Chapter 633: Unarmed arms dealer

Kenya is located in a tropical monsoon region, with plains along the coast, plenty of rain, highlands in the middle, and deserts in the north.
Because of its abundant mineral resources, it was included in the rule of the Austrian colonial government a few years ago, but only the coastal plain was developed, and other areas were ruled by name.
Kenya borders Somalia in the east, Tanzania in the south, Uganda in the west, Ethiopia and South Sudan on the north, and the Indian Ocean on the southeast.
Because of its unique geographical location, Kenya's local business and trade suddenly flourished after the Second Ethiopian War broke out.
A large amount of supplies flow into Ethiopia from here every day. The Ethiopian army can persist until now, and this trade line is also very successful.
Nuevo Sartu itself is just a colonial stronghold on the border between Kenya and Egypt. Thanks to the trade prosperity brought by the war, it has already become a small town.
An ordinary manor in the east of the city is the stronghold of the Austrian arms dealer Sanders.
At this moment, a young man broke in pantingly: "Mr. St. Dells, the big deal is not good! It has just been reported that the British tried to use diplomacy to sever our trade with Ethiopia."
The middle-aged man in a Chinese suit sank and immediately responded: "Maus, say slowly, the sky has not fallen down."
Calming his mood, Maos said: "It is said that because the front line was blocked, the British army was unable to make breakthrough progress, and domestic public opinion was under too much pressure.
A week ago, the mean British sent a diplomatic note to the Vienna government asking us to cooperate in cutting off Ethiopia's trade line.
However, they are still relying on the guardian of free trade, and they have encountered a little trouble, and they want to break free trade, which is just ... "
Sanders interrupted: "Okay, I know what's going on. Sit down for a cup of coffee first. It's not that serious."
Maos puzzled: "Why are you? Mr. St. Dells, if the Vienna government agrees with the British, our trade will not continue!"
Money cuts like killing parents, the British cut off their trade lines and cut their money.
Now that the world has been divided up by the colonial empire, and the arms dealers are having a hard time, it was difficult to run into a big war, and they were not allowed to send a sum. Maos had enough reasons to be angry.
St. Dells patted Mauss shoulder: "Calm down, Mauss. Remember that as a qualified arms dealer, you must keep calm at all times.
Things are not as bad as you think. Even if the Vienna government agrees to sever trade with Ethiopia, will our trade be broken? "
Maos asked uncertainly: "What do you mean-smuggling?"
Compared to normal trade, smuggling undoubtedly greatly increases the risk and is caught in a homeless property that is usually punished.
Sanders said coldly, "Know what's going on, why do you need to say it? From Kenya to Somalia, our border with Ethiopia is so long. How can we block it?
Even if the government can do it, why should they help the British?
I guess the Vienna government can't wait to let this Ethiopia play for ten or eight years. As long as the colonial government will definitely release water, can the British still run to our territory to fight against smuggling?
In contrast, I worry more about the lack of money in the Ethiopian government. In the first two trades, they took out a large amount of physical objects as collateral, which has explained many problems. "
Smuggling is just the basic operation of arms dealers. The real legitimate arms dealers are very few, usually with a government background.
If ordinary arms dealers would not smuggle, they would not survive the cruel international competition.
As a leader among arms dealers, Sunders naturally knows when to legally trade and when to smuggle.
Maos asked uncertainly: "Mr. St. Dells, do you mean that our trade with Ethiopians is coming to an end?"
As a partner, Maos knew very well how difficult it was to find a purchasing partner.
If the Ethiopians run out of money, the business will naturally end. Arms dealers do not do charity, everything starts from interests.
Sundells nodded: "From the current situation, it should be a few months. In theory, we can also accept Ethiopian land mortgages, but the risks are a bit high."
Territorial payment of goods, this is the common practice of European colonists since the beginning of colonization when their own strength was insufficient.
Maos instantly came to his senses and was able to be sent out by the family to engage in the arms trade. Of course, he was not a fool, otherwise he would not be eligible to become a partner with the old and sly Sandals.
After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Mr. Sundells, do you want to transform into a colonial businessman?"
The arms trade these days is not as profitable as later generations, and the arms dealers are naturally not as dedicated. Whatever business makes money, it is usually done.
In addition to engaging in the arms trade, Sundell also does overseas trade, for example: selling native products from the continent of Africa, or selling them from local industrial and commercial products.
These businesses have many competitors, and their profits are far from the rich arms trade, which can only be considered part-time.
Sundell laughed: "No?"
"Of course not, it's just a sudden. Now colonial merchants are not easy to do, especially inland colonies, many of them are losing money." Maos explained
Sundells shook his head: "It is precisely because of losses that there is opportunity. If the profits are really rich, they have been snatched out by the big men, and we can't even drink the soup.
Originally, I was going to pay for a colony. Unfortunately, those colonial companies were too cunning. Obviously, it was a rotten land that required a sky-high price.
I can only venture on the idea of ​​Ethiopia, and my appetite is not big. A few thousand square kilometers of land is enough.
With such a small amount of land, the British must have no intention to care about us. Local indigenous people are not the problem, the biggest trouble is that it is difficult to make a profit.
However, this is only temporary. Land resources are non-renewable, but the population is constantly growing, and sooner or later they will reflect value.
Ten years ago, Kenya was still a barren land, and now has 800,000 immigrants. This number is still growing at a rate of 13% per year.
Of course, this is caused by the immigration policy. This growth rate can only be maintained for four or five years, and it will slowly decrease later.
However, this is enough. It is very likely that the population of Kenya will exceed 2 million in ten years.
Areas close to Kenya will also benefit from it. As the meeting point of the British and Austrian colonies, as long as they smuggled goods to the British colonies, it was enough to recover the operating costs of the colonies.
How is Maos interested in joining? If the British-Olympic conflict breaks out in the future, we may still be nobles. "
Moose frowned, and he had uttered countless times deep inside. Located at the junction of the two colonies, once a conflict broke out between the two countries, it would immediately become a battlefield.
Want to make money? Let's live before we talk! Most of these adventurers ended up losing their money.
At the height of the British-Olympic conflict that year, thousands of people died on both sides of the conflict each year. In the end, the British population was insufficient and could not stand the dispute that ended.
Even so, the border between the two colonies is now the most dangerous area. Many killers and more goods, as long as they go to the opposite side to be safe, not too many cross-border crimes.
Mauss refused: "Sorry, Mr. Sanders, I need to invest too much resources in this matter, I can't decide."
Sundells was not disappointed. He wanted to work with the family behind Maos, not this one.
It doesn't matter if the cooperation is not successful. There are too many aspiring second-generation youths in Austria. Sundels thinks that eloquence is still good. Few collaborators are not a problem.
This is a grass-roots sorrow. It took more than two decades for St. Dells to have the capital to join the colonial wave. Unfortunately, the best time was long missed.
Even now, he has to find collaborators. By his own power alone, the mature colonies were barely managed. In such border areas, not enough force is not enough.
Including the arms trade, he chose to cooperate with Mauss, that is to use the network of contacts behind each other.
Sundell said generously: "It doesn't matter, this matter is not anxious. If you want to get a colony from the Ethiopians, you must also wait for the other side to run out of water. It is still early!"
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