This time, East Africa has made a big move, but because East Africa is not doing things under the banner of East Africa in Central and Eastern Europe, at most it has some rhythm, and now everyone is criticizing the Yankees, and by the way, it has diverted the social contradictions under the economic downturn in some countries, but the governments of various countries are happy to see it.

However, for the first time, the Americans really realized that there is still a country in East Africa in the world, after all, it has risen to the level of diplomacy between the two countries, and together with the governments of the Far East Empire, they are putting pressure on the United States.

However, the United States really has no effective way to take East Africa, and in the end it can only strike at the slave ships from East Africa to North America, which may be the largest trade between East Africa and the United States.

However, East Africa did not eat this set, and the slave trade was becoming more and more difficult to do, so East Africa focused on developing the Latin American market.

Moreover, the slave trade did not bring much economic benefit to East Africa, but lost money all year round, so this countermeasure is not painful for East Africa.

To solve the black problem, East Africa has many means, and it is a big deal to directly export it to West Africa at a loss, and the slave plantation owners in West Africa must be very grateful to Dade.

Originally, Ernst did not want to deal with the behavior of the Americans, but this time the United States took the initiative to provoke East Africa, and he could not complain that Ernst would repay it.

After all, the East African people are divided into Germans and "Chinese", and this kind of news that is not conducive to unity will not be publicized in East Africa, as long as they are naturalized, they are "Germans".

That is to say, the generation of East African immigrants is indeed relatively clear, and in thirty or forty years, there will be no such problem at all, and then East Africa will enter the racial state of Brazil in the 21st century in advance, and the mixed race will completely occupy the majority of the country.

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In the midst of the excitement, the Ernst family finally arrived in Spain to pay a visit to the government of Alfonso XII.

"Actually, Ernst, I have wanted to meet you for a long time, and the patronage of my mother and me by your royal family of Hahinden in the first place allowed us to get through the most difficult years, and played a huge role in restoring Spanish orthodoxy."

Ernst's providence made a lasting impression on Alfonso XII, and relations between Spain and East Africa were good.

The most important thing is that the trade between the two countries is also relatively frequent, which is mainly due to the geographical location of Spain, the east coast of East Africa to North America or Western Europe, most of the merchant ships from Northern Europe take the Suez Canal and then pass through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Therefore, the opening of the Suez Canal is definitely a good thing for Spain, just as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is also a beneficiary area of the Suez Canal.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to say that, Spain is an international power, political stability is quite important, you ascended the throne and ended the turmoil in Spain, which is a good thing for the whole of Spain and Europe." Ernst casually complimented.

Alfonso XII's perception of East Africa can be said to be quite good, because the two rivals of East Africa and Spain, the United States and Portugal, are in conflict, and the so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, not to mention the Hashingen royal family, which once helped him.

And there is another point, that is, his wife Maria Cristina is the Archduchess of Austria-Hungary, and Maria Cristina's father is the Archduke Karl of Austria-Hungary, of course, there are many great nobles named Karl in Austria-Hungary.

(Alfonso XII's grandmother was also called Maria Cristina, the Spaniard "Maria Cristina of the Two Sicilies")

In fact, Maria Cristina was the second wife of Alfonso XII, and Alfonso's original wife, Mercidis de Orleans, died half a year after their marriage, leaving no heirs.

And this Maria Cristina son is Alfonso XIII, but Alfonso XIII has not yet been born.

Historically, when Alfonso XII died in 1885, Maria Cristina became pregnant with Alfonso XIII.

The unexpected death of Alfonso XII led to Maria Cristina serving as Spanish regent until Alfonso XIII came of age, and she was very capable and carried out many political reforms, during which Spain as a whole maintained stability and smoothly handed over power to her son.

So Karina and the Austro-Constitutional Grand Duchess also had a few encounters, which made the meeting even more friendly.

Ernst's purpose of befriending the Spanish crown was not simple, it began before Alfonso XII succeeded to the throne.

It is mainly related to East Africa's operation in the Nanyang region, and the Indo-Pacific direction has always been the focus of East Africa's operation, especially in the Nanyang region, and Spain, the old empire, is one of the most important forces in the Nanyang region.

Therefore, the reason for befriending Spain now is that when Spain suffers disasters in the future, East Africa can reap some benefits, especially in the South Seas.

Ernst doesn't know if history will develop the same way as in previous lives, but one thing is certain: if the United States wants to become an influential power in the future, it must choose one of several world powers.

And 100 percent of this great power is Spain, because Cuba in Latin America has always been the most coveted "fat meat" of the United States.

Moreover, since East Africa defeated Portugal, Portugal, the tail of the great powers, was directly disgraced and kicked out of the club of the great powers, if Portugal is a great power, then the Netherlands and Belgium can also call themselves great powers, and the two countries are not necessarily worse than Portugal in terms of area.

And after Portugal was abolished, the goalkeeper of the European powers became Spain, and the persimmon picked the soft pinch first, and the United States will inevitably find trouble with Spain in the future.

At that time, Alfonso XII had died for many years, and the Spanish royal family was orphaned and widowed, and it was a good time for East Africa to intervene, after all, the Ernst character had already been erected.

A good relationship with Alfonso XII would have made a good impression on Queen Maria Cristina, plus everyone was German and had a good relationship with Austria-Hungary.

Moreover, East Africa has its own two strategic fulcrums in the Indo-Pacific region, especially near the direction of the Philippines, Lanfang Overseas Province and the Southern Ryukyu Islands, which just sandwiched the Philippines in the middle, and was Spain's best helper at that time.

As for offending the Americans, it is not worth mentioning compared with the Indo-Pacific strategy of East Africa, and the future of Pacific East Africa will definitely have to intervene.

Ernst actually has no good impression of the Philippines, thanks to the sparse state governance of the Philippines in the previous life, in fact, the conditions in the Philippines are still good, the population of the Philippines in the previous life was more than 100 million, and the population of the Philippines at the beginning of the 19th century was only one million exports, and in these years under the governance of the Spaniards, it has increased to about three or four million.

With a land area of nearly 300,000 and a population of three to four million, it is denser than most provinces in East Africa.

However, there are more than 7,000 islands in the Philippines, which are quite fragmented, and there is one Balabac Island in East Africa, which is an annex island of Palawan Island in the Philippine archipelago.

Balabac Island is an East African colony, with a total population of 237 people, all East African soldiers, and no one else has been found on the island since the East African occupation of the island, except for the occasional pirate.

Balabac Island is a pawn left by Ernst, an important springboard for future plans to make Mindanao, a more sparsely populated island in the southern Philippines.

(End of chapter)