The first town, Sweet Palace.

Yarman reported to Konstantin about the latest developments in the war: "Your Majesty, the war on the southern and northern fronts has almost been completed, the southern front has successfully advanced to the north bank of the Limpopo River, and the natives on the northern front have basically withdrawn themselves. ”

The pen in Konstantin's hand paused and said, "Well, how is the Western Front." ”

"In the west, it is still advancing, because there are more rivers, it has not ended for the time being, but it is almost there, and it is almost to the Kuanguo River Basin."

Konstantin stood up and looked at the map of East Africa behind him.

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"The war is coming to an end in a blink of an eye, I just don't know how the war in Europe will develop, the French are gone, and the Italians are still holding on, but even if the war ends, Europe will inevitably be more turbulent in the future." Konstantin sighed.

Although Europe fought to the death, Konstantin had long been surprised, and he had never seen the European war stop in his life. The map of East Africa in front of you looks so pleasing to the eye, it's all the Hohenzollern family's property.

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Kingdom of Italy.

After the surrender of the Italian Navy, the 50,000 troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire easily arrived on the east coast of the Kingdom of Italy by troop carriers.

Subsequently, with the cooperation of the troops of the Papal States, the territory of the Kingdom of Italy was directly cut off by the coalition forces, and Naples and Sicily were cut off from the northern land.

The Naples Restoration rebelled against Francesco II, the last monarch of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

After Italy unified the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Francesco II went into exile in Rome, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire naturally would not give up such a good chess piece.

At the same time, the Austro-Hungarian Empire launched a frenzied revenge on the non-aristocratic bourgeoisie in Italy, and it can be said that before the emergence of the Kingdom of Italy, most of Italy was under the direct or indirect rule of the Austrian Empire.

Under the austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Naples was the first to be restored, and the former Austro-Hungarian allies re-emerged and began to take power.

The future of the Kingdom of Naples, which was restored in this way, is indeed worrying, but Austria-Hungary does not care.

Now, Franz only needs the result of Naples regaining independence, and as long as Italy is not united, it is a small problem.

It's not that Franz is stingy, it's that Austria-Hungary is not the Austrian Empire after all, and now Franz only wants to swallow Venice and transform it into a German region.

This bad idea was proposed by Ernst, just two days ago.

"Austria cannot afford to lose Venice, and the importance of Venice is vital to the future of Austria. With Hungary as an anti-backbone and a bunch of other national separatist forces ready to stir up, Austria-Hungary was at risk of disintegration at any time, so Austria had to strengthen its own strength. Ernst, who had just returned to Schönbrunn from Heishingen, said to Franz.

"Taking advantage of this war, getting Venice in your hands, finding a way to weaken the Italian population, and then injecting German immigrants into the area, would greatly alleviate the trend of Venice regaining its independence in the future."

"That being said, but if there were so many Germans, the Austrian Empire would not be what it is today, and can you give me the German immigrants from East Africa?" Franz was a little angry, and Ernst was completely standing and talking without backache. Everyone knows the idea of disintegration, but it is even more difficult to solve the problem.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire has an outflow of Germans every year, and where can I find such Germans to exchange blood for Venice.

"The outflow of population from Austria-Hungary, is it not because Hungary and the Slavs are too promising? The more people there are, the fewer jobs there are for Germans, and Austria is already relatively economically developed, and once jobs are squeezed, ordinary Germans naturally have to look for a way out. Ernst said, "This war, the Kingdom of Italy is lost anyway, take advantage of the fact that now hurry up and transport the Italians from the Venetian countryside out, we East Africa will suffer a loss, we can help Austria to complete, and then use machines to compensate, after the war, Austria can distribute these lands to the soldiers, and the Austrian soldiers with the land will naturally increase the number of Germans, anyway, the final result depends on how you choose." ”

Ernst's calculations were all hit in Franz's face, and East Africa was going to hollow out Venice to develop East Africa, and it was also called helping Austria.

"You, forget it, but what you said does make sense, although the large population of the Venice area is a wealth, but it is not German, and it is a debt to the empire." Franz said, "But can you East Africa digest so many Italians?" Aren't you afraid that they will go to East Africa and cause you trouble? ”

"Hehe, should they really be allowed to travel to Africa? As long as you go to Africa, it is called the heavens and the earth. Ernst said coldly.

"You don't want to turn them into slaves, do you?" Franz was skeptical.

"Naturally not, but now there is an industry in East Africa, and we urgently need the help of industrial workers in Venice, so we need this group of people." Ernst said calmly. As for whether it is a slave or not, then it is necessary to say it well, if you accept the values of East Africa, it is naturally your own people (Germans), and if you do not accept it, you will be the object of extermination.

"What industry?" Franz asked curiously.

"Naturally, it's the textile industry, and most of the immigrants from East Africa have gone to farm, and it's basically equal to zero in the industrial field, so a group of skilled workers is needed."

Ernst had always wanted to engage in the textile industry in Africa, but population was precious to East Africa, and in order to effectively occupy East Africa, most of the immigrants were arranged to farm and join the army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to plunder the population from Venice can effectively alleviate the problem of population shortage in East Africa, the French tiger beard Ernst naturally does not dare to pick up, and the Italian wool can have the guts.

The Venice area plus the rural population is close to one million, Ernst is not greedy, and the ability to eat about 400,000 in one breath is still there, plus the Italians who immigrated to East Africa before, the scale is 500,000, which is not too difficult for East Africa, which has a population of nearly 4 million.

By removing the people in charge of clearing the land and cultivating the land, the remaining urban immigrants could directly create two industrial cities in East Africa, and in fact Ernst and Franz had one less industry, that is, shipbuilding.

The waters of East Africa have been wasted, and it is indeed not a solution, and a large number of marine fishery resources have been wasted, considering that the waters off Somalia are a world-famous seasonal fishing ground.

"It's not that easy to start a textile industry, raw materials are the problem, but since you want to try, you can really try it." Franz said.

Raw materials are a minor problem in East Africa, where the cotton fields have already begun to be harvested, and Ernst intends to expand the area under cotton cultivation on this basis.

As for the rest, it was now up to the manpower and equipment, both of which Ernst intended to prostitute directly from Venice.

(End of chapter)