Chapter 635 Within 3.365 million
“Related industries in Kisan City can also be considered in advance. The entire Hesse Province is mainly centered around the rubber and mining industries, and Kisan City also has It has cotton planting industry and primary textile industry. ”
In fact, there are many crops that can be grown near Kisan City. The annual rainfall here reaches 1,700 mm. It is located on the edge of the rain forest, and the water and heat conditions are very different. It's very excellent, otherwise the provincial capital wouldn't have chosen this place.
However, when Ernst chose the provincial capital, he must have had experience in his previous life as a reference. In his previous life, Kisan City served as the temporary capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with a population of 680,000, and the entire jurisdiction has a population of more than 1.6 million. It is located in the center of the entire African continent, so it is called "the most isolated big city in the world."
This shows from the side that Kisangani's foreign exchanges were not smooth in the previous life, which was mainly reflected in the transportation Regarding the issue, Kisangani can develop into a city with a population of more than 600,000, and it is located in the impoverished Democratic Republic of the Congo, which shows that the foundation is still strong. Because it was a temporary capital, Kisangani has many universities and institutions.
The city of Kisan under the rule of East Africa is naturally not as glorious as the previous life, but the transportation is much better than the city of Kisan in the previous life. This is due to the results of East Africa's vigorous construction of roads in Hesse Province.
East Africa’s obsession with infrastructure cannot be compared to African countries in previous generations. The city of Kisan is the beneficiary of the road hardening project currently being implemented in Hesse Province.
Bamir: "The industrial base in the entire Hesse Province is very weak, and it is very different from the railway lines we planned in the past. The difficulty of the projects along the line has greatly increased, so we must use the resources in Hesse Province as much as possible. , This can save a lot of time and engineering workload.”
Many railways have been built in East Africa, but Most of these railways are built in the plateau area. In the plateau area of East Africa, not to mention the cool and mild climate of the plateau, the construction difficulty is not too great. In addition to the high altitude, the plateau of East Africa is still flat, and because of the savanna. , on the contrary, it is more suitable for development, so the Hesse Railway is quite a challenging job for Bamir.
“We need to inform the Hessian provincial government about this matter. After we hand over our drawings to them, let them plan the quarry and lumberyard according to the railway trend. The cement plant can also be expanded, Kisan There are also three cement plants in the city, and Hesse Province is currently increasing its cement production capacity on a large scale. It is said that it is engaged in road hardening projects, which will facilitate railway construction," Christian analyzed.
Bamir: "Well, there is also the issue of steel. It happens that the steel production capacity in Matabele Province is relatively sufficient. It is not far from Mbeya City. Through the Central Railway, the steel will be transported to Lubumbashi first. Then it can be processed on site and the track can be laid northward along the line. "
Hesse Province can solve the problem of cement by itself, but steel must rely on support from other provinces because of the limited distribution of iron ore in East Africa. It is very large. This is not to say that there are no iron ores in Hesse Province, but that the number of iron ore deposits in Hesse Province is small, the scale is small, and the development and utilization value is not high. In the future, if technology improves, it may be considered.
Christian: "Don't worry about the issue of raw materials. What really needs to be solved is the problem of railway construction. This time the railway will pass through the rainforest area, and the number of casualties will probably be astronomical, especially when dealing with diseases such as malaria. Therefore, quinine should be prepared in advance, and anti-mosquito items should also be purchased in large quantities.”
Some people in previous lives have studied that the legendary miasma in the southern part of the Far Eastern Empire was actually malaria, which was encountered during the development of the south. The biggest problem is that malaria is mainly spread through mosquitoes.
Human activities can effectively suppress the living space of mosquitoes, snakes and ants. This is particularly obvious in cities. In fact, East Africa, like the Far Southeast, has already developed areas that have long been compared with other areas in the world. There is not much difference by region.
However, in places like Hesse, it is still necessary to be more cautious, so more related preparations need to be done.
As for the casualties that the Hessian Railway may face this time, Ernst had expectations in his heart. The more famous death railway in the previous life, the Thailand-Burma Railway, was built with human lives, and the death toll was no less than 250,000, it took only fifteen months to complete the six-year project, with an average of more than 600 lives lost per kilometer.
The Thailand-Burma Railway project was done by everyone in Japan, so it is no exception. Survivor Roy Armstrong said this when recalling this experience: I don’t know how to build a railway, but I have never done it. Thought about using a basket and a shovel. Sometimes you can only rest for 2 hours a day. As the workload increases, the mortality rate of prisoners of war and laborers continues to increase, and the workload assigned to each person continues to increase. Some people once worked continuously for 133 days. .
I can only eat one standard meal of rice every day, which contains maggots and worms. Occasionally, the Japanese army would bring a buffalo and cut the best meat to the Japanese officers and guards. The remaining bones and scraps could not satisfy the needs of thousands of mouths. They would put some meat in the soup depending on their mood. They tried their best to eat enough. If an unlucky python ran into the prisoner of war camp, it was destined to be unable to escape.
East Africa will never be as sick and crazy as Japan. At least the slave food in East Africa is better than that in some countries in the Far East, and the mix is more reasonable.
At the same time, East Africa implemented militarized management of slaves, and the sanitary conditions were higher than those of workers and prisoners of war who built the Thailand-Burma Railway.
Because there is a saying that harming others will harm yourself. Slaves do not pay attention to hygiene issues. If they are infected with the disease, it is likely to affect the management personnel in East Africa, thus threatening the country's epidemic prevention work.
Bamir: "We should prepare more steam pumps, and the fuel problem must also be solved. There are many swamps in Hesse Province, especially in the north, and water accumulation is serious. In addition to improving the tools, the engineering also needs to be improved. More consideration should be given to drainage, especially drainage channels, culverts, and material bearing capacity. "
Christian: "This also involves some special sections, and we must consider the issues of mudslides and landslides caused by heavy rain or floods. Therefore, road protection facilities must also be considered, and risks must be eliminated in some road sections in advance, so more explosives must be applied for.”
Although a large number of slaves are still used in East Africa, the use of slaves also comes with risks, and sooner or later East Africa will become a normal country, and the related slavery system will definitely be eliminated eventually. The way to replace slaves is to vigorously improve East Africa's technology. level and productivity.
At present, the gunpowder production capacity in East Africa has been increased. This is due to the development of the defense industry in East Africa, so the use of gunpowder has also become generous. Ten years ago, East Africa still needed to import a large amount of gunpowder, but now it can produce it itself.
Similarly, East Africa can now produce steam engines. The first domestic steam engine in East Africa was produced in 1870 after introducing a complete set of technology from Germany.
This is still the era of steam engines, and steam-type water pumps are mass-produced in East Africa and used in many mines and irrigation projects. Of course, further internal combustion engine-type water pumps are also used, but they are still in the popularization stage.
In addition, many tools have also been localized. With the support of excess steel production capacity in East Africa, production efficiency has been greatly improved.
These have provided conditions for the construction of the Hessian railway. However, the railway still cannot get rid of the consumption of people. Ernst believes that controlling the number of casualties within 50,000 is a reasonable range.
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