Chapter 838 Steel "Monster"

“Thud, thud, thud…”

At dawn, the residents of Shaokui Town were awakened by the sound of a tractor starting up, and then the sound of a military bugle was heard: "Toot, toot, toot..."

The East African military camp was located in the center of Chokwe. As Chokwe was an important town of the former Portuguese, many Portuguese and indigenous people remained there after the war. Therefore, in order to prevent local rebellion, the army did not completely withdraw.

"Honey, what's that noise?" Hannah Montana woke up her sleeping husband.

Andorra said impatiently: "Isn't it just the military bugle call of the East Africans? What a fuss! Let me sleep a little longer..."

Hannah Montana patted him and said, "I can't tell the difference between the sound of the bugle call! I'm talking about the da-da-da sound before the bugle call, and it hasn't stopped yet. Listen carefully."

At the urging of his wife, Andorre reluctantly turned his head towards the source of the sound. Sure enough, under the majestic military bugle call, he heard a different noise, and the sound was getting closer and closer, as if coming towards his house.

"Hmm..." Andorra's attention was drawn.

Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from outside the street: "Look, a monster, a moving monster..."

“Help!”

Various Portuguese voices, mixed with some indigenous voices, spread outside the street. Andorra and his wife looked at each other, and they hurriedly put on their clothes and went out to see the "excitement".

Andorra pushed open the door and saw the messy scene on the street. The people causing the chaos outside the street were mainly the natives of Mozambique. The scene was extremely chaotic.

Some people were running around, some were hastily looking for shelter, and some natives were even crawling on the ground, muttering to themselves.

Andorra couldn't hear clearly what they were saying, but he could probably guess that these were some mysterious prayers of the natives, probably like the white people seeking God's protection.

The "culprit" that caused all this was a few machines whose purpose was unknown. However, based on the sound and smoke coming out of the exhaust holes, Andor believed that it should be an unknown "steam engine". But where is the exhaust hole of this "steam engine"! The black one should be just a chimney!

Andor knew about steam engines, and even understood the general principle of "boiling water". In Andor's impression, steam engines would produce a lot of water mist, but these strange machines were obviously different from "normal" steam engines.

In Andor's view, the tractors in East Africa are more like a "small train" that can be driven on ordinary roads, at least in appearance.

Hannah Montana hid behind her husband and asked, "Honey, do you see what's going on?"

Andorra muttered, "It looks like an East African 'train' has frightened the natives on the street."

"Train!" Hannah Montana screamed from behind.

Andorra was startled by the scream and shouted, "What are you doing? You almost deafened me. You are just as ignorant as those natives."

"Andorra, do you think it's possible? There is no railway in Chokwe. How can East Africans drive trains here?" Hannah Montana temporarily forgot her husband's sarcasm and questioned.

Andor opened the door wider, stepped aside and said to his wife, "You will know for yourself if you see it."

It was at this time that Hannah Montana saw what was happening on the street, but her attention was already attracted by the tractor and she had no time to pay attention to the chaos on the street.

Seeing his wife's surprised look, Andorra said proudly: "See! East Africans have a kind of train that can drive directly onto the road, but this train is too small and can't carry much cargo, and there are no carriages at the back."

Of course a tractor can carry cargo, but this requires a special carriage. Of course, it can also be mounted on a horse-drawn carriage, but the staff of the state-owned farm in Chokwe Town did not have time to install it, so the East African tractor presented to the Andorran couple looked more like a strange "locomotive".

"This should be the stuff on those carriages that the East African army escorted here a few days ago! It was covered with cloth at the time, and I thought it was some heavy weapon." Hannah Montana said.

"Anyway, we are East Africans now, and there can be no war here, so we should just live an honest life." Andorra said.

Soon, the army of Shaokui Town suppressed the riots in the neighborhood.

At present, the public security in Chokwe town is mainly the responsibility of the army. In Mozambique and Angola, except for "big" cities such as Maputo and Luanda, there is currently no public security system stationed there, and most areas are still under military control.

The East African cavalrymen on war horses raised their whips and directed the black people on the streets to restore order. Their attitude towards the former Portuguese residents was slightly better. They just signaled them to get out of the way and not cause congestion.

Of course, the main person in charge of this work is the Portuguese translator: "Everyone, don't block the front, keep the road open, and all the black people, stay on the side of the road and don't cause trouble."

"Don't worry, this machine is not a monster, but a tractor. You can think of it as a farm tool or a vehicle." Government officials also began to reassure people.

In fact, many government officials only learned about the term tractor yesterday. Before that, they only knew that the military had brought a batch of "big guys".

Of course, the natives may not be able to understand everything because it is beyond their worldview.

During the hundreds of years of Portuguese colonization, the local indigenous peoples could write Portuguese to a greater or lesser extent, especially slaves or those who served in the Portuguese army during wars.

The original Portuguese residents were better off. Most of them had seen the world in Europe. They knew at a glance that a tractor was an industrial product. Although they had never seen one, a bunch of steel products were not that "advanced". They were just a little curious.

Steam tractors are rare in Europe and the United States, let alone this world's earliest gasoline tractor. Not to mention the Portuguese, not many people have seen it even in East Africa, let alone Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony. Before that, Mozambique had no modern things except guns and cannons.

Soon, the residents of Shaokui Town saw how this thing called "tractor" worked.

As a town located on the banks of the Limpopo River, before the war, Chokwe's main business was agriculture, so most of the people living in the town were farmers.

Almost all the residents were watching the tractors working on both sides of the field, and everyone stopped to watch.

Soon, the tractor driver installed the mechanical plow, and then sat in the tractor driving seat after confirming that all procedures were completed.

With the sound of "da da da", they operated tractors to work in the fields. The tractors running at full power with plows easily dug out plow trenches in the flat and open Limpopo River Plain. Although their speed was not much faster than that of oxen, their endurance was great. They worked from seven in the morning until ten o'clock, without any rest for three hours, and their work efficiency was extremely high.

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

"This is what the central government calls agricultural mechanization. The use of modern agricultural machinery has greatly improved production efficiency. If it can be rolled out across the country, I dare not imagine what the scene will be like." Lewin, owner of the first state-owned farm in Shaokui Town, exclaimed.

“This is the charm of industrialization. It not only develops in the industrial field, but is also closely related to agriculture, mining and other related industries. In the future, the southern Mozambique plain will build a world-class large-scale mechanized farm cluster. Our Chokwe Town is the vanguard of this agricultural revolution.” Mars, the first East African mayor of Chokwe Town, said on the side.

(End of this chapter)