The first town, taking advantage of the East Portuguese War, Germany also sent diplomats to settle in the first town.

After more than ten years of development, the first town has long been no longer the small town of the past, but has become an elegant, civilized and prosperous emerging city.

It has both European classical style and the atmosphere of a modern city, and the appearance is not much different from that of European cities, but the convenient life brought by the Industrial Revolution is reflected everywhere in the first town, and Ernst is not a person who will live a life, so he is extremely concerned about the planning of the first town.

Walking through the streets of First Town, Klein felt a little emotional, and he felt that his previous perception of African countries had been turned upside down.

"Alas, I didn't expect East Africa to develop really well, looking at the planning and population, it should be more prosperous than Stuttgart! With the addition of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, it doesn't seem to be much different from Germany. ”

Von der Leyen glanced suspiciously at Klein, the German ambassador to East Africa, and he felt that Klein had something to say!

"Hehe, Mr. Klein, you are joking, how can East Africa be comparable to Germany, East Africa is also the coastal area is not badly developed, the cities are newly built in recent years, so it looks good, the reason for convenient transportation, the population is also larger, but the population is not much, not to mention that the population of Germany is more than that of East Africa, and the gap between our East Africa and Germany is in all aspects."

Klein doesn't think so, he recently visited Dar es Salaam and Soga near First Town, as far as he knows, Bagamoyo is not far from First Town, and Bagamoyo's ships can be seen on the canal north of First Town, so there is a kind of cluster development momentum in East African cities, which reminds Klein of the Ruhr area in Germany.

Of course, these cities in East Africa cannot be compared with the Ruhr area, which has twenty or thirty cities and towns, and the degree of industrialization is quite high.

These cities in East Africa mainly have policy and transportation advantages, the first town and Soga are supported by policies, and Bagamoyo and Dar es Salaam are excellent ports on the coast of East Africa.

In fact, Dar es Salaam should be divided into two cities according to East Africa, one south and one north, the north is the original Dar es Salaam City, focusing on commerce and services, and the south is focusing on industry and manufacturing, so to be precise, there are currently five cities near the first town as the center, and there is Zanzibar Island across the sea.

The biggest shortcoming of the coastal areas of East Africa is the lack of resources, but the convenience of shipping has offset this disadvantage, and inland goods will also be distributed here, so the development is not bad.

"Mr. von der Leyen, you are polite, East Africa has been developing for a short time, and I think it is quite good to be able to do this to this extent, and some small countries in Europe may not be as good as East Africa." Klein said.

Klein realized that it would be nice if Germany had paid attention to colonizing this part of East Africa! However, at that time, Germany was not reunified, so naturally there was no effort to engage in overseas colonization, Austria actually had the conditions to do so, but Austria's energy was dragged down by Prussia, and only the Hauhingen royal family had the discernment, but fortunately, East Africa was also German, that is, its own people, which was much better than leaving it to Britain and France.

After reunification, Germany began to pay attention to the importance of colonies in the past two years, mainly due to the general environment, other powers are stirring up trouble all over the world, only Germany has made no moves in Europe.

The rapid development of German industry and the strength of the world are not the same, so naturally it is not very satisfied with the current international situation, but Prime Minister Bismarck is a person who can calm down, which Ernst particularly admires.

At present, Germany is somewhat like the Far Eastern Empire, which was suppressed by the United States in the previous life, and it seems to be the rising sun, but in fact the problem is quite large.

Germany's difficulty lies in the disadvantage of the geopolitical environment, France and Russia are both top powers, so it is difficult for Germany to move around in Europe, there is almost no room for expansion, and the disadvantage of the Far Eastern Empire is that the world's energy and minerals are controlled in the hands of the United States.

At present, the hegemony of the world is in the hands of the British, but the hegemony of the British is very limited, Tsarist Russia and France have the ability to challenge the British hegemony, Germany and Austria are slightly worse, but the rapid development of German industry, Austria-Hungary can continue to eat the old capital, Spain is half-dead but can still maintain the dignity of the great powers, the United States, East Africa, the Far Eastern Empire, and the Ottomans can live well by their size.

The Portuguese War actually established the international status of East Africa, and although Portugal was not strong, none of the countries ahead of it were weak.

So Klein said: "In the future, Germany, Austria-Hungary and East Africa, our three countries represent the influence of the Germans in the world, Germany is the strongest, Austria-Hungary is not bad, East Africa has good potential, and the three countries together can change the world's discourse." ”

Von der Leyen heard Klein's confident words, poured a basin of cold water and said: "I would like to see that day come, but now I am afraid it is impossible to achieve, without twenty or thirty years, the world pattern is unlikely to change much, Britain alone will press us out of breath, unless Britain is completely declining, otherwise everything is an illusion." ”

Von der Leyen's words also woke up Klein, Britain is indeed an insurmountable mountain, and now Britain is in full swing, not declining at all, but becoming more and more majestic.

Klein said: "Britain is indeed strong, at least the British have the final say on the ocean, no one can challenge the position of Britain, we can only accumulate strength first, and wait for the British to have problems themselves." ”

Von der Leyen struck again: "Not only Britain, but also France and Tsarist Russia, these countries do not want to see Germany rise. ”

In fact, von der Leyen also wants to count Austria-Hungary, after all, if Germany is too strong, it is not a good thing for some people in Austria-Hungary, but this kind of thing is not easy to say, in the past, Austria had a bad relationship because of the struggle with Prussia for the rights of Germany, and now Austria is out, naturally there is no heart to trouble Prussia, and Hungary has become a big problem for Austria.

Klein then chatted a lot with von der Leyen, but they all revealed one meaning, that is, the idea of the German-Austrian Triple Alliance.

According to Klein's meaning, East Africa's strength is not bad now, so naturally he wants East Africa to stand on Germany's side, but East Africa does not accept this now, East Africa itself has not digested it, and it does not care much about international affairs.

Now, as long as East Africa develops steadily for 20 or 30 years, it will be able to completely secure its status as a world power, and it will not be beneficial for East Africa to participate in international disputes without any nonsense.

As long as Britain does not take the initiative to wage war against East Africa, then East Africa does not want to pay much attention to Britain, and even if Britain launches war against East Africa, East Africa is not afraid.

At this stage, East Africa is very similar to the United States, and they are not very interested in international affairs, of course, the United States still has a little bit of pursuit than East Africa, such as the influence and control of the United States over the Americas, and the greed is very strong.

East Africa does have its own interests in the Indian Ocean, but Ernst only laid out the Republic of Lanfang, and did not engage in a Monroe Doctrine like the United States, so now East Africa is still relatively honest, as for how the more than 10 million square kilometers of East Africa's land came from, it is naturally incorporated into the territory of East Africa after the rise of national strength, in the final analysis, it is still strength, so as long as East Africa concentrates on improving its national strength, it will be able to grasp the initiative in the future in the changes in the international situation, and Ernst wants to come to Bismarck This is also his plan, It's just that Wilhelm II didn't have the patience of Bismarck.

(End of chapter)