Chapter 505 Speed Up
There are also water conservancy experts in East Africa, but their number is very small and their professionalism is not as high as that in Germany and Austria. Therefore, with the support of these talents, the construction of national water conservancy projects in East Africa will be easier to complete.
"Your Highness, your plan is a little crazy. East Africa is too large. If we build water conservancy facilities in East Africa according to your requirements, can you afford it in a very short time?"
It is no wonder that the German experts were suspicious. The circles that Ernst drew casually on the map looked larger than the areas of Germany and Austria. These were the main agricultural areas in East Africa.
Ernst explained: "You don't have to worry about this. We have sufficient human resources to support such long-term national engineering construction."
"Well! Your Highness, may I ask, are the citizens of East Africa so resilient?"
Ernst: "You misunderstood. The cheapest labor in Africa is black people. The main force of the construction of this project is also black people, so you can just do it with confidence."
After hearing Ernst's words, the German hydraulic experts curled their lips and said in their hearts: "So he is a slave trader!"
Ernst didn't know what they were thinking, and he wouldn't care even if he knew. As long as he could make East Africa better, what did it matter if he had to bear all the criticism?
Moreover, things like building water conservancy projects can easily have both good and bad results. Take the Grand Canal of Sui and Tang Dynasties for example. Everyone admits that Emperor Yang of Sui was a tyrant and the Grand Canal was indeed a waste of money and labor, but the Grand Canal was enough to make Emperor Yang of Sui an emperor of all ages.
Ernst had no intention of building a super canal of more than 2,000 kilometers. His goal was to improve agricultural production and construction.
However, the German experts were not wrong in calling East Africans slave traders. As two countries without many overseas colonies, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire would not have had the chance to become slave traders even if they wanted to.
After arranging these experts, Ernst, the world's largest slave owner, began to deal with the black army trained in the last East-Portuguese War.
Although the Portuguese-Oxford War was not long, it lasted for half a year. By the end of the war, more than 90,000 black soldiers had been trained in East Africa.
Because of such unstable factors, Ernst originally planned to send them directly to America. However, when he started to operate, he encountered a small problem.
"Your Highness, these black people have been trained by us, and many of them have learned a sentence or two in German. If the Americans find out, it will be a lot of trouble."
"Do Americans care about this? And knowing a few words of German shouldn't get caught!"
"It's mainly our customer base. Many of them are farmers in the western United States, and many of them are of German descent. The black people we sent there before complained that the slaves sold in East Africa had a German accent. Fortunately, they turned a blind eye to it. However, these black people have received military training and know some professional military terms. This may be a problem..."
Ernst nodded and said, "This is indeed a problem. It seems that I still need to carry out some cultural transformation on these natives."
Ernst's words confused his subordinates: "What do you think, Your Highness?"
"Don't disband the black army yet. Find an English teacher for them and teach them English for a month before sending them to the United States. This method can be used for other slaves that are destined to be sold to the United States in the future."
"Well, Your Highness, I have to say that your method is too cruel!"
"Haha, remember, the first sentence you teach them is MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN." Ernst said with a sense of humor.
The subordinates listened to Ernst's arrangements with a strange look on their faces, but what the hell is Make America Great Again?
How can America be made great again? Does it rely on the black people sent from East Africa to North America? But think about it, America's rapid development is inseparable from black people. It is true that black people made America what it is. The same is true for East Africa. Without the efforts of East African black people, East Africa would not have been able to develop so fast.
Seeing the man deep in thought, Ernst said, "Black people are excellent resources, but such excellent resources should go to where they should go. Reasonable things placed in incompatible places are garbage. Therefore, to maximize the role of black people, we should send them to the United States."
I don't know what Ernst meant by this, but his focus is on the word "garbage".
In this era, blacks are indeed a high-quality labor resource. After all, they have been commoditized and have obvious advantages over other races. Colonies of various countries are also competing to introduce them. Only countries like East Africa and Argentina are dissatisfied with the large number of blacks.
For example, the French in West Africa need a large amount of labor to develop plantations, so the slave trade still exists in Africa. Now a slave trade route has been formed within Africa, that is, the blacks in East Africa are sent to West Africa through the West African black forces such as the M'siri regime, and then sold to the white plantation owners in France.
"We need to provide some support for America's westward expansion. I heard that there is a small population there, so we can send them more labor. After all, the price is affordable and the quality is good. Americans should really thank me in the future." Ernst said maliciously.
Of course, the United States alone cannot handle it all. South American countries are also the main slave markets in East Africa. Ernst just wants to see the world's racial melting pot develop further in the future.
In Ernst's view, if American farmers and business owners buy fewer modern production tools and more black people, that would be a victory for East Africa. So even if he loses money every year by shipping black people to the United States, Ernst is willing to do so.
Let's first set a small goal to increase the number of blacks in the United States to 20%. Compared with East Africa, this is indeed a small goal. The number of blacks in East Africa is estimated to be between 40% and 50%.
In 1879, the proportion of blacks in the United States was about 15%. In order to increase the proportion of blacks in the United States to 20%, at least three million more blacks would need to be imported into the United States.
With the addition of three million blacks, the total number of blacks in the United States will definitely exceed 10 million. By then, the total population of the United States should be between 50 and 60 million. The number of blacks in East Africa will also drop by a level, and the total number of blacks in the two countries is likely to be the same.
Ernst's idea for blacks was to use them to delay the development of the United States, and preferably to reduce the number of immigrants from Europe to the United States. After all, blacks in the United States now have no right to education, which means that these blacks can only work in low-end industries.
As long as the United States does not treat black people in the same way as it did Indians, Ernst believes that the United States will develop in the future along the path he has expected, and even more violently than in the past.
Thinking of this, Ernst ordered: "This year we will withdraw 20% of our ships in the Far East immigration business and invest them in the American immigration transportation routes. I want to speed up the development of the United States."
(End of this chapter)
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