Constantin and his old brother talked about everything. Of course, they mostly discussed colonial management issues.
Although Constantin did not participate in the management of East Africa in its early days as a colony, he had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running away. Especially when he was crowned King of East Africa, East Africa was in the process of transforming from a colony to a kingdom.
At that time, many models in East Africa were still operating in the colonial form, especially those newly occupied areas. Naturally, Prince Karl was not bored and came to listen to Constantin's bragging, but really wanted to learn the East African model.
Colonial management is actually not difficult. You can do it with a gun in your hand. The most primitive colonial method is nothing more than "robbing".
Colonial management has now been upgraded to a "cooperative" model, just like the United Kingdom, which has attracted a large group of princes and nobles in India to jointly exploit and exploit the lower class people in India.
The British are also building roads, canals, and railways in India, which were never seen before. During the colonial world era of Portugal and Spain, they would not be built in the colonies at all.
As for the Dutch, they paid more attention to trade methods. Unfortunately, they were too small and ultimately failed in the competition with the British.
What deserves Prince Karl's attention in East Africa is naturally its rapidly expanding national power. In just a dozen years, East Africa has completed its transition from primitive society to modern society.
This is actually not difficult. As long as the population is in place, colonial development will be much easier. Of course, black people are also possible, but there are not many black people in Africa. They are one of the three major human races, but they have not reached 100 million. With so many people in East Africa, there may only be more than 70 million now.
There was no massacre in East Africa, but there was forced migration in East Africa. At that time, Great Lakes Region six to seven million natives fled to West Africa, and there were rivers of blood along the way. After all, when you arrive in a new place, you have to grab land and wealth.
But there is no psychological burden in East Africa. As long as the blood is not spilled in East Africa, it is a vendetta between the Black Uncle tribe and has nothing to do with East Africa. East Africa and United States are the difference between robbers and murderers, which nature It goes without saying that it is worse, but it is not a good thing. Of course, United States was a robber and a murderer together. East Africa also has an additional human trafficker identity, and the buyer is United States. This is also the irony of the times.
"This little guy is Jena! He's so cute, exactly like Karina when he was a child." Empress Dowager Sophie hugged Princess Jena and said lovingly.
The communication between East Africa and Austria is very convenient, at least there is no shortage of telegrams and telephone calls, so Empress Dowager Sophie knew about the existence of the little guy before Jena was born.
Little Jena was sleepy, but he didn't cry because of being held by a "stranger". His little face was chubby and very cute.
"Grandma, you are exaggerating. How can it be exactly the same?" Karina said coquettishly, holding Empress Dowager Sophie's arm.
"Haha, I was the one who took care of you when you were a child, and you don't remember what you looked like as a baby. Look at this nose, these eyes..." Empress Dowager Sophie started looking for similarities.
The current Empress Dowager Sophie is much younger than her previous life. After all, her precious son Archduke Ferdinand was not shot in Mexico, and he can still visit her often, so his life is more satisfying. Of course, the bad relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with Princess Sisi has never changed.
"Little Friedrich and his grandfather are in East Africa. Because Hechingen Royal Family's staff is a little thin, so for the sake of political stability, we can't come to Austria, so we only have photos." Archduke Ferdinand took out the photos of his grandson and showed them to his mother.
Originally I wanted to take a portrait, but little Friedrich was so lively and active that he couldn't sit still, so I could only record it with photos. Although the photos lacked some vividness, they were more real.
While the family was enjoying themselves, Ernst and his uncle, Emperor Franz, were discussing the relationship between East Africa and Austro-Hungarian Empire in the study.
Now East Africa is considered to have the strength to have an equal relationship with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Even Franz has to pay attention to the existence of East Africa. The benefits transferred by East Africa every year are not a small amount.
"British has sanctioned you for almost a year! I haven't heard any follow-up actions from them recently. What kind of relationship do you have now?" Franz asked.
"Before, Afghanistan distracted the UK's attention. After all, Afghanistan is directly related to India. India is the lifeblood of the UK, so the UK has put all its energy on dealing with Afghanistan. As for now, we are not worried about British causing trouble. They are now concentrating on dealing with Orange people."
"Orange people?"
Orange people is currently only called this in East Africa. As for other countries, they may not even know the existence of Orange Free State.
"It's Boers who originally lived in South Africa. After the Transvaal was destroyed by us, most of the residents moved to Orange Free State, which is also a Boers country.
Now the Transvaal immigrants and Orange Free State original residents are engaged in civil war, so in order to distinguish the difference between them, we call them Transvaal and Orange people respectively. "Ernst had to explain to Franz the intricate relationship here.
Because Orange Free State is in an awkward position. It has been completely turned into a landlocked country by East Africa and Cape Town. Besides, diamonds are not of much value, so they will naturally not attract attention. This is sandwiched between two major problems in the previous life. The Outer Mongolia in the middle of the country is similar, but its area is not as big as the Outer Mongolia. Neither East Africa nor the United Kingdom pays much attention to it, and the channels for external communication have been cut off by the two gangsters. It is hard to tell.
Therefore, a place like Orange Free State is destined to be difficult to attract the attention of the outside world. Even its civil war is only known to its two neighbors in East Africa and the United Kingdom.
"Since they are all Boers, why are they fighting? Shouldn't they all be targeting you together?"
"Ahem, uncle, you are wrong to say that. We in East Africa have always been a kind-hearted country. At least Orange people knows our goodwill." Ernst said shamelessly.
"Did you provoke the internal conflict in Boers?"
"Of course not. If we had the ability, we would have done this a long time ago. And if we in East Africa went to sow discord, then Orange people and the Transvaal people would not be divided at all, and maybe they would unite to fight against the outside world. After all, it is an indelible fact that we wiped out Republic of the Transvaal in the first place."
"Since it's not you, why are they fighting among themselves? And as you said, with a big enemy like East Africa at hand, aren't they afraid of taking advantage of it?"
"This is all thanks to British's great virtue. Now Britain is the sovereign state of Orange Free State. Uncle, you also know that Boers just didn't deal with Britain at the beginning. Orange was incorporated into the British colony. Orange people will naturally not be honest. For their own rights, they will definitely go against Britain on some matters.
If this were another colony, then Orange people might really be able to win the rights, but they accepted a large number of Transvaal people in their territory.
Many people in the Transvaal want to restore their country, but facing a powerful country like ours in East Africa, they know they can only rely on the United Kingdom, so the United Kingdom chose to cooperate with the Transvaal people.
Therefore, the British took the initiative to sow discord, causing Boers to be divided into two parts. Now that the civil strife in Orange Free State has not subsided, the British cannot concentrate their forces in South Africa to confront us. "