December 3, 1869.

The first town in the Central Region of East Africa, Sweet House.

"Hehehe, this East Africa is really a treasure." Prince Konstantin looked at the detailed data in his hand and said, "Ernst, what are you going to do next?" ”

The other end of the phone: "Father, it's okay for East Africa to develop as usual at present, but there is one thing we still need to speed up, otherwise, it may cause trouble in the future." ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's about the Sultanate of Gradi in the Somali region."

"You're going to do something to him?"

"The Gradi Sultanate has a small population, but its location is important, especially since its population is predominantly black, which is a potential threat."

Ernst's reference to location is important, in the context of East Africa's population policy, and has no geographical significance.

Constantine had not seen the horrific fertility rates of blacks in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, so he could not feel the urgency in Ernst's heart.

Historically, from 1961 to 2021, the population of Somalia increased from 2.94 million to 17.06 million, and now the Ghladi Sultanate is only a country in southern Somalia, with a population of about 100,000, so it is not difficult to take the Gelti Sultanate.

Historically, the Sultanate of Zanzibar defeated the Sultanate of Gradi and made it its vassal, so East Africa simply annexed the Sultanate of Gradi in one step.

Somalia, like Ethiopia, is of mixed race, but Somalia is mostly Arab, and Arabs are tied by culture rather than blood, which is similar to the German culture in East Africa that promotes ethnic integration.

(Figure: The dark blue area is the distribution of African mulattoes)

"Ernst, you are making too much fuss, the Gredi Sultanate has a population of only 100,000 people, and it cannot become a threat to East Africa, but his geographical location is indeed not bad, if you want to eat him, you can just say it, you don't need to hide it with me, just tell the truth between father and son."

"Father, I'm completely planning for the future situation around East Africa, in fact, the Geldi Sultanate doesn't have any resources that I see at all, and Mogadishu has a little value, but East Africa also has its own ports of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa."

"Besides, after the opening of the Suez Canal, Mogadishu will be even less valuable, and the Gradi Sultanate is not really in the Horn of Africa, which can choke the passage of the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, and there are large deserts, and it is not worth a lot of money to take down."

(Photo, location of the Sultanate of Graddi)

"Okay, whether it's worth it or not is it to fight down first, anyway, its population is not large, and it is not difficult to occupy it." Konstantin said.

"Well, when the time comes, just replace all the blacks here with immigrants, so that there will be very few pure black forces in the entire colony north of East Africa." Ernst said.

Prince Constantine was very dismissive, and he thought that his son's reaction was a little excessive, as if he heard that the black man was like a terrifying and difficult monster, and he had a feeling of being a tiger.

However, if Ernst's plan is completed, there will be no harm to East Africa anyway, and it will be up to him to be willful, and in an ordinary conversation between father and son, the fate of another ancient African country is decided.

"This year is a crucial year, and by May next year, we need to lay a solid foundation for East Africa as a whole, so that when East Africa becomes a kingdom, the façade will look better." Ernst said.

When it came to the topic of statehood, Konstantin immediately became interested, in fact, Ernst had already hinted at the purpose of building East Africa as a state.

But this is the first time Konstantin has heard Ernst make it clear that East Africa should become a kingdom, not a pro-kingdom, a princely state, a grand duke, and the temptation of becoming a kingdom is too great for Konstantin!

"Ernst! Are you sure you're going to get it done? Prince Constantine suppressed the excitement in his heart, and there was a tremor in his voice.

"Father, the conditions of East Africa are placed there, and it is natural to become a kingdom, to be honest, if you want to entertain yourself, there is no problem with being called an African emperor." Ernst teased.

The geographical location of East Africa meant that it did not have to position itself according to European jurisprudence and procedures, but Ernst did not want to be a true non-chieftain, so it was better to have some relations with Europe.

In Europe, there has always been only one emperor, that is, Caesar of Rome, and now there are three rulers in Europe who call themselves Caesars, namely Franz of Austria, Nasan of France and Alexander II of Tsarist Russia.

Franz's emperor has no controversy, after all, there is a dispute about the orthodoxy of the HRE, whether the three is considered an orthodox aristocracy, and Tsarist Russia is completely excluded by Europe, not to mention Tsarist Russia, even if Eastern Rome is alive, it can only be the Byzantine Empire in the mouth of Western European countries.

"What are you going to do?" Konstantin asked curiously, if he wants European countries to admit it, it is the problem of East Africa, otherwise it will only be a joke in the eyes of others if he claims to be the god of the universe.

"It's very simple, let's establish the East African Kingdom first, and the legal source is naturally from this land of East Africa, which is one of the reasons why I want to take the Geldi Sultanate.

Then, Uncle Franz came forward and declared that he recognized the legitimacy of the Kingdom of East Africa, so that we were recognized by a European emperor, which naturally represented the official recognition of Austria-Hungary.

Then we will obtain the recognition of the states of Prussia, Romania and Germany, as well as the Kingdom of Sweden, which will not be very difficult, after all, they are all related to each other.

Finally, it is a key strategy for Tsarist Russia and Spain, Tsarist Russia is okay, at least we have cooperated with them before, and you don't have to worry about Spain.

The success rate of these countries is basically more than 60 percent, the success rate of Austria-Hungary is 100 percent, Romania, Prussia and Sweden are also 100 percent, but their influence is slightly weaker than that of Austria-Hungary, most of the states of South Germany will support us, and North Germany has become the mouthpiece of Prussia.

All in all, by gaining the recognition of these countries, we have basically manipulated international public opinion, and even if Britain and France have opinions, they can only pinch their noses and admit them. ”

The most sinister thing about Ernst's plan is that it forcibly links East Africa with Europe, and an African country wants Europe to recognize its legitimacy, which is tantamount to adding a layer of protection to itself.

And the most important point is that the jurisprudence of the Kingdom of East Africa comes from Africa, not Europe, but what jurisprudence does Africa have? It's not that East Africa can explain it however it is.

Franz became Ernst's toolman, according to the European procedure, in order for a country to be promoted to a kingdom, it needed to be canonized by the emperor, and the kingdom of Württemberg next door to Heixingen was canonized by Napoleon, from a grand duchy to a kingdom.

However, Ernst's plan for the establishment of East Africa was to establish a kingdom by himself first, rather than canonize the emperor, but later let the emperor Franz admit it, so the right of interpretation is still in the hands of East Africa itself.

However, it is also easy to give European countries who do not know the truth a false impression that East Africa is a subsidiary power of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which adds another layer of protection to East Africa.

As for why Austria-Hungary, it is because Prussia after the Franco-Prussian War was too awesome, Prussia became the top European power, and it would give all countries a great impact, if East Africa turned to Prussia again, then Britain and France would definitely go crazy in the future.

And although Austria-Hungary is also very strong, everyone knows that Austria-Hungary is eating its old book, so that other countries will not be too jealous, and at the same time, they will not dare to despise it too much.

(End of chapter)