"Large-scale mechanization is the direction we envision the future of agriculture, and today's steam agricultural machinery is quite bulky and inefficient, but we can also see the importance of mechanization."

In Cade's commentary, a steam tractor is demonstrating farming.

In the thirties of the 19th century, there was a study of the use of steam vehicles to haul agricultural machinery for field operations, and tractors were studied in various countries, and East Africa was no exception, but the track in East Africa was different from that of other countries.

However, the steam engine that has been built so far in the world is like a small locomotive that compacts the soil even if it does not sink into the field.

The number one player in the field of steam tractors is the United Kingdom, who can already make steam tractors relatively small, but the high cost makes this kind of farming tool affordable only for large farms.

The third state farm in Mbeya is a large farm, after all, as long as the word "state-owned" is added to many things, it is generally not small, and East Africa is no exception.

It's just that not all regions of East Africa are as wealthy as Mbeya City, and they can afford to buy this big iron lump, Mbeya City, as one of the four major cities in East Africa, is also a heavy industry base in East Africa, so they are very interested in tractors.

Ernst set up the East African Tractor Research Institute in the city of Mbeya, and the tractor now on the third state farm is actually the product of the tractor research and development that East Africa bought as a reference for tractor development.

However, the Mbeya Tractor Research Institute is more based on the gourd and draws on the tractor drawings researched by the Hexingen Energy Power Company.

At the time of CapitaLand's commentary, the children around him were already chatting about the topic of tractors.

"This kind of thing is amazing? Just like the locomotive, my home is not far from the Central Railway, and I see that the structure of the locomotive is very similar to this kind of tractor, but the train can pull so many things, and this tractor is used to plow the land, and it should also be very capable. ”

"This big wheel of his is made entirely of steel! You see, everywhere the wheel passed, two marks were pressed. ”

"How many cows do you think his strength can match?"

"It's not the key, the main thing I think is better to take care of, after all, it's a machine, it can run for a long time, and you don't have to eat or sleep, just send coal to the boiler."

Students in the real school also take physics classes, so it is not difficult to understand this mechanical product, but the steam tractor can really give a great spiritual shock.

Especially the loud noise, the gears and crankshafts and the boiler crackling when they are running, and the movements are not very fast, as if they are about to fall apart at any time.

Ernst was not very interested in this steampunk product, but the East African students were excited to see it up close.

"I'm going to be a tractor driver in the future, and driving this thing must be pretty cool."

"Then you have to work hard and strive to work on our state farm in the future." Caeder said with a smile.

After giving encouragement to the children, CapitaLand said: "It is not easy for East Africa to drive tractors at the moment, as far as I know, there are only 23 tractors in the country, and all of these 23 tractors are purchased from various countries. ”

"Our East Africa has a very poor industrial strength, so there is no capacity to produce this machinery, of course, the vast majority of countries are the same, and this is the sadness of the agricultural countries."

Ernst did not agree with this, Ernst knew that there was an agricultural country in this era that had a very good life, that is, Argentina, but East Africa and Argentina took different routes, Argentina immigration speed is quite slow, now only about two million scale, you must know that Argentina's arable land area is not small, so Argentina is really vast and sparsely populated, in terms of Argentina's population size, Belgium is a strong country for Argentina.

Cade continued: "So you have to learn to make your own tractors for East Africa in the future, so that this expensive and bulky guy can be cheap and miniaturized, and contribute to East Africa in the future." ”

"Ahh Uncle Cade, we don't talk about studying, we're still good friends. ”

The students of the No. 2 Middle School complained that although East Africa does not discriminate against the secondary schools, they have to admit that the students in the secondary schools are very poor, and most of them are left over from the liberal arts and science secondary schools.

Mbeya No. 1 Middle School is a liberal arts and science middle school, and in the middle school entrance examination, the last place admitted to the first middle school is also higher than that of the second middle school.

The gap between the two sides is also reflected in the college entrance examination acceptance rate, which can also take the college entrance examination, but the admission quota is only about one-tenth.

Of course, the East African college entrance examination is not the only way out, there is also a recommendation test in East Africa, where each school recommends outstanding students to participate in special exams, but in the final analysis, it still depends on the results, which is somewhat like various competitions in the previous life.

Therefore, students in the second middle school can be sure that they must be at the middle level in primary school, and in middle school, with the education level in East Africa, there are only a few who have good learning ability.

As for why it is the middle level, it is because there is a third middle school at the bottom, the third middle school is the same as the second middle school, but the teachers are far inferior to the second middle school, and it cannot be compared with the first middle school.

However, even in liberal arts and science secondary schools, it is not easy to go to university, and the number of universities in East Africa is extremely small, which is quite mismatched with the number of secondary schools in East Africa, after all, East African secondary schools have been included in the scope of compulsory education, which means that students in East Africa have the opportunity and obligation to go to secondary school, while universities are not like this.

However, Ernst is not worried about this at all, the secondary school level is enough for East African students to go out into the world after graduation, after all, in this era, secondary school education is considered a highly educated talent.

Ernst even felt that in a few years, the surplus of secondary school education in East Africa (relative to other countries) was likely to spill over to Germany and Austria, just as the Far Eastern Empire had spilled over to Europe and the United States in the past.

As the saying goes, knowledge is power, especially in Germany, where the second industrial revolution is booming, and the demand for talent is also quite strong.

East African secondary school students are definitely quite advantageous if they participate in the recruitment of German factories, although the overall quality of teaching in East Africa is very poor due to the universal secondary education, but the employment situation of those who have attended secondary school is much stronger than that of those who have attended primary school.

It's just that after graduating, students have psychological expectations for employment, and middle school students can mix with management in German factories.

Therefore, the education system of East Africa is out of touch with the whole world, and the level of higher education in Europe and the United States may far exceed that of East Africa, and the level of primary education in East Africa cannot catch up with the level of Germany and Austria, but secondary education in East Africa can win by quantity.

The consequence of this is that there is a surplus of secondary education in East Africa in the early stage, after all, the upward channel is narrow, and there are very few who can go to university, and they may engage in the same work as their parents after graduating from secondary school, and they may not even have the opportunity to enter the factory to make screws, so they can only farm, because East Africa is only an agricultural country.

At the same time, East Africa had to bear a huge amount of education expenses in the early stage, which is why Ernst was not in a hurry to pack up and send the blacks away, and Ernst needed blacks to bear this part of the cost for East Africa.

The benefits will be reflected in the future, first of all, the overall national quality of East Africa in the future will far surpass that of other countries, East African middle school students in the Far Eastern Empire, which is full of illiteracy in this era, is definitely a high-level talent, and it is not bad in Europe and the United States.

The second is that the industry in East Africa will grow explosively in the future, after all, talents have begun to accumulate, and at the same time of industrial development, the requirements for academic qualifications have also been greatly improved, and now primary school education can meet the needs of the times, but one day primary school education will depreciate.

Ernst believes that Germany's universal compulsory education has made Germany's development so dazzling, and the Soviet Union followed this path, so East Africa is only a step forward on the development experience of these countries.

(End of chapter)