Chapter 375 The Security Situation of the First Town
After staying in Soga City for two days, Ernst finally arrived at the first town. This time, Constantine and his ministers greeted him personally.
Seeing his old father who was safe and sound in Africa, Ernst instantly found a sense of belonging: "Father!"
Konstantin: "Ernst, you are finally here!"
Ernst: "Father, how are you doing in Africa?"
Konstantin: "Fortunately, there is not much difference except that I can't see my old friends in Europe."
Ernst: "That's good, I've been worried that you can't adapt to the environment in East Africa."
Although the climate and environment in East Africa is good, it can even be said to be very livable, but the situation of acclimatization to the soil and water will be a difficult problem even in later generations.
Ernst had experienced it in his previous life. As a native of the north, he went to the south to go to college, but the first month was a life-and-death experience. Ernst, who was hardly sick, suffered from constant colds and fevers, and later stayed in the south. After getting used to it, Ernst realized that it might be the acclimatization of the soil and water as the ancients said. When he thought of the humidity in the south, it might be the problem.
However, the experience in the south is not a bad thing for Ernst. He often travels between the north and the south, so that Ernst, who will work in East Africa in the future, will not feel any difficulty. Compared with the climate difference between the far east, the south and the north, the climate in East Africa is simply a big witch See Xiao Wu.
In my previous life, I was most worried about diseases and wars in Africa. Fortunately, the overall situation in East Africa is relatively stable in Africa. Diseases are hard to prevent. Most Africans sneer at hygiene and science, which makes them carriers of many diseases. Among them, AIDS is the most serious. If you can't control your crotch in Africa, you may be caught at any time.
But now, because of Ernst's measures, the disease in East Africa has been reduced to a very low level, and it is even more livable than traditionally livable places such as Europe and Asia.
In fact, the law of history is also the same. At the beginning, the most suitable places for human beings to live in were Egypt, Babylon, the Indus River, and the Yellow River. This kind of farming area has a slightly dry climate, soft soil, and easy access to irrigation water.
Wait until the relative increase in productivity, the human habitable zone began to expand to the humid zone, and Europe, the Ganges Plain, and the Yangtze River Basin were all developed.
In the industrial age, the human habitable zone has expanded to the frigid zone. The Ruhr area of Germany, Russia, Northeast China, Canada, and the Great Lakes region are all places with higher latitudes.
In the 21st century, humans began to move towards the tropics, Brazil, Southeast Asia, and Africa began to develop, and traditional countries were also developing to the south. The Great Lakes region of the United States became a rust belt, the Northeast declined, the Ruhr area declined, and the Russian population moved from Siberia. drain...
In general, human beings have a tendency to expand from the equator to the poles, and then flow back to the equator. Of course, the most livable areas for human beings are about the middle and low latitudes in the north and south.
The unique plateau terrain in Africa makes East Africa a livable zone that is less likely to travel in the tropics, and Ernst only accelerated this process.
So Ernst was more worried that Constantine would not adapt to the water and soil conditions in East Africa. At present, it seems that most people can adapt, which is a good thing for East Africa.
The three groups of people are familiar with Ernst except for the mercenaries who rarely communicate directly with Ernst, and the mercenary group is originally a minority. After communicating with the East African monarchs and ministers one by one, Ernst moved into the Sweet Palace. .The old butler Ke Nuo asked about his son's condition: "Your Highness, I wonder how Tom is doing in Europe?"
Ernst: "Uncle Keno, don't worry, Tom has always been my right-hand man, and now he is supervising the operation of the consortium in Europe for me."
Kenuo: "That's good, I've been worried that he will cause you trouble."
Ernst: "Of course not, Tom is also my half-brother, and I should take care of him."
Hearing what Ernst said, Kano felt relieved. Serving the royal family of Hechingen is the responsibility of his family for generations, and it is also an iron rice bowl.
Then Ernst's "treasure" and luggage began to be registered under the arrangement of Keno, and they were put into the Witt Palace in an orderly manner.
The Witte Palace is not much bigger than the Hohenzollernburg built on the mountain, and the overall style is relatively similar. It looks more like a military fortress, which belongs to the original intention.
However, the Witte Palace does not conform to Ernst's image of a political center in his mind. After all, it is not the Middle Ages now, and monarchs and monarchs live in the castle to prevent possible wars at any time.
The initial construction of the Wirt Palace took into account that the first town is not far from the sea, so safety must be considered. The capital most similar to the first town in the world should be Beiping in the Far East.
Beiping has the Tianjin Guard to defend the sea, and at the same time, the Shandong Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula are at the two ends of the Bohai Sea, and they can restrain the invading enemy at any time. This situation is quite beneficial to Beiping's defense, but the Far East Navy is not good at land battles. , making such a good natural geographical defense line useless.
The first town is on the southeast bank of the Little Rhine River. In the east, there are Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam as the corners of each other. If the enemy wants to attack the first town, he must first acquire either of the two cities.
But this matter is also quite difficult, because the military control of Zanzibar Island is in the hands of East Africa, and the strait between Zanzibar Island and East Africa is less than 50 kilometers away.
The coastal defense artillery deployed by the East African Kingdom on both sides of the strait can just block the entire strait, but cannot enter the strait. Attacking the cities of Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam is empty talk, and the main base of the East African Navy is in Bagamo In this situation, it is basically impossible for ordinary people to rely on the navy to land around the first town.
As the offshore defense system designed by Ernst is becoming more and more perfect, it is not an exaggeration to describe the coast of East Africa, especially the surrounding areas of the Central Province, as impenetrable. A town is basically impossible. Of course, it is still possible to do it if the world's largest navy like the United Kingdom puts all its belongings.
Here reflects the importance of Zanzibar Island. Without Zanzibar Island, East Africa would absolutely not be able to do this. Therefore, Zanzibar Island must be included in East Africa in the future.
The first town does not have much concern about security, but he can only be the temporary capital of East Africa. This is the result of the continuous expansion of the East African Kingdom. If East Africa only controls the land of the former East African Federation (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi) , then the first town of Dingdu is not a big problem.
But the Kingdom of East Africa has crossed the border and expanded to Central Africa, South Africa, and even the edge of North Africa. In order to maintain national unity and promote national development in the future, East Africa must move its capital, and Zambia and southern Congo have the highest chances.
Unlike the United States and the Far East, East Africa’s economic center of gravity is concentrated in the east, while Russia is concentrated in the west, and it is not as narrow as the British mainland. Therefore, the future capital of East Africa must be a region that can connect most parts of East Africa and has convenient transportation. There is not much difference in the climate, the resources are relatively evenly distributed, and the conditions of each region are not much different, that is, the east has the advantage of the sea, but in the future East Africa is likely to be a two-ocean country, so the future capital is built in the geometric center of East Africa. suitable.
(end of this chapter)