Chapter 280 Bagamoyo Shipyards and the Culture Wars
Bagamoyo.
The southern part of the East African Naval Base, that is, the south bank of the Little Rhine River, is becoming a new construction site, and the Bagamoyo Shipyard is under construction planning.
The construction of the factory area has been completed. According to the Venice shipyard model and the geographical conditions of Bagamoyo Port, an East African shipyard of the same scale will be built.
The Bagamoyo Shipyard is currently the largest project actively introduced in East Africa. It aims to enhance East Africa's independent ship manufacturing capabilities.
Belst, a technician at the Venice Shipyard, was introducing the project to Constantine.
“Why should the Venetian Shipyard be moved to Bagamoyo? The most important thing is to avoid crowding out the operating space of the Port of Dar es Salaam. Although the conditions and infrastructure of Dar es Salaam are The facilities are better than Bagamoyo, up to As an open port, Es Salaam occupies an important position in the East African economy. East Africa’s import and export shipping capacity is mainly concentrated in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa. From the current point of view, in Dar es Salaam, Lamu and Mombasa are building shipbuilding industries. No, but considering the future development of various ports in East Africa, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince specifically stated that the shipyard should be located in a non-free port area. Among the non-free ports, only Bagamoyo and Mogadishu have the best conditions. , but Mogadishu is located in the north and Somalia’s climate causes a lack of relevant raw materials.”
The current shipbuilding industry still relies heavily on wood, and Mogadishu, as an oasis city, happens to be rich in raw materials. At a disadvantage.
“Bagamoyo has excellent conditions, good water depth, and Zanzibar Island opposite to offset most of the sea wind. At the same time, like Dar es Salaam, it is in the leeward bay of the mainland. All these conditions allow The port of Bagamoyo has the potential to be as good as Venice,” said Balst.
Beerst is an Austrian and a technician at the Trieste Shipyard. He previously studied at the Venice Shipyard. After the Venice Shipyard opened the Trieste branch, he was hired by the Hechingen Consortium. Appointed as factory director.
The East African shipbuilding industry is roughly divided into two systems. One is the inland shipbuilding industry relying on lakes and rivers. Typical examples are the Mwanza Shipyard along the Great Lakes, the Kigoma Shipyard on Lake Solon and Malawi. Karonga Shipyard on the lakeshore.
Another one is the nascent coastal shipbuilding industry. After listening to the suggestions of Navy Commander-in-Chief Ferdinand, East Africa established two small ship repair yards in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa. In addition to providing maintenance for ships along the way, its main business is also the production of small wooden fishing boats.
These two small ship repair yards were actually rebuilt on the basis of the original shipyard of the Sultanate of Zanzibar. The technical system came from Arabia, but the shipbuilding center of Zanzibar was actually in Zanzibar. On Zibar Island, the main reason is that Zanzibar’s coastal control time is too short.
Another city in East Africa with ship manufacturing capabilities is Mogadishu. As a historic port on the coast of the Indian Ocean, Mogadishu has certain ship manufacturing capabilities, but it is completely behind in technology.
Taking advantage of the outbreak of the war between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy, Ernst planned to copy the Hechingen shipyard in Venice to East Africa. The panic caused by the war helped the shipyard workers take the initiative to choose to develop in East Africa.
"After the completion of the Bagamoyo Shipyard, does it mean that East Africa can develop independently in the maritime ship manufacturing industry?" Constantine asked.
“It depends on how you understand it. For example, now, the design, planning, and construction of the shipyard are completely completed by our own people. Is this considered independent? But in terms of hardware, the East African shipbuilding industry is completely advanced. Without the conditions for independence,” Belst said, “For example, the steam power system and important parts will definitely need to be improved. Even if the Bagamoyo shipyard is built, it can only complete the construction of the hull alone, so it is essentially a large ship assembly plant."
Belster continued: "Currently, Bagamoyo shipyard. After the completion of the shipyard, it will still be a milestone for the East African shipbuilding industry. Solve the problem of what is available first, and the deficiencies will naturally be gradually filled later. The industrial chain in Bagamoyo is huge. In the future, a shipbuilding-related industry will be formed here with the Bagamoyo Shipyard as the center. "So that's it!" Constantine said with emotion. After the Gamoyo Shipyard is completed, what level will the ships it produces be in the world?"
"Very good? Unfortunately, Your Majesty, the technology is estimated to be two generations behind. In fact, the Venetian shipyard itself is slightly behind its peers in technology due to the decline of Venice. Now shipbuilding has once again gained huge space for technological progress due to the emergence of ironclads. Improvement, so the shipbuilding technology introduced by Bagamoyo will definitely lag behind that of Europe.”
The Bagamoyo Shipyard is said to be a replica of the Venice Shipyard. In fact, the machines from the Venice Shipyard are sourced, assembled and put into production again in Bagamoyo. The original Venice Shipyard will introduce new equipment and technology to carry out industry upgrade.
With the opening of the Suez Canal, it is an inevitable trend for the Mediterranean economy to rise again. Venice, the most dazzling port city on the Mediterranean coast in the past, will also have a second spring, so the ship manufacturing of the Venice Shipyard in Hechingen will be improved. Level also becomes important.
This is also one of the reasons why Ernst built the Bagamoyo Shipyard, to eliminate the backward technology and equipment of the Venice Shipyard to East Africa. For East Africa, that is advanced technology, and the Venice Shipyard also Industrial upgrading can be completed, which is beneficial to both.
At the same time, by moving most of the Italian workers in the Venice Shipyard to East Africa, Ernst could recruit more Germans from Austria to work in Venice, which in disguise helped Austria to control Venice.
Coupled with Ernst’s previous poisonous plan, the population of the villages around the city of Venice was hollowed out, and then became Austrian outside the city of Venice, dividing the city of Venice with the Italian-dominated areas. The countryside is isolated.
As for the Italian rural areas separated from the city, the probability of being influenced by the city of Venice is greatly reduced, because general culture will consciously concentrate in the city and then radiate out.
Unable to receive the radiation of Venetian Italian culture, Austria can slowly assimilate the rural farmers in the Veneto region through education and other methods. The premise is to break the interpretation power of the local rural dignitaries, and then to the old Italian farmers If we carry out ideological education, not to mention 100%, most Italians will slowly become Austrians.
It is a general trend for the countryside to supplement the urban population. Slowly, the Italians in the Venetian city will be replaced by the surrounding Austrian country people due to fertility problems. In this way, from the top to the bottom, the Germans will have the right to speak. Slowly strengthened, and the middle class, the mainstay of Italian culture, the Austro-Hungarian Empire Congress tried every means to get them to leave Venice. After all, the Kingdom of Italy had to accept these true Italian patriots. As for those who were stubborn and didn't want to leave, they could still let East Africa take over. Ernst didn't care about this. He would be a good person in East Africa. It can be saved, but if not, Alaska Snow Package Arrangement.
Of course, this is just an idea. Whether it can be completed depends on comprehensive factors. For example, if the Kingdom of Italy regains Venice in the future, this process will be interrupted, but the possibility is very low.
This also has the purpose of blocking the spread of Italian culture in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Italian culture on the Adriatic coast is very strong, and these areas happen to be along the Austrian coast. Venice, the connection center, is Interruption, the Italian culture on the east coast of the Adriatic will slowly decline. Next, we will start to solve the cultural imprint of the Slavs (mainly Croatia and Slovenia). At least the ethnic conflicts in the Austrian region can be greatly alleviated.
This is essentially a culture war. Ernst, as the proposer, feels that if the matter is completed, future generations of Austrians must thank himself. Of course, based on past life experience, if the so-called virgin bitches in postmodern society know their own " Evil deeds” will certainly be criticized, just as some within the Saxon community, enjoying the blessings of their ancestors through exploitation and colonization, then toppled Victoria’s sculptures.
If they really want to repent of the evil deeds of colonization, in Ernst’s opinion, these people should first cut off their food, clothing, housing and transportation and live the lives of poor African people. After all, everything they enjoy is the British colonial system. The legacy left behind, I really think that being able to live comfortably while working less than eight hours a day is the result of technological progress! That is just the result of domestic capital trying its best to plunder wealth from other countries. The colonial era is far from over, it has just been replaced by more covert economic colonization.
(End of this chapter)