Red Alert Somalia

Chapter 91: Subject to Others

The construction of territories is only part of the development of territories. In addition to military and territory construction, resettlement of residents has also become the main development direction at this stage.

Resident resettlement, unified residential construction, village and town planning, medical care, education, market planning, cultural facilities construction, combined with urban construction blueprints, street planning, and distribution of village landing areas.These are the main tasks at this stage, and there are still many details, such as broadcasting, drinking water, electricity, telecommunications, etc., and other details need to be completed immediately.

At present, there are more than 60,000 residents in the territory, and less than one-third of these 60,000 people can live in fixed housing.Relocating residents as soon as possible has also become a task that the territory needs to complete as soon as possible.

In terms of medical care and education, it can be slowed down slightly, at least for residents to have a place to stay.

To be honest, building a city in plain white is by no means a simple task, nor can it be completed in a short while, let alone a city covering an area of ​​800 square meters. It is not easy to take shape if it wants to take shape. Not to mention that Li Lan wants to directly build a modern city.

Fortunately, Li Lan didn't want to build the entire city into a high-rise building. Instead, a large number of double-storey buildings were mixed with some five or six-storey buildings to achieve a unified layout.

In this way, starting from scratch also has the advantage that there is no need for demolition, and it can be successfully built from the beginning of the planning.

Originally, Li Lan also planned to build some buildings that favored the Chinese style. After considering for a long time, he abandoned this plan and built in accordance with the Somali architectural style. In this way, the Somalis who stayed in can also have more belongings. sense.

However, in terms of funding, it strictly limits the speed of territorial construction.At present, many of the construction of the territory is supported by Farah, but Farah is only a businessman with little money, and he will not be able to support him for too long.Perhaps in Somalia, he can be counted as a rich man, but he can spend tens of millions of dollars, which is already his limit. Even if he sells all his family properties, he can spend one or two billion dollars, which is only a drop in the bucket for the construction of the entire city.

And Li Lan didn’t want to spend Farah’s money all the time. To tell the truth, Farah has already paid a lot for the territory since Farah promised to cooperate closely with him. Farah alone supported him.

When Li Lan admired him deeply, she did not want to rely on Farah all the time.Although in Farah's heart, Li Lan brought so many weapons and equipment, medicines, and trained Somali technical personnel (engineers), which cost even more, he still didn't want Farah to pay for it alone.

As an outsider, who can get such a huge support from a local person, even in the eyes of that person, this is helping his compatriots, but Li Lan wants to play his role in admiring his national righteousness.

"How many supplies did Farah send today?" Li Lan asked Muhammad.

Mohammedi, who is very concerned about the territory, has memorized every income and expenditure account. Hearing Li Lan’s question, he answered without hesitation: "80 carts of grain, of which 50 carts of rice, There are 10 carts of meat and 20 carts of vegetables, totaling 700 tons, and there are currently 2,000 tons of surplus grain in the territory."

"What is the daily consumption now?" Li Lan asked again.

"There are 70,000 residents in the territory, nearly 200,000 refugees outside the city, and 300 tons of food consumed every day. The current stock of food in the base is enough for us to use for one week. If we save control, can we last for three weeks? "Mohammedi quickly replied, whether food is for refugees in the territory or outside the city, it is the foundation of everything, and these data have always been in his heart.

"Two thousand tons of surplus grain, did Farah have any trouble these days?" Li Lan asked suspiciously. Compared with the grain that was delivered frequently every day at the beginning, the food delivery team has been shortened to two. Send once every day or three days.

"It's a little trouble, but it doesn't matter. Mr. Farah said he solved it all by himself." Mohammedi thought for a while and replied.

"What's the trouble?" Li Lan frowned. Food is all about the territory. The only way to get food is from Bosasso Port. If...

"I asked, Mr. Farah did not explicitly say that the soldiers who escorted the food did not report any abnormalities." Mohammedi shook his head.

"Huh! Let the troops escorting food on the next trip investigate it clearly for me. This matter must not be sloppy." A cold light flashed in Li Lan's eyes and anger flashed across his face.

"Sir, there is no need to wait for the next trip. Mr. Farah will come to the territory tomorrow. Then you will ask him in detail." Muhammad said.

"Yeah!" Li Lan nodded, angrily appeared on his face: "If someone is asking for trouble, I don't mind raising the knife in advance."

"The moths, if they dare to embarrass people with food to save people, they should kill them all." Mohammedi naturally knew what Li Lan meant, thinking of the disappointing government, he also looked angry. .

"At present, our strength is still unable to shake the Bosasso government forces. For so many refugees, I really don’t want to deepen my hatred when it is not necessary. After all, our food must be brought ashore from the Bosasso port. We have a dock here." Li Lan said with a turn of expression, rather helpless.

The red police unit has a wharf, or a large military port, which can be quickly built from there to not.But this is not a middle-level authority that can be built, and among the high-level authority indicators, there are indicators that must win a city. The only option is Bosasso.This has brought a very contradictory result, and Li Lan has a lot of headaches for this.

Forty kilometers west of the base is the disputed border between Puntland and Somaliland, and more than two hundred kilometers west is the largest port in Somalia, Berbera.Berbera’s status in Somaliland is the same as Bosasso’s status in Puntland. Both are the most important sources of tax revenue, with more than $100 million in taxes each year.The annual throughput is much more than that of Bosasso Port.

It’s not that Li Lan has never thought of Berbera, but he is powerless to do anything about it. The territorial dispute between Somaliland and Puntland has been for a long time. The location of the base is actually a place where Puntland and Somaliland do not care. Puntland declared sovereignty over here, but never cared.

To transport grain from Berbera to here, Somaliland first disagreed. Unless it is an international force, Li Lan has nothing to do.Somaliland is not Puntland and it is not easy to mess with.Now let him occupy Bosasso, he dare, but let him fight Berbera, he does not have such strength.

The Puntland Republic’s criss-crossed elders council and dark government system, for their own interests, don’t have much money to develop the military in a year, basically relying on foreign support and political support.But Somaliland is different. Although the government is not clean, they understand the importance of military strength. After 1991, Somaliland relied on Berbera's taxation to build a good army.Especially with the support of Ethiopia, an armored force was formed.

Therefore, Li Lan still has nothing to do with Berbera's problem, unless someone from the world comes forward to help him.This does not necessarily require state agencies to help him, like some international humanitarian organizations, they can do the job.

But now, Li Lan wants to get help from international humanitarian organizations, but still has no clue.

At present, Li Lan is more worried that Bosasso’s government forces will use this to make a fuss. In the righteousness, they may not dare to intercept the food delivery team, but it is not a problem to cause Farah to cause some trouble.

In addition, the Bosasso government forces have stopped conflicts with the various forces. It is not impossible that this is possible.

Prior to this, Li Lan sent sergeants to help Farah because he was worried that the government troops would be embarrassed.Fortunately, Li Lan has not yet received any report on this aspect, but this does not mean that he can sit back and relax.The port is under the control of government forces. If Arwell wants to engage in ghosts, he does not have to resort to force that would cause infamy.

Coupled with the recent news from Farah that many international forces are in contact with the Bosasso government forces, this has to make Li Lan vigilant.When he is still under the control of others, the initiative is difficult to control.