After discussing the naming of the naval school, the question of the construction of the Ferdinand Naval Academy was finalized, and like the Heshingen Military Academy, Ernst was also the honorary rector.

Prince Konstantin said, "Ernst, are you more addicted to being a headmaster?" ”

"Father, this is a misunderstanding of me, although my personal military literacy is not very good, but for the ideological construction of the campus, it is my specialty."

Although Ernst does not often participate in teaching, he thinks that he has a unique characteristic of ideological and political construction, after all, he has received this kind of education since he was a child.

"Vigorously developing the navy is a necessary measure for the East African kingdom at present, and the East African navy has become a fatal shortcoming in East Africa, which makes the East African kingdom much more likely to be threatened by the sea than on land.

Comparatively, the East African Army has less pressure on national defense, because the East African Army has developed to the largest in Africa. To put it bluntly, no country in the interior of Africa can defeat East Africa unless it is a national effort.

As for the navy, our shortcomings are very obvious, there is a shortage of personnel, the number of ships is insufficient, as long as other countries send a fleet, it is possible to sink all the East African navy into the sea, so the development of a navy sufficient to protect the coastal waters of East Africa is now our primary goal. Ernst said bluntly.

The development of the East African navy was urgent, and of course, Ernst was not going to expand the navy to an exaggerated degree. The main reason is that, as Archduke Ferdinand said, what East Africa lacks is a system, not a strong ship and a cannon, even if you buy more ships, if there is no system to maintain it, it is a pile of scrap metal.

Konstantin: "The naval problem has a long way to go, and it cannot be completed overnight, as strong as Germany, without decades of development, it is impossible to say that the navy will be developed all at once, so it is enough for our East African Kingdom to operate the African region step by step and in a down-to-earth manner." ”

Germany's size is much more exaggerated than that of East Africa, in addition to the advantage of area, East Africa's data are far inferior to Germany's, but now Konstantin is quite satisfied, at least the two can be compared, like the previous Heixingen Kingdom did not have this qualification at all.

First of all, East Africa has become the world's largest slave-exporting country, which is contrary to the growing abolitionist movement of the international community.

In Ernst's view, the abolitionist movement was a crocodile tear, a hypocrisy that was used to deceive the Virgins of Europe.

The actual reason is that with the development of British industry, the slave trade is no longer profitable, and in the past, British industry was completely dependent on the slave trade, and industrial products had to rely on slave ships to sell all over the world.

Now that the level of productivity has increased and the quality of the products has improved dramatically, the British no longer need to force the sale of their products through the slave trade, but have embarked on the path of promoting free trade, when in fact, when the British encounter setbacks, they will sprout up again, as in the case of the Opium War.

In the past life, there are many examples of European and American dogs jumping over the wall, such as in the field of automobiles, when you make money yourself, it is free trade, and when others make money, it is dumping, and anti-dumping investigations are carried out.

The market is a thing, but also others are willing to open to you, you can enter, or just like the colonial era to forcibly open other people's markets, otherwise why Europe and the United States cut the world's leeks and live a life of superior human rights, in fact, before Ernst crossed, Europe has already embarked on the old road, leeks are becoming more and more difficult to cut, then think of a way from the pension and other benefits of their own people.

As for the United States, it has been following the path of immigrants suppressing its own residents, and the plates of Latino have been washed with sparks, and the red necks at the bottom have been rolled up in misery, like the old industrial areas and the old countryside are declining.

The same was true of the slave trade, where the bulk of the profits were actually taken away by later participants, so Britain and France were "morally raised" and transformed from slave traders into "noble gentlemen" who opposed the slave trade.

And East Africa is one of such latecomers, and now because the world economy is very good, Britain and France and other powers will not be able to deal with the East African kingdom, once the economy encounters a downturn, it is bound to embark on the road of expansion again.

North America and South America, two traditional colonial regions, have begun to break away from the control of the great powers after hundreds of years of development, so Africa is the preferred target of the next great powers.

In this undercurrent, which is already faintly emerging, if the East African kingdom wants to stand alone, it must develop its own navy to keep the enemy from the country.

Ernst continued: "When it comes to the purchase of warships, you need to pay more attention to your father-in-law, except for some small ships, you don't need to think about it for the time being. ”

Archduke Ferdinand: "Of course, this is my duty, but small ships are also an indispensable part of the navy, what do you think about this?" ”

Ernst explains: "My plan is to design and build these small ships by the four shipyards under the Heisingen umbrella to accumulate talent and technology for East Africa's own ships. ”

There is no problem at all in handing over small self-use ships to Hei Xinggen's own shipyard for construction, and in fact, it is feasible to undertake the construction of some large warships with the funds in place.

However, Ernst did not dare to bet that it was common for private enterprises to manufacture warships in Europe, as strong as the British Navy took the path of combining military and civilian.

However, the shipyards in Heixingen have no experience in the construction of military ships, especially some advanced technology.

As for the wooden warships that East Africa had previously built itself, the source of technology was the Venetian shipyards, which had experience in building ships for the Venetian navy in the era of sail warships, while the other three shipyards copied the technology of the Venetian shipyards.

However, with the rise of steam-powered and ironclad ships, the Venetian shipyards actually declined, that is, after Ernst's capital injection, they began to restart the research on steam power.

Ernst continued: "The Bagamoyo shipyard will take on most of the work this time, and the technical aspects can be imported from Europe, mainly on the part of the workers. ”

The workers at the Bagamoyo shipyard were mostly immigrants from the German and Italian regions, with only a few immigrants from the Far East.

This is also characteristic of East Africa, which is actually like a factory that requires a little bit of skill, and the workers are mainly immigrants from the German region.

German immigrants have received basic education, so they are more suitable to work as industrial workers, while Far Eastern immigrants, some of whom can't even tell the difference between left and right, and the number is less than five, so it is really difficult for them to enter the factory.

Of course, this situation is also changing, and the first generation of primary school students in East Africa graduated last year, which is one of the reasons why East Africa can send students to Germany and Austria-Hungary.

In this regard, East Africa has some advantages over the Far East, there is no language barrier, and the first batch of official students from the Far East also went to Germany and the United States to study this year, a total of 50 people, of whom 30 were recommended by the East African Embassy to study in Germany and Austria-Hungary.

The reason for the East African embassy is also very sufficient, you are a feudal monarchy, and the expatriate students do not study in Germany and Austria, which are also monarchies, but choose the United States, I really don't know what to think, and you deserve to die in the Qing Dynasty.

The first batch of East African students to study abroad was 500, which is not a large number, because in the early colonial era of East Africa, there were not many people who brought their families to East Africa. Moreover, East Africa itself has its own educational base in Germany, and the schools of the Heshingen Kingdom are maintained at more than 20,000 per year (including orphans in Europe and Germany).

(End of chapter)