In 1869, East Africa's agricultural plan was mainly to continue reclaiming wasteland, with priority still given to opening up land in border regions, just as before.
In Ernst's view, in the age of industrialization, agricultural regions were naturally buffer zones. They could sustain populations and ensure border security, while also making wartime losses less painful. After all, compared with destroying an industrial district, bombing a stretch of farmland was clearly neither here nor there—look at Northeast China and Ukraine. And if farmland was properly handled afterward, production could be restored quickly.
Of course, that was only relative to great powers. For countries with narrow territories, where land resources directly threatened their survival, if there was even a patch of land nearby, they had to find every possible way to seize it—look at Israel.
If the East African colony were regarded as a country, its area reached two million square kilometers. In any era, it could not be considered a small country.
To ensure the security of the East African colony, immigrants were given priority in border regions. For East Africa, which had always been relatively sparsely populated, this was highly practical.
At present, apart from the areas near Somalia, East Africa's border regions were basically all prime land: the Ruvuma River basin in the south, the shores of Lake Malawi, the shores of Lake Tanganyika in the west, the Mitumba Mountains, Lake Frederick (Albert) in the northwest, and the Omo River basin in the north were all excellent places with abundant water.
At the same time, increasing the number of immigrants in border regions could also serve to isolate the surrounding natives.
Asked how to solve the problem of France turning black in his previous life, Ernst believed the answer was simply to breed. If the native French could truly