African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 169 Fisher's work

   After Leiden taught these European immigrants without tableware a lesson on how to use chopsticks, they went on to other work. As for whether to learn or not, that is not what Leiden considers.

  Some people have already mastered the essentials and started playing with them, but most still scratch their heads and cannot use chopsticks well.

   When they arrived at the dinner table, as expected, they made a lot of appearances. The small chopsticks became strange in the hands of these people. Some people who gave up simply held the chopsticks in the palm of their hands, picked up the bowl and sent the rice to their mouths.

   Those who have learned it, pick up the food with chopsticks in a decent way, enjoying the mystery.

   There are still some people who have learned the brain, but have not learned the hands. The posture of holding the chopsticks is correct, but they cannot hold the food or it is easy to fall off.

  Different from the European immigrants who were forced to use chopsticks to eat in the cafeteria, the Fisher family now cooks for themselves in the assigned house.

In the first few days after arriving in East Africa, the Fisher family also had experience in the cafeteria in East Africa, but the Fisher family was well-equipped. there is.

  Before leaving Stuttgart, Fischer sold his small house and its furniture. The value was not high. After all, the house was too small and dilapidated, and the furniture was old and rough, so they couldn’t be sold at a good price. No matter how small the mosquito was, it was meat.

  Fischer took advantage of the opportunity to deposit the money into the Hechingen Development Bank. This is what the staff in charge of immigration told him. There is also a Hechingen Development Bank in East Africa.

  In addition to the house and furniture, Fisher found almost no other valuable things, only some pots and pans, knives, forks and spoons, and a few tools for the construction site.

  Fisher could easily solve this problem with a single bag, so with all his belongings on his back, Fisher led his family across the ocean and came to live in East Africa.

  In East Africa, the Fisher family was assigned to a house in Dar es Salaam, a former residence of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.

  The original owner has returned to Zanzibar Island with His Majesty the Sultan, and the property has fallen into the hands of the East African colony.

  The house is of brick and tile structure, in good condition and with a large area, fully meeting the current needs of Fisher's family of four.

  Just this house alone made Fisher feel that it was worth the money in East Africa. This allocated house is much better than the small house in Stuttgart. Not to mention the large area, it also looks relatively new.

As for other benefits in East Africa, such as free education, in Fisher's opinion, it is better than nothing, because he himself has never been to school, and most of the people he contacts are illiterate. The people at the bottom of this era do not know that knowledge can change destiny, especially in Germany This kind of aristocratic place is everywhere.

   In terms of salary, Fisher was a bit miscalculated. There are too few places where money can be spent in East Africa, and Fisher doesn’t smoke or drink, so he basically can’t spend much money. He has no choice but to continue to deposit money in the bank.

  As an important commercial node along the coast of the Indian Ocean, the Port of Dar es Salaam also has a branch of the Hechingen Development Bank.

  In addition to being responsible for the settlement of the wages of colonial personnel, it mainly conducts business for businessmen and sailors from various countries in the past.

  Businessmen needless to say, Hexingen Development Bank can get a lot of benefits from sailors on the waterway. Most sailors in this era have side jobs and can get a lot of good things overseas.

  Dar es Salaam, with its location advantage, can just help them sell the stolen goods, so that they don't have to go to Europe to sell the goods in their hands, saving procedures and time.

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   "Attention everyone, the cement must be stirred evenly, do not add water in a hurry, add a little bit, and continue to stir after each addition of water to let the water completely blend in.

this is not OK! Add more sand, or it won't stick when the time comes. "

Fisher directs work around the site, which is near the docks in Dar es Salaam. The original Zanzibar building has been demolished. East Africa is going to build a hotel and beer hall here to serve the ships docking here. .

  After the Sultanate of Zanzibar withdrew to Zanzibar Island, the original port staff also went to Zanzibar Island to find another way out.

  Including providing accommodation and meals for merchant ships, gambling, drinking and other practitioners.

  But at the beginning, the East African colonies lacked relevant experience and failed to take over these businesses in time, wasting many opportunities to make money.

  This time, taking advantage of the opportunity to transform the city of Dar es Salaam, the East African colonies intend to revitalize these commercial activities again.

  East Africa this time focuses on the European style, which can make those European sailors have a feeling of returning to Europe. The European architecture and the unique tropical scenery must be unique.

   There is no shortage of Arabic-style architecture and culture along the Indian Ocean, so that those Arabian merchant ships can also feel the charm of European architecture.

  Both consumer groups can at least attract some people to come to spend, and before the opening of the Suez Canal, the geographical location of Dar es Salaam port is not bad, and the business in the next year will definitely be better.

  European architecture is basically unified, and the two styles of Baroque and Gothic are popular. Of course, there are so-called Romanesque architecture, classical architecture... These architectural styles borrow from each other, or simply have a relationship of inheritance and development.

  Stuttgart is located in Central Europe, so Fischer can touch both Baroque and Gothic architectural styles at the same time.

   Fisher actually doesn't know much about these things, and everything is done according to ancestral experience and customer requirements.

   Years of dealing with various customers, especially those businessmen who have strict requirements on architecture, have given Fisher a lot of experience. The ancestral craftsmanship is also integrated with various current trends in German architecture.

"The foundation has not been dug deep enough, at least another 30 centimeters is required. There are three floors to be built here, and the foundation is not firm. Then there will be a big problem." Fisher said to the workers with a measuring ruler .

  This is a place for building a hotel, so it cannot be sloppy, so Fisher has to personally test every process every time, and immediately modify the unqualified parts until they are qualified.

  As for the workers in East Africa, many of them are second-handed swordsmen who have changed from farmers to workers, and they don't know anything about construction.

  Although Fisher was originally not just an ordinary construction worker, he is still very good compared with these so-called construction workers in East Africa. Fisher has seen pigs running and eaten pork.

  The workers in East Africa who temporarily transferred from farmers, the best of them, may have only been exposed to building houses in the countryside before.

   As a city, Dar es Salaam naturally cannot use those small houses in the countryside, especially since it mainly provides accommodation and other services for people traveling by sea, at least it must look more professional.

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