Chapter 288 New Citizens of Nairobi
The news lag has prevented the Portuguese in Angola from realizing the expansion of East Africa. There is only the last barrier between the two countries, while the land of Eastern East Africa is completely connected to Mozambique. .
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Nairobi,
The word "Nairobi" means "cool place". It is a modern garden-like city with lush vegetation and flowers everywhere. Jin, clean and quiet, is a tourist resort for summer vacation.
Such good climate conditions were one of the reasons why Ernst chose to locate the textile factory here. In the era before air conditioning, Nairobi's environment could provide workers with a better working environment.
Nairobi's climate is more appropriately described as spring-like all year round. Coolness is for tropical areas. Of course, Nairobi is cooler than summers in Europe and the Far East. The most important thing is that Nairobi has this temperature all year round.
“Welcome to Nairobi. Nairobi may not be as prosperous as Venice, but it’s not too bad. With the current scale of urban construction in Nairobi, for our city, Nairobi is already developing at a rapid pace. Because of this The city is only two years old. I hope that after you become Nairobi citizens, you will actively participate in the construction of Nairobi. Only if our city is built better will everyone be able to live and work here more happily," said Nairobi Mayor Jose. Said to the first batch of Venetian immigrants.
The immigrants in Venice were looking left and right, observing the so-called city that would soon become their new home.
“The city appearance is indeed good, but the buildings are relatively monotonous, without the dazzling beauty and artistic atmosphere of Venice. Moreover, the city is too small and feels similar to a rural town in Venice. And the climate is a bit dry.”
"It's not bad, at least it's not as bad as we thought. I thought the East African government would leave us in the wilderness! At least there is infrastructure here, and I feel like the environment here is good. I can't stand the kind of thing in Venice." The humid environment and the temperature in East Africa are really comfortable. I was in Mombasa before, and it was relatively hot there, and Europe has always said that Africa has high temperatures, but that’s not the case here.” It's much better than Egypt. That pile of sand in Egypt can accommodate so many people. It is obviously more livable than Egypt.”
“Look, are those black workers slaves in East Africa?”
“Most likely, I heard that the colonies used black workers. Slaves, especially in Africa, are in short supply of black people, but we can see some in Mombasa. There are just more black people here.”
The reason why there are more black people in Nairobi than in Mombasa is because the East African government temporarily raised them from surrounding villages in order to solve the housing problem for these Venetian immigrants. The planned first phase of 3,000 housing units has been completed.
"Compared to black people, I am still interested in these yellow people. Their living conditions here seem pretty good, but I don't know if they are easy to get along with."
When immigrants from Venice looked at the living conditions of East African people , Nairobi citizens are also looking at these Venetians. This is the first time since Nairobi was founded that such a large number of immigrants have arrived in Nairobi at the same time.
The Venetian immigrants heatedly discussed everything in Nairobi, and everything here made them feel novel.
At this time, the mayor of Nairobi, Jose, said: "Because you are new to East Africa, you will temporarily meet your needs in the canteen for the first month. After one month, you will have to rely on your own wages to support your family. As long as you are willing to work in the factory It is not difficult to survive in East Africa. The price of industrial products in East Africa may be slightly higher, but the price of food is very cheap. Now, do you have any questions?”
“Dear Mayor? Sir! Where shall we stay tonight?”
The mayor of Nairobi pointed to the northeast, "Have you seen where the black people are doing construction? The newly built houses to the west are where you people live."
"Drinking water, cooking How to solve the problem? "
"For drinking water, you can go to the nearest well, and for washing clothes, you can go to the river. As for cooking, you can build a stove or oven by yourself, or you can choose to go there. Eat in the cafeteria, but except for the first month, you have to pay for it later."
"Mr. Mayor, how long are our working hours?"
"Ten hours a day. , overtime pay is not included, and the work week is six days. ”
"Excuse me, where can we worship?" one immigrant asked.
The mayor of Nairobi replied: "Of course it is in your own home. There is no church here. If you are willing to build one yourself, we will support it, but you need to contribute your own efforts to complete it."
" Oh! God? It's too bad that there are no churches."
"Stop complaining. In fact, there were no churches before the immigrants. You can live a very good life, and if you are really pious, you can worship at home. As long as you have God in your heart, God will naturally bless you. Piety does not depend on whether there is a church. Is it true that if there is a church, God will be affected by it? There are many churches in Europe, but Europe is currently in war, and you came to East Africa because of the war." Jose said. As a Protestant, Jose was originally very particular about justification by faith. When he arrived in East Africa, he was even more shocked when he met so many Chinese people who did not believe in God. Now, Jose’s own thinking has been shaken a bit, or rather Ruined.
"Okay, having said that, let's prepare all the information you registered in Mombasa. We will distribute housing to you according to the content in the information. Everyone, pick up your luggage and leave with the staff." Jose directed. .
Soon, Nairobi’s East City New District was filled with people. They didn’t have much luggage, but most of them brought their families.
“Don’t crowd, learn to line up first. If anyone squeezes forward randomly, don’t blame me for not reminding you that the police maintain order.” Looking at the crowd swarming up, Mayor Jose said, "Everyone lines up and the staff registers."
"Bring the files!"
"Mr. Abbott, there are a total of four people in your family, you and your wife, one Is this the case for sons and daughters? ”
"Yes, sir."
"There are four houses here, one, three, five and eight. These four numbers are divided. You can choose one by yourself."
"Uh. , are they different?”
“No, it’s just that the positions are different.”
“Then I’ll choose three.”
"Well, very good, the head of the household, Abbot, has four family members, wife Jenny, son Andrew, and daughter Anlina. Community No. 7, No. 203." The registration staff recorded, "This is your house number. Just wait a moment, and the staff will take you and your family to your residence in a while."
"Next"...
Soon, four families were gathered. .
"You four, come with me." said an East African policeman.
Several people walked for an unknown amount of time under the leadership of the police and came to an empty street.
"Did you see this sign?" He pointed to the sign at the street intersection and said, "This seven means Seventh Street. The area you are in is the seventh community. The first house on the left is Mr. Mavester's. The third set belongs to Mr. Andre’s family, the fifth set belongs to Mr. Abbot’s family, and the eighth set belongs to Mr. Repp’s family. Bring over the note you just registered!”
< br>The East African police took the four pieces of paper from the hands of the four people, took out the glue from his pocket, and came to the four doors. There was a reserved blank square on the right side of the door frame. He put these pieces of paper Pasted on it in order, this is a simple house plate, recording the basic information of each immigrant family.
“You can move in now!”
At this time, Abbott asked: “Sir, I have another question, why are our houses not next to each other in order? Is it going to be empty in the middle?”
The police explained: “Because there will be other immigrants staying here in the future, but they haven’t arrived yet.”
In fact, the empty houses are reserved for immigrants from the Far East and Germany. Among them, the second, fourth and seventh houses are planned to be allocated to immigrants from the Far East, and the sixth house is planned to be allocated to immigrants from the German area.
Just enough to fully integrate these immigrants and prevent immigrants from a single region and ethnicity from gathering together in one place.
“Go all the way to the end of the street, which is the office of the Seventh Street Police Department. If you have any trouble in the future, you can come to me. There is also a bulletin board of the city government there, where you can view the latest policies and government notices in East Africa. , to fetch water, you have to go to the Fourth Street and the Fifth Street, there are two wells respectively, and to wash clothes, you have to go to the river in the north of the city. As for the public food The church is at the end of the street, which is the largest building. Your meals will be provided there these days. There are toilets behind the street. Open defecation is not allowed in East Africa, and sewage is not allowed to be discharged at will. Wastewater must be poured out. In the drainage channel behind the toilet..."
(End of this chapter)