Chapter 57: The Ironclad Ship
Ernst: "Very well, you can do this yourself, first get the Haitians, and then help them get in touch with the Americans, which is a good thing for all three parties, but don't reveal our identities, preferably the contact can be French." ”
Thomas understood: "Don't worry, Your Highness! It was a conduit for French slave traders, and it had nothing to do with East Africa, after all, everyone knew that Haiti was a former French colony. ”
Today's white Americans would never have imagined that there would be such a thing as "'s life is expensive" in their previous lives, after all, the fact that slaves turned over and became masters was unimaginable for white Americans in this era.
If the plantation owners in the south knew what would happen to their descendants in the future, they would definitely choose to carry the war to the end, and as long as I did not carry out social reforms, Nalgae would never be able to turn around.
History is always so interesting, for example, the Mamluks who once ruled Egypt were also slaves introduced by Egypt, and later became the masters of Egypt, and now the whole of Egypt is imprinted with the Mamluks, if it were not for Ali, the airborne Albanian, the Mamluks would still rule Egypt.
The same is true of the fall of Rome, which was replaced by the Germanic barbarians of yesteryear, who still swaggered and deceived every day under the banner of Rome.
Ernst is not belittling Nalgae, at least the Nygae and the Jews in the United States are the two most acting people, both seeking privileges in the name of racial discrimination, while trying to morally kidnap the whole world, as if the whole world owes them all.
All the left on the African continent were the object of Ernst's vigilance, and Ernst had just driven the blacks to West Africa, but now it seems that it is not safe.
The fertility of this group of people in modern society is too terrifying, unless Tutu drops, but modern society claims to be a civilized society, in fact, there is a large group of sanctimonious Madonna, and the Arabs whose folk customs are still "simple" will not encounter this problem, so how to prevent blacks from eating up the country they have established, we must be cautious.
"Fight poison with poison!" Ernst muttered to himself.
"Your Highness, what did you say?" Thomas asked.
Ernst: "It's nothing, you go ahead and do your errands first!" ”
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Just now a new idea was formed in Ernst's head, can't black people be born! In fact, it is not a big deal, in fact, before entering the industrial civilization, all races can live.
For example, in the previous life, the Arabs, who continued to maintain their traditions, maintained a very high fertility rate, and with the help of the oil business, they forcibly increased the total number of people in the desert by several times.
Naernst only needs to set up some backward countries on the African continent and separate them between blacks and East Africa, and then solve the black countertrend.
If it can, East Africa can also direct these countries to engage in some wars of aggression behind the scenes, further compressing Nalgae's living space, according to the experience of previous lives, this trick is completely feasible, the international community often turns a blind eye to conflicts on the African continent, and the African Renjunmen still threatens Europe and the United States with colonial history at every turn, and the effect is not bad.
Thinking of this, Ernst felt that this plan was very good, and when the time came in the future, it could be implemented, but now it was unlikely, and it was necessary to meet the needs of immigrants in East Africa first.
"Knock knock......" At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Ernst: "Come in!" ”
The person who came was Tom, the current steward of Hohenzollernberg.
Tom: "Your Highness, the ships in Trieste are scheduled, and you can travel to East Africa at any time." ”
Ernst: "Yes, Tom, when I go to East Africa, the family will be left to you, and you will take care of the affairs of Europe for me." ”
Tom: "Don't worry, Your Highness, you let me go east, never west, even if I die immediately, there will be no complaints." ”
Ernst: "What is immortal, your family has served Heixingen for generations, and I trust you." ”
As the words say, in fact, Tom can betray the Hexingen royal family, Ernst just needs a trusted person to stay in Europe, so that he can supervise the operation of the Hexingen consortium, and the actual control has been relocated to the headquarters of the Hexingen Bank in East Africa.
Tom: "Your Highness, and the Archduke Ferdinand, built by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which you asked me to visit on the way to Trieste, is now thirty percent complete. ”
Ernst: "Very good, I think when it appears in front of my father-in-law, he must have a good face." ”
A few months ago, Ernst promised to buy two sailing warships for Ferdinand's East African Navy, which was used to calm Ferdinand's mentality, so that he could see that he was doing a promising job, what kind of Mexican government-in-exile emperor, get out of here, can there be the value of being the commander-in-chief of the East African navy.
Mexico is to the United States what the Sultanate of Zanzibar is to East Africa, so the position of the Mexican emperor is to Ernst like the Sultan of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
If Mexico can really be independent, then of course Ernst will not say so, and there is even a very small possibility of instigating his father-in-law to jump into the pit to go to Mexico, and now Mexico has become a urinal in the United States, with no value at all, and he will make a fuss when he goes.
However, none of this has anything to do with the ironclad ship "Archduke Ferdinand", which Ernst built privately out of his own pocket, and the Archduke Ferdinand is related to Ernst's marriage, and Ernst will get married in two years.
Come to think of it, every time Ferdinand went to the Austro-Hungarian Empire to sneak around, for fear of being discovered by others, Ernst felt a little sorry for his tools...... Ah, no, it's my father-in-law.
And when the wedding is going to be held in Vienna, Archduke Ferdinand will definitely be there, and they are all old acquaintances of Ferdinand's nobles from various countries, and if you think about it, you will know how much social death there is.
Isn't this the Emperor of Mexico, Massimiliano I? Where have you been all these years? Why is there no news from you? Is it true that you were robbed of the Dharma Field? Although the guests would not say that, Ferdinand must have had some bitterness in his heart.
But if someone really asks what Ferdinand has been up to lately? It's still possible, Commander-in-Chief of the East African Navy! That's what it is.
At this time, the "Archduke Ferdinand" ironclad ship, with a displacement of 7200 tons, is useful, plus six 283mm Krupp large-caliber naval guns, a strong deterrent, and most importantly, named after Ferdinand himself, can help Ferdinand save a little face.
At least it proves that the strength of the East African Navy is still there, and the current displacement of the Lisa, the main force of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is only 7,000 tons.
In fact, after the victory of the Italian-Austrian war, the Austro-Hungarian Navy also thought about building a commemorative battleship like the "Lisa" and increasing its naval strength at the same time, but the Austro-Hungarian Empire really had no money, or the Hungarian government did not agree to allocate funds.
Although in the end the plan of the Austro-Hungarian Navy was adopted, it was postponed by compromise for several years, and they could only envy the generosity of the East African Navy.
But all this was done in the privacy of Archduke Ferdinand himself, and poor Archduke Ferdinand was still complacent about the extortion of two wooden sail steam ships from Ernst.
(End of chapter)