Ernst commanded the fighting at the front, while Constantin was to fulfill his duty as a useful tool in the rear. Diversifying East Africa's industries had always been an undertaking Ernst pushed forward, and agriculture, as East Africa's advantageous industry, was the top priority among priorities. At present, East African agricultural products that had achieved large-scale cultivation and mass export could be counted on one hand. Sisal, cloves, pyrethrum, and the like were undoubtedly popular products, with sisal perennially sitting atop East Africa's tropical cash-crop export rankings.
Yet these cash crops could only be called relatively niche or off the beaten track. The promotion of pyrethrum in particular had much to do with the insect-repellent products launched by Hohenzollern Daily Necessities Company. East Africa itself had also actively cultivated pyrethrum, making an important contribution to cutting off diseases spread by mosquitoes in East Africa.
As for those famous cash crops with vast markets, most had yet to truly enter the market. East Africa's first coffee planting, for example, had begun in 1867 and could only now yield small harvests, so it was not yet a profitable venture. Rubber had been introduced in 1868, while other non-native cash crops had basically all been introduced after 1865.
Those introduced cash crops with relatively long growth cycles were still in the stage of pure investment and held no profit value for now.
Tea, meanwhile, counted as a cash crop that had already entered production. East Africa had tried to push its local black tea products into Central and Eastern Europe, but it had run into a very serious problem.
"Your Majesty, these are tea varieties we brought back from the East. This time, we selected twenty-three excellent varieties in total, mainly green tea, with some black tea as well. At the same time,