Of course, the coastal areas of East Africa are export-oriented economies, and do not represent the whole picture of East Africa, especially the inland areas are very different.

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Municipality of Maputo.

"At present, we have resumed the production of 71 plantations around Maputo, which originally had 4 or 500 large and small plantations, and after we took over, the local plantations were fully integrated, and finally 71 super-large plantations were formed."

"The main force of labor on the plantations was the black slaves left behind by the Portuguese, and the Portuguese had more than 40,000 black slaves in Maputo, and they forcibly recruited many blacks during the war, which could sustain the development of the plantations until the arrival of livestock and machinery in the east, but the plantations would become large farms by then."

Tropical plantations are typically labor-intensive, such as cotton harvesting, which was difficult to mechanize in the 19th century.

The world's three major cotton producing areas, the United States, India and the Far Eastern Empire are all densely populated areas, such as the United States because of the shortage of manpower on cotton plantations, so a large number of black slaves were introduced, and a large number of blacks were on the southern plantations during the Civil War, and the capitalists in the north must be greedy.

East Africa's positioning of South Mozambique is obviously not the cultivation of tropical cash crops such as cotton, but the cultivation of grain.

It would be a shame not to grow food on the high-quality black soil and vast plains of southern Mozambique, which can be said to be more fertile than the land of the Great Lakes region, with just the right amount of rain and just the right amount of rain, near the Tropic of Capricorn.

Most of East Africa lies between the Tropic of Cancer, especially in the north, as far as southern Sudan, some distance from the Tropic of Capricorn.

Therefore, South Africa has a huge role in enriching the climate and environment of East Africa, and the southernmost Orange River basin has crossed the Tropic of Capricorn and reached about 30 degrees south latitude.

Of course, most of East Africa is influenced by the topography and has a savannah climate, and because of the high altitude, the temperature is low, which is similar to the subtropical climate in character.

Don't underestimate the 330,000 square kilometers of plains in southern Mozambique, one of the largest plains in Africa, and 350,000 square kilometers in the Far Eastern Empire.

Of course, compared to the vast territory of East Africa, this plain area is not enough at all, the plains of East Africa are basically concentrated on the east coast, and although Somalia in the north is a plain, it has a tropical desert climate, and the plains between Mombasa and Kismayo are also dominated by arid grasslands because of scarce precipitation.

Mozambique is different, with an average annual precipitation between 750mm and 1200mm, and there are many rivers, a dense network of rivers, mostly highlands and mountains in the upper reaches, forming vast alluvial plains in the lower reaches, in this case, Mozambique's land is naturally very fertile.

"According to the city of Dar es Salaam, their first batch of agricultural tractors will not arrive in Maputo until at least the end of this year, because they have not produced so many tractors on such a large scale before, and as for the livestock from the northern pastures, it may not arrive here until August, mainly from the port of Mombasa, but the city of New Hamburg can temporarily dispatch a batch to help us develop southern Mozambique."

The city of New Port Hamburg belongs to the southern pastures of East Africa, which is a relatively developed area of animal husbandry in East Africa, second only to the northern pastures, and may surpass the northern pastures in the future, so the new port of Hamburg has the ability to allocate a number of livestock to support Maputo.

Of course, the livestock industry in the Port of New Hamburg was greatly damaged by the war, and a large number of livestock were transferred to the province of Hehingen before the war.

However, there is a rail link between the province of Heshingen and the city of Neuhamburg, so the post-war recovery was quick.

"When the new Port of Hamburg to Maputo railway opens, it will greatly alleviate our problems, the new Port of Hamburg is already an industrial city, and basic agricultural tools can also effectively help Maputo, but now the Southern Frontier is also recovering, so we want to get full support from the New Port of Hamburg at least until the end of the year."

For the Maputo government, there is a shortage of people, tools, and motivation...... However, this is true for the rest of East Africa.

But the Mozambique region is particularly severe, with its late integration into East Africa, which, combined with the impressive "efficiency" of the Portuguese, has left Mozambique and Angola far behind the rest of East Africa.

For example, the provinces of Hexingen and Southern Frontier in East Africa, where development is restricted, have agriculture that is basically the same as that of the two regions, and their industries are even less comparable.

Under Portuguese rule, Mozambique had a completely zero industrial base, with only a few ship repair yards and three arsenals built improvised by the war.

The three arsenals were in fact large firearms repair shops, with no weapons production capacity at all, and with the evacuation of Portuguese technicians, they were now paralyzed, but the machines were well preserved, unlike Angola, where the Portuguese army was eventually withdrawn from the sea, almost destroying the production and living facilities in Luanda and Benguella.

Maputo was blockaded by East Africa in the middle and late stages of the war, and finally fell completely into the hands of East Africa, so Maputo is relatively well preserved in the colonial cities of the former Portugal.

Of course, by standard, the only Portuguese colonies in South Africa were Luanda, Benguela and Maputo, which could barely be called cities.

"In addition to consolidating Mozambique's agriculture, Maputo should also get back on track, as many parts of the city are now empty, hotels and hostels, ship repair shops, artisanal workshops, etc. are largely closed, and help must be sought from other municipalities and reported to the government."

Before the war, Maputo was relatively prosperous, and there were a large number of merchants from all over the city who operated local businesses and exported Mozambique's resources.

However, with the start of the war, Maputo fell into a state of stagnation, and after the end of the war, due to the withdrawal of the Portuguese government and a large number of civilians, the entire Maputo management system collapsed.

If it was just the government's problem, it would have been easy to solve, but the departure of a large number of Portuguese civilians led directly to the destruction of the local grassroots system, so the situation in Maputo did not improve when the East African government arrived.

Previously, Maputo was under military control, and now Maputo is also more military than civilian, of course, without counting blacks.

Of course, the Portuguese who remained in Mozambique were not small, but they had been temporarily requisitioned by the East African government to temporarily manage the blacks to maintain production in Mozambique.

That is, the local plantation industry, which prevented the land from being abandoned again, and the commerce of Maputo was completely destroyed, and for a short time merchant ships from all over the world avoided it and stopped at the port of New Hamburg, or the port of Durban in the British colony of Natal.

At the same time, the Portuguese also took away their traditional commercial routes, such as the current commercial channels of the former Portuguese plantation owners after the plantations were nationalized in East Africa.

This will need to be dealt with by the future Maputo Municipality, but given Maputo's geographical location and conditions, it is only a matter of time before it becomes prosperous again.

(End of chapter)

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