African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 578 Water Conservancy Construction Issues
After arranging the matters related to the Southern Ryukyu Islands, this matter can basically come to an end. As for whether Japan will break its promise, there is no need to worry about this now. East Africa has withdrawn its armored ships and some ships from the Southern Ryukyu Islands. But a small fleet with gunboats as the main force was also left behind.

This fleet does not have strong attack capabilities, but it can still protect itself in the Western Pacific. The Southern Ryukyu Islands were previously besieged because of the lack of cooperation from relevant ships.

There are artillery batteries deployed in East Africa on the Southern Ryukyu Islands, but their combat range is also limited, and they cannot take the initiative to attack or ensure the safety of East African merchant ships. Now with this small fleet, there is no need to worry about this.

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The matter about the Southern Ryukyu Islands has come to an end, and the vigorous water conservancy construction in East Africa has caused some waves.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, with the implementation of large-scale water conservancy construction projects in our country, conditions in many areas have been greatly improved, but this has also caused some new problems." Minister of Water Resources Loire reported to the Ernst Huge.

Ernst knew that it shouldn't be a big problem. Artificial transformation of nature has advantages and disadvantages, but overall the advantages must outweigh the disadvantages. Of course, some small problems cannot be ignored because of this. There are some things that should be paid attention to.

At the same time, Ernst only focused on the broad direction and really needed his subordinates to constantly report to him the progress of the project and the troubles encountered during the project.

So Ernst said, "If you have any questions, just ask."

Then Loire continued: "First of all, the construction of some medium and large reservoirs may conflict with the original residential settlements and agricultural land being included in the transformation area, so the people on the original land must be relocated elsewhere. Or replace the farmland that will be replaced by new land with new land.”

This issue is actually easy to understand. When building water conservancy projects in East Africa, we mainly consider two aspects. One is to provide convenience to East Africa and meet the region’s water needs. The other, more important point is that it must be developed scientifically and rationally.

As for how to scientifically and rationally develop East Africa's water resources, we must consider various factors such as time, location, people and so on.

The topography of East Africa is there, so water conservancy projects must give priority to the topography. However, immigration in East Africa was not taken into consideration before. Many immigrants were distributed directly along the water sources. Now that East Africa is transforming these water sources, it will definitely affect the people who have settled there.

So Ernst thought for a moment and said: "The project must continue. After all, most water conservancy projects will continue to create wealth in the next ten years or even hundreds of years. It is easier to modify now, so it is better to make timely modifications." Make corrections and don’t leave troubles to future generations. We must take a longer-term view and not be timid. Of course, the people must also make proper arrangements. We cannot directly stand against the people because of national plans. We must do a good job in coordination and wait for a long time. , will naturally understand the government’s good intentions.”

"Your Highness, we naturally consider this too, but apart from this matter, what follows is just the opposite. Some lands that were originally unpopulated or undeveloped have been transformed into livable areas due to water conservancy construction. Shouldn't we These areas need to be planned uniformly and then filled with immigrants."

This involves the opposite side of East Africa's water conservancy construction. This water conservancy construction in East Africa is a top-down movement, not spontaneously formed by local people or governments. Therefore, many water conservancy project sites are selected by water conservancy experts. After looking around East Africa, it was determined that reasonable construction was under way.

Among them, there are some areas in East Africa that are currently undeveloped and have no immigrants, or areas that were not suitable for immigrants before, but are naturally suitable for new water conservancy projects due to other factors. Therefore, this has caused some projects in East Africa to be located in "uninhabited" areas. For example, there is a place in East Africa that is short of water, so East Africa has not been developed before, but there is a river around it, and there happens to be a place next to this river. After water is diverted from the gully, the nearby area can be turned into an area suitable for farming or other functions, making the area suitable for human habitation and farming.

Thinking of this, Ernst said: "For now, let's ignore the issue of immigration or not, but make plans after the construction of these projects is completed. This is like treating guests to dinner. Preparing more tables and chairs will be beneficial and harmless to us in East Africa. By then We can make arrangements if more guests come from time to time, and we can handle it calmly if the guests don’t come.”

Of course, there is another point that Ernst did not mention, that is, the main force in the construction of these projects in East Africa is mainly black people. For such projects that have no immediate effect, it does not matter if more black people are "sacrificed", but this is ok There was no need for Ste to say it.

In addition, these projects will not remain idle for long after they are completed. The population in East Africa is still growing rapidly, and these artificially transformed areas in East Africa will naturally be filled in by then.

Ernst continued: "Moreover, immigration is a big project, especially immigration caused by large-scale projects. This will also put pressure on the current administrative management of East Africa, so you must grasp the middle level and not be too extreme. Wait until the future government I will solve these problems at once in my spare time.”

The national water conservancy construction involves more than one million people, and if you include black people, the number is several million. The amount of this project is not easy for the East African government at all.

Moreover, the East African government has recently been busy with many things, including new industries, water conservancy construction, port reconstruction, and the just-ended conflict in the East Japan and South Ryukyu Islands, which have involved most of East Africa's energy.

Now that the end of the year is approaching, in time for Christmas and New Year, many government departments have to go on holiday. Before the holidays, they need to finish their work and conduct year-end summaries. Therefore, the pressure on the East African government is quite high, and it is not suitable to do so now. Adding pressure to government personnel.

Loire said: "I know Your Highness, the main reason is that the workload of the Ministry of Water Resources is too heavy. This water conservancy construction involves the whole country. Any instruction from us at the top will affect the changes of more than 3000 million people in the country, and it does not distinguish between This is true in both cities and rural areas, and the water conservancy department is also short of manpower, making it more difficult to deal with it."

In the final analysis, East Africa has taken too big a step this time. A national water conservancy construction project has a direct critical population of 300 million people. It would be strange if there are no problems.

Moreover, water conservancy construction is still a professional issue. East Africa happens to be short of professional talents, so it is quite difficult for government departments to deal with it.

However, Ernst is quite satisfied with the efficiency and ability of the government. East Africa is only a new country that has been in existence for no more than ten years, and the colonial period has only lasted for more than ten years. To be able to achieve this step, East African officials can say Overfulfilled his task.

However, Ernst is more used to it. Other officials do not think so. Ernst lived in the atmosphere of a national system in his previous life. The country is like a person. As long as the overall stability is ensured, there will be no problem. As for setbacks, that is the norm. , problems will occur in every country, but whether a country is healthy depends on its ability to respond to crises.

East Africa is a new country, so many problems have not emerged. As long as it does not die suddenly like the Soviet Union, East Africa will be a normal country.

(End of this chapter)