March is the dry season in South Sudan, and the hot weather bakes the land of the town of Juba (Juba, the former capital of South Sudan, which is separated from Juba Province in the Somali region).

Zhuba Town is a small village on the west bank of the White Nile River, and it is also the most "prosperous" area in South Sudan at present, which was once a stronghold used by the Ottoman Empire for missionary and slave hunting.

At this time, Andre, the mayor of Zhuba Town, hid in the shade of a tree and shook his fan desperately, trying to cool himself down.

Andre said to Levins, the military governor of Zhuba Town: "It's not too far from Beidahu Province here, I didn't expect the weather to be so hot, it's almost fatal!" ”

Levins: "Don't worry, there's still a little more than a month to go, and the rainy season here is coming, and it's going to be cool at that time." ”

Despite what he said, Levins knew in his heart that this was just a reassuring word, and that even during the rainy season, the temperature in South Sudan would not improve much.

The climate of South Sudan is simply very good if compared with North Sudan next door, although it is close to the Sahara Desert, but more than 95% of South Sudan's land belongs to humid and semi-humid areas, but because of the low altitude, it is hotter than the East African highlands, and it is much hotter than the East African coast, and the hottest daytime temperature can often exceed 40 degrees, and it is sultry, in stark contrast to the dry heat of the Sahara Desert.

Levins continued: "Now that we are lying here, we have no work every day, that is, directing the black slaves to work, what are you not satisfied with, this is much better than you were an ordinary villager in Beidahu Province before." ”

Andre: "I, the mayor of the town, won it by myself, besides, there is probably no worse than me among the mayors of East Africa, our town, if we get rid of the 100 big soldiers under your command, I am afraid that the number of people in a village in the east will not be enough." ”

Levins: "Hehe, don't be dissatisfied, a few days ago, an immigration team passing by here estimated that you also saw it, their group of people is only more than forty people, less than us here, if nothing else, in the end, we will have to accept your leadership!" ”

The destination of the immigrants mentioned by Levins is about 40 kilometers west of Zhuba Town, which is different from Zhuba Town, which is a remnant stronghold of the Ottoman Empire, which is simply an indigenous village, so it is likely that a village will be built.

Andrey: "Forty or fifty kilometers away, even if the news is delivered at least two or three days, so they should ask for more blessings." ”

While the two were talking, the black natives had cleared up another batch of vegetation at gunpoint by East African soldiers, basically trees and weeds that had been cut down with stony tools.

Under this inefficient productivity, the development of Zhuba Town has been completed very slowly, and it is still in the stage of land consolidation, relying on more than 2,000 slaves captured from the local area to clear the vegetation on the land and pick up stones in the fields little by little.

Thanks to the day and night work of slaves and slaves, the arable land in Zhuba is now more than six times larger than when East Africa first took over the area, and the same indigenous people have changed several times to achieve today's results.

The slaves piled the stones aside, and the trees and weeds were cleared and piled together, and then after two or three days of exposure to the sun, the East Africans lit a fire again, and after the smoke passed, a large amount of grass and wood ash was left, which was then scattered into the fields by East African immigrants.

While the indigenous people develop the land, they can also drive away the animals living here, especially snakes, in advance, so as to remove obstacles for the next agricultural production of East African immigrants and ensure the safety of East Africans.

South Sudan's land reclamation, revealing a strong primitive style, is the real "slash and burn", because there is no sufficient iron tools, South Sudan's land reclamation can only rely on slaves, local slaves are almost unlimited, every once in a while, the East African Army will go out for a period of time, along the Nile to capture a group of new slaves to supplement the loss.

Only East African immigrants have access to iron tools, and the supply of iron tools is currently prioritized in Zambia and Zimbabwe in southern East Africa, so the in South Sudan have to suffer first.

Andrey: "We have to open up another 700 acres of land before the rainy season comes, otherwise it will be difficult to do when the rain falls, so we still have to work overtime to complete the project in the next month." ”

Just as Andre was planning the next task in Zhuba Town, a black man who had been working under the scorching sun of more than 30 degrees for five hours suddenly turned black and fell into the field.

The East African soldiers stepped forward to check on him, and he was still breathing, probably suffering from heat stroke, and then dragged him to a puddle to cool him down.

Abundant rainfall and water from the Great Lake (Lake Victoria) create vast areas of wetlands, marshes and forests in the upper reaches of the White Nile.

It is clear that South Sudan's climate and abundant water sources are the most suitable for rice cultivation and meet all the conditions for rice cultivation.

Of course, the premise is that the land is developed, and this step is also the most difficult, if South Sudan had been placed in East Asia, it might have been developed a long time ago.

But this is Africa, where the indigenous people have not developed an agricultural civilization for thousands of years, but the Sultan and Egypt in the Sahara Desert next door, and the Abyssinians on the plateau have pointed out the technological tree of farming.

The agricultural conditions in South Sudan are obviously the best in these places, but the locals are only nomadic, wasting water, heat and land resources.

Especially in the previous life, South Sudan needed to import fruits and vegetables, which is simply a shame in African countries, and the efficiency of food crops is not good, even if the fruits and vegetables need to be imported, it is simply appalling.

Now the forests of South Sudan are full of wild fruits, and they can't eat them all, but they need to be imported in the 21st century.

The inefficient agricultural development model doomed South Sudan to fail to develop in the previous life, or it was said that South Sudan had no treasure mountain, but it was wasted, and various armed groups fought for the oil fields, and then they could sit and collect money from foreigners.

But this money is directly used to buy food, weapons and luxury goods, South Sudan's water, electricity, infrastructure, roads have not improved at all, South Sudan is an oil-producing country in the poor African countries are among the worst mixed groups, and South Sudan is not only oil, but also rich in other resources.

To tell the truth, when South Sudan did not break away from Sudan, it was bitter every day, saying that the oppression of the Arabs in the north caused South Sudan to not develop, and as a result, after independence, it was busy fighting almost every day, which was more chaotic than the Sudan next door, and the living standards of ordinary people were not as good as before independence.

The only thing that can be compared with South Sudan in Africa is Somalia where warlords are fighting, and it is now almost certain that the two countries that were judged by the international community in their previous lives will not exist, which can be regarded as a good thing done by East Africa.

(End of chapter)