Chapter 890 Railway Construction

The outbreak of war in the Far East is ultimately a minor matter for East Africa, and it is even difficult to attract the attention of its own citizens. After all, East Africa is now mainly focused on domestic construction and has no intention of intervening in international affairs.

September 1894.

New Frankfurt City.

"This railway goes southeast. According to the superior department, it seems that a new city is to be built southeast of New Frankfurt City and northeast of Kabwe. Now this new railway branch line is to use the New Frankfurt Railway and then connect to the national railway network." Railway worker Hans told his fellow workers the gossip he had obtained.

The efficiency of the East African government is still good. With the selection of the location of Rhine City, the railway to Rhine City also began to be built, and Hans and others are railway workers on this railway line.

"There is nothing strange about this. A large number of new cities are built in East Africa every year. Take our Hohenzollern Province as an example. There are not a few cities that have suddenly emerged in recent years." Ravis replied.

Many cities in the Hohenzollern Province have suddenly risen because of mineral resources or railways, especially the northern copper belt and the central railway line, so it is nothing strange for Lavis that a new city has emerged around New Frankfurt.

"Hey, you don't understand this. If it is just a new city, it is naturally not worth my attention. I heard from Director Valeni that this new city is likely to become our new capital in the future, replacing the current first town." Hans said to Lavis and others.

Ravis: "How did you get the news from Director Valeni? And since he knew this information, why didn't he publicize it?"

Hans: "I was drinking with Director Valeni a while ago! He said it himself after he got drunk. I didn't think much about it at the time. After all, the First Town seems to be the capital now, so how could it be possible to move the capital! As a result, what Director Valeni said was fulfilled not long after, especially this railway, but Director Valeni mentioned it in particular."

At this time, another colleague of his, Bell, interrupted: "Hans, what is so particular about this railway?"

Hans raised his mouth and said: "There is a lot of knowledge in this. You all know that the capital of any country should be a place where transportation is accessible throughout the country. Isn't there a proverb that all roads lead to Rome? So this capital must be chosen in the most convenient area for transportation in East Africa."

"Although the location of the First Town is good, it is close to the sea and there are railways, but it is too far to the east. Our East Africa is a big country, larger than more than a dozen Germany, so the location of the First Town is very important. East Africa, that is naturally too remote. "

"But the area around New Frankfurt is different. Although it is not only the geographical center of East Africa, but also the future economic center of our country, to give the simplest example, if the central government is placed here, it can better control various regions of the country, especially the core areas of the main plateaus in our country. "

Everyone also thinks that what Hans said makes sense, but Ravis asked: "But isn't it redundant in this way? The capital can be placed in New Frankfurt, and it would be a bit wasteful to rebuild a city. "

For this point, Hans explained: "This is not contradictory. The first town is not located in the more prosperous Dar es Salaam, but is built in an area about 50 kilometers west of Dar es Salaam, so our future new capital may also take this path. "

At this time, Director Valeni came out from nowhere and said: "Hans, what are you talking about?"

The appearance of Valeni scared everyone. After all, as a boss, everyone is still a little afraid of Valeni.

Hans's face froze, and he said quickly: "We were just discussing the railway. After all, Director Valeni, you also said that we should pay special attention to this railway, so we were just talking about work."

"Oh, that's right, you'd better not be petty, this railway is very important, there can't be any quality defects, so pay attention during construction, report any problems in time, otherwise it will be troublesome when problems arise later."

"Director Valeni, we are tired of hearing these words, don't worry, we have always remembered them." Ravis and others echoed.

The more this happened, the more worried Valeni was, and he said directly: "The importance of this railway is higher than any railway we have built before, so we must treat it with ten or even a hundred times the usual seriousness, otherwise I will not save you when you go in to operate the sewing machine."

Everyone was shocked when they heard Valeni's words. Operating a sewing machine means going to prison. Of course, in East Africa, you may also go to mines and other heavy physical labor.

"Director Valeni, have you got any news? Hans just told us that this railway leads to the future capital of East Africa."

Valeni frowned and said, "Well, Hans, where did you get the news?"

Being suddenly called out, Hans said tremblingly, "Director, have you forgotten what you told me when you were drinking last month?"

Valeni scratched his head, "Really? What else did I say when I was drunk?"

Hans: "It was mainly about the Rhine or something. I was drunk at the time so I don't remember much."

Valenyi then remembered how the news leaked out. It seems that it is better to drink less in the future. I didn't expect that I would speak the truth after drinking. If any secrets are exposed, it would be too social.

"Don't worry too much about it. There is no capital or anything like that. It's not even a word yet! I just got the gossip from my friends, but one thing is certain, that is, the superiors attach great importance to this city, so you should work seriously, especially when monitoring black people."

Speaking of black people, Valenyi said more: "The section of railway construction we were responsible for the year before last was almost involved in an accident because of the carelessness of black people, so you should pay close attention to the work of black people, and repeatedly inspect the sections they are building, at least three times a day, to ensure the quality of the project."

There are a large number of black workers in the East African railway system. Although they have made important contributions to the construction of East African railways, they obviously cannot become excellent industrial workers due to their lack of cognition and culture.

However, the East African government is well aware of this. The East African government has no intention of training black people into excellent industrial workers. As for the fact that black people are now working in various industries in East Africa, it is completely reluctant to give up these cheap labor.

However, in the railway department, the proportion of black workers has actually been decreasing. In the past, there were black people and East African supervisors everywhere on the railway, but now the number of black people has dropped to less than 30%.

Of course, the proportion is slightly higher in mines and plantations. Now the main work has begun to be completed by East Africans themselves. After all, the number of East African citizens has long exceeded about two to three times that of black slaves. At the same time, this is also the social effect of the East African government beginning to adapt to the reduction of black slaves in advance.

"Black people are generally not very attentive, or lack basic knowledge, so you must keep an eye on me, otherwise, in addition to trouble, it will definitely be counted on your head at that time." Valeni continued to emphasize.

"Don't worry, supervisor, we will keep an eye on it, and we will definitely complete some key tasks ourselves, so that we can ensure efficiency while ensuring the quality of the project." Ravis said at the right time.