"Honey, what are you doing in a daze?" Empress Carlotta awakens the contemplative Massimiliano I.

"Oh, it's okay, I just thought about some questions, so I thought about it a little deeper." Massimiliano I woke up from a dream.

Queen Carlotta was a little worried: "You won't still miss Mexico!" After all, Massimiliano I gritted his teeth when he mentioned Mexico.

Originally, it was Empress Carlota who encouraged Massimiliano I to go to Mexico, but her days in Mexico shattered her dream of being a queen.

During those days, every day she had nightmares, fearing that she and Massimiliano I would be tortured to death by a mob in Mexico.

Massimiliano I took Queen Carlotta's hand and comforted: "Don't worry, we will never go back to that place in Mexico, I was actually thinking about some things about the colonies in East Africa just now, just thinking about giving advice to Prince Constantine later, after all, in the future of East Africa, our daughter is the hostess." ”

……

In the beer hall.

"The person whom His Majesty Massimiliano I will personally greet must not be small, do you think it will be Prince Constantine or His Royal Highness the Prince to come to East Africa?" Miller asked Schultz.

"Ahh Who knows, just now the boss himself said that the city government announced martial law today, and there are bigwigs landing in Dar es Salaam, but he did not say which one.

However, it is probably only the royal family that can personally greet His Majesty Emperor Massimiliano I. Schultz replied.

……

Ping An.

"Sir, we can get off the ship, the East African government has done a good job of reception." Kaino came to Prince Constantine's study to report.

"Oh, got it!"

Prince Konstantin put away the book in his hand, stretched his waist, and said: "This month on the sea has been really torturous, and I can finally return to land. ”

"Master, that's not what you and the young master said at the beginning." Kaino quipped.

"Hehe, people don't admit defeat when they get old, I just said at the beginning, the body must not be compared with those young people." Prince Konstantin said, "Alright, you arrange for someone to pack up my things, and let's get off the ship." ”

"Yes, sir." Kaino replied respectfully.

Prince Konstantin walked out of the study, and the guard, Anderson, was already waiting outside the door.

"Your Excellency!" Anderson saluted.

Konstantin commanded: "Let's go!" ”

The crew on board waved to the staff on shore.

"Orchestra ready!"

An exotic German symphony begins to play, and the sound of traditional Arabic instruments and the ensemble of European instruments sound very strange.

The people and officials of East Africa sound good, but Prince Constantine, who has a certain degree of musical literacy, and Masimiliano I and his wife, who came to greet them, can't hold back, what is this?

Massimiliano I turned his head to look at the officials in Dar es Salaam beside him, his eyes full of doubt.

Martin, the Mayor of Dar es Salaam, explained: "Your Excellency, you also know that the colonies of East Africa have not been established for a long time, and there is no investment in music, etc., so we have no professionals and no musical equipment, so we borrowed some personnel and musical instruments from the Sultanate of Zanzibar for this welcoming ceremony. ”

Martin was Austrian, so it was customary to call Massimiliano I Archduke Ferdinand of Austria.

"Then you can't even form a band! I'm not very professional when I hear it played with European instruments! Massimiliano I asked.

"Your Excellency doesn't know that although East Africa has a large population and a large territory, our Dar es Salaam is only a place for immigrants to stay temporarily, and the permanent population of the entire Dar es Salaam is only tens of thousands.

And immigrants are uneducated, let alone musical, and if you want to say that East Africa can't afford to organize a band, it's certainly not, after all, there are always a few people who have been exposed to musical instruments.

But Dar es Salaam doesn't have this ability, and we only received news a few days ago that Prince Konstantin is coming to Dar es Salaam, but there are few people who can play music in Dar es Salaam.

You saw the bands playing with German instruments, or we picked them out from the local military officers and a few government officials.

There are only a very small number of students who have graduated from the Heichengen Military Academy, who have ever been exposed to musical instruments in Germany, or who have been officials of aristocratic origin who once declined. ”

There are no music classes at the Heixingen Military Academy, but some of the cultural teachers are many famous teachers from various regions and know some music, which leads to some Heixingen students being exposed to music, and even fewer are accidentally exposed to internships in enterprises after graduation.

But this kind of person is a very small part of the Hexingen Military Academy, and it is even more rare to spread it evenly in the whole of East Africa.

The declining aristocracy was the managers hired by the Heixingen consortium, and in such a large area as East Africa, there must be some literate people to govern, such as handling official documents and statistics.

Although most of the German region was compulsory, it was almost returned to the Prussian army for a while, except for special arms, and most of them used a little German when writing letters to their families, and basically did not use anything in mathematics.

After all, there have been two major military reforms in Prussia in recent years (since the 19th century), and those who have the ability will naturally enter the army, and secondly, they can also use the family foundation to run some industries.

And those who eat and wait for death, to be honest, Ernst himself may not be able to see it, and the declining nobles Ernst in Austria next door who have no way to serve the country seem to be very good, after all, Prussia has already screened once, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is still the same, Franz and the Austrian government can only mend the empire, and a little big move will be held back by the more conservative and aristocratic Hungarian government.

Most of the managers in the Heixingen Foundation are not ordinary people, and those who want to enter the Heixingen Foundation need at least a secondary school degree, and those who can go to middle school are basically not ordinary people in this era.

This is also the reason why there are a large number of children of Austrian declining nobles in East Africa, and East Africa is the source of raw materials for the Hexingen Consortium, and many staff members will naturally be sent to manage it.

It's not that you don't trust the German mercenaries and the students of the Heixingen Military Academy, but the talent is really insufficient, the mercenaries are only more than 2,000 people, and there are a lot of attritions when opening up East Africa, and there are many mixed armies, and the students of the Heixingen Military Academy are not much better, and the crash course will take at least two or three months to train, and in order to balance the power of mercenaries in the army, they will also be stuffed into the army.

In this way, the talents of the East African colonies occupy a large share in the army, and the rest are distributed to various parts of East Africa to participate in administrative work, after all, East Africa is expanding too fast, and the number of cities alone has reached a dozen.

"This welcome ceremony, the music is really miserable, Prince Constantine is not satisfied, I am very dissatisfied, I will definitely reflect to the boy Ernst when I have time, I can't help but pay attention to the culture and education of East Africa." Massimiliano I said.

Martin pretended not to hear it, this kind of thing is not something he can mix, Massimiliano I has such a high status, and he is still the father-in-law of the big boss, so he has to be careful.

At this time, Konstantin was really confused, what was this playing? Although I am not a cultural person, and my level of music is not high, I am affected by my family background, and I still have a little basic appreciation of music, which is too ugly! The rhythm is not right.

Fortunately, at this time, Massimiliano I came up to relieve Prince Constantine's embarrassment, "Your Excellency, you have finally come to East Africa!" ”

"Are you Archduke Ferdinand?" Konstantin was unsure that he had met Massimiliano I himself, when Austria-Hungary was still the Austrian Empire, and Massimiliano I was still a young man.

Later, when he went to talk about marriage with the Habsburgs, Massimiliano I happened to be in Mexico and did not see him.

Now this is the second time to meet, but Massimiliano I has changed too much, in addition to the erosion of time, his appearance has changed a lot, and his personality is also very different, without the original flamboyance and self-confidence, but reveals a maturity and stability.

Constantine did not call Massimiliano I the title of emperor, but said that Archduke Ferdinand, beating people does not slap people in the face, exposing people does not expose shortcomings, and Mexico is Massimiliano's eternal pain.

(End of chapter)