Chapter 578 Water Conservancy Construction Issues
After arranging matters related to the Southern Ryukyu Islands, this matter can basically come to an end. As for whether Japan will break its promise, there is no need to worry about this now. East Africa is in The Southern Ryukyu Islands evacuated the ironclads and some ships, but also left a small fleet with gunboats as the main force.
This fleet does not have strong attack capabilities, but it can still protect itself in the Western Pacific. The Southern Ryukyu Islands were previously besieged because of the lack of cooperation from relevant ships.
There are artillery batteries deployed in East Africa on the Southern Ryukyu Islands, but their combat range is also limited, and they cannot take the initiative to attack or ensure the safety of East African merchant ships. Now with this small fleet, this worry is gone. .
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The matter about the Southern Ryukyu Islands has come to an end, and the vigorous water conservancy construction in East Africa has caused some waves.
“Your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, with the development of large-scale water conservancy construction projects in our country, the conditions in many areas have been greatly improved, but this has also caused some new problems.” Minister of Water Resources Loire told Ernst Report.
Ernst knew that it shouldn’t be a big problem. Artificial transformation of nature has advantages and disadvantages, but generally speaking, the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages. Of course, we cannot ignore some small problems because of this. There are some things that should be paid attention to. Pay attention to.
At the same time, Ernst only cares about the general direction, and really needs his subordinates to constantly report to him the progress of the project and the troubles encountered during the project.
So Ernst said: "If you have any questions, just ask them."
Then Loire continued: "First of all, the construction of some medium and large reservoirs may conflict with the original residential settlements and agricultural land being included in the transformation area, so the people on the original land must be relocated elsewhere. Or replace the cultivated land that will be replaced by the project with new land. "
This problem is actually easy to understand. When building water conservancy in East Africa, we mainly consider two aspects. One is to provide convenience to East Africa and satisfy the needs of the region. Another more important point regarding water demand is that it must be developed scientifically and rationally.
As for how to scientifically and rationally develop East Africa's water resources, it is necessary to consider various factors such as weather, location, people and so on.
The topography of East Africa is there, so water conservancy projects must give priority to the topography. However, immigration in East Africa was not taken into consideration before. Many immigrants were distributed directly along the water sources. Now that East Africa is transforming these water sources, it will definitely affect the already existing water resources. settled people.
So Ernst thought for a moment and said: "The project must continue. After all, most water conservancy projects will continue to create wealth in the next ten years or even hundreds of years. It is still relatively easy to It’s easy to modify, but you still need to correct it in time and don’t leave trouble For future generations, we must take a longer-term view and not be timid. Of course, the people must also make proper arrangements. We cannot directly stand against the people because of national plans. We must do a good job of coordination. After a long time, the government will naturally understand Good intentions.”
"Your Highness, we naturally consider this too, but apart from this matter, what follows is just the opposite. Some lands that were originally unpopulated or undeveloped have been transformed into livable areas due to water conservancy construction. Shouldn't we These areas need to be planned uniformly and then filled with immigrants . ”
This involves the opposite side of East Africa’s water conservancy construction. This water conservancy construction in East Africa is a top-down movement, not spontaneously formed by local people or governments, so many water conservancy projects are sited. These are all constructed appropriately by water conservancy experts who have inspected various areas in East Africa.
There are many areas in East Africa that are currently undeveloped and have no immigrants, or areas that were not suitable for immigrants before, but are naturally suitable for new water conservancy projects due to other factors. Therefore, this has caused some projects in East Africa to be located in "uninhabited" areas. For example, there is a place in East Africa that is short of water, so East Africa has not been developed before, but there is a river around it, and there happens to be a place next to this river. After water is diverted from the gully, the area can be turned into an area suitable for farming or other uses, making the area suitable for human habitation and farming.
Thinking of this, Ernst said: "Ignore the issue of immigration or not for now, but make plans after the construction of these projects is completed. This is like treating guests to dinner, so prepare more Tables and chairs are beneficial to us in East Africa. We can arrange for more guests when the time comes, and we can handle them calmly even if they don’t come.”
Of course, there is another point that Ernst did not mention, that is, the main force in the construction of these projects in East Africa is mainly black people. For such projects that have no immediate effect, it does not matter if more black people are "sacrificed", but this is ok There was no need for Ste to say it.
In addition, these projects will not remain idle for long after they are completed. The population in East Africa is still growing very fast, and these artificially transformed areas in East Africa will naturally be filled in by then.
Ernst continued: "Moreover, immigration is a big project, especially immigration caused by large-scale projects. This will also put pressure on the current administrative management of East Africa, so you must grasp the middle degree, and you cannot It’s too extreme, and we will wait until the future government has free time to solve these problems at once.”
The national water conservancy construction involves more than one million people, and if you include black people, it will be several million. This amount of work is very difficult for the East African government. It's not easy to say at all.
Moreover, the East African government has recently been busy with many things, including new industries, water conservancy construction, port reconstruction, and the just-ended conflict in the East Japan and South Ryukyu Islands, which have involved most of East Africa's energy.
Now that the end of the year is approaching, in time for Christmas and New Year, many government departments have to go on holiday. Before the holidays, they need to finish their work and conduct year-end summaries. Therefore, the pressure on the East African government is quite high, and it is not suitable to do so now. Adding pressure to government personnel.
Loire said: "I know Your Highness, the main reason is that the workload of the Ministry of Water Resources is too heavy. This water conservancy construction involves the whole country. Any instruction from us at the top will affect more than 30 million people across the country." Changes in population, regardless of urban or rural areas In this case, and the water conservancy department is also relatively short of manpower, it is more difficult to deal with it. "
In the end, East Africa has taken too big a step this time. The direct key population of a national water conservancy construction project reaches two. With a huge amount of three million, it would be strange if there were no problems.
Moreover, water conservancy construction is still a professional issue. East Africa happens to be short of professional talents, so it is quite difficult for government departments to deal with it.
However, Ernst is quite satisfied with the efficiency and ability of the government. East Africa is only a new country that has been in existence for no more than ten years, and the colonial period has only lasted for more than ten years. How can it achieve this step? , East African officials can be said to have overfulfilled their tasks.
However, Ernst is more used to it. Other officials do not think so. Ernst lived in the atmosphere of a national system in his previous life. The country is like a person. As long as the overall stability is ensured, there will be no problem. As for setbacks, that is the norm. , problems will occur in every country, but whether a country is healthy depends on its ability to respond to crises.
East Africa is a new country, so many problems have not emerged. As long as it does not die suddenly like the Soviet Union, East Africa will be a normal country.
(End of this chapter)