It's the New Year in East Africa again.

"Whew......"

In the central square of First Town, fireworks are lit one after another, and then burst into the dark sky, and many families gather to enjoy the brilliant fireworks.

The first town without industrial pollution, the sky is very pure, the stars are brilliant, and the fireworks are integrated with the galaxy in the deep sky, which is pleasing to the eye.

The only regret is that there is no volley of firecrackers, so the atmosphere effect is still a little worse, but for the East African people whose lives are relatively monotonous, it is enough to enjoy the fireworks in the New Year.

"This is the first time I have seen fireworks in East Africa during the Chinese New Year, it seems that the country's economic development is getting better and better, East Africa used to lack everything, and now there are more kinds of tricks!"

European fireworks technology was introduced from the Far East during the Mongol Empire's western conquest, and quickly became popular in Europe, and it was produced in Italy in the 16th century, so it is not unusual after hundreds of years of development.

The history of fireworks production in East Africa is very short, it was only introduced in 1878, and after two years of development, it began to take shape, which is why many old immigrants sighed after watching the fireworks show.

There is only one fireworks factory in East Africa, built in the city of Mbeya, because fireworks are not widely used in East Africa, except for government procurement, there are almost no private people who will buy them, and fireworks are generally used during festivals, such as celebrations.

So there is only one factory in the city of Mbeya, but it supplies the whole of East Africa's fireworks needs, and if you want to make the fireworks industry grow, unless the income of residents increases, or East Africa decontrols the economy.

Dozens of cities in East Africa held fireworks displays tonight, including First Town, Soga, Dar es Salaam, Bagamoyo, Mombasa, Mbeya, Nairobi, Harare...... All the more powerful cities in East Africa have fireworks displays.

The more powerful cities in East Africa are, first of all, the capital, the provincial capitals, and the economically developed cities.

These cities have prepared fireworks in advance, and Mbeya is located in the center of East Africa, which is an important transportation hub, so it is also convenient to supply.

As for the cities and villages where the strength is not enough, there are also relevant celebrations organized by the people and the government, of course, more families gather for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and there are more mixed-race families in East Africa, so the New Year is decent.

Compared to Christmas five days ago, the New Year is more festive and lively, and it is easier to release the stress of the whole year.

This is easy to understand, Christmas is a religious holiday, and religious believers in the 19th century were still more religious, so the atmosphere of Christmas is more solemn.

It is worth mentioning that the East African New Year's holiday and Christmas are consecutive, because there are no distinct four seasons in East Africa, so East Africa officially takes January 1 of the Gregorian calendar as the New Year.

Christmas is the most representative and important festival in the West, and the Far Eastern Empire is the Spring Festival, and there is no spring in East Africa, so the Chinese New Year has become the New Year, but the later Far Eastern Empire also has the translation habit of calling the East African New Year "East African Spring Festival", although the time is different, but the connotation has not changed.

The happiest people during the New Year's holiday should be the students in East Africa, because it is summer in most of East Africa at this time, so the winter vacation of the Far Eastern Empire has turned into a summer vacation in East Africa, and a small part of East Africa is north of the equator, so it has become a winter vacation again.

The East African New Year is special due to geographical differences, but in general the East African government follows the traditions of immigrants in formulating and establishing the New Year's date.

For example, the New Year in the Abyssinian Empire is very different from that in East Africa, and the New Year is in the transition between the rainy and dry seasons, that is, in September.

East Africa cannot learn from the Abyssinian Empire, because the geographical environment of East Africa is too special, and the rainy season times are different throughout the country, and even the seasons are different because of the distribution of the country.

For example, Tanganyika has two rainy seasons, and the temperature in the highlands and plains of East Africa is not consistent, and some places at high altitudes can even reach zero degrees in winter, so they have to wear cotton clothes for the winter.

Of course, the so-called winter in most parts of East Africa is generally in June and July, and it overlaps with the dry season, and the lowest temperature is at night, so it will feel drier and colder, but it will not freeze to death.

The royal family also followed the customs, the Ernst family, father-in-law and mother-in-law and Prince Karl spent the New Year in the palace, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was very rich, with as many as 100 kinds of dishes alone.

Especially in Chinese food, there are many kinds of flavors, as for German food, more is supported by sausages, and a variety of German sausages support the face of German food.

However, European aristocrats highly respect French food, so the royal family's dining table is indispensable for gorgeous French food.

Ernst used the word "gorgeous" rather than tasteful, because many of the foods in French cuisine were sweet and did not fit Ernst's eating habits, but Konstantin and others liked to eat them.

The brightly lit palace of Sweete and the first town put a strain on East Africa's electricity supply system.

Of course, the electricity in the palace is usually uninterrupted at night, but today almost all the rooms and halls are lit up.

Commoners naturally can't be as extravagant as the royal family, but they have also prepared a lot of New Year's goods to reward a hard year.

With the construction of railways and roads, goods and specialties from many regions, and even imported products from abroad, are more likely to appear in East African stores, so the currency in the hands of East African nationals is becoming more and more valuable because of selective diversification.

Meat, for example, was supplied in large quantities in 1880, thanks to the great development of animal husbandry in East Africa, especially the substantial increase in the supply of beef in the country, and some meat products that were rarely seen in East Africa before also began to appear, including chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, sheep, etc.

In addition to common staple foods such as rice, wheat, corn, and soybeans, millet, sorghum, potatoes, etc. are also common, and East Africans have many choices in the choice of staple food.

The same is true for beverages, coffee, tea, and various types of alcohol have also entered the daily life of East African civilians, and at present, tea and coffee in East Africa have been cultivated on a large scale to meet domestic demand, and there is no problem at all, as for alcohol, there are many home-brewed fruit wines and grain wines.

In addition, such as tobacco, clothing, and all kinds of handmade small commodities are also becoming more and more abundant, and the standard of living in East Africa has been comprehensively improved in the fields of clothing, food, housing and transportation.

This is all thanks to the growing industrial system in East Africa, not only in industry, but also in handicrafts, and the development of agriculture, especially traditional handicrafts, which provides East Africa with many indispensable types of goods.

Throughout 1880, East Africa was still busy with major projects, industrial layout, inland development, and so on, so it is not wrong to say that 1880 was relatively hard.

The whole of East Africa is full of joy, but there are also some groups that continue to be neglected, that is, the huge black community in East Africa, where there is a lot of misery and happiness in East Africa.

In the lights of East Africa, blacks can only stay in dark shacks and sleep peacefully, but the East African New Year is not without benefits for blacks, many East African nationals because of the holiday, the project is temporarily suspended, and black laborers can also get a temporary respite.

(End of chapter)