African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1295 Ambassador Baranov
Of course, according to the East African translation, she would naturally be called a princess. After all, as they were both empires, the East African government would not think that the Russian princess was much better than the princess of the Rhine royal family.

Putting aside the Rhine Empire, the Rhine royal family itself is a branch of the Hohenzollern family, and even according to European rules, its status cannot be low.

Of course, it is inevitable that European countries will be somewhat negligent towards the East African Empire in Africa. After all, each country will only judge other countries from its own national standpoint.

A typical example is Vietnam, a former vassal state of the Far Eastern Empire. In the eyes of the Far Eastern Empire, the ruler of Vietnam was at most a vassal king, which did not prevent Vietnam from usurping the throne.

The situation in East Africa is more like Japan in East Asia. From the perspective of East Africa, the country's aristocratic order is different from that of Europe. After all, this is Africa, and European rules are naturally not applicable in East Africa. Moreover, East Africa is not like those European empires, which can be related to Rome.

Japan was in the same situation. Although there were regimes in Japan that paid tribute to the Far Eastern Empire, such regimes were concentrated before the Tang Dynasty and were not representative. After all, Japan was still in the embryonic stage of civilization at that time, with many countries standing side by side, rather than representing a unified Japanese regime.

As for the Tang Dynasty and later, although Japan sent official envoys to the Far Eastern Empire many times, it was only limited to learning. In terms of identity recognition, it did not consider itself inferior to the Far Eastern Empire. This was different from Korea, Vietnam, Ryukyu and other countries that paid tribute to the Far Eastern Empire and accepted the Far Eastern Empire's enthronement to obtain the legitimacy of their regime.

Similarly, although East Africa learns everything from Europe, it has now completely gotten rid of the recognition that East Africa is equal to a subordinate civilization of Europe, especially after the natural demise of the first generation of immigrants.

Although there are still many old immigrants alive in East Africa, compared with the population of more than 100 million in East Africa, this number is completely negligible. After all, for a long time before, the average life expectancy in East Africa was not high, and not many first-generation immigrants could live to this day.

Take Archdukes Ernst and Ferdinand for example, they can be considered living fossils of East African history, but their starting points were different from those of ordinary people, and there are very few first-generation immigrants who live as long as they do.

However, with the development of East Africa and the improvement of living and medical standards, the average life expectancy in East Africa has also increased significantly and is no less than that of European and American countries.

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The Russian Embassy in East Africa is located in the embassy district of Rhine City, where diplomatic embassies from all over the world are concentrated.

Compared with the orderly embassies of other countries, the Russian embassy has been in a state of unrest and tension recently.

"Ambassador Baranov, Crown Prince Alexei, Grand Duchess Maria, and Grand Duchess Anastasia have arrived." Baranov's secretary said to Ambassador Baranov who was busy sorting out various documents on the table.

It can be seen that the table in front of Baranov is piled with various telegrams, newspapers, and documents. The desktop of less than two square meters appears very messy. The luxuriously decorated trash can is also filled with various papers. Some documents even overflow the trash can and crawl to the ground with no one paying attention to them. The whole office is in a mess.

Baranov did not react at all to the secretary's report, but instead concentrated on reading a telegram.

Helplessly, the secretary could only step forward, tap the table lightly, and whisper, "Your Excellency the Ambassador!"

At this time, Baranov finally reacted. Someone came to his side. There was a trace of dejection on his unkempt face, and clear bloodshot could be seen in his eyes.

He put down the documents in his hand, lay down on the chair behind him, and said weakly: "It turns out to be you, Ivan. What happened?"

The secretary could only helplessly repeat the arrival of Alexei and his group.

"Please let them in!" Baranov said, waving his hand.

Soon, Alexei and his companions were brought to Baranov by Ivan. Before they could speak, Baranov said, "Crown Prince and the two Grand Duchesses, I probably know why you are here." Then he sighed and said, "The current domestic situation is not optimistic. You must be mentally prepared."

Even so, Princess Maria asked anxiously: "Uncle Baranov, we first want to know the news about our father and the others. Do you know what their situation is now?"

Baranov shook his head and said, "Now the news from the country, especially from St. Petersburg, has been almost cut off. The rebels overthrew the Provisional Government two days ago, which paralyzed all external contacts of St. Petersburg."

"We only received some unclear and hard-to-distinguish information through some backup channels, and we don't know whether it is accurate."

"Regarding Your Majesty, according to my friend in St. Petersburg, the rebels took over the place where the Provisional Government imprisoned Your Majesty, and they are suspected of moving everyone to other places. My friend couldn't find out more about the situation."

"However, Your Majesty and the others should be safe for the time being. After all, the rebels also have concerns, otherwise they would not have transferred Your Majesty and the others to other places..."

Baranov did not finish his words. After all, the rebels' actions were completely unpredictable, and the possibility of Nicholas II being secretly executed could not be ruled out. However, Baranov was more inclined to believe that the rebels had not made any arrangements for Nicholas II's family for the time being.

After all, according to the rebel party's program and ideology, it was completely reasonable to directly and publicly execute Nicholas II and his family.

Baranov said: "Now it's not just Your Majesty, everyone in St. Petersburg is in danger. My good friends told me through private telegrams that they have no idea what the rebels are thinking."

"However, one thing is certain, that is, the rebels are extremely dangerous. Their idea is to destroy the entire Russian social order, and they are particularly hostile to people like us who have a high status in Russia."

"Moreover, the higher one's status, the more likely one is to be treated with hostility. Many members of the rebels are serfs and peasants, so their mental state is probably not ideal. Facing such a group, no social order or rules can work."

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Russian vested interests like Baranov are most afraid of people like the Russian Labor Party who do not act according to the "reason", "rules" and "laws" they have arranged. After all, this also means that there is no basis for negotiation between the two sides.

Russia's nobles and officials are unable to "set things right" through the state machinery they once controlled. After all, this state machinery has been "smashed" by the Labor Party through violence and is no longer able to function.

In the past, Tsarist Russia or the provisional government that had just been overthrown, the state apparatus of their regimes was characterized by the use of iron-blooded means to eliminate any group that might threaten their rule.

However, this approach was no longer able to cope with the political struggle launched by the Russian Labor Party. After all, the Labor Party had the army and guns, and even the navy's Aurora cruiser was the first to kick off a new round of Russian coup.

Baranov said: "From now on, we need to screen any information from the country, especially you, don't believe any information sent from the country, especially telegrams asking you to return home, etc."

"We must prevent the rebels from forging your Majesty's information and tricking you back to China. If you stay in East Africa, the rebels may be cautious and not cause any adverse impact on your Majesty's safety. Once you return to China, there will be nothing we can do to save you."

Baranov is indeed a close confidant of Nicholas II. Until now, he has not changed his respectful titles for Nicholas II and members of the royal family.

Amid the worried looks of several people, he continued, "Next, you go back to the manor first. I will ask the East African government for help and ask them to strengthen your security."

"Now, the only one we can trust is the East African government. They will definitely not go along with the rebels and sell us out. At the same time, through the East African government, we can also obtain accurate information from the country, and with the help of the East African government, we can contact the royalists in the country and prepare to rescue His Majesty. We can even not rule out the possibility of armed intervention against the rebels."

(End of this chapter)