Naturally, compared with a country like the Far East Empire, which possessed strong traditional agricultural prowess and placed great importance on water conservancy infrastructure, East Africa still lagged far behind. But compared with some underdeveloped countries and regions in Europe and America, East Africa's water conservancy facilities, especially in the east, were already fairly well developed—not to mention those even more backward and sparsely populated countries and regions.
In fact, East Africa's two nationwide water conservancy construction campaigns had been born entirely of necessity. The East African government—or rather, Ernst's—aimed to let one generation traverse the development path that had taken other countries centuries, even millennia, to complete.
Water Conservancy Construction was the artery of agriculture, arduous work that had to be done, with no shortcut to take. It could only be accomplished through methods of "iron and blood." Of course, it was the natives who served as the main force shedding that blood.
As the East African government finalized every detail, the second nationwide water conservancy construction project began with great fanfare. With the experience of the first nationwide water conservancy construction project behind it, the East African government found it even easier to mobilize the strength of the entire country.
"Go west! Go south! Go wherever the motherland needs you!"
Although East Africa was an immigrant nation, it still played the "patriotism" card in its slogans. In truth, residents born on the East African mainland now outnumbered immigrants from abroad.
Moreover, the main targets of this mobilization were East Africa's new generation of young and middle-aged laborers. Taking advantage of the second nationwide water conservancy construction project, East Africa intended to launch a massive nationwide population migration toward the west and south at the same time, thoroughly changing the situation in which the central and eastern regions