Jiaofu Town.
By March 1931, Jiaofu Town's total population had reached three thousand, making it a modestly sized small town. As for the Tubu people who had originally lived there, the East African government had not made things difficult for them and relocated them to southern Darfur.
East Africans had entered Jiaofu long ago. As early as the First World War, East African exploration teams had already ventured deep into the area and dealt with the locals.
In the 1920s, East Africa officially established an outpost in Jiaofu. Thereafter, it became East Africa's center in the Kufra region. In less than ten years, Jiaofu had transformed from a primitive tribal settlement into a rather modern-looking town.
Not only had it built a water supply system, but it had also gained electricity. In the 1930s, those two things alone already put it ahead of many backward regions around the world.
Beyond that, it had a post office, restaurants, telegraphs, telephones, and everything else it ought to have. This town of merely three thousand people even had a small cinema.
The Boer family lived in this town. Boer was an employee of East African Solrod Mining, and his work mainly involved submitting reports from the company's exploration teams.
At that moment, he was watering a small vegetable plot his family had opened up. In Jiaofu Town, many households grew vegetables and fruit to satisfy their need for dietary variety.
"Boer, your chilies are growing very well. They're so lush and green. These should be the Mogadishu chilies you mentioned before, right?" Boer's neighbor, Kamosido, asked.
Boer said with a genial smile, "That's right, Mr. Kamosido. Jiaofu Town does have chilies for sale, but most of them are chili sauce shipped in from the mainland and sold in stores. I'm not used to