"At present, internal combustion engine tractors are mainly based on Mbeya and Dar es Salaam as R&D centers, Harare is still relatively weak in the training of technical personnel because of the deep inland, and it is not conducive to academic exchanges, so in the future, Harare and other central cities want to innovate in the field of education, it is necessary to develop two channels, external and internal." East Africa's Minister of Education, Adrich told Ernst.

At present, East Africa's cutting-edge technology is vigorously advancing inland, because East Africa, as a late-developing country, most of the knowledge sources are "imported products", and the local talent training system is not yet perfect.

Mbeya City, which has an earlier development history, is the end point of East Africa's current absorption of the world's advanced cultural knowledge and technology, while Harare City is too deep into the center and has a short history, although it has developed rapidly in industry and has surpassed Mbeya City in size, but it is far behind Mbeya and other eastern cities in cutting-edge science and technology and science education.

"In fact, Harare is not too far from the ocean, but before Mozambique was in the hands of the Portuguese, and now Mozambique has been included in East Africa, so we must open up Harare's fastest external channel, so as to promote the development of central cities, especially in the field of high-end industries." Minister of Transport Liu Yidewei said.

The names of the East African ministers are quite peculiar, and of course it is normal as a country where foreign populations are integrated, just as the ministers of transportation are the older generation of Chinese immigrants from the Heixingen Military Academy.

Ernst turned to Liu Yidwei and asked, "Then what do you think of the Ministry of Transportation?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the port of Beira is now quite large, so we think that the conditions are ripe for the construction of a railway from Harare to Beira, and the Ministry of Railways and we agree that the construction of the Habe railway is very necessary, only about 450 kilometers of railway will be needed to give Harare the city the fastest access to the sea, and at the same time promote the development of the central region of Mozambique." Liu Yidewei said.

The railway system is obviously part of the transport sector, but in 19th-century East Africa, the rail system was divided into a separate government department, at the same level as the Ministry of Transport, and of course, the close ties between the two sectors made it necessary for the two ministries to communicate and cooperate in the development of East African countries.

"If completed, it will only take one day to travel from Harare to Beira, which is only a dozen kilometers from Dar es Salaam to Dodomaam, and even half the time it takes for Bhimbeya to reach Dar es Salaam." Minister of Railways Andrei said.

The East African Railway has a speed of between 30 and 50 per hour, so if the Haber Railway is completed, it will only take less than a day to reach it, and at present, under the conditions of Mozambique, it is impossible to set up too many stations along the way, because there are no cities near the railway line, and even villages are rare, which means that the Habe Railway can greatly save time and cost after completion.

For example, the reason why the black West African export route in East Africa is slow is because there are many cities and strongholds along the way, and the black slaves have to eat, drink and Lazar have to be solved, so a lot of time is wasted by stopping and stopping.

Nestic nodded and said: "The value of the Habe railway is definitely undoubted, it is very necessary for the development of eastern cities, but this is far from enough, we have to connect to the railway in Mozambique and Angola and the newly occupied areas of the Republic of Boer, the future will be connected to the railway, the current pattern of the East African railway is more in the east, the middle and the north are equal, and the west and the south are less, which your Ministry of Railways must plan carefully." ”

Andrei replied: "As of last year, that is, in 1889, the total length of railways in our country was 19,000 kilometers, and in 1889 the construction of railways was slightly delayed for a year due to war, and in the past 20 years, an average of more than 1,000 kilometers of railways have been built every year. ”

The construction time of the East African Railway was actually around 1873, not 20 years, but in the 70s, affected by the economic crisis, the world's steel overcapacity, the construction of the East African Railway was very fast, but in the 80s, it declined.

Of course, this also promoted the healthy development of East Africa's industrial structure, in the 70s most of the steel and equipment were mainly imported from Europe, and by the end of the 80s, the localization of East African railways had reached more than 70%.

"China's railway construction in the past 20 years has made brilliant achievements, in the non-great powers, only Argentina can compare with us, but although the growth rate of Argentine railways is fast, but not more than 10,000 kilometers, we are twice as much as Argentina railways, the country with the most railway mileage is the United States, which should be more than 200,000 kilometers, followed by Tsarist Russia, more than 40,000 kilometers, German railway mileage should be about 40,000 kilometers, and then Britain is about 30,000 kilometers, France is close to 30,000 kilometers, Austria-Hungary was about the same as France. Andrei said.

Needless to say, American railroads were already number one in the world before the economic crisis.

In 1870, the national railway of Argentina was only 740 kilometers, in 1880 it was 2,133 kilometers, in 1886 it was 5,964 kilometers, and in 1890 it had reached 9,254 kilometers.

Although East Africa is twice the size of Argentina, it is not a rival at all, after all, Argentina is only about a quarter of East Africa's territory.

Of course, although the world hegemon Britain's railways are only 30,000 kilometers, but this is only the mainland, in the past two decades, Britain has built railways is also exaggerated, such as the aforementioned Argentine railways are mainly British capital construction, in addition to the United States and India Railway, British capital has participated.

In 1890, the length of India's railways had exceeded 25,000 kilometers, which has surpassed the vast majority of countries in the world if taken alone.

The length of the Tsar-Russian railway is at the same latitude as East Africa, and the Tsar-Russian railway is also twice that of East Africa, but the area of Tsarist Russia is almost 10 million square kilometers larger than that of East Africa, so the two countries are basically the same.

Moreover, the Trans-Siberian Railway has not yet been built, and the Tsar-Russian Railway is basically concentrated in the European region, and in the European region, many railways are distributed in Poland and Western Ukraine, so in terms of the railways in the Russian region alone, they may not be much stronger than those in East Africa.

As for France, it was obviously affected by the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, so the construction of the railway was quite difficult, and in fact, throughout the seventies after the Franco-Prussian War, the French government was trying to recover the economy, but unfortunately encountered an economic crisis.

Therefore, it was not until the end of the seventies that France ambitiously proposed the "Frésine Plan", that is, the large-scale construction of the railway network, roads and water transport, for which the French government allocated five billion francs of special funds.

It is planned to build 30,000 kilometers of railways, 200,000 kilometers of roads, 200 kilometers of canals within 20 years, and at the same time open and dredge new ports such as Nantes, Bordeaux, Rouen, Dunkirk and other ports.

This amount of money is exactly equivalent to the war reparations of the Franco-Prussian War, which is equivalent to saying that the Franco-Prussian War directly lost France at least "twenty years".

However, this can also reflect the tenacious vitality of France, and it took only ten years to basically eliminate the negative impact of the war on France.

As for Austria-Hungary, it is basically the same as France, after all, Austria-Hungary itself is much backward than France.

In addition to these countries, some small European countries are also developing rapidly, especially the low-lying countries of the Netherlands, Belgium, and the three Nordic countries.

Outside of these countries, the rest are less than ideal, such as Japan in 1890 with only more than 2,700 kilometers of railways, and the Far Eastern Empire with only about 400 kilometers.

Therefore, although the construction of the East African railway is exaggerated, it is not particularly outstanding in the world.

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