In the final analysis, Leaford's pessimism is still a matter of money, and the mainland will only suck blood from Mozambique, so it is impossible for Mozambique to invest money in local development like East Africa does.

The East African naval exercises have made the new governor of Mozambique somewhat aware of the reality, while the attitude of the British colony of Natal towards the East African exercises is "knowing" and lukewarm.

The East African Navy did have a certain threat, but the British were not afraid of this threat, and in 1877, Britain had nearly 180 capital warships, and the East African Navy was like an ant in front of the British Royal Navy.

Of course, this ant is still somewhat threatening in the western Indian Ocean region, because the Royal Navy is a global force, and it is impossible to gather in one place to crush this ant.

"What are the Germans trying to do? Demonstrations? If he dared to go to India, Cape Town and the Red Sea to play like this, then I would admire them, but in Natal to carry out such a senseless exercise would be too much for us! Even if it were to be replaced by Cape Town, I am afraid that the Germans would know what the world's number one navy is. ”

After all, the Natal Colony was only a small colony around the port of Durban, and it was far from a large colony of the level of Cape Town, so the behavior of East Africa was very disdainful in the eyes of the Governor of Natal, which was like two people fighting, and someone went to the enemy's house to terrorize the other's children.

The purpose of East Africa is not simply to show muscles, but to show an attitude to the outside world, that is, East Africa is different from other countries in the region. The colonists are not stupid, they also have to screen the target, otherwise it will be embarrassing to really encounter a hard stubble and overturn, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the world.

The East African Navy is the best window to show the mental state of East Africa and the ability of national governance, the development of the Navy is good, indicating that its own government organization ability is not too bad, and countries with strong organizational ability are generally the most difficult hard bones for colonizers.

As for the land, the East African Army should not come out to hang out, to be honest, the East African Army is also a second- or third-rate strong army in Europe, at most it is a little worse than the army of the great powers, in case it scares the surrounding forces, it will not be good.

In general, the role of naval exercises in East Africa is still there, at least let the British know that there is a fleet that looks good in East Africa, and if you don't have to spend a lot of money, it will be difficult to colonize East Africa, but what the British are most afraid of is which end of East Africa?

After more than half a year of investigation, Benjamin obtained more comprehensive information, and the British government had a clearer understanding of the size of the East African colonies.

"From the Somali Desert in the northeast to the Namib Desert in southwest Africa, it is just right to draw an oblique line on the African continent against the equatorial region, and this oblique area can already be clearly the territory of the Kingdom of East Africa, which is almost the land form of the Kingdom of East Africa, plus the two colonies of the Portuguese, one left and one right, just show that the territory of East Africa is oblique, so it is estimated that the regional scope of this oblique line We think that the land area of East Africa is at least about seven million square kilometers, oh my God! The numbers alone are scary, and few countries in the world are bigger than East Africa. ”

Benjamin: "Big doesn't mean useful, Australia's deserts, Canada's ice fields, Brazil's rainforests, so ultimately it depends on the effective territory, what do you think is the effective territory of East Africa?" ”

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, this is difficult to describe, but it is certain that most of the southwest Africa is a desert area of little value, and the northeast of East Africa is also a desert area of no small area, these two areas are probably nearly two million square kilometers, and there should be rainforests like Brazil, but the specific area is difficult to analyze, but one thing is certain, that is, the scale of African development should not be large, if Africa wants to be thoroughly developed like the Americas, I am afraid it will take hundreds of years."

"It should be wrong to think so, the development of the Americas will encounter the constraints of lack of manpower, so there are hundreds of years of black slave trade, but Africa is different, it was originally the homeland of black slaves, I mean, if East Africans use black people to develop Africa, what will happen?"

"Whimsical, if the blacks are really that useful, then it will not be the turn of the Germans to pick up this bargain, you should really communicate with the black race more, I am sure that except for a very few cases, the vast majority of blacks have the stupidity to break through the sky, so that they can't do anything, and they don't have reliable machines, machines don't riot, but blacks do, and I think the same is true of blacks in East Africa, they are very likely to rebel against the colonization of East Africa, like the Indians."

The Indians can be called a dish, but their determination to oppose the invasion is still good, but it is a pity that the Indians do not have a unified core to confront the despicable white colonists.

It took more than 100 years for the United States to massacre the Indians, and if the Kingdom of East Africa wanted to colonize and expand in East Africa, it would also encounter black rebels.

However, he didn't realize that the number of blacks in East Africa was not large, or that there were too many Germans in East Africa, and the resistance of blacks in front of East Africa had been completely disintegrated, so the status of blacks in East Africa was that of slaves obtained from non-trading.

Of course, no matter how large Africa is, its national strength is not determined by a factor of size, especially the immigrant countries, Brazil and Argentina have so good natural conditions, they are all rotten like that, so the Benjamin government does not think that the national strength of East Africa will be higher than that of those countries in the Americas.

As for the special case of the United States, it is not something that East Africa can touch, and the name "Chosen Land" does have some truth, but even so, it took a hundred years for the United States to develop into one of the great powers, so the Benjamin government does not think that East Africa also has this potential.

Therefore, East Africa itself does not deserve too much attention, but whether there is the support of the German and Austrian governments behind East Africa, if the two countries are not interested in overseas colonies, Benjamin himself will not believe it.

"The Hehingen royal family is the same as the Prussian royal family, and the relationship between the two families is quite close, and Sigmaringen in Romania is the same reason, I even think that in addition to Germany, the other countries led by the Hohenzollern family may be premeditated, that is, through family ties to form a network of national relations, so East Africa must be in the same league as Germany."

"Maldos, your idea is not valid at all, because our intelligence investigation shows that East Africa is obviously closer to Austria-Hungary, especially the alliance treaty signed by the two sides, which shows that East Africa is choosing its camp with Austria-Hungary, not Germany, and the same is true at the economic level, and the trade object of East Africa is also Austria-Hungary in the first place, which can be seen from the destination of merchant ships."

Benjamin: "East Africa is a very special existence, maybe it is not a colony of Germany or Austria, and it is not impossible. ”

In the past, Britain's perception of East Africa was that this country may have been concocted by Prussia, after all, the surname Hohenzollern can say a lot of things, but the later behavior of East Africa was not like this, and East Africa was closer to Austria-Hungary.

(End of chapter)