Chapter 194 Welcome
"Honey, what are you in a daze for?" Queen Carlotta woke up Maximilian I who was in deep thought.
"Oh, it's okay, I just thought of some problems, so I thought about it a little bit more." Maximilian I woke up like a dream.
Queen Carlotta was a little worried: "You won't still be thinking about Mexico!" After all, when Maximilian I mentioned Mexico just now, he was gnashing his teeth.
At the beginning, it was Queen Carlotta who encouraged Maximilian I to go to Mexico, but the days in Mexico shattered her queen dream.
During those days, she would have nightmares every day, fearing that she and Maximilian I would be tortured to death by Mexican mobs.
Maximilian I took Queen Carlotta's hand and comforted him: "Don't worry, we will never go back to that place in Mexico. I was actually thinking about some things about the East African colonies. I just thought about it." I will give advice to Prince Constantine later, after all, in East Africa in the future, our daughter will be the hostess."
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In the beer hall.
"The person His Majesty Maximilian I will greet in person must have a background. Do you think Prince Constantine or His Royal Highness has come to East Africa?" Miller asked Schultz.
"Ah! Who knows, just now the boss himself said that the city government declared martial law today, and that some important people docked in Dar es Salaam, but he didn't say which one.
However, the only royal family that can be greeted by His Majesty the Emperor Maximilian I in person may have this row of faces. ’ Schultz replied.
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Ping An number.
"Sir, we can disembark now. The East African government has already done the reception work." Keno came to Prince Constantine's study to report.
"Oh, got it!"
Prince Constantine put away the book in his hand, stretched his waist, and said: "It's been a torment at sea this month, and I can finally return to land again."
"Master, that's not what you and the young master said back then." Kai Nuo joked.
"Hehe, people don't admit defeat when they are old. I just said that at the beginning, the body is definitely not comparable to those young people." Prince Constantine said, "Okay, you arrange someone to pack my things. Let's disembark."
"Yes, sir." Kai Nuo replied respectfully.
Prince Constantine walked out of the study, and the head of the guard Anderson was already waiting outside the door.
"Your Excellency!" Anderson saluted.
Konstantin ordered: "Let's go!"
The crew on board waved to the staff on the shore.
"Band ready!"
An exotic German symphony began to play, and the ensemble of traditional Arabic instruments and European instruments sounded very weird.
The people and officials in East Africa sound pretty good, but Prince Constantine, who has a certain degree of musical literacy, and the couple Maximilian I who came to welcome them can't hold back. What the **** is this?
Martin, the mayor of Dar es Salaam, explained: "Your Majesty, you also know that the East African colony has not been established for a long time, and there is no investment in music and other aspects, so we have no professionals and lack of music equipment, so we started from Zanzibar. The Sultanate has borrowed personnel and musical instruments for this welcoming ceremony."
Martin is an Austrian, so it is still customary to call Maximilian I the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria.
"Then it doesn't mean that you can't even organize a band! I don't think it's very professional to listen to the European musical instruments!" Maximilian I asked.
"Your Majesty the Grand Duke, you don't know that East Africa has a large population and a large territory, but our Dar es Salaam is only a place for immigrants to stay temporarily, and the permanent population of Dar es Salaam is only tens of thousands. .
And the immigrants are all uneducated people, let alone music. If you say that East Africa can’t afford to organize a band, it’s definitely not true. After all, there are always a few of these people who have been exposed to musical instruments.
But Dar es Salaam does not have this ability. We only received news a few days ago that Prince Constantine is coming to Dar es Salaam, but there are not many meetings in Dar es Salaam. musical.
You saw that the bands playing with German instruments were selected from local military officers and several government officials.
There are only a very small number of students who graduated from the Hechingen Military Academy who have ever been exposed to musical instruments in Germany, or are some officials from aristocratic backgrounds who have declined. "
Hechingen Military Academy does not have music classes, but some cultural teachers are famous teachers from various regions, and they know some music. This has led to some Hechingen students being able to get in touch with music, and even fewer of them are in school after graduation. Accidentally came into contact with the enterprise internship.
But this kind of people is a very small part of the Hechingen Military Academy, and it is even rarer when it is evenly spread across East Africa.
The declining nobles are managers hired by the Hexingen Consortium. In a region as large as East Africa, there must be some educated people to manage it, such as handling official documents and statistics.
Although most of the German regions have implemented compulsory education, they almost returned after staying in the Prussian army for a period of time. Unless they are special arms, most of them can only use a little German when writing letters to their families, mathematics or something Basically useless.
Prussia’s aristocrats have relatively smooth channels for advancement. After all, there have been two major military reforms in Prussia in recent years (since the 19th century).
As for those who eat and wait to die, to be honest, Ernst himself may not like it. Ernst, the declining aristocrats in Austria next door who have nowhere to serve the country, looks very good. After all, Prussia has already been screened once, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire Still the same, Franz and the Austrian government can only mend the empire, and a slightly larger move will be hindered by the more conservative and fancy Hungarian government.
Most of the managers in the Heixingen Consortium are not ordinary people. If you want to enter the Heixingen Consortium, you need at least a middle school degree, and those who can go to middle school are basically not ordinary people in this era.
This is also the reason why there are a large number of descendants of Austrian nobles in East Africa to govern the place. After all, East Africa is the source of raw materials for the Hechingen Consortium, so many staff must be sent to manage it.
It’s not that they don’t trust the German mercenaries and the students of the Hexingen Military Academy, but that there is really not enough talent. The mercenaries originally only had more than 2,000 people. When they opened up East Africa, they lost a lot of people. The students of the Gen Military Academy are not much better, and the crash course will take at least two or three months to train. In order to check and balance the power of mercenaries in the army, they will also be stuffed into the army.
Calculated in this way, the East African colonial talents occupy a huge share in the army, and the rest are distributed to various parts of East Africa to participate in administrative work. After all, East Africa is expanding too fast, and the number of cities alone has reached more than a dozen.
"This welcome ceremony, the music is really appalling. Prince Constantine is not satisfied, but I am very dissatisfied. When I have time, I must reflect to that boy Ernst. We must pay attention to the cultural education in East Africa." Macy Miliano I said.
Martin stood aside and pretended not to hear. This kind of thing is beyond his control. Maximilian I has such a high status and is the father-in-law of the big boss, so he has to be careful.
Konstantin is really confused at this time, what is this playing? Although I am not a cultural person, and I don't have a high level of music, but due to the influence of my family background, I still have a little basic appreciation of music. This is too ugly! The rhythm is not right.
Fortunately, at this time, Maximilian I came to relieve Prince Constantine's embarrassment, "Your Excellency, you have finally come to East Africa!"
"Are you Archduke Ferdinand?" Constantine was not sure. He had met Maximilian I himself. At that time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was still the Austrian Empire, and Maximilian I was still a young man.
Later, I went to discuss marriage with the Habsburg family. Maximilian I happened to be in Mexico, and I didn’t see him.
Now this is the second time we meet, but Maximilian I has changed a lot. In addition to the erosion of the years, his appearance has changed a lot, and his personality is also very different. He has lost the publicity and confidence he had before, but instead revealed a The stock is mature and stable.
Constantine did not call Maximilian I the title of emperor, but said that Archduke Ferdinand, who hits people without slapping his face, exposes his shortcomings, Mexico is the eternal pain of Maximilian.
(end of this chapter)