Konstantin was still on his way back, so Ernst planned to visit the city of Bagamoyo in the interval.

"Karina, I'll go to the Bagamoyo shipyard today, and I should be able to come back tomorrow, and today you are at home and ask your mother-in-law to accompany you more, and if you feel unwell, call the doctor......"

Ernst carefully rambed a lot, now Karina is pregnant with her second child, otherwise he really wants to take Karina with him to Bagamoyo to go shopping, to relax, but Bagamoyo has to go by water, so Ernst is not at ease.

"Well, you don't have to worry about me, I'm not a child, and there is nothing lacking in the palace, and there are so many servants to call, but when can we go and see Grandmother?" She was on the phone a lot, and little Friedrich never saw his grandmother, who was very fond of him. Karina asked.

Karina was brought up by Queen Sophie since she was a child, and her feelings are also very deep, but since she came to East Africa, she has not been able to see her grandmother, that is, she has a phone to contact and reduce some thoughts.

"My father-in-law occasionally goes to Austria to see my grandmother, and now my grandmother is still in good health, and your brother Rudolph Jr. and uncle are doing well, so don't worry too much, I will accompany you back to visit them next year." Ens Concession Nod.

In fact, there are a lot of bad things for the Austrian royal family, but many of them are related to Franz, Rudolf Jr. often contacts Ernst, and it can be regarded as enlightened, no one cares about psychological problems in this era, so the Ernst couple have to worry about Rudolph's mental health problems.

As for Franz, although his emotional life is not smooth, his mentality is definitely good enough, otherwise he would not have lived so long if he was so bad in his previous life.

In this life, his younger brother Archduke Ferdinand did not let the Mexicans be shot down, and Ferdinand often went back to fight, which was much better than his previous life.

More contact with the Austrian royal family also helped the development of relations between the two countries, the relationship between the two countries was already very good, that is, East Africa and Europe are separated by the ocean after all, so it is not very convenient to communicate, Ernst often visited the Austrian palace when he was in Europe.

Thinking like this, Ernst felt that he could not favor one over the other, there were many nobles and royal families in Europe who had a good relationship with the Heixingen royal family, and they could just stop by to meet and connect with each other.

So Ernst took the opportunity to say: "When the time comes, I will just go back to Europe to visit other countries that have good relations with East Africa, if you have any little sisters you want to see, you can also say it in advance, don't be in a hurry at that time." ”

Karina: "I don't have many friends, most of them are in Vienna, so when the time comes, it's enough to get together and take little Friedrich to meet people." ”

Karina grew up in the Austrian court since she was a child, so most of the partners she met were also the children of some Austrian nobles, after all, ordinary people did not have the strength to enter the Austro-Constitutional Imperial Palace.

"Of course there is no problem, but considering your delivery date, it is estimated that we will be able to go to Europe in the second half of next year, and there will be a state visit at that time, so it will definitely be more tiring, after all, there are more entertainments." Ernst reminded.

"These are nothing, I was used to them before I came to East Africa, but there are not many nobles in East Africa, there are not so many rules, and it is very different from Europe." Karina said.

After a brief conversation, Ernst was ready to go.

Because of the reason for taking the waterway, it is necessary to wait for the boat at the wharf in the north of the first town, which is not far from the city, and the north bank of the Little Rhine is the third town, which has now been merged with the first town, so the banks of the Little Rhine are still relatively prosperous.

Ernst was on the gunboats of the Guards Division, so it was very fast, and it only took two or three hours to reach the city of Bagamoyo.

Although it takes less than an hour for the first town to pass through the Central Railway, the waterway has its own significant freight advantages over the railway, so the economic connection between the first town and the city of Bagamoyo is even closer.

At noon, Ernst arrived in the city of Bagamoyo, which is now not as good as Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, but because of the development of shipbuilding, it has a pivotal position in the shipbuilding industry in East Africa.

Of course, the most important thing is that the main naval base is here, and Ernst first came to the navy to visit Ferdinand, but was told that Archduke Ferdinand was now at the Ferdinand Naval Academy on Pemba Island, so he had to visit the construction of the base accompanied by other naval personnel.

"The city of Bagamoyo is the gateway to the first town, the mouth of the Lesser Rhine is located, and it is not an exaggeration to describe our local construction as impregnable, the navy and the guards division are heavily guarded, and it is impossible for any invading enemy to strike at the nearby waters through the sea."

"Well, I still know a lot about this, how are the new ships of the Navy this year?." Ernst asked.

"This year the Bagamoyo shipyard completed the construction program of three gunboats, and as for the latest armored cruiser with a displacement of 3,000 tons, I am afraid it will take time, and we estimate that it will be completed and launched into service at the beginning of the next year."

The Bagamoyo shipyard is improving its shipbuilding technology day by day, and is now sprinting to the 3,000-ton displacement level, and higher values should be achievable, or a more secure option has been chosen.

"The Bagamoyo shipyard still needs to accumulate experience, which we lack in East Africa, and at the same time it is not satisfactory in the field of technology and research and development, and there is a lack of relevant talents in the local area, but it should be good to wait for a decade or two, and you don't have to be too anxious." Ernst said.

"Independence has always been the goal of the East African Navy, and we still need to learn from the navies of other powers, and at the same time try to keep up with the footsteps of other countries to avoid falling behind, but this is not very difficult for us, we have achieved the independent production of some weapons and equipment, and the imitation work is also smooth."

As for independent research and development and design, this requires a lot of talents, and at the same time it is related to the layout of related industries, without a strong industry, it is impossible to have a strong independent navy, which has been bought to solve the problem in a short time, and the ambition of the East African Navy will naturally not stop there.

After looking at the Navy, Ernst began to tour the civilian shipyards in Bagamoyo.

As the center of the shipbuilding industry in East Africa, Bagamo now has a total of 13 shipbuilding enterprises, most of which are state-owned enterprises and only two private enterprises, which belong to the Hexingen Ocean Trading Company.

Therefore, the shipbuilding industry in Bagamoyo is first-class in East Africa, and the shipbuilding industry in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa is not bad, but they are responsible for too many functions to devote themselves to shipbuilding.

On the contrary, the city of Bagamoyo does not have much economic development burden and can free up space for the development of shipbuilding, and the shipbuilding industry in East Africa cannot be supported by private forces, so it is either the government or the Hexingen consortium that can help.

This undoubtedly limited the activity of the shipbuilding industry in East Africa, but the benefits were also clear: the government and the Heixingen consortium were able to make full use of the vast resources at their disposal and concentrate on supporting the initial development of the shipbuilding industry in East Africa.

(End of chapter)