Chapter 437 Cholera and Shady
Vicious competition is bound to happen. This kind of thing is very common during the economic crisis, and it is not even a problem. Some countries have already prepared their troops for war when they encounter an economic downturn. Ernst will not name him specifically. .
Since 1870, East Africa has begun to change its previous efforts to cultivate food crops and instead vigorously support the development of cash crops. In essence, East Africa's food crops are enough to support national development, and there is indeed not much oil and water as food prices continue to fall. Food production security is particularly important to a country, which is why East Africa has always strongly supported food production while reducing its support for cash crops.
In addition to the monarchs from various countries, many countries from outside Europe also participated in this exposition. For example, King Nassirdin of Persia traveled thousands of miles to meet him. The excuse was to participate in the "Vienna World Expo", but the actual purpose was just to see Princess Sissi. , this matter soon became a joke among the monarchs.
The World's Fair was a good occasion to show off, but Ernst was not interested in participating, mainly because of the sudden outbreak of cholera in Vienna.
The main transmission channels of cholera are water sources and bacteria. Ernst naturally knew it very well, but he didn't need to shout about it to the whole world. He didn't understand these things. No one would believe him if he told him. The propaganda within the company and in East Africa was about the same.
Facts have proved that this cholera is not an isolated case. India, Southeast Asia, the Far East, the United States, and Europe are all hardest-hit areas. For example, Gorky's father died of cholera this year.
On the contrary, East Africa seems out of place in this worldwide cholera. After all, East Africa is the country that attaches the most importance to health in the world.
In addition to this reason, the closure of East Africa has also blocked the spread of foreign diseases in East Africa. As a country of immigrants, East Africa has still maintained measures to disinfect and isolate foreign immigrants in port areas for many years. Foreign epidemic diseases most affect the coastal areas of East Africa.
The 19th century is often called the "century of cholera", and cholera became the "world disease of the 19th century." Therefore, according to the perspective of later generations, the world in the 19th century was not a livable place.
There is no cholera in East Africa because of drinking boiled water and paying attention to hygiene. However, there are many other diseases in East Africa. Over the years, malaria, an old friend, has been with East Africa the longest and most frequently.
To eliminate malaria, it requires the efforts of generations. East Africa is now used to coexisting with "malaria". However, although malaria is the main epidemic disease in East Africa, the actual outbreak rate is much lower than other countries at the same latitude, and it is at the same level as temperate countries. The same level, lower than subtropical and tropical regions.
Just as the Soviet Union used state power to fight the cold in Siberia, East Africa also used state power to make great efforts in health care.
Mosquitoes and flies are called "the most useless things" in the East African Kingdom. The power of the Ministry of Health extends from the center to the grassroots, becoming one of the most important departments in East Africa.
It can be said that the current health service in East Africa is completely different from that in Africa in the past. In the 21st century, Africa was the most serious region for cholera in the world. But now, during the most serious period of cholera in the world, East Africa is at the lowest level.
There is one country (region) exception, and that is India. Almost every cholera pandemic in the world has not escaped, and it has always been the hardest-hit area. This is still the case in the 21st century, and it can be regarded as one of India's stubborn diseases.
Many monarchs came to support the event, the cholera epidemic, and the economic crisis all cast a shadow over the Vienna World's Fair, but they still could not stop people's enthusiasm for this event.
In fact, the biggest negative impact on the Vienna World Expo is that hotel and restaurant owners in Vienna have increased prices indiscriminately. No matter how enthusiastic they are, their wallets are quickly drained. Some people who came to Vienna with great interest to participate in the exhibition are enjoying the enjoyment of the unscrupulous businessmen in Vienna. After receiving "preferential treatment", they fled Vienna one after another.
"At this expo, East Africa won a total of 441 awards, just one more than the United States, ranking 11th in the world. The United States and Turkey tied for twelfth. However, the official personnel sent by the Far East government, the British Bao La Protested to us that we stole their award.”
"Well, why?" Ernst asked.
"Your Highness, some of our East African exhibit products originated in East Africa, so there are many similarities, which is why there is controversy."
"So that's what happened! Don't pay attention to him!" Ernst said.
It’s easy to understand why there are exhibits in the East African exhibition area that overlap with the Far East, because some East African products do originate in the Far East, such as tea and handicrafts. With so many Far Eastern immigrants immigrating to East Africa, some craftsmanship has always been passed on to East Africa.
If Bao La was willing to protest, let him protest. Ernst was sure that no one would pay attention to him, because many of the judges in this World Expo were "his own people."
If the exhibits from East Africa and the Far East are the same, then the jury will definitely award the prize to East Africa. In fact, the victims are not only the Far East, but also Japan and North Korea. Ernst bought a lot of good things from both countries.
If some crafts and products from the Far East were unintentionally brought to East Africa by immigrants and developed, then Japan and North Korea were copied and pasted directly through the initiative of the East African government.
As for why only Bao La protested to East Africa, it was because he, a British man, naturally looked down upon East Africa's behavior.
In fact, the Japanese people who participated in the meeting almost had their back molars chewed out, but they were afraid of the West and did not dare to express it. They mainly stayed patient.
"Koizumi-kun! You see, this exhibit is clearly our Japan's Yosegi joinery. Now if we change the name, Zimbabwean woodcraft appears openly here, and it is said that it is a skill mastered by the indigenous tribes of Zimbabwe. This is obviously shameless. Plagiarism, the most disgusting thing is that their exhibits won awards, but our art work didn’t win anything.”
"Guisan-kun, maybe it's really just a coincidence. After all, the world is such a big place, and some things are so incredible."
"Koizumi-kun, don't deceive yourself. The Yosegi joinery is a coincidence, so is the folding fan also a coincidence? The style of this East African folding fan is obviously Japanese. They don't even bother to modify the painting on it! And I didn't guess at the material. If it’s wrong, the texture is unique to Japan, and they might even buy the fans directly from Japan, then change the name and directly participate in the exhibition.”
This is a misunderstanding of East Africa. How could it not be changed? It is impossible for East Africa to exhibit exhibits that have no mass production value. Only East Africa will exhibit them if there is a market.
Is there a shady story at this World Expo? The answer is yes, and the shady story is very big. More than 90% of East African exhibits have won awards, even surpassing the United States. This kind of thing would be impossible without a shady story.
As for Austria's preference for East Africa, it is because Ernst is now a guest of the Austrian government. Simply solving the problem of excess steel has greatly eased the pressure on the Austrian government.
For this reason, the Austrian government and the Habsburg family gave Constantine and Ernst many medals and honors, and the Hechingen enterprise received many of the same titles.
So it makes sense that the judges at the World Expo favored East Africa. In fact, the Hechingen Consortium won more than 700 awards at the World Expo. This part was not counted for the East African Kingdom, but for Exhibits from Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Austria ranks first with more than 6,000 awards, and Prussia ranks second with more than 5,500 awards (Historically Austria 5991, Prussia 5066).
It’s telling that Austria is number one, so it’s understandable that the East African Kingdom follows suit.