The buildings of Bender Town carried a strong religious and regional character. Like those in the Middle Eastern region, the original residents here believed in the Arab religion. Located in the desert and in frequent contact with the Arabian Peninsula, Bender's houses were mostly Middle Eastern-style rammed-earth structures.
Only a small number of buildings were constructed from brick and stone, generally religious sites or residential quarters for the powerful and wealthy.
East Africa had not demolished these buildings with their distinct religious character—or rather, it had not had time to do so. It had taken East Africa several years to completely stabilize the entire Horn of Africa, while formally moving into and developing Bender had only begun in the past two years.
To be honest, seeing a place with such exotic charm stirred some memories in Ernst instead.
He said, "Back within the Empire, including its northern and eastern regions, there were once vast areas deeply influenced by Arab religious civilization. Now that several decades have passed, perhaps only the Horn of Africa still retains such historical remnants."
Hearing the Emperor's sigh, Shaven tentatively asked, "Does Your Majesty mean we should preserve Bender's style?"
Ernst shook his head. "Demolish it. Demolish all of it. In the future, Bender will become a typical East African-style town. There is no need to make an exception over such a trivial demand."
Ernst had always shown no mercy when dealing with Arab religious civilization, and that was also the fundamental reason East Africa had spent so long completely conquering the Horn of Africa. If it had merely wanted to rule the Horn of Africa, that would have been easy enough. But Ernst had never left future generations of saintly hypocrites any grounds for criticism. With every region conquered came the destruction of its state