African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1275 New Triangle Trade

This deformed form of trade is actually a new type of triangular trade. As World War I progressed, of the two major camps, the Allied Powers were still okay. After all, Britain and France were big countries with colonies supporting them. However, the wallets of the Central Powers were drained by a group of "neutral countries" at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As the largest economic cooperation "partner" of the Allied camp, East Africa has carefully formulated a series of plans for the Allies to solve their financial pressures.

Today, trade between East Africa and the Allies can be summed up as "everything can be exchanged."

Gold naturally ranks first. According to the judgment of the East African government, a large amount of gold from the Central Powers flowed to East Africa, and most of Russia's gold reserves in the Allied camp also flowed into East Africa.

Britain and France face competition from the United States, and with the expansion of domestic production capacity in the United States, trade between the United States and Britain and France has surpassed that of East Africa since August 1916.

Of course, there is also the factor that East Africa is shifting its trade focus to southern countries. Although trade profits with Europe are greater, compared with trade with southern countries, this is only a short-term benefit.

After all, no matter who the winner of the European battlefield is in the end, the final winner will regain control of the European market and drive out foreign countries such as East Africa and the United States.

However, despite facing fierce competition from the United States in the North Atlantic, Ernst was already very satisfied because of prior preparation. From 1914 to 1916, East Africa had completely recovered its investment in two years. Not only did it pay off the pre-war loans, but it also obtained a large amount of real money from the two major camps.

Moreover, East Africa is currently slightly inferior to the United States in trade with the Allied Powers, mainly Britain and France, but it also occupies a large market share. These market shares will continue to play a role and bring more profits to East Africa until the end of the war.

Today, although the trade between East Africa and the Allies has declined significantly due to the obstruction of the Suez Canal and the North Atlantic route, the Baghdad railway line can still bring huge benefits to East Africa.

However, even so, the Allies faced severe financial pressure and had a hard time maintaining trade on the Baghdad railway line.

Therefore, the East African government's demands on its allies shifted from debt and gold to talent, technology, labor, materials and all other wealth that can be converted into cash.

The monetization of labor was reflected in the population trade between East Africa and the Allied Powers. In order to develop the South Seas colonies and cultivate "Rhine people" locally, East Africa needed white immigrants as a balance, and among them, female white immigrants were given priority.

As a result, a triangular trade was formed among East Africa, the Persian Gulf and the South Pacific.

Merchant ships from East Africa transported industrial products, food, and strategic materials to Basra, and then sent European war refugees from Basra to the South Sea colonies. When they returned to their homeland, they brought goods from the South Sea region, thus forming a closed loop.

Of course, the scale of the New Triangle Trade cannot be compared with the Black Slave Triangle Trade, and its purpose is also different, but there is not much difference in form.

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Karl led a convoy full of Ukrainians towards the small town of Fao, southeast of Basra, raising dust all the way.

Most of the area along the Persian Gulf coast is basically desert, so the area between Basra and Fao is no exception. There is no road between the two places.

So the car could only drive on the sand, and the refugees in the car were crammed into the trunk like pigs.

The dust that was raised fell on them and got into their mouths, nostrils and eyes. They were not like the fully armed East Africans, wearing turbans and sunglasses, who could only suffer.

The car was driving very fast. After all, the distance from Basra to Fao is not short. Even the straight-line distance is nearly two hundred miles.

The reason why Carl's convoy has to go to Fao is also related to the current situation of Basra Port. The congestion in Basra Port has reached its limit.

Therefore, the immigration boats arranged by the East African government had to avoid Basra and choose other places to stop. Due to the complicated road conditions, Carl and his party did not officially arrive in Fao until the evening. After several hours of continuous travel, everyone felt thirsty and tired. Carl jumped out of the car and said, "This trip was relatively smooth. We did not encounter any problems such as anchoring or other problems. At least we did not have to spend the night in the sand."

At this time, the East African personnel from Fao Town had already come out to greet them.

A capable East African officer standing in front said to Carl: "Chief Carl, you are really fast this time. We didn't prepare dinner. I thought you wouldn't be back until the middle of the night!"

Carl said to the officer, "Lieutenant Fassi, this time we didn't encounter any problems and the journey was smooth, so we arrived earlier than usual."

"Since dinner is not ready yet, give these Ukrainians a piece of biscuit to fill their stomachs. They haven't eaten for most of the day."

This is, of course, not because East Africans are kind-hearted, but because food can soothe people's emotions. These war refugees from Ukraine are not a stabilizing factor. After all, they are now in a foreign land, they are war refugees, and they are sold to East Africa like goods by the Allies. If they are not handled carefully, it may cause big problems.

Lieutenant Fassi said: "Of course, let them get off the bus first!"

Then, under the arrangement of the East African soldiers, the Ukrainians on the bus were divided into two sides according to gender. The East African soldiers carried wooden barrels full of compressed biscuits and began to distribute pre-meal "snacks" to these bewildered Ukrainian refugees.

Then, Lieutenant Fassi said in fluent Russian: "Don't worry, we are East Africans. You have been handed over to our government by the Ukrainian government."

"I know you are very worried right now, but please put your mind at ease. East Africa is a kind country. We cannot bear the harm caused by the war in your country, so we decided to help you escape from the sea of ​​suffering..."

Today, the Allies have supported a puppet regime in Ukraine, and this puppet regime is the Ukrainian government mentioned by Lieutenant Fassi.

At the same time, Lieutenant Fassi also began to brainwash these refugees.

"Tomorrow, you will board the Liberty and head to the Nanyang region. Of course, you may not know where Nanyang is, but I can tell you that it is also the land of East Africa. There is no war, no smoke of gunpowder, but there is a lot of uncultivated land."

"You will build a new home there in the future. You should also know that East Africa is a world power that is no less powerful than Russia, so you don't need to worry about your future. After all, even if the situation is really bad, I guarantee that your quality of life in the future will not be worse than in Russia."

"Of course, being away from your homeland is a sad thing, but you have to understand that being away from Russia may not be a bad thing for you."

"Moreover, there are many Slavs in the Nanyang region and East Africa. They also immigrated to East Africa in the past, just like you. As long as you follow the arrangements of our government and guarantee your loyalty to East Africa, you can become glorious 'Rhine people' like your ancestors in the future."

Of course, the Ukrainian refugees knew that Lieutenant Fassi was fooling them, but his words still made them feel a little more at ease.

Putting aside other things, at least the biscuits in everyone’s hands now show that East Africa needs them. After all, they have never eaten this kind of military rations before.

Although military biscuits were not popular among soldiers on the battlefield, they were still novel to civilians who came into contact with them for the first time.

After all, in Ukraine, the most they can eat is black bread, and although East African biscuits are a bit choking, they are a rare dessert made from a mixture of wheat flour, sugar, oil, etc.

East Africa can give them such expensive things, which at least proves that East Africans will guarantee their basic life safety.

(End of this chapter)