Of course, AU officials also know that it will be difficult to achieve such large-scale production in Africa. However, in the face of the benefits brought by large-scale production, it cannot be ruled out that some governments will temporarily abandon political differences, after all, the issue of food is still more important.

Think about it, if your neighbors produce cheaper fertilizer than they do from Europe, do you choose to buy from your neighbors or from Europe? Even if officials reject fertilizer from neighboring countries out of political considerations, the people will not think that way, and then either the state will organize the imports from the neighboring countries, or the people will spontaneously smuggle them, will the government build a border wall for a few tons of fertilizer?

For example, if the backbone railway network of the whole of Africa is built, you only need to build a branch line to a neighboring country to join the railway network, if you don't build this branch line, you can only drive donkey carts to live, how will you choose?

Many countries in Africa are also full of political parties, and if the ruling party does not follow the trend, the opposition side will play this economic card to buy the people's hearts. The common people do not know what politics is, and they only care about their own food, clothing, housing and transportation. Some of the borders of African countries were forcibly drawn by Western colonizers, and there are many people-to-people exchanges between countries, and when neighboring countries become rich, their own people will exert pressure on the government, which is an economic necessity and a political choice.

Another point, which is not suitable to be said directly, is that this plan is designed by Chinese, and many projects in the future will also use Chinese loans and Chinese equipment. With such a big country mediating in the middle, I am afraid that various countries will have to give some face. Are you sure that you can withstand the wrath of a great power as a nail in a project led by a great power?

If the planned transnational economic alliance can be realized, then in the process of economic cooperation, the political contradictions of African countries will gradually dissolve, and finally achieve broad peace in Africa, which is the goal that the African Union is striving for. For that alone, AU officials deserve to sell the plan vigorously.

"We are ready to take advantage of the opening of the Saiga Railway to discuss this plan with dignitaries from various countries. The opening of the Saiga Railway is a model of cooperation between African countries, and the opening of the Saiga Railway will be of great benefit to both the Cyril and Gabay countries, which can be seen by the dignitaries of various countries and believe that they will have a deep interest in such cooperation. Lamuru said to Feng Xiaochen.

Feng Xiaochen nodded and said, "Our thoughts are the same. Africa's development ultimately needs to be done by the African people themselves, and in order to achieve this, extensive inter-country cooperation is of the utmost importance. ”

"Yes, yes. In addition, we also need money and technology from China, and we need the help of Chinese friends. LaMuru said unabashedly.

Feng Xiaochen said: "China and African countries are both developing countries, and we can't talk about who helps whom, it's just an international cooperation." China industrialized a little bit earlier than Africa, so being able to provide some experience in industrialization, as well as some industrial equipment, is something that we can do. ”

"We are in great need of China's industrialization experience and industrial equipment," Lamouru said. In the past, Western countries only regarded Africa as an economic colony, and never really regarded Africa as a collaborator, and in this regard, China is indeed Africa's best friend. ”

"Haha, long live friendship!" Feng Xiaochen smiled and stretched out his hand to Lamuru again.

Lamuru held Feng Xiaochen's hand and said the same "Long live friendship", which means swearing by tapping his palm.

While the two were talking, they didn't realize that the time had come for the celebration to begin. The military band jointly formed by the China Railway Corporation and the local construction unit of Cyril played the national anthem of Cyril and the Chinese national anthem, followed by the rather magical "Dance of the Golden Snake", not to mention, the use of this music with the national dance of black Africans, there is no disobedience at all.

Franken presided over the ceremony, and representatives from all sides, including Lamuru and Feng Xiaochen, delivered short speeches, the theme of which was basically about China-Africa cooperation and promoting Africa's industrialization. From the speeches of several African heads of state who were invited to speak, Feng Xiaochen could sense their desire to seek cooperation with China and develop their own economies, and at the same time, they also promised to open up their markets for resource exploitation and infrastructure construction to China, and hoped that Chinese-funded enterprises would invest and do business in their own countries.

After all this process was completed, Franconia announced that he was ready to start. The music resumes, but again in Chinese style, the athletes' march, and to the beat of the drums, a group of black girls in railway uniforms walk in neat steps towards the train that has long been parked on the platform. Seeing them, the scene became noisy again:

"Oh my God, these are girls!"

"What, girls can be flight attendants too?"

"It's rare and weird, aren't the flight attendants in Europe all women?"

"That's Europe, can our girls here compare with others?"

"Look, those girls went to the front of the car, oh my God, they're actually train drivers!"

"Female train driver, how is this possible!"

"That's my Alice! Oh my God, it's true, my Alice is going to drive the train!"

As if hearing her mother's voice, Cyril girl Alice turned her head to look at the crowd. In the dense crowd, Alice could not find her mother, but she saw countless eager eyes, which were shock, admiration, envy, and admiration......

Alice only felt a slight sour nose, and she quickly turned her head, for fear of revealing her vulnerable side in front of everyone.

It's been five years, and I've finally come this far.

She vividly remembers that five years ago, the Chinese government established a Confucius Institute in Zobia, the capital of Seril, and that she had just graduated from high school and signed up for a Chinese language course at the Confucius Institute with the mindset of exploring the mysterious world.

The teacher who taught the class was a Chinese girl not much older than her, and her beauty and erudition impressed Alice, who was reluctant to leave after class, but surrounded the teacher and asked questions. The friendship between the girls is easy to build, and it doesn't take long for the Chinese teacher and Alice to become good friends who don't talk about anything.

At that time, the construction of the Saiga Railway had already begun, and Alice told her teacher that she had never seen a train before, and hoped that one day she would be able to take a train and have no regrets in her life. The teacher said lightly: "Alice, you are still so young, and there are so many opportunities. Maybe one day, you will not only be able to get on the train, but you will also be able to become a train driver. ”

"Can a girl drive a train?" asked Alice, surprised.

"Absolutely. The teacher said, "There are many female train drivers in China, and China's first female train driver, Grandma Tian, was the only one of your age now, and only studied in elementary school for two and a half years, but she learned to drive a train with perseverance." ”

The teacher helped Alice download a Chinese movie called "Female Driver" from the Internet, although it was a black-and-white film shot in 1951, and many of the Chinese dubbing Alice did not understand, but she still watched it over and over again, and the idea of becoming a train driver grew irrepressibly in her heart.

After that, she was given the opportunity to study in China, and after returning to China, she excelled in the Sega Railway's exam to recruit train drivers, and went to China with her peers to learn train driving skills.

As with many clichéd stories, there is a lot of talk about girls learning to drive trains, and no one believes that the girls of Cyril can learn to operate such a huge machine, because traditionally, Cyril women are only appendages of men, without any social status. Among those who hold this view is Alice's mother.

Alice and the other six girls who were selected to study in China made up their minds to open the eyes of all their compatriots who looked down on them, and to fight for all the Cyril girls. They saw the freedom, self-reliance and self-confidence of Chinese girls in China, and they could no longer allow themselves to accept the culture that girls had to be inferior.

The Chinese masters are extremely strict with their teaching, and do not lower their requirements because they are girls and foreigners. Chinese-made diesel locomotives are already very light to operate and do not require much physical effort, but the numerous instruments and driving specifications are enough to make these African girls who have never been exposed to modern industry dizzy. How many times everyone cried, how many nights they stayed up to memorize various norms, they can't remember. Alice only remembers that after the final assessment, the cool Chinese master showed them a warm smile for the first time.

"Diligent, hard-working, perceptive, and self-motivated. ”

The master did not hesitate to praise the comments.

The girls returned home from their studies, and their deeds were published in the newspapers, and they quickly became role models for all girls throughout Cyril and the admiration of many young men.

When arranging the opening ceremony of the Saiga Railway, the President specifically instructed that the first train would be driven by these female drivers, and that he would personally get on the train for a test ride.

"Confirm the parking space!"

"Parking space is correct!"

"Locomotive signal!"

"Green light!"

"Let's go!"

"Departure understood!"

The Chinese master who followed the car gave instructions aloud in Chinese, and Alice and her companion answered equally loudly in Chinese, completing the instructions accurately.

With a whistle, the train started slowly, and with the cheers of the tide, it drove out of the Zobia station and headed east, where there was the blue sea, where there was the industrial dream of Cyril.

"Alice, you've made history. The Chinese master said with a smile beside him.

Alice's tears finally fell, and they were tears of happiness.

"Master, we have made history together. ”

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