February 11, 1868.
Omorate Town is located on the east coast of the Omo River within Kenya, and is currently the northernmost immigration settlement of East African colony.
With the full support of the Nairobi government, a large number of immigrants were sent to settle here in a short period of time. The current population totals more than 800 people.
The Nairobi government organized all the vehicles to transfer the immigrants who arrived at Nairobi from Mombasa all the way west to the Omorart area.
The poor Nairobi government has gained nothing from its game of chess in East Africa. Instead, it has continued to support Kenya other regions, slowing down local development.
As the capital city of Kenya in the previous life, the city that suffered the same fate as Nairobi was Dodoma, the capital city of Tanzania in the previous life. The two are worthy of sharing the same fate. How dazzling they were in their previous lives, they are so lonely now.
Of course, because Dodoma was developed earlier, the situation is much better than that of Nairobi. At least it has accumulated a sufficient population. In the early days of Nairobi's establishment, some people were diverted to build coffee plantations in the north. Now, they are not idle yet, and they have to support the development of Omorate Town.
The status of these two cities is completely incomparable to that of the previous life. Of course, this is the current situation of East African colony. The closer the colony moves to the center, the slower the city develops.
On the contrary, a large number of cities on the edge of the colony have been fully developed, and Omorart is such a city on the edge.
Omorart is the first nail in East Africa's bid to seize the Omo River watershed. In order to secure it early, even the local indigenous people did not have time to clean it up.
As for why Omorart was chosen as the current northernmost city, it is because the geographical conditions here are good, the land is flat, and it is easy to develop.
Going north along Omo River, there are mountains and plateaus, which are very difficult to develop. Due to terrain restrictions, the upstream area of the Omo River can be said to be winding and winding. Even a thousand twists and turns are not enough to describe the twists and turns of the Omo River.
It's no wonder that in the previous life Ethiopia wanted to build a hydropower station upstream, as its water energy resources were indeed abundant.
The south of Omorart is close to the Omo River delta, which is about thirty kilometers away from Lake Turkana.
The Omo River delta is home to indigenous tribes who make a living by fishing, so Omorart bypassed the Omo River delta and chose to build a town further north.
This location is very good. Compared with the delta map, it is not prone to flooding, and the land is also very fertile. The local indigenous people have no planting experience.
Therefore, the land here has never been developed. With the nourishment of the Omo River and thousands of years of accumulation, both sides of the strait are fertile.
The establishment of Omorate Town is the same as the previous expansion routine in East Africa, which is to first enclose the land and then slowly invite the original owners of the land out.
And the land in the circle has completely become East African colony's own land. Ernst used this trick to circle the entire Tanzania inland plateau.
Using Mwanza, Kigoma, Mbeya, Karonga... and other large cities surrounding Tanganyika region (collectively known as the inland plateau) as strongholds, separate Tanganyika from other forces.
Then they used immigrants to completely occupy the land in the circle, and slowly Tanganyika region fell into the hands of East African colony.
As for Kenya, it was plundered through war, so it was not this routine.
Now, the establishment of Omorate Town once again demonstrates East African colony's best expansion method.
From the moment Omorate Town was established, it completely separated all the forces of Ethiopia (including Abyssinian Empire) and the land south of Omorart.
Once the village stronghold under Omorart was established and completed, these forces' contact and access to Northern Kenya were blocked by East African colony.
The vast land along the coast of Lake Turkana (approximately half a million square kilometers) has become the possession of East African colony. East African colony can slowly digest the area in the middle from the south (Nairobi) and north (Omorart) directions.
As a saltwater lake, Turkana has not many tribes and indigenous people around it. After being isolated and helpless, it can only become a lamb to be slaughtered.
The precipitation in the Omo River watershed is between 1500mm and 2000mm, so Omorart, which is located downstream, has no shortage of water at all. In this area, rice can be grown on a large scale to feed the immigrants.
The Lake Turkana area south of Omorate Town and the Kenya area east of Lake Turkana are not suitable for large-scale grain cultivation.
Deserts and grasslands are intertwined, so they are planned as pastures. Pastures are the land use with the lowest economic value in East Africa.
The entire East African Highlands has a savanna climate, and there is no shortage of grassland. Moreover, there is more precipitation in the south, and the aquatic plants are more abundant.
In addition, there is currently a large amount of land that is not developed in East Africa. Even Upper Coastal Region, the most densely populated area, has a large amount of grasslands and forests.
Therefore, the natural conditions of Northern Kenya are simply not good enough. That is, it is for Immigrant Border Consolidation that they are tilted towards Northern Kenya in the choice of pasture.
And grazing is not so easy. In East Africa, "armed" grazing is practiced.
Except for Sahara Desert, which is a truly barren land, almost all areas in Africa are full of wild animals. Even the Kalahadi Desert in the south is a paradise for wild animals.
Northern Kenya No matter how bad the conditions are, the number of animals is inevitable. There are quite a lot of lions, leopards, hyenas and other animals.
As a large ranch planned in East Africa, the population of Northern Kenya is destined not to be too large, and it will certainly not be able to compete with wild animals in terms of numbers.
Wild beasts would definitely threaten the safety of the colonial animals. In this era, there were no barbed wires and electric grids to separate the two.
Even if there is one, given the current economic conditions in East Africa, it cannot afford it. So what can East Africa afford? That's the gun in hand.
East African colony has about a hundred thousand guns in his possession, almost one for every five people.
It is absolutely economical and safe to carry a gun for grazing. East Africa can produce this thing on a small scale.
East African colony's plan is to first select a good pasture, and then organize personnel to physically eliminate wild beasts and wild animals within the range of the pasture.
Immigrants then formed herding groups, each responsible for their own area.
Unlike farmers, herders have one weapon in each hand, which is used to patrol the pastures and prevent wild beasts and savages from harassing the pastures.
Speaking of savages, the herdsmen are also obliged to capture the savages who break into the pastoral areas, and then the superior departments will escort them to the south.
In this way, Northern Kenya is covered by large and small pastoral areas, and the living space of the indigenous people will naturally become smaller and smaller. If they resist and break into the pastoral areas, they will be arrested by East African colony.
The day when Kenya is covered with pastures and plantations, it will also be the time when the indigenous people are completely cleared.
This is East African colony's rough plan for Northern Kenya's development, simple but effective.
Unlike the vast area of Northern Kenya, Omorate Town has its own unique political and economic status.
This is an agricultural planting area, and it borders Ethiopia and leads directly to Sudan to the northwest. Its strategic and economic value is very high.
At the same time occupying this area, there are also considerations for the future, just like United States ordinary people in the previous life had a headache for immigrants smuggling across South America.
East Africa will definitely face this situation as well. People in the northern Ethiopia are not bad, as many are Arabs or North Africa white with light skin.
There are a large number of pure black people in the south of Ethiopia and Somalia, which Ernst, who is committed to cleaning up the black population, has to guard against.
Based on the experience of Ernst's previous life, the skin color of black people is very conspicuous wherever it is placed (except at night). If we want to prevent the appearance of black people in East African colony in the future, we cannot just clean up the black people in our own territory.
The black people in the areas near the colonies must also be cleaned up, otherwise, the indigenous people in these backward areas will definitely run to East Africa in the future, and based on Ernst's understanding of the bureaucrats and capitalists, they may do it at any time.
Just like when American politicians granted legal status to Latin American illegal immigrants, it was the people at the bottom of the United States who suffered in the end. (The U. S. government also wants ordinary people to be involved, and Latin American immigrants are obedient, which can also divide the unity of the bottom... Anyway, it is a hundred benefits and no harm to the upper class, and it is a hundred harms and no benefit to the bottom people in the United States.)
Anyway, the people of United States will never suffer losses. The worms at the top will never suffer losses. They will only make more or less. Even if United States is screwed over by them, with the capital and force in their hands, they can open up a new battlefield (to nourish the world).