African Entrepreneurship Record

"Zizzizi..."

There is a lot of noise on the phone, but even so, this is the black technology of the Berlin Electric Company.

In order to make such a long-distance call, Ernst was equipped with 67 sound amplifiers alone. Ernst spent a lot of money to recruit relevant talents from the German region and invited technology bosses. Finally, with the help of Siemens bosses, Ernst gathered all German It took only a few months to overcome the relevant problems.

Compared with Siemens, Ernst's Berlin Electric Power Company was worse than a primary school student, and several important inventions were obtained by trickery.

At the same time, Berlin Electric Power Company also assumes the role of half of Siemens's processing plant, processing some parts after its technology authorization.

Although the Berlin Electric Power Company was so miserable, it also grew into the second largest power company in Germany, with Siemens being the first.

As Ernst said before, the only great inventors in the field of electricity that can be compared with Siemens are Tesla and Edison in the United States (excluding the theoretical giants).

Until the telephone line was laid, all the expenses were almost enough to buy another Alaska. However, such a transoceanic line had basically no commercial value for the Hechingen Consortium.

The entire telephone line can only be used to maintain the conversation between Ernst and Constantine. Its only function is to increase the technical reserves of Berlin Electric Power Company.

Unlike telephone lines, part of the renovated telegraph line can be separated and no longer used as a dedicated line for the East African government. It can also be used for part of civilian communications, but according to the current situation of East African immigrants, there is no need for it.

After chatting for a long time, Ernst and Constantine finally returned to the topic of the army.

Now there is a question in East Africa: whether to disarmament or expand the army. An army of nearly 100,000 people seems to be quite large.

But it seems very small in a land of more than two million square kilometers, but the national defense pressure in East Africa is not great.

The militia alone can form a crushing advantage over the surrounding natives, and it is estimated that they can be evenly matched against other colonists. Of course, this is based on numerical advantage.

But if the enemy comes from the sea, it is not something that the militia can deal with. Those who can fight from the sea must have strong military capabilities. Even the so-called "regular army" in East Africa will probably have a hard time dealing with it.

A large part of the standing armies in the East African colonies actually served as police officers. Almost every city had one, as did some villages and towns.

It is difficult to guarantee the quality of officers in East Africa. Even the students who graduated from the Hechingen Military Academy are, to put it bluntly, soldiers with slightly higher military quality.

Moreover, it was accomplished in a short period of time, and its abilities may not be comparable to those of mercenaries who had been in the Prussian army for many years.

That is, there is a lack of professional officer talents, which is why someone at the military conference proposed learning from Prussia.

Only three current graduates of the Hechingen Military Academy received officer-level education in Prussia, and these three are all one-in-a-thousand talents.

Prince Constantine, who was still in Europe at the time, used his connections to get admitted to the Berlin Military Academy. It was hard to say whether he would be successful in his studies. The number was too small to be used. Moreover, Hechingen was the first to enter the Berlin Military Academy for further studies. Students are still two years away from graduation.

"Father, I think it would be better to separate some soldiers from the army and establish a police agency in East Africa. As for the army, it is better not to expand any more. In the future, we should focus on improving the professionalism and combat capabilities of the troops. East Africa does not need that now. Many armies.”

"The more troops, the better. No matter how powerful Napoleon was back then, he could not stop the siege of the entire Europe. However, the militia in East Africa should be enough, and the standing army does not need to be expanded." Constantine said.

"Then it's settled. Through this military reform, the military power in East Africa will be completely in the hands of our Hechingen royal family, and then we will start reforming the government in East Africa." Ernst set the tone.

The military power in East Africa has actually always been in the hands of Ernst, but that was done through checks and balances. Now that Prince Constantine has arrived in East Africa, it is equivalent to the transfer of the Hechingen royal family to East Africa.

In the past, Ernst himself was afraid that the central government and the military would have too much power. Now it was up to Prince Constantine to reshape centralization in East Africa.

This is also a good thing for the East African government, which can better take over many of the functions originally performed by the Hechingen Consortium.

The previous East African government was really a puppet government. Even the power of statistical data had to go through the employees of the Hechingen Consortium.

Von der Leyen, the former administrative director of the East African Government, is himself an employee of the Hechingen Consortium, and the East African Government is more like a subsidiary of the Hechingen Consortium.

"As for government reform, do you want the government to completely take over all political affairs in East Africa?" Constantine asked.

"It's almost the same, but it still needs to be connected with the Hechingen Consortium. After all, the trade in East Africa is still completed by the Hechingen Consortium."

"Then what matters need to be paid attention to in government reform! What do you think?"

"Father, all existing departments are very important. Although we have to learn from Prussian government agencies to a certain extent, the situation in East Africa is different from Prussia. For example, the disease control management department, its weight cannot be small in East Africa. After becoming the Ministry of Health in the future, we still need to pay attention. As East Africa is a tropical region, diseases and medical care must not be ignored.

The most important thing is the army. The Ministry of Defense must be built, so let Yalman be the Minister of Defense. He is not in good health, so he can be used safely, and his qualifications and prestige in the army are sufficient.

The police agencies mentioned before can also be established in the new government. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also considered a new department in East Africa. You can make up your own mind about this.

However, I do have one candidate that I can recommend, and that is Becker, the official of Mbeya City. You can give this person a try.

He had previously allowed East Africa to take over the Kingdom of Yeke with only 500 guns with just one mouth, so his ability should be pretty good. "

Sweet and Ernst reported on Becker, and Ernst remembered it, so he mentioned it to his father.

However, Constantine still had to make his own decision about the specific situation, because Hechingen, as a country that had existed, had only been incorporated into Prussia for twenty or thirty years, and the members of the Hechingen royal family still existed.

I just don’t know if Constantine brought it with him when he came to East Africa this time. After all, many people had disbanded that year, or had passed away, or had not chosen to come to East Africa.

"I've pretty much memorized the above, but I think the Ministry of Culture can also be established. I happen to have some old friends who can arrange entry." Constantine said.

There is basically no cultural undertaking in East Africa, if the popularization of German is not included, so Constantine wants to strengthen the cultural construction of East Africa. This is also good for Ernst. The royal family of Hechingen has always attached great importance to cultural development. This has been reflected by Ernst. Grandpa started it, and to this day the literati in the Hechingen area have a good reputation for Frederick.

However, Ernst still reminded: "Father, it is okay to promote the development of East African culture, but don't involve it at the ideological level. Just organize more entertainment activities for East African immigrants.

They don't need any profound thoughts. It's enough to honestly support the rule of the Hechingen royal family. We can't put shackles on ourselves. "

"Don't worry about this. I know what to do. I just want to promote and expand traditional German culture in East Africa. Do you think I won't be wary of liberalism?" Constantine said murderously.

The reason why Hechingen was annexed to Prussia was the result of Napoleon's implementation of the French methods in Germany. At least Constantine thought so. In order to prevent the impact of the "mob", Hechingen and Sigmaringen were Prussia was invited to send troops as a last resort.

From that time on, the country Hechingen existed in name only, but the current development of the East African colonies has meant that Hechingen has been resurrected.

The small court in Hechingen suddenly found a way out again. Re-employment in East Africa was a kind of reincarnation.

Moreover, in terms of legitimacy, East Africa seems to be stronger than the homeland of Hechingen. Even the royal family of the Count of Hechingen in Germany has now moved to East Africa, and the East African colonies have become the main body of the Count of Hechingen.

As for the Heixinggen Territory, it has become East Africa's tentacles in Germany and Prussia, and the Heixinggen Territory was originally Prussia's tentacles in South Germany. Things have become interesting.