Preparation

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, how should the profits from the Labor Cooperation be distributed?" Von der Leyen asked.

Ernst said, "Work out a reasonable range for company operating expenses. As for how much of the rest they can take, that depends on their own abilities."

As the organizer, it was only reasonable for East Africa to collect fees in exchange for providing services. After all, passage costs, job placements, and guarantees of relevant rights all required funding.

"Everyone must be registered, with one copy kept on the mainland and another in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In particular, record their family and address information properly. After all, they'll be working abroad, and communication won't be very convenient. It will also help settle their worries about those left behind," Ernst continued.

By September, Ernst had begun preparing to fulfill his promise to Karina to return to Europe and visit her grandmother. The family started packing for their European trip, though the plan had undergone some changes.

"Ernst, can little Friedrich and Jena both go to Austria this time? Grandmother wants to see her little grandson too. She still hasn't seen him since Friedrich was born!" Upon learning that little Friedrich could not go to Austria, Karina asked her husband.

Jena was Ernst and Karina's second child, a princess who had been born only two months earlier. Because she was too young, Ernst and Karina's trip to Europe could only be postponed by four months, to February of the following year.

For an infant, the safe age for sea travel was at least six months. To make absolutely certain, they had to wait another four months.

"Karina, it's not that I don't want to take little Friedrich. But you know the situation of our Hechingen Royal Family. There are only three men