Chapter 527 East-British (India) Trade
Now that the landmark selection has been determined, East Africa quickly solicited plans from European designers and selected the one that best suited the father and son’s eyes.
"The lighthouse of civilization is anywhere from a hundred meters to a full hundred meters. This height is enough for most ships in the Indian Ocean to see it. At the same time, the statue of the goddess of peace is used as the spire, and the lower tower is engraved with four-sided lion sculptures as an East African element. With the earth as the highest point, the future can..."
After looking at the design drawings, Ernst was very satisfied with the work anyway. The height has no meaning. In other words, one hundred meters itself is a good meaning and it is not difficult. At the same time, in this era, a hundred-meter building itself is a breakthrough. .
The current tallest building in the world, the Pyramid of Khufu, is just over 100 meters high and will not be replaced by Germany's Cologne Cathedral until next year.
The Statue of Peace. Germans must like this element very much. The Statue of Peace is on the Brandenburg Gate.
The lion and the earth, so that both East African and world elements are included, which can make the beacon of civilization more worthy of its name.
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Southern Frontier Province.
Borderline between East Africa and Cape Town.
Just as tense as usual, East African border guards Hans and Charlie started patrolling again to prevent enemies from penetrating into East African territory.
“Hey, Hans, the number of people in the UK seems to have decreased recently. They have relaxed their vigilance!”
Charlie did not know about the British troops in Cape Town supporting the Afghan battlefield. This top military secret was only known to the big shots in East Africa.
In fact, this is not a secret, but the East African border guards have no way to know, but Charlie still discovered the fact that the number of British troops on the border has decreased through the naked eye.
"Why are you thinking so much? Anyway, we haven't received a battle plan to invade Cape Town. It doesn't matter to us whether the number of people on the other side decreases or increases." Hans said with some pride.
Hans's words were obviously a bit Versailles. Of course, as a German and in an army like the East African Defense Force that has not lost for many years, the self-confidence of the army in particular is even stronger.
The German Army is the best in the world, so the East African Army is naturally the best in Africa. In this era, the overall honor of the Germans is based on the nation rather than the country.
Because there are too many German countries, but there is only one German nation, and the German army is the best in the world, the Germans in East Africa are naturally proud of it.
"That's what you said, but these British guys are annoying enough. They must have encountered some trouble, hehe." Charlie laughed a little unkindly.
Laughter spread along the barbed wire to the ears of Letta, an Englishman on the opposite side. He looked at the wanton Germans opposite in annoyance.
As a member of the British Army, he naturally knows why the Cape Town Army has been reduced. Many of his comrades have gone to Afghanistan to suppress the uprising.
Seeing Leta's expression on the opposite side was embarrassing, Charlie smiled even more happily. In fact, everyone was an old acquaintance. If he hadn't not learned English, Charlie might have had a few words with Leta.
"Hahaha…"
The one who smiled happier than the East African border guards was the border merchant who had just concluded a deal.
“Mr. Max, happy to work with you!”
Dugin clicked the pounds in his hand and was quite satisfied with the transaction, while Max wanted to pursue higher profits, so he was happy to make more money by reselling supplies from East Africa to Cape Town. Not forgetting the past is the teacher of the future.
Obviously British businessmen did not have this awareness.
The last time East Africa annexed the Transvaal Republic, it started with East Africa's border trade with the Transvaal Republic.
After annexing the Orange Free State, the British naturally learned this information from the Boers of the former Transvaal Republic who fled to the Orange Free State.
In addition, Britain has already adapted economic sanctions to East Africa, so it naturally prohibits its businessmen from doing business in East Africa.
But in Cape Town and East Africa, the ban was like a blank sheet of paper that both East African and British businessmen were selectively invisible to.
Especially after the opening of the Central Railway, the trade volume between East Africa and Cape Town has more than tripled compared with a few years ago. East African goods are directly converted into pounds as part of the East African treasury.
The pound sterling is a fairly stable hard currency. Although normal trade between East and Britain is not possible, East Africa has many ways to spend these pounds and exchange them for the supplies it wants.
The British mainland actually does not have many resources that East Africa needs. Instead, it is a British colony. East Africa needs to import many raw materials. Of course, most of the raw materials are not not available in East Africa, but are more cost-effective in the UK.
For example, coastal cities in East Africa import commodities such as coal, iron ore and timber from India as raw materials for industrial development, and in turn dump steel and other industrial products to India through Zanzibar merchants.
The trade volume between East Africa and India has been increasing year by year. The British sanctions against East Africa have not had any effect. Instead, British companies have lost many orders from East Africa.
The British restricted India's industrial development, making India's economy dependent on the export of raw materials and British industrial products.
India's economy relies on the export of raw materials, so British colonial officials had to export more raw materials to generate income. Before, there were no buyers, but after the emergence of East Africa, a country with the highest consumption power near the Indian Ocean region, the two naturally " "Lang Qing and Concubine Yi" hooked up together.
With low commodity prices, East Africa imports industrial products to India, and these bureaucrats then sell them to wealthy Indians, creating a perfect closed loop.
As for the sanctions bill, it is a British sanctions bill. What does it have to do with my country, Great India? The Queen of India is Victoria? Oh well! It still matters.
But when the white banknotes flowed into the pockets of Indian officials, they felt at ease. As for betrayal, that did not exist. After all, the great Queen Victoria was printed on the pound.
Indian colonial officials are typical profit-makers. A large portion of East Africa's imports of Indian ores and resources flow into their pockets, while selling East African industrial products to Indians can drain a fortune from Indians.
The price paid is nothing more than the blood and sweat of Indians, and the most valuable thing in India is human life, so where can you find such a good thing?
East Africa and Germany, the United States can be said to be the biggest enemy of Britain's industrial development. The former relies on trade with British colonies to develop smoothly, while the latter two rely on copycat products to steal Britain's back.
The labor costs in the UK are relatively high, and the prices in island countries are also relatively high. In fact, the prices in the UK are not too high, but they are obviously not comparable to those in mainland countries.
Therefore, it is an irreversible trend for British industry to be overtaken by late-developing industrial countries. It is better to vigorously develop the financial industry. After all, the world's business channels are now in the hands of the United Kingdom.
The reason why East Africa was able to steal India was because it benefited from its location. Although Britain is India's suzerainty, this cannot be changed. The distance between the UK and India is about twice that of East Africa, and the closest industrial country to India is East Africa.
And India is the largest economic entity in the British colonial territory, so it is naturally impossible for East Africa to turn a blind eye to the existence of the Indian market and try its best to develop the Indian market.
Under the double attack of transportation advantages and cost advantages, the import and export trade between India and East Africa has become an important part of East Africa's foreign trade, and may even exceed East Africa's trade volume with the Far Eastern Empire.
(End of this chapter)