Chapter 1275 New Triangular Trade
This abnormal form of trade is actually a new type of triangular trade. As the First World War progressed, among the two camps, the Allies were okay. After all, Britain and France had a great cause and had colonies supporting them, but the wallets of the Allies were not. Being drained dry by a group of "neutral countries" at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As the largest economic cooperation "partner" of the Allied Powers camp, East Africa has carefully formulated a series of plans for the Allied Powers to solve their financial pressure.
Today, the summary of trade between East Africa and the Central Powers is that "anything can be exchanged."
Gold naturally ranks first. According to the judgment of the East African government, a large amount of gold flows to East Africa among the Allies, and most of Russia's gold reserves in the Allied camp also flow into East Africa.
Britain and France have competition from the United States, and with the expansion of domestic production capacity in the United States, the trade between the United States and Britain and France has surpassed East Africa since August 1916.
Of course, there is also the factor of East Africa shifting its trade focus to southern countries. Although trade with Europe is more profitable, compared with trade with southern countries, this is only a short-term benefit.
After all, no matter who is the winner in the European battlefield in the end, the winner will eventually regain control of the European market and drive out countries outside the region such as East Africa and the United States.
However, despite facing fierce competition from the United States in the North Atlantic, Ernst was already very satisfied. Because of the preparations in advance, from 1914 to 1916, East Africa had completely recovered its capital in two years. Not only had it completed the pre-war loans, and obtained a large amount of real money from the two camps.
Moreover, East Africa is currently slightly inferior to the United States in trade with the Allied Powers, mainly Britain and France, but it still occupies a large share. These market shares will continue to play a role in bringing more profits to East Africa until the end of the war. .
Today, although trade between East Africa and the Allied Powers has dropped significantly due to the obstruction of the Suez Canal and the North Atlantic route, the Baghdad Railway Line can still bring a lot of benefits to East Africa.
However, even so, the Allies are facing tight financial pressure and are struggling to maintain trade on the Baghdad railway line.
Therefore, the East African government's demands for the Allies began to shift from debt and gold to talents, technology, labor, materials and other realizable wealth.
Among them, the realization of labor force is reflected in the population trade between East Africa and the Allied Powers. In order to develop the Southeast Asian colonies and cultivate "Rhine people" in East Africa, white immigrants were needed as a substitute, and among them, female white immigrants were given priority.
In this way, a triangular trade was formed in East Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Southeast Asia.
The local merchant ships in East Africa transported industrial products, food, and strategic materials to Basra, and then sent the European war refugees in Basra to the Southeast Asian colonies. When they returned to the mainland, they brought goods from the Southeast Asian region with them, thus forming a closed loop.
Of course, the scale of the new triangular trade cannot be compared with that of the black slave triangular trade, and its purpose is also different, but there is not much difference in form.
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Karl led a convoy full of Ukrainians toward Fao, a small town southeast of Basra, and the road was dusty.
Most areas along the Persian Gulf are basically desert, so the journey from Basra to Fao is no exception. There are no roads at all between the two places.
So the car could only drive on the sand, and the refugees in the car were like pigs, packed into the back compartment.
The raised dust fell on them and got into their mouths, nostrils and eyes. Unlike the heavily armed East Africans, wearing turbans and sunglasses, they had no choice but to suffer.
Why Karl's convoy went to Fao is also related to the current situation at Basra Port. The current congestion at Basra Port has reached its limit.
Therefore, the immigration ships arranged by the East African government could only avoid Basra and choose to dock in other areas. The complicated road conditions meant that Karl and his party did not officially arrive in the town of Fao until night. After several hours of continuous journey, everyone felt thirsty and tired. Karl jumped out of the car and said: "This trip went smoothly, there was no breakdown or other problems, at least we didn't need to spend the night in the sand. "
At this time, the East African personnel from Faao Town had already come out to greet them.
A capable East African officer stood in front and said to Karl: "Chief Karl, you are so fast this time. We didn't prepare dinner. I thought you wouldn't be able to come back until midnight!"
Karl said to the officer: "Second Lieutenant Fassi, this time we didn't encounter any problems and the road went smoothly, so we arrived earlier than usual."
"Since dinner is not ready yet, let's give these Ukrainians a biscuit to fill their stomachs. They haven't eaten for most of the day."
Of course, this is not because people in East Africa are kind-hearted, but because food can soothe people's emotions. These war refugees from Ukraine are not a factor of stability. After all, they are now in a foreign place, they are war refugees, and they are sold to the Allies like goods. In East Africa, one mishandling can cause big problems.
Second Lieutenant Faxi said: "Of course, let them get off the car first!"
Later, under the arrangement of the East African soldiers, the Ukrainians in the car were divided into two sides according to men and women. The East African soldiers carried wooden barrels filled with compressed biscuits and began to distribute pre-meal "snacks" to these overwhelmed Ukrainian refugees.
Later, Second Lieutenant Fasi said in smooth Russian: "Don't worry, everyone, we are East Africans, and you have now been transferred by the Ukrainian government to the hands of our government."
"I know that you are very uneasy right now, but please put your worries down. East Africa is a kind country. We cannot bear the harm caused to you by the current war in your country, so we decided to help you escape from the sea of suffering..."
Now the Allied Powers support a puppet regime in Ukraine, and this puppet regime is the Ukrainian government mentioned by Lieutenant Fasci.
At the same time, Lieutenant Faxi also began to brainwash these refugees.
"Tomorrow, you will board the Liberty and head to the Nanyang region. Of course, you may not know where Nanyang is. I can tell you that it is also the land of East Africa. There is no war and no smoke of gunpowder, but there is a lot of uncultivated land. "
"You will build a new home there in the future. I think you should also know that East Africa is a world power that is not inferior to Russia, so you don't need to worry about your future. After all, even if the situation is really bad, I guarantee your future. The quality of life is no worse than in Russia.”
"Of course, being far away from your homeland is indeed a sad thing, but you have to understand that being far away from Russia may not be a bad thing for you."
"Furthermore, there are many Slavs in the Nanyang region and in our East Africa. They immigrated to East Africa like you in the past. As long as we follow the arrangements of our government and ensure their loyalty to East Africa, you can also be like you in the future. Like our ancestors, we have become glorious Rhinelanders.”
Of course the Ukrainian refugees knew that the French second lieutenant was deceiving them, but the words of the French second lieutenant still calmed them down a little.
Apart from anything else, at least the biscuits in everyone's hands now show that East Africa needs them. After all, they have never eaten this kind of military ration before.
Although military biscuits are not popular with soldiers on the battlefield, it is still very novel for civilians who are exposed to them for the first time.
After all, in Ukraine, the most they eat is black bread, and although East African biscuits are a bit choking, they are a rare dessert made with a mixture of wheat flour, sugar, oil, etc.
East Africa can send them such expensive things, which at least proves that East Africans will ensure their basic life safety.
(End of chapter)