African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 567 Electrical Technical School

 Mbeya City.

A brand new building was completed in the city. The three-story red brick building is not inferior to the city hall. It looks very grand. Many people came to watch the ceremony today, including people from the Central Industry Department and Mu Many big shots from the Beia city government came to the scene.

Amid firecrackers and thunderous applause, the completion ceremony was completed perfectly. Only then did the 100 people present stop and start taking today's guests around.

The leader was Karls, the designer of this building. He led everyone to introduce his masterpiece with great interest: "The whole building has more than 100 rooms, including more than 80 classrooms, which can accommodate thousands of students at a time. students study.”

As he spoke, he came to the wall of a classroom and knocked a few times: "The bricks and stones we use are all high-grade red bricks fired from the first brick kiln factory in Mbeya City. The whole building looks from the outside. The main color is maroon. If you stand at the front door of the school in the morning, you can see the spectacular scene of the sun rising from the red building, which is very pleasing to the eye. This is an ingenious design after personal measurement and extensive calculations."

"Mbeya City is near the equator. Have you heard of the equator?" Looking at the blank faces of everyone, Kars found himself asking a lonely question. After secretly cursing his ignorance, he continued: "Ignore the equator for now. Okay, I’ll just keep it simple.”

“In countries in Europe, North America, and the Far East, they are on the back side of the earth, and the sun shines from the south to the north. As you should all know, the area where these areas are located is called the Northern Hemisphere.”

"Mr. Karls, you mean that we originally lived in the north of the earth, which is the part above the globe, right?"

"Yes, that's the truth. Let me demonstrate it to you. Now let's assume that the fist of my left hand is the globe, and my right hand is the sun. Now I square it together. Where do you think the sun's rays will shine on the globe, which is my left hand? Which position?"

 “That must be the center point of your left hand.”

If Ernst had heard this answer, he would have been very satisfied. This answer, which would seem meaningless to later generations, reflected a rather large social problem.

It may sound ridiculous to say it, but ordinary people in East Africa can distinguish between left and right. Don’t underestimate this problem. Even in the 21st century, some people are making jokes about the left and right issue.

Ernst has personal experience with these. For example, when he was in college, during military training, there would be one or two fools who made jokes because they couldn't react.

 Left and right is a conceptual issue. In an agricultural society, few people will consider this issue because it is highly likely that it will not be used. As for the direction, adding Sifang can solve all problems.

This can be reflected in the rural areas of the Far East. Take farming as an example. The Far Eastern imperial governments of all dynasties have encouraged people to practice farming and mulberry farming. Encouraging people to practice farming and mulberry farming is a big concept. To put it bluntly, it means teaching people to farm.

Take Ernst, a college student, for example. If you ask him to farm, he really doesn’t know how to farm. Although he was also born in a rural area, he has been in school and has not received systematic inheritance from his family.

When Ernst engaged in farming in East Africa, he relied heavily on professional agricultural talents and supplemented it with some knowledge from later generations. That was all.

 Back to the topic of distinguishing left and right, this is just a simple logical problem. As long as you are willing, you can easily learn it. It is not a big deal. After all, there are only two options for left and right, either left or right.

East Africans are sensitive to left and right. This is due to the East African national military education over the past years. This has greatly increased the discipline and military-related knowledge of East African citizens.

Karls nodded and said: "That's right. Look, the light from the sun shines directly at the center point. The sunlight on the upper and lower sides naturally shines obliquely on the northern and southern hemispheres. This is why most houses in the northern hemisphere face north and south. This is a problem of lighting. Think about it, the sunlight is shining directly on the center point of my left hand. Then draw a circle around this center point, which is the equator. The sunlight near the equator is directly shining down.

Therefore, it is difficult for houses in the equatorial region to get light as long as they have roofs. Of course, this has advantages and disadvantages. Lighting is a disadvantage, but the temperature in the equatorial region is high, so dark places are also cooler.

So I also considered this issue when building the main building of the Electrical Technical School. I improved the internal materials of the teaching building and chose bright materials to make the entire classroom light transparent.

 In addition to enlarging windows and using hollow designs, more light can easily come in, and ventilation will be easier at the same time. "

Kars talked eloquently. Although most of his audience did not know what Karls was talking about, they felt great satisfaction in their hearts.

This is also true. Karls’ words sounded unclear to everyone. They were both direct and equatorial, and there were some hollowing techniques. No one understood them. They just felt that there was ink in Karls’s belly.

　Karls then took everyone to introduce the entire school in detail, including the main building, dormitories, laboratories, playgrounds, etc.

Although everyone's cultural level is not high, their basic aesthetics still exist. They are quite satisfied with the construction of Mbeya Electrical Technical School. After all, the campus is so beautiful and comfortable, so studying here must be a kind of enjoyment. Sure enough, going to school It's just good.

After the designer Karls introduced the campus situation, people from the Ministry of Industry also began to discuss the significance of the Mbeya Electrical Technical School with the leadership of Mbeya City.

"Mayor Enle, I can tell you in advance that countries generally attach great importance to projects that can be placed in Mbeya City. This time the central government has placed this electrical technical school in Mbeya City, you must pay attention to it. The electric power industry is the emerging industry that the country attaches most importance to. These teachers are all professionals transferred from the Hechingen Electric Power Company in Europe. They are scarce even in Europe. You must also pay special attention to them and treat them as treasures. If they are If there is an accident, if the superiors investigate, it would be a disservice to the country's cultivation."

"Don't worry, Director Hearn, we know how strongly the country supports the electric power industry. Since it is an industry that the royal family personally cares about, Mbeya City also welcomes and attaches great importance to it. We will definitely give these talents from Europe the highest level. courtesy."

"Of course that's the best. The current mission of the Electrical Technical School is to train qualified electrician talents for East Africa to maintain and develop the electric power industry in East Africa. Your Mbeya City is the vanguard of East African industry and cannot be left behind in this regard. "

"Director Hearn, don't worry, we absolutely fully support the central government's decision in the emerging field of electric power. Last year we expanded the copper smelting plant and cable factory, relying on the inland copper mines and rubber resources, as well as our city's We will use our own coal, iron and other resources to make bets on the new track of the power industry."

"Well, this is also an important reason why the central government placed the electrical technical school in Mbeya City. Mbeya City has an advantage in being closer to key resource producing areas than coastal cities such as Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, and it can also connect to the east and west. radiation in a direction.

And I would like to mention that you should not underestimate the importance of this industry to your city. Your city is now the most important heavy industry base in East Africa, but the future is hard to say. After all, when talking about resource advantages, Matabele Province (Zimbabwe) is comparable You are stronger. Our industry has discovered in many areas of Matabele Province that there are richer resources such as coal mines and iron ores than you. "

 “Thank you, Director Hearn, for the tip.”

 East Africa’s future heavy industry policy will definitely give priority to Matabele Province. This is certain. The current industry mainly relies on the origin of raw materials, and factories are built wherever the mines are.

 (End of this chapter)