Chapter 111: Population and Agriculture
The ideology of East Africa in the future is a form of civilization, that is, German civilization, as for democracy, freedom, and equality, it is not something that Ernst, a traditional aristocracy, should learn, and under that banner, it is to dig its own grave.
In German culture, nationalism, order, the rule of law, and conservatism are the foundation of Ernst's existence.
These are the things that a feudal monarch should vigorously promote, and with some beautiful coats, such as technology and sports, the Hexingen royal family can continue in East Africa.
Compared with public opinion propaganda, these will definitely not be able to withstand the future of the United States and the Soviet Union, but can you slander each other!
Anyway, after surviving the twentieth century, all the problems will be solved, and everyone will be able to see that the world is as black as a crow.
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Regardless of these considerations, the most important thing in East Africa at the moment is to vigorously resettle, with immigration there will be land development, land development can be profitable, and only when there is income can we continue to expand the strength of the colony, arm more troops, and equip ourselves with more advanced weapons.
To make East Africa a European Switzerland, a hard bone that no one can gnaw on in Africa, Ernst will be stable.
In two years, nearly 600,000 people (580,000) have migrated, and next year it can reach at least 500,000.
On the one hand, Heixingen's fleet has been expanding, the cost of immigration is falling, and on the other hand, new sources of immigration are being developed, especially in Europe and the United States.
Tsarist Russia (serfdom reform, a large number of serfs went bankrupt), Italy (an important force for immigrants from North and South America), and South American countries are all virgin lands with potential for immigrants in the future.
The number of immigrants from the Far East is currently stable, unless there are some disasters and wars, which cause a large number of displaced people, but the situation in the Far East will be in a period of stability and development (Westernization Movement).
As for the current immigration policy in the Far East, Ernst intends to continue until about 1890, because the end of the 19th century was the most chaotic period of Far Eastern thought, and it was also the time when the national consciousness of the Far East began to awaken and reshape.
From next year to 1890, there will be at least 22 years, which is enough time to bring in the population needed to develop East Africa, which is 4.4 million people based on 200,000 a year.
Together with other immigrants, in 1890, East Africa was able to introduce at least 10 million people, and the immigrants from East Africa were not wood, and they were sure to have children.
You know, the horrific fertility of the peasants of this era could at least triple the population of the East African colonies by the time of World War I, at least on a scale that would even exceed the size of France.
Anyway, the source of the land that feeds these people is indigenous, and Ernst and the East African government are not distressed, so unswervingly completing the great cause of farming in East Africa is the foundation of East Africa's business.
A sufficiently agrarian country, coupled with a relatively well-developed mobilization system and equipped with weapons that do not have a significant generational difference, is enough for East Africa to protect itself in the world.
As for industry, it can take its time, solve the agricultural problem first, and then have the energy to solve the industrial problem, after all, the industrial population needs agriculture to support it.
As soon as they came up, they developed industry, what do these people eat?
Agricultural development, on the other hand, could not only enrich the population of the East African colonies, but also stabilize the newly expanded land of the East African colonies, and at the same time, as a hard currency, grain could be used as a ration even if it was not sold.
It is impossible for colonizers from other countries to compete with the East African colonies on the continent unless they invest a large indigenous population in Africa.
Relying on the natives may block the expansion of the East African colonies, but the natives who can obtain weapons will also eat the master, and if the other colonists do this, they will at most lose both the East African colonies.
If 400,000 troops were dispatched, as the British had done in their crusade against the Boers, the current East African colonies would certainly not have been able to withstand it.
But by the time countries took notice of Africa, East Africa had long been dominant, and it was only when capitalism had reached a certain stage that the European powers would frantically enclose territory around the world, and this time node was around 1890.
As long as we strive to increase the immigrant population of East Africa to 10 million within 20 years, Ernst can be said to be afraid of no one in Africa!
It was a question of survival for the East African colonies, so Ernst's choice of agriculture as a colonial entry point was well considered.
Agriculture was not very popular in the eyes of the colonists during this period, and most of the colonists were keen to engage in precious metal minerals and plantations, or familiar land like India and the Philippines.
Like Ernst, it is very rare to vigorously develop grain planting, and countries such as Tsarist Russia and Austria-Hungary in Europe are originally large grain producers, and sometimes they will face the problem of overcapacity, so the profits of grain planting are not too high, and it is not easy to be targeted by other colonists.
Not to mention that Ernst was losing money in the beginning, although with the development of East African land and the ripening of crops, East Africa can now maintain self-sufficiency and contribute some economic value.
But if you count the clothing, boats, rations, etc., necessary for the immigrants; The colonies now barely managed to make ends meet.
At this time, the colonists were basically more anxious, how could they have the patience of Ernst to develop the colony.
Britain patiently cultivated the Americas, but as a result, the United States was raised, so colonization is also risky.
And Ernst also faced this risk, and wanted to suppress this risk, one of which was to suppress the spread of all kinds of ideas in the colonies.
The second is to treat the colonies as if they were their own territory, and the future of East Africa is the foundation of Ernst, even if the current huge Heshingen consortium is not as important as East Africa in the eyes of Ernst.
The future positioning of the Heixingen Foundation is a major capital force in the world rooted in East Africa, so it is clear which is more important than the other.
Third, it is not possible to invest ineffectively, just like the British, their investment in the United States has been wasted, and to do this, Ernst's idea is not to give too many rights and interests to East African immigrants at once.
Of course, it is certainly unrealistic to let the Hexingen royal family gain all the benefits, and the East African people are essentially partners of the Heixingen royal family, so Ernst will slowly cede the benefits to the East African people.
This process would have lasted at least until before World War II, that is, seventy or eighty years, and if Ernst did not live that long, it was natural that future generations would have been arranged to continue to do this.
At that time, East Africa was definitely a constitutional monarchy, and Ernst would dismantle the Hashingen royal family in advance, continuing to act as the monarch of the country and turning to capitalist families like the United States.
By the light and the dark, the Hohenzollern-Heshingen family can hide behind the scenes and continue to influence and dominate East African politics through forces such as the Hehinden consortium and the military.
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