In the end, driven by considerations of interest, France still had no choice but to yield to Germany's tyranny and hand French Gabon over to Germany.
At this time, Germany surpassed France in every respect, at least in industrial figures and military strength. France had therefore been at a disadvantage in the negotiations from the very beginning. However, France had not come away empty-handed from this Moroccan crisis.
Germany's aggressive advance also made the British more wary of Germany and further improved their attitude toward France.
August 2, 1911.
West Coast Province, Luanda City Agricultural Research Institute.
The Luanda City Agricultural Research Institute lay northeast of Luanda City. It possessed vast experimental fields for introduced crops and was one of East Africa's core western agricultural research institutions, established in 1893.
Its important role was to introduce agricultural varieties from the South Atlantic region and, through research and verification, add high-quality agricultural varieties to East Africa's domestic stock.
Today was harvest day for rice in Experimental Field No. 0273 of the Luanda City Agricultural Research Institute. Many members of the institute had gathered at the field, preparing to evaluate the agricultural variety grown there.
Director Andre and many researchers personally took to the field, using sickles to harvest bit by bit. Since the planted area was not large, everyone quickly completed the remaining work.
After the threshing was finished, Andre said excitedly, "Put it on the scale!"
Before long, the results came out.
"Professor Andre, after final calculations, the yield is approximately seventy-five kilograms per mu."
Hearing the result, Andre sighed. "As expected, it still hasn't reached our psychological expectations. Still, it counts as passing."
Kelder, an intern who had only recently joined the institute, asked, "Senior He Bo, this rice variety seems very different from the varieties we usually