In the previous life, the rubber planting industry has been in a tepid state, of course, it is more limited by the conditions, in other words, this kind of cash crop is more hypocritical, difficult to serve, and limited by geography, high risk.

However, the market demand is very large, and it has always been in a state of short supply, and in Ernst's view, even if it is to expand the scale of cultivation tenfold, it can also be swallowed by the market, because its properties are too superior, and it can replace many materials.

Karina found Ernst's thinking very out-of-the-box and interesting, and she said: "Even in the tire business, I think it should be able to do a lot, after all, this kind of hollow pneumatic tire can be used in many vehicles, even if the carriage is replaced with hollow pneumatic tyres, it is also an astronomical amount." ”

Ernst held Karina's small hand and squeezed it, and said: "That's natural, the mainstream wheels used in future vehicles, if nothing else, many will be replaced with hollow pneumatic tires, which are easy to replace and maintain, improve vehicle stability, and enhance vehicle comfort...... The advantages are numerous. And there are so many horse-drawn carriages in Europe, just this market, the economic value behind it is an astronomical amount, although the future horse-drawn carriage will be eliminated by automobiles, but this time may last at least 30 years. ”

Ernst said that the time is extremely conservative, even in the 21st century, animal-powered vehicles will not be replaced, many countries have a very impressive number of cars, and in some countries and regions in Africa, an eighteen-hand car can be used as a taxi.

Of course, Ernst was talking mainly about rural areas, and when he was working in Africa, there were still a lot of cars in African cities.

But this is only a symptom, because many people who come to Africa to work are basically in cities, and Africa has a very low urbanization rate, the vast majority of the population lives in the countryside, and there are even many tribes in a primitive social state.

However, many people in the Far Eastern Empire still have a heavy stereotype of Africa, purely based on the gross national product, in fact, many African countries are better off than Southeast Asia, and South America is actually half a pound and eight taels of Africa, but the two always feel that South America is richer than Africa, which may be the reason for the existence of a giant country like Brazil in South America, and Nigeria, which has a relatively large African economy, is much smaller than Brazil, but the population is actually about the same as Brazil, all in the early 200 million.

Karina was delighted to hear that Ernst recognized herself, so she asked, "When do you think the automobile will replace the horse-drawn carriage as a very common thing on the street?" ”

Ernst thought about it carefully, East Africa is not easy to predict, because his prediction may be a little arrogant, but it can be extrapolated according to his previous life.

"Europe and the United States should be faster to popularize cars, and I think in the twenties or so of the next century, cars should be seen in many big cities, especially in a few great powers." Ernst replied.

But Karina was not entirely satisfied with this answer, after all, she was now the crown princess of East Africa, so she would like to hear Ernst's prediction of East Africa.

"My dear, what about our East Africa?"

Seeing Karina's interest, Ernst had no choice but to say: "An industry should be able to develop more maturely in thirty or forty years, and now East Africa has grasped the opportunity and taken the lead in the automobile industry, so our East Africa should develop quite well in the future of the automobile industry, even surpassing some European countries." ”

"What exactly is the time?"

Ernst raised his eyebrows and said speechlessly: "If I could know the specific time, then I would not be human, but our East African economy is special, and the early automobile industry should develop rapidly." ”

East Africa has many economic constraints, is not flexible, not suitable for diversified development, but can mobilize more resources, strong coordination ability, very suitable for heap production, anyway, the 19th century people are not very particular about aesthetics, industrial products are more oriented to quality, which is a relatively friendly market environment for East Africa.

Of course, the world cannot be black and white, but black and white, and white and black, so there must be acts of cutting corners, but most of them are caused by sloppy behavior of employees.

"I plan to build a few factories on the coast first, specifically for the automobile manufacturing industry, and now the factories in the European part have been prepared, and many parts suppliers have also been found, so East Africa is still one step slower than Germany, but this is also a helpless thing, after all, we are much weaker than the industrial base in the German region, so we can only come step by step."

Karina: "Then why don't you build a factory in Mbeya?" I heard you say that the industrial base of Mbeya should be the best in all of East Africa, right? ”

Although Karina is the crown princess, she is also very familiar with the national situation in East Africa, because East Africa does not have as many nobles and relatives as in Europe, and there are few banquets and entertainments, so sometimes Karina will also help Ernst with some documents.

"That's true, but the automobile industry is relatively broad, and many of our parts need to be imported from Europe, so it is advantageous to build the factory on the coast, and Mbeya can participate in it, but it is mainly responsible for the supply of some parts, such as tires, which is the advantage of Mbeya.

As for the development of the inland automobile industry, it is necessary to wait for East Africa to make a decision after independent design and research and development capabilities, and we can only accept the technology spillover from Germany in order to get a share of the automobile industry, and let the East African automobile industry get rid of German enterprises and develop independently, which is very difficult and has to take a lot of detours. ”

There is no innovation and R&D capacity without professional talents, and even if the East African automobile industry is directly copied from the German region, it can only temporarily alleviate the problem and cause great waste, so it is better to be on the coast, facilitate the technical exchanges between East Africa and Germany, cooperate and develop collaboratively, and then develop the inland automobile manufacturing industry when the time is ripe.

"And I have other ideas, you just saw a sample of the car, in fact, I pay more attention to the tractor and the truck, two new types of vehicles, these two things have no less impact on the industrial and agricultural production of East Africa than the railway, and the car is a bit flashy now."

Karina knew that tractors, steam tractors were relatively popular in Europe, but they were only popular, because there was no better alternative, and as for trucks, Karina had no concept at all, so she asked: "What is a truck?" ”

You can think of him as an enlarged version of a car, or as a horse-drawn carriage with a bucket, an ox cart. The horse-drawn carriage that pulls people is very luxurious, and it also has a carriage, and the animal-powered car that pulls goods is not so particular, and the truck is almost this function, but his power source is somewhat similar to that of a car, as long as you refuel, you can pull goods, and the load capacity is very large, although it is not as good as the railway, but it is more flexible than the railway, it does not need rails, it can run on flat ground, and it has a strong military function, it can be used to transport troops or pull weapons, military supplies, all in all, it is a very important thing. ”

Karina has a general idea in mind, but the specific effect will not be known until the finished product comes out in the future, unlike tractors, steam tractors are very similar in appearance to later tractors, which can be used for visual reference.

(End of chapter)