After the wedding, there were many matters for Ernst to handle. The progress of railway and factory construction was generally steady, while the supervision of canal and river modifications was Constantine's responsibility.
"Your Highness, this is a telegram from the Northern Province. According to local government reports, a locust plague has broken out in the neighboring Wassangali Sultanate."
Ernst took the telegram and read it: "Ah, this matter! Let me see, hmm, desert locusts, old friends indeed."
Calling them old friends was hardly an exaggeration. In a previous life, Ernst had dealt with these desert locusts. Of course, much of the issue was exacerbated by the excessive hyperbole of the internet, making these locusts seem like an incurable disease, which left Ernst, who was working in Tanzania at the time, rather speechless.
