"Well, it seems that you are the director of the factory also understand the situation in the factory, now is the era of science and technology, what we lack in East Africa is cultural people, so we still have to listen to the words of experts, but there is a saying that it is better to have no book than to have no book, and it is inevitable that theoretical research will conflict with reality, so our factories in East Africa must combine with reality and grasp production in a down-to-earth manner."

Konstantin is best at military affairs, and he does not know much about enterprise management, especially state-owned enterprises such as East Africa, so he does not blindly command, but can only say some words of encouragement.

Of course, Konstantin thought so in his heart, in fact, he was affected by the large environment of East Africa, and he had been in contact with similar enterprises before, Prussia as a big government, many factories were undertaken by the state, which was mainly reflected in some military enterprises, the most typical is the nationalization of railways and other aspects.

It's just that there are too many state-owned enterprises in East Africa, and there are still many private enterprises in East Africa, and there are many enterprises invested by German businessmen in the east, but East Africa is more strictly managed, so the number of investments is not large.

These private enterprises account for a very small proportion of the East African economy, but they cannot be regarded as non-existent, and they accept the rules and regulations of East Africa, which shows that these businessmen want to engage in industry wholeheartedly, and East Africa does not discriminate against businessmen, but they are more restrictive and willing to accept the rules of East Africa.

The director of the Harare City Tobacco Factory was naturally very happy when he heard Konstantin's words, after all, it must be difficult to get a big leader, and this is the first time the king has inspected Matabele Province, so he said respectfully: "We must make persistent efforts to contribute to the economic development of the country!" ”

Konstantin then left the tobacco factory in front of the crowd, and his vehicle was a luxury carriage brought by a special train.

Through the car window, Konstantin looked at the urban construction of Harare City, because Konstantin's visit to Harare City was not deliberately advertised, so the road was not closed, and the streets were in a hurry as usual.

Of course, Konstantin's motorcade still attracted the attention of pedestrians, after all, there were mounted police to open the way, and Konstantin's motorcade was very long, so at a glance it was clear that it was a big man.

As for how big it is, the citizens of Harare City can't guess, it can't be His Majesty the King in person! Because there is no precedent for this in East Africa.

Konstantin looked at the bustling crowd on both sides through the car window with great interest, because the roads in East African cities are relatively broad, so even if Konstantin's convoy occupies the west side of the main road, both sides can still be used and passed by citizens normally.

Harare has a total population of about 160,000 people, and it has caught up with many established cities in a very short period of time, so it is called an upstart city.

As the sub-center of Matabele Province, the city of Bulawayo, the former capital of the Matabele Kingdom, also has a population of more than 100,000.

"Your Majesty, according to the itinerary, we will visit the chromium factory in Harare City, then the steel factory, a new arsenal, and the locomotive factory in Harare City." Cade, the old butler, said.

Harare City is rich in chrome ore resources, 60 kilometers away from the city is full of chrome ore, so it is one of the centers of chromite smelting in East Africa, which is one of the characteristic industries of Harare City.

Of course, the city of Harare is also indispensable for the existence of gold mines, unlike chrome mines, East Africa has no plans to develop new gold mines for the time being, after all, there are enough gold mines in the east, and even Ernst himself wants to know how many gold mines exist under this land in East Africa.

As for the arsenal, it is still very easy to explain, the military industry of East Africa will definitely be laid out in Matabele Province, because this is the hinterland and rear of East Africa, and it is not excluded that some secret institutions and factories will be deployed in inland areas such as Matabele Province in the future.

The steel mill and locomotive manufacturing plant are more conventional factories in East Africa, after all, Harare is an important node city along the Central Railway, like the first town and Soga along the same railway line, it is more salty, and there is no layout in related industries, because the positioning of the two cities is different.

These are just some of the key industries in Harare, but there are many more factories and facilities surrounding them.

For example, in the chrome plant, Konstantin only looked around the perimeter and met with the leadership and workers inside the plant, while Konstantin did not have time to inspect the other processing plants around the chrome plant.

The visit to Harare City was Konstantin's first in-depth understanding of the development situation in the interior of East Africa, and so far, Konstantin has been quite satisfied with the construction of Harare City.

Harare, as a new city designed and planned first, is very different from the East African cities in the east, although the eastern city has only been built for a few years, but it has been developed roughly in the colonial era.

At that time, East Africa did not have the extra money and energy to invite European architects to plan East African cities, so those early cities were somewhat spontaneous.

Moreover, in East Africa at that time, European architects were not so worried that they ventured to come to East Africa to engage in design, and at that time, East Africa was still a region where Europeans stereotyped to drink hair.

With the rise of a series of coastal cities in East Africa, the neat and prosperous cityscape and developed trade attracted a group of merchants to order or enjoy services in Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, and the reputation of East Africa was also improved by these merchants.

After all, the service in East Africa is first-class, and there are few stronger than East Africa along the entire Indian Ocean coast, of course, it is not without drawbacks, that is, the security of East Africa is too good, and it is a little difficult to play a high-end one.

That being said, there are more businessmen and sailors coming to the coastal cities of East Africa, where there are not many thieves and pickpockets, there are plenty of police officers, and safety is important to many people.

With a good reputation, East Africa can take advantage of the opportunity to recruit some talent from Europe, and in this context, Harare's urban construction is completely different from what it used to be.

After the on-site inspection by the expert group, it took more than half a year to design and break ground for the construction project in Harare City.

Harare's most important focus is on the construction of underground water systems and civil infrastructure such as roads and drinking water pipelines, while leaving room for subsequent urban renewal.

Like other cities, Harare has a focus on environmental issues, with many parks and greenery that make the city vibrant.

However, Ernst did not visit the field, and the last time he came to Harare was in his previous life, when Harare was known as "Little Paris of Africa", "City of Sunshine", and "City of Flowers and Trees".

The city centre is indeed beautiful, but Harare has also been voted one of the "least inhospitable cities in the world".

This is not a contradiction, many countries abroad have slums and rich areas, and the same is true of Harare, and the problem of law and order is very poor regardless of whether it is developed or not, but many countries in Africa do not even have a little order.

However, none of this has anything to do with the current city of Harare, which inherited British culture and architecture in the previous life, and was completely Germanized in East Africa in this life, so there is no comparison at all when put together.

(End of chapter)