African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 830 Reservoir

“The current population of Sigmaringen is about 700,000, while the white immigrants are less than 50,000 and the Chinese are more than 600,000.”

“You in East Africa are doing everything in front. We in Sigmaringen can’t recruit many Germans at all, and even Romanians don’t have a strong momentum to develop in Chad.”

 No wonder Prince Carl was excited. Although he complained a little, Ernst could better understand Prince Carl's mood. The main reason was that the money was so exciting, because now the royal territory of Sigmaringen has begun to "profit".

 Sigmaringen has invested in the Chad region for several years, and now the royal domain of Sigmaringen has become quite large.

Of course, the royal territory of Sigmaringen cannot be compared with that of East Africa, but it also plays an important role among the colonies around the world. Its area alone reaches nearly one million square kilometers. Compared with the African colonies of Belgium, Italy and other countries, Not even a little bit bigger, only East Africa, France, and the United Kingdom can overwhelm the royal territory of Sigmaringen in Africa.

Backed by a big tree for shade, and with the support of East Africa, the most powerful country in Africa, Sigmaringen has achieved benefits unimaginable by many countries with only minimal investment.

The largest investment is the western section of the East African Northern Railway, but the bulk of the northern railway is mainly borne by East Africa, so Sigmaringen can be regarded as borrowing from East Africa.

After the completion of the Northern Railway, the population of the Sigmaringen royal family increased dramatically, and a large number of immigrants passed through the East African Northern Railway and finally entered the Chad region.

Of course, as Prince Karl said, the main problem in Sigmaringen is that it is difficult to absorb the German population and can only eat leftovers from East Africa. Currently, the government of the royal territory of Sigmaringen even has many East Africans as officials.

Prince Carl said: "Well, it looks very good, but the transportation in the royal territory of Sigmaringen is a flaw. Chad is located in the interior of Africa, too far from the sea, and much of the land is actually desert. If it were not large enough, Coupled with the abundant water supply provided by Lake Chad, perhaps Chad cannot even compare with the colonies of Belgium or Italy in Africa.”

There is no way to do this, because the immigrants to Sigmaringen are mainly immigrants from the Far Eastern Empire, so the experience in managing the Chinese will naturally be handed over to the royal territory of Sigmaringen by the East African government.

Ernst naturally had some basis for what he said. At that time, the royal family of Sigmaringen was much stronger than the royal family of Hechingen. Sigmaringen itself was much larger than Hechingen and had a developed economy. Later, Sigmaringen was even more prosperous. With the help of Napoleon III, he won the rule of Romania and almost became the new master of Spain.

Ernst said: "Uncle Karl, the development of the royal territory of Sigmaringen is indeed quite unexpected. If the Berlin Conference had not divided the colonial pattern of West Africa in advance, maybe Sigmaringen could also copy the achievements of our royal family in Hechingen. The glory of eastern and southern Africa, but you entered Africa too late. If it had been more than ten years ago, I believe it would have been stronger than East Africa now. "

Therefore, Sigmaringen went to Africa to develop colonies more than ten years earlier, and it may not be worse than East Africa. Of course, the theory is just a theory. Ernst’s greatest wealth is actually the experience and knowledge from his previous life. Without these as a basis, East Africa would not be the same. It is possible that with such rapid development, a single method of malaria transmission, without Ernst's intervention, would cause big trouble.

From an environmental point of view, Chad is not favored by Ernst, but it depends on who you compare with. The natural conditions in the southwest of the Italian Red Sea Colony are indeed good, but other areas are mostly desert. As for the Belgian Congo It also has a green desert and tropical rainforest climate.

Of course, these two places crush the royal territory of Sigmaringen just from the point of having ports. Of course, with the current support of the Northern Railway, the transportation gap between the two sides is not obvious, such as the Port of Pointe-Noire in Belgium. Although the natural conditions are good, the degree of development is extremely low.

Italy is better in this regard, because Italy is a country with an overflow of population. With a population, there will be certain economic support. Therefore, the current development of Italy's Red Sea colonies is good, especially in the past few years since the truce with the Abyssinian Empire. Has developed rapidly. The Kingdom of Italy has invested far more in the construction of the Red Sea Colonies than in its previous life. It is really regarded as local construction. If the Red Sea Colonies become independent in the future, they should be considered a good-sized country in Africa.

The current number of Italians in the Red Sea colony is estimated to be between 7 and 8 million, which is the same as the royal territory of Sigmaringen, which has greatly alleviated the social conflicts in the Kingdom of Italy.

Ernst: "The most important thing Sigmaringen should do now is to actively contact the German Cameroon colony. However, the Cameroon colony is only in the coastal area. It is estimated that it will be very difficult for the two to communicate with each other."

The colony of Cameroon is the fastest way for Sigmaringen to gain access to the sea, and its biggest advantage is that Cameroon is a German colony. Nowadays, the three royal families of Hechingen, Sigmaringen, and Prussia have actually achieved success in their respective fields. Not a bad result.

The Hechingen royal family established the East African Kingdom, dominated southern Africa, and secured its position as a great power after the South African War. Sigmaringen held Romania and the Sigmaringen royal family's territory, with a land area of ​​more than one million square kilometers, and a ruling population of Million level.

At this time, the Hohenzollern family was unprecedentedly powerful, and culturally, everyone was German. Of course, Sigmaringen was a little special. Romania had its own history and national cultural characteristics, and it was the main body of the royal domain of Sigmaringen. The population is also mostly Chinese.

However, in these two areas, Romanians have a good impression of Germany, while the royal territory of Sigmaringen is completely dominated by German culture.

It’s just that the German population of Sigmaringen was so small that Prince Karl had to go to the Swet Palace to complain to Ernst.

Of course, Ernst himself didn't care about this, because he positioned the territory of the Sigmaringen Kingdom as a population buffer zone. It didn't matter whether it was white or Chinese, as long as it was not black and green, the population was acceptable.

 Ernst was deeply impressed by the refugee crisis in Europe and racism in the United States in his previous life. Therefore, for the future development of East Africa, it is better to take the initiative and actively build a population reservoir around East Africa.

This is also an important reason why Ernst could tolerate and even support Italy and Belgium's colonies in northern East Africa. If no country colonized northern East Africa, Ernst himself would conquer the surrounding areas, and then initiate a wave of enfeoffment to establish a non-black peace Green countries are used to block direct connections between North Africa, West Africa and East Africa.

Furthermore, allowing Italy and Belgium to do this can also maximize efficiency. Although the two countries are not large, their populations are not small.

East Africa itself has a large number of undeveloped areas and is unable to expand to West Africa and North Africa. Moreover, territorial expansion to these two places will easily arouse hostility from the international community.

Take Tsarist Russia as an example. A large area of ​​frozen soil and extreme cold in the east was not effectively developed in the 19th century. If this part was removed, the core area of ​​Europe would only be a few million square kilometers. Moreover, the land conditions in the European part of Tsarist Russia were also very poor. Not so good. Regions such as Ukraine and Poland still have risks of independence.

If the territory is really more effective, the United States and East Africa are definitely more hated than Tsarist Russia. This can be seen from the development and population migration of East Africa. It can be said that except for Southwest Africa, other regions of East Africa have conditions for agricultural development. Even the Congo Basin has Most areas are suitable for agricultural cultivation, but there is so much good land in East Africa that there is no need to develop areas with poorer conditions.

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