Chapter 1101 East African Infiltration into Bosnia
Reflected in the entire Bosnian region, the situation is similar to Sarajevo. Bosnian region can be said to be the natural arena for Croats, Serbs and Ottomans.
Later, when 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.
Hence, 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 survivors and the Serbs who were resurrected with extreme nationalism. Therefore, the Hechingen Consortium colluded with the Austro-Hungarian military at the time to expel the Ottoman survivors and Serbian immigrants with Mostar as the core. From places like Sarajevo 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.
For example, the general manager of the Mostar Hydropower Station Company, Kelef, 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 be said to be completely supported by East Africa. Controlled by the Hechingen Consortium.
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 simply beyond the governance capabilities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. within the range.
Even after the Austro-Hungarian Empire occupied Bosnia, only one company of Austro-Hungarian troops was stationed in Mostar. Apart from Mostar's little military role, the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not care about the local area at all.
At that time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would not have thought that East Africa would be so frantic that it would directly introduce nearly 100,000 immigrants 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 ethnic group. It can be considered a professional counterpart. After all, the Austro-Hungarian Empire originally ruled the Bosnia region. It's just a mess.
East Africa's local behavior actually consolidated the Austro-Hungarian Empire's control over Bosnia. After all, the attributes of immigrants from the Far East determined that they were far easier to govern than the Serbs and the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
Moreover, in the lower Neretva River Valley, with the support of East African capital and the large market of East Africa, industry and agriculture developed rapidly, becoming one of the fastest growing regions in the southern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and becoming an important financial part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Bosnia. place of origin, 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.
Aluminum smelting plants are large power consumers, which is also the main reason why the construction of the Mostar Hydropower Station was started. After the completion of the Mostar Hydropower Station, it will further enhance the local industrial capacity.
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 the sea. The Hechingen Consortium has revitalized the economy of the entire southwestern Bosnia through railway and road construction, and even created a negative impact on Sarajevo. The siphon effect.…
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 jewel of the Balkans.”
“The completion of the Mostar Hydropower Station has basically solved the problem of power shortage in the region. Nowadays, factories and urban development are inseparable from the adequate supply of electricity. The Mostar Hydropower Station will play a huge role in industries including electrolytic aluminum, textiles and other industries. promotion effect.”
Mostar is rich in bauxite resources, and East Africa is a major industrial country that has mastered electrolytic aluminum technology. In addition, East Africa has rich experience in hydropower construction in the past half century. It is difficult for Mostar not to develop. It can It can be said that they have gathered the right place at the right time and the right people, but this can be said to be incompatible with the chaos in the interior of Bosnia.
After finishing his speech, Kelev 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 is considered an economically developed area in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is also a good place for Austro-Hungarian officials to gain qualifications. After all, it does not require too much investment. , East Africa feeds rice into its mouth.
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 lofty aristocrat, finally The Hechingen Consortium used public opinion and local control to drive the ignorant second generation back to Vienna.
To put it bluntly, the lower Neretva River Valley is actually a colony of East Africa within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and this de facto colony is also an area that the Austro-Hungarian Empire must pay attention to in order to stabilize Bosnia.
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. It is also a southern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. German enclave.
It is obvious that 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 region with the support of East Africa became the only region to achieve complete German education.
The army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was mainly composed of local people. For example, Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary all have their own armies, and this tradition is no exception in Bosnia.
The three traditional groups in Bosnia, the Ottomans, Croats, and Serbs, did not speak German, and were quite resistant to the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This caused the Austro-Hungarian Empire to focus its main recruitment force on Neret starting in the 1990s. Lower Wa 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 were not only hard-working, but also had no obvious political demands and were highly obedient and organized. If Hungary could have this kind of awareness, the Austrian Empire would not be replaced by today's dualist system of government.
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