Chapter 122 Northern Territory Development
February 11, 1868.
Omorat Town is located on the east bank of the Omo River in Kenya, the northernmost immigrant settlement in the current East African colony.
With the full support of the Nairobi government, a large number of immigrants have been sent to settle here in a short period of time. The current population totals more than 800 people.
The Nairobi government organized all the vehicles to transfer the immigrants who docked from Mombasa and traveled westward to Nairobi to the Omorat area.
The poor Nairobi government played a game of chess in East Africa and did not get anything. Instead, it continued to support other parts of Kenya, which slowed down local development.
As the capital of Kenya in the previous life, the city that had the same experience as Nairobi was Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania in the previous life.
Of course, due to the early development of Dodoma, the situation is much better than that of Nairobi. At least it has accumulated enough population. In the early days of Nairobi’s construction, some people were diverted to build coffee plantations in the north. Now, it has not been idle yet. It is also necessary to support the development of the town of Omorat.
The status of these two cities is completely incomparable with that of the previous life. Of course, this is the current status of the East African colonies. The closer the colonies go to the center, the slower the cities develop.
Instead, a large number of cities on the edge of the colony have been fully developed, and Omorat is such a marginal city.
Omorat is the first nail nailed in East Africa to seize the Omo River Basin. In order to get started early, even the local indigenous people have no time to clean it up.
As for why Omorat was chosen as the northernmost city, it is because the geographical conditions here are good, the land is flat and easy to develop.
And then along the Omo River, there are mountains and plateaus, and the development is difficult. Due to the terrain restrictions, the upper reaches of the Omo River can be said to be winding, and it is not enough to describe the Omo River with thousands of twists and turns. twists and turns.
It is no wonder that in the previous life, Ethiopia wanted to build a hydropower station upstream. Its hydropower resources are indeed abundant.
The south of Omorat is close to the Omo River Delta, about 30 kilometers away from Lake Turkana.
Indigenous tribes living in the Omo River Delta live by fishing, so Omorat bypassed the Omo River Delta and chose a place further north to build the town.
This location is very good. Compared with the delta map, it is less prone to waterlogging disasters, and the land is also very fertile. The local indigenous people have no planting experience.
So the land here has never been developed, coupled with the nourishment of the Omo River and the accumulation of thousands of years, both sides are full of fertile land.
The establishment of Omorat Town is the same as the previous East African expansion routine, that is, to enclose the land first, and then slowly invite the original owner of the land out.
The land in the circle has completely become the land of the East African colony itself. Ernst used this trick to circle the entire inland plateau of Tanzania.
Using Mwanza, Kigoma, Mbeya, Karonga... and other large cities surrounding the Tanganyika region (collectively referred to as the inland plateau) as their bases, they separate Tanganyika from other forces.
Then the land in the circle was completely occupied by immigrants, and the Tanganyika area slowly fell into the hands of the East African colonies.
As for Kenya, it was plundered by means of war, so it is not this routine.
Now, the establishment of the town of Omorat has once again demonstrated the most adept expansion method of the East African colonies.
From the moment the town of Omorat was established, it completely separated the various forces in Ethiopia (including the Abyssinian Empire) from the land south of Omorat.
After the establishment and completion of the village stronghold under Omorat, these forces, connections and access to northern Kenya were blocked by the East African colonies.
The vast land (about 500,000 square kilometers) along Lake Turkana has become the possession of the East African colony, which can be slowly digested from the south (Nairobi) and north (Omorat). middle area.
Turkana is a saltwater lake, and there are not many tribes and indigenous people around it. After being isolated and helpless, they can only become lambs to be slaughtered.
The precipitation in the Omo River Basin is between 1500mm and 2000mm, so Omorat in the lower reaches does not lack water at all. In this area, rice can be grown on a large scale to feed the immigrants.
Deserts and grasslands are intertwined, so they are planned as pastures. Pastures are the land use with the lowest economic value in East Africa.
The entire East African plateau has a tropical grassland climate, and there is no shortage of such grasslands. Moreover, there is more precipitation in the south, and the aquatic plants are more lush.
In addition, there is currently a large amount of undeveloped land in East Africa. Even the most densely populated upper coastal area has a large number of grasslands and forests.
So the natural conditions in northern Kenya are not enough at all, that is, for the sake of immigration, the selection of pastures is inclined to northern Kenya.
And grazing is not so easy to do. In East Africa, "armed" grazing is practiced.
Except for the Sahara Desert, which is a truly barren land, almost all areas of Africa are full of wild animals. Even the Kalahati Desert in the south is also a paradise for wild animals.
No matter how bad the conditions in northern Kenya are, the number of animals is indispensable. There are quite a lot of animals such as lions, leopards, and hyenas.
As a large ranch planned in East Africa, the population in northern Kenya is destined not to be too large, and it certainly cannot compete with wild animals in terms of numbers.
While wild beasts would certainly threaten the safety of the animals raised in the colony, there was no barbed wire and electrical grid to separate the two in this era.
Even if there is, it cannot be used under the current economic conditions in East Africa, so what can be used in East Africa? That is the gun in his hand.
The number of guns in the hands of the East African colonies is about a hundred thousand, almost one for every five people.
Carrying a gun to graze is absolutely cheap and safe, and East Africa can produce it on a small scale.
The plan of the East African colony is to select a good pasture first, and then organize personnel to physically eliminate wild animals and wild animals within the range of the pasture.
Then immigrants form grazing groups, each responsible for their own area.
Different from farmers, herdsmen have weapons in their hands, which are used to patrol the pastures and prevent wild beasts and savages from harassing the pastures.
Speaking of savages, the herdsmen are also obliged to capture the savages who break into the pastoral area, and then **** them to the south by the higher authorities.
In this way, northern Kenya is covered by large and small pastoral areas, and the living space of the indigenous people is naturally getting smaller and smaller. If they resist and break into the pastoral areas, they will be arrested by the East African colonies.
The day when Kenya is covered with pastures and plantations, etc., is also the time when the indigenous people will be completely cleaned up.
This is a rough plan for the development of northern Kenya by the East African colonies, simple but effective.
Different from the vast area of northern Kenya, the town of Omorat has its own unique political and economic status.
This is an agricultural planting area, and it borders Ethiopia and goes northwest to Sudan. Its strategic and economic value are very high.
Occupying the area at the same time also has considerations for the future, just like ordinary Americans in the previous life had a headache about the smuggled immigrants from South America.
East Africa will definitely face this situation. People in northern Ethiopia are okay, and many are Arabs or North African whites with light skin.
Ethiopia and southern Somalia are distributed in a large number of pure black people, which has to be guarded against for Ernst, who is committed to cleaning up the black population.
Based on Ernst’s previous life experience, the skin color of blacks is very conspicuous everywhere (except at night). If you want to prevent blacks from appearing in the East African colonies in the future, you can’t just clean up the blacks in your own territory.
It is also necessary to clean up the blacks in the areas near the colonies. Otherwise, the natives in these backward areas will definitely go to East Africa in the future. With Ernst's understanding of bureaucrats and capitalists, they may do anything at any time.
Just like when American politicians gave legal status to Latin American illegal immigrants, it was the people at the bottom of the United States who suffered in the end (the U.S. government also wanted ordinary people to be involved, and Latin American immigrants were obedient, and they could split the unity of the bottom... Anyway, for the top, it is beneficial. There is no harm, but for the lower-level people in the United States, there is no harm but no benefit.)
Anyway, the American people will not suffer. The moths at the top will never suffer. They will only earn more and less. Even if the United States is messed up by them, with the capital and force in their hands, they can open up new battlefields (Run Global).
(end of this chapter)