African Entrepreneurship Record-Chapter 851 - 155: Steel "Monsters

"Tudududu..."

At dawn, the residents of Shao Kui Town were awakened by the sound of tractors starting up, followed by the blaring of military trumpets "toot toot toot..."

The East African military camp was located right in the center of Shao Kui City. As Shao Kui was an important town for the former Portuguese, after the war, many Portuguese and natives remained, so to prevent local rebellion, the army did not fully withdraw.

"Dear, what is that sound?" Hanna Montana roused her sleeping husband.

Andorra said impatiently, "Isn't it just the East African trumpets! Such a fuss, let me sleep for a bit longer..."

Hanna Montana patted him and said, "I can't distinguish the sound of military trumpets! I'm talking about the 'dududu' sound before the trumpets, and it hasn't stopped yet, listen carefully."

Urged by his wife, Andorra unwillingly leaned toward the source of the sound, indeed hearing a different noise beneath the resounding trumpets, and the sound was approaching, seemingly heading towards their house.

"Hmm..." Andorra was drawn to the noise.

Suddenly, exclamations came from outside the street: "Look, a monster, a moving monster..."

"Help!"

Various Portuguese voices, mixed with some native ones, spread outside the street. Andorra and his wife exchanged glances and hurriedly dressed to go out and see the commotion.

Andorra opened the door and saw a chaotic scene on the street, mainly caused by the Mozambique natives outside, making the situation extremely chaotic.

Some people were fleeing in all directions, some were hurriedly seeking cover, and even some natives were prostrate on the ground, muttering prayers.

Andorra couldn't make out what they were saying, but he could guess it was some native's mystical prayers, probably seeking protection like white people do from God.

And the "culprit" behind it all were several machines whose purpose was unclear, but judging by the noise and the smoke coming from the exhaust, Andorra thought it must be some unknown "steam engine," except where its exhaust was! That black part ought to be the chimney!

Andorra knew about steam engines, he even understood the basic principle of "boiling water." In Andorra's impression, steam engines would produce lots of steam, but these peculiar machines evidently differed from "normal" steam engines.

To Andorra, the East African tractor seemed more like a "little train" capable of traveling on ordinary roads, at least in appearance.

Hanna Montana hid behind her husband and asked, "Dear, have you seen what's happening?"

Andorra murmured, "It looks like the East Africans' 'train,' which frightened the natives on the street."

"Train!" Hanna Montana exclaimed in shock from behind.

Startled by the scream, Andorra shouted, "What are you doing! Screaming like that, you almost deafened me, just like those ignorant natives."

"Andorra, do you think it's possible, Shao Kui doesn't have railways, how would the East Africans bring a train here!" Hanna Montana momentarily forgot about her husband's sarcasm and questioned.

Andorra opened the door wider, moved aside, and said to his wife, "See for yourself."

At that moment, Hanna Montana finally saw the scene on the street, but her attention was already captivated by the tractors, oblivious to the chaos on the street.

Seeing his wife's surprised expression, Andorra proudly said, "See! The East Africans have a kind of train that can directly travel on roads, but this train is too small and can't carry much, there are no carriages behind."

Tractors could indeed carry goods, but this required special carriages, of course, hitching a wagon carriage would also work; however, the employees at Shao Kui Town's national farm hadn't yet installed them, so the East African tractor appearing before the Andorra couple looked more like a peculiar "locomotive." 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

"This must be the stuff East African Army escorted here in those wagons a few days ago! Covered in cloth, I thought it was some heavy weapon." Hanna Montana said.

"After all, this is East Africa now, there's no war likely here, we should just live our lives honestly." Andorra said.

Soon, the military in Shao Kui Town suppressed the disturbances happening in the neighborhood.

Currently, the security in Shao Kui Town is still primarily handled by the military. In Mozambique and Angola, aside from larger cities like Maputo and Luanda, a public security system hasn't yet been established, and military control is mainly implemented in most areas.

Mounted on warhorses, the East African cavalry directed the Black people on the street with their whips to restore order, while having a slightly better attitude towards the original Portuguese residents, merely indicating them to clear the roads and avoid congestion.

Of course, the translators who spoke Portuguese handled this task: "Everyone don't block in front, keep the roads clear, and all darkies move to the sides of the road, don't cause trouble."

"Don't worry, everyone, this machine isn't a monster, but a tractor, you can consider it as a type of farm tool or vehicle." Government personnel also began calming the people.

In fact, many government personnel only learned the term "tractor" yesterday; before that, they only knew that the military brought a batch of "big guys."

Naturally, not all the natives could understand this, as it was beyond their worldview.

During the hundreds of years of Portuguese colonial rule, local natives more or less picked up Portuguese, especially slaves, or those who participated in the Portuguese army during wars.

Former Portuguese residents were somewhat better off, having witnessed the world in Europe. A tractor was clearly an industrial product upon seeing it; although they hadn't seen it before, it wasn't extremely sophisticated, just arousing some curiosity.

Steam tractors were rare even in Europe and America, not to mention the world's earliest gasoline tractors, not many had seen them in East Africa, let alone Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony. Before this, Mozambique could be said to have nothing modern other than guns and cannons.

Soon, the residents of Shao Kui Town witnessed how this thing named "tractor" operated.

Being a town situated by the Limpopo River, Shao Kui Town's main industry was agriculture before the war, so most residents were farmers.

Nearly all residents gathered at the fields to observe the tractor at work, everyone stopped to watch.

Soon, the tractor driver installed the mechanical plow, then confirmed all procedures were completed before taking the tractor's driver seat.

With the "dududu" sound, he operated the tractor in the field, using full power, the tractor with plow easily plowed out furrows on the flat and open Limpopo River Plains, although not faster than cattle, its endurance was strong, working non-stop from seven in the morning until ten, three hours without a pause, highly efficient.

During this process, only one tractor broke down, but it was quickly repaired by an experienced mechanic.

"This is what the Central Government meant by agricultural mechanization, using modern agricultural equipment to vastly increase production efficiency. If it can be implemented nationwide, I can't even imagine what that scene would be like." Shao Kui Town's First National Farm owner, Lunwell, sighed.

"The charm of industrialization lies in this, it not only develops in the industrial domain but is closely related to agriculture, mining, and other related industries. In the future, the Southern Mozambique Plains will be constructed into a world-class large-scale mechanized farm cluster. Our Shao Kui Town is the vanguard in this agricultural transformation." Shao Kui Town's first East African mayor, Mars, said next to him.