"Sigmaringen currently had a population of around 700,000, while there were fewer than 50,000 white immigrants and more than 600,000 Chinese."
"East Africa had already eaten its fill ahead of us. We in Sigmaringen simply could not recruit many Germans at all; even the momentum of Romanians going to develop Chad was weak."
No wonder Prince Karl was agitated. Though there was a trace of complaint in his words, Ernst could understand Prince Karl's feelings fairly well. Wealth moved people's hearts, after all, and the Sigmaringen Royal Territory had now begun to "turn a profit."
Sigmaringen had invested in the Chad region for several years, and the Sigmaringen Royal Territory had now reached a considerable scale.
Naturally, the Sigmaringen Royal Territory could not compare with East Africa, but among colonies worldwide, it still held a position of considerable weight. Its area alone had reached nearly over a million square kilometers, far larger than the African colonies of countries such as Belgium and Italy. In Africa, only East Africa, France, and Britain could keep the Sigmaringen Royal Territory beneath them.
With a great tree at its back, it was easy to enjoy the shade. Supported by East Africa, Africa's foremost power, Sigmaringen had reaped benefits many countries could not imagine with only minimal investment.
Its greatest investment had been the western section of East Africa's Northern Railway, but East Africa had borne the lion's share of the railway's costs, so Sigmaringen had benefited from East Africa's glory.
After the Northern Railway was completed, the population of the Sigmaringen Royal Territory surged. Large numbers of immigrants passed through East Africa via the Northern Railway before finally entering the Chad region.
Of course, as Prince Karl had said, Sigmaringen's chief problem was that it struggled to attract German migrants and could only eat