African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 288 New Citizen of Nairobi
Due to the lag in news, the Portuguese in Angola have not yet realized the expansion of East Africa. There is only the last barrier between the two countries, and the land of East Africa and Mozambique are completely connected.

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Nairobi,
The word "Nairobi" means "a cool place". It is a modern garden city with verdant trees and flowers everywhere, clean and quiet, and it is a summer resort for tourists.

Such good climate conditions are also one of the reasons why Ernst chose the location of the textile factory here. In the era without air conditioning, the environment in Nairobi can provide workers with a better working environment.

Nairobi's climate is more aptly described as spring-like all year round. Coolness refers to tropical regions. Of course, Nairobi is cooler than summers in Europe and the Far East. The most important thing is that Nairobi has this temperature all year round.

"Welcome everyone to Nairobi. Nairobi may not be as prosperous as Venice, but it is not too bad. As far as the current urban construction scale of Nairobi is concerned, the development of Nairobi is already rapid. Because this city is only two years old , I hope that after you become citizens of Nairobi, you will actively participate in the construction of Nairobi. Only when our city is built better can everyone live and work here more happily." Jose, the mayor of Nairobi, faced the first batch of Venice said the immigrants.

The Venetian immigrants looked left and right, observing the so-called city that would become their new home.

"In terms of city appearance alone, it is really good, but the architecture is relatively monotonous, without the dazzling beauty and artistic atmosphere of Venice, and the city is too small, it feels similar to a small town in the countryside of Venice, and the climate is also a bit dry. "

"It's not bad, at least it's not as bad as we imagined. I thought the East African government would throw us in the wilderness! At least there is infrastructure here, and I feel that the environment here is also good. I can't stand the kind of Venice." The humid environment, and the temperature in East Africa is really comfortable, before in Mombasa, it was hotter there, and Europe has always said that the temperature in Africa is high, but that’s not the case here.”

"It is indeed a bit different from the imagined Africa. From this point of view, the conditions here are even much better than those in Egypt. The pile of sand in Egypt can accommodate so many people. This place is obviously much more livable than Egypt."

"Look, those black laborers, are they slaves in East Africa?"

"Probably yes. I heard that black slaves are used in the colonies, especially in Africa. The most indispensable thing is blacks. But I saw some blacks in Mombasa, but there are more here."

The reason why there are more black people in Nairobi than in Mombasa is because the East African government temporarily pooled them from the surrounding villages in order to solve the housing problem for these Venetian immigrants. The first phase of the planned [-]-unit housing project has been completed.

"Compared to black people, I am still interested in these yellow people. Their living conditions here seem to be pretty good, but I don't know how to get along well."

While the Venetian immigrants were looking at the living conditions of the people in East Africa, the citizens of Nairobi were also looking at these Venetians. This is the first time since Nairobi was founded that such a large number of immigrants arrived in Nairobi at the same time.

The Venetian expatriates had heated discussions about everything in Nairobi, and everything here was new to them.

At this time, Jose, the mayor of Nairobi, said: "Because you are new to East Africa, you will have to eat in the cafeteria for the first month. After one month, you will have to rely on your own wages to support your family. As long as you are willing to work hard in the factory, you can survive in East Africa." It is not difficult, the price of industrial products in East Africa may be slightly higher, but the price of food is very cheap. Next, you can ask any questions?"

"Dear Mr. Mayor! Where are we staying tonight?"

The mayor of Nairobi pointed to the northeast direction with his finger, "Did you see the place where the black people are constructing? The newly built houses in the west are where you live."

"How to solve the problems of drinking water and cooking?"

"You can get water from the nearest well for drinking water, and go to the river for washing clothes. As for cooking, you can build a stove or oven by yourself, or you can choose to eat in the cafeteria, but except for the first month of free, You'll have to pay later."

"Mr. Mayor, what are our working hours?"

"Ten hours a day, plus overtime pay, six days a week."

"Excuse me, where do we worship?" an immigrant asked.

The mayor of Nairobi replied: "Of course it is in your own home. There is no church here. If you are willing to build one yourself, we also support it, but you need to do it yourself."

"Oh! My God? Too bad there's no church."

"Don't complain. In fact, the immigrants before you lived very well without churches. And if you are really pious, you can worship at home by yourself. As long as you have God in your heart, God will naturally bless you. Piety is not See if there are any churches, is it possible that if there are churches, they will be protected by the old man of God! There are many churches in Europe, but there are indeed wars raging in Europe now, and you came to East Africa because of the war." Jose said .

As a Protestant, Jose always pays more attention to justification by faith. When he arrived in East Africa and met so many Chinese who did not believe in God, Jose was even more shocked. Now Jose’s own thinking has been shaken, or Put badly.

"Okay, having said all that, next, prepare all your registration materials in Mombasa. We will distribute housing to you according to the content on the materials. Everyone packs up their luggage and leaves with the staff." Jose commanded .

Soon, Nairobi East City New District was full of people. They didn't have much luggage, but most of them brought their families.

"Don't squeeze, learn to line up first. If anyone squeezes forward indiscriminately, don't blame me for not reminding you. The police maintain order." Looking at the crowd swarming up, Mayor Jose said, "Everyone line up, Staff register."

"Bring over the file!"

"Mr. Abbott, there are four people in your family, you and your wife, one son and one daughter!"

"Yes, sir."

"There are four houses here, one, three, five, and eight. These four numbers are divided. You can choose one for yourself."

"Uh, is there a difference between them?"

"No, it's just that the location is different."

"Then I'll choose three."

"Well, very good, the head of the household, Abbott, four family members, wife Jenny, son Andrew, and daughter Anna. The Seventh Community, No. [-]." The registration officer recorded, "This is your house number, You wait a moment, the staff will take you and your family to your residence in a while."

"Next"……

Soon, four families gathered together.

"You four families come with me." An East African policeman said.

A few people walked for an unknown period of time under the leadership of the police, and came to an empty street.

"Did you see this sign?" He pointed to the sign at the intersection of the street and said, "Seven means Seventh Street. The area you are in is also the Seventh Community. The first house on the left is Mr. Mavist. The third set is for Mr. Andre's family, the fifth set is for Mr. Abbott's family, and the eighth set is for Mr. Rip's family. Bring the slips you just registered!"

The East African police took the four notes from the hands of the four people, took out the glue from their pockets, and came to the door of the four houses. There was a reserved blank square on the right side of the door frame. He put the notes in order Pasted on it, this is a simple house number, which records the basic situation of each immigrant family.

"Now you can move in!"

At this time Abbott asked: "Sir, I still have a question, why are our houses not next to each other in order, but there is an empty space in the middle?"

The police explained: "Because other immigrants will live here in the future, but they have not arrived here yet."

In fact, the empty houses are reserved for immigrants from the Far East and Germany. Two, four, and seven of them are planned to be allocated to immigrants from the Far East, and six are allocated to immigrants from the German region.

It is just enough to fully integrate these immigrants together, and avoid the appearance of immigrants from a single region and ethnic group living together in one place.

"At the end of the street, it is the office of the Seventh Street Police Department. If you have any troubles in the future, you can come to me. There is also a bulletin board of the city government. You can check the latest policies and government notices in East Africa. You have to go to the No. There are two wells on the fourth street and the fifth street. You have to go to the river in the north of the city to wash your clothes. The public canteen is at the end of the street, which is the largest building. These days, your food is settled there. There are toilets behind the street. , in East Africa, it is not allowed to defecate anywhere, and it is not allowed to discharge sewage at random. Wastewater must be poured into the drain behind the toilet..."

(End of this chapter)