The Republic of Vera is indeed a vast country with few people. It took more than two days to get from Sokil to White Rhinoceros Town.
Of course, the main reason is that the road condition is quite bad, and many places cannot even be called dirt roads. If graded roads were built, it might only take half a day.
But this was the situation now. Not only did it take a long time, but it was also bumpy along the way. When he arrived at Baixi Town, Li Yuan felt like his whole body was about to fall apart.
It should be said that the geographical location of Baixi Town is still very good. It is located on a tributary of the Congo River. If a dock is built, ships of about 300 tons can be navigable, and it can directly penetrate into the entire Congo River Basin. If the river is dredged
,1500 tons is not unimaginable.
However, everyone knows that this is an "if", so there is no use for it.
Especially due to the isolation of the virgin forest, coupled with the occasional emergence of a group of indigenous people from the forest, this place has become a relatively poor place.
In addition, there is the city of Kesim nearby. It is the city where Asanuwa is the general agent.
Although Kesim is relatively chaotic, the geographical conditions are much better. At least there is a simple road between there and Sokil. Moreover, the total trade volume in the Congo River Basin is so large that even Kesim has not enough to eat.
Is it my turn to get to White Rhinoceros Town?
As for Baixi Town, no one is interested in infrastructure construction such as docks.
To be honest, if the conditions here were not so bad, Harden would not have the chance to become a chief here. Harden is not the only son of his family, and he is not the more important one.
Therefore, when Li Yuan first set foot on the territory of Baixi Town, his first impression was that it was in tatters.
The indigenous tribes here basically still live a semi-nomadic, semi-agricultural life, so the people who settled in Baixi Town are still middle- and high-level people in the tribe. But even so, they still mainly have mud houses and the sanitary environment is poor. The only thing that is filled with
The most energetic ones are those black kids, they are running around naked, even many girls are like this?
Noticing Li Yuan's gaze, Harden smiled and said, "Li, am I managing well?"
"Ah?" Li Yuan had a sentence in his mind. Shouldn't he say it? Is this still a good governance?
"You don't know, when I first became the chief three years ago, the children here didn't have enough to eat. They were not as strong as they are now..."
"..."
Okay! The original starting point was too low, and the requirements couldn't be too high. Harden should work very hard.
"Li, our main income is to exchange cattle and sheep for food. We also make some transactions with indigenous tribes. Alas! I don't have such good luck here, just like the tribe of my father and several brothers, they have a coal mine.
…”
It should be said that the animal husbandry on the African continent is relatively miserable. Because there are so many diseases here, almost all other countries prohibit imports, especially in the Congo River Basin. And there are all kinds of strange diseases here, such as AIDS, Ebola virus, etc.
Wait, so it’s not without reason.
The local market is very limited. Therefore, if you want to develop animal husbandry, the congenital conditions are insufficient.
But on the other hand, it does have extremely good natural conditions. As long as the top management has a little conscience in their oppression, the people here can live a good life, especially when they are easily satisfied.
So it's no wonder that Harden will become an industrial party. Only through the development of industry can the face of the tribe be completely changed.
"Harden, I understand your feelings about developing the economy. But you just want to rely on building a few factories? In the long run, this approach is not feasible."
"so what should I do now?"
"We still need to start with agriculture and animal husbandry. When there is a large amount of agricultural products, give priority to the development of the food processing industry, and then slowly upgrade it..."
As a Chinese who has fully experienced the stage of reform and opening up, I can more or less say three-thirds. Isn’t this the same approach to poverty alleviation and investment promotion in China?
Unexpectedly, Harden disagreed: "Man, actually I don't care about industry or agriculture. As long as I can make money, I can do anything. And there are not many people in my tribe. I only need to feed these more than 10,000 people."
"Then what are your plans?"
"My plan is that I have no plan. It's best to make more money." Harden laughed, "Okay! Brother, this is a joke. But that's what I mean. Just like your farm,
It’s done very well there.”
"farm?"
"You don't know? Hasn't your farm already started recruiting workers? More than 50 people have been recruited from us. Now they are doing training."
"Training?"
…
Li Yuan really couldn't imagine that the farm was just recruiting a few farmers? Why would there be training?
Also, why did that Cheng Mo move so fast? It seems that he was given 50,000 US dollars, right? That money was the travel expenses of the inspection team, and there was no official allocation at all. How did the farm open?
With doubts on his mind, Li Yuan followed Harden to the farm. Unexpectedly, the scene at the scene left Li Yuan stunned again.
On a piece of flat land, a group of black squid were wearing the training uniforms of the former Soviet Union. Under the orders of Cheng Mo and others, they were walking in a goose-step formation?
Damn it! This is military training, right?
Li Yuan is completely confused. This seems to be a bit exaggerated. Farming and military training are not related? Is this a training method that was thought up by some wise man?
When it was time to take a break, Li Yuan immediately found Cheng Mo and the others, "Old Cheng, what are you doing? The farm employees shouldn't need this, right?"
Cheng Mo smiled and explained, "Xiao Li, you don't know this. This is how we train new employees on our farm there."
Li Yuan almost breathed a sigh of relief. Then he remembered that Cheng Mo and the others were all from the Construction Corps, and indeed they all had to undergo military training.
"No, no, this is just an ordinary farm, so there's no need for military training, right?"
"Actually, military training is the best way to make new employees abide by discipline." Cheng Mo continued to explain, "Also, don't you have a weapons arsenal here? In order to ensure the safety of the farm, they need to work as farmers in peacetime and during wartime.
Be a soldier!"
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Li Yuan understood that the misunderstanding here must be a bit deep. Those self-defense weapons were too exciting, and Cheng Mo and the others had already overreacted.
But before he could continue to persuade, Harden on the side said, "Li, I think this is good. These are good guys here. If we fight with other tribes in the future, they can also use them."
(⊙?⊙)
For a moment, Li Yuan didn't know what to say.
Forget it, just do whatever you want! As long as you are happy!
