The Tanzania Colony

In East Africa, under Franz's personal supervision, the Austrian Empire's colony of Tanzania had finally begun to prosper.

With large numbers of Indian Dalits transported to the colony, the severe labor shortage had finally been resolved.

For most officials in the world, not being able to communicate was fatal. If left unaddressed, administrative efficiency would approach zero.

However, this sort of situation was common in the Austrian Empire, so even when people couldn't speak the same language, it wasn't enough to bring all operations to a halt.

The Tanzania Governorate did have interpreters, but not many. Most of them were converts the Church had gained in India over the years, so the risk of being led astray by the interpreters was minimized.

But trying to promote ethnic equality in a colony in this era was utter nonsense. They were still following the old playbook for free subjects of a theocratic state.

These Dalits—untouchables—weren't slaves, but they were in debt and had to work in exchange for food and freedom.

Still, Franz had underestimated the influence of Hinduism and the caste system on these Indian untouchables. At first, they worked so hard that some dropped dead from exhaustion beneath Africa's scorching sun.

They had no qualms about kneeling to pick cotton, either. Some didn't even care when their knees were rubbed raw and bloody.

At first, the officials in the Tanzanian colony reported to Franz with great enthusiasm, "These 'black slaves' are just too useful! I've never seen laborers so hardworking and so cheap."

(Dalits' skin was relatively dark, but their faces were Asian in appearance, quite different from those of Black people.)

But before long, large numbers of Dalits began to die, and the colonial officials panicked.

Even Franz, far away in Vienna, was baffled. He had already prepared himself