African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 98 Travel
Maximilian I, who was dawdling in East Africa, was not a person who could live at leisure by nature. After living a boring life in Mombasa, Maximilian I planned to plan a tour of East Africa.

In Europe, Maximilian I's family knew that he was staying in East Africa through Ernst, and they thought about calling him back, but Maximilian I was born with a stubborn temper, and he couldn't bring back even ten cows. kind of.

The current mental state of Maximilian I is estimated to be similar to that of Xiang Yu who committed suicide in Wujiang - facing Jiangdong's elders without face.

At the beginning, he refused to listen to the persuasion, and despite the opposition of the whole family, he decided to go to Mexico to realize his life ambitions and values, and ended up in jail.

So Maximilian I made up his mind to stay in East Africa for three to five years, until people forget that they are going back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

If it is nothing to worry about, Maximilian I would like to live in East Africa for the rest of his life, but Maximilian I is a dutiful son. Although he is a bit willful, he does not want his mother to be heartbroken. I went back to visit.

Although he felt decadent because of his failure, after arriving in East Africa, Maximilian I still sent several safety letters to his mother to avoid her worry.

As for the others, brother, father, Maximilian I asked Queen Sophie to say hello to them in the letter.

My most beloved daughter, Maximilian I, can't take it with me at the moment. When I went to Mexico, I was worried about the situation and environment in Mexico, and my daughter couldn't stand it at such a young age.

I stayed in Austria and let my mother take care of it. After all, the living environment and educational conditions in Austria are first-class.

Now that I am even more downcast to exile in East Africa, naturally I can't force too much.

On the contrary, Queen Carlotta, who was asking for help among European countries, after receiving the news from Habsburg, knew that her husband had escaped, and planned to come to East Africa to reunite with her husband.

Originally, Queen Carlotta was very indignant when she heard that the Queen Mother Sophie had arranged a marriage for her daughter without the consent of herself and Maximilian I.

No matter who is engaged, as a parent, it is natural to decide the fate of your daughter. Although I am also a political marriage, I and Maximilian I are true love. Queen Carlota was still Charlotte of Belgium at that time. The princess, but she fell in love with Maximilian I, who was not outstanding.

And the Belgian royal family is not bad in Europe, and it matches the Habsburg family, so the two have not experienced any obstacles. In this era of Europe, it is definitely a perfect marriage.

The relationship between Maximilian I and Queen Carlota was very good, but the bad thing was that the pursuit of the two was too high, and they finally fell into the quagmire of Mexican politics.

After hearing that it was her future son-in-law who saved Maximilian I, Queen Carlotta's affection for this son-in-law whom she had never met before greatly increased, and her previous impression of Ernst was changed.

Can organize a group of people to go to Mexico, thousands of miles away, to rescue a big shot like Maximilian I from the local government.

Naturally, there is nothing to say about his ability, and this Ernst's political sensitivity is also strong (actually from the perspective of God), otherwise he would not be able to save Maximilian I, too early or too late, and the opportunity may be missed.

Stealing people from a big country like Mexico (after all, there were not many independent countries in the world at that time) required courage, wisdom and responsibility.

Ernst can not hesitate to offend the Mexican government in order to save his father-in-law (in fact, the Mexican government is still kept in the dark), and he will not treat his daughter too badly in the future.

Queen Carlota, who knew her husband's location, couldn't wait to go to East Africa to reunite with her husband. Although the environment in Africa was rumored to be relatively harsh, Queen Carlota could not be scared.

After all, Mexico, like East Africa, is a plateau country in the tropics, and the environment in East Africa is no problem for Queen Carlota who lived in Mexico.

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Port of Tanga.

In the Tanga sisal processing factory, the sound of machines roared.

Maximilian I imitated the movements of the workers with great interest, waiting at the exit of the machine, sorting and arranging the scattered sisal fibers.

"This factory should be the largest factory in East Africa?" Maximilian I asked the person in charge of the factory.

"Your Majesty, you are right. At present, sisal processing is a rare industry in East Africa that uses machines. With the spread of colonial sisal planting, the scale and prospects of sisal processing in East Africa will be very impressive in the future."

"How about the wages of the workers? How long are the working hours?" Maximilian I asked.

"That's right, Your Majesty, our workers are mainly immigrants from the Far East, where labor costs are relatively low, so the wages are not high (almost none), and the working hours are about six to ten hours a day."

The person in charge did not lie. The time of the sisal processing plant is like this. It is not a conscience, but the supply of sisal raw materials is relatively tight at present (there is no good harvest yet, so the stock for use), and the coal mine in Mwanza has not yet been supplied. Coal is still imported from Europe, so the energy supply for the machines is not secure.

However, it won't be long before the first batch of sisal planted in the East African colony will mature. With the development of the Mwanza coal mine, the Tanga sisal processing plant will definitely have to work overtime to produce sisal products.

Maximilian I, who didn't know the way to do this, went on to say: "It looks pretty good, but most of the employees here are Chinese? Didn't it mean that there were also immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to East Africa? I saw many of them in Mombasa. Why are there so few immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in this factory?"

The person in charge complained psychologically. On this condition, how dare you fool the immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire?Many of the Austro-Hungarian immigrants had never worked in a factory. The meager wages paid by the East African sisal factory would be accepted by the Austro-Hungarian immigrants.

"Most of the immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire were farmers, so they were not keen on industry, so more immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire would choose to continue farming." The person in charge told Maximilian I.

"Oh, what a pity. Modern industry is a symbol of civilization. At present, all European countries are vigorously developing industry, and East Africa should not underestimate industrial development." Maximilian I sighed.

"Your Majesty, you don't worry too much. His Royal Highness Prince Ernst also attaches great importance to industry, but East Africa can be said to be poor and white, without even agriculture. Only with a good agricultural foundation can we build industries better. For example The Tanga sisal processing plant is a factory set up to cooperate with the sisal planting industry in East Africa. If the East African government does not plant sisal first, this processing plant will have no value in existence, and there will be no development prospects in the future. So we must first do a good job in agriculture This foundation is the development industry of future talents." The person in charge said to Maximilian I.

(End of this chapter)