Chapter 148: The Great Wall of Population
Population reservoirs must not be built within the country, and generally speaking, population reservoirs are cities and villages.
For example, the city continues to absorb the young and strong labor force in the countryside, so as to continuously obtain a steady stream of low-end industrial population and promote the sustainable development and prosperity of the city, because under normal conditions, the natural population growth rate of the city itself is low, and when it develops to a certain stage, there is a high probability of negative growth without introducing foreign population.
The aging of the population and the degradation of low-end industries are fatal to urban development, and the same is true for the country, of course, low-end industries are dynamically developed, after all, technology will progress over time, and the original industries will become low-end industries.
Of course, the solution is also very easy to solve, that is, the introduction of foreign population, or the real realization of machines to replace manpower, but Ernst, a person in the 21st century, knows that even in another century, it is impossible to achieve the replacement of manpower by machines, if it is really realized that machines replace manpower, then the world should be realized, and this kind of utopian society, pessimistic estimates are likely to be impossible to achieve in a few hundred years, and even human beings will never be able to realize.
Therefore, when formulating the national policy of East Africa, Ernst will mostly refer to the problems of human society in the 21st century, and try to delay the occurrence of similar problems in East Africa in the future.
For example, if East Africa can become a developed country in the future, there will naturally be a labor shortage, and at that time, there is a high probability that East Africa will introduce foreign population, or it will be like Russia, which will lead to a declining population and sluggish economic development.
Or, like Europe, introduce refugees, but refugees are a double-edged sword, which will have a huge impact on European culture, social order, and the lives of people at the bottom.
On the one hand, Eastern Europeans naturally respect Western European civilization, and the quality is high, and they can perfectly integrate into Western European society, while the Arabs, a civilized population that is in conflict with Christianity, are obviously difficult to integrate into European society, at least at the cultural level, even blacks are a little stronger than Arabs in this regard, but people have spiritual cleanliness, and whites naturally look down on other colored people.
The same was true of Ernst as a layman, and his experience in two lives led him to be prejudiced against people other than Germans and Chinese.
Therefore, the countries bordering East Africa in the future must be non-Arab white or yellow countries, so as to build the great wall of population security of future East African countries.
For example, the Abyssinian Empire was only barely passing, barely acceptable in terms of skin color, and culturally it was a branch of Christianity, otherwise Ernst would not have allowed such a state to exist in terms of personal feelings.
Of course, if East Africa's attack on developed countries fails, the probability of population growth in the future will not be too high, because East Africa has achieved relatively good results in the popularization and promotion of basic education, and with the fermentation of time, a group of people who do not live according to the ideology of the ruling class will be "awakened" in the future.
These are unavoidable problems, so Ernst's plan is a compromise, since the future population problem of East Africa cannot be avoided, it is also necessary to introduce an ideal group of immigrants in line with the "values" of East Africa.
This is an important reason why East Africa, such as the Sigmaringen Crown Domain, supported the construction of colonies, which are the "reservoirs" of the future East African population.
If these "reservoirs" were not built, it was clear that the rulers of East Africa after Ernst would not be able to stop the population infiltration of North and West Africa.
Of course, that's all Ernst could do, and the later rulers of East Africa couldn't solve the problem, so they couldn't control it, anyway, they were all buried at that time.
As for believing in the wisdom of future generations, Ernst doesn't believe a word, the problem is easier to solve in the embryonic stage, and it will only get more and more serious with the development of time, and in the end the tail will not be lost, and in the end the system can only be reinstalled, and if the system reinstallation fails, then there will be no then.
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Of course, Ernst buried these thoughts in his heart and did not reveal them, after all, his own ideas are not necessarily politically correct.
"Uncle Karl, if East Africa in the future, the Sigmaringen royal territory, and German Cameroon can be connected, the problem of the access to the sea for the Sigmaringen royal territory will naturally be solved."
At this time, Bismarck had been kicked out of German politics by Wilhelm II, so Cameroon, as a German overseas colony, would definitely get a "big" development.
Therefore, Ernst was also considering whether the Cameroonian colonies could be included in the "German" sphere of Africa in the future.
Because Ernst was not optimistic that Germany would be able to hold Cameroon, if a war broke out in Europe, Cameroon would most likely be handed over to the Sigmaringen crown or East African trusteeship.
Even if Germany does not give up Cameroon, there is a high probability that it will become independent in the future, after all, Cameroon is about to catch up with the current German area.
Obviously, the Europeans of the 19th century did not understand this, and even after the Second World War, Britain and France thought that they could continue to dominate the colonial countries until they were beaten by the United States and the Soviet Union.
Prince Karl said: "Of course, Leopold has already communicated with Wilhelm II on my behalf, and Wilhelm II supports us on the issue of public access to the sea. ”
At present, Sigmaringen's spokesperson in Germany is Prince Leopold, the eldest son of Prince Karl, who still holds a key position in the German army, so Prince Leopold has also become a liaison between Sigmaringen and Wilhelm II for direct dialogue.
"But aren't you interested in Cameroon?" Prince Karl asked.
In fact, the northwestern part of East Africa is not far from the colony of German Cameroon, and if East Africa has the idea, it is entirely possible to open a passage to the Atlantic Ocean directly through German Cameroon.
Of course, Prince Karl asked, the main thing is that he hopes that East Africa will take the lead in building a railway or road to the coast of Cameroon.
Because in Africa, with the exception of some countries in North Africa and Cape Town, only East Africa can do it.
Neither the German colony nor the Sigmaringen Crown has the capacity or the population to do so.
Ernst shook his head and said: "Now our East Africa is mainly focused on the south, and we are completely unable to do other things, and even our population feels that it is not enough, and the area of the newly occupied area is not small, and it has hardly been effectively developed during the Portuguese and Boer periods. ”
"Take the Boer Republic, for example, they are not even as well built there as the current Sigmaringen royal domain, only Bloemfontein is barely a city, and the Kimberley is actually managed and invested by the British, and there is no difference between other areas and large ranches."
Hearing Ernst's troubles, even if Prince Karl is old, he is a little "jealous", and he wants this kind of trouble!
He knew the population of East Africa, which was more than 70 million (including blacks), and in terms of native population, East Africa was only after the Far Eastern Empire, Tsarist Russia, and India.
Ernst is still too small in population, and when the construction of southern East Africa is completed, how many people should there be, hundreds of millions before, maybe by the end of this century, the population of East Africa will directly exceed 100 million, Prince Karl thought.
Of course, in Ernst's view, there is still difficulty, he is not as optimistic as Prince Karl, after all, East Africa will continue to eliminate blacks, and excluding blacks, it is nearly 20 million people, and ten years is not enough for population iteration, so it is still difficult for East Africa to break through 100 million people in this century.
(End of chapter)
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