Ernst returned home to Hechingen from Austria and spent Christmas of 1866 with Prince Constantin.
The East African colony was also developing steadily and methodically.
January 14, 1867.
The first batch of immigrants from the Austrian Empire arrived at Dar es Salaam Port.
The immigrants who had just arrived in East Africa had long since had their tempers ground smooth by the tossing waves at sea. Now, at the sight of land, they were immensely delighted.
Since this was still within the Sultanate of Zanzibar, the environment looked fairly good in the eyes of the immigrants. After all, Zanzibar had been developed for many years, and its urban construction was barely passable.
People of every skin color could be seen in Zanzibar—Germans, Arabs, Portuguese, Black people, Indians, and Chinese...
Immigrants who had always lived deep in the interior of the Austrian Empire had never seen anything like this. Zanzibar's architectural style also differed from Europe's, brimming with a rich Arab flavor.
Together with the tropical beaches and coconut palms, everything was so novel to these immigrants.
After traveling for three days, the immigrants were brought to First Town. Officials from every region of the East African colony, who had long made preparations, had arrived early to pull immigrants into their districts.
The first batch of immigrants to arrive today were actually white people! The colonial officials, accustomed to receiving Chinese immigrants in the past, were rather surprised.
But before long, the lot of them fought until dogs' brains were nearly spilled. The colony's officials were currently all Germans, while students of Hechingen Military Academy generally served as interpreters and assistants, or as junior officers in the Colonial Army.
In truth, these Germans were uneasy as well. What if the Yellow race under their command rebelled? Things had been fine