African Entrepreneurship Record

This abnormal form of trade is actually a new type of triangular trade. As the First World War progressed, among the two camps, the Allies were okay. After all, Britain and France had a great cause and had colonies behind them to support them. However, the wallets of the Allies were not. Being drained dry by a group of "neutral countries" at a speed visible to the naked eye.

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

Today, the summary of trade between East Africa and the Central Powers is that "anything can be exchanged."

Gold naturally ranks first. According to the judgment of the East African government, a large amount of gold flows to East Africa among the Allies, and most of Russia's gold reserves in the Allied camp also flow into East Africa.

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

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

After all, no matter who is the winner in the European battlefield in the end, the winner will eventually regain control of the European market and drive out countries outside the region 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 the preparations in advance, from 1914 to 1916, East Africa had completely recovered its capital in two years. Not only had it completed the pre-war loans, and obtained a large amount of real money from the two camps.

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

Today, although trade between East Africa and the Allied Powers has dropped significantly due to the obstruction of the Suez Canal and the North Atlantic route, the Baghdad Railway Line can still bring a lot of benefits to East Africa.

However, even so, the Allies are facing tight financial pressure and are struggling to maintain trade on the Baghdad railway line.

Therefore, the East African government's demands for the Allies began to shift from debt and gold to talents, technology, labor, materials and other realizable wealth.

Among them, the realization of labor force is reflected in the population trade between East Africa and the Allied Powers. In order to develop the Southeast Asian colonies and cultivate "Rhine people" in East Africa, white immigrants were needed as a substitute, and among them, female white immigrants were given priority.

In this way, a triangular trade was formed in three places: East Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Southeast Asia.

The local merchant ships in East Africa transported industrial products, food, and strategic materials to Basra, and then sent the European war refugees in Basra to the Southeast Asian colonies. When they returned to the mainland, they brought goods from the Southeast Asian region with them, thus forming a closed loop.

Of course, the scale of the new triangular trade cannot be compared with that of the black slave triangular 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 toward Fao, a small town southeast of Basra, and the road was dusty.

Most areas along the Persian Gulf are basically desert, so the journey from Basra to Fao is no exception. There are no roads at all between the two places.

So the car could only drive on the sand, and the refugees in the car were like pigs, packed into the back compartment.

The raised dust fell on them and got into their mouths, nostrils and eyes. Unlike the heavily armed East Africans, wearing turbans and sunglasses, they had no choice but to suffer.

The speed is very fast. After all, the distance from Busra to Faao is not short. Even the straight-line distance is nearly two hundred miles.

Why Karl's convoy went to Fao is also related to the current situation at Basra Port. The current congestion at Basra Port has reached its limit.

Therefore, the immigration ships arranged by the East African government could only avoid Basra and choose to dock in other areas. The complicated road conditions meant that Karl and his party did not officially arrive in the town of Fao until night.

After several hours of continuous journey, everyone felt thirsty and tired. Karl jumped out of the car and said, "This trip went quite smoothly. We didn't encounter any breakdowns or other problems. At least we didn't need to spend the night in the sand. "

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

A capable East African officer stood in front and said to Karl: "Chief Karl, you are so fast this time. We didn't prepare dinner. I thought you wouldn't be able to come back until midnight!"

Karl said to the officer: "Second Lieutenant Fassi, this time we didn't encounter any problems and the road went smoothly, so we arrived earlier than usual."

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

Of course, this is not because people in East Africa are kind-hearted, but because food can soothe people's emotions. These war refugees from Ukraine are not a factor of stability. After all, they are now in a foreign place, they are war refugees, and they are sold to the Allies like goods. In East Africa, one mishandling can cause big problems.

Second Lieutenant Faxi said: "Of course, let them get off the car 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 uneasy now, but please put your heart at ease. East Africa is a kind country. We can't bear the harm caused by the war in your country, so we decided to help you get out of the sea of ​​suffering..."

Now 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. I can tell you that it is also the land of East Africa. There is no war, no gunpowder, but there is a lot of uncultivated land."

"In the future, you will build a new home there. 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 indeed a sad thing, but you must understand that being away from Russia may not be a bad thing for you."

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

The Ukrainian refugees certainly knew that the Fassi lieutenant was fooling them, but the words of the Fassi lieutenant still made them feel a little relieved.

Apart from 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 ration biscuits are not popular among soldiers on the battlefield, they are still very novel for civilians who first come into contact with this kind of rations.

After all, in Ukraine, they can only eat black bread at most, and although East African biscuits are a bit choking, they are rare desserts made of wheat flour, sugar, oil, etc.

Such expensive things can be given to them by East Africa, which at least proves that East Africans will guarantee their basic life safety.