Chapter 829 Catching a Sheep
As far as East Africa is concerned, the population of East Africa is actually not small. In the international community, East Africa is also one of the few countries with a population of more than 50 million.
The fundamental reason for the current population shortage in various places is that population migration is a big project that cannot be completed in a short time. Especially in Angola and Mozambique, the population of each place is not short of hundreds of thousands, but tens of thousands. Ten thousand, but a gap of millions.
And this is just the minimum demand. Considering the conditions in places such as Angola and Mozambique, it is reasonable to accommodate tens of millions of people. In the previous life, Angola and Mozambique were countries with a population of over 30 million. Together, they were larger than now. East Africa has a large population, so at the current stage, no one in the governments of East Africa will object to the large population. On the contrary, the more the better.
One move affects the whole body. The migration of millions of people in East Africa cannot be completed in a short time. If the cost is not considered, of course it can be completed by force, but it is not cost-effective. This will have a negative impact on the population. The economic development of the place of relocation has a huge impact.
For example, although New Baden Province only supports a few thousand people in Orange, it has reached the point of breaking out. If it were not for the compulsory requirements of the central government, no one in the New Baden Provincial Government would come up with it.
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The first town.
"Your Royal Highness, people are looking for people all over East Africa. This is the telegram sent to us by the Orange Regional Government the day before yesterday. They are in urgent need of at least 30,000 black people. At the same time, it would be better if some professional workers could be given. Because the infrastructure in the Kimberley area is not bad, there is a lot of infrastructure left by the British.”
“There are no black people in Orange now?” Ernst asked.
"There is no way to do this. At present, the largest population in the entire Orange region is the army. Excluding the army, the entire population of Orange is less than ten thousand, so now they can only think of solutions from black people, and there are not many black people in Orange. There are very few black people in South Africa, and the Orange area is particularly prominent among them.”
Von der Leyen’s words reminded Ernst of eastern Africa, where black people have completely become history. This is not to say that there are no black people in the east, but that the black settlements in the east have been demolished by East Africa, and all black people in the east have been registered as "laborers."
The East can be said to be the only region that has completed de-blackization. There are still a large number of black settlements in the Midwest, which also reflects the population distribution in East Africa.
More than 70% of the population of East Africa is concentrated in the East African Plateau and the eastern coastal areas. The East African Plateau alone accounts for 40%, but the area of the East African Plateau is only equivalent to one-tenth of the country. This is It is a reflection of the uneven population distribution. If it were not for the development of the central provinces, the proportion would only be more exaggerated.
The population of the four provinces in the central part (including Hesse Province) is more than 10 million, which barely meets the standard. Moreover, the central and eastern provinces are relatively closely connected economically. Currently, the population resources in the eastern part are also tilted towards the central part.
Except for the central and eastern parts of the country, the total population of the rest of East Africa is only about five million, and they are distributed in more than a dozen provinces, concentrated in the north and south.
This does not include Angola and Mozambique, which have just been annexed to East Africa, so even the regions that have long been annexed to East Africa are queuing up. It is almost impossible for East Africa to take care of all regions. possible.
Of course, in the Orange region, Kimberley must not be delayed. Ernst believes that the conditions in Kimberley are better than many areas in East Africa. Even as long as the city's size during British rule is restored, it can become the second largest city in the southern region. The second largest city in the new port city of Hamburg. Ernst said: "Kimberley can be regarded as a priority development area in the Orange region. After all, Kimberley's diamond industry is very famous. This is a point that can be profitable in the short term, so let the east, especially the various diamond mining areas, squeeze in and organize A group of experienced workers comes to Kimberley to resume local diamond production”
Before. , Kimberley’s biggest competitor is East Africa. Diamonds are distributed in almost every province in East Africa. From the Nile Basin in the north to the South African Plateau in the south, from west to east, there are considerable diamond reserves in all of East Africa, and the development of East Africa Only the eastern diamond mining area is the only one. Diamond development in central and other regions is generally mined as a by-product of other mineral development.
There is no limit. After all, the value of diamonds in the industrial and jewelry fields is relatively high. Low prices are not very beneficial to East Africa.
Even so, the development of East Africa has still lowered the world diamond price. This is probably the main reason why the UK gave up its interests in Kimberley. Of course, the deeper level is that East Africa has lowered the population of Orange, so that Kimberley cannot Continuing to maintain normal production while hiring East African workers is not cheap and must abide by East African laws. This is most unacceptable to the British.
In fact, although there are labor laws in East Africa, their enforcement is not strict. However, if you are employed abroad, that is naturally a different matter.
"Your Highness, Crown Prince, it seems that we should think more about overseas immigration. Overseas immigration is cheaper than domestic migration, and it will not interfere with normal production and living order." Feng De Ryan suggested.
“But for the sake of national balance, where do we introduce Germans now? The German region in Europe is different now. More than ten years ago, since the reunification of Germany and the rapid economic development of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the population has almost remained unchanged. Exodus again," Ernst said.
“Your Royal Highness, we have all overlooked an issue, that is, now that the main ethnic group in East Africa has been established, we can also learn from immigrant countries such as the United States and appropriately relax immigration restrictions. This will not change the culture and demographic structure of our East Africa. "Von der Leyen said.
Von der Leyen’s words reminded Ernst that things are indeed different now. In the past, East Africa had to shape cultural identity, but now the mainstream cultural configuration in East Africa has been quite complete. It is not possible to introduce non-Germans at this time. question.
Von der Leyen continued: "Especially the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although the economy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is developing rapidly, the domestic economic development is uneven. Except for Venice, Austria and Bohemia (Czechoslovakia) Except for the There is no difference from the Germans."
Ernst nodded and said: "That's good. I have indeed ignored this problem. In this case, let the Immigration Agency formulate a plan and cooperate with various departments. We will start from now on. When the Austro-Hungarian Empire introduces people, there must be a sufficient supply of jobs, so that a large part of the local residents can be replaced, and then they can go to the west and south. "
Introducing immigrants from abroad cannot directly supplement Angola. After all, East Africans are a minority in places such as these. If we directly add overseas immigrants to these areas, we may run the risk of being occupied by doves.
At that time, it would be really fun to become a replica of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Therefore, "native citizens will be given priority" for population migration in the later-annexed areas. As for the vacancies left by them, they will be filled by overseas immigrants.
And if the supplementary immigrants are mainly residents of the backward areas of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they will be able to integrate into the East African environment more quickly. After all, under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they have long been accustomed to the German way of life.
East Africa is trying to seize the wool of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. There is nothing that can be done about it. Like Germany, East Africa will not consider it because the development of various regions in Germany is relatively balanced and the economic levels are similar. If you want to start from Germany, It becomes more difficult to deceive the population. Of course, the situation was exactly the opposite more than ten years ago.
(End of this chapter)