Chapter 372 Second Coming to Africa
Port of Dar es Salaam.
When Ernst set foot on this land again, he was full of complex emotions, "It's different!" It's different. The city of Dar es Salaam in his previous life is completely different from the city of Dar es Salaam today. .
In his previous life, Ernst’s first stop in East Africa was Dar es Salaam. As the most developed city in Tanzania at that time, Dar es Salaam was no different from most developed cities in the world.
The vast majority of African countries are actually like this. Although they are very backward, there are always one or two big cities that can be used as windows, which are not much different from the rest of the world. However, their urbanization rate is very low, and the rural areas are very unbearable. Some places should not even be counted as rural areas, but aborigines' reservations, living the life of primitive people.
Dar es Salaam is such a typical city. Ernst’s first impression in his previous life was sunshine, beaches, coconut trees, modern ports, and modern high-rise buildings. Although it is a little worse than Nairobi and Mombasa, it is placed in the world. Not too bad.
Of course, Tanzania is far from being able to compare with the modernized Far East. Small counties on the 18th line of the Far East are considered big cities in Europe, so Dar es Salaam, the most prosperous city in Tanzania, can only be compared with counties in the Far East. . In Ernst's previous life, the urbanization rate in the Far East was close to 70%. With the exaggerated infrastructure, even in the most sparsely populated area like Tibet, the urban construction is very good.
The city of Dar es Salaam today is completely different. If Ernst was asked to find a city that most resembles it, it would probably be Trieste in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
It is around nine o'clock in the morning, and the city of Dar es Salaam is quite active, and the passing ships have brought economic prosperity, even compared with Trieste.
"Your Highness, the urban construction of Dar es Salaam is quite good. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought I hadn't left Africa."
Ernst leaned on the railing of the boat, looked at the city of Dar es Salaam and replied: "This shows that our efforts over the years are still bearing fruit. If the potential of East Africa can be developed in the future, it will not be inferior to Europe at all. .”
It is not impossible to even replace Europe! Ernst added silently in his heart, this is not empty talk, but a real possibility.
What are the shortcomings of Africa and Europe in previous lives? It is not the population, nor the resources, nor the system. The population of Africa is more than that of Europe, and resources are scarce in Europe itself. This is especially true in Europe after the elimination of Russia. Ernst does not even value the system very much. Africa has almost experimented All the system models in the world, the United States and the Soviet Union are here to promote what they consider to be advanced systems. But Africa is still lagging behind, so the problems facing Africa are economic problems.
If you spread out the world map, you can find that Africa is almost parallel to Europe. The advantage of Europe compared with Africa is that it is almost at the same latitude as North America and Asia, and at the same latitude of Africa, only South America, which is more backward in competition with Africa, has a small size. Large Oceania (Australia), scattered fragmented Southeast Asia. Among them, it is said mercilessly that although Southeast Asia is fragmented, it is the region with the most potential.
As for the countries and regions in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, they are all competitors of Africa in the future, among which India is the worst. It is inevitable that East Africa will attack India in the future. Its position and size are the biggest threat to East Africa's control of the Indian Ocean.
Africa has one thing in common with Europe, that is, they share the same Indian Ocean channel leading to Asia. Whoever can control this channel can basically master the wealth code with the largest flow in the world.
There are no powerful countries around East Africa, only colonies can be used to great effect, and India is the most threatening colony and the biggest obstacle in controlling the waterways of the Indian Ocean.
Assuming that Africa can develop, then the Indian Ocean waterway, the most important commercial route, will be driven by Africa. The impact on Europe will definitely be huge, and its impact will be no less than that of the new sea route before the opening of the Suez Canal. shock.
The prerequisite for making use of this positional advantage is that the size of the African economy can be compared with that of Europe, even if it only reaches half the level of Europe, it is enough to stimulate it.
However, all of this is far away from the current Africa. Now it is better to lay the foundation of the East African Kingdom first, so that there is hope for the future.
Ernst's fleet passed the coast of Dar es Salaam, but did not enter the port, but headed for Xingang in the southeast direction of Dar es Salaam.
The main function of the new port in Dar es Salaam is to share the pressure of the old port. This is a port for the East African Kingdom’s own use, so the population of the new port is not large, but the port area is larger than the old port, and the facilities are more complete and organized.
Soon the fleet entered Xingang, and the East African government had already prepared chariots and horses, waiting for Ernst here, mainly for the "babies" of Ernst.
The docks were mainly port managers. Ernst came to East Africa relatively low-key, and there was no welcome ceremony.
"If I remember correctly this location, in my previous life it should be the area of the Grand Mosque and a university in Dar es Salaam." Ernst muttered to himself. Ernst judged from an island on the other side of the port, and that island was a beach attraction in his previous life, so Ernst remembered it clearly.
"His Royal Highness, welcome to Dar es Salaam, I am the manager of Xingang, the regional director of Hechingen Ocean Trading Company Dar es Salaam, Mox."
It turned out to be a subordinate of one's own subordinates.
Ernst: "Very well, then you organize personnel to unload the things on the ship, among them, the things on the "Orient" and "Chris" must be careful, and they are not big, but be careful, if they hit a corner I take you as a question! "
Mox said in shame: "Yes, Your Highness!"
After two days of busy work, all the items were finally moved down.
"Your Highness, should these things be taken to the train station or directly take the road?"
Ernst asked: "Is the railway to Soga completed?"
"His Royal Highness, the construction of the railway branch line of Suoga has also been completed, but the construction of Suoga has not yet been completed."
Ernst: "It doesn't matter, let's go to Suojia first, put some things there, and then go to the first town."
It doesn't matter if Soga City is not completed. Ernst knows that the National Library built there has been completed. It is one of the earliest buildings in Soga, and it is also one of the buildings in Soga City that Ernst focused on.
Ernst went there to put the books he brought this time into the Suoga National Library. These books cover everything, including astronomy, geography, biology, mathematics, chemistry, physics... In addition to the books available on the market, there are also There are some books that are hard to find on the market copied from the libraries of various universities in Germany.
(end of this chapter)