Chapter 481： Indispensable errors (reward plus more) (2/2)

As long as the government does not solve the traffic problem, no matter how they frustrate, it is impossible to create an industrial system without raw materials. Why do we need to stop it? ”

The African continent is more than just a lack of an industrial system. Not only are raw material resources inadequate, but even human resources are lacking.

In the sparsely populated African continent, if you want to find more than 100,000 workers and set up a large industrial group that integrates mining and smelting, the cost can be prohibitive for any capitalist.

Franz asked uncertainly: ”What do you mean by opening up the mining industry, but when you build a railway, you intentionally set up obstacles.

Can not directly connect the origin of raw materials with the origin of raw materials, increase the transportation cost of industrial development? ”

If this is the case, it is estimated that Africa's industry will be over. There is no problem if you want to develop mineral resources. The government will build railways in areas where resources are concentrated so that the ore produced can be shipped out.

It's just that this kind of railway is mainly a single line, not a complete railway network. In particular, there is no direct railway link between iron ore and coal mines, which suppresses the development of Africa's indigenous industries from the source.

I have to admit that this approach is more than just a ban on the direct ban on the development of industry in Africa. In the future, excuses can be found, such as: the exploration technology is not in place, and the amount of resource reserves has been incorrectly estimated.

The giant ore with 100 million tons of ore reserves shows 1 million tons in the report. Naturally, it does not deserve the government's attention. It is necessary to plan a railway line.

Or maybe: Ignore technological progress.

Due to the limitations of the times, the development value of the mine was misjudged, and it was excusable to ignore it when building the railway.

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Anyway, it is caused by special circumstances, and it is definitely not the central government that is suppressing the industrial development of the African continent. In the end, the continent's industry did not develop, and that was beyond human ability.

After decades of localization, Austria's rule on the African continent was deeply entrenched. It is not too late to correct these special historical errors at that time.

Minister of Industry Kasin-Cubeck replied, ”Yes, Your Majesty. Now we have to concentrate on developing our homeland and let the colonies make sacrifices.

Kaschin-Kubek emphasized the word ”colonial”. Since it is a colony, it cannot naturally be compared with the native. Inferior treatment is inevitable.

If blood is not drawn from the colonies, Austria's economy will not be able to maintain rapid growth for a long time. Before the advent of the free trade era, colonies were the targets of sacrifices.

This time the ”error” confined to the times is no longer an error, and the construction of the railway network on the African continent has become inevitable.

Franz finally understood why the original time-space Indian Railway had so many pits. The original curse had been buried as early as the colonial era.

It is not that the designers have unreasonable plans, but the reality needs to be unreasonable. The future seems unreasonable, but this era is the best choice.

Franz nodded and said, ”Accelerate the progress of the construction of the colonial railway, and take advantage of the asymmetry of information to create the established facts. Do not attract the attention of the people.

The Vienna government has a resource distribution map, and imperfections are inevitable, but they know more than civil governments.

Industrial development is inseparable from coal. Coal mines on the African continent are concentrated in South Africa, which destined that the place where design errors really needed was also in South Africa.

To do this is very simple, just take the gold mine top tank. The railway network gives priority to the mining and smelting of gold mines, and it is understandable to ignore other regions.

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This concealed plan naturally needs to be kept as secret as possible, and when it is implemented, it naturally falls on the head of the Ministry of Railways.

In the Ministry of Railways, Stein was dumbfounded by this special order. This work is not easy, and it is clear that we must be prepared to be scolded.

No matter how many excuses are prepared, in the future, people will still scold the railway designers. Whose back is a problem?

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