Chapter 904 Cabinda
Thinking of the consequences of the liquidation of royal families in various countries in previous lives, Ernst was still a little scared. After all, he was like a hanging street lamp now, so keeping a low profile in the palace could at least provide comfort. .
However, there is no need for Ernst to have this kind of worry, because Ernst cut off this path from the beginning, which can be seen from the composition of East African immigrants.
Not to mention ordinary people, even the East African government is filled with a bunch of rough guys who spit out sweet things. There is no aristocratic etiquette. East African nobles only wear the honorary title of "nobles".
This is true for the upper class, let alone ordinary people in East Africa. They don’t have so many complex thoughts at all. Moreover, compulsory education in East Africa is fully geared towards science and engineering, which has reduced a large number of social critics.
The threshold for keyboard warriors in the 19th century was very high. Only those with strong literary skills and a certain social reputation were qualified to serve. Moreover, their circle was only popular among the upper class.
Of course, with the expansion of the scale of workers and the improvement of their cultural level, a group of public party activists who dare to show their swords have begun to appear in Europe.
However, it is only limited to Europe. It is not very popular in other parts of the world, including the United States, which has a more developed industry. After all, the national power of the United States has been on the rise, and social conflicts are easily digested.
However, Europe's industrial development, social chaos, and numerous countries easily lead to the emergence and spread of various ideas.
This is obviously an impossible situation in East Africa, the United States, or countries like the Far Eastern Empire. That is to say, the state machinery of the Far Eastern Empire is now on the verge of paralysis, otherwise cultural control will be even stricter than in East Africa. .
This can be seen from the "withering" situation of the East African literary industry. So far, Ernst has not heard of any local "literary people". In a generation or two, it is impossible for East Africa to There are too many social changes.
So far, policies in East Africa have been implemented from the top down, which means that basically the social progress in East Africa is promoted by Ernst, the top designer. Otherwise, East Africa will be like Brazil. , society is in chaos.
Of course, these will not stop Ernst from having high standards and requirements for personal enjoyment. On the surface, the East African Palace is relatively low-key in scale and decoration, but in fact there is something great inside. According to Ernst According to the requirements, it will naturally be as comfortable as possible, so when the construction of the East African Palace is completed, it will be one of the most modern palaces in the world.
Safety is also a key point for Ernst to consider, so in the future the Rhine Palace will be equipped with a bunker and a special tunnel connected to the Rhine City Metro, while also reserving a special channel to the Rensemfowa River .
After the Rensemfowa River Dam is completed, a huge artificial lake will be formed. The designer will design a special dock based on the terrain around the lake to facilitate the royal family's escape through the waterway.
Although the royal rule in East Africa is very stable, there is no shortage of "life-saving" supporting facilities, and this is not a big deal. East Africa itself is studying aircraft projects.
The same is naturally true for other countries, so it is not difficult for bombers to appear in the future. If bombers are not said to be nuclear weapons, it will only happen in forty or fifty years.
So the safety considerations of the Rhine Palace were completely in accordance with the standards of later generations, and Ernst had quite a lot of experience in this regard. After all, he was also a bricklayer on construction sites in his previous life and had done many projects in Africa. So it’s not like I’m a novice when it comes to the design of the Rhine Palace.
In this way, the design of the Rhine Palace is more oriented towards practicality and convenience of life, rather than the artistry currently pursued in Europe, or the fanciful plans of the United States.
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Starting in 1895, a wave of construction boom began across East Africa, from Gezira in the north to Upington in the south, from Dar es Salaam in the east to Cabinda in the west.
This is actually true for the entire world. Even the poorest and backward countries and regions will have a large number of plantations built due to the arrival of colonists, and the indigenous people who have not changed for thousands of years will also They were put in shackles and forced to work. "Crack", the sound of a whip lashing across the sky became a characteristic of the 19th century, and the addition of the sentence: "Get up and work, lazy boy!" was a characteristic of the colonial era.
The supervisors in East Africa are also very familiar with this kind of work. The city of Cabinda has undergone earth-shaking changes in less than five years in East Africa's hands.
“Although the outlet of the Congo River is only five kilometers away, the incision of the river is very deep and the river is fast, so it is unrealistic to build a bridge here. The only solution now is to come by ferry. To achieve connection with Luanda, as for the railway, it can only be achieved through a roundabout plan in the upstream area. ”
Cabinda has become one of the important economic ports in the western region of East Africa. With the expansion of the city and the prosperity of foreign trade, the flow of people and freight has increased, and the original backward traffic situation is also eager to change.
In fact, the development speed of the four port cities in the west is not very slow, which is slightly worse than that of Beira Port.
After all, it is the bridgehead of Atlantic trade, and the economic strength of the Atlantic coastal regions and countries is not weaker than that of Asia-Europe trade. Of course, the Asia-Europe trade here also includes the Indian Ocean section. In the era of maritime transportation, , Asia-Europe trade cannot bypass the Indian Ocean.
On the Atlantic coast, South America and West Africa are the raw material origins positioned in East Africa, while Europe and the United States are the markets. With both of them in place, coupled with the connection between German investment and the inland economy of East Africa, the growth of western coastal cities has been accelerated. much higher than inland Angola.
Of course, this situation is closely related to the geographical situation of East Africa. No matter how Angola and Southwest Africa develop, the national policy resources they enjoy are certain.
However, counting Angola and Southwest Africa, there are currently only four ports available for commercial trade operations. From north to south, they are Cabinda, Luanda, Benguela and Walvis Bay. In addition, there are two navies. military ports, that is, Alexandria and Swakopmund. Outside these ports, places such as Orangemond can only be regarded as small immigration strongholds.
Cabinda is located just like Mombasa in eastern East Africa, and is the port on the west coast closest to the main international trade route.
The only shortcoming is that there is no railway connection with the inland, and the lower reaches of the Congo River next to Cabinda have no shipping value due to the waterfalls in the upper reaches, and there is a lack of both land and water transportation.
In 1895, Luanda's population exceeded 70,000. It mainly relied on its location advantages to vigorously develop import and export trade, as well as processing and manufacturing.
Because domestic transportation is not smooth, Luanda imports raw materials from West Africa and South America, and then through processing, exports finished or semi-finished products to West Africa and South America. Some goods can even be exported to European and American countries.
Of course, with oil resources yet to be developed, Cabinda is far less important than Luanda, which is currently the most developed city on the west coast of East Africa.
In particular, German investment is also concentrated in Luanda and Benguela. As for Cabinda, it completely relies on investment from the East African government.
The main reason for this result is the lack of transportation such as railways, so Cabinda's urgent need for railways is higher than any other city in East Africa.
In 1895, after the Luanda and Benguela Railway, the East African government finally set out to change this situation, and the final plan for the Cabinda Railway was carried out at the same time as the upstream Kinshasa.
“The Kinshasa section of the Congo River has the best river conditions and is suitable for railway bridge construction, but this may also be the largest bridge construction project in East Africa since the founding of the country.”
“After the bridge construction is completed, railways and roads can be supplied to pass through at the same time, and the railway problems between Kinshasa and Cabinda can be solved. The railway branches off a branch line from the Luanda Railway, and then goes north to Kinshasa, and then passes through the Congo River Grand Bridge, along the The north bank of the Congo River finally reaches the city of Cabinda”
(End of this chapter)