African Entrepreneurship Record

"Mr. Afonso, how come most of your people are gone?" Merk asked.

Just yesterday, Santos left the capital of Yeke Kingdom with many people.

"It's such a pity that they chose to leave and go to the Kingdom of Kazembe in the south!" Afonso said regretfully, but a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and it was fleeting and no one noticed.

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The hesitant Prince Constantine finally sent Maximilian I's proposal to Ernst via telegram from Dar es Salaam.

After staying in Dar es Salaam for a few days, people from the East African central government have arrived.

"Your Majesty the Prince! How have you been living recently? Are you still accustomed to the weather in East Africa?" Von der Lein, an official from the East Africa Central Committee, asked respectfully.

"Not bad, are we going to the first town today?" Prince Constantine asked.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince informed us to come and greet you. It is not too far from Dar es Salaam to the First Town, but it also takes two days to travel." Von der Leyen said.

The road from the First Town to Dar es Salaam has been repaired and renovated twice and is very smooth. It has been upgraded to a brick and stone pavement. At the same time, most roads in East Africa were still rammed earth pavement.

In fact, if you don't spare the horsepower, you can get there in one day, but Prince Constantine has a distinguished status, so the speed cannot be too fast.

"Your Excellency Archduke Ferdinand, I am leaving today. If there is any news, I will send someone to inform you." Prince Constantine said to Maximilian I.

"Of course, Your Excellency Prince, if it can succeed this time, I will be happy to help." Maximilian I responded.

Prince Constantine and Maximilian I talked several more times, and he found that Maximilian I really had a crush on the navy.

So he proposed to Maximilian I that if Ernst replied and agreed, he could invite him to participate in the formation of the East African Navy.

Maximilian I actually took the bait. In fact, Maximilian I's own idea was very simple. Anyway, the future of East Africa belonged to his grandson (daughter), and he had an obligation to contribute.

Soon, Prince Constantine and his entourage from Hechingen gathered together. Dar es Salaam was just a transit point for this trip, and a team of more than a thousand people marched toward the first town. Go in the direction.

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June 13, 1869.

First town.

The East African government held a warm welcome ceremony for Prince Constantine. The people and officials of the first town all took a day off to welcome Prince Constantine's arrival.

It was also the first time for the residents of the First Town to witness the dignity of members of the actual ruling family in East Africa.

The military band began to play. This time, the First Town was well prepared and did not make the same mistake as Dar es Salaam.

Five officials from the first echelon of East Africa came forward to pay homage to Prince Constantine and introduced themselves. In fact, there are currently six people in charge of the central government of East Africa.

One of them is Von der Leyen who is accompanying Prince Constantine and is mainly responsible for economic work in East Africa. He was the one who went to Dar es Salaam to pick up Prince Constantine to the First Town this time, so he is not included here.

"Welcome to the First Town, Your Majesty the Prince! My name is Arman, the current military commander of East Africa, and one of the first mercenaries to arrive in East Africa. I used to serve in the Prussian army." Arman excitedly told Constantine said the prince.

This was also the second time that Jarman had close contact with a real big shot (the first was Ernst), especially since Prince Constantine was once his boss, although at that time he was just an inconspicuous person in the Prussian Army. Soldiers.

"You served in the Prussian army! Your unit number is..." Prince Constantine and Arman chatted for a while.

"Your Majesty, the Chief of Staff of the East African Army, Sweet, is reporting to you!"

Sweet is obviously different from others, and his academic style is deeply rooted in his bones.

"I remember you. You were a student in the second batch of the Hechingen Military Academy. At that time, all your grades were very good..." Prince Constantine said.

Sweet was indeed an all-around king, so he was remembered by Prince Constantine. Sweet, who had excellent academic performance, was entrusted with an important task by Ernst, who was in urgent need of manpower at the time, and was sent to East Africa, which is currently the ceiling for Chinese immigrants in East Africa.

"Hello, Your Majesty the Prince, I am the director of the East African Agriculture Department, you can call me Wiggins."

"Hello……"

"I am Belred, the director of the disease control management department, from the Würzburg region of Austria."

"Hello……"

The last one is Kalal, who is responsible for major engineering projects in East Africa.

These five people plus von der Leyen are the six carriages in East Africa, which basically represents the current development direction of the East African colonies.

In the past, only von der Leyen, Jarman, and Sweet were known as the troika. Now the six carriages are clearly divided and balanced against government power.

In addition, there are some other important independent departments, such as communications, immigration, etc.

In addition, companies and units affiliated to the Hechingen Consortium are also involved in the management of East Africa, so East Africa is actually ruled by the government and the company.

All in all, the East African government is a mess, and the authority system is chaotic. Anyway, Prince Constantine was dumbfounded.

One moment he was the military commander, the other he was the chief of the general staff. His name was really awesome, even more exaggerated than his position in the Prussian army. Then he came directly to the head of the department. It didn't sound like a formal government agency or job title. , in the end, there is still something going on, and executives of various companies under the Hechingen Consortium in East Africa.

The entire administrative system in East Africa was a mess, as was the army. East Africa was divided into regular armies and militias.

Needless to say, militiamen can be recruited at short notice by giving them a gun, and the regular army has various designations.

Although the East African regular army is divided into eight military regions according to eight directions, the troop numbers in each military region are varied and there is no unified standard.

This is obviously not the level that the East African army should have. Most of the German mercenaries in charge of the army are from the Prussian army, and they still have basic military qualities. The students at the Hechingen Military Academy have also received systematic Prussian-style military education, so under normal circumstances East Africa should directly copy the Prussian army model.

Therefore, the chaotic situation in the East African army is entirely the work of Ernst. The power of government departments has been fragmented, and the army is naturally even more so.

Fortunately, the opponents in East Africa are all indigenous. Even if the East African army is depleted, it will still be several levels better than the indigenous in terms of organizational capabilities.

Although this greatly reduced the efficiency of the army, it made it easier for Ernst to check and balance the power of all parties and prevent the emergence of strongmen other than himself in East Africa.

However, the arrival of Prince Constantine can now end this special situation.

With Prince Constantine taking over the government affairs of East Africa, Ernst can have more energy to promote the construction of some projects in Europe and East Africa.

The arrival of Prince Constantine in First Town also meant that the Hechingen royal family officially entered the East African colony. This will be the center of gravity of the Hechingen royal family in the future, and the Svet Palace in First Town has officially become the center of East African politics.