"Your Highness, this is an urgent message from East Africa!" The telegraph room staff delivered the latest dated telegram to Ernst's office.
Ernst took the telegram and read: "March 1869, Mbeya City, Personnel Officer Becker, Military Chief Merk, dispatched... Yake Kingdom essentially taken, a small portion devoured by neighboring indigenous forces. - Student, Chief of Staff of East African Army, Sivert."
"Well, quite rare indeed! I didn't expect diplomatic talents to show up so quickly. Tom, what do you think I should reward Becker with?" Ernst asked Tom.
"Your Highness, Mr. Becker was born in the Wald region of Prussia, previously served in the kingdom's army and later retired to join your East African colonial efforts. To be honest, Becker isn't young, and likely won't stay in East Africa long. Perhaps we should directly give him and his family substantial bonuses, divided into two parts under accounts at the Heixinggen Bank." Tom suggested.
