African Entrepreneurship Records

  Chapter 355 Anka Village

evening.

  The convoy stopped after traveling for more than 20 kilometers. The group stayed overnight in a village in East Africa. Under the arrangement of the village head, the post station in the village was used to arrange accommodation for everyone.

  Although Dar es Salaam is not too far away from the first town, considering the particularity of these "talents", the journey is not very fast.

  In the evening, the people in the village have already started to light the fire and cook. A little smoke rises from the chimney.

   "What a breathtaking picture!" Aryan couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing this scene.

This is also the first time the aid team has seen the countryside in East Africa after arriving in East Africa. After leaving Dar es Salaam during the day, they saw the wilderness along the way. Occasionally, animals appeared on both sides of the road, confirming that After dispelling the rumors that the East African Kingdom was relatively barren, now I finally saw fertile fields and villages.

Not Versailles, East Africa is so vast and sparsely populated, especially the environment in East Africa makes most of the entire East African kingdom suitable for human habitation, so the villages and towns in East Africa are relatively scattered, and these villages and towns There is a lot of undeveloped land in between, which may be forest or grassland, so it is inevitable for animals to grow fast.

  East Africa cannot do nothing every day, just encircle and suppress these wild animals, and then simply give up and give up, as long as the safety near the place of residence is guaranteed.

   There is quite a sense of déjà vu that Australia is surrounded by tens of millions of kangaroos, but East Africa is much better than Australia and Canada, which are also relatively large in the same period, especially when the number of immigrants continues to increase on a large scale.

  Australia has a vast desert area, while Canada is mainly distributed in the frigid zone. The places suitable for human survival really cannot be compared with East Africa.

  The natural conditions of the Far East and the United States can be compared with East Africa, but in terms of land resources alone, East Africa is better, especially the potential of arable land is higher than that of the two countries.

Anka Village, where the aid group stayed, is an important node on the highway in the first town of Dar es Salaam. It is right in the center of the highway, with many goods and people coming and going, and relatively complete facilities. The post station alone is more than enough Not one, but several, and sometimes immigrants and convoys headed inland stop here.

The continuous inward migration of immigrants is also the reason why the population growth rate in the eastern coastal areas of East Africa is relatively slow despite the relatively early development. The inland of East Africa is like a bottomless pit, digesting the immigrants who came to East Africa. Anka Village is like this. In addition to undertaking agricultural development work In addition, it is also responsible for the villages that facilitate the migration of immigrants to the interior.

  Anka Village is a large village with more than a thousand households. The village is larger than many provincial capitals of the East African Kingdom in Zambia and has a larger population.

  It is more like a town than a village. The road passes through the south of Anka Village, and the farmland of Anka Village is in the north of the village.

   All the rice is planted in the field, and it is already the harvest season. Most of the golden rice has been harvested, and the straw piles formed after harvesting can be seen everywhere.

   This is also the first time many members of the aid group have seen rice. After all, the members of the aid group are all northerners, and most of them have never seen rice.

Anka Village, the first impression left by the aid group is still clean and tidy. At the same time, the village planning is very rigid, almost similar to the immigration transition point, as if measured by a straight line. The difference is that the life atmosphere of Anka Village is more full-bodied.

  Aryan: "It looks quite similar to the Far East, especially many adobe houses are exactly the same as the Far East. The only difference is that there are many German-style public buildings in the village."

Robert: "During the construction of the early colonies, due to insufficient masonry and cement production, when many villages were just formed, the houses built were relatively rough. Now, with the increase in the production capacity of building materials in the Kingdom, at least in the Central Province, it has begun to The original adobe houses are being remodeled, and it is expected that next year all residents of our village will be able to live in safer, spacious and comfortable new houses.”

The head of Anka Village, Robert, was one of the first German immigrants to arrive in East Africa. In fact, he was one of the original mercenaries. He once participated in the battle against the Sultanate of Zanzibar, but Robert is now retired. , as an old German, he is older than the head of the mercenary regiment Arman.

In the growing development of the East African colony, Robert believes that East Africa is a place with great potential, so he did not choose to return to Germany to retire like other comrades-in-arms. Instead, he sent his sons and daughters to East Africa, and the family started a new life in East Africa. .

  Robert’s rich experience and his long-term work in East Africa make him familiar with the history of the entire Anka village and even the colonial period of East Africa.

  Aryan: "His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have always attached importance to people's livelihood. Although East Africa may not be very rich, the living standards of ordinary people are much higher than those in other parts of the world."

Robert: "This is also the reason why I chose to stay in East Africa. The world is turbulent, especially in Europe. There have been too many wars in the history of Germany, so I think there will still be major wars in Europe in the future, and wars are for ordinary people like us. It is one of the greatest disasters for human beings. Apart from the war factor, I fully believe in the credibility of His Royal Highness Ernst, and his promise to us old people has basically been fulfilled."

The old people mentioned by Robert, that is, the mercenaries who opened up the first colony in East Africa, Ernst personally sent them on the ship to East Africa. At that time, Ernst promised them, including wages, bonuses and All the pensions have been paid in place, and some help and care will be provided to their family members in Germany every year, so Robert has complete trust in Ernst.

And Ernst is so young. In the future, under his rule, the East African Kingdom will have a bright future in the next ten years. As for the more distant future, anyway, at that time, he would have died long ago. The future of the country and the descendants of future generations are entrusted to the East African Kingdom.

It's not that Robert is naive, but that most German commoners in this era still trust the nobles, especially the nobles with good reputation, they will be loved by the commoners, especially in rural areas, such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, although There are many ethnic conflicts, but the vast majority of the people still support the Habsburg royal family, no matter what ethnicity they are.

  (end of this chapter)