Chapter 518 Step by Step
After introducing the situation on the farm, looking at the energetic young man in front of him, Cade thought rather unkindly in his heart: "Young people are in good spirits, but they will suffer from it next." . ”
Because it is the first day, the Third State Farm mainly arranges accommodation and other matters for these students, but starting from tomorrow, they will really have to work in the fields.
The next day.
“Today your task is to weed. As you can see, this land is not small. However, according to previous years’ arrangements, you will not be assigned other farm tools today. See the hoe in my hand. Already? You can only use a hoe to hoe the ground.”
However, the young people in East Africa are not indifferent to grains. Some of them can help their families with farm work, and they are still familiar with the use of hoe.
However, the land plot of the Third State Farm is not a small deal, it is very large, so it is also a considerable amount of work for them.
Soon, everyone was swinging their hoes enthusiastically. Mbeya has a relatively high altitude, so the weather is not too hot. This is not too stressful for everyone, but the sun is a bit scorching.
As time goes by, for the students of the No. 2 Middle School, the practical courses were still very exciting at first, but now they are a little wilted. However, it is easier to get through this boring work through collective work, but When lunch time comes, the students have a headache.
“Ah! Why are they all made of flatbread and pickles.”
It’s not that East African students are pretentious. The latitude of East Africa means that the temperature in East Africa will not be too low all year round. As long as the water source is sufficient, plants can grow all year round, although East Africa only has a rainy season and a dry season.
So this has resulted in the variety and yield of vegetables in East Africa not being low. Not to mention vegetables, even delicate plants such as flowers are suitable for growing in East Africa.
So the meat-eating level of East Africans may not be as good as that of some countries for the time being, but they definitely have enough vegetables. The Chinese immigrants in East Africa brought woks to East Africa, so East African stir-fries are also quite popular.
Speaking of which, Ernst felt that the simpler food Europeans eat has a lot to do with their cooking methods, or rather primitive, frying, roasting, deep-frying, or just stewing in one pot, except that deep-frying is a bit more advanced. , other methods seem to be innate to civilized human beings all over the world.
And the cooking method of stir-frying is very suitable for processing vegetables. For example, in India, their mainstream eating habit is to make vegetables and other ingredients into a paste, or Western vegetable salads lack the ability to stir-fry. A compromise made in a way.
As if he heard the students' complaints, Cade said: "Because this course is to let you understand the hard work and the difficulty of life. Just like the piece of land you are farming today, the output at the end of the year is Wheat, these wheat will eventually turn into big cakes in your hands."
"Uncle Cade, but we are not short of food in East Africa?"
"Of course we know this, but East Africa. This is a special case, there are many others in the world People in many countries can’t even hope to have enough to eat. You can go back and ask your parents about this. Many of them, unless they were fleeing the war, most of them immigrated to East Africa because they couldn’t have enough to eat. Therefore, it cannot be because East Africa is now When life gets better, I feel at ease.”
Only comparison can more intuitively reflect the quality of life in East Africa. However, the surrounding countries of East Africa do not have such conditions to compare with East Africa, and those black people are still in the hunting and gathering stage.
Then Cade continued: "Don't look at the fact that there are only flatbreads and pickles here. In fact, it may not be easy for civilians in some countries to eat these. You have caught up with the good times, no I have endured many hardships. In the past, I could only eat corn paste, and I often didn’t have enough to eat. Some immigrants from the Far East were even worse. Many of them even ate tree bark and grass roots. ”
Cade's words made the students of No. 2 Middle School thoughtful. In fact, most of the second-generation students in East Africa had their parents come from hard times, so they would also tell them about their past lives.
Of course, when he first arrived in East Africa, life was not necessarily easy. He could only maintain basic food and clothing, and had to face the threat of disease. This was also the reason why Ernst did not go to East Africa in person in the early days. He waited for the development of East Africa. It was only after they came out that the Hechingen royal family moved to East Africa. Therefore, after more than ten years of development and the explosion of productivity in East Africa, the average quality of life of East Africans has greatly improved. Looking at the thoughtful students, Cade was very pleased. In fact, the mentality of East Africans, at least ordinary people, is very simple.
As the saying goes, poverty breeds cunning, and wealth breeds conscience. Whether in Europe, America or the Far East, poor people must live a careful life. In a society like East Africa, the people at the bottom are definitely not too rich if they are rich, and they are not too poor if they are poor. Wherever we go, the competition is not fierce enough, so people don’t have to worry too much about their lives, and the whole society is more harmonious.
Of course, the development of East Africa is bound to embark on a path of competition and involution, otherwise it will not be able to compete with other countries in the future. As for now, the conditions are not yet mature.
The main force of the population in East Africa, that is, the first-generation immigrants are in their prime. Although they have good physical strength, their cultural quality is quite low. This is also true for East Africa's bureaucratic group.
So the national policies and directions of East Africa are almost completely controlled by the Hechingen royal family, because only the Hechingen royal family has experience in national governance.
However, the Hechingen royal family was only a small royal family in Germany before and had no experience in governing a super-large country like East Africa.
So this requires long-term exploration by the East African regime. In other words, the country in East Africa is extremely immature. If you want this country to quickly have the ability to renew and optimize itself, you must deregulate and allow East Africa to internally Engage in fierce competition.
Ernst would not implement this, because if East Africa was in ancient times, it would not matter. Now is the era of imperialism, and foreign aggression is better than internal aggression, so Ernst does not want to Let East Africa be unstable and consume itself, giving potential enemies such as Britain an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Therefore, East Africa has held the army in its hands from the beginning and used the army to complete the construction of the country. After all, one of the characteristics of the army is that it is easier to manage. However, East Africa is not as dependent on the army as Prussia. Every time the East African army breaks through the restrictions, Stern began to regain military power again.
However, all this is gradual, and Ernst can always keep the number of troops within a reasonable range.
In the early days of East Africa, the army was used to manage the East African people. In the early days, East Africa was actually a military camp, which formed the highly centralized power of East Africa later.
This means that the major policies in East Africa are from the top down, rather than from the bottom up like democratic countries such as Britain, France and the United States.
However, democracy in Britain, France, the United States and other countries is not quite correct. The people Ernst understood were the people at the bottom, while the people in Europe were more in line with the status of Roman citizens in the ancient Roman era.
This can be seen from the electoral systems in Europe and the United States. In this era, European and American countries have not yet evolved to the point where all people have the right to vote.
Take the United Kingdom in its previous life as an example. After 1866, the United Kingdom passed two parliamentary reforms, and it was not until 1885 that universal adult male suffrage was basically achieved. However, the universal adult male suffrage in the United Kingdom was obtained through many previous workers’ struggles. result.
As for East Africa, there is currently no need for so-called elections. The size of the East African worker group is not large, the people's education level is also temporarily at a low level, and the people's desire for political appeal is not high.
Naturally, Ernst cannot promote this kind of thing. After all, he is a noble and will only follow up after the situation is smooth. Now the people of East Africa only need to obey the royal family's arrangements.
Of course, Ernst also understands that the general trend is irreversible. If he were reborn in ancient times, he would be too lazy to make any changes. Therefore, the future development of East Africa must be controlled by himself and adapt to the development of the times.
(End of this chapter)