"Technology is multi-faceted and involves various industries. It does not have to be limited to the industrial field, such as the medical industry and handicraft industry. East Africa has always attached great importance to the development of medicine, but after all, this is not the strength of a new country like ours in East Africa. Although we draw a lot of the essence of the traditional medicine industry, we also need the help of the Austro-Hungarian Empire."
Ernst said this. In fact, Austro-Hungarian Empire's industrial development has only begun to make great progress in recent years. Among several top powers, it may be better than Tsarist Russia.
Of course, the backwardness is only relative to the three countries Britain, France, and Germany, and it is now beyond the reach of East Africa.
The main traditional foreign markets for the Austro-Hungarian Empire are Balkan Peninsula and Ottoman Empire. The domestic market is a large internal circulation market. This is the relationship between Austria and Hungary.
However, the large domestic market of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is not stable. The most important thing is that there are many contradictions between the economies of various ethnic groups, which affects the stability of this market. The multi-ethnic nature intensifies the market stability of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is an obstacle to the development of the Austro-Hungarian Empire industry.
The same issues, such as resource allocation in East Africa, Southern Frontier Province's coal resources have helped the development of industry in coastal cities in East Africa. People in Southern Frontier Province will not think there is anything wrong with this.
And if it is within the Austro-Hungarian Empire territory, it is easy to cause misunderstanding. "Austria people are plundering our resources." This kind of illusion.
Therefore, it is very difficult for Austria to integrate Austro-Hungarian Empire. Opportunists like Hungary can still negotiate. When encountering the extreme nationalism of Serbia, they directly attack the boss empire.
Past life experience proves that even if there is no Austro-Hungarian Empire, Serbia can never hope to become the leader of Yugoslavia or Balkan Peninsula. Success is extreme nationalism, and failure is also extreme nationalism.
On the other hand, East Africa's ethnic policy of pulling out all the stops has better achieved harmonious coexistence among various ethnic groups or races in East Africa and built a national consensus.
Of course, we can't see any effect now, because first-generation German immigrants still has pride in his heart, but when they marry other ethnic groups and races, it will naturally become a family relationship.
"In this regard, we can only serve as bridges, but if you really want to learn something valuable, you can only rely on yourselves." Franz said.
Austro-Hungarian Empire Unless it is a state-owned enterprise or a royal enterprise, Franz really can't make the final decision regarding domestic resources. After all, "Private property is sacred and inviolable."
On the contrary, East Africa's assets are in the hands of the state, in other words, in the hands of the Hechingen Royal Family, so Ernst can mobilize the resources of the entire country, but Franz cannot.
However, with the support of Austro-Hungarian Empire Government, East Africa can also save a lot of trouble. Although they can't contribute, if they really want to hold back, it is easy.
In this transaction with Franz, Ernst did not take advantage, and even suffered some losses. The benefits obtained between the two parties were not equal, but this is the price that backward countries must pay.
And Austro-Hungarian Empire has indeed helped East Africa enough. For example, East African Navy would not have been able to be established without the help of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This alone is very rare.
There is also Austro-Hungarian Empire's educational support to East Africa, which is also priceless. Therefore, Austria is dedicated enough to East Africa as an ally. It is also reasonable to help Austria digest some industrial products. It is a courtesy exchange.
Just like Far East Empire became the world's factory in the previous life, it was gained by pretending to be a grandson for more than ten years. For such a big country, and a nuclear power, it pretends to be harmless to humans and animals and swallows its anger. This skill is simply incapable of ordinary countries. If it were a neighboring country to the north, it would have broken its defenses long ago.
In comparison, East Africa's behavior is nothing at all. If Japan could encounter such a good thing at this time, I'm afraid he would be able to do anything like a thief.
Of course, this time Franz did not get any advantage, which also shows from the side that East Africa learned or obtained too much from the Austro-Hungarian Empire before.
If you want it now, that's Austro-Hungarian Empire's special skill. Normal countries will definitely not do such things as teaching apprentices to starve their masters to death, so Ernst is very satisfied if he can take something out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's hand.
In fact, Franz is also quite a headache. Ernst, the "beggar", is also chosen. This also shows from the side that East Africa, as a country, is developing rapidly. Many low-end industries are no longer interested in it, or they already have it, so they want to go further to the mid-to-high end.
The fundamental reason for this result is that East Africa is not a small country at all, and it can be dismissed with some money and assistance.
If black people are included in East Africa, the population directly exceeds 50 million, which is directly larger than the population of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this case, Austro-Hungarian Empire cannot bring it at all.
Therefore, the two countries can only cooperate more closely from a military and political perspective. This is mainly reflected in the navy. Although Africa is not far from Europe, it is also separated by the Mediterranean Sea.
Moreover, the number of the East African Army is about the same as that of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but the territory of East Africa is several times that of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. When the stakes are large, it is easy to ignore the head. This is also the reason why East Africa adopts "defend from the north and attack from the south" in its foreign policy.
The countries in the south, that is, the United Kingdom and Portuguese colony, are more hostile to East Africa, while the threats from the northern countries are much smaller, so East Africa adopts a moderation posture and supports Belgium and Sigmaringen, which have friendly relations with East Africa, as a barrier.
A larger country requires more troops to defend, and East Africa cannot afford too many troops, so maintaining it at two to three hundred thousand is a reasonable range. Like United States, even the army is omitted.
The cost of more than 300,000 European-level regular troops is not a small amount, and only countries with deep pockets such as Germany can afford it.
Therefore, the military expenditure in East Africa has been maintained at a high level, and Austro-Hungarian Army happens to be maintained at more than 300,000, which has already made Austro-Hungarian Empire feel a certain amount of pressure.
Moreover, Austro-Hungarian Empire is even greater than the national defense pressure in East Africa. Germany, France, and Russia None of the three countries is easy to mess with. That is to say, they are now in alliance with Germany and Russia. Otherwise, 300,000 troops will simply not be enough.
Russia has one million conventional troops. Although its level is not up to the standards of other countries, it is more than enough to deal with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This is Ernst's idea. After all, in After the Alexander II reforms, Tsarist Russia has become very close to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the industrial field. Of course, Austro-Hungarian Empire can still defend its enemies outside the country, and European countries maintain fragile military checks and balances.
In the 19th century, one thing was better than that of later generations, that is, as long as the country had autonomy and worked hard to develop industry, it would have the possibility of catching up. Without autonomy, it could only act as a colony and work hard to develop industry. In this era, as long as it had the courage to pay, it would be easy to achieve results, because the technical barriers were not as strict as in later generations.
Take the equipment level of each country as an example. There is almost no generational difference between the great powers, and it is easy to imitate weapons, especially army equipment. The real barrier is high-tech services such as the navy. This is also an important reason why the UK can maintain its lead in the navy.