Chapter 851 Heading to Mozambique
More than twenty days later, the ship finally docked in Dar es Salaam. Wang Defeng brought his brother and his family to the Dar es Salaam Immigration Bureau to inquire about the details.
“Of course you can, Mr. Dave Wang, because the country does not explicitly prohibit this behavior. However, this is not easy. After all, it takes time for your relatives to obtain East African citizenship. Do you have time to accompany them for such a long time? You know, they are likely to be assigned to remote areas.” A staff member of the Dar es Salaam Immigration Bureau asked.
Wang Defeng nodded and said, "How many days will it take to complete the procedures?"
"If it were normal, it would take at least five or six days, and even 20 to 30 days. After all, every region is looking for people, and the relationship is very complicated. But now the process time has been shortened a lot, because most immigrants tend to go to Angola, Mozambique and Orange, so the review is more relaxed. If time is fast, maybe naturalization can be completed within a day."
After listening to the staff's explanation, Wang Defeng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He still had more than ten days of vacation left. If his brother's family's household registration and other procedures could be completed faster, then he should still have enough time.
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Two days later.
Wang Defeng was relieved that his brother's family's ID cards and household registrations had been finalized. He sent a telegram to his wife in Dar es Salaam, informing her that he would send his brother to Mozambique first and asked her to stay at home for a while.
He then took his brother's family to a photo studio in Dar es Salaam to take a family photo. He borrowed a pen from the studio and wrote his name and home address on the back of the photo.
After handing it to my brother, I said, "Keep this photo safe and don't let it get wet. On the back is written in pen my home address and my name in East Africa. I don't think you can understand it, but when you write back to me, just show it to the staff at the local post office. I think there must be a German teacher there who can speak Chinese, so just ask him to write the letter for you."
Wang Defeng touched his nephew's head and said, "When Shuanzi goes to school, he can write to his uncle's family. Your cousins will definitely want to meet your family."
Shuanzi nodded and said, "Uncle, when I learn to write, I will definitely write letters to you and my brothers and sisters."
Shuanzi likes his uncle's family very much. Although he has never met his uncle's family, his uncle was very nice to him when he was in the Far East and brought him a lot of delicious food and fun things.
After a few days of preparation, Wang Defeng followed his brother's family on a boat to the Port of Bella. Yes, this time his brother's family was assigned to the inland west of Bella, mainly the area along the future railway.
The transportation is quite convenient, which makes Wang Defeng happy. He said to Wang Desen, "I live in Harare now, and before I left East Africa, I heard that Beira is going to build a railway directly to Harare. If so, it will be easy for our two families to contact each other. If the railway is opened, the direct train will only take one day to arrive. If it is a holiday, I can bring your sister-in-law and nephew to visit you."
Shuanzi asked, "Uncle, what is a railway?"
Wang Defeng smiled and said, "It's a road made of steel. It looks quite spectacular. I can't describe it. You will have a chance to see it in the future."
Soon, Wang Defeng's words came true, because at this time the Harbin-Beibei Railway had already started construction and part of the route had been completed.
Wang Defeng, who boarded the ship at the port of Beira, saw the construction site of the Harare-Beira Railway at a glance. At this time, the railway construction in the city of Beira had actually been completed, and the railway was being built inland. In fact, the city of Harare was also building this railway eastward. Construction was started simultaneously in two places in East Africa. If nothing unexpected happens, the Harare-Beira Railway will be completed by the end of this year.
After a brief rest for one night in the port of Bella, Wang Defeng took his brother and his family inland, this time they took a horse-drawn carriage.
Even so, my brother's family gained a new understanding of East Africa, because horses and cattle are very common in East Africa. When we were in Dar es Salaam, we saw many citizens riding bicycles and trams that could run by themselves, which was an eye-opener for my brother's family.
Wang Defeng was accustomed to these things. After all, he had served in the army, so even the railway was not too rare for him. He was almost numb from sitting there when he was in the army.
Wang Defeng and his group basically drove along the railway line. Of course, after walking for a distance, it turned into grassland.
The number of people in the group was not small. In addition to Wang Defeng and his brother Wang Desen's family, there were several hundred immigrants. In addition to these people, there were also National Defense Force soldiers responsible for sending them to their destination.
Mozambique is now under military management, so immigration work is mainly handled by the military, and Wang Defeng, who has just retired, can also communicate with them.
"Young man, what year did you join the army?"
The young soldier in front of him looked like a rookie with a childish look on his face.
"Uncle, it turns out you can speak German!" the soldier said in surprise.
"Haha, I'm originally from East Africa, so I can speak German naturally. And not only do I know German, I used to be a Wehrmacht soldier like you."
"Really, uncle? I thought you were an immigrant. After all, most of the people in this team are immigrants from other places."
Wang Defeng shook his head and said, "My family members are mainly from the Far East. They immigrated to East Africa this time. They are unfamiliar with the place, so I will see them off. After they are settled, I will go back to work."
"Uncle, aren't you serving in the National Defense Forces?" asked the young soldier.
"Like I said, it was before. I just retired last year and the government arranged for me to work in a factory. I took the opportunity of taking a break and applied for a long vacation. I also went back to my hometown in the Far East to pick up my relatives."
"Uncle, where are you from?"
“Harare.”
"Harare is a good place. I heard it's a big city in the country. It seems that the previous railway led to Harare."
Wang Defeng nodded and said, "That's right, but it's actually the same everywhere in East Africa. Although Harare is a big city, life..."
Wang Defeng chatted with the soldiers escorting the immigrants and got a lot of information. For example, the place his brother and his family were going to this time was about a hundred kilometers away from Beira City, and it was not a blank slate, but a colonial outpost left by the Portuguese.
There is a small army stationed there, so safety is not a problem. Living facilities are relatively complete. There are Portuguese plantations. The overall living environment is not bad, which also makes Wang Defeng feel a lot more at ease.
The younger brother's family could only listen to Wang Defeng and the East African Defense Force soldiers chatting as if they were listening to a mystery. This was the common understanding of other immigrants. Most of the immigrants who accompanied them were from the Far East, and the few white faces were not Germans, but from the Bosnia region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
It is difficult to recruit Germans now, so East Africa has focused its energy on other ethnic groups. Bosnia is a mountainous area in the southern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with a very poor economy.
In less than three days, the group arrived at their destination. After settling his brother's family, Wang Defeng, who had established good relations with the local garrison, said goodbye to his brother's family and set off back to Harare.
(End of this chapter)
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