October 3, 1891.

Port of Dar es Salaam.

"Welcome to East Africa!"

Now, as a member of the world's great powers, East Africa can have a dialogue with any country in the world on an equal footing, and conversely, most countries must have a good relationship with East Africa.

The most eagerness of these countries is undoubtedly Germany's greatest concern for East Africa, and the German delegation to East Africa was personally led by Prime Minister Kaplevy himself.

It is difficult to imagine that the leader of a world power visited an African country before, not to mention that it is now the 19th century, even in Ernst's previous life, it is difficult to see this scene, and it seems that only a certain American president went to his hometown in Kenya to ask his ancestors.

As for what Britain and France basically do not have the majesty of a great power in the 21st century, especially France itself is the emperor of Africa, Paris is the capital of West Africa, and the international status has declined too much compared with the 19th century, but in the 19th century, the status of these countries in Britain, France and Germany is similar to that of the Far Eastern Empire, the United States, and Russia in the previous life.

Of course, it is a bit reluctant to say that Kaplevy is the leader of Germany, although he is the prime minister of Germany, but as a monarchy Germany still has an emperor, so Kaplevy can only be regarded as one of the main leaders of Germany.

Caplivy: "Hello, Your Excellency. ”

"Your Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are very pleased to welcome you." Si Te said politely.

Although the city of Dar es Salaam has a developed economy, it is not the capital of East Africa after all, so the next step is to take a train to the first town of Kaplivi and his party.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Caplivier was very envious, it was rare to be in a high position at such an age, and he had to stay up for so many years to sit in the prime minister's position.

Of course, Sith is not young now, he is just middle-aged, but he is naturally very young compared to Caplivy, and the officials are young, which is a relatively common phenomenon in East Africa.

So much so that the older people in the government, Ernst treated them as treasures, and used them to suppress the anger of the East African government, after all, young people are easy to be impulsive, especially in East Africa, a rapidly developing country.

For example, the dying Minister of Defense, Count Yarman, basically said goodbye to daily affairs, but still sat firmly in the position of Minister of Defense.

Under the leadership of, the German delegation took a brief tour of the city of Dar es Salaam, which as a window city, attracted the attention of German officials.

The city of Dar es Salaam is only a quarter the size of Berlin, but it is also praised by Kaplivy.

"Even in Germany, the city of Dar es Salaam is in the top 10, and it's hard to imagine that this is an African city."

"After more than ten years of development, we are also a populous country in East Africa, and it is not difficult to develop a relatively developed city with the accumulation of population and resources, and Dar es Salaam is not an inland part of East Africa, it was the political center of the Sultanate of Zanzibar in the past, not without an economic foundation, and the city of Dar es Salaam was one of the important commercial centers on the coast of the western Indian Ocean," said Dar es Salaam. ”

"Hehe, Your Excellency, you are too modest, if there was no East Africa, the Zanzibarians at that time would not have been able to create a world big city, and you have not only Dar es Salaam, but also Mombasa, the port of New Hamburg and other cities, the development of East Africa is obvious to all." Captivy said.

He praised East Africa a lot, but in fact, Kaplevy said in his heart that it was a pity that Germany did not pay attention to such a good land in the past, and it was cheap for the Heixingen royal family.

At the same time, a wave of dissatisfaction with Bismarck also came to his heart, and if Bismarck had devoted even a little more energy to the colonial cause, there would be nothing to do in East Africa.

As the new German prime minister single-handedly promoted by Wilhelm II, the political opinions of Kaplevy and Bismarck are not completely opposite, but also incompatible.

Unlike Bismarck's European-centered "continental policy", Caprivi advocated a "new line", that is, to broaden the diplomatic vision of the empire to the world stage, to develop from a continental power to a world power, seize overseas colonies, and expand Germany's colonial empire.

In Caplivi's view, with a little effort, the vast territory and market of East Africa could be used by us, instead of sitting with East Africa and talking about cooperation, as it is now.

Of course, Caplivi only thought about it, and now that the wood was in the boat, Germany had lost the best opportunity to intervene, and I am afraid that its own ties with East Africa were not as deep as those of Austria-Hungary.

But on second thought, the existence of East Africa is not a bad thing, at least for the country. Because if there is no East Africa, I am afraid that this vast area will also be divided between Britain and France, but the existence of East Africa will allow Germany to get a piece of the pie.

And as a non-traditional colonial country, Germany's appetite is not big now, and it is not used to showing off its military power overseas, of course, it is impossible to think of East Africa to spread wild, after all, although Germany's development speed is the first in Europe, it is still not comparable to Britain and France in terms of strength.

This is also one of the purposes of Kaplivi's visit to East Africa, that is, to promote cooperation and exchanges between the two countries and promote the further development of the German economy.

Now what Germany lacks most is the colonial market, East Africa, as an independent country, and one of the great powers, naturally cannot become a German colony, so it can only take a step back, so that German industrial and commercial goods can enter East Africa more smoothly, if possible, it is best for the two countries to form an alliance.

Germany did not cower like Austria-Hungary, and if it could form an alliance with East Africa, it would naturally ask for it, not just Austria and East Africa.

After admiring the city of Dar es Salaam, the German officials boarded the train to the first town, and then the sound of the tall chimneys and roaring machines in Dar es Salaam slowly dissipated.

The first town of Kaplivi held a warm welcome ceremony for the visit, while the East African Guard of Honour held a ceremony to welcome foreign high-level heads of state in their home country for the first time.

Ernst personally received Caplivi at the Sweete Palace for specific negotiations on cooperation.

Ally! Of course it can't be, now East Africa no longer needs to pull tiger skins to maintain national security, and how can an alliance be free and easy, after all, an alliance with Germany will definitely not be dominated by East Africa, and it is difficult to shirk any troubles after the alliance.

Ernst politely refused: "We in East Africa are peace-loving countries, and in Africa we have just experienced the South African War, so making some strategic miscalculations is very likely to cause misunderstanding by third countries, which is not conducive to the stability of the world situation and the economic development of East Africa." ”

The third country can refer to both Britain and France, which has an enmity with Germany, no matter how you understand it, now that East Africa is so "powerful", if it is allied with Germany again, I am afraid that many countries will not sleep well.

As for Ernst's resignation, Caplivi had long expected that the alliance would be in other words a huddle for warmth, and it was obvious that the current diplomatic environment in East Africa did not need to worry about security issues, but an alliance with Germany could drag East Africa into trouble.

For this, Kaplivi felt a little sad, Germany can be said to be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and East Africa's geographical advantages are extremely prominent, and it can be said that it is second only to the United States among the world powers.

Before the South African War, Britain could still rely on Cape Town and the Portuguese colonies to form a certain pressure on East Africa, but after the South African War, the security problem in East Africa has been completely solved, just like the United States today, Canada in the north is not in the climate, and Mexico in the south is completely defeated.

(End of chapter)

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