Recaps

Ernst used his industrial ventures and Prussia’s wars to build wealth and secure support for a German colony in East Africa. He established settlements, recruited Chinese immigrants, and prepared an army, while gaining the political access he had sought in Prussia.

• Ernst revived his razor business in Berlin, expanded into cigarettes and other industries, and built a conglomerate that profited from military contracts during the Second Schleswig War.
• Ernst founded the Hohenzollern Development Bank, invested in electrical and engine companies, and acquired a shipyard in Venice to support future trade.
• Yalman’s expedition reached Dar es Salaam and negotiated with the Sultan of Zanzibar for permission to establish a settlement and transit supplies.
• Ernst won Prince Constantin’s support for an East African kingdom, recruited Chinese youths and workers, and began teaching academy students German and a German identity.
• Yalman established First Town, where Chinese immigrants and local captives worked on settlement construction and farming, while the colony planned new towns and sisal production.
• Ernst’s team built the first four-stroke engine, but he delayed production while directing the company to prepare for a future automobile market.
• Ernst funded Prussia in exchange for railway shares and recognition of his family’s East African colony, securing the political admission he had sought.
• Ernst obtained permission to establish an arms industry in East Africa and planned to form a 50,000-man Chinese force under German officers.

Ernst expanded the East African colony through military operations, mass immigration, agricultural development, and new institutions while Prussia defeated Austria and his family arranged his engagement to Princess Karina. The colony ended the stretch with a growing population, broader regional control, and schools for Chinese and local children.

• Li Tiezhu and the other immigrants worked harder on Second Town’s irrigation channel after Uncle Jiaxiang reassured them about their new life.
• Ernst planned six East African strongholds, and Zhou Wei led trained Chinese recruits across the region to establish them.
• Yuri’s Sixth Company defeated Haru’s Leta warriors with musket fire and occupied their village.
• Ernst helped develop electric lighting and supported Prussia’s preparations for war against Austria.
• The colony expanded farming and livestock operations, cleared indigenous groups from settlement areas, and recruited tens of thousands of immigrants from Qing China.
• Prussia defeated Austria at Königgrätz and secured dominance in the German territories, while Austria defeated Italy at Lissa.
• Ernst and Prince Constantin arranged Ernst’s engagement to Princess Karina, and the colony continued expanding its settlements, disease controls, and schools.

Ernst expanded East African trade and immigration while the colony crushed Bargash bin Said’s coup, took control of Zanzibar’s mainland, and acquired Alaska. The arc ended with the government shifting from expansion to population growth and territorial control, launching a violent campaign against native communities.

• The colony opened Tanga Port and its sisal factory, while Ernst recruited Austrian peasants and settlers established farms at Karatu.
• Henriette’s expedition reached Ngong Hills as Bargash bin Said prepared to overthrow Majid bin Said and end Zanzibar’s slave trade.
• Bargash seized Majid and the military camp, but Felix’s troops attacked Zanzibar City and captured Bargash and Abdullah before Yalman’s forces restored Majid.
• Von der Leyen presented treaty terms that Sultan Majid and his ministers signed, transferring Zanzibar’s mainland lands to the East African Colonial Government.
• Ernst secured Russia’s agreement to transfer Alaska for seven million rubles and named its territory together with Zanzibar’s holdings the House of Hohenzollern’s Hechingen Royal Territory.
• The colony repaired Mombasa’s port, completed a telegraph connection to Europe, and expanded settlements and plantations as its immigrant population grew.
• Ernst made securing the colony and filling it with immigrants priorities, and the government organized settlements into a campaign against native communities.
• A. Thor’s soldiers pursued fleeing natives, forced survivors to surrender, and drove other resisting tribes inland toward local states.

Ernst expanded East Africa’s agriculture, industry, immigration, and defenses while unrest and plague devastated the kingdoms to the northwest. The colony prepared for future threats and recruited new settlers, while Maximilian I remained in East Africa and Empress Carlota set out to join him.

• The East African colony defeated the Koge Tribe, and Odebiou led its survivors toward the Kingdom of Karagwe after claiming the gods had shown them a Promised Land.
• Mark Virian bought Armenian women from Azam, and the colony distributed them as rewards to Chinese immigrants serving in the purge campaign.
• Ernst secured permission to move ethnic groups from Austria-Hungary to East Africa and planned large estates producing food and cash crops.
• Ernst developed Mbeya’s coal, iron, and gold deposits, expanded road construction, and opened the machinery-powered Bagamoyo Flour Mill.
• Roy Li and Hechingen Military Academy students rescued Maximilian I from execution in Mexico and brought him to East Africa, where he chose to remain.
• Eastern Bantu migrations destabilized the northwestern kingdoms, and after war and plague devastated the region, the colony sealed its borders to keep the disease out.
• Ernst expanded shipping, reorganized the colony’s districts, built Mtwara Port, and arranged support for Paraguayan women and children arriving as immigrants.
• The colony upgraded its arms and coastal defenses, while Ernst recruited settlers from southern Germany and Maximilian I decided to stay in East Africa for three to five years.