City of Nairobi.

After months of tossing and turning, the machines from the Venetian area were finally reassembled, and as the boilers were ignited, the roar of the machines resounded in the city of Nairobi.

The Austrian business mission to East Africa also stopped at Mombasa, and they were not very interested in inland development for the time being. However, there are also a handful of adventurous businessmen who are willing to go to Nairobi, further inland in East Africa, to Kisumu to complete the next expedition.

They chose to leave the mission and, after consulting with the East African government, were accompanied by officials from Nairobi and Kisumu who had come to complete the mission.

Austrian businessman Ramoscato was interested in Nairobi, a textile city planned for construction in East Africa.

Mayor of Nairobi, Vallejo: "Mr. Ramoscato, you see, what we said is true! In a very short period of time, Nairobi city can be developed, now we have completed the initial industrialization of Nairobi, which is the textile industrial park built by the Heixingen daily necessities company, more than 5,000 people have begun to engage in the textile industry, and after more machinery and equipment arrive, the textile industry in Nairobi will be further improved, and the number of textile workers will be further improved. ”

At present, the textile sector has not yet become independent from Heixingen Commodity Company, so the investment is completed by Heixingen Commodity Company.

Ramoscato: "Hmm! Your efficiency in East Africa is indeed very high, but I would like to know how you are securing the energy issues of the city's industrial development. ”

This is especially important for Ramoscato, East Africa is certainly capable of developing a textile industry, but the cost needs to be carefully examined, Ramoscato does not know much about East Africa, so he needs to get effective information from the East African government.

Vallejo: "You don't have to worry about this, at the moment Nairobi City's energy supply mainly depends on the coal resources of Mbeya City, and the transportation cost is indeed relatively high, but according to the central government, we have recently discovered a coal mine in the area near the town of Kitui between Nairobi East and Mombasa, and the initial exploration reserves are in the scale of one million tons, which is enough to meet the energy needs of Nairobi and Mombasa. ”

At present, the geological exploration personnel employed in East Africa have proven reserves of more than 40 million tons, but there is still considerable potential in the Kitui region, and its coal reserves are predicted to exceed 100 million tons, not only coal resources, with East Africa increasing investment in the Northern Industrial Belt and the Lake Malawi Industrial Zone, more and more resources have been discovered, just in the southeast of Kenya, the East African government in the south of Kitui has discovered iron ore, and is still estimating its reserves.

Kitui is located just halfway between Mombasa and Nairobi, closer to Nairobi, and will give priority to supplying the Nairobi area, while Mombasa will choose to import some coal resources by sea from the British Indian colonies and the Middle East.

Ramoscato: "Then when we came, why didn't we see the town of Kitui on the road?" ”

Ramoscato took the carriage from Mombasa all the way to Nairobi and found no towns in between.

Valejo: "The coal mine in Kitui has only been discovered for a short time, so the scale of Kitui is not large, and it remains the size of the original village, because of the discovery of coal resources, it was promoted to a township a month ago, and the road you take is in the south of Kitui Town, and there is still some distance from Kitui Town, which is why you don't see it. ”

Ramoscato: "Well, can I go and have a look?" ”

Ramoscato still has to go to the town of Kitui to make sure that there is no coal, and it will be clear if there are mines in the local area.

Vallejo: "Absolutely, but it's a three-day journey from Nairobi to Kitui town, a hundred and ten kilometres away, and the conditions there are pretty bad at the moment, so it's better to think about it first." ”

Ramoscato: "It's okay, it's better for me to confirm anything about myself, otherwise I won't be able to sleep at night." ”

Since Ramoscato said so, Vallejo no longer persuaded him, he was just worried that Ramoscato would not be able to adapt to the environment of Kitui Town, although it was upgraded from a village to a town, but Kitui was temporarily established as a village before, and Kitui was a relatively water-scarce place, so there were only a dozen herder families at the beginning, and East Africa developed there very late, and the local conditions were very poor.

Vallejo: "Alright then, but we still have to wait until you've visited Nairobi City, and we'll send you to see what is going on in Kitui." ”

Next, Vallejo and Ramoscato continued to walk around the city of Nairobi, which is small and mainly divided into three parts, a west city, an east city, and a textile park.

The first two are residential areas, with the East City being the first Nairobi settler to live, and the West City being the place of residence for the new immigrants.

The population structure of Dongcheng District is relatively balanced, while Xicheng District reveals a strong Italian lifestyle, and it is clear that the residents of Shuicheng have not yet adapted to this life in the inland highlands of East Africa.

Venice is humid, while Nairobi is dry, with a thinner atmosphere and more sunshine.

Ramoscato is obviously more novel than the East Town, as a native of Austria, it is not the first time he has seen so many Italians, he has been to Trieste, where there are many Italian residents, but also mixed with Germans, but there are not so many Orientals, Xicheng combines the three characteristics of Germany, Italy, and the East.

Ramoscato asked curiously, "How many Germans are there in Xicheng?" ”

Vallejo: "We have about 7,000 Germans, 40,000 Italians, and 30,000 Orientals. ”

This data must be problematic, because all the ethnic groups in the Austro-Hungarian Empire are counted as Germans after immigrating to East Africa, so Ramoscato thinks that the true number of Germans should be around 2,000, but Vallecho will not reveal it to him.

Ramoscato, who was kept in the dark, then asked: "Most of the German inhabitants must be from Austria!" ”

Vallejo: "Well, mainly from Austria-Hungary, but also from the Saarland and Lorraine regions of Germany. ”

Ramoscato: "You have done a really good job in the area of immigration, I have seen a lot of East African immigrants when I was in the Austrian and Hungarian countryside, so how many immigrants have you recruited in the Austro-Hungarian Empire over the years?" ”

Vallejo shook his head and said: "I don't know, I'm just a small mayor, and I don't know much about the overall data of the kingdom, but according to the Nairobi situation, if I want to say that the Austro-Hungarian immigrants are conservative at more than 500,000 people, this does not include German immigrants." ”

As Vallejo said, he did not know the overall immigration data of the kingdom, so the estimate of the number of immigrants from Austria-Hungary was too conservative, as the Kingdom of East Africa was the source country of immigrants after the Far East, the number of immigrants had already exceeded the scale of one million, and the number of German immigrants from Austria-Hungary was second only to the South German countries.

(End of chapter)