In fact, it is impossible to offend both sides. Ade and Philip are not that shallow. Roque's own strength and the Chinese people represented by Roque are forces that cannot be ignored, so Roque's neutrality is for Philip and Ade.
All are the most ideal conditions.
Roque ignored the electoral mess, and his attention was still focused on the Congo Free State.
Now the Congo Free State has opened its arms to southern Africa. While the Northern Rhodesian Division occupied Bukavu, Nyasaland's colonial pioneering groups also crossed the border and marched into the hinterland of the Congo Free State.
Most of the members of these colonial pioneering groups are Africans, and their skin color is no different from the Africans in the Congo Free State. However, these members of the colonial pioneering group have long accepted the militarized management of the colonial pioneering group, which can still be seen at a glance.
and the Africans in the Congo Free State.
The main thing is the temperament, which is tall and straight from the inside out, and the loose and loose look, which looks really different.
What's more, the colonial pioneer group had uniform clothes. Because of the heavy labor, the clothes may be a bit worn out, but everyone has shoes to wear, and the clothes are clean and even have traces of sewing. This is the same as in a general sense.
Africans are so different.
In a general sense, Africans don't even have shoes or clothes. Many people only cover their crotch with a piece of cloth. The effect is no different from having nothing to cover them. Even if they have clothes, if they get dirty, they will
Most likely I won’t be able to wash it, and if it’s torn, I definitely won’t be able to sew it.
Not to mention hygiene, Africans are similar to whites in that they have a heavier body odor, but whites can use perfume to cover it up, but Africans definitely don't have this condition. Let alone perfume, they rarely even take a shower.
The hygiene habits of the members of the Colonial Development Corps were very good. No matter how late they worked every day, they must take a shower before going to bed.
This habit would definitely be laughed at among other Africans, but in the colonial pioneering group, after everyone developed good hygiene habits, failure to follow hygiene became a public enemy, so in the Lusi River next to Bukavu
Here, every evening, a large number of members of the colonial pioneer group take a bath, which is a spectacle among Africans.
"This is simply amazing. I thought Africans would never take a bath in their lives. These people take baths more frequently than many white people. Do they want to wash away their skin color?" Louisa made no secret of her hatred of Africans.
It is not surprising that the Africans in these colonial pioneering missions have nothing to do with the rebellion in the Congo Free State.
"Louisa, calm down, they are here to help you rebuild your home." Feng Xun is now the person in charge of Bukavu. This is nothing unfamiliar to Feng Xun. He can just manage Bukavu as a refugee camp.
"Can we let them leave? We don't want to see these people now, and I won't live in the house they built." Luisa is ambitious. It is not difficult for women like them to live in Bukavu. The key is to rely on men.
The thinking needs to change.
As her contact with the people of Nyasaland deepened, Louisa really envied the women of Nyasaland.
In Nyasaland, women can go to school, work, and even have the right to vote by next year. Most families in Nyasaland are dominated by men and women. The naivety is not a joke. Most men are competent.
Women are equally capable of doing all kinds of jobs, and in many fields women even account for the majority, such as medical care and education.
Louisa has never been to the University of Nyasaland, but from Feng Xun's description, the proportion of female students at Nyasaland University is about the same as that of male students. In some colleges, most students are female.
After women work, their salary is similar to that of men even if the work intensity is about the same. This is impossible in Europe. In many factories in Europe, women do the same work as men, but their salary is lower than that of men.
Men are much lower.
From the contact with Feng Xun, Louisa can also clearly feel the respect that Feng Xun has for Louisa. This kind of respect is not felt by most white men, and Louisa cannot feel it at all.
Among the vast majority of white men that Louisa came into contact with, what Louisa felt most was Hong Guoguo's greedy desire. This feeling made Louisa very uncomfortable, but Louisa could not escape before.
Now Louisa knows that she has more choices in life.
"No, building houses is your own business. Their tasks are to build roads and railways, strengthen rivers, and build a dike on the shores of Lake Kivu. In the future, they will also lay electrical and telephone lines. Our Nyasaland city construction standards
It's different from your Congo Free State." Feng Xun was extremely proud. Southern Africa has Africa's first-class urban planning, and Nyasaland has the strongest construction capacity in Southern Africa. In terms of infrastructure construction, Nyasaland
The city is second to none in this era.
"How much do wires and phone lines cost?" Luisa felt heavy. In Luisa's concept, there is no free lunch in the world. The more Nyasaland invests in Bukavu, that means that Nyasaland
Lan requires a higher return.
"The electric wires are laid for free by the electric power company, and the telephone lines are the responsibility of the communication company. You must pay for installing telephones with electricity, but these basic costs are not included." Feng Xun understood the situation. If this were not the case, remote areas in Nyasaland would
It will probably take many years to get electricity.
What should be noted here is that in most countries at present, power and communications are not state-owned enterprises, but are operated by private enterprises.
Not only electricity and communications, but also nominally public facilities such as roads, railways, museums and libraries, in fact the vast majority are also privately operated.
A problem arises here. For example, in big cities like Congo Free State, Boma and Leopoldville, because there are many basic users, power companies and communication companies will take the initiative to lay lines to provide services to customers.
As for small towns in remote areas, because there are not many users and the cost is high, private companies will definitely not take the initiative to lay lines. As for when those people can use electricity, it can only depend on God's will.
This is the case in Bukavu. Whether it was during the reign of Leopold II or the Belgian government, small towns like Bukavu had no electricity at all, and there was no need to think about telephones. There was only one radio in the entire Bukavu
, or all the residents around Bukavu raised their own funds and just purchased it last year.
Relatively speaking, Nyasaland has a huge advantage in this regard.
Rock knew the role of electricity and communications in economic development, so he really spared no effort in promoting electricity and communications. Back in Johannesburg, the first major project Rock launched was the Crocodile Bay Hydropower Station. After that, southern Africa began to enter the age of electricity.
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Compared with Johannesburg, Nyasaland has many rivers and abundant water resources, which makes it more suitable for the construction of hydropower stations of various sizes. Over the past ten years, with the economic development of Nyasaland, the construction of hydropower stations is no longer enough to meet the actual needs.
To meet the demand for electricity, thermal power stations have been put into construction in Port Edward and Xuanwu City. These investments will not be able to recover their costs in a short period of time. When Johannesburg launched the Crocodile Bay Hydropower Station, countless people flocked to it hoping to get a piece of the pie. Now, now
With more and more investment in various aspects, the power company has fewer and fewer shareholders, leaving only Rock and Stoudemire.
The reason why Stoudemire is still willing to continue investing is, on the one hand, because Rhodesia also needs more electricity, and on the other hand, it is also because of Stoudemire's long-term trust in Rock. Even if the power company continues to lose money, when will Rock
Those short-sighted shareholders will regret it sooner or later if they make a loss.
Although Louisa is white, Louisa has never used electricity before in the Congo Free State. However, in Nyasaland, even the most remote refugee camps have electricity supply, although the electricity supply is only a pitiful four hours a day.
, but this still makes Louisa feel precious.
So Luisa was very excited when she knew that the power company would lay the lines for free.
There are some things that can and cannot be said. Bukavu is still nominally part of the Congo Free State, but the more Nyasaland invests in Bukavu, it means the possibility of Nyasaland abandoning Bukavu in the future.
It is getting lower and lower, and in the future Nyasaland may even directly annex Bukavu.
Louisa was not surprised by this result, and was indeed happy to see it.
Don't think that because Louisa is Belgian, she will oppose Nyasaland's annexation of Bukavu. This rebellion will change the minds of many people, especially those like Louisa who were abandoned by the Belgian government after the rebellion. If possible, Louisa
Luisa is now willing to join the Southern African nationality and become a Southern African who can be effectively protected in the event of rebellion. For this reason, Luisa is willing to give up the privileges that she has as a white person in the Congo Free State.
Those so-called privileges sound very attractive. In fact, only those who have been to Nyasaland know that the privileges of white people in the Congo Free State are nothing special. In the Congo Free State, white people can only fight hard like Africans when they get sick.
There are no doctors to serve them.
There is no school for their children to go to. Rich people can send their children back to Europe for education, while ordinary white children can only herd sheep. In this way, when the next generation grows up, compared with those who have received education,
It's a huge difference, and it will affect their lives for the rest of their lives.
More importantly, the so-called privileges of white people in the Congo Free State will seriously affect the relationship between white people and Africans. This rebellion is the result of long-term accumulation of conflicts. Such privileges are really not necessary.
While the Colonial Development Corps was building roads and bridges, Bukavu, which had been burned by the rebels, was also recovering bit by bit. Of course, the rebuilt Bukavu will definitely be better than the previous Bukavu, Luisa
