Leopold II, the second and fifth boy, sent a message to East Africa, which also made East Africa understand the intentions of the British, and it seems that East Africa is not small attractive to Britain.

After communicating with Leopold II, Britain also contacted Italy, Abyssinia, Egypt and even the Kingdom of Imerina across the Mozambique Channel, and had cordial exchanges with them.

A rudimentary form of a simple encirclement from all directions was formed, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that this encirclement had a role, but it had no effect.

In particular, the northern countries have a very ambiguous attitude towards East Africa, and only Portugal is the only one who sincerely follows the British, and even if other countries really follow the British to encircle East Africa, they will not be able to do it, just like the British blockade of the United States in the past, the United States turned to the Pacific Ocean and easily defused the British means.

East Africa does not need to learn from the United States, the East African naval capability in the Indian Ocean is still good, and the maintenance of East African trade can also be done, the Royal Navy is a great threat, but the forces are relatively scattered.

And the position of the United States is better than that of East Africa to be sanctioned, after all, the United States is far away from the center of the international market (Europe), and the vicinity of East Africa is the core area of the core of the world route, although there are some deviations from East Africa, but it also makes it very difficult to contain East Africa, even if it is not possible by sea, there is still a land route to go.

Even the Kingdom of Imerina, the British did not let go, which is interesting, which shows that the British have been a little hungry in order to contain East Africa.

In July 1879, the British government passed the Sanctions Act on East Africa, sanctioning the export of agricultural products from East Africa, especially tropical agricultural products, and at the same time prohibiting domestic and colonial enterprises from exporting technology, machinery, etc. to East Africa, and prohibiting the purchase of minerals and industrial products exported from East Africa.

The British sanctions bill was soon telegraphed back to East Africa.

"Sanction us? What is the rationale for the British? Ernst asked curiously.

"Your Highness, according to Britain itself, we in East Africa have violated the so-called principles of free trade."

"Hehe, what is the reason for this? Why don't you talk about free trade with other countries? Ernst said disdainfully, "The more the enemy opposes, the more we are doing the right thing, that is, we cannot give the British the opportunity to intervene in East Africa." ”

The free trade of the British, to put it mildly, is that the British unilateral free trade turned East Africa into a dumping ground for the supply of raw materials and commodities to the British, and Germany and Austria did not have this treatment, so Britain did not think about it, and Ernst was not a comprador and relied on the British to eat.

"Your Highness, the British sanctions are still a little threatening, especially in the field of agricultural products, and the British market cannot be underestimated."

Although Ernst said that he did not look down on Britain and had little interest in developing trade with Britain, Britain was, of course, the world's largest country in terms of area, and its population was second only to the Far Eastern Empire, so East Africa inevitably had trade with Britain and its colonies, and the British had a high level of consumption and generous consumption, which was considered a good market, so in the face of British sanctions, Ernst must also think of a way.

"We should be more active in the British colonies, especially India, Australia, which is far away from the British mainland, but the colonies are relatively large, maybe the British mainland will strictly enforce the law, I don't believe their colonies also have this awareness."

"Your Highness, in fact, we are in competition with India, especially in the field of agriculture."

"I know this, I just want to use the internal channels of the United Kingdom, there is no impermeable wall in the world, the United Kingdom is too big, and the global empire it has built is still very scattered, then we can find a breakthrough."

East Africa's tropical agricultural products occupy an important position in the world, especially the scale advantage of cultivation, which makes East African agricultural products very competitive, and East Africa can crowd out competitors by reducing profits, and can also make hard-earned money by giving benefits to partners.

"We are more affected by the British sanctions on agricultural products, but this is in my expectation, the UK can only impose sanctions on agricultural products in East Africa, and we have too little contact with the UK in other aspects."

This is probably one of the reasons why Britain is unhappy with East Africa, which is rich in resources and population, and Germany and Austria are cheaper, and Britain can't eat at all.

Britain doesn't know the specific population of East Africa, but the territory of East Africa is so large, the number of blacks will definitely not be less, tens of millions should be there, there is nothing to say in terms of resources, East Africa is too large, and there can be no less mines.

Since the crown prince is not worried, he has nothing to worry about, in fact, the British sanctions, the Heixingen consortium has a way to bypass, but the steps are a little more complicated.

"Your Highness, then how should we officially respond to the British sanctions?"

"In response to what? We don't ask the British, they will sanction if they want! ”

Ernst is not afraid at all, Britain is not like the United States in the previous life, although with the efforts of Britain and other countries, the world market has been formed, but the current world market is not a word.

In the previous life, the economic sanctions imposed by the United States were fatal to many countries, and the strength of countries that could withstand the sanctions economically should not be underestimated.

And now the British want to impose economic sanctions on East Africa, but they can only use war means, and other methods are ineffective against East Africa.

Energy and minerals, East Africa can be self-sufficient; Funding technology, which can be provided by the German region; In terms of the market, East Africa has not had much communication with the United Kingdom, and although it will suffer some losses, it will not affect the development of East Africa.

Britain is unique in the world is the accumulation of technology during the first industrial revolution, including textile machines, steam engines and other fields, these aspects of East Africa may be affected somewhat, but East Africa can also buy the machines and technologies it wants through third countries.

Now the second industrial revolution is not enough to replace the influence of the first industrial revolution, especially in the field of power, the production of factories running on the ground and swimming in the water is inseparable from the steam engine, so Britain can watch the dividends of the first industrial revolution stay in the position of world hegemon for another few decades.

Thinking of this, Ernst felt that East Africa still couldn't be in a hurry, the initiative was in the hands of the British, and the British were in a bad stomach, so they had to stabilize it first, as long as East Africa itself did not have problems, then the British would not be able to make trouble, and they were not afraid of Britain and East Africa, the first thing that could not stand it must be Britain itself, after all, there are several countries staring at the position of Britain, and East Africa can only be regarded as a fledgling.

In other words, East Africa is only a potential threat, and other countries are already the heart of Britain, and Britain cannot set its sights on Africa for a long time.

Thinking of this, Ernst said: "It seems that it is time to show weakness, but how to disguise yourself as harmless as an animal!" ”

Disguising oneself as a weak person can indeed paralyze the enemy, and Ernst knows that the United States is well disguised, after all, the United States does not even want the army now, isn't it harmless to people and animals!

East Africa can't do this, the United States is a democratic system, even if it is broken, it can form a consensus, so Britain has no way to take the United States, if East Africa dares to abolish its martial arts, East Africa may still exist, and the rule of the Heixingen royal family will definitely come to an end.

If we can't compromise militarily, we can only think of a way to deal with the theory of the collapse of East Africa. It shouldn't work, if you want to collapse, you must at least rise first, just like the kind of country in Haiti in the previous life, if it really collapses, maybe it's a good thing, the collapse theory is not suitable for East Africa, if you use the beggar-thy-neighbor trick, it feels good, after all, the dead friends are not dead and poor, and the United States and other countries should also help East Africa share the firepower.

(End of chapter)