City of Luanda.

After the baptism of war, Luanda has already become a devastated country, and East Africa took over Luanda and began to rebuild the local area.

"The size of Luanda's port is somewhat substandard, but there is no value in renovating it now, after all, no one can guarantee whether the enemy will harass this place, it is very likely that there will be shelling here, and now our naval forces in the South Atlantic are very weak, so there is no need for large-scale restoration of cities in the Angolan region, maybe after the end of the war, the local area will be completely overturned and rebuilt." Engineer John Rowell said.

For East Africa, Luanda's port conditions are better than most ports on the east coast of East Africa, first of all, the area is large, such as Dar es Salaam and Mombasa are actually inland ports, and Luanda has a naturally formed giant sandbar that extends to the open sea, which makes Luanda more malleable than the first two.

Of course, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it is far from the main commercial routes, and the main trade of the world is still concentrated in the exchange between Asia and Europe, and even the current Americas cannot break this monopoly in a short time.

The cities of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa are naturally close to the main shipping routes, while Angola under Portuguese rule is far inferior to East Africa in terms of population and productivity, so the foreign trade with Luanda is very backward.

The important role of a colony is to provide markets and raw materials for the suzerain, and Angola obviously has its natural disadvantages in terms of market, first of all, the population is small, of course, if you count the blacks, it is estimated that there is still a comparison with Portugal itself.

But the spending power was too poor, the local blacks created far less value than the Portuguese plantations and mines in Angola, and because of the low level of civilization, the original Congo kingdom was not as populous as the Abyssinian Empire.

In the face of the Abyssinian Empire, a truly ancient civilization in Africa, other indigenous countries in Africa can only be regarded as uncivilized lands.

Of course, although Egypt in North Africa has a glorious history and is relatively developed now, the ancient Egyptian civilization has long been replaced by the Arab civilization, and the same is true of other North African countries in Africa.

On the contrary, some ancient countries in West Africa had some civilizations, but they were also heavily influenced by Arab civilization, so it seems that the Abyssinian Empire is more representative of African civilization.

Of course, the degree of civilization is only one indicator that determines the prosperity of Angola, and if this indicator is not met, Angola's development will naturally be unsatisfactory.

As for the advanced civilization brought by the Portuguese, it was actually a colonial culture based on exploitation, and Portugal, as one of the earliest colonial empires, was far behind Britain and France in its means.

Both the British and French colonies were built to a certain extent, while Angola under Portuguese rule remained unchanged for hundreds of years.

However, this is a good thing for East Africa, if Portugal really completes the transformation and construction of Angola, it will not be easy for East Africa to take over this place.

"In terms of Luanda's planning, it will certainly be one of the most important cities on the west coast in the future, and its future development prospects may not be much worse than those of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa."

"We lack a direct sea link between the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic, although there was a pre-existing southwest Africa, but the conditions of the Walvis Bay port are somewhat poor, and several ports in Angola are even above the east coast in terms of natural conditions, and the climate is also very good, and it will definitely be the focus of the kingdom in the future."

Eugene was convinced of John Rowell's words, after all, John Rowell's team was here to prove it.

John Rowell has participated in many East African city constructions and is a well-known urban designer in East Africa, and before Angola has completely settled down, the royal government sent him to Luanda for survey and planning, and the purpose is self-evident.

He said, "Mr. John Rowell, it is a great pleasure that another great city may be designed under your hands. ”

John Rowell was impressed by the government's compliment on the security guard, saying: "That's why I chose to work in East Africa, where there are so many opportunities and I can't achieve so much in Europe because of my connections and seniority." ”

After all, most of the cities in Europe have been stereotyped, and the competition among European counterparts is very fierce, although John Rowell, who was born as a commoner, is talented, but compared with those nobles who have connections and resources, or have family support, he is naturally at a disadvantage, and there is no such concern in East Africa.

John Rowell came to East Africa about thirteen years ago, and there are not many people like John Rowell who seek development opportunities in East Africa, but there are many of them, but they test their own level more.

John Rowell was able to obtain official support from East Africa, and naturally several of his works were very satisfying, including the two masterpieces of Kisan and New Frankfurt, and he also participated in the construction of East African cities led by Dar es Salaam.

East Africa has new cities, old cities have expanded, and there are also a lot of engineering constructions, all of which have provided a lot of employment opportunities for workers from Europe.

John Rowell said: "Luanda was originally a small and medium-sized city according to the Portuguese plan, and according to the current residential area, it can accommodate a maximum of 30,000 people, but according to the traces of Luanda's life, at least 70,000 or 80,000 people lived in the whole of Luanda, which is quite unreasonable. ”

Eugene: "Mr. John Rowell, apart from the military fortress, the Portuguese may not have carefully planned the construction of the city of Luanda at all, and the buildings in the city should have accumulated slowly. ”

John Rowell glanced approvingly at Eugene and said: "You are right, this chaotic urban layout and dirty and messy environment obviously shows that the Portuguese did not work hard in the first place, and their cities are more free to develop, so they are extremely crowded, and at the same time sacrifice the living environment." ”

"And my blueprint is to tear down all these debris and design the urban use space more rationally like other cities in East Africa."

"In particular, the port area and water source are the focus, Luanda is favored by the Portuguese because of its geographical location and port conditions, and it will also be an important port city in East Africa in the future, so how to make the port area and the city more closely connected is an important direction when designing."

"As for the water problem, the precipitation in Luanda can only be regarded as low in East Africa, so the rational use of rivers and lakes can solve the production and living problems of Luanda."

Luanda receives only around 500 millimetres of rainfall per year, but this is already far more advantageous than the Port of Walvis Bay for basic agricultural and industrial production.

Of course, the most important thing is that there is no shortage of water in Luanda, and the upper reaches of the river are areas with more abundant rainfall, which can better alleviate the needs of the city.

However, the reason why the precipitation in Luanda is much lower than that on the west coast of East Africa is mainly due to the influence of the Benguela Current, which is somewhat similar to that in Somalia, but the current in Somalia changes with the seasons, and the Benguela Cool Current.

However, even under the influence of the cold snap, the precipitation in Luanda is enough to satisfy East Africa, and now is not the 21st century, and the huge industrial production of the 21st century is an important reason for water stress, and the industrial scale of the 19th century naturally does not consume much water.

(End of chapter)