"We can aid the Orange people, but we cannot rush to curry favor with them. We need to negotiate terms with them. Of course, considering the industries the Orange people engage in, we can carry out token cooperation in agriculture and animal husbandry," Ernst said to Constantin.
"You're right. The Orange people are now trapped inland and have offended the British, so they have no way to contact the outside world. Their trade will certainly be affected, and only we can provide them with the relevant assistance," Constantin said in strong agreement.
This was perhaps the sorrow of landlocked nations. It made Ernst think of the Abyssinian Empire to the north. Just as in his previous life, the Abyssinian Empire had once again become a landlocked country.
Of the Abyssinian Empire's three neighboring countries, Italy and Egypt had very poor relations with it, so the Abyssinian Empire could only conduct its trade through cooperation with East Africa.
Although some tribes within Egyptian Sudan had good relations with the Abyssinian Empire, most of their traditional trade routes passed through the Sahara Desert and headed westward, so they could not solve the Abyssinian Empire's problem.
The Abyssinian Empire was, after all, a country with a population of ten million. Such a massive economy could not be sustained by North African trade, especially given its terrible relationship with Egypt.
As for the traditional commercial routes through the Red Sea, they had already been completely blocked by Egypt and Italy. The Abyssinian Empire could only cooperate with the Kingdom of East Africa to the south.
East Africa could therefore profit as a middleman. Although East Africa had previously had some conflicts of interest with the Abyssinian Empire, especially after annexing several dependent forces in the south of the Abyssinian Empire, compared with Egypt and