Chapter 637: Great Lack of Virtue
Constantine and his old brothers talked about everything, of course, more about the management of the colony.
Although Constantine did not participate in the management of East Africa in its early days as a colony, he never ate pork and saw pigs running away, especially when he was crowned king of East Africa, which was in the process of transforming from a colony to a kingdom.
At that time, many models in East Africa were still operating in the colonial form, especially those newly occupied areas. Naturally, Prince Karl was not just bored and came to listen to Constantine's bragging, but really wanted to learn the East African model.
Colonial management is actually not difficult. You can do it with a gun in your hand. The most primitive colonial method is nothing more than "robbing".
Colonial management has now been upgraded to a "cooperative" model, just like the United Kingdom, which attracted a large group of Indian princes and nobles to jointly exploit and exploit the lower class people in India.
The British also built roads, canals, canals, and railways in India, which were not seen before. For example, during the Portuguese and Spanish colonial days, construction was not carried out in the colonies at all.
As for the Dutch, they paid more attention to trade methods. Unfortunately, they were too small and ultimately failed in the competition with the British.
What deserves Prince Carl’s attention in East Africa is naturally its rapidly expanding national power. In just a dozen years, East Africa has completed its transition from primitive society to modern society.
This is actually not difficult. As long as the population is in place, colonial development will be much easier. Of course, black people are also possible, but there are not many black people in Africa. They are also one of the three major races, but they have not yet reached one. billion, plus there are so many people in East Africa, there may only be more than 70 million now.
There was no massacre in East Africa, but there was forced mass migration in East Africa. At that time, six to seven million natives from the Great Lakes region fled to West Africa, and there were rivers of blood along the way. After all, when you arrive in a new place, you have to grab land and wealth. .
But there is no psychological burden in East Africa. As long as the blood is not spilled in East Africa, it is a vendetta between the Black Uncle tribes and has nothing to do with East Africa. East Africa and the United States are the difference between robbers and murderers, which nature. It goes without saying that it is worse, but it is not a good thing. Of course, the United States is a robber and a murderer. East Africa also has an additional human trafficker identity, and the buyer is the United States. This is also the irony of the times.
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“This little guy must be Jena! It’s so cute, just like Karina when she was a child.” Queen Mother Sophie hugged Princess Jena and said lovingly.
Communications between East Africa and Austria are still very convenient, at least there is no shortage of telegraphs and telephones, so the Queen Mother Sophie knew the existence of the little one before Jena was born.
Little Jenna was sleepy-eyed, but she didn’t cry just because a “stranger” held her. Her little face was chubby and very cute.
"Grandma, you are exaggerating. How can it be exactly the same." Karina said coquettishly, holding the arm of Queen Mother Sophie.
"Haha, I was the one who took care of you when you were a child, and you don't remember what you looked like as a baby. Look at this nose, these eyes..." Queen Mother Sophie started to look for similarities.
The current Empress Dowager Sophie is much younger than her previous life. After all, her baby son Archduke Ferdinand was not shot in Mexico and can still visit her frequently, so his life is more satisfying. Of course, it is not good with Princess Sissi. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has never changed.
Originally, I wanted to give a portrait, but little Friedrich was so lively and active that he couldn't sit still at all, so he could only record it with photos. Although the photos lacked some vividness, they were more realistic.
While the family was enjoying themselves, Ernst and his uncle, the Emperor Franz, were discussing the relationship between East Africa and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the study. Now that East Africa has the strength to have an equal relationship with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, even Franz has to pay attention to the existence of East Africa. The benefits transferred from East Africa every year are not a small amount.
"The British have sanctioned you for almost a year! I haven't heard any follow-up actions from them recently. What kind of relationship do you have now?" Franz asked.
"Before, Afghanistan distracted the UK's attention. After all, Afghanistan is directly related to India, and India is the lifeblood of the UK, so the UK focused all its energy on dealing with Afghanistan. As for now, we are not worried about the British causing trouble. They are now concentrating on dealing with the Orangemen.”
“Orangeman?”
Orange people are currently only called this in East Africa. As for other countries, they may not even know the existence of the Orange Free State.
“They are the Boers who originally lived in South Africa. After the Transvaal was destroyed by us, most of the residents moved to the Orange Free State, which is also a Boer country.
At present, the Transvaal immigrants and the original residents of the Orange Free State are engaged in a civil war, so in order to distinguish the difference between them, we call them Transvaal and Orange people respectively. Ernst had to explain to Franz the intricate relationship.
Because the location of the Orange Free State is indeed very awkward. It has been completely turned into a landlocked country by East Africa and Cape Town. Besides, the diamonds are not of much value and will naturally not attract attention. This is different from the previous life when it was sandwiched between the two major countries. Mongolia is similar, but its area is not as large as that of Outer Mongolia. Neither East Africa nor the United Kingdom pays much attention to it, and the channels for external exchanges are cut off by two gangsters. It is hard to tell.
So a place like the Orange Free State is destined to be difficult to attract the attention of the outside world. Even its civil war is only known to its two neighbors in East Africa and the United Kingdom.
“Since they are all Boers, why are they fighting? Shouldn’t they all be pointing at you?”
"Ahem, uncle, you are wrong to say that. We in East Africa have always been a kind-hearted country. At least the Orange people know our goodwill." Ernst said shamelessly.
“Did you provoke the internal conflicts among the Boers?”
"Of course not. If we had the ability, we would have done this a long time ago. And if we in East Africa were to sow discord, the Orangemen and Transvaal people would not be divided at all, and maybe they would unite to deal with the outside world. After all, It is an indelible fact that we destroyed the Transvaal Republic."
"Since it's not you, why are they fighting among themselves? And as you said, with the big enemy East Africa in front of us, aren't they afraid of taking advantage of it?"
"This is thanks to the great lack of virtue of the British. Now the British are the suzerains of the Orange Free State. Uncle, you also know that the Boers did not deal with the British at first. The Orange was merged into the British colony. The Lanzhi people are naturally not honest. For their own rights, they must go against the British on some matters.
If this were another colony, the Orange people might really be able to fight for their rights, but they accepted a large number of Transvaal people.
Many people in the Transvaal want to restore their country, but facing a powerful country like ours in East Africa, they know they can only rely on the United Kingdom, so the United Kingdom chose to cooperate with the Transvaal.
So the British took the initiative to sow discord, dividing the Boers into two parts. Now that the civil strife in the Orange Free State has not subsided, the British cannot concentrate their forces to fight us in South Africa. "
(End of this chapter)