African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 685: Make the best use of everyone

Ernst told Weimar: "Blacks are important soldiers, especially now that our East African population structure is too young, and there is an important feature now, that is, our East African territory is six to seven times larger than before. Not only that, in the past our core territory was only in the eastern region, but now we also have the central and southern regions, both of which will be threatened by war."

  The main force of the new population in East Africa has actually changed from immigration to childbirth, so East Africa is also facing population pressure, which is a happy trouble.

On the other hand, if a country is facing an aging population, I am afraid it will not be able to laugh. In Ernst’s opinion, such countries are in decline. Of course, this is also the only way for East Africa in the future, unless East Africa does not make any progress, and In previous lives, African countries were always mixed with third countries.

Before the new generation grows up, the cost of raising children in East Africa is quite high. But in the future, when the new generation that has received compulsory education grows up, East Africa’s national strength will definitely explode at some point, probably within the next twenty or thirty years. .

“Your Majesty the Crown Prince, we have registered all workers and updated the data. If there is a conflict, we can ensure that manpower can be drawn from them at any time.” Weimar said.

The update frequency of blacks in East Africa is relatively high, especially in the past few years due to large-scale infrastructure construction, which has caused hundreds of thousands of disabilities and deaths every year, so the data is updated very quickly, which is very distressing for the East African statistics department.

But something must be done. If a black man accidentally overturns the situation, Ernst will have no place to cry.

“For black people, we have no choice but to let them enter the military system. Otherwise, let them work well as migrant workers. We will never be able to stage a Mamluk-style counterattack script in East Africa.” Ernst emphasized.

  Mamluks were slaves introduced from the Arab region to ancient Egypt. To be more precise, they were "slave soldiers." Therefore, these Mamluks took over and became the dominant class in Egypt. This was the consequences of allowing slaves to enter the military system.

The army is a place where people are tempered, and not surprisingly, it is also the place where it is easiest to "turn over". After all, the army values ​​​​military merit more, and the Mamluks achieved their counterattack by mastering military power.

Black people in East Africa may not be able to take this path. After all, it is impossible for East Africa to completely issue "inferior weapons" to the black servant army, and cannon fodder must also have "hands-on" weapons.

In fact, in the previous battles with the African indigenous people in East Africa, there were many "overturned" deeds. Even the indigenous tribes armed with stone spears, bows and arrows could also cause serious damage to the casual army in East Africa, but there was a steady stream of immigrants from the rear of East Africa. , preventing this rare war situation from becoming a common phenomenon.

For example, in the previous life, there were only a few thousand Germans in German East Africa, and some black tribes were able to fight the Germans back and forth.

The most famous one is that in 1905, under the leadership of Kingikitile Nguale, the Maji Maji Uprising broke out in German East Africa on a large scale against colonial rule, and quickly swept through the southern region of German East Africa.

Subsequently, Germany suppressed the uprising in 1907 through cruel means such as famine. However, the Horseman Uprising seriously dealt a blow to German colonial rule and forced Germany to adopt moderate means to manage German East Africa.

 Hence, the strict defense of black people is the political correctness in East Africa, and it is also an important policy for Ernst to govern the country.

Weimar said: "Yes, His Royal Highness, we have never relaxed our surveillance activities on black people. After all, black riots are not uncommon in East Africa. There are dozens of them every year, but they are not common." Well, they are also slaves. Even civilians have people who are dissatisfied with the government. What's more, slaves are not even at the bottom of society. After all, there are cattle and horses in front of slaves. Livestock such as cattle and horses are in front of slaves, and they are also part of a slave society. A major feature.

"Very well, small-scale riots are acceptable to us, but acceptability only means accepting it objectively and factually. This kind of mistake is unavoidable, but there must be no mercy in the follow-up procedures. Those who should be held accountable will be held accountable and punished. Punishment must be imposed, and the relevant personnel and departments must conduct a review and be included in the files as a reference standard for assessment." Ernst emphasized.

This is the same as theoretically all aircraft accidents are man-made disasters. Even the Far Eastern Empire in the 21st century cannot avoid it, let alone a backward country like East Africa. However, in this era, the administrative efficiency of East Africa is already higher than Ordinary countries are much higher.

“Of course, the division of labor must be clear. We don’t need black people to join the army yet, so we must let them continue to stick to their posts and stabilize the production order, especially the two major projects of agriculture and engineering.”

What Ernst has to do is to ensure the stability of national production during the war. After all, war is quite expensive. Many countries with poor financial conditions are facing war, and the future of the entire country is basically affected. Therefore, a country rises from the ruins of war. It is a very difficult thing, especially for those defeated countries.

This has to mention Germany’s heritage. It has experienced two world wars and finally became one of the talkative people in Europe. Therefore, Germany’s unification and accumulation of wealth are unimaginable. What is more important is the accumulation of talents.

Ernst continued: "We want a war not only to deal with the changes in the world since the Berlin Conference in 1884, but also to solve the geographical disadvantages of East Africa, especially the coastlines of the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The incomplete coastlines will both It has caused troubles to the economic layout and development of East Africa, and also made our national defense more difficult."

"Without a complete coastline, many railways and ports cannot be directly connected. Just like the Austro-Hungarian Empire had to concentrate its resources on Trieste after losing the Venice region. Southwest Africa obviously does not have such a population and industry capacity. power, which is not conducive to our trade with the Americas and West Africa."

“Within the Indian Ocean, Mozambique has many excellent ports, and the southern coastal plain of Mozambique can be said to be one of the lands with the best agricultural foundation in Africa. Its fertility and terrain are not inferior to those of the Great Lakes region, and it has excellent ports as a basis to develop export-oriented economic agriculture. It has even more advantages than Somalia. Somalia only takes advantage of the distance. However, with the advancement of technology in the future, the speed of ships will become faster and faster, so that Mozambique’s agricultural advantages can be fully utilized, and the southern territory of Mozambique already belongs to With a subtropical climate, that’s the most important thing.”

"Of course, these are all based on the premise of being prepared for a large-scale war. Once a war starts, we will face the risk of being surrounded from all sides. Although East Africa is the most populous country in Africa, our land area is also As such, our population density is not as good as that of many countries. Under such a vast and sparsely populated country, if the enemy engages in mobile warfare with us with the purpose of destroying East Africa's infrastructure and industrial production capacity, then we have not been able to survive for so many years. The accumulation will be in vain.”

"And our enemies are not weak. If they try their best to mobilize millions of troops, it is possible. Therefore, our army and frontline residents must prepare for war and not be caught off guard."

Of course, there is one sentence that Ernst did not say, that is, East Africa has been engaged in large-scale infrastructure construction since the 1970s, purely to realize the "industrial development plan" in the future, so that East Africa, like the Soviet Union in the past, can seize the opportunity to become a industrial country.

Industrialization requires funds, so the war must not interrupt the production order in East Africa. Therefore, black people, as an important labor resource, maintain the industrial production order in East Africa and ensure the stable growth of East African countries' fiscal revenue during the war. They are the basis for East Africa to accumulate original capital. important means.

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