Angola Defense

Many of Ernst's suggestions were cure-alls, but they also established the overall direction for the East African tea industry: rely on a sea of questions and mechanized production to drive its future development. After all, the two great tea-producing powers ahead of them were no easy prey. If East Africa wanted to compete with them, it had to start "rolling" harder.

Relatively speaking, the Far East Empire's tea industry posed little threat to East Africa. The Far East Empire's tea development lacked government support, private tea was rampant, and everyone fought their own battle.

In his previous life, India had thoroughly surpassed the Far East Empire in the 1890s under the latter's drunken-dream-and-deathlike-sleep state in the tea industry. Of course, this mainly referred to exports. The Far East Empire's own scale was greater than all other tea-producing regions and markets in the world combined, and its people were particular about tea. Foreign tea simply could not squeeze its way in.

East Africa's import and export trade with the Far East Empire reflected this as well: coffee was more popular than tea. Coffee was in fact what the Far East Empire now regarded as "foreign tea," and it could at least be enjoyed for its novelty.

After receiving Ernst's instructions, Von der Leyen prepared to begin integrating East Africa's tea industry. This included opening up a new major tea-producing region. Since it lay largely along the shores of the Great Lake, Lake Victoria, two possible names had initially been selected, and before leaving, Von der Leyen still had to ask for instructions.

"Your Highness, regarding the expansion of tea production in Western Great Lakes Province that you mentioned just now, what should we call it? Should we use 'Western' or 'Great Lakes' as the prefix?"

It was a minor matter,