May 29, 1869.

Port of Dar es Salaam, East Africa.

"Stand upright! All of them are available, find them all! ”

The Dar es Salaam garrison is a rare gathering at the wharf, which is rare in Dar es Salaam.

In a beer hall.

"Miller, what are they doing here? It is very rare for the army to appear on the docks in formation, and in normal times, only a few people are responsible for maintaining law and order. Schultz asked.

"I don't know the specifics, but I guess there are big people coming to East Africa, so they're here to greet them!" Miller said.

"It's the four big ships on the sea! I wondered, why didn't the ship come down today? I also made a point of looking at the flags on the ship to confirm that it was indeed our own ship in East Africa, not those passing boats. Schultz said.

Passing ships are those that have been suspended for rest in the port of Dar es Salaam, and are generally merchant ships of various countries that temporarily replenish fresh water and supplies in East African ports.

"I thought so at first, the dock was temporarily vacated and isolated from the four ships, and at a glance I knew that there were great things or big people on the boats, and just now I saw that many big people from the city government arrived one after another, wearing suits and leather shoes, such a big show, so I concluded that they were here to pick up people." Miller said.

Sometimes, some important instruments and facilities are disembarked in East Africa, although they are also more important, but they will not vacate such a large area at the wharf alone, and make such a large battle, although sometimes there will be military personnel to escort them, at most the size of one or twenty people.

"Squeak, crunch, ......" was accompanied by the sound of staggered horses' hooves.

A luxury carriage passed on the stone road in front of the tavern, attracting the attention of nearby residents and interrupting Miller and Schultz's conversation.

It wasn't the noise of the wagon's wooden tires and stone slabs that affected them, but the owner of the carriage was well-known in Dar es Salaam.

In East Africa, the only carriage with a special escort was the car of Ernst's father-in-law, Massimiliano I and his wife.

Originally intended to travel around East Africa, Massimiliano I's plans for a trip were put on hold indefinitely in Dar es Salaam after Empress Carlotta's arrival in East Africa.

A few years ago, Massimiliano I had returned to Austria under the persuasion of Empress Carlotta to visit his mother and daughter, but unfortunately after spending some time in Vienna, Massimiliano I felt very uncomfortable, and some people always revealed a faint curiosity in their eyes when talking to him.

Especially when facing Franz, Massimiliano I was even more uncomfortable, Franz did not go down to his brother, but when he saw Massimiliano I, he said: "Don't bother with those impractical things in the future." A kind word, but it made Massimiliano I suffer 10,000 critical blows in his heart.

So, feeling ashamed, Massimiliano I ran to East Africa in the name of recuperating in East Africa, but fortunately, the Empress Dowager Sophie also knew her son's embarrassment, so she agreed to his request, and Massimiliano I considered bringing his daughter with him, but when he thought of the poor educational conditions in East Africa, he decided to let his daughter continue to stay with her mother.

It must be an excuse to go to East Africa to recuperate, at this time the conditions of East Africa can not be compared with Austria, even if you travel to East Africa, there are no such conditions, and it is doomed to suffer if you want to travel in East Africa under the addition of poor transportation conditions.

The coastal areas are fine, especially Dar es Salaam, as an important commercial node, where you can hear all kinds of interesting stories about the interior and sea of East Africa, and the living environment has been greatly improved after the transformation of the East African government, which is an important reason why Massimiliano I has always lived in Dar es Salaam.

Of course, there is another important reason why Massimiliano I stayed here: Dar es Salaam, as a coastal city, always brings back memories of his time in Trieste as Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian Imperial Navy and later as Governor of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venice.

It was during this period that Massimiliano I showed great talent, and the Austrian navy grew rapidly in his drastic reforms, and Admiral Teghof, who later became powerful in the Battle of Lissa, was promoted by Massimiliano I in the reforms.

Politically, he also played a role in governing the Lombard-Venetian kingdom and eased relations between Italians and Austria, but his liberal policies aroused Franz's displeasure with the local Italians, who saw him as too indulgent to the local Italians, and he was soon dismissed from his post as governor, but retained the post of commander-in-chief of the navy.

After the events in Mexico, Massimiliano I now admits that he is not good at politics, but that his work in the Lombardy-Venetian kingdom is still good.

"My dear, why did you say that Prince Constantine would choose to come to this place in East Africa, he is so old now, can he withstand the turbulence of the sea?" Queen Carlotta asked.

"This is normal, East Africa is now the most important territory of the Heixingen royal family, after all, Heixingen is only a small country, and it has completely become a part of Prussia, and the road for the Heixingen royal family to go one step closer has been completely blocked.

According to Heixingen's current financial resources, he has the ability and opportunity to operate a throne in Europe, although there is a chance, but not much, even if that opportunity can be grasped, it will take time, after all, the good thing that the Hohenzollern family obtains the Romanian throne is also a once-in-a-century event in Europe.

Moreover, the operation of the throne requires connections, and the connections of the Heixingen royal family among the European nobility are not polite, and most of them are maintained by Prince Konstantin alone.

But as you said, Prince Konstantin is sixty-nine years old this year, and his age is a hard injury, and Ernst was born too late, it is simply a generation, and it may be difficult to completely inherit Konstantin's political legacy without a few years of hard work.

In addition, Ernst has always been in Europe, and is actually more enthusiastic about business, and he is a Prussian nobleman like him, and he usually mixes seniority in the barracks.

Prussia! We all know that the army there is the fastest way to be promoted, and Ernst's peers are estimated to be still suffering in the barracks, but he is at large, if it weren't for his noble background, it is estimated that he would not even be able to touch the circle, and to put it bluntly, I am more open than him in the European aristocratic circle.

Therefore, if you want to speed up, the Heixingen royal family is left with the only way to develop overseas colonies, and at present, it seems that this road is very likely to work.

This is also one of the things I admire about Ernst's boy, who has found a good direction, and the difficulty of East Africa is nothing compared to Europe.

And the potential is huge, I didn't even notice this good part of East Africa, it's so much better than damn Mexico!

I carefully maintained the interests of all parties in Mexico, and I had to look at the faces of the French and the Americans, and finally offended everyone, and as a result, Ernst could get such a large territory in East Africa with only one vigorous suppression and attack on the natives.

Moreover, with such good conditions in East Africa, there were no forces to target it before, and let Ernst seize the opportunity in vain, and our son-in-law still has some courage from me. ”

Saying that Massimiliano I recalled the experience of governing Mexico with some sadness, and began to envy Ernst's vision and luck, and finally returned to contentment, the stronger the East African colonies, the better, anyway, Ernst was already engaged to Karina.

So in the future, East Africa is also considered its own share, after all, she is Karina's daughter, and Ernst's descendants still have Habsburg blood flowing in them.

Massimiliano I had to admire his mother's vision, this marriage was really profitable, others were not optimistic about Africa, Massimiliano I, who had been in East Africa for so long, had a better understanding of East Africa, and the more he understood, the more optimistic he was about the potential of East Africa, and the foundation of a proper king.

However, Massimiliano I also had a puzzle, such a good piece of land, as a result, these natives have not developed any civilization, is it really not good for human race!

Let's talk about the horror of African diseases! But these natives will not be affected much, and the natives on the American plantations do not choose blacks because they are durable.

Let's say far from the civilized world! East Africa is not remote, Dar es Salaam is a natural window for foreign exchange, and as a result, there is a slightly similar Zanzibar Sultanate on the coast, which was created by Arabs in the Middle East.

If the IQ is not good, the Africans don't seem to be good, and the chiefs and slave traders are quite shrewd when it comes to business.

And I have been in the Americas, where it is really out of Eurasia, but the Indians have built a more brilliant civilization than the African natives who entered the Iron Age.

I can't figure it out, what is the difference between this African native? To put it another way, let's assume that the reasons why Africa cannot develop, such as geographical location, climate and environment, diseases and wars...... The combination factor is a rotten basket, and anything can be thrown into it.

But now there is a real case in front of me as ironclad evidence, that set is not working, the construction of the East African colony, just shows that the geographical location here is good, Ernst boy is using the geographical location of East Africa, from Europe and the Far East to transport immigrants.

In terms of adaptation to the climate and environment, European and Far Eastern immigrants certainly have an advantage over the natives, and even East Africa now has a group of Slavic immigrants who have been transported from the alpine regions of Tsarist Russia.

Disease and war, East African immigrants are far less resistant to African diseases than the native natives, and the East African colonies themselves are warmongers, destroying several countries, and small-scale wars are constantly ......

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