In the afternoon, several experts conducted a careful survey of the surrounding desert area, and selected specimens from different species, from animals to plants; Samples were taken of red and white sand, as well as exposed rocks. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Temperature, humidity, wind speed, etc. were measured and recorded.

Seeing their busy appearance, Zhang Wei couldn't disturb them; Spending the night in the desert is just to get the night's data and compare it with the day's data.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that they were almost busy, and everyone returned to Xijing by airship.

asked Qian Xiangyang to find a spacious house for them as the residence of the research institute.

Zhang Wei also equipped relevant instruments, equipment and other research equipment in accordance with their requirements, and this humble research institute was officially established.

That night, after dinner, Du Shihui came to Zhang Wei with his freshly baked planning book.

Zhang Weiwei browsed it and was attracted by his plan, but he didn't expect that the plan made by the soldiers was different and exciting.

The first is to vigorously promote culture in Africa, and only if the majority of blacks can understand and communicate fluently in Mandarin, these blacks can play a greater role. The Xia Empire is the largest and most powerful empire in the world, and all the people in the world must be proud to speak and use Mandarin. His plan was to train a large number of black Chinese teachers in Somalia, and then let them go to other black areas to promote Chinese language teaching, and when the empire occupied those areas again, it would be very easy to rule.

This makes Zhang Wei feel a little enthusiastic, in the past, he only emphasized the importance of the Chinese language, and the natives who did not speak Chinese could not get the treatment of citizens no matter how much they contributed to the empire, but now they saw Du Shihui's plan and understood that he did not attach importance to Chinese education, and he must make up for this shortcoming in the future, especially North Korea and Japan, and must increase the promotion efforts to change their passive learning to active learning, so that they have a good opportunity to learn Chinese.

If all the people in the world could communicate fluently in Mandarin, it would be convenient for the empire to rule and manage them in the future.

The second plan is to vigorously build two ports, Berbera and Mogadishu, one to export goods to Europe and provide services to passing ships, hoping to build cattle and sheep slaughterhouses, food processing centers, and textile centers in the local area; one for trading in Africa, especially the German colonies in Africa, and also as a fishing port and seafood processing center; It is necessary to build power plants, hospitals, shipyards and other facilities in two ports; Take advantage of power plants to develop light industry.

third, to expel the locals to Somalia, Djibouti is only allowed to live for military families, and the port of Djibouti is used as a military port; Using the local advantageous resources, rich limestone and gypsum mines, a huge cement plant was established to provide high-quality cement for the construction of Africa and Qin; Asal Lake is also a natural large salt pan, rich in salt, each liter of water contains 330 grams of salt, its salt content is rare, is rare in the world, take advantage of this unique advantage, vigorously develop the salt industry.

Imperial investment was needed to expand local power plants, expand dockyards, warehouses, docks, etc.

Djibouti has become an oasis in the desert by reducing the number of people in Djibouti, reducing overgrazing, reducing pressure on the environment, and planting a large number of trees along rivers.

Fourthly, the construction of railways, linking Djibouti, Berbera and Mogadishu, and the construction of a large number of roads.

Fifth, the indigenous people of Socotra will be relocated to Somalia and Socotra will be built into a base for the Indian Ocean Fleet and an ecological protection island and a resort island.

Zhang Wei found the location of Socotra Island from the map, and felt that the location of Socotra Island was very important, and Du Shihui's suggestion was very timely, such an important island must be firmly under the control of the empire.

Sixth, build a large artillery battery at Mullulay to hold the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

This place is really important, it is the outlet of the Red Sea, the water span is less than 20 kilometers, after the construction of the battery, the entire sea surface is within the range of the battery's cannons, and it can completely control the passing ships, which is very important in wartime, and it will be handed over to the General Staff for study after returning home.

After reading it, Zhang Wei said to Du Shihui solemnly: "You just wrote an outline, how can I help you?" For example, how much power is needed to build a power plant, where is it built, how to solve the water source, how to transmit electricity, how to solve the problem of coal, and where to recruit workers? How much tonnage is it to build a dock, what is the foundation, what is the skill of the workers, and what are the supporting facilities? A lot of questions have to be refined. “

"Your Majesty, then I can't do it, if that's the case, you still equip me with administrative staff and professional technicians, you know, I'm not good at these, this is still to catch the ducks on the shelf, it took me 2 days to get it." Du Shihui said embarrassedly with a red face.

"Okay, you don't have to feel embarrassed, in fact, the outline you wrote inspired me a lot, and when I return to the empire, I will let the professionals supplement and improve it according to your plan."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while and said: "Industrial construction is not a day to do a good job, I sent people to do the planning first, and then to North Africa to do field investigations, and finally to break ground, such as the development of salt and cement industry is a good suggestion, make full use of local advantages to develop some light industry is also a very good idea, but the African strategy has not been set, the future there will be continuous war, so it is not suitable for the development of large-scale industry at present; Now you go back first, and send 100,000 free laborers to the Qin State first. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand what you mean, I will send 100,000 free labor to Qin as soon as possible; But when will the 100,000 civilians be sent to North Africa? Du Shihui asked again.

"The ecological pressure on your side is too great, so I won't send it for the time being, but the work of the military families is not easy to settle, so I won't add pressure to you for the time being."

Du Shihui felt that this was not bad, but it was already very difficult for him to arrange the work of the army's families, if he added another 100,000 people, he didn't know where to put it, when he needed the population, and then apply to the empire.

After Du Shihui took his leave, Zhang Wei sent a telegram to Han Xin in East Africa, asking him to make a plan for the development of the East African Special Economic Zone, which would be discussed by the Imperial General Staff and the Government Council at that time.

The 100,000 people planned for the East African Special Zone were also deducted by Zhang Wei, and he asked Han Xin to relocate all the indigenous people on the island of Madagascar to the mainland, and to settle the families of the military on the island of Madagascar, as well as in the port cities on the eastern coast of the East African continent, where the economic conditions are backward, and the pressure to resettle more than 100,000 military dependents is very great, and there is no need to put pressure on them.

The 200,000 civilians are a big burden to Du Shihui and Han Xin, and if they are resettled in the South Asian theater where the population is more needed, these 200,000 people can create more value and wealth and play a greater role.