Chapter 231
"According to the current territory, there is so much more land suddenly, and it is also for the rule of the newly occupied land. I think the existing administrative divisions should be reformed." Constantine said.
At present, East Africa has a total of 18 administrative regions, and there are two regions that have not established administrative divisions and belong to military occupation areas, namely southwest (Zambia) and northeast (Somalia).
Of the 18 administrative regions, 17 are in the east, beyond Mbeya, and only one East Katanga district is in the southwest.
Among the 17 administrative regions, the central region and the northern Omorat Special Region are excluded, and the remaining 15 are distributed in the former Tanzania, Kenya and the Great Lakes region.
Konstantin has long wanted to reform the administrative divisions of East Africa. East Africa is vast and sparsely populated, and the eastern administrative divisions are too small. The population of each administrative division is not large, which is a waste of administrative resources.
The most important thing is that the regional changes caused by the expansion of East Africa have made the original region a little unsightly, especially the defense work.
For example, in the south of the border with Portugal, the coast of the Ruvuma River is divided into the East Malawi Lake District and the Lower Coastal District. The two administrative districts should be merged into one.
It can better deal with the potential threat of the Portuguese colony, and the presence of the East Malawi lake area is too weak. With Songea as the center, it is obviously not competitive with Mbeya. Instead, the lower coastal area has a good port of Mtwara. At the same time Ron Roda, the capital, is developing well, and one of the purposes of Mtwara’s port establishment was to serve the East Malawi Lake District and the Lower Coastal District. Therefore, in terms of national defense, economy, complementarity and administrative costs, the two should be combined. Territories merged.
There is also the central coastal area, which has a weaker sense of existence and does not have its own port. It is completely attached to the central area. In fact, the central coastal area is not without a good harbor. The Kilwa Kiswani island in the east was once an East African The most powerful city, its farthest radiating area even reached Zimbabwe, but it declined later, leaving only a group of ancient ruins.
Now there is no idea of developing new ports in East Africa. The current ports are fully sufficient and there are redundancy. However, the Central Binhai District can be merged into the Central District, and the Central District itself has two excellent ports.
There is also a prairie area in East Africa, which is deep in the hinterland of East Africa. At that time, Ernst set it up as an independent region because it is too large, and it can be said to be a paradise for wild animals.
There is also the Upper Malawi Lake District where Mbeya City is located. Looking at the potential of Mbeya City, the Upper Malawi Lake District is too small.
In addition to the above problems, the most prominent is the newly occupied northeast and southwest regions, which are completely white land.
If you want to establish local rule, you can’t rely on military suppression alone, you must establish government departments, and there are not many administrative personnel in East Africa, so if you want to use the small number of administrative personnel, the easiest way is to merge administrative regions in the east In this way, half of the original government staff can be assigned to the newly occupied area. Internal administrative adjustments can free up more administrative staff to invest in newly developed land. This aspect is actually similar to the Meiji government’s approach to Japan Pretty much planning.
But Japan is more extreme than East Africa, because East Africa has a large amount of new land to accommodate these officials, and Japan has the need for centralization (daiming vassals), while East Africa does not.
"Well, the Abyssinian Empire is also a potential threat because of its large size, large population, and long history." Felix said.
"My opinion is completely opposite. The Abyssinian Empire hardly poses any threat to us, no matter in terms of strength or interests. Even if the Abyssinian Empire is as powerful as our East Africa, they will not Conflict with us, now we have the right time and place, plus the German nation is human and there is also, the Abyssinian Empire will not fight us for a pile of bad land in the southern part of the Ethiopian plateau." Von der Leyen said Dissenting opinions were expressed.
The core area of the Abyssinian Empire is in the northern part of the Ethiopian Plateau. After years of infiltration, the Omorat Special Zone in East Africa has gradually completed the war against the Oromo, the Luo tribes, and the Cushites in the southern part of the Ethiopian Plateau. Own the current area.
These are all indigenous tribes, so the fighting power is not very strong, but some tribes are still somewhat connected with the Abyssinian Empire, similar to its vassal states, but after seeing the armed forces in East Africa, Abyssinia educated by the British The empire chose to play dead in its expansion of East Africa, and these subordinate black forces were easily wiped out by East Africa.
East Africa also has no need to continue to expand north. The pure black race has been completely wiped out from the local area, and the skin color crisis in the north has been resolved by 80%.
And the Ethiopian plateau is not an ideal expansion area in East Africa. The altitude of the Ethiopian plateau is one thousand meters higher than that of the East African plateau.
The altitude of the East African plateau is the most livable altitude for humans (scientific experiments have proved that the most livable altitude for humans is between 500 and 2,000 meters). The environment of the Ethiopian plateau with an average altitude of more than 2,500 meters, especially oxygen The content is not suitable for East African immigrants to live in, and it is easy to cause high reaction and make people feel uncomfortable.
This is also the reason why East Africa chose to expand to the southwest. The altitude there is almost the same as that of the East African plateau. Immigrants have almost no altitude sickness, but are very livable. The East African army, which is accustomed to fighting in the East African plateau environment, expands there, just like returning home.
Especially the German immigrants in East Africa did not feel the difference from Europe at all. Most of the German immigrants in East Africa came from Austria or South Germany.
And that area is considered to be a place with a relatively high altitude in Europe, the Alps, the Bavarian Plateau, and the average altitude is about 500 meters.
"Well, it's almost cheap now. If we occupy some areas that are easy to defend, we can stop in the north. The Abyssinian Empire is sandwiched between Britain, France, Egypt, and our East Africa. It is obvious that Britain, France, and even Egypt are against him. The threat is greater, and they will not be so stupid as to offend us." Si Te agreed.
In fact, it is impossible for Abyssinia to be so stupid. The Omo River Basin occupied by East Africa and the southern part of the Ethiopian Plateau are surrounded by mountains and the terrain is steep. this area.
Now in East Africa, as long as some simple fortresses are arranged on some traffic arteries, they are basically not afraid of the threat of the Abyssinian Empire.
Moreover, the Abyssinian Empire has no reason to expand to the south at all, just like the reason for the expansion of East Africa to the upper reaches of the Omo River. East Africa is to protect the upper water source from threats, except that there is basically no economic value in the south of the Ethiopian plateau. Even in the previous life, this region was also the region with the smallest population and the least developed economy in Ethiopia.
"Look at the territory of Egypt, which happens to enclose the Ethiopian plateau in the south. Now is the age of the ocean. The Abyssinian Empire doesn't even have an outlet to the sea. The future development can be imagined."
Already backward, now even the window for foreign exchanges has been blocked. If there was no Italian colonization in the previous life, I am afraid that Ethiopia will be even more backward.
(end of this chapter)