"This is East Africa, which looks quite prosperous, similar to Jiaozhou."

"Obviously, some of the buildings in Jiaozhou were built by Germans, so it should be like Germany in Jiaozhou."

"East Africa defeated Portugal and is considered one of the great powers, so you all have to be careful not to provoke right and wrong for nothing."

"Yes, sir."

It was clear that this was a group of Far Easterners who had come ashore in Dar es Salaam, and they had braids on the back of their heads, which was extremely recognizable, and it was difficult to recognize them in their official uniforms.

Some people in the Far East are too familiar with this set of clothes, and even some people seem to remember the past and have mixed feelings in their hearts.

"What are these dog-like people doing in our Great East Africa?"

A white immigrant asked curiously: "Glade, this is like the image of Far Easterners I have seen in European newspapers before, and you have been like this before?" ”

Grad hurriedly shook his head and denied: "I used to be different from them, you see that although their clothes are peculiar, they are also gorgeous, this kind of clothes are obviously not consumed by ordinary people, and this kind of clothes can only be worn by officials, and our kind of people dare not surpass it." ”

"At this point, in fact, everyone is about the same, in the Oriental nobles, I heard that you can rely on the exam to complete the advancement, isn't this very good."

"Germany can't change its fate by joining the army, and in my opinion, joining the army is much lower than taking the exam, I used to be illiterate, but you have been educated."

The East African population was accustomed to communicating in German, so the Far Eastern officials could not understand what they were saying, of course, the interpreter could understand it, but he did not see the need to speak to the Eastern officials.

This time, the officials of the Far East are not as foolish as last time, but sincerely communicate with East Africa, because East Africa defeated Portugal and showed its face in the international community, and East Africa's influence in the Far East, especially in the north, is deepening day by day, so exchanges with East Africa are also forced to be put on the agenda, and this time I am also coming to East Africa to inspect the national situation.

Portugal, in the final analysis, is not very strong, after all, the record is really not good-looking, and Africans, Arabs are five or five five, and it is not outstanding in Latin America, but its influence in the Far East is not weak.

For example, the colony of Portugal and Macao can be regarded as the earliest colony of the great powers in the Far East.

Moreover, the Portuguese will fool, they are very good at taking advantage of the situation overseas, if it were not for the strength of East Africa, maybe they and the British would have succeeded in their last plan.

After all, everyone is mixed in the same place, what Portugal is like, other regional countries may not understand it, but the Germans still know it.

Of course, this is related to the social atmosphere of the Far East, like the Japanese are typical superficial respect, but in fact they are quite bold in their hearts, and militarism prevails in Japan, so they dare to challenge the powerful countries.

After all, if you commit suicide by caesarean section, you are so ruthless to yourself, and you will be even more ruthless to outsiders.

Now Japan seems to be more sober, pretending to be a grandson in front of Western countries, and Ernst is not saying that Japan is self-aware, but it is definitely crazy enough.

And if you want Japan to be honest, you have to beat them up, so that they can really recognize their own status, and the national character of each country can be reflected anyway.

For example, Germany's crude diplomatic ability is to a large extent inseparable from Germany's admiration of force, while Austria, on the contrary, has a strong diplomatic talent and military ability.

However, now that Austria's diplomatic level has the problem of talent disappointment, and Germany has produced a genius such as Bismarck, the two are reversed.

So there are no absolutes, and if there is a Bismarck-like figure in Austria, it may be able to re-establish itself.

Of course, East Africa is still learning from Austria-Hungary in diplomacy, not Germany, Germany has Bismarck, it is only a flash in the pan, pay attention to personal talent, Austria's diplomatic ability is in line with the experience of most countries with a long history, and the means are sophisticated.

If you want to say that the means are sophisticated, the Far Eastern Empire is the real old fox with the most experience, but now the diplomacy of the Far Eastern Empire is too old, and it will not play a role.

In particular, they have not yet changed their thinking, the West is now the rule-maker, and the wisdom of the East is not yet able to adapt to the rules of Western diplomacy.

If the rules of the West are thoroughly eaten, then the Far East can play the Western countries to death, and Ernst is not a nonsense, the United States has broken its defenses in the previous life, and what kind of contract spirit or the like, he will not admit it directly.

The country with the highest diplomatic level in this era, that is, the United Kingdom, diplomacy and national strength are linked, the stronger the comprehensive national strength, the greater the diplomatic maneuver, and the greater the room for diplomatic officials to play.

Like Britain, he can repeatedly fail in diplomacy, with strong comprehensive national strength, he can also go to the bottom, and if the diplomacy of other weak countries fails, it may be directly gone, before Afghanistan is an example, and the alliance with Tsarist Russia was directly swallowed by Britain.

In a word, diplomacy is very important, but it is the comprehensive national strength that ultimately determines the upper limit of the diplomatic level, and the stronger the national strength, the higher the diplomatic ceiling, and the diplomatic level is also the embodiment of the comprehensive national strength.

So many countries praise Britain's stinky feet, who makes the family the hegemon of the world! Just like in the previous life, so many countries followed behind the United States and shouted.

Of course, East Africa is following Germany and Austria, but there is no need to give Britain too much face, which also shows that Britain's world hegemony in this era is far less stable than that of the United States in its previous life.

And the Far Eastern Empire can't learn from East Africa, East Africa is good to use Germany and Austria as helpers, and the Far Eastern Empire can be said to be surrounded by wolves, Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and all wolf ambitions, and the only ones who still listen to the Far East may be North Korea and Ryukyu.

However, according to Ernst's understanding, next year the Ryukyus may be gone, and the affairs of the Ryukyus cannot be managed by East Africa, which is too far away from East Africa, but next year the East African Navy will be able to fish in troubled waters and reap some benefits.

It's not that I'm interested in the Ryukyu Islands, but that East Africa has always wanted to open up a stable route from East Africa to Alaska, so it is necessary to build some islands in the Pacific region as a stronghold to establish a connection between East Africa and Alaska.

In the South Seas, East Africa has Lanfang Overseas Province as a base, and it is also within the radiation range of the East African Navy, but the East African Navy is too far away from Alaska, separated by two oceans, and only the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean is the safest to reach Alaska.

Therefore, East Africa planned to find some islands in the Pacific region in 1880 as future overseas colonies in East Africa to ensure the maritime interests of East Africa.

The southern islands of the Ryukyu Islands are within the plan of East Africa, plus East Africa's good Huaihai Economic Zone and Zhuhai Trade Zone in the Far Eastern Empire, and East Africa's commercial needs in the Far East, so it is also necessary to have its own base in the Asia-Pacific region to escort the maritime trade routes from East Africa to the Far East and Alaska.

(End of chapter)