New Year's Day and Christmas are quite lively in East Africa, but both festivals must be set off by snow in Ernst's impression to be more atmospheric, and this is the hottest time in most parts of East Africa, and this summer New Year and Christmas feel very different.

The arrival of the new year also means that the 1880 years have passed in East Africa, and the whole of East Africa is like a precise machine to maintain its operation without any difference, and in the blink of an eye, East Africans have begun to get busy again and continue to participate in the construction of the East African country.

East Africans are more miserable at this point, other regions have long winters, and they can also rest for a long time, and East Africa does not have much difference in the four seasons of the year, which is the climate preferred by the capitalists, which represents the sustainable squeezing of the whole year.

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"This is the car?" Konstantin exclaimed.

One of the world's first cars was assembled in front of the square of the Sweete Palace, and thanks to the long research and development of the Heichengen consortium and some whimsical ideas from Ernst, the first car in East Africa was already very advanced from the factory, with a front windshield and carport, rather than an open-top three-wheeled car.

The reason for this is that the Heixingen consortium prepared one each in Germany, Austria and East Africa at the same time, which means that there were three of the world's first cars.

The idea was that Germany, Austria and East Africa could simultaneously advertise the birth of the first car in their own countries, which would help expand sales.

Because the development of the automobile industry is inseparable from the support of the market, and Germany and Austria-Hungary are mature markets, with a large number of aristocrats and wealthy people able to consume cars.

Moreover, the first cars of the Three Kingdoms were presented to the imperial (royal) family of the Three Kingdoms by a subsidiary of the Heixingen Foundation, and the car was a luxury item, so it was necessary to use the aristocracy to publicize it, and the imperial (royal) family was undoubtedly the most noble signboard, especially the royal families of Germany and Austria-Hungary, the two world powers.

"Father, this is definitely a cross-era product, and the automobile industry will become the greatest industry in the world, replacing today's horse-drawn carriage and becoming the product that will enter thousands of households in the future." Ernst said proudly.

"You said before that a car can run without relying on animal power, and this car also burns coal?"

"Of course not, the fuel of the car is gasoline, and gasoline is processed from oil, and now the world's largest oil producer is the United States, but we also have a layout in Romania."

There are many people in the United States who have made a fortune from oil, especially in the western region, where there are many oil fields, and the uneven distribution of oil resources also means that the future of domestic oil production in East Africa may not be ideal.

This is also a helpless thing, but East Africa also has the advantage, that is, it is very close to the world's most important oil-producing area, the Persian Gulf coast, so as long as the East African Navy does not pull its crotch in the future, it is basically impossible to use oil to blackmail East Africa.

Moreover, East Africa is not far from two important oil-producing regions in North Africa and West Africa, so Ernst is not too nervous about the future energy problems in East Africa.

Moreover, the local oil in East Africa can meet the basic needs of East Africa, at least to meet the needs of the East African army in the future, so as not to be short of oil like Germany in World War II, and at the same time, East Africa also has a strong presence in Kalimantan, the oil producing area of the South Seas, although the oil production area is not in the territory of Lanfang Overseas Province, and the Alaska royal territory in the hands of the East African royal family is also an oil production area.

Therefore, the world's major oil-producing areas, East Africa can basically ensure the national energy security of East Africa through force, unlike the Far Eastern Empire, if there is no Strait of Malacca, the energy security of the Far Eastern Empire can be greatly improved, and East Africa, as a two-ocean country, does not have such hidden dangers.

In fact, according to Ernst's idea, it is better to drive a nail in the Persian Gulf coast, so that the future energy security of East Africa will be foolproof, but East Africa has never found this opportunity.

Now the Persian Gulf coast belongs to the Ottoman Empire, Persia, Oman and the United Kingdom, so it is quite difficult for East Africa to intervene.

However, no one knows about the existence of oil in the Persian Gulf, and many future oil-rich countries are still living a nomadic and pearl-salvaging life, and it is not too much to say that they are poor, and no one would have thought that in the 21st century, it will be extremely prosperous because of oil, so Ernst has always been a thief here.

With the refueling completed and the driver's ignition started, the world's first car began to run smoothly on the Swaite Palace Square.

"He's moving, there's no smoke like a steam engine!" The crowd exclaimed.

The continuous flow of black smoke from the exhaust pipes of the car was automatically ignored by everyone, because it was nothing compared to the smoke from the steam engine.

As the car accelerated, it finally reached a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, which attracted the applause of the East African audience.

East African state media reporters recorded this historical moment, writing on paper: "A carriage without horses really achieved incredible movement ......"

At the same time, Berlin and Vienna were also holding related performances, but they were more lively than in East Africa.

The Heixingen consortium deliberately designed the car launches of the three countries to be held at the same time, and it happened that Germany, Austria-Hungary, and East Africa were roughly near the East 2nd District, so the time was about the same.

It's interesting to see if all three countries can claim that the world's first car was born in their own country, but it will take some time to find out.

"In addition to building some state-owned car factories in East Africa, Hexingen Bank will also invest in several private car factories, the former to meet domestic demand, and the latter to focus on the international market." Ernst said to Konstantin.

"What's the difference?" Konstantin asked.

"The difference is very big, because our domestic car market is very narrow, and the vast majority of the people cannot afford such luxuries, so it is foreseeable that the demand for cars can only be fulfilled through the government's official car allocation, or those who get high-paid technicians, such people are always in the minority.

And the export part is our big head in terms of profitability, although many countries in the world are poor, but the gap between the rich and the poor, there are many rich classes, such as the Far Eastern Empire, so this part should be handed over to the careful Heixinggen consortium to complete, if it is a state-owned enterprise, they will not consider the cost and profitability issues, so it is enough for them to eat the domestic market, and the international market needs professionals to carry out. Ernst said.

The development of the automobile industry needs to rely on market regulation, if the state-owned enterprises through administrative means to implement, it is not impossible, but the flexibility is certainly not as good as the private enterprises without a moral bottom line, this sentence may not be entirely true, but state-owned enterprises want to compete with private enterprises in this field, then the management must be the top professionals.

"Since you are optimistic about the automobile industry, why don't we build a factory in East Africa directly, and also share a piece of the pie between Germany and Austria?"

"This is because we do not have the ability to eat alone, our industrial system is not perfect, many parts need to be imported, and even if it is domestic parts, the overall quality is very big compared with Germany and Austria, which is why I ask some car companies to be state-owned enterprises, state-owned enterprises orders can at least ensure the development of other industries in East Africa, otherwise it is impossible to compete with the world, and the cost performance is too low." Ernst explained.

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