Chapter 1281 Tavern
After half a day of handover work, the crew of the Liberty were finally free and rushed to a tavern in Davao City under the leadership of Wilkenitz.
As for those who accept the immigrants, it is the personnel of the Immigration Office in Davao City and the East African military. Davao City is a typical dual-purpose military and civilian port. From here, you can continue to Palau and New Guinea and other East African destinations further east in the Pacific. colony, so Davao City is an important strategic node.
"Edtal, how is business lately?" After walking into the tavern with a vicissitudes of life, Wilknitz asked a middle-aged man who was wiping a wine glass.
"Wilknitz, it's you, my friend. Isn't it easy to see you?" the tavern owner Edtar put down his work and said.
Wilknitz said: "This time I brought you a big business again."
Then he introduced Captain Hilda and others to Edtal, and Edtal greeted them one by one in a friendly manner.
"It's not easy to meet fellow villagers in Davao City. Except for the government and the military, most of the people here are immigrants from nowhere in the world."
"Only sailors from the mainland and Davao routes often come here to spend money, so I won't charge you for the first drink. It's my treat. Of course, I can only entertain you with local drinks. After all, local drinks are not shipped here. It’s still very expensive here.”
Edtar enthusiastically poured a large glass of wine for each of the crew members of the Liberty.
"This is the new bar you developed!" Wilknitz said to his old friend.
Edtar said: "Yes, this is banana wine brewed from local bananas. A sailor from the North Great Lakes Province and I learned from him the brewing method of banana wine in their hometown. So far, it tastes pretty good. "
Banana wine in the North Great Lakes Province is a relatively famous alcoholic beverage in East Africa. The East Africans obtained the brewing method of banana wine from the indigenous people. Later, they improved the formula and production methods and carried out industrial production. It is considered a specialty product of East Africa.
Of course, there are also farmers in the North Great Lakes Province who make banana wine using indigenous methods, which is why Edtar was able to obtain this method of making banana wine.
Edtar said: "Among the agricultural products in Davao City, that is, bananas and coffee are relatively good, so I am using local resources to prepare the wine. The taste is a little worse than the local banana wine, but my degree A little higher, so you can enjoy your drink.”
In the Southeast Asian colonies, East Africa promoted typical plantation agriculture. Of course, there were basically no other agricultural models that could be developed here.
As far as East Africa is concerned, not only planting and plantation agriculture can be developed, but also animal husbandry can be developed. The climate of the Southeast Asian colonies is simpler than that of East Africa. Except for the newly acquired Kra Isthmus territory, which has a tropical monsoon climate, other East African colonies in Southeast Asia have a tropical monsoon climate. The colonies are all tropical rainforest climate zones.
However, the agricultural conditions in Davao City are considered good among the East African colonies in the Nanyang region. Rice can be grown here, and more importantly, the yield is not low. Because there are many volcanoes in Mindanao, fertile volcanic ash like Java Island is formed in some areas. soil.
There are many volcanoes scattered around Davao. For example, Mount Apo, the highest peak in the Philippines in its previous life, is only more than 40 kilometers away from Davao City and its height is close to 3,000 meters.
However, there is no record of an eruption of this volcano. After all, the level of civilization here is too low, and East Africa has only been here for nearly twenty years.
Wilknitz said: "This time our ship was an old-fashioned sailboat organized by the government. It did not bring cargo, but immigrants from the Persian Gulf, basically all Russians."
"Russians? That's not surprising. Davao City has accepted many Slavs over the years, and most of them should be from Russia. After all, except for backward countries like Russia, there shouldn't be many people who are willing to leave their hometowns to develop in colonies." Detar said unceremoniously. Compared with East Africa, Russia is indeed relatively backward, but it has only been in the past twenty years that East Africa has truly left Russia behind.
In the 1980s, the gap between East Africa and Russia was actually not that big. In terms of economy, industry, agriculture, etc., they were only half the same.
Of course, this is mainly when the black slaves at that time are included in the population of East Africa. In fact, the quality of life of East African citizens has been higher than that of Russia for a long time, which means it was relatively worse in the early colonial period.
The main reason for this shortcoming is the living environment. After all, Africa at the beginning of colonization was a truly wild land, and the conditions were not even comparable to Siberia.
After the 1980s, East Africa officially entered a stage of rapid development like a rocket. At that time, East Africa's infrastructure began to develop. Prior to this, East Africa invested a lot in infrastructure, building water conservancy, roads, and railways.
These infrastructure constructions have also completely revitalized East Africa's economy, enabling East Africa to develop mines and realize national allocation of resources, thus boosting the development of East Africa's industry.
By the 1990s, East Africa was already not inferior to Russia in all fields. After all, it was impossible for a backward country to defeat Britain at that time.
After the 20th century, Russia was no longer a rival in East Africa. At that time, the countries that East Africa was targeting had become industrial powers such as France and the United Kingdom, and it was targeting Germany and the United States, the two most industrially developed countries.
Before World War I, the industrial scale of East Africa was basically the same as that of the United States. In the few years after World War I, it surpassed the United States and became the world's largest industrial country.
However, this is based on the fact that the population size of East Africa is larger than that of the United States. Today, the goal of industrial development in East Africa is to continue to expand capacity and begin to pay attention to the development of industrial quality.
Wilknitz said: "This group of Russians are mainly from Ukraine. They are all from the occupied areas of Russia. The disadvantages of the Russian war have even made it impossible for them to protect the safety of their own people. Of course, it is not a problem for them when they arrive in Mindanao. An opportunity."
Edtar shook his head and said: "It is not easy to develop in Mindanao. After all, most of them cannot be placed in a place like Davao City that has already been developed to a certain extent."
"There is a high probability that they will be arranged to settle on the islands in the north of Mindanao. The islands in the north of Mindanao are almost undeveloped. They will probably have to work for a few years before they can enjoy the happiness of their new life."
"The government put them in Davao just to let them adapt to the climate and environment of Southeast Asia in advance and get rid of acclimatization. It is estimated that this period of time is also the most difficult time for them."
Wilknitz said: "Didn't our country develop in this way in the beginning? East Africa was probably better than here. It was also poor and white. It was only after the efforts of several generations that it became possible. East Africa Today.”
Although the history of East Africa is only more than half a century, this time is enough time for many families to update and iterate. The first batch of immigrants to East Africa may have great-grandchildren.
Historical changes have changed beyond recognition in such an inadvertent way. More than fifty years have passed, and the rest of Africa is still the same Africa, but East Africa has become a civilized country, with the population density ranking fifth in the world, second only to India and the Far East. , Europe and the United States, the industrial strength ranks third in the world, second only to Europe and the Americas.
The reason why it is not completely compared with other countries is that the various data in East Africa are somewhat excessive. Just like Russia can be regarded as a continent, East Africa is not far behind. After all, Oceania, the smallest area, only covers an area of more than 8 million square kilometers. Of course, size is not the main factor. Canada, Australia, and Brazil are not small in size. The difference between Russia and East Africa is that both countries have a population of more than 100 million, which is larger than the entire South America.
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