Chapter 535 Backward Agricultural Country
Port construction requires a long time of preparation and will affect operations in the short term, so the British plan will not work for the time being, and they are struggling to build Maputo Port, Enns I was very unkind and thought about whether East Africa would be cheaper in the end.
Similarly, Britain and Portugal are also thinking that the ports in East Africa will eventually become their own assets. Anyway, the risks are quite high.
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The beginning of 1880.
The census work in East Africa continued, and the approximate population data of East Africa was also bottomed out. In 1879, the total population of immigrants and new births in East Africa was about 34.72 million, and the number of black people was 19.62 million.
Added the two, the total population of East Africa is around 54 million, which is more than the United States, Germany and other countries.
Of course, black people in East Africa are generally not counted as a population, but black people in East Africa have definitely made a huge contribution to the construction of East Africa, which is indelible.
The population of East Africa (including black people) exceeds 50 million, which is in line with the definition of a populous country in previous generations. It is also the fourth most populous country in the world after the Far Eastern Empire, the British Empire, and Tsarist Russia.
If black people are excluded, the total population of East Africa exceeds that of Japan, is equivalent to the total population of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and is slightly lower than Germany. The current population of East Africa is sufficient to become competitive with major countries in the world.
"The average life span of most people in this era is relatively short. The average life span of people in the world is about thirty to forty years old. Although we in East Africa have actively played an active role in continuously reducing stress and burden on the population, the average life span of people has only reached three years. The standard of about fifteen years old is basically the world average," Health Minister Belred reported to the government.
“The main reason for the high mortality rate of the East African population is disease. Our Ministry of Health has the best say on this point, especially the immigrant population in East Africa. Many of them have accumulated a certain amount of hidden injuries in their early years. By the time they arrive in East Africa You will experience the torture of the sea again, and you may eventually contract malaria and other diseases. Disease, so it is indeed common for people to have a short life, but we are no different from other countries in this regard.”
“We lack medical resources, especially doctors, but we have prepared some unified standards for necessary drugs. Sufficient, such as quinine, anti-inflammatory drugs, etc. It was traditional Chinese medicine that provided strong support for the early nation-building in East Africa, meeting the needs of grassroots medical staff and medical treatment.”
“The birth rate in East Africa has also reached a new high, but it is also accompanied by a high mortality rate. The good news is that East Africa has a high birth rate. The climate is stable and generally won’t change much when you have a baby. Therefore, the bad news is that we lack children’s vaccines to improve the survival rate of newborns.”
Bellade is a bit greedy in this regard. Most countries in the world do not have the conditions to provide this for newborns. This kind of guarantee is not to mention a country like East Africa that is extremely short of medical talents.
“The population of East Africa is generally young and is superior to most countries in the world, especially the number of black people, who share most of the losses in important national projects. This is a major prerequisite for ensuring social stability and the health of citizens in East Africa. "
"However, the downward trend in the number of black people has also slowed down. First, the implementation of many of our important projects has intercepted a considerable part of the black population. Second, the decline in external demand. After the baptism of the long-term economic crisis, the consumption level of many countries has declined. Decline. "
"The black population has actually decreased by more than four million in recent years. You must know that we occupied part of the Portuguese territory last year. According to normal rules, the black population should increase, but the overall number of black people in East Africa remains the same. It has been greatly reduced, but this is still less efficient than when we directly used war and other methods to drive away and reduce black people.”
“Now the demand for black people in East Africa has increased, especially across the country. If we want to develop the country's land in a short period of time, there is only one way, and that is to add human lives to it. This human life cannot be you or me, let alone the people of East Africa, so it can only be black people." "So this. Many black people cannot be sold, but die directly on the soil of East Africa, so we must also prepare for this, especially procedures such as cremation are essential.”
This does not count as destroying evidence. After all, ordinary people in East Africa must be cremated after death. This is mandatory by the health department.
“The country’s agricultural population accounts for more than 85%, and the total population of industry, commerce, military, and transportation is less than five million. This shows that East Africa is still a backward agricultural country.”
“Last year, agricultural tax revenue accounted for about 80% of the government’s fiscal revenue. And with the increase in population, inland development, improvement of agricultural tools, and improvement in production efficiency, there is room for further improvement in agricultural tax revenue in East Africa.”
“In the national fiscal revenue, especially in the export-oriented economy, the export of tropical cash crops accounts for more than 60%. However, accordingly, we also encounter some problems, one is logistics, the other is storage, and many Cash crops, especially fruits and vegetables, require shorter time and better storage and preservation technology."
"In the national economic statistics of 1879 (excluding the Hechingen Foundation), heavy industry was the largest industry in the country. The share reached 75%, especially steel and railways, which contributed very much, and also promoted the development of mining and other industries. The development of light industry was slow, and it was still dominated by small traditional handicraft workshops. "
East Africa seems to have followed the old path of the Soviet Union, but there is no negative effect in the current environment. The proportion of heavy industry is only too large in the proportion of East Africa's industry. In fact, East Africa is an agricultural country, and East Africa has transformed from an agricultural country to an industrial country. As long as the process exists, everything is within control.
“So to sum up, after fifteen years of development in East Africa, the country has entered a new stage. We are already considered a normal country, and the shortcomings in population have been filled, but we have also encountered new problems. The problem is that East Africa, as a backward agricultural country, is actively seeking to transform into an industrial country.”
The so-called normal countries in East Africa are the same as most countries in the world. This has been achieved in East Africa for fifteen years. , although slavery still exists, this problem will definitely be solved in the next twenty or thirty years.
In addition to various initiatives in East Africa, the most important thing is that black people in East Africa cannot live that long. The average life span of black people is only more than 20 years old and less than 30 years old, so even if there is nothing in East Africa now If you do, black people will die naturally in more than 20 years.
Facts have proved that the lower limit of human beings will continue to lower. At the beginning, Ernst was still relatively immature and thought of sending black people out of East Africa to die in other countries. Now, in order to meet the demand for demographic dividend in East Africa for development, it can be regarded as abandonment. Most of the fig leaf was removed.
The number of black people dying in East Africa is rising year by year, especially large-scale construction projects, which are almost entirely completed by manpower, and medical care cannot keep up, so the death rate of black people remains at a high level.
But as we approach the end of the century, Ernst still wants to put more burdens on the black people in East Africa, especially the development and construction of projects in some harsh areas, which require the blood and sweat of these black people.
For example, transportation and other projects in mountainous areas such as Hesse Province can now be completed by cheap black people, which will save a lot of time in the future.
Some projects must be completed manually, so most of the infrastructure will be arranged now when labor costs are lowest in East Africa. In the future, only leaks and routine maintenance will be needed.
(End of this chapter)