First Town City.

Ernst: "The development of Angola and Mozambique is an urgent issue, but now we are facing the problem of population shortage, and at the same time, the management of law and order in the two places has not been completely ended, there are a large number of black people who have been displaced everywhere during the war, and the reason for the poor infrastructure, the government should come up with a charter for the development of the two places, how to use and develop, how to allocate resources are important issues. ”

After the seizure of Angola and Mozambique, the economic construction of the two places is no longer a regional issue, but a national issue of resource allocation.

To put it simply, everywhere, East Africa's investment is uneven, just like in the sixties and seventies, East Africa focused on the development of the eastern seaboard, and in the eighties it was a great effort to develop the central provinces, especially Matabele, and now that Ernst has set the tone, then of course the priority of economic development has become Angola and Mozambique.

Von der Leyen said: "The central provinces actually have a lot of potential for development, take the Hohenzollern province as an example, the forest coverage rate has reached 70 percent, a large number of areas have not yet been developed, but the situation of Matabele province in the typical grassland climate region is slightly better, but the development of Mozambique must be beneficial to the central region, especially Matabele province, the shortcomings of Matabele province are not near the sea, and after the development of Mozambique, it can further activate the economy of Matabele province, and at the same time can connect the central and eastern parts of our country." ”

"The question now is how do we invest so much in the population, in the seventies and eighties, East Africa absorbed a large number of immigrants and was able to make the east and central develop rapidly, but at the end of the eighties, the number of immigrants in our country has dropped to a record low, last year there were only more than 2,000 immigrants in our country, although this was affected by the war, but in 1888 the immigrant population was more than 5,000, and the war had not broken out at that time." ”

Von der Leyen: "It's not that this point can't be solved, and in a short time we can rely on the indigenous people of Africa and the Portuguese to develop Mozambique and Angola for the time being. ”

"And we don't have to develop both places in their entirety, but we want to focus on key areas, such as northern Angola and southern Mozambique, which are the best of both worlds, and the Portuguese have the most assets."

"In the case of Mozambique, we can temporarily divide Mozambique into two large parts, bounded by the Zambezi River, which are Northern Mozambique and Southern Mozambique."

"Northern Mozambique has been under our rule for many years, and since the first Portuguese War, it has a total population of more than 300,000 people, concentrated in the northern region."

"There are currently a large number of blacks and a small number of Portuguese in Southern Mozambique, and the positioning of Southern Mozambique is an important agricultural base that can be compared with the Great Lakes region in the future."

"According to the analysis of the current situation in Mozambique, the basic conditions in the south are better than those in the north, and during the Portuguese colonial period, the economic activities of the entire Mozambican colony revolved around Maputo, the southernmost point, so the economy in the south of Mozambique is more developed and the population is concentrated."

"During the Portuguese colonial period, the southern region of Mozambique became a plantation and a source of labor for Portuguese colonizers. The Portuguese colonizers introduced a large number of African laborers and slaves to work on plantations and mines, resulting in a high level of immigration. ”

"Plantations in the south are more than a dozen times larger than in the north and more evenly distributed, stretching all the way to the middle reaches of rivers such as the Limpopo River, while the north is concentrated in a few coastal areas."

"The Portuguese colonists established a large number of plantations in the area, mainly to grow commodity crops such as rubber, coffee, sugar and cotton."

"At present, the number of large and medium-sized plantations taken over by our army has reached 457, but less than 70 have resumed production, and it is urgent to arrange personnel to resume plantation management in southern Mozambique."

"This will allow a lot of jobs to be placed, and it will also be easier for the people in the eastern region to move out, and in the early days they were mainly responsible for management, as long as there are no major problems, it is completely acceptable."

"When production resumes in both places, we can carry out a full range of transport and economic construction to connect the two places with the central and eastern regions, and at the same time slowly replace the indigenous peoples who have been transferred to infrastructure construction, so that Angola and Mozambique can gradually get on the right track."

Everyone agrees with von der Leyen's words, but in this way, the development of Angola and Mozambique will certainly not be fast, after all, it will be a long process to rely only on their own citizens to immigrate to the two places.

At this time, Ernst spoke, and he said to the officials: "The above suggestions are quite regular, so I will add that this construction of the two places should not be limited to the past, but should focus on the progress of the present era. ”

"In the past, agricultural development and urban construction were a very slow process, but in the era of industrialization, this situation has changed fundamentally, the development of industrialization, so that our ability to transform nature has been greatly improved, Europe and North America have risen a large number of new cities, especially the Ruhr area of the mineral zone, many directly from small villages or even wasteland to many cities to rise industrial zone, the same is true of the Great Lakes region of the United States, not to mention foreign countries, our Matabele province is a typical example."

"At the end of the 19th century, the situation changed again, and now the development of agricultural machinery has entered a new stage, in addition to the traditional steam power, the internal combustion engine power is also maturing rapidly."

"East Africa is a relatively backward country in agriculture, and the penetration rate of our agricultural machinery is far less than that of Britain, France and Germany, so the development of Mozambique and Angola can start with new technologies to improve the penetration rate of machines and replace a certain amount of labor."

"This will not only promote our development of the two places, but also expand the domestic market, for example, the provinces of Matabele and South Salzburg, which have advantages in agricultural machinery production, can focus on the development of modern large-scale agricultural machinery and promote it in Mozambique and Angola."

"Of course, we also have to take advantage of the trend in Mozambique and Angola to develop large farms like the United States and improve the utilization of machinery."

"Especially in the plains of Southern Mozambique, where the natural conditions are excellent, the terrain is flat, and the soil and water are abundant, and we certainly cannot leave such high-quality arable land alone."

"Mozambique is close to developed areas such as Matabele and South Salzburg, which is conducive to the direct connection of industries between the two provinces to support Mozambique's agricultural development."

According to Ernst's plan, a large number of medium- and large-scale state farms in southern Mozambique are being developed, using machinery to replace a large amount of manpower.

This will allow for effective local development and the development of industrial sectors such as machinery manufacturing and automobile manufacturing in East Africa.

Of course, given the current state of technology and capacity constraints in East Africa, it is certainly unlikely that Ernst's goals will be achieved in a short period of time.

However, it cannot be realized at present, it is not a problem at all, and the development of Mozambique and Angola cannot be achieved in a hurry.

The East African government should proceed from reality and adopt a multi-pronged approach, so that it can always make breakthroughs in one aspect, so as to realize the effective use and development of the two places and continue to expand the economic size of East Africa.

In addition to being concerned about the development of Angola and Mozambique, Ernst's real purpose at this conference was to further explore the mechanization and scale of agriculture in East Africa.

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