Chapter 567 Electrician Technical School

Mbeya city.

A brand new building has been completed in the urban area. The three-story red brick building is not much inferior to the city government and looks very grand. Many people came to watch the ceremony today, including people from the Central Ministry of Industry and many important figures from the Mbeya Municipal Government.

The completion ceremony was completed perfectly amid firecrackers and thunderous applause. The hundreds of people on the scene then stopped and began to show today's guests around.

The leader was the architect of this building, Carls, who enthusiastically introduced his masterpiece to everyone: "The whole building has more than a hundred rooms, including more than eighty classrooms, which can accommodate thousands of students at a time."

As he spoke, he came to the wall of a classroom and knocked a few times. "The bricks and stones we use are all high-quality red bricks fired by the No. 1 Brick Kiln Factory in Mbeya City. The whole building is mainly brown-red from the outside. If you stand at the front door of the school in the morning, you can see the spectacular sight of the sun rising from the red building. It is very pleasing to the eye. This is a unique design that I made after personal measurements and a lot of calculations."

"Mbeya City is near the equator. You've heard of the equator, right?" Looking at the bewildered crowd, Carls realized that he had asked a lonely question. He cursed himself for being ignorant, and then said, "Forget about the equator for now. I'll just keep it simple."

"In Europe, North America, and the Far East, those countries are on the back of the earth, and the sunlight shines from the south to the north. You should all know this, so the area where these areas are located is called the Northern Hemisphere."

"Mr. Carls, what you mean is that we originally lived in the north of the earth, which is the part on the globe, right?"

"Yes, that's the principle. Let me demonstrate it to you. Let's assume that my left fist is a globe and my right hand is the sun. I will square them together. Where on the globe will the sunlight shine? That is, where on my left hand will it shine?"

"That must be the center point of your left hand."

If Ernst heard this answer, he would certainly be very satisfied. This answer, which seems meaningless to later generations, reflects a considerable social problem.

It may sound ridiculous to say that ordinary people in East Africa can distinguish between left and right. Don't underestimate this issue. Even in the 21st century, there are people who make jokes about the issue of left and right.

Ernst had personal experience of all these. For example, when he was in college, there would be one or two fools during military training who would make jokes because they couldn't react in time.

Left and right is a conceptual issue. In an agricultural society, few people would consider this issue because it is unlikely to be used. As for direction, this and that plus the four directions can solve all problems.

This can be reflected in the rural areas of the Far East. Take farming as an example. All dynasties in the Far East have encouraged people to engage in farming and sericulture. Encouraging people to engage in farming and sericulture is a broad concept. To put it simply, it means teaching people how to farm.

Take Ernst, a college student, for example. If you ask him to farm, he really doesn't know how. Although he is also from a rural background, he has been going to school all the time and has not inherited the family tradition.

When Ernst was engaged in farming in East Africa, he relied heavily on professional agricultural talents, and supplemented it with some knowledge from later generations, that was all.

Back to the topic of distinguishing left and right, this is just a simple logical problem. As long as you are willing, it is easy to learn. It is no big deal. After all, there are only two options, either left or right.

East Africans are sensitive to left and right, which is a result of the national military education in East Africa over the years. This has made the discipline and military knowledge of East Africans very popular.

Carls nodded and said, "That's right. You see, the light from the sun is directly at the center, and the sunlight from the upper and lower sides naturally shines obliquely on the northern and southern hemispheres. This is also the reason why most houses in the northern hemisphere face north and south. This is a problem of lighting.

You can imagine that the sunlight shines directly on the center point of my left hand. If we draw a circle with this center point, we get the equator. The sunlight near the equator shines directly down on me.

Therefore, houses in the equatorial region, as long as they have a roof, are not easy to get light in. Of course, this has its pros and cons. Lighting is a disadvantage, but the temperature in the equatorial region is high, so having a dark place is also cool.

So I also considered this issue when I was building the main building of the Electrician Technical School. I improved the internal materials of the teaching building and chose bright materials to make the entire classroom appear very transparent.

In addition, we enlarged the windows and used more hollow designs to allow more light to shine in and make ventilation easier.”

Carls spoke eloquently, and although most of his listeners had no idea what he was talking about, they felt extremely satisfied.

This is indeed the case. When people heard what Carls said, they felt it was mysterious and impressive. There was direct shooting, the equator, and some hollow technology. No one understood it, but it felt like Carls was very knowledgeable.

Then Carls gave everyone a detailed introduction to the entire school, including the main building, dormitories, laboratories, playgrounds, etc.

Although everyone's cultural level is not high, they still have basic aesthetic sense. They are quite satisfied with the construction of Mbeya Electrician Technical School. After all, the campus is so beautiful and comfortable, so studying here must be a pleasure. It turns out that going to school is good.

After the designer Karls introduced the campus situation, people from the Ministry of Industry also began to discuss the significance of the Mbeya Electrician Technical School with the leadership of the Mbeya City.

"Mayor Enle, I have already told you that projects that can be placed in Mbeya are generally given great attention by the country. This time the central government has placed this electrician technical school in Mbeya, so you should pay attention to it. The power industry is the most important emerging industry in the country. These teachers are all professionals transferred from the Hechingen Power Company in Europe. Even Europe is in short supply. You should also pay special attention to them and treat them as treasures. If something unexpected happens and the higher-ups investigate, it would be a shame to the country's training."

"Don't worry, Director Hearn. We know how much support the country has given to the power industry. Since it is an industry that the royal family is personally concerned about, the city of Mbeya also welcomes and attaches great importance to it. We will definitely give these talents from Europe the highest level of courtesy."

"That would be great. The current mission of the Electrician Technical School is to train qualified electricians for East Africa to maintain and develop the power industry in East Africa. Your city of Mbeya is the leader of East African industry and cannot fall behind in this regard."

"Director Hearn, don't worry. We fully support the central government's decision in the emerging field of electricity. Last year, we expanded the copper smelter and cable factory. We rely on the inland copper and rubber resources, as well as our own coal and iron resources, to bet on the new track of the power industry."

“Well, this is also an important reason why the central government placed the Electrician Technical School in Mbeya. Mbeya is closer to key resource production areas than coastal cities such as Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, and it can radiate in both the east and west directions.

And I would like to mention that you should not underestimate the importance of this industry to your city. Your city is now the most important heavy industrial base in East Africa, but it is hard to say about the future. After all, when it comes to resource advantages, Matabele Province (Zimbabwe) is stronger than you. Our industry has found that coal and iron ore resources in many areas of Matabele Province are richer than yours. "

"Thank you, Director Hearn, for your advice."

It is certain that East Africa's future heavy industry policy will give priority to Matabele Province. The current industry still mainly relies on the production areas of raw materials, and the factory is built where the mine is.

(End of this chapter)