Arms Dealer Neglecting His Proper Business

Chapter 633: Arms Dealer Neglecting His Proper Business

Kenya lay in the tropical monsoon zone. Its coast was a plain with abundant rainfall, its central region was highland, and its north was desert.

Because of its rich mineral resources, it had been brought under the rule of the Austrian Colonial Government several years ago. However, only the coastal plains had truly been developed; the other regions were merely under nominal rule.

Kenya bordered Somalia to the east, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Ethiopia and South Sudan to the north. To the southeast, it faced the Indian Ocean.

Because of its unique geographical position, after the Second Ethiopian War broke out, local commerce in Kenya suddenly flourished.

Large quantities of supplies flowed from here into Ethiopia every day. The fact that the Ethiopian army had managed to hold out until now owed much to this trade route.

New Sartu had originally been nothing more than a colonial outpost on the Kenya-Ethiopia border. Thanks to the commercial boom brought about by the war, it had already begun to resemble a small town.

An ordinary manor east of the town was the base of Shengdeersi, Austria's great arms dealer.

At that moment, a young man rushed inside, panting heavily. "Mr. Shengdeersi, something terrible has happened! News has just come from home—the British are trying to use diplomatic means to cut off our trade with Ethiopia."

The middle-aged man in fine clothes darkened, then quickly recovered. "Mao Si, slow down. The sky hasn't fallen yet."

After calming himself somewhat, Mao Si said, "Apparently, because the front has been stalled and the British army has failed to make any breakthrough for so long, domestic public pressure has become overwhelming.

"A week ago, those despicable British sent a diplomatic note to the