African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 122 Development of the Northern Territory

1868 2 Month 11 Day.

The town of Omorat is located on the east bank of the Omo River in Kenya, and is the northernmost immigrant settlement in the current East African colony.

With the full support of the Nairobi government, a large number of immigrants have been transported to settle here in a short period of time. The current population totals more than 800 people.

The Nairobi government organized all the vehicles to transfer these migrants who had landed from Mombasa and traveled westward to Nairobi to the Omorat area.

The poor Nairobi government played a game of chess in East Africa and got nothing. Instead, it continued to support other parts of Kenya, which slowed down local development.

As the capital of Kenya in the previous life, the city that had the same experience as Nairobi was Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania in the previous life.

Of course, due to the early development of Dodoma, the situation is much better than that of Nairobi. At least it has accumulated enough population. In the early days of Nairobi’s establishment, some people were diverted to build coffee plantations in the north. Now, it has not been idle yet. It is also necessary to support the development of the town of Omorat.

The status of these two cities is completely incomparable to that of the previous life. Of course, this is the current status of the East African colony. The closer the colony is to the center, the slower the city develops.

On the contrary, a large number of cities on the edge of the colony have been fully developed, and Omorat is such a marginal city.

Omorat is the first nail driven in East Africa's preemption of the Omo River Basin. In order to start early, even the local indigenous people have no time to clean it up.

As for why Omorat was chosen as the northernmost city at present, it is because the geographical conditions here are good, the land is flat and easy to develop.

And then along the Omo River, there are mountains and plateaus, and the development is difficult. Due to the terrain restrictions, the upper reaches of the Omo River can be said to be winding, and it is not enough to describe the Omo River with thousands of twists and turns. twists and turns.

It is no wonder that in the previous life, Ethiopia wanted to build a hydropower station upstream, and its hydropower resources are indeed abundant.

The south of Omorat is close to the Omo River Delta, about 30 kilometers away from Lake Turkana.

The Omo River Delta is home to indigenous tribes who make a living by fishing, so Omorat bypassed the Omo River Delta and chose a place further north to build the town.

This location is very good. Compared with the delta map, it is less prone to waterlogging disasters, and the land is also very fertile. The local indigenous people have no planting experience.

Therefore, the land here has never been developed. Coupled with the nourishment of the Omo River and the accumulation of thousands of years, both sides are full of fertile land.

The establishment of Omorat Town is the same as the previous East African expansion routine, that is, to enclose the land first, and then slowly invite the original owner of the land out.

And the land in the circle has completely become the land of the East African colony itself. Ernst used this trick to circle the entire inland plateau of Tanzania.

Use Mwanza, Kigoma, Mbeya, Karonga... and other large cities surrounding the Tanganyika region (collectively referred to as the inland plateau) as bases to separate Tanganyika from other forces .

Then the land in the circle was completely occupied by immigrants, and the Tanganyika area slowly fell into the hands of the East African colonies.

As for Kenya, it was plundered by means of war, so it is not this routine.

Today, the establishment of the town of Omorat once again demonstrates the most adept expansion method of the East African colonies.

From the moment the town of Omorat was established, it completely separated the various forces in Ethiopia (including the Abyssinian Empire) from the land south of Omorat.

When the village stronghold under Omorat is established and completed, these forces, connections and access to northern Kenya will be blocked by the East African colony.

The vast land (about 50 square kilometers) along Lake Turkana has become the possession of the East African colony. The East African colony can slowly digest the middle from the south (Nairobi) and the north (Omorat). area.

However, Turkana is a saltwater lake, and there are not many tribes and indigenous people around it. After being isolated and helpless, they can only become lambs to be slaughtered.

The precipitation in the Omo River Basin is between 1500mm and 2000mm, so Omorat in the lower reaches does not lack water at all. In this area, rice can be grown on a large scale to feed the immigrants.

Lake Turkana, south of the town of Omorat, and the Kenyan region east of Lake Turkana are not suitable for large-scale food cultivation.

Deserts and grasslands are intertwined, so they are planned as pastures. Pastures are the land use with the lowest economic value in East Africa.

The entire East African plateau has a tropical grassland climate, and there is no shortage of such grasslands. Moreover, there is more precipitation in the south, and the aquatic plants are more lush.

In addition, there is currently a large amount of undeveloped land in East Africa, and even the most densely populated upper coastal area has a large number of grasslands and forests.

Therefore, the natural conditions in northern Kenya are not enough at all, that is, for the sake of immigration, the selection of pastures is inclined to northern Kenya.

And grazing is not so easy. In East Africa, "armed" grazing is practiced.

Except for the Sahara Desert, which is a truly barren land, almost all areas of Africa are full of wild animals. Even the Kalahati Desert in the south is also a paradise for wild animals.

No matter how bad the conditions in northern Kenya are, the number of animals is indispensable. There are quite a lot of animals such as lions, leopards, and hyenas.

As a large ranch planned in East Africa, the population in northern Kenya is destined not to be too large, and it certainly cannot compete with wild animals in terms of numbers.

And wild animals would certainly threaten the safety of the colony's livestock animals, and there were no barbed wire and electrical grids to separate the two in this day and age.

Even if there is, it cannot be used under the current economic conditions in East Africa, so what can be used in East Africa?That is the gun in his hand.

The number of guns in the hands of the East African colonies is around 10,000+, almost one for every five people.

Carrying a gun to graze is absolutely cheap and safe, and East Africa itself can produce it on a small scale.

The plan of the East African colony is to select a good pasture first, and then organize personnel to physically eliminate wild animals and wild animals within the range of the pasture.

Immigrants then formed herding groups, each responsible for its own area.

Unlike farmers, herdsmen have weapons in their hands, which are used to patrol the pastures and prevent wild beasts and savages from harassing the pastures.

Speaking of savages, the herdsmen are also obliged to capture the savages who break into the pastoral area, and then escort them to the south by the higher authorities.

In this way, northern Kenya is covered by large and small pastoral areas, and the living space of the indigenous people is naturally getting smaller and smaller. If they resist and break into the pastoral areas, they will be arrested by the East African colonies.

The day when Kenya is covered with pastures and plantations is also the time when the indigenous people will be completely cleaned up.

It was a crude plan for the development of northern Kenya by the East African colonies, simple but effective.

Unlike the vast area of ​​northern Kenya, the town of Omorat has its own unique political and economic status.

This is an agricultural planting area, and it borders Ethiopia and goes northwest to Sudan. Its strategic and economic value are very high.

Occupying the area at the same time also has considerations for the future, just like ordinary people in the United States had a headache for smuggling immigrants from South America in their previous lives.

East Africa will certainly face the same situation. The race in northern Ethiopia is alright. There are many Arabs, or North African whites with light skin.

In Ethiopia and southern Somalia, there are a large number of pure black people, which Ernst, who is committed to cleaning up the black population, has to guard against.

According to Ernst's previous life experience, the skin color of black people is very conspicuous everywhere (except at night). If you want to prevent black people from appearing in the East African colonies in the future, you can't just clean up the black people in your own territory.

It is also necessary to clean up the blacks in the areas near the colonies, otherwise, the natives in these backward areas will definitely go to East Africa in the future, and with Ernst's understanding of bureaucrats and capitalists, they may do it at any time.

Just like when American politicians gave Latin American illegal immigrants legal status, it was the people at the bottom of the United States who suffered in the end (the U.S. government also wanted ordinary people to be involved, and Latin American immigrants were obedient, and they could also split the unity of the bottom... Anyway, for the top, Baili There is no harm, but for the lower-level people in the United States, there is no harm but no benefit.)
Anyway, the American people will not suffer. The moths at the top will never suffer. They will only earn more and less. Even if the United States is messed up by them, with the capital and force in their hands, they can open up new battlefields (Run Global).

(End of this chapter)