Chapter 1371: Transferring Water from East to West

How to develop water -saving agriculture is indeed a new challenge for the current East Africa. After all, this is a new project involving the whole country and has no historical experience.

Ernst first emphasized: "The root of water -saving agriculture is exaggerated, not to save savings. After all, our development of water -saving agriculture is essentially in order to improve the efficiency of water resources, thereby promoting the improvement of agricultural production efficiency , Reasonable use of water sources, sustainable nourishing agriculture, industry, society and residents' water is our ultimate goal. "

In response to this, the water conservancy department mentioned: "Your Majesty, according to your instructions, we have set up a rough and feasible solution. We mainly from the distribution of water sources to the starting point to solve the problem of water use in the country."

"First of all, it is clear that East Africa is not a country with a shortage of freshwater resources. Instead, the empire's water resources are rich."

"Therefore, the issue of freshwater resources across the country is mainly reflected in the uneven distribution of time and space. We plan to build a batch of water transfer projects in the next ten years. Among them, the south as the main water source of the empire and relatively tight industrial and agricultural water. "

"We will use Olan Province, Baden, and Hei Xinggen as a pilot zone to build a large water transfer project."

The province of Oraland, Baden, and Hei Xinggen provinces are roughly the intersection area of ​​South Africa and Botswana in previous lives.

The annual precipitation here has gradually transitioned from 200 mm to 800 millimeters, of which most of the areas of less than 600 millimeters account for most.

Among them, below 200 millimeters of precipitation, the so -called arid areas, can also be briefly understood as the desert area. If you want to transform artificially, it is almost impossible to achieve a suitable place to live.

And more than two hundred millimeters, it is not enough. The annual annual precipitation of the Yuan East Empire of the previous life is about 200 mm in large cities. There are Xining, Lanzhou and Yinchuan.

From the development of these cities, it can be seen that if they expect the poor rain, it is impossible to support millions of population life and industrial and agricultural development.

The main reason for these cities to develop is to rely on rivers to replenish water sources, and this river is the Yellow River.

The water transfer project divided by the Ministry of Water Conservancy is actually better than the above -mentioned Far East Empire area. After all, the precipitation in this area is more than 200 mm, and it can even reach 800 millimeters eastward.

Its coverage area is about 300,000 square kilometers, which means that from 800 millimeters of precipitation lines to precipitation lines such as 200 mm, all are within this "narrow" area.

The reason why the term "narrow" is mainly compared with the Far East Empire, the 800 millimeters of precipitation lines of the Far East Empire is about the front line of the Qinling Huaihe River, but the two hundred millimeters of precipitation lines are in Inner Mongolia, Helan Mountain, Qilian Mountain, Qinghai -Tibet Plateau area. Essence

The range of the two precipitation lines is much larger than that of East Africa.

The Minister of Water Conservancy, Alder, said: "The reason for the relatively scarce precipitation in the southern region is mainly due to the obstruction of the Indian ocean water vapor by the Dracken Mountains."

"In fact, in the Hansa and Plain Provinces in the east of the Draken Mountains, precipitation is not lacking, but it is often affected by flood disasters."

"The main rivers in the south, the Olan Zhi River also originated from the Draken Mountains, which is very beneficial to the water transfer from the east."

Although the Oralan River is the boundary river of East Africa and South Africa (British colonies), the upper reaches are mainly dry and tributary, which are distributed in East Africa, or the border areas.

Moreover, the Olan River is from the flow of east to west, which can be said to be very beneficial to East Africa.

After all, the more this river is west, the more East Africa's arid areas, until the nanobulin desert is out of the sea.

And if there is no Olan rule, it can be said to be unimaginable for the southern African south of East Africa.

Yarsd went on to say: "We can use the Aran to rule the river to achieve the east water and west tuning in the region at a lower cost."

"In this way, we can open more cultivated land and pastures in the south, so that it will become high -quality agricultural production areas and pastures worldwide."

"Water sources are the only main obstacles to restrict the development of all provinces in the south. This problem is solved, then the south can become one of the most developed areas of East Africa industry and agriculture."

As early as the Fourth Five -Year Plan, the East African Government looked forward to the future development prospects of the South and Dahu District, but during the Fourth Five -Year Plan, the main investment of the East African government flowed to Dahu District.

The reason is also very simple. That is, there are more population in Dahu District, good agricultural foundation, sufficient water resources, and have an important role in the development of the northern economy in East Africa.

East Africa is huge in northern Africa, but for various reasons, it has become the depression of East Africa's economy. Therefore, East Africa's urgency for the development of Dahu District is above the south.

As for the south, if it is counted in the southwest, the area is actually not small, but the positioning of the southwest in East Africa is clear, that is, it is basically impossible to develop much, and in the future, it can only live on the sale of mine.

After all, in addition to mineral resources, the climate in the southwest is too bad, basically the same position as the Rainforest protection area of ​​the Congo.

In the southwest province, there are only six southern provinces divided by East Africa, while the north is as high as a dozen provinces.

Yast said to this: "Except for Southwest province, the Dongshui and West transfer project mainly wants to solve the problem of water resources in Oram, Heixinggen and Baden's three provinces."

"If the water shortage problem in these three provinces is solved, the entire southern economy will go a step further and become an economic block comparable to the three major economic core areas of the east, middle and west of our country."

Although the area of ​​the south is small, it is the most resource-rich place in East Africa. In addition to oil and natural gas energy, it can completely achieve economic self-sufficiency.

Moreover, its climate is more suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in East Africa, because it is the only temperate region in East Africa.

Most of the southern provinces of East Africa are located south of the Tropic of Capricorn.

And this is also the most suitable place in East Africa to develop agriculture and animal husbandry, especially high-quality agriculture and animal husbandry. Otherwise, the Boers and Zulus would not have been able to make a living by grazing here.

Yarsde said: "We plan to start from the mountains of Lesotho and Swaziland, especially the mountains of Lesotho, to divert some rivers into the Orange River, thereby replenishing the water volume of the Orange River's tributary, the Vaal River."

"At the same time, a large reservoir will be built in the lower reaches of the Vaal River to intercept the river water, and multiple main canals will be built to divert the water of the Vaal River to the plains on both sides of the river."

"This is a long-term plan, which we expect to complete within 20 years. It will not only build multiple large dams upstream, but also some tunnels. The construction of supporting facilities downstream is also a huge and complex project."

Here, the East-West Water Diversion Project is very similar to the Lesotho Plateau Water Diversion Project in South Africa and Lesotho in the previous life, but East Africa's ambition is obviously greater.

After all, in the previous life, Lesotho was just a black reservation that even South Africa looked down on, and the water diversion project between the two countries can be regarded as cross-border cooperation.

This is not the case in East Africa. Lesotho is originally part of East Africa, so East Africa does not need to take too much into consideration, and the amount of water diversion in East Africa will also exceed the Lesotho Plateau Water Diversion Project in the previous life.

In the previous life, Lesotho, as an independent country, could not be completely united with South Africa, and its own country also needed to be more conservative in the scale of water diversion for sustainable development.

East Africa has basically given up the development of Lesotho. Lesotho is a mountainous area for East Africa, and the population can be maintained at a maximum of hundreds of thousands, or even less than 100,000. It does not need to develop industry, agriculture and other tasks, but only needs to be a water source for East Africa.

This also means that East Africa can draw more water from Lesotho. After all, with a smaller population, the local water consumption will be greatly reduced.

In addition, the East Africa's East-West Water Diversion is not just a water source in Lesotho, but multiple water sources. In addition to Lesotho, there are also Drakensberg Mountains water sources such as Swaziland.

From this point of view, the East-West Water Diversion Project in East Africa is more like the East-West Water Diversion Project in Australia in the previous life, and the two are also similar in natural conditions.

The Drakensberg Mountains can be regarded as the Great Dividing Range of Australia, and cities in the east of the Great Dividing Range such as Melbourne and Sydney can be regarded as cities such as New Hamburg Port and Maputo in the east of the Drakensberg Mountains in East Africa.

The Great Artesian Basin west of the Great Dividing Range can be compared to the South African Plateau west of the Drakensberg Mountains, and the Darling Murray River can be regarded as the Orange River. Even the dimensions of the two regions are similar.

Therefore, the East-West Water Diversion Project in southern East Africa is more similar to the East-West Water Diversion Project in Australia in the previous life, even the distribution of economic development is the same.

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The reason why the economic distribution is emphasized is that the economic distribution of South Africa in the previous life is very different from the development situation under the rule of East Africa in this time and space.

In this time and space, because of East Africa, the economy in the east of the Drakensberg Mountains is more developed. Maputo and New Hamburg are ranked high among East African cities. Maputo has a registered population of more than 500,000 and a permanent population of more than 600,000, which is also a big city in East Africa.

Needless to say, New Hamburg is a long-established industrial city in East Africa. It is also the center of opening up, culture, and education in southern East Africa. Although its economy is surpassed by Maputo, its comprehensive strength is the strongest.

The cities west of the Drakensberg Mountains are far inferior to those east of the Drakensberg Mountains due to the restrictions of East African policies in the past.

In the previous life, it was just the opposite. In the previous life, under the rule of South Africa, cities such as Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, and Kimberley west of the Drakensberg Mountains had stronger economies, and even ranked among the best in the world.

From this, we can see the dominant influence of East Africa's economic system on regional development.

However, East Africa is now going to loosen up the development of the southern region. At the beginning, East Africa restricted the development of the south mainly from the perspectives of geopolitical security and natural environment.

In terms of geopolitical security, the target is naturally the South African colony. Although the South African colony is weak, it represents the giant Britain.

However, now, East Africa does not take South African colonies seriously, even its sovereign country Britain does not take it seriously, and the geopolitical crisis has been completely resolved.

In terms of the natural environment, the only shortcoming of the south is the shortage of water resources, and now the East-West Water Diversion Project is to solve this problem.

When the East-West Water Diversion Project is completed, the last shortcoming of the development of the south will also be made up.

Yarsde said: "This East-West Water Diversion Project will also become a landmark project of our Ministry of Water Resources in the Fifth Five-Year Plan, and its significance is no less than the grand strategy of other countries."

During the Fourth Five-Year Plan, the landmark project of East African water conservancy was the Xingguo Dam in the Great Lakes region, which raised the water level of the entire Great Lakes by nearly two meters. At the same time, the construction of the Xingguo Dam increased the power generation in the region, promoted the rise of Jinga City, and greatly improved the shipping conditions in the Great Lakes region.

The East-to-West Water Diversion Project will naturally become the landmark project of the Ministry of Water Resources during the Fifth Five-Year Plan. Even this project will last for many years. After all, the Ministry of Water Resources expects it to be completed within 20 years.

After the absence of black slaves, the construction of projects in East Africa will inevitably slow down. If it were in the past, the Ministry of Water Resources would probably complete this strategic project during the Fifth Five-Year Plan.

In fact, in the transitional era that completely ended the "slave" era, East Africa's economic and social development showed many problems.

In the past, because of a large number of cheap black slaves, East African projects were not afraid of casualties at all, and they were as fast as possible, so East Africa could achieve many amazing results in the past half century.

After the complete abolition of black slaves, East Africa could only hire domestic workers to complete various engineering projects. There is no doubt that the cost-effectiveness of domestic workers cannot be compared with that of "slaves".

It is the rapid popularization of mechanization in East Africa that has solved the "slave labor dependence" in most industries in East Africa to a certain extent.

The reason why it is to a certain extent is that in some production areas, cheap labor is still more advantageous. For example, in many plantations in East Africa, many crops cannot be produced by large-scale mechanization for various reasons.

The most typical example is cotton and rubber. Cotton picking relies on manual labor. Even if East Africa has related mechanical inventions, it cannot replace manual labor due to various disadvantages, such as mechanical harvesting of cotton wool, which inevitably contains impurities.

This is even more true for rubber. Rubber cutting can only be done manually. After all, rubber comes from rubber trees, and regular scratches must be made on them to achieve repeated harvesting. At present, East African researchers can't think of machinery that can harvest rubber.

Cotton can at least develop related machinery, but there is no clue at all about rubber harvesting. After all, harvesting rubber is not as simple as cutting down trees.

Other cash crops also face various problems, but the East African government concluded that "slaves" are the most useful and almost omnipotent tools.

However, since slavery has been abolished in East Africa, it can only think of other ways. In addition to developing relevant machinery as much as possible, the East African government's solution is to maintain the planting of cash crops in East Africa through subsidies, contracting and other means.

In recent years, there has also been a rise in the transfer of related agricultural production to colonies, such as planting rubber in colonies, then shipping it back to the local processing, and finally exporting it overseas.

Therefore, compared with the planting industry, the water conservancy department, which is mainly engaged in engineering, is less affected by the end of slavery, and because of the increase in the degree of mechanization, its work efficiency has been greatly improved.

However, if there is a choice, the Ministry of Water Resources will definitely support the continued use of "black slaves". In these special projects, people are still the most reliable.