After staying at Soga City for two days, Ernst finally arrived at First Town. This time, Constantin led the ministers to greet him personally.
Seeing his old father who was safe and sound in Africa and even having a good life, Ernst instantly found a sense of belonging. "Father!"
Constantin: "Ernst, you are finally here!"
Ernst: "Father, how are you doing in Africa?"
Constantin: "Fortunately, except that I can't see my old friends in Europe, there's not much difference."
Ernst: "That's good. I've been worried that you can't adapt to the environment in East Africa."
Although the climate and environment in East Africa are good, and can even be said to be very livable, the situation of acclimatization will be a difficult problem even for future generations.
Ernst had experienced it in his previous life. As a native of the north, he went to the south to go to college. As a result, Ernst was struggling in the first month. Ernst hardly got sick. Instead, he suffered from constant colds and fevers. Later, when he got used to it in the south, Ernst realized that this might be what the ancients called acclimatization. When he thought about the humidity in the south, it might be the problem.
However, the experience in the south was not a bad thing for Ernst. He often travels between the north and the south, so Ernst, who will work in East Africa in the future, does not feel any difficulty. Compared with the climate difference between the East African climate and the far north, south, and south, it is simply insignificant.
In my previous life, I was most worried about diseases and wars in Africa. Fortunately, the overall situation in East Africa is relatively stable in Africa, and diseases are hard to guard against. Most Africanss sneer at hygiene and science, which makes them carriers of many diseases, especially AIDSs. If you can't control your crotch in Africa, you may get infected at any time.
But now, because of Ernst's measures, East Africa's diseases have been reduced to a very low level, making it even more livable than traditionally habitable places like Europe and Asia.
In fact, this is also the law of history. The most suitable places for human beings to live in the beginning were Egypt, Babylon, the Indus River, Yellow River, agricultural areas with a slightly arid climate, soft soil, and easy access to irrigation water.
When productivity was relatively improved, the habitable zone for humans began to expand to the humid zone, and Europe, Ganges Plain, and the Yangtze River Basin were all developed.
By Industrial era, the habitable zone for humans has expanded to the cold zone. Germany's Ruhr area, Russia, Northeast China, Canada, and Great Lakes are all places with relatively high latitudes.
And in the 21st century, humans began to move towards the tropics. Brazil, Southeast Asia, and Africa began to develop, and the traditional countries were also developing towards the south. The United States Great Lakes region became the rust belt, the Northeast declined, Ruhr area declined, and the Russians population was lost from the Siberia region...
Generally speaking, humans have a tendency to expand from the equator to the polar regions, and then flow back toward the equator. Of course, the most livable areas for humans are probably the middle and low latitudes in the north and south.
Africa's unique plateau terrain makes East Africa a livable zone rarely visited in the tropics. Ernst only accelerates this process.
Therefore, Ernst is more worried that Constantin will not adapt to the water and soil conditions in East Africa. At present, it seems that most people can adapt, which is a good thing for East Africa.
Other important officials from East Africa also came forward to pay their respects. In fact, East African senior officials are no strangers to His Highness the Crown Prince, who has been commanding remotely in Europe all year round. East African senior officials are divided into three categories: one is mercenaries, and Ernst had an acquaintance with them in Europe. The second was a student of the Hechingen Military Academy, who was a direct descendant of Ernst, and the third was an employee of Hohenzollern Conglomerate.
Except for the mercenaries who had relatively few face-to-face interactions with Ernst, the three groups of people were all familiar with Ernst, and the mercenary group was originally a minority. After Ernst communicated with the East African monarchs and ministers one by one, they moved into the Svit Palace.
The old butler Keno asked about his son's condition, "Your Highness, I wonder how Tom is doing in Europe?"
Ernst: "Uncle Keno, don't worry, Tom has always been my right-hand man, and now he supervises the operation of the consortium in Europe for me."
Keno: "That's good. I've been worried about him causing trouble for you."
Ernst: "Of course not. Tom is also my half brother, so I should take care of him."
Hearing Ernst say this, Keno felt relieved. Serving Hechingen Royal Family was the responsibility of his family from generation to generation, and it was also an iron rice bowl.
Then Ernst's "treasures" and luggage were registered under the arrangement of Keno and put into the Qiuweit Palace in an orderly manner.
Kivite Royal Palace is not much bigger than Hohenzollern Castle built on the mountain. The overall style is also relatively similar. It looks more like a military fortress, which is true to the original intention.
However, Qiuweit Palace does not fit the image of a political center in Ernst's mind. After all, this is no longer the Middle Ages. Monarchs of all sizes live in castles to guard against possible wars at any time.
The original construction of the Qiuweit Palace took into consideration that First Town is not far from the sea, so safety must be considered. The capital most similar to First Town in the world should be Peiping in the Far East.
Peiping has the Tianjin defense to defend the sea, and at the same time, the Shandong Peninsula and the Liaodong peninsula are in hand at both ends of the Bohai Sea, which can contain invading enemies at any time. This situation is very beneficial to Peiping's defense. However, the Far East Navy is stretched, and land warfare is not possible, making such a good natural geographical defense line useless.
First Town is on the southeast coast of the Little Rhine River. There are Bagamoyo city and Dar es Salaam city in the east, which are the horns of each other. If the enemy wants to attack First Town, he must first capture either of the two cities.
But this matter is also quite difficult, because the military control of Zanzibar Island is in the hands of East Africa, and the strait between Zanzibar Island and East African mainland is only less than fifty kilometers away.
Kingdom of East Africa The coastal defense artillery deployed on both sides of the strait can just block the entire strait without entering the strait. Attacking Bagamoyo city and Dar es Salaam city is empty talk. In addition, East African Navy's main base is at Bagamoyo and can counterattack at any time. In such a situation, it is basically impossible for ordinary people to rely on naval landings around First Town.
As the offshore defense system originally designed by Ernst has become increasingly perfect, the coast of East Africa, especially around Central Province, is not an exaggeration to describe as impregnable. As long as the East African defenders are not stupid, according to the level of war in this era, it is basically impossible to attack First Town from the sea. Of course, it is still possible if the world's largest navy like the United Kingdom has all its assets.
This reflects the importance of Zanzibar Island. Without Zanzibar Island, East Africa would never be able to do this, so Zanzibar Island must be included in East Africa's territory in the future.
First Town doesn't have much security concerns, but he can only serve as the temporary capital of East Africa. This is the result of Kingdom of East Africa's continuous expansion. If East Africa only controlled the former East African Federation (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi) land, then there is no big problem in fixing the capital First Town.
But Kingdom of East Africa has crossed the border and expanded to Central Africa, South Africa, and even the edges of North Africa. In order to maintain national unity and promote national development in the future, East Africa must move its capital. Zambia and southern Congo have the highest chance.
Unlike United States and the Far East, East Africa's economic center of gravity is concentrated in the east, while Russia is concentrated in the west, and it is not as narrow as mainland Britain. Therefore, the future capital of East Africa must be one that can connect most parts of East Africa., an area with convenient transportation, but the climate in East Africa is not very different, the resources are relatively evenly dispersed, and the conditions in each region are not much different. That is to say, the east has maritime advantages, but East Africa is likely to be a two-ocean country in the future, so it is most appropriate for the future capital to be built in the geometric center of East Africa.