Chapter 373 Fifty steps and a hundred steps to laugh
It didn’t take long to reach Soga via the First Railway. Ernst and his party arrived at Soga before dark. Suojia is still under construction, the southern urban area has been completed, and the National Library is being built south of the center of Suojia.
The Sauga National Library is larger than the Habsburg Royal Library in Austria, the largest in Germany. It is also mainly in the Baroque style, covering an area of 5 hectares and a total construction area of 39,500 Square meters, the 30,000 sets of books Ernst brought this time were not even enough to fill the gap between his teeth.
Ernst attaches great importance to the planning of Soga. Currently, there are three cities in the Central Province, the First Town, Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo. However, Dar es Salaam is geographically relatively south of Bagamoyo and First Town, so when you look at Dar es Salaam on a map, you always feel that its west side is empty.
The First Town is the political and cultural center of East Africa, Dar es Salaam is the economic center of the Central Province, and Bagamoyo is the shipbuilding center of East Africa. Each has its own strengths. Therefore, Ernst felt that Central Province still lacked a scientific research center, which was the fundamental reason for the construction of Soga City.
Although Soga City is not needed now, it should be built first so that East Africa will not be in a hurry to recruit talents in the future. Although the education in East Africa has not kept up, the economic crisis is just around the corner. Ernst believes that during the economic crisis, East Africa can recruit some talents. East Africa to develop.
As for Suojia, it plays the role of arranging talents. Science and technology, Ernst believes, can only play a greater role if they are concentrated. Scientists and inventors live in a city and can communicate with each other at any time to inspire ideas and correct mistakes.
So the construction of Soga is based on the highest standards, which is no less than the first town in the capital, so that future talents living in East Africa can feel at home.
The first is the living environment. Suojia can be called a garden city. Parks of various sizes are scattered throughout the city. And because it is located in the tropics, Suojia will be full of flowers and green trees all year round. shade.
There is nothing special about the climate. It is relatively stable. There is no winter. It hovers between spring and summer. During the rainy season, you have to deal with heavy rains that may occur at any time. However, the drainage facilities are quite complete and the distance to the sea is close, so there is no need. Worry too much.
Road construction adopts the highest standards. Nowadays, brick roads are mainly used, but the width has reached the standards of later generations, and green belts have also been used, making the project volume huge and convenient for replacing with asphalt roads in the future. This is the main road, and There are specially designed pedestrian paths, and Ernst even reserved a motorcycle lane, but the construction staff did not know the role of designing an extra lane. The pedestrian path can also explain that the motorcycle lane is no different from most urban roads in Europe.
The current road design in Europe is very rough. It is just one road. Pedestrians, carriages, and livestock are all crowded together. The divisions are not detailed, and the roads are not wide. Even Paris and London are not as exaggerated as those in East Africa. The construction of urban roads is completely extravagant and wasteful in the eyes of designers, which is why Soga City is called Ernst's big toy.
Secondly, Soga City is very convenient for the concentration of talents. After the opening of the railway, it is less than half an hour away from Dar es Salaam, which will facilitate their travel between Europe and East Africa.
This is very important. If the talents are not trained in East Africa, then there is a huge demand for them to travel around the world, including visiting relatives back home, academic exchanges with foreign countries, business trips and even finding their next home. Leaving East Africa and so on, it was impossible for Ernst to tie them up with a rope in East Africa.
Taking advantage of the economic crisis and the unsatisfactory employment environment, the first choice for talents recruited is definitely not East Africa. They just have to go to East Africa for development due to the pressure of life.
Whether East Africa can keep their hearts depends on East Africa's sincerity. After all, Africa is synonymous with backwardness, and talents have always flowed into economically developed regions. Here Ernst believes that Hefei did very well in his previous life, and it is a very important decision to try to retain the University of Science and Technology in Hefei. According to the layout of education in the Far East in the previous life, Anhui has no advantages. After all, it is next to Jinling. The role of Jinling is to concentrate educational resources in the region, which is the same as Xi'an and Wuhan.
Ernst was very satisfied with the urban construction of Soga. This was a very important step, so he asked his subordinates: "If you choose to live in Soga, what will you do?" Will you consider it? "
"Your Highness, if we only consider the environment and transportation, then I think there is no city in Europe and the whole world that is far better than Soga, but can Soga attract people to settle in? First of all, we must consider the issue of employment. Without jobs, there will be no source of income and no one will stay. Here, the second priority is the hardware facilities of a city. Suojia has done a good job in this aspect, even a little excessively wasteful. However, wider roads are not a bad thing. Then there is the climate. Suojia is not bad at all. The last thing to consider when living in a place is the city’s business environment, safety, entertainment facilities, overall civic atmosphere, and urban culture.”
Ernst was very satisfied with this answer, and he then asked: “Then. Do you think Suojia has any shortcomings?”
"As for the shortcomings, I can't see anything now. After all, this city is still an empty city. What it is like needs people to come in and live there for a period of time. But Your Highness, what is the purpose of building this city? I don't understand this matter. I still can’t figure it out.”
Ernst: “You will know this problem in two years. I can only say that Soga City is of great use to East Africa, and you. In our evaluation of the construction of Soga City, I noticed the problem of excessive waste. What I want to say is that urban development is changing with each passing day. Now it seems that Soga is a bit ahead of its time, but the future may not be certain. Think about Paris. That's it. At that time, many Parisians believed that Napoleon III built a lot of construction projects just for the sake of face. Indeed, there were also reasons for this, but now Paris is a model for transformation in the world. For example, I think Paris may be replaced by some cities in North America in another twenty or thirty years. It doesn’t matter if the starting point for the construction of Soga City is higher.”
“That’s what His Highness said. Anyway, it’s Africa. The indigenous people are simply not used up, so it doesn’t matter if we build more big projects. Moreover, this is not Europe. European cities have been built long ago. Any changes require more consideration than in East Africa. And East Africa is a blank sheet of paper, and you can realize your imagination more freely.”
The indigenous people made great efforts in the construction of Soga City. This city was built in a very short time, comparable to Dar es Salaa. It is much more difficult to renovate the city of Dar es Salaam. Dar es Salaam still retains many previous buildings, including the Zanzibar Palace, which was converted into a luxury hotel, while Soga is a completely new city built from the ground.
When he thought of this, Ernst suddenly felt a little pain in his conscience. Before, he was out of sight and out of mind in Europe, but when he arrived in Africa, he became hypocritical and tried hard to suppress the "sympathy" thoughts in his heart.
Ernst said: "The construction of East Africa is inseparable from the indigenous people. The rational use of the indigenous people is very important for East Africa. There is no need to exterminate the Indians like the United States does. When some indigenous people reach the age of life, we have to find good homes for them. After all, I have worked in East Africa for so many years, whether it is farming, working on construction sites, digging canals, or building roads. It has taught them some means of survival in modern society. In the future, they can find some workers to survive when they leave East Africa. "
"Your Highness, you are still too kind, but this is also the difference between our German nation and the North American beasts." He said with a rather proud expression.
What are you proud of! Fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps, at least East Africa is fifty steps short! However, Ernst did not say much. The times are like this. Even if East Africa is only fifty steps short, it is still much better than the Americans. The good ones cannot be compared to the United States, but the United States still wins in this aspect.
(End of this chapter)