar have also quickly become emerging industrial cities in the southern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. East African capital has built textile, food processing, aluminum smelting and other industries here. The city of Mostar has become an important city in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Aluminum product production center.
The aluminum smelting plant is a large consumer of electricity, which is also the main reason for the construction of the Mostar Hydropower Station. After the completion of the Mostar Hydropower Station, it will further enhance the local industrial capacity.
The Port of Ploce has also become an important sea port in Bosnia by virtue of its port advantages. Together with the city of Mostar, it forms a twin city in the lower Neretva River Valley.
After all, inland Bosnia, including the most important city of Sarajevo, cannot avoid the city of Mostar and the port of Ploce if it wants to go to sea. The Hechingen Consortium has revitalized the entire southwest of Bosnia through railway and road construction. The economy even had a siphon effect on Sarajevo. ……
Kerrev continued his speech at the completion ceremony: "As a typical mountain city, it is not easy to develop Mostar. Through the efforts of people from all walks of life in the lower Neretva River Valley, we are committed to building Mostar into a The pearl of the Balkan Peninsula. ”
“The completion of the Mostar Hydropower Station has basically solved the problem of power shortage in the region. Today, the development of factories and cities is inseparable from the adequate supply of electricity. The Tal Hydropower Station will play a huge role in promoting industries including electrolytic aluminum and textiles.”
Mostar is rich in bauxite resources, and East Africa is a major industrial country that masters electrolytic aluminum technology. Coupled with East Africa's rich experience in hydropower construction in the past half century, it is difficult for Mostar to develop. It can be said that it has the right people at the right time and the right place. This can be said to be incompatible with the chaos in the interior of Bosnia.
After the speech, Kerrev had a warm conversation with the officials of the city of Mostar appointed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
To be honest, with the intentional support of East Africa, the lower Neretva River Valley can be considered an economically developed area within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This is also a good place for Austro-Hungarian officials to gain qualifications. After all, East Africa puts food into its mouth without much investment.
This has also made East African expatriates in the lower Neretva River Valley warmly welcomed by the local government. Of course, the East African capital groups that control the local economy actually have the right to speak locally.
As long as the officials appointed by the Austro-Hungarian government are not deliberately looking for trouble, the Hechingen Consortium is still willing to give them some face. For example, the first mayor of Mostar, who was a complete loser and a thief. The sky-high nobles finally drove the ignorant second generation of nobles back to Vienna through public opinion and local control.
To put it bluntly, the lower Neretva River Valley is actually an East African colony within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and this de facto colony is something that the Austro-Hungarian Empire must pay attention to in order to stabilize Bosnia. area.
The lower Neretva River Valley with a population of 630,000 is not only the most important source of tax revenue for the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Bosnia, but also an important source of troops for the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Bosnia. A German-speaking enclave in the south of the Hungarian Empire.
Obviously, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was unable to unify its own language. This was especially true in Bosnia. In addition to the remnants of the Ottoman Empire, there were Slavs. Instead, the lower Neretva River Valley with the support of East Africa became the only way to achieve this. A region with entirely German education.
The army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was mainly composed of local people. For example, Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary all had their own armies. This tradition was no exception in Bosnia.
Bosnia’s three traditional major groups, the Ottomans, Croats, and Serbs, do not speak German, and are quite resistant to the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This has led the Austro-Hungarian Empire to recruit its main force starting in the 1990s. Placed in the lower Neretva River valley area.
With no language barrier, significantly better organizational capabilities than the other three ethnic groups, and high obedience, the Chinese became the best source of troops for the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Bosnia.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire only needed to send a few high-level officers to organize a very combat-effective army. This was also the main reason why the Habsburg family understood why East Africa recruited a large number of immigrants from the Far Eastern Empire.
The immigrants from the Far East Empire are not only hard-working, but also have no obvious political demands, and are highly obedient and organized. If Hungary can have this kind of awareness, the Austrian Empire will not be replaced by today's dualist system of government. .
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