Chapter 187 Persuasion
Actually, it is procedurally impossible for Prince Constantine to leave for Africa immediately. After all, Prince Constantine has an unusual status.
Not only is the monarch of Hexingen, but also the prince of the Kingdom of Prussia, and he must bring some confidantes of the Hexingen royal family with him when going to East Africa. He cannot directly let these loyal ministers who have worked for the Hexingen royal family for generations be disbanded in place .
Hexingen has a small area, but as a country, it should have a lot of administrative agencies. Even if it is merged into Prussia, some powers will be handed over.
That is only military, taxation and other powers. The royal family of Hexingen still supports a large number of people, including servants and guards.
The follow-up of these people must be arranged. Those who are willing to go to East Africa with Prince Constantine will take them with them, and those who are unwilling will be given a higher dismissal fee. Stay and continue to manage the Hexingen industry.
After all, castles and properties also need to be taken care of by people, but after Prince Constantine left, they no longer belonged to the Hexingen royal family, but were managed by the Hexingen consortium, changing from employees attached to the royal family to employees.
At the same time, the whereabouts of Prince Constantine had to be thoroughly negotiated with the family. The first to receive the news was Sigmaringen next door.
"Konstantin, do you really want to go overseas alone?" Prince Karl Anton asked Prince Constantine.
As one of Prince Constantine's most familiar friends and relatives, Karl Anton didn't quite understand Prince Constantine's decision.
Because of geographical location and family reasons, the relationship between Hechingen and Sigmaringen is very good, especially in this generation, Prince Karl Anton and Prince Constantine have the best relationship.
Together, the two decided to merge the two countries into Prussia, and they also helped each other politically. In recent years, Constantine has faded out of the Prussian political arena, but his support for Prince Karl Anton has not diminished.
And Sigmaringen is indeed developing well. Karl Anton's two sons are relatively promising, and he is also in an important position in the Kingdom of Prussia. Princes are pretty much in the Kingdom of Prussia.
"Yes, for the expansion of the family overseas, my old bones also want to contribute." Prince Constantine said.
"Then there is no need to go to East Africa in person! In this era, almost no aristocrats of our status go overseas to develop. Europe is the center of the world. The overseas situation is complicated, and you may not be able to grasp it!"
Prince Karl Anton was alluding to nothing else. It was the Brazilian Empire that year, the country that the Portuguese royal family was forced to move to Brazil because of Napoleon.
"To be honest, we nobles have a foothold in Europe, largely relying on the mutual support of our families and political allies. After all, overseas is an area where our power is difficult to radiate. We don't have much power there. It is too risky to go overseas. Big," said Prince Karl Anton to Constantine.
In Karl Anton's view, the East African colonies are probably the same as those traditional colonies, and the suzerain country uses the method of mixing mud to maintain the rule of the colonies.
The majority is temporarily suppressed by a few people. After all, colonies are for plundering. Who would spare no effort to build colonies sincerely.
Even if Britain and France have some construction in the colony, it is to squeeze the potential of the colony more vigorously. Only Portugal is forced to build Angola and Mozambique vigorously.
There is still a risk of independence in overseas colonies, so Karl Anton urged Constantine not to take the risk of going overseas.
Unlike you, now my sons can almost find a good place to go. Ernst was too young to catch up with the good times. Even if he wants to operate in Europe in the future, the chances will be slim. After all, I am also old. Well, Ernst's situation will be even more difficult after my death. "
What Constantine is talking about here is about Ernst's future. Just like Sigmaringen, Ernst himself may become the king of Europe, but this kind of pie in the sky is probably only in Sigmaringen To meet twice.
Although the European nobles are married to each other, and the German region also has a tradition of exporting kings, but after all, the position cannot be made out of nothing.
Especially these years, the political situation in Europe is chaotic, even if there is a chance, Constantine may not agree.
In Europe, when other people invite you to be king, it is not a trivial matter to treat guests to dinner, but to maintain their own interests. For example, Maximilian I was a chess piece thrown to Mexico by Napoleon III. At best, he was a high-status puppet. .
A country like Romania, which is under the sphere of influence of the Ottoman Empire and wants to join Europe and needs a king to strengthen its connection with Europe, is really extremely rare.
"It's not a big deal. There are so many nobles in Europe, especially those with a relatively high status like ours. There are not a few of them. There are three royal families in France next door. There are so many people at the bottom. It is really difficult to go further, but as Heixingen A prince is naturally talented, and you are only one son, Ernst will inherit your title in the future, and now Hexingen has such a big industry, many nobles are asking for your family, which is the envy of many people Not coming!" Prince Karl Anton still couldn't understand Constantine's thoughts.
To be honest, Prince Karl Anton actually envied Constantine very much. What nobles like them lack most is money. If you want to say who has the most money in the German region, the royal family of Hechingen is definitely at the top. Root Bank is already one of the largest banks in Europe. If Constantine married Ens, a group of top nobles would flock to him.
Although the great aristocrats themselves have a lot of assets, they can spend even more, especially these European aristocrats who came from the Middle Ages. In history, they often worry about debts. In the eyes of outsiders, Ernst looks like a young man with rich money and noble status synonym.
"Money is not everything, at least our Hexingen royal family is not very interested in money now." Constantine was very proud of it: "It is almost enough to spend enough money. When wealth reaches a certain stage, for us It doesn’t make much sense for such a big noble, if you want to achieve something, you still have to take a step closer politically.”
"That's not going to go to that ghostly place in Africa to suffer and suffer! With Hexingen's current strength, I think there are many opportunities to operate in Europe, especially because you have a good relationship with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and have nothing to do. At least you can go to the Balkan Peninsula to seek a throne!" Karl Anton said.
"There are many opportunities in the Balkans, and the success rate is high, but the situation in that place is too complicated. Surviving in the gap between the three major powers, I think Karl (Carol I, King of Romania) has complained to you a lot!" Constantine asked back. road.
"That's true, but it's better than the barren land of Africa. Even if Karl really can't suppress it, we won't stand by. But when you go to Africa, even if we want to intervene, we can't do anything." Karl Anton said.
"There's nothing wrong with a barren land, at least it shows that the potential is good, and Europe is too complicated, it's really not easy to get ahead. Although there may be many dangers there, it's much easier to deal with the natives than a bunch of old foxes in Europe." Constantine said insincerely.
The more you know, the more you feel the potential of East Africa. Before Constantine decided to go to East Africa, he had the same impression of Africa as Prince Karl Anton.
But when more and more data were placed in front of Prince Constantine, Constantine also had to admit that his most optimistic expectations for East Africa were still too conservative.
East Africa, which has been vigorously developed by Ernst, can hardly find any shortcomings, except for a navy, but East Africa is now busy with inland expansion, and the demand for the navy is not very urgent.
Konstantin became even more excited when he thought that an emerging country with a population of more than 2 million easily ruled and an area of more than 2 million square kilometers that was still expanding would be acquired by the royal family of Hexingen.
However, if you are close to the vermilion, you will be red, and if you are close to the ink, you will be black. Following his son, Constantine has also learned badly now, and he has mastered the method of making a fortune with a muffled voice.
He said to Karl Anton: "Although Africa is difficult, it was extremely difficult for our Hohenzollern family to make a fortune back then. It took many generations to achieve today's achievement. The future development of the East African colonies will inevitably require the support of Germany. At that time, you can Don't be stingy, get more support for me in the kingdom."
Never mentioned the current development situation in East Africa and the huge interests of the Hexingen royal family in East Africa, but instead beat back and asked for help.
(end of this chapter)