Chapter 135: Oasis Town
The Oasis Town is full of construction machinery, and local residents are actively building their own houses. The inhabitants came from a small village not far away, and it was obvious that they could not move here.
The oasis is located not far from the center of an artificial lake, along which green grass and palm trees shield the creatures from the hot sun.
Although Joseph also gave each oasis town dozens of acres of plantable land, it was obvious that these dozens of acres could not be used as the main food here, and could only be regarded as improvements.
The town of two or three hundred people is naturally not large, and the project is much simpler, with the help of these machinery, they may not be able to move all of them in half a year, and under the leadership of the local mayor, Joseph visited most of the plants on the oasis and the progress of the construction of the town.
There are not many external workers here, and most of them are local residents. Of course, they have no salary, and will only give a house of about 60 square meters and a few goats as a reward after completion.
Dozens of acres of land in the oasis are owned by the local government, and the grain grown will be distributed to the public servants there, and the rest will be bought and sold, as will the coconut fruit from the coconut trees and the fish in the artificial lake.
"Your Majesty, the main thing here is some meat fish and freshwater shrimp, and according to the estimates of the town's agricultural advisers, we can do our first fishing in four months."
The mayor of the town is a local Arab, who is in his fifties and has a good reputation in the village, and for the time being, the mayors of these oasis towns will be local residents with high morality, but some engineers and advisers of Nord invisibly share their power, so that they can not do any harm.
The poorer the place, the more intellectuals were valued, and the Duchy of Nord had pursued a moderate policy since it was occupied. In addition to the rest, the obvious increase in the quality of life has made most of the local population have no ill feelings towards the Nord Principality, except for those who are ethnic elements and extremists, but they only occupy a small part and do not pose a threat.
Because of the importance of intellectuals, the consultants live here much better than in Nord itself, when they were ordinary high school graduates and college graduates, such knowledge in the Nord Principality is said to be as many as dogs, and it is not an exaggeration to walk all over the place.
"How to solve the problem of electricity?"
The desert environment is so damaging to the lines that it is not practical to expect it to come from Laayoune, because it is not just one place, but the entire Western Sahara region will have to solve the problem of electricity in the future.
"The solar panels have been laid, but they are still being commissioned, and the residents are not used to the electricity, and it will take some time for it to become widespread."
Western Sahara is a region of extreme poverty, and even electricity is still in a state of basic understanding, but only recognition and application.
"James, go back and inform Marceau, and ask her to arrange for the recovery of some old televisions and radio equipment, and the money will be deducted directly from the taxes of these towns. You have no opinion! ”
Joseph's last sentence was addressed to the mayor of the town, how could the mayor of the town refuse such a suggestion? Thanks to Joseph with joy, televisions are still a rarity for the mayors of the town, and now they may also have second-hand but very exciting ones.
The local residents on the construction site were in full swing, the engineers were planning and discussing on the side, and although the residents were reluctant to put down their work when they saw Joseph coming, they still saluted Joseph very respectfully.
They naturally know Joseph, and the reverse of the coin is Joseph's head, which may be the real value and meaning of the head on the coin.
With the construction of oasis towns, the surrender of the inhabitants of Western Sahara became more and more apparent, and they were grateful to Joseph from the bottom of their hearts, even though Joseph was portrayed as an "aggressor" in some propaganda.
In fact, in any other place, the residents will not return so smoothly, after all, they have faith and country in their hearts, and even if they are given more benefits and benefits, they will still have a kind of awkwardness and resentment in their hearts. But Western Sahara is different, there are different faiths, but they don't have a country.
Spanish immigrants, Moroccan immigrants, native inhabitants of Western Sahara, if there is a real state, then only those indigenous inhabitants of Western Sahara, but they have not had a country of their own for too long, and they do not have too obvious rule, so they have no concept of a state in their minds.
Needless to say, they are the ones who are most looking forward to the rule of the Principality of the Nord, after all, the Principality of the Nord is more intimate to them than the Kingdom of Morocco.
Moroccan immigration? Not to mention that this was sold by the Kingdom of Morocco to the Duchy of Nord, and that Morocco already had a compensation policy and allowed them to return to the country, but they coveted the welfare of the Duchy of Nord and did not leave, so they did not have much anger and complaints in their hearts.
Of course, they also have grievances, then the welfare of the Duchy of Nord did not pass here. Imam Alam was very dissatisfied and had no choice, after all, the two had agreed that the Arabs would not be discriminated against in this land and would enjoy all the treatment of Nord citizens.
Now naturally it has been enjoyed, as for the benefits? Now that the Principality of Nord has canceled its own high welfare, what else can Imam Alam say? However, it is not possible to completely abolish benefits, at least there are pension insurance benefits, and most of the medical care and education are exempted, which is not much different from free schooling and medical treatment.
The same is true in Western Sahara, where annual medical check-ups, pensions sufficient to support a family over the age of 50, and nearly 90 per cent exemptions from education and health care are enough to make citizens of any country sobsessive.
In fact, the annual investment in medical treatment does not cost much money at all, most of the vegetables, melons and fruits in the Principality of Nord are pollution-free, and cattle and sheep also appear on the market through a strict process, and it is difficult for diseases to breed in the Principality of Nord under the condition of good health protection. Moreover, now that the Principality of Nord advocates health exercises such as yoga and tai chi on a large scale, it is naturally not very easy to improve immunity.
According to the Ministry of Health of the Principality of Nord, in 1984 the hospital had less than 1,000 cases, which does not mean that the hospital of the Principality of Nord had few patients. Due to the level of medical care, seriously ill patients from many European countries like to come to Nord for medical treatment, after all, a large number of special drugs on the market are now from the Principality of Nord.
If the colleges with hundreds of well-known professors cannot occupy a certain position, then it can only be said that the European schools are too powerful and too competitive.
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