For the Orange Free State, East Africa has the strategic initiative, so it is not in a hurry, and now that East Africa has a big chassis, there are more national affairs, but there is no need to pay too much attention to the Orange Free State.

As for the strategic position of the Orange Free State, East Africa controls the Farr River and the Lesotho mountains, so it has obvious advantages, and Ernst does not pay much attention to the Orange Free State, and maintains the aid to the Orange people, so that they and the Transvaal people can continue to fight internally.

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First Town City.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this is the 'Eurasian Fruit Basket Plan' proposed by the governments of the Northern Province and Juba Province, last year, the Northern Province and Juba Province exported fruits and vegetables to Europe, a year-on-year increase of 5.8 percent, so the two provinces want to vigorously develop the plantation industry on this basis, as a key pillar industry of the two provinces."

"Well, although the climate and environment in Somalia are a little worse, the loss of Saion has made the development of Somali characteristic agriculture."

Ernst naturally knows the advantages and disadvantages of the Somali region, and if it were a previous life, I am afraid that there would be few regions in the world that are more chaotic than Somalia.

Somalia under East Africa is a different story, and for a long time in ancient times, Somalia was one of the more prosperous regions of Africa.

It has a reasonable population, no more, no less, and is particularly prosperous in commerce and crafts, and is one of the regional centers of land and sea commerce.

"Your Highness, is this plan approved?"

"I'll take a look!" Ernst did not immediately express his position, but picked up the documents and read them: vigorously develop the plantation economy, renovate the waterways of the two rivers, develop the shipping industry, upgrade the port, river-sea combined transport, and expand the business in the Eurasian market.

"Interesting!" Ernst looked at the proposals of the two provincial governments and said: "It seems that the governments of the Northern Province and Juba Province have done a lot of homework, do you think we should agree to this project?" ”

"Of course, Your Highness, I think the feasibility of this plan is very high, in recent years, the export trade of the two provinces has been very prosperous, second only to the Eastern Province and the Central Province among the coastal provinces, and it has brought huge economic benefits to the kingdom, so I personally support this plan."

Ernst affirmed: "It is very true, there are many large projects in East Africa in recent years, but there are not many that can be profitable, the investment is large, the cycle is long, and it is difficult to achieve results in the short term." The plan in the Northern and Juba provinces is the exact opposite.

Let's talk about the amount of engineering, although it seems to be very large, in fact, it is only on the original basis of the system optimization, such as the two points of transportation, one is inland waterway shipping, and the other is shipping.

The Northern Province and the Juba Province respectively have two large natural rivers, the Shabelle River and the Juba River, and the port is also ready-made, which is nothing more than an expansion on the original basis.

Although the lower reaches of the Shabelle and Juba rivers flow through arid areas, the upper reaches are rich in water from the Ethiopian highlands, and the lower reaches are dominated by plain terrain, and the river channels are very stable, suitable for the development of inland waterway navigation.

Moreover, the melon and fruit industry is the dominant industry of the two provinces, and it is the closest tropical agricultural production area to Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia in terms of transportation, so the success of this river-sea combined transportation is very high. ”

The Somali region is the closest point in East Africa to the main shipping route on the north coast of the Indian Ocean, and thanks to this advantage, the Somali region has continued to grow economically in recent years.

That is, the coast of Somalia is dominated by a tropical desert climate, otherwise it is definitely one of the most well-developed regions in East Africa.

Of course, the most important product competitiveness, tropical fruits and vegetables are a regional industry, and many tropical products can only be imported from other regions in Europe.

And tropical fruits and vegetables, which are not easy to preserve and easy to spoil, are the best choice for European people to consume, and this irreplaceability has also achieved the dominance of East African tropical agricultural products in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and it is unshakable.

Unless East Africa dies on its own, this industry can always bring benefits to East Africa, and East Africa is not the Somalia of the previous life, so there is no need to worry about this.

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Port of Mogadishu.

Mogadishu is the most important port and economic city in the Northern Province under East African governance, and was the new capital of the Northern Province during the last administrative reshuffle.

In recent years, the plantation economy in Mogadishu has grown dramatically, with new plantations being opened along the Shabelle River.

At the same time, it has led to the development of shipping on the Shabelle River, especially all kinds of small boats, which compete on the Shabelle River, especially in the Mogadishu River section, where various goods based on melons and fruits are piled up in the port, and then transferred to the seaport to be transported to Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

In fact, the Arabian Peninsula is not far from Somalia, but the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula has a subtropical desert climate, and only the southern part has a tropical desert climate, which is the same as that of Somalia.

However, the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula does not have large rivers such as the Shabelle and Juba rivers, so the conditions for agricultural development are far inferior to those in Somalia in East Africa, and there will be no great development of the tropical agricultural industry in Somalia.

The Port of Mogadishu has only been upgraded once in East Africa, so with the construction of other coastal ports in East Africa over the years, the Port of Mogadishu has lagged significantly behind other ports.

This is not the point, as exports from the Somali region have risen significantly with the opening of inland plantations, resulting in a lack of carrying capacity at the port of Mogadishu.

Therefore, this time, the northern provincial government put forward the transformation of the port of Mogadishu as an important goal in the "Eurasian Fruit Basket Plan".

The port of Mogadishu is based on the Shabelle River, the economic hinterland is long and narrow, distributed in a strip-like manner, and the oasis plantation industry is prominently developed, and this economic belt basically accounts for about 96 percent of the economic share of the Northern Province, and the economic share of Mogadishu City alone has reached 35 percent in the Northern Province.

"The central government has agreed to the 'Eurasian Fruit Basket Plan' for us and Juba Province, so the city of Mogadishu, which is the center of this plan, will be a key demonstration area, and the expansion of the Mogadishu port can also be put on the agenda."

"Senior official, the focus of the expansion of the port of Mogadishu is still on the issue of labor, at the beginning, our northern province has sent away the last batch of black laborers, becoming the first province in East Africa without black, but correspondingly, the labor gap has also become larger, and most of the people in the province also have their jobs, especially the high-intensity agriculture of the plantation, so I am afraid that the province will provide too much labor to upgrade the port of Mogadishu."

"Don't worry about this, since we have the support of the central government, then we can apply to the above for a construction team, I heard that the construction of Mombasa Port and Dar es Salaam Port was completed by a professional construction team a few years ago."

"So if we upgrade the original port, will it delay the docking of ships and export trade?"

"This is also a problem, so it is necessary to speed up the progress of the project, or to carry out the construction in stages, to ensure the normal operation of the port as much as possible."

"In that case, the number of workers needed can't be too small, so we need more people, and the same is true in terms of tools, and the most important thing is that the design of the port of Mogadishu should be carried out first, and we need professionals to arrange the construction according to the conditions in the sea around Mogadishu."

"In addition, we should also arrange in advance the distribution of goods, the number of orders, the service of ships, etc. during the construction period, so as to avoid the work being crowded together and causing chaos."

(End of chapter)