Chapter 348 Urbanization Rate
"Beep...beep...beep..."
A sharp whistle broke the tranquility of the morning, wandering back and forth in the immigration transition point, the sharp sound woke up the sleeping immigrants.
23, bedroom 013.
Yuan Ye, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly got up from the bed: "What's going on?"
At this moment, Li Ji also woke up. He rubbed his sleepy eyes: "It's so early in the morning, how can it disturb people's dreams! And this sound is made by the whistle! But it's too ugly."
Just as everyone complained, the sound of the whistle finally subsided, but then there was another melodious voice looming from a distance.
"Boom...boom...boom..."
This is the sound from the clock tower of Dar es Salaam. When the clock tower of Dar es Salaam rings, it means that it is six o'clock in the morning in East Africa.
However, the clock tower in Dar es Salaam can only be heard when the immigration transition point is awake, which is why the East African Immigration Agency uses a whistle to wake people up.
In the immigrant residential area isolated by Li Ji and others, employees of the East African Immigration Agency are providing wake-up service to the immigrants.
Along the aisle, one by one patted the door with batons, "Bang bang bang..." The wooden door seemed to be blasted at any moment.
"Get up! Don't sleep! Hurry up and wash up, you won't be able to catch up with dinner if you are late!"
First shout in German, then in Chinese, the lazy immigrants put on their clothes when they heard the meal time, and got up from the bed. No one can stop the enthusiasm of the immigrants for cooking.
Ordinary people in this era have a lot of opportunities to sleep late. Most immigrants in East Africa come from the countryside. They maintain the law of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, and they sleep well.
How to fill the stomach is the big problem. It can be said that the seeds are planted in the ground, and the rest can only be handed over to God.
Europe is a bit better. In the event of a famine, entering the factory can avoid starvation. Most people in the Far East can only flee from famine.
Of course, the situation in Europe is not much better. In 1871, Germany’s urbanization rate was only about 30.6%, France’s was 31%, and Austria-Hungary’s was 25%. This is still an urbanization rate. .
The level of urbanization is even lower, because most towns rely on agricultural production, and a considerable number of townspeople are still engaged in the primary industry and just live in the town. This is the case in Hexingen Town. If the year is not good, many people will also face bankruptcy risk.
The people who live the most in this era are the British. Their local urbanization level exceeds 60%, and industry has become the main body of their economy. In recent years, due to the increase in agricultural production in East Africa, North America, and Tsarist Russia, international food prices have continued to decline. Industrial countries Food prices in China are fairly stable and even trending downward.
In 1871, the urbanization rate in East Africa was 17.3%, which was higher than the world average (the world urbanization rate was 12%), which was a high level among agricultural countries. In the same period in the United States, the urbanization rate was around 25%, which was higher than that in East Africa. Tsarist Russia is about 11%, lower than East Africa, and the urbanization rate of the Far East, the most populous country in the world, is only about 4%.
The reason for the high urbanization rate in East Africa is very simple. Firstly, the population is relatively small and there are many immigrants. In order to accelerate the integration of various ethnic groups, East Africa will tend to concentrate the population and prevent single ethnic groups from living together. This is a policy consideration.
Secondly, the agricultural development in East Africa pays more attention to cooperation, so the population is relatively concentrated. Before the establishment of the East African colony, East Africa was a truly barren land, and there were more wild animals than people. It will be recycled by nature after three months.
So East Africa’s agriculture is quite like a national system, which requires the central government to coordinate resources, and sometimes requires the dispatch of militias and even the army to eliminate wild animals, not to mention that there are still many indigenous regimes here.
Finally, the Hexingen Consortium has also purchased many industries in East Africa over the years. The newly built Bagamoyo shipyard alone has more than 2,000 workers, and the sisal industry has even exceeded 5,000 workers.
However, the above reasons can only be said to be not the most important. The main reason for the high urbanization rate in East Africa is that the large number of blacks has not been counted in the population of East Africa.
The black population is almost four times that of the East African immigrant population, which is the result of the expulsion of many blacks in East Africa.
This has also caused the life of East Africans to be relatively monotonous, but the standard of living is not bad in the world. After all, there are mines, land, and population (blacks) that can be squeezed. Regional grain production decreases, and this loss can also be shared equally by allocating grain from other regions.
What's more, East Africa has an excess of grain harvest in one year, generally more than two seasons. This factor is very important.
For example, why the population and industries in the Far East accelerated to gather in the south after the Song Dynasty. Even if the south is hit by a disaster, it can be replanted in time, so that the harvest will not be as bad as in the north. If there is no extreme climate in winter, there is no need to worry about the risk of freezing to death.
East Africa goes one step further. There is not much difference in the climate in the whole region. Although the precipitation is seasonal, it is sufficient, and there is no Far East extreme, and the overall food production will not fluctuate much (excluding the factor of continuous land reclamation).
In the previous life, the Far East divided the quality of cultivated land into 15 grades. Among them, the best land is mainly distributed in the south. The top three overall grades of cultivated land quality are the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, South China, and Jiangnan. An important factor is the south Cultivated land is more abundant in heat, and harvests three times a year. The medium-sized land is mainly distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Sichuan, Shanxi and other regions. Although the black land in the three eastern provinces is fertile and the food quality is high, the lack of heat is a big problem. It can only be said that Gains and losses.
In the words of agricultural experts: "The black soil in Northeast China can produce oil once it is squeezed, but due to light and water conditions, it can only be ripened once a year. This is a congenital deficiency. No matter what technology is used, the yield of rice per mu is more than one ton, and the same is true for corn. More than one ton. This can only be the yield champion and one-season champion. The quality of arable land is based on the annual yield, and the south with three crops a year has more advantages."
Although the immigrants are mobilized to wake up in order to prepare meals, the immigration agency, which has always attached importance to order and hygiene, may make it more difficult for them.
"Clean up all the quilts! Don't pile things up in a mess. Someone will come to check them later. If anyone dares to be sloppy, don't blame me for not reminding you, and you will be responsible for the consequences!"
"What happened to your dormitory 041? There's so much dust on the floor. Hurry up and clean it up, or you won't have dinner."
"Whose clothes is this, number 8856, it's only new for a few days! Do you smell it, does it sound like it? Hurry up and wash it!"
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The excitement of the health inspection quickly attracted the attention of the members of the aid group, only to hear a roar from the immigrant residential area, and the noise of the immigrants washing.
Ander: "Brother Shiyan! It's so noisy in the east! And it seems that someone is reprimanding. Bird language (German) and Chinese are both used. This East Africa is not abusing immigrants!"
Li Ge: "Brother Thickness, I'll find out when I ask!"
So Li Ge walked towards the house where the guide arranged by the East African Immigration Agency lived.
"Boom boom boom..."
"Who! Woke up so early?"
"..." Li Ge was a little confused, because the other party spoke German.
After a while, the door was opened, and seeing Li Ge standing outside the door, the guide remembered that these people could not speak German.
Guide: "Mr. Lige! What's the matter with you?"
Li Ge: "Oh, that's right, why is the eastern residential area so noisy in the morning?"
"You're just asking this? In fact, it has nothing to do with you. Those are new immigrants. They naturally need to receive an education in East Africa, otherwise it will be difficult to adapt to the living environment in East Africa. If there is nothing else, you can go to sleep Come on! Leave them alone."
Li Ge: "That's not the case, we're just curious, can we go over there and have a look?"
"Ah! What's interesting over there? It's just people with two eyes and one nose, but if you are really curious, you can go and have a look, but come back quickly, and don't forget to eat."
Li Ge: "No problem, I'm really sorry to bother you."
"Where is there! I was originally here to provide consulting services for you, ah..." The guide yawned and said, "I'm going to wash up first, and you can make up your own mind first if you have anything to do! Just don't go out of the immigration transition point. After that, the guide reincarnated and went back to the house to search for towels and toothbrushes.
Li Ge came back with a message: "Brother Thickness, let's go, let's go and see what's going on over there!"
Ander: "Brother Shiyan, is this allowed?"
Li Ge: "No problem, I have already asked, as long as we don't leave the immigration transition point, we can move freely."
Ender: "Then go together!"
So the two of them headed towards the place where the immigrants lived. This was the first time they saw East African immigrants. They were very enthusiastic. Immigrants like Dar es Salaam who had settled in East Africa for many years were nothing to look at.
The places where immigrants live are concentrated on the east side, where people come and go, it is very lively, and now everyone is busy washing and cleaning.
Many people hung towels around their necks, took toothbrushes to the public bathroom to wash, and some were making quilts and sweeping the floor.
Li Ge and Ander noticed that it was very crowded here, but it was orderly. There were eight people living in the small dormitory, but it was not messy, which may also be the reason why the immigrants didn't have much luggage.
Li Ge: "Thickness! I feel that this is not an immigration point, but a military camp!"
Ender: "Indeed, their uniform style of clothing, if I remember correctly, is the same as the military and police uniforms in East Africa, only there are slight differences in details such as colors!"
Li Ge: "Also, have you noticed that the images of immigrants and Dashi residents here are also very different, and they are generally thinner."
This is inevitable. Far East immigration is particularly serious. If Li Ge and others see the immigrants who have just disembarked, it is almost as if they are half-breathed. Most of the immigrants in the immigration transition point have cultivated for a period of time. mental state is good.
(end of this chapter)