Chapter 344 Indian Ocean Capital - Dar es Salaam
August.
Dar es Salaam.
Dar es Salaam is as lively as usual today, although most ships choose to go directly to the Far East from the Suez Canal, which poses a serious challenge to the strategic position of the East African coast.
But the Suez Canal also shortened the distance from Europe to the coast of East Africa, and the ships under the Hexingen Ocean Trading Company were launched one after another, making the East African coastal waterway continue to prosper.
With the help of the five fulcrums of the Far East, Middle East, Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe, and East Africa, Hexingen Ocean Trading Company has developed into the world's leading large shipping company.
The four major businesses of grain, industrial raw materials, industrial products and immigration support the Hexingen Ocean Trading Company to become the largest shipping company in Germany and even the world. It has four independent large shipyards (including Trieste Shipyard, Hamburg Shipyard, Venice Shipyard, and the Bagamoyo Shipyard that has just been put into operation), has 73 ocean-going ships and 254 sailing ships, which exceed most countries in terms of single tonnage.
Although Hechingen Ocean Trading Company should be split into two parts, one part belongs to Germany and the other part belongs to Austria, but its real service target is East Africa.
The field of civil ships in East Africa is basically zero, so the Hexingen royal family company is the only one, and it is a super-large monopoly organization that has developed in advance.
The vast majority of monopoly companies in the world have just taken shape. For example, the American Standard Oil Company established last year. It broke out completely after the economic crisis in 1873 in the original history. The most unique existence.
In fact, the Heixingen Consortium has another predecessor, that is, the British East India Company, which is similar to the Hexingen Consortium, but the Hexingen Consortium is more comprehensive.
From its establishment to the present, the Hexingen Ocean Trading Company has not actually made much money, and sometimes even lost money. On the one hand, it has continuously invested in shipbuilding and acquisition of ships. On the other hand, it often operates at a loss because of the needs of immigrants in East Africa.
However, there is no doubt that without the Hexingen Ocean Trading Company, there would be no East African Kingdom today, and even East Africa could become a German business leader in the Far East because of the Hexingen Ocean Trading Company.
A large number of German businessmen established connections with the Far East government through the Hexingen Ocean Trading Company, and German capital developed rapidly in the Far Northeast.
After all, the Hexingen Consortium still has a local area to develop in East Africa, and its main focus is on East Africa, and the Far East market will fall sooner or later, so it is better for its own people to control the market.
Among them, the Austrian businessmen are the most active. Ernst became angry when he thought of this. When he asked them to invest in East Africa, they searched one by one. The northern industrial belt invested in several small factories, mainly distributed in Mombasa. A medium-sized textile company settled in Nairobi, and the Austrian-driven northern industrial belt plan in East Africa basically existed in name only, and the Hexingen consortium itself took over in the end.
But their attitude towards the Far East changed immediately. Everyone knew that the Far East was a good place, but the Austrian government did not have the ability, nor the energy and willingness to support the development of its businessmen in the Far East.
So when East Africa gained a firm foothold in the Far East, many Austrian businessmen gathered around the Hexingen Consortium. When they needed official support, they would first choose the East African embassy. After all, their minister stayed in Japan, and even his shadow Can't see it.
The same is true for the Germans. Although Germany attaches great importance to the Far East, its interests in the Far East are too small, so it is difficult to compete with Britain, France, the United States, and even the Netherlands.
Many of the Germans in the Far East are from the former northern states of Germany, and their forces are scattered. That is, now that Germany is unified, they can be considered as a whole.
This is also the reason why the Hexingen Consortium has become the business leader of the three countries in the Far East. The foreign capital injection in the Huaihai Economic Zone is also jointly funded by the business groups of the three countries.
The actual proportion of the Hexingen consortium is less than 20%, of which the Far East government and its non-government groups account for 40%, and the rest is divided by Austria and Germany, about 45%. Austrian businessmen alone accounted for more than 30% of the total, making them the largest investor group in the Huaihai Economic Zone.
Under the Westernization Movement, the Far East government also actively invested in government-run enterprises, but they were basically concentrated along the Yangtze River and the southeast coastal areas. The North was forced by the East African Kingdom to set up a "Huaihai Economic Zone".
In fact, the best condition in the north is the Zhili area. The economy, population, and transportation are more advantageous than the Huaihai Economic Zone.
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With the completion of the urban renovation, the entire city of Dar es Salaam has taken on a new look. Although many merchant ships no longer pass through Dar es Salaam due to changes in the world's main waterway, some sailors and businessmen on the coast of the Indian Ocean will still pass through Dar es Salaam because of the inertia of consumption. Choose to spend in Dar es Salaam, or even call for friends in the city of Dar es Salaam.
Personal needs can also be greatly satisfied. Japanese dance halls and foot-washing cities can be found everywhere. As for whether it is formal or not, it is hard to say.
The only shortcoming is that spiritual contraband is not sold here, but sailors can carry it by themselves. As long as it is within the scope of the foreign commercial area (formerly open area) and does not spread to East Africans, then no one will control it.
There was a saying in the previous life: "The most profitable business is written in the constitution." Dar es Salaam got involved in two of the most profitable businesses at one time.
In addition to the above-mentioned businesses, the hairdressing industry in Dar es Salaam is unique in the Indian Ocean. After Ernst awakened, he deeply felt the backwardness of the European hairdressing industry, so he specially developed a manual hair clipper. This is the only one created by Ernst. I registered the patent (Geely razor).
East Africa has to clean up and disinfect the immigrants who landed every day, including hair care.
So the barbers in East Africa have sufficient experience, coupled with the blessing of advanced tools, the hairdressing industry in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa is very developed. And the sailors on the Indian Ocean, every time they come to East Africa for consumption, they will go to the barbershop to get their hair and beard done.
The barber in Dar es Salaam has become a world-class Tony teacher recognized by Indian Ocean sailors, and his professionalism far exceeds that of Europe and the United States.
At the same time, Dar es Salaam is also the capital of commodities along the coast of the Indian Ocean, where a full range of commodities are gathered here, and everything is available for basic necessities of life.
People from the French colony of Madagascar, the British colony of Cape Town, the Portuguese colony of Mozambique, and the Sultanate of Zanzibar will choose Dar es Salaam or Mombasa for shopping.
The catering, hotel and hotel services in Dar es Salaam are also the top and high quality along the entire Indian Ocean coast.
Bringing together eastern and western food, full European-style architecture, complete and top-notch living environment, and elegant service, it attracts many wealthy Arab businessmen and colonial officials to gather here.
The tavern is also one of the most popular places in Dar es Salaam, serving liquor, rice wine, red wine, and banana beer with East African characteristics. Liquor in Dar es Salaam includes vodka from cold regions, oriental Fenjiu, Huadiao wine (Nuerhong, Zhuangyuanhong), etc., as well as brandy and whiskey. less.
With a complete range of wines and numerous pubs, Dar es Salaam has become a veritable wine capital on the coast of the Indian Ocean.
However, this has also increased the frequency of police dispatches in East Africa and the workload of health security personnel in East Africa. Drunks, wine bottles and barrels are also a feature of Dar es Salaam.
The quality of tourists who come to Dar es Salaam is generally low. The garbage pools that can be seen everywhere are unattended. Garbage such as fruit peels and wine bottles are thrown on the street. The density of public toilets in East African cities is the highest in the world, but they are as large as anywhere Then repeated prohibition.
Because it is a foreign commercial zone, it is not easy for the East African government to forcibly stop it. After all, they are all here to contribute to the East African economy.
Fortunately, along the coast of Dar es Salaam, the roads are straight paved with large stone slabs, and a complete drainage system has been built on both sides of the road. As long as there is a heavy rain, stains and dust will flow into the sea along the drainage system.
So there will be no smell left on the streets, fresh air is the norm, and the urban greening is well done. Even if the quality of tourists is low, Dar es Salaam has become a garden city on the coast of the Indian Ocean.
In addition to these, Dar es Salaam is also a communication center along the coast of the Indian Ocean, mainly serving Europeans in the western Indian Ocean. In Dar es Salaam, you can use the telegraph to get in touch with your European family faster and cheaper .
The most outrageous thing is that the Mozambican colony also communicates with Portugal through the telegraph system in East Africa. Although the telegraph fee is very expensive, it is much cheaper and more convenient than communication by sea boat.
Many of the above advantages are just a part of Dar es Salaam, for example, it is also a financial center, trade center, and shipping center along the coast of the Indian Ocean...
The combination of the above conditions makes Dar es Salaam, with a permanent population of just over 80,000, the most developed city along the Indian Ocean.
Dar es Salaam has become the most developed city along the Indian Ocean coast, which is inseparable from its geographical advantage.
For example, the main competitor of Dar es Salaam is Mombasa. Compared with Mombasa, the opposite bank of Dar es Salaam is the Sultanate of Zanzibar. Arab businessmen are relatively rich and have outstanding spending power, while East African The colonies of various European countries to the south of the Kingdom are also the closest to Dar es Salaam, and their consumption is also concentrated in Dar es Salaam.
Dar es Salaam can be said to be the only world-wide commercial city in the entire south of the Sahara, and it is also the financial and taxation center of the East African government.
(end of this chapter)