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Angola is located in southwest Africa, bordering Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa) to the north, Zambia to the east, Namibia to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Most areas in the north have a savannah climate, the south has a subtropical climate, and high-altitude areas have a temperate climate.

The entire country consists mainly of plains, hills and plateaus. The total area is 1,246,700 square kilometers, with a coastline of 1,650 kilometers and the capital, Luanda.

From a historical perspective, the founding of this country is inextricably linked to the Portuguese. In 1482, the Portuguese colonial fleet first arrived, and in 1576 the city of Luanda was established. This was also the beginning of what is now Angola.

From 1884 to 1885, Angola was classified as a Portuguese colony. In 1951, Portugal changed Angola into an overseas province of Portugal and sent a governor to rule it.

Since the 1950s, Angola has established three national liberation organizations and launched armed struggles for national independence in the 1960s. Angola became a modern independent country on November 11, 1975.

In other words, this country was almost entirely managed by the Portuguese from a primitive tribe to a modern country, so the whole country seems to have a strong sense of dislocation.

For example, Luanda, the capital of this country, looks very modern, with rows of high-rise buildings and a brightly lit scene at night. The people walking on the streets are no different from those in big cities in Europe and the United States.

Even in 2014, the city's cost of living ranked first among major cities in the world, surpassing traditional cities such as New York and Tokyo.

But on the other hand, as soon as you leave the city, you will find that other parts of Gagajia are poor and backward. For example, in 2019, the per capita GDP was only 2,973 US dollars, and the per capita daily income was only 57 yuan, making it a middle-to-low-income country.

The overall poverty has also led to the difficulty of people's livelihood in Angola. The country's poverty rate is as high as 47.6%, the unemployment rate is as high as 20%, the illiteracy rate is as high as 34%, and the neonatal mortality rate is as high as 28.5‰.

In terms of physical fitness, Angola’s adult AIDS infection rate is 2%, and the national malnutrition rate is 18.6%. According to the 2019 Human Development Index released by the United Nations Development Program, Angola ranks 149th among 189 countries, belonging to the “moderate human development level.

So when leaving the city, Liang En could clearly see that the further away from the city, the worse the surrounding environment and infrastructure became. Only half an hour after leaving the capital, the roadside changed from a bustling city to the most primitive. style.

The roads are like this. There are some European standard asphalt roads in the community, but when you get to the edge of the city, they turn into shabby cement roads. As for now, they have completely turned into dirt roads.

Did we really not go the wrong way? Looking at the dust on both sides of the car window that could be used as smoke bombs, Joan of Arc said with some confusion, Obviously this is a national highway marked on the map.

Yes, this is indeed a national highway. Liang En said after communicating with a security guard beside him, But the roads away from the city in this country are like this, even if it is a national highway.

And from some angles, we were lucky. At least it didn't rain. Otherwise, this road would have turned into a large swamp, the kind of completely rotten land that even tanks can't pass through.

Historically, the civil war that this country fought for so long was undoubtedly related to poor logistics. At least judging from the current situation, at that time, the armies of all parties in the civil war could only fight defensive battles, while offensive battles were due to logistical problems. The factors cannot be defeated.

So the normal means of transportation in the entire African region is airplanes, because compared to simple airports, neither railways nor roads can be supported by the region.

Liang En has always had the urge to complain about the infrastructure here. He knew about the infrastructure here before, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

There is no doubt that this is also one of the important problems Liang En faces when he wants to develop his industry. After all, the final product of his industry is not high-value, low-volume gold or gems, so this transportation issue is very problematic.

However, this does not mean that they have nothing to do. At least during the discussion on the plane, they decided to use the nearby river to complete important transportation work.

According to the information they got, although this river is not as big as that big river, the river from the place where Liang En and the others built the reservoir all the way downstream is relatively smooth and can be used for boating.

Although the actual transportation volume is much smaller than the theoretical transportation volume due to the incomplete hydrological survey and the fact that the river has basically no human intervention, there is no problem in passing ships of 100~120t.

So they can use ships all the way to Luanda, the country's capital, which makes it very convenient for local sales or export.

Because it is only a temporary ship that employs local people, and the ship's condition is really bad, so for safety reasons we still need to take a car. When our ship arrives, we can take a ship next time. Liang En said to Joan of Arc.

Here we have to say that the Chinese people are capable and hard-working. The construction of this hydropower station and farm was almost entirely entrusted to the Chinese people. Under the generous salary and bonus policy, the engineering staff here put in 120% of their efforts.

For example, during the construction of the farm, they directly hired people around them to start growing some vegetables that could mature quickly, and then sold these vegetables to the capital, Luanda.

It's just that because of the problems of planting scale and transportation capacity, this business can't make much money. At most, it can make up for part of the transportation costs.

But the fact that they can't make much money is already good for the two of them. There is only one direct use for selling vegetables, and that is to prevent the ships from returning empty after the ships arrive to build the reservoirs and farms. At least they can take some with them. Things go.

In other words, as long as this behavior does not lose money, it is enough, and being able to make money now only shows one thing, that is, this business is definitely promising.

Because he is now able to make profits under very unfavorable circumstances, with the gradual development of this aspect, the profits in this aspect will naturally become higher and higher.

Of course, they have also investigated this aspect and determined that adding more ships will not have an impact on existing ship operations, so that they can operate other ships in the future.

These 120-ton motor vessels that can be used for inland water and offshore transportation are now being built in South African shipyards, because there are not many factories in Angola that can build ships of this class, and their quality and cost are not as good as those in South Africa.

We have already started training teams for the first two boats. After saying this, the younger of the two assistants said. “It’s really hard to find people with a high school degree or above in this country.”

It's already pretty good. After all, there are several countries here with better prenatal education per capita, so it's pretty good here. Liang En was already prepared for these difficulties, so he was naturally prepared.

Anyway, it will take some time before the ship is built. It is enough for training. Especially since we are recruiting technicians and not scientific researchers, sometimes it is not a big problem if the degree is lower.