Chapter 636 Sharing the Pressure
The Hesse Provincial Railway is divided into two parts, one is the northern section of the Central Railway, and the other is the central and western section of the Northern Railway. The central and western section of the Northern Railway has always been a project that Prince Karl has personally monitored.
Now that the railway department has given the go-ahead for construction of the central and western sections of the Northern Railway, Prince Karl is the most excited. After all, this railway is related to the development of the royal territory of Sigmaringen.
So early in the morning, Prince Karl ran to Constantine to ask about the details. As for Ernst, he was still in Europe and naturally could not offer any experience.
"Brother, how long do you estimate the construction period of this railway project will be?" Prince Carl asked straight to the point.
Constantine: "According to past experience, if we go all out, it can be completed in two to three years. However, this railway is very different from previous railways built in East Africa. The amount of work is huge, and now so many projects require people, so I can't give you an exact time, but the Ministry of Railways has given a time of four to five years."
“Four or five years, isn’t that too long?”
"The Ministry of Railways said that the engineering problems are easy to solve, but the main problem is that the railway needs to undergo a lot of testing before it is opened, because the area through which this railway passes is very risky and may face the risk of floods, mudslides and landslides at any time. Therefore, they need to eliminate these safety hazards before the railway is put into operation, which involves the change of some lines, or even major changes."
It is so difficult to build tropical railways, especially those in tropical rainforest areas. The situation in East Africa is relatively good. In the Amazon rainforest, even railways cannot be built. It is more convenient to take a boat directly.
In the past, the edge of the Congo rainforest was much stronger than the Amazon rainforest, and its population was also larger than that of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. However, the basin topography also caused heavy water accumulation downstream, which is one of the reasons why East Africa focuses on developing the edge of the Congo Basin.
"This year, in order to develop the Sigmaringen Royal Territory, we have specially recruited more people from the Far East. This way, we can replace the blacks in the Sigmaringen Royal Territory more quickly. After all, blacks are an unstable factor. Even if they are from East Africa, we are only using them temporarily. Otherwise, the situation will definitely turn against the guests."
Under Ernst's influence day after day, Constantine also agreed with this truth, that is, black people are uncontrollable factors and one should not be blinded by short-term interests.
"Brother, I don't have any thoughts in this regard, but I will definitely take what you say seriously," said Prince Carl.
It is impossible not to agree. After all, the development of the Sigmaringen royal territory now depends on East Africa, so the value concept of East Africa is the value concept of the Sigmaringen royal territory. Otherwise, why would East Africa give up such a large piece of land.
"I am doing this for the benefit of my family. Look at the Americans. Their ancestors probably never thought that one day slaves would rise up and become masters of their own country. The Mamluks in Egypt also became masters of their own country from slaves. This has already happened in many countries in America. Even Haiti has become a black country."
Constantine's words were exaggerated. Although black people in the United States were liberated, they were still far from being able to stand up and take control of their own destiny. Many black people did gain their freedom, but they also lost their livelihoods.
As a result, black people continue to enter the gray and black industries in the United States, contributing to the social security in the United States.
"If they have any special talents, it's fine. But right now, the United States and other countries are in a state of chaos. In the future, black people will only become an important group that tears the United States apart, because they cannot integrate into American society at all, but they play an important role."
"Of course, this has little to do with us in power, but black people are not the ideal ruling class, and they are too uncivilized. After all, American blacks have been growing cotton in America for hundreds of years, while many native African blacks have not gotten rid of the stage of eating raw meat and drinking blood."
If you want to change the living habits and moral concepts of a backward population, the cost will be huge. East Africa is unwilling to pay the time cost alone. Therefore, the simplest and most effective way is to completely eliminate these hidden dangers from East Africa. As the northern barrier of East Africa, the Sigmaringen royal territory must naturally remain consistent with East Africa, otherwise all the work in East Africa will be in vain.
However, East Africa may not necessarily be without the idea of using the Sigmaringen royal territory as a future population reservoir, which will certainly not be a bad thing for East Africa.
As the population of the Sigmaringen royal territory increases, they can completely drive out the local blacks, thus forming an isolation zone in northern East Africa. This is the same as "planting crops to remove weeds in the fields", and it is a long-term solution.
"We have relaxed some immigration restrictions this year, so we may be able to recruit hundreds of thousands more people than last year. One of the purposes is to support the development of your Sigmaringen royal territory," Constantine said.
In fact, this is also because Somalia is short of people for the "Eurasian Fruit Basket Plan", so East Africa has relaxed its immigration standards this year.
Constantine went on to say, "However, there are some things that I still need to make clear to you in advance. That is, the influx of a large number of Chinese immigrants into the Sigmaringen royal territory may not be a good thing. White immigrants must also keep up. We in East Africa are powerless in this regard, so you should ask Carol I to think of more solutions."
"The immigration industry in Europe is in a downturn right now. Actually, other immigrants don't matter, but there is a shortage of German immigrants. Otherwise, I wouldn't be worried," said Prince Karl.
"I have an idea. There are many Germanized Slavs in the southern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As long as you can guarantee the control of the Sigmaringen royal territory, Germanization can be implemented steadily. The most important thing is to form an armed force." Constantine suggested.
During the colonial era in East Africa, it was the army that maintained stability in East Africa and used the army to ensure the implementation of various tasks.
East Africa is now developing with a clear focus on the economy, and its military development is becoming more rational. After all, East Africa is not Germany, which is surrounded by powerful enemies and has France, its mortal enemy, ready to take revenge at any time.
In other words, East Africa is now increasingly transitioning towards a normal country, but the Sigmaringen royal territory does not need to do so and should also focus on military construction.
Now the Sigmaringen royal territory is a primary colony, so it doesn't matter if the ruling method is simple and crude. What's more, the Sigmaringen royal territory faces no fewer competitors than East Africa. It is close to West Africa, France, Spain, Portugal, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands... it is very complicated.
After all, it is the source of the slave trade, also known as the Gold Coast and Ivory Coast. It is the earliest colonized region in Africa and the forces are quite complex. This is why Ernst chose East Africa as the place to start his business, because West Africa is too complicated.
However, the conditions in West Africa are indeed not bad compared to those in East Africa, and there are basically no shortcomings in various resources. If it were not for the mineral resources in Matabele Province and Hechingen Province, the conditions in East Africa would really not be as good as those in West Africa.
Constantine suggested that Prince Karl form an army for the sake of family interests. In the previous life, the French had deep influence in Chad, and East Africa could not always help Sigmaringen defend the home. East Africa itself had a long border and the national defense pressure was not small. They also hoped that the Sigmaringen royal territory would grow and share the pressure.
(End of this chapter)
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