After speaking with Ernst, Prince Constantin roughly understood his son's approach. The East African colony—or rather, it should now be called the County of Hechingen, or the East African region. The main body had moved over; surely he could not colonize himself!
As for the millions of slaves on East African soil, they were all international "laborers" supporting East Africa's construction. The owner of this land was now the Hechingen Royal Family.
Meanwhile, Hechingen proper had thoroughly become Prussian territory, though its claims and many industries still remained in the hands of the Hechingen Royal Family.
In the future, they could return the name Principality of Hechingen to the Kingdom of Prussia. After all, East Africa was not a Prussian dependency—Hechingen proper was. Hechingen had to be distinguished from East Africa.
"Your Highness, this is the information on the railway industry that Prince Karl had someone deliver!"
"Mm, put it on the table."
Ernst had already returned from Trieste. Construction on the new food factory was proceeding smoothly, though its location was not particularly good.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire's coastline was far too narrow, and Trieste was its only port capable of carrying such a burden. Industries had consequently clustered there excessively. Put another way, land was too expensive, and most good locations already had owners.
Of course, that did not mean poor locations lacked owners either. Never underestimate rural landowners—they were all bona fide Austrian nobles. Thus, the Hechingen Food Factory was built on the outskirts of Trieste.
Ernst flipped through the data and soon saw Prince Karl's note: Roens Railway Company could be a key target; it met your requirements.
"Roens Railway Company is located in the Grand Duchy of Baden. Its equipment is complete and its personnel fully staffed, but after old Roens died several years ago,