Thus, it was the lack of precious metals in East Africa's coastal regions that had kept traditional European colonizers uninterested in this area, allowing the Hechingen Royal Family to pick up a bargain.
The most typical counterexample was West Africa, which was close to East Africa. Behind the term "Gold Coast" lay the implication that the region was destined never to know peace.
Tirpitz ultimately still had to take a train from Dar es Salaam to the East African interior, and this journey inland further strengthened his resolve to cooperate with East Africa.
After East Africa moved its capital, the original diplomatic work naturally shifted from First Town to Rhine City. This also meant that foreign diplomatic personnel, who had previously been able to wander no farther than First Town, could now venture deep into East Africa's interior for observation.
Foreign diplomatic personnel could basically travel from Dar es Salaam city on the East African coast to the new capital, Rhine City, only by railway. Yet the railway route from Dar es Salaam city to Rhine City stretched for more than 1,500 kilometers.
The cities, villages, farmlands, and other landmarks along those more than 1,500 kilometers gave these diplomats a clearer understanding of East Africa's national strength.
Tirpitz was no exception. Ever since boarding the train in Dar es Salaam city, he had "greedily" observed East African intelligence along the Central Railway.
"Since leaving Dar es Salaam, we have passed twenty-three towns and more than fifty villages. Among the larger ones were First Town, Morogoro city, Dodoma city... Of these, nearly five or six appeared, judging by their scale, to be East African cities. The rest should have been townships and villages," Tirpitz said to his entourage.
It was not difficult for Tirpitz to learn the names of East