Being too close to these relatively developed cities in East Africa made Klein feel that the Belgian colony was just like a large rural area, which in fact barely even qualified as that. Although immigration has brought so progress to agriculture in the Belgian Congo, overall, the situation of vast lands with sparse population remains a severe problem.
Of course, if we only compare Black Horn City instead of the entire Belgian Congo, the situation would be much better. As the core of the Belgian Congo, the population of Black Horn City has developed to over one hundred thousand, making it a city of considerable scale.
The developnt of Black Horn City was actually influenced by East Africa as well. East Africa’s new western developnt has also provided opportunities for the developnt of Black Horn City, with a large amount of goods from the Belgian Congo Colony transiting through Black Horn for export into East Africa.
Of course, this is also related to Belgium’s fundantal strength as a dium-sized industrial power. Even without East African influence, Belgium could have developed Black Horn City; East Africa mainly serves as a driving force.
Guman said to Klein: "Governor Klein, everyone has more or less seen the sights of Bangui City now. Let lead you to the city governnt hall, where Ambassador Maurice has been waiting for quite so ti."
Governor Klein nodded, saying: "Alright, maybe after the eting we can take a tour around Bangui City."
Then, under Guman’s arrangent, mbers of the Belgian delegation boarded a convoy organized by the official East African governnt, heading towards the city center.
The Belgians ca to Bangui City this ti because they were invited by the East African governnt. Not only Belgium, but the Southern German Kingdom and Germany were also invited, as East Africa planned to hold an international eting in Bangui City.
As the capital of Ubangi Province, Bangui City has always been the economic and political center of East Africa’s northwest, as well as a transportation hub and a center for regional cooperation exchanges.
To the north is the Southern German Kingdom, and to the west is Germany’s Caroonian colony. After the Second Moroccan Crisis, France agreed to cede Gabon to Germany, so the area of Germany’s Caroonian colony has expanded considerably. Apart from East Africa, the Southern German Kingdom, and Germany—the Three German Kingdoms—there is only the Belgian Congo Colony to the west.
East African envoy Maurice is hosting discussions in Bangui City, exploring regional cooperation with the governnts of Southern German Kingdom, German Caroon, and Belgian Congo.
With a smile, Maurice said to everyone: "Welco to Bangui City. The main reason for inviting you is to strengthen trade and cooperation between East Africa and your countries. I believe you can already see from Bangui City itself the strength of East Africa in this region. If our four countries unite, we can accelerate regional developnt and safeguard each country’s interests in Africa."
Bangui City may not seem particularly extraordinary within East Africa nationwide, but compared to other regions in Africa, it definitely qualifies as one of the few large cities.
As one of East Africa’s northwest political and economic centers, Bangui City currently has a population exceeding 280,000, which is not a small number, even when placed in Europe.
The construction of Bangui City appears particularly outstanding in contrast to surrounding countries or regions in East Africa, with nurous high-rise buildings, railroads, highways, ports, and complete transportation facilities. Various factories are basically all in place, and automobiles are a common sight on city streets.
At this ti, Bangui City could be considered a relatively developed dium-sized city in Europe, in contrast to the Southern German Kingdom, German Caroon, and the Belgian Congo, which seem as if they are in undeveloped territories.
Although each country’s colonial activities have introduced many new things into their respective territories, the main activities are still centered around agriculture and mining. Additionally, population shortages make it difficult for their territories to achieve the rapid developnt seen in East Africa.
Therefore, East Africa also hopes to demonstrate its strength through the developnt of Bangui City, thereby leading the proceedings of this eting.
The Governor of Germany’s Caroonian colony, Xavier, was not as reserved as the mbers of the Southern German Kingdom and Belgian delegations. He asked Maurice: "Ambassador Maurice, please just tell us directly what your country plans to accomplish with this eting!"
Maurice had so initial understanding of Xavier. As the Governor of German Caroon, Xavier effectively implented Prussian-style colonial policies locally.
Born from the Junker class, Xavier could be considered sowhat of a soldier, conducting iron-fisted repression and military governance in Caroon. Of course, other countries’ colonies generally operate similarly, but Germans are relatively more rough in their approach.
Maurice did not keep them in suspense. He said to Xavier: "No problem, in fact, the purpose of organizing everyone together for this eting in Bangui City is quite clear, and that is to discuss the cooperation and developnt plans of the four countries in Central Africa."
Central Africa refers to Central Africa, including forr Caroon, Chad, Gabon, both Congos, the Central African Republic, Angola, and other vast regions.
Currently, this region is occupied by East Africa, Germany, Belgium, and the Southern German Kingdom. Therefore, the East African governnt decided to use Central Africa as a model to conduct preliminary exploration, extending the boundaries of its economic developnt and establishing an economic circle led by East Africa.
Governor Klein asked: "Then what specific plans does East Africa have?"
Maurice replied: "The position of Central Africa is quite important, serving as the land route connecting East Africa and West Africa. It is also adjacent to the Gulf of Guinea. Moreover, we can say that East Africa and West Africa are the essence of the African continent, south of the Sahara. Therefore, in Africa’s economic developnt, Central Africa, connecting our nation with West Africa, becos particularly prominent."
"Therefore, our East African intention is to jointly develop Central Africa with your countries and thus promote infrastructure and economic developnt there, establishing an economic cooperation organization for Central Africa to better facilitate each country’s developnt and maximize everyone’s interests within a unified frawork."
Maurice’s answer clarified East Africa’s real intentions to the representatives of the other three countries present. Belgium is quite interested; with this cooperation frawork, they understand East Africa respects Belgium’s interests in Africa. As for the Southern German Kingdom, it has always stood alongside East Africa.
Only the Germans are temporarily undecided. East Africa wants to lead Central Africa’s economic efforts—isn’t it possible for Germany too?
If East Africa didn’t exist, relying on Germany’s national power might still have a chance, but without East Africa, Germany wouldn’t prioritize Caroon as much. Like in the past, once war breaks out, Germany could abandon overseas colonies at any ti, focusing all efforts on the European battlefield.
Therefore, after so thought, Xavier realized Germany definitely couldn’t stop East Africa’s actions, nor was there any need to. This actually served as a beneficial developnt for Germany.
After all, Germany doesn’t have the capability to develop Caroon. Thus, it cannot profit from the Caroonian colony. If East Africa’s involvent could achieve developnt, this would be quite favorable for Germany.
East Africa is different from Germany; as the local authority, East Africa has significantly lower developnt costs for surrounding areas. After all, for Germany to develop Caroon independently, it must import everything from the holand, raising costs incredibly high. The most critical issue is that apart from East Africa, the other three countries don’t have sufficient populations.
Due to the tropical rainforest climate, Central Africa’s population has never been abundant, and Xavier’s militarized governance has consud quite a bit, so Germany simply lacks enough manpower to develop Caroon.
Therefore, after further consideration, Xavier expressed his agreent, although the matter still required dostic consultation, and Belgium felt the sa. Only the Southern German Kingdom was an exception.
The Southern German Kingdom itself was supported by East Africa, so cooperation between the two has never been interrupted.
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