African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 838 Steel “Monster”

 “Tu da da da…”

At dawn, the residents of Shaokui Town were woken up by the sound of tractors starting up, and then the sound of bugles came "beep, beep, beep..."

The East African military camp is in the center of Saukwe. Because Saukwe was an important town for the former Portuguese, after the war, many Portuguese and indigenous people remained in the area. Therefore, in order to prevent local rebellion, the army did not completely evacuate. .

"Honey, what's that sound?" Hannah Montana nudged her sleeping husband awake.

Andor said impatiently: "Isn't it just the bugle of the East Africans! What a fuss, let me sleep for a while..."

Hannah Montana patted him and said: "I can't distinguish the sound of the bugle! I'm talking about the clicking sound before the bugle, and it hasn't stopped yet. Listen carefully."

At the urging of his wife, Andor reluctantly poked his head toward the source of the sound. Sure enough, under the majestic bugle sound, he heard something different, and the sound was getting closer and closer, as if rushing towards him. Coming in the direction of his house.

 “Hmm…” Andorra’s attention was attracted.

Suddenly, a cry of exclamation came from outside the street: "Look, monster, a monster that can move..."

Andorra muttered: "The East African-looking 'train' frightened the natives on the street."

Hannah Montana hid behind her husband and asked: "Honey, have you seen what's going on?"

From Andorra's perspective, tractors in East Africa are more like "small trains" that can drive on ordinary roads, at least in appearance.

"Andorra, do you think it's possible? There is no railway in Sauquet. How did the East Africans bring the train here?" Hannah Montana temporarily forgot her husband's sarcasm and questioned.

Some people were running around, some were hurriedly looking for cover, and some natives were even lying on the ground, muttering something.

Andorra, who was startled by the scream, shouted loudly: "What are you doing! I was almost deafened by your shock. I am just as ignorant as those natives."

Andorra couldn't hear what they were saying clearly, but he could probably guess that it was the murmuring prayers of some indigenous gods, probably like white people seeking God's protection.

 “Train!” Hannah Montana screamed from behind.

 “Help!”

Various Portuguese voices, mixed with some indigenous voices, spread outside the streets. Andorra and his wife looked at each other. They hurriedly got dressed and went out to watch the "fun".

 Andorra opened the door and saw a messy scene on the street. The chaos outside the street was mainly caused by Mozambican indigenous people. The scene was extremely chaotic.

The "culprit" that caused all this was a few machines with no apparent purpose. However, based on the sound and the smoke coming out of the exhaust holes, Andorra believed that it should be an unknown "steam engine", but Where is the exhaust hole of this "steam engine"! That black thing should just be the chimney!

Andorra knows about steam engines and even understands the general principle of "boiling water". In Andorra's impression, steam engines produce a lot of water mist, but these weird machines are obviously different from "normal" steam engines.

Andor opened the door wider, stepped aside and said to his wife: "You will know if you see for yourself."

At this time, Hannah Montana saw what was happening on the street, but her attention had been attracted by the tractor and she had no time to pay attention to the chaos on the street.

Seeing his wife's surprised look, Andor said proudly: "You see! East Africans have a kind of train that can drive directly onto the road, but this kind of train is too small and can't pull much cargo at all, and there is no carriage at the back. ” ˆ ˆ Tractors can of course carry cargo, but this requires a special carriage. Of course, it is also possible to hook up a horse-drawn carriage. However, the staff of the state-owned farm in Shaokwe Town did not have time to install it, so the East African tractor presented to the Andorra couple looked... It looks more like a peculiar "locomotive".

"This should be the stuff on the carriages that the East African army escorted over a few days ago! It was covered with cloth at the time, so I thought it was some heavy weapon." Hannah Montana said.

"Anyway, we are East Africans now, and it is impossible to fight here, so we can just live our lives honestly." Andor said.

 Soon, the army in Shaukwe Town suppressed the riots in the neighborhood.

 At present, the public security in Saukwe Town is mainly responsible for the military. In Mozambique and Angola, except for "big" cities such as Maputo and Luanda, there is currently no public security system stationed in it, and most areas are still mainly under military control.

The East African cavalry on war horses, holding whips, directed the black people on the street to restore order. They had a slightly better attitude towards the former Portuguese residents, and just signaled them to get out of the way and not to cause obstruction.

Of course, the Portuguese translator is mainly responsible for this work: "Everyone, please don't block in front, keep the road clear, and the **** should lean on both sides of the road, don't cause trouble."

“Don’t worry, everyone, this machine is not a monster, but a tractor. You can think of it as a farm tool or a vehicle.” Government officials also began to reassure people.

 In fact, many government personnel only knew the term tractor yesterday. Before that, they only knew that the military had brought in a group of "big guys".

Of course, the indigenous people may not be able to understand everything because it is beyond their worldview.

 During the hundreds of years of Portuguese colonization, local indigenous people could more or less write Portuguese, especially slaves or indigenous people who participated in the Portuguese army in wars.

The former Portuguese residents are a little better. Most of them have seen the world in Europe. They can tell that a tractor is an industrial product at a glance. Although they have never seen it before, a bunch of steel products are not that "smart". They are just a little curious.

Steam tractors are rare in Europe and the United States, not to mention the earliest gasoline tractor in the world. Not to mention the Portuguese, not many have been seen in East Africa, let alone the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique. Previously, Mozambique could be said to have There is nothing modern except guns.

Soon, residents of Shaokui Town saw how this thing called a "tractor" worked.

As a town located on the banks of the Limpopo River, Shaokwe Town also relied on agriculture as its main business industry before the war, so most of the people living in the town were farmers.

 Nearly most residents were watching the tractors working on both sides of the fields, and everyone stopped and watched.

 Soon, the tractor driver installed the mechanical plow, and then got into the tractor driving seat after confirming that all procedures were completed.

Amidst the sound of "da da da", the tractor started working in the field. The tractor with full power and the plow easily dug out plow channels in the flat and open Limpopo River plain, although the speed was faster than that of plowing cattle. It's not much, but it has great staying power. I worked from seven in the morning to ten o'clock without stopping for three hours, and my work efficiency was extremely high.

 In the meantime, only one tractor broke down, but it was quickly repaired by experienced repairmen.

"This is what the central government calls agricultural mechanization. The use of modern agricultural equipment has greatly improved production efficiency. If it could be rolled out across the country, I can't even imagine what it would be like." The first state-owned enterprise in Shaokui Town exclaimed farm owner Renwell.

"The charm of industrialization lies in this. It not only develops in the industrial field, but is also closely related to agriculture, mining and other related industries. In the future, the southern Mozambique plains will build a world-class large-scale mechanized farm cluster, and our Shaokui town is where this happens. The vanguard of agricultural reform," Mars, the first East African mayor of Saukwe Town, said on the sidelines.

 (End of this chapter)