After a preliminary investigation, Ramoscato believes that the potential of the city of Nairobi is very good, according to his idea, maybe there can be more business here in addition to the textile industry, of course, it would be better if it is determined that there is a coal mine in Kitui, the main thing is that now Nairobi has no competitors of its own except for the East African official, and most of his colleagues are crowded in Mombasa.

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On March 28, the discontent of the citizens of Paris, whose armed seizure of control of Paris was bound to distance themselves from the French traitor government, broke out with the discontent of the citizens of Paris, and on the same day, King Constantine of East Africa began an inspection of the inland city of Dodoma.

As the capital of Tanzania in the previous life, Dodoma's status in East Africa can be summed up as "a place where transportation is important and soldiers must fight", and conversely, it is mediocre and has nothing to brag about.

In fact, even in the previous life as the capital of Tanzania, Dodoma could not compete with Dar es Salaam, the president stayed in Dar es Salaam longer than Dodoma, and many government agencies were reluctant to relocate to Dodoma, the nominal capital of Dodoma, which was more like the capital of Dar es Salaam.

The reason why Dodoma can become the capital of Tanzania is that it is located in the geometric center of Tanzania, but the geometric center of the Kingdom of East Africa is in today's Mbeya City, and Dodoma is positioned as a transportation hub in East Africa, but there is far more than one transportation hub at the same level in East Africa and Todoma.

At present, as the capital of Plateau Province, Dodoma is also the agricultural trade and commodity distribution center of Plateau Province, which is mainly engaged in the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, with a population of only 20,000 people (excluding indigenous people), and its development is not eye-catching in the earliest developed cities in East Africa.

With an average annual precipitation of between 400 and 600 millimeters, it is a rainfall depression on the East African plateau, with higher rainfall in the southeast, northwest and southwest.

Therefore, the savanna climate is very obvious, animal husbandry is more developed, and the crops are mainly drought-tolerant crops such as wheat, corn, sesame, potatoes, and cotton.

The main reason for Konstantin's visit to Dodoma was to feel the difference between the climate zones of the inland plateaus of East Africa and the coastal areas.

After arriving in Dodoma, Konstantin and his entourage did not rush to the city, but were accompanied by local officials to observe the development of local agriculture.

Konstantin: "Is it true that the climate of Dodoma is cooler than that of the first town, as is the case in all the highlands of East Africa?" ”

Sitht: "Yes, Your Majesty, I have been to many regions of East Africa, but all the highlands have this climate, but the precipitation in Dodoma is very different from other highland areas, which is also the disadvantage of the agricultural development of Dodoma. ”

Guderian, a senior official of the Plateau Province, added: "Although the precipitation is low, it also makes the agricultural difference between the city of Dodoma and the rest of East Africa, and the cool and dry weather has made the province the largest potato producer in the country, while the quality of wheat and other crops in the Plateau Province is also relatively good, and the livestock industry in the Plateau Province is also the most developed region in East Africa." ”

Guderian, a high-ranking official, is still more experienced in growing potatoes, Guderian comes from the rural region of Lower Saxony, Germany, which is also one of the main potato producing areas in Germany.

Regarding animal husbandry, the Plateau Province has obvious advantages, although the area can not be compared with the pastures in the north of East Africa, but the precipitation conditions are generally better than the northern pastures (mainly the Eastern Province, Turkana Province, Juba Province), and the national animal power output is also stronger than the northern pastures, but the northern pastures have more advantages in meat exports than the Plateau Province, relying on Mombasa and the ports of Kismayo, with the help of maritime advantages to facilitate exports to Europe and the Middle East and other consumer areas.

Konstantin: "The climate here is really similar to that of Prussia. ”

Guderian: "Yes, Your Majesty, the average annual temperature in Lower Saxony and the Plateau is around 17 degrees, but the Plateau Province is more balanced, there is no winter and summer here, the temperature does not change much throughout the year, but the daily temperature difference is greater than that of Lower Saxony, and the rainfall is about the same, but the Lower Saxony region is more balanced than the Plateau Province. ”

Konstantin: "So the problem of precipitation cannot be ignored, the precipitation in East Africa is already more unstable than in Germany, and the water conservancy facilities are far from the same, and in order to further improve the agricultural production conditions in East Africa, it is necessary to build water conservancy." ”

"We have been actively promoting this, and every year infrastructure is one of the top concerns of the government, and almost whenever we have time, we organize slaves everywhere to build canals and irrigation systems for farmland. ”

Konstantin: "Well, in addition to digging more reservoirs to store the precipitation in the rainy season and ensure water for agriculture and domestic use in the dry season. ”

Siite: "Your Majesty, this is a huge project, and there are also technical problems at present, which can only be completed little by little by relying on manpower. ”

Konstantin: "There is no need to rush this matter, it will be done from generation to generation, and there will always be a day when it can be done." ”

After observing the development of local agriculture, the crowd entered the city of Dodoma.

It is much smaller than the first town, and the buildings and roads are relatively backward, but it still maintains the clean and tidy characteristics of the East African city, even if many roads are still gravel roads, but they are very smooth, and the drainage channels on both sides have no dead branches and leaves.

Guderian: "The city of Dodoma is well connected to the Central Province, Mbeya, Kigoma, Mwanza and Arusha, and the roads to the rest of the country are in good condition, except for the road to Arusha city that is being built. ”

The construction of the road from Dodoma to Arusha began only at the end of last year, mainly because the capital of the former province of Kilimanjaro (formerly Northern Highlands) in the northern province of Plateau Province was changed from Karatu to Arusha.

Konstantin: "Dodoma is very important as one of the transportation hubs of Tanganyika, and you in the province of Plateau must always ensure that the main roads in the province are open. ”

Guderian: "Yes, Your Majesty, you can rest assured that we will organize personnel to overhaul the roads every day. ”

Konstantin then visited the families of ordinary residents in the city of Dodoma, which serves as a center for agricultural trade and commodity distribution, and most of the citizens rely on it for employment.

Agricultural products from the Plateau Province and further inland Hohenzollern provinces are transited and transported to Dar es Salaam for export.

The northern province of Kilimanjaro relies on the port of Tanga, and the more northern provinces mostly rely on the port of Mombasa, with the provinces along the Great Lakes concentrating agricultural products through the lake to Kisumu, then through Nairobi and finally exported to Mombasa.

In the south, including Zambia and Zimbabwe, it stops at Karonga in South Salzburg and then travels through Lake Malawi to Mar-lagoon Province, where it travels via the Rufuma River to the port of Mtewara for export.

Many of the major trade routes in East Africa do not pass through Dodoma, which is why Dodoma is a transportation hub, but it is not very important.

(End of chapter)