The history of East Africa can be roughly divided into two categories, one is the history of the Far East, and the other is the history of Rome and the Holy Roman Empire.

This is not intentional, the ancient history of the world is, in the final analysis, the history of Eurasia, plus North Africa, and East Africa will certainly not deliberately preach the history of the Arab region, as for the history of India, it is good to listen to myths.

The history of the Germans is very scarce, and they can indeed have a relationship with the ancient Germans, but the ancient Germans are pure barbarians for Rome, and in the final analysis, Britain, France, Germany, Austria and other countries are related to the ancient Germans, after all, the fall of the Western Roman Empire was done by the ancient Germans, so it is better to directly graft the history of the Roman Empire and the history of the Holy Roman Empire.

However, this has nothing to do with East Africa, which just needs the experience and lessons behind history to prevent the future of historical nihilism or pseudo-historiography.

Taking history as a mirror, this is not difficult for the Far Easterners in the past life, and it can occasionally be used as a reference when encountering problems in life, but it is very difficult for many countries that lack history.

Of course, there are also countries that deliberately conceal history and cover up state crimes, and they will continue to follow the same path at some point in the future, because their descendants have not accepted the correct historical values, and it is inevitable that they will repeat the mistakes of the past.

This is also the reason why Ernst will not deny the colonial history of East Africa in the future, merit is merit, and passing is passing, anyway, it is enough to give future generations of East Africa enough warning.

Just like the history of humiliation in the modern times of the Far Eastern Empire, it is also an important reason why the Far Eastern Empire can shine in the 21st century, at least let them know the truth that if they are backward, they will be beaten.

The development path of East Africa is too smooth, it has not encountered major setbacks, and the future may also create a false impression for the East African people, so it is better to learn from other people's historical moments.

For example, in the Soviet Union, in Ernst's view, the early development was too smooth, and the later did not meet expectations, and the whole country collapsed.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, there were almost no shortcomings, and no matter how bad the economy was, it was much stronger than most countries in the same period, but it was abandoned by all the people, and the Far East was different, the economy of the Far Eastern Empire was so bad at the same time, it was not even as good as some African countries, but it survived the most turbulent nineties.

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"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this is a bicycle equipped with the latest hollow rubber tires, after using hollow tires, the weight of the bicycle is greatly reduced, and at the same time, the difficulty of riding is greatly reduced, and it is lighter to use, and the most important thing is that it is more comfortable."

The biggest improvement of hollow rubber tires on the bicycle is comfort, the previous solid tires ride on the hardened flat road in East Africa does not matter, but out of the first town and Soga City, the road situation is complicated, according to the road conditions in East Africa, the original bicycle, kidney stones can be shaken out.

With the crowd's astonished expressions, Ernst mounted the East African bar bike and rode twice around the fountain.

"It feels good, and the performance is really good enough for the basics, although it's still bulky."

Ernst said that it was bulky, but in fact, the side description was made of real materials, and with the firmness of this frame, it was easy to pull hundreds of pounds of goods.

In the history of the previous life, the Scotsman Gerrover invented the pneumatic hollow tire in 1889, and the research on hollow tires in East Africa began as early as 1876.

Nowadays, the rubber industry in East Africa is booming and has replaced Brazil as the world's largest rubber producer, so a lot of effort has been put into research in the field of rubber application.

Ball bearings, saddles, pedals, handlebars, and even important components such as bicycle backs have been improved and applied under the guidance of Ernst, and hollow tires have made up for the last shortcoming, and the bicycle can be fully promoted in the future.

"The bicycle industry has a great future in East Africa, it is important to the world, and it has a wide range of applications, so I plan to support this industry vigorously." Ernst said.

In fact, the Heixingen Commodity Company, a subsidiary of the Heixingen Foundation, is itself the world's largest bicycle manufacturer, but in the past, the bicycle could only be enjoyed by the rich, the market was very narrow, and now it is thoroughly perfected, regardless of the age of men and women or the disparity between the rich and the poor, of course, if it is too poor, it must still be unable to consume, but most of the working people in Europe should be able to save money to buy one.

As for East Africans, they can also own one if they save enough tickets, and some groups can directly get allocations, such as Soga, a new city in East Africa.

Of course, this scenario says that after the construction of the industrial chain is completed, it may take several years.

So Ernst said: "Mbeya, Harare, Bulawayo, Nairobi, Mombasa, Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo can build factories ahead of schedule, and the inland cities will mainly supply East Africa, and the port cities will take care of export demand in the future." ”

Naturally, exports are to industrially backward countries such as the Arab region and the Far Eastern Empire, and as for Europe, the expansion of bicycle factories in Germany by the Heshingen consortium can be done.

Ernst is indeed a big deal this time, seven cities that are the previous seven bicycle factories, and the production of bicycle parts is related to many related industries, such as chains, hollow steel pipes, tires, etc., all need to be invested and designed, so there is a need to build a large number of factories and enterprises.

You must know that in the previous Far Eastern Empire, in the eighties of the 20th century, there were only more than 60 bicycle manufacturers, of course, this kind of production enterprises must be not small, and East Africa naturally has to take the road of large factories.

At present, the bicycle industry is still dominated by small workshop production, and most of the things that are not in demand are completed by hand, and many parts are manufactured by themselves, which is why Heixinggen Commodity Company can become the world's largest bicycle manufacturer.

The investment is very large, but as long as the construction is completed, relying on the production cost advantage and market acceptance, East Africa will be able to make money back in the future, and the bicycle has always been a hot product in Ernst's impression.

"The military can also order a batch at that time, and I think bicycles also have great application scenarios in the military."

Applications in the military field? Could it be to send letters or pull supplies, reconnaissance, etc.?

People of this era did not know how the military used bicycles, and both of the above speculations were certainly possible, but horses were perfectly capable in East Africa.

Ernst mainly thought that it would be possible to build a rapid reaction force by bicycle, especially in some areas with difficult terrain, such as Southeast Asia.

The bicycle unit is most famous for the silver wheel unit of the little devil during World War II, because of the rainforest climate in Southeast Asia, the roads are muddy, and the tanks and vehicles are not easy to travel, so the Japanese army equips some of the attacking troops with bicycles to pursue the retreating Allied forces, and bicycles play a very good role in attacking the Malay Peninsula, and are even jokingly called "Blitzkrieg in the East".

As a tropical country, East Africa has the territory of the South Seas islands such as the Lanfang Overseas Province, so Ernst feels that the bicycle unit can play a great role in the tropical rainforest area of the South Sea, which coincides with the East African army's policy of attaching importance to combat training in tropical climate areas such as tropical rainforests.

"The military may have some special needs for bicycles, and this aspect can also be studied and studied, such as folding bicycles, or tricycles with cargo boxes, not only the military, but also the civilian population may also have this demand."

Ernst suddenly thought of a three-wheeled bicycle, or even a donkey riding backwards (a tricycle with a carriage in front), which could not be used to haul goods conveniently.

Although the Odbee can pull a lot of goods with a two-wheeled bicycle, the three-wheeled bicycle is more widely used, and this kind of street transportation is very widespread even in the Far East in the 21st century, but many of them are replaced by electric three-wheelers.

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