Wild North America 1846

Chapter 434 New Scene in Cordoba Province
South America

Córdoba Province

The cavalry chase in the valley had just ended. Dozens of corpses of local white militiamen fell down along the way, and a dozen ownerless war horses wandered around. After finding that there was no danger, they began to eat the fat and tender grass leisurely.

Wu Erbao wore a wide-brimmed cowboy hat on his head, and put the Colt lever-action rifle with a hot barrel in the cowhide gun pouch in front of the saddle, and drove the horse over.

It has been a year and a half since he arrived in South America. The skin on his face has been tanned by the sun, and his eyes are sharper. At this time, he is in the prime of life in his 30s. He has rich experience in combat and is a veteran armed colonist. .

Beside him, the team has expanded to more than 470 people, and the scattered guns and horses are being collected in an orderly manner. The black smoke of the white settlements in the distance is lingering, which is the wiped out Argentine white village.

In early July 1864, the province of Córdoba had just passed the coldest June, and the nighttime temperature dropped to about 7 degrees above zero. From now on, the temperature will rise slightly.

The temperature in this area is around 30 degrees to 10 degrees all year round. It is neither too hot nor too cold. There are plenty of sunshine and sunshine. There are many rivers originating from the Andes Mountains with abundant water. It is no less fertile than the North American Great Plains. place.

"Uncle Erbao, will this land be ours from now on?" Wu Ahu asked excitedly as he rode over.

After a year and a half of fighting and fighting, young people like Wu Ahu and Wu Abao grew up quickly and became elite civilian armed cavalry, with more or less a dozen lives under their command.

Wu Erbao looked at the vast green mountains, green waters and great plains in front of him with satisfaction, and said with a relieved expression;
"If you don't leave, we will drive down the boundary piles in the next few days, including all the surrounding mountains, rivers and lakes of 700 to [-] square kilometers. The [-] to [-] hectares of land will be ours from now on." Wu Erbao said vigorously With one finger, he said proudly; "From now on, this place will be called Wujia Town. We will build a prosperous town here. We will graze cattle and sheep here, and sell wool, cowhide and timber. Have you seen that big river? This river It is called the Iba River, which flows more than [-] kilometers downstream into the Rio de la Plata, leading to Buenos Aires and to the Atlantic Ocean. It will be open to navigation in the future, and our agricultural and animal husbandry products can be conveniently passed through this river shipped out."

"That's great, do you want to send someone to notify the old camp to move here?"

"We definitely have to move here, but before that, we have to knock down all the boundary markers and send the map to the expeditionary army for filing, otherwise we will fight with the Chinese expeditionary team later. Do we have to fight with our own people?"

"Uncle Erbao, I know, I'll arrange someone to do it." Wu Ahu immediately turned the horse's head and rode away in a hurry.

over the past year

It’s not that Wu Erbao’s expedition did not find fertile areas suitable for development, but they were always harassed by the Chinese militia teams that swarmed in afterwards. Because the boundaries could not be clearly defined on the vast plain, it caused many disputes.

Unbearably troubled, he led the expedition team northward for more than 1360 kilometers, and finally arrived at the border of Cordoba Province, which is the geomantic treasure in front of him, and then stopped.

It’s just that this is a land with an owner. The white pioneers who arrived first have already established a small village with more than a hundred people here. After several conflicts broke out between the two sides, the stalemate lasted for more than a month. In the end, Wu Erbao led his team to wipe out With this wave of white colonists, the sparrows settled down in the dove's nest.

The empire has no clear restrictions on the armed colonization of the Chinese militia, but only emphasizes not to enter the province of Buenos Aires, which has been operated by white Argentines for a long time. This province accounts for more than half of the 150 million whites in Argentina, and the total economic output Reached as much as 6%.

Therefore, the province of Buenos Aires was able to win the civil war against the coalition forces of the provinces with the strength of one province. After ten years of division, Argentina was reunified in 1862.

just one year later
The Tang Empire launched a large-scale desert expedition, landed in South America and rapidly expanded its colonial power, occupied large areas of barren and fertile land and mountain territories in the south, and drove the local indigenous Indian tribes to more remote areas...

In this way, the Chinese armed militias have aggressively penetrated into the north and occupied the territory of the central and northern provinces of Argentina. Doesn't Argentina respond violently?

This must be viewed from the perspective of historical origins. After 10 years of division and civil war, there is a deep gap and hostility between the province of Buenos Aires and other provinces in Argentina. The invasion greatly weakened the power of the Federation.

Many white farmers who lost their land and manors had to move their families into the province of Buenos Aires. This weakened the enemy while strengthening their own strength. Why not do it?

In today's Pan-Argentine region, there are still two camps advocating unity and secession, each with a large number of loyal supporters.

The federal province is the stronghold of the separatists. Seeing the invasion of the territory of these hostile political forces and the expulsion of the white colonists, it is estimated that the Buenos Aires government is too late to have fun. How can it meddle in these nosy matters?

On the one hand, the Tang Empire is powerful, and on the other hand, Buenos Aires pretends not to see it with the dirty mind of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.

Judging from the history of grievances between the two parties;
1852

The Rosas dictatorship in Argentina collapsed after being defeated by the coalition forces of the provinces. There was no political leader who could stand on his own in the Argentine political circle, and the country began to divide and go its own way.

In 1853, the status quo of separation in Argentina aroused the dissatisfaction of the financial oligarchs and white large farmers in Buenos Aires. In order to maintain their existing privileged status, they reached an agreement with General Urquiza and promulgated the "Constitution of 1853" , for Argentina to return to the unified era.

One wants to split, and the other wants to unify. If the opinions cannot be reached, there will be a fight!
In 1852, after the fall of Rosas, the Argentine dictatorship, Argentina was divided into two independent countries, the Buenos Aires Province and the rest of the Provinces Federation, which were called the "Provinces Federation". , the two sides began a decade-long period of division.

Back then, the Argentines opposed the Rosas dictatorship in order to establish a new unified democracy.

But after the Rosas dictatorship was overthrown, the Argentines discovered that things were not as simple as they thought. The South American's infighting nature led to dizzying grass-headed kings popping up all over the place. No one obeyed anyone, and the social order became more chaotic. .

Actually

The history of the development of the South American region shows that the region only surrenders to iron-fisted authoritarian figures, and the society can enter a relatively long period of stability. Once there is any freedom and democracy or power belongs to the people, it will all be over.

This is the case with the Chilean military government, and the same is true for the father-son government of Paraguay. The military government rule in South America is not without reason.

After overthrowing the Rosas government, Urquiza believes that the most important thing is to maintain the stability of the situation.While ordering the shooting of Rosas' important party members to prevent the restoration of the dictator, he tried his best to preserve the private property of the big landlords and big businessmen in Buenos Aires.

However, Urquiza's approach was unflattering to both sides. The revolutionaries believed that he had deviated from the wishes of the people and opposed him as the spokesperson of the landlord class.

The landlord class in the opposition believed that Urquisa had ulterior motives and held a strong hostile attitude towards him.

What is the future of Argentina?
Opinions within the revolutionary party began to split, and the person with the most distinct views was called Miter, who had a high reputation in the Argentine political circle. He published an article in the newspaper saying:

Urquiza moved closer to the big landowners and became the new dictator. We should rearm and fight hard to build a unified nation.

Mitre once participated in the decisive Battle of Caseros, which overthrew the Rosas dictatorship, and was widely respected. opposition.

These landowners believe that Buenos Aires' economic status is important and that it should have an independent constitution. Other provinces cannot be compared with it, and those provinces are cumbersome.

Advocating a split with other provinces is in sharp opposition to Miter's.

The same is unified, and Urquisa, the ruler of the new government, also disagrees with Mitre's unified view.

Urquiza believes that the situation facing the new government is more complicated. In order to balance the interests of all parties, he advocates an equal federal system for all provinces.

Mitre believes that a centralized government similar to the Tang Empire should be established, and the economic strength of Buenos Aires Province is too strong. Without the regulation of the central government, it is impossible for the federal system to truly achieve equality. It may be that it favors the landlord class of Buenos Aires.

The meeting was held in Arroyo, a small city in Argentina. The focus of the debate was whether to eliminate Buenos Aires’ economic privileged status. claim.

Under Urquiza's concession, everyone negotiated and signed the "San Nicolas Agreement", recognizing Urquiza as the temporary ruler of the Confederacy of the Argentine provinces and having the right to organize the army.

However, the agreement clearly stipulates that domestic tariffs imposed on inter-provincial goods will be abolished, and Buenos Aires will be the national customs.The economic privileges of Buenos Aires appear to be being rolled back.

The "San Nicolas Agreement" angered the big landowners and dignitaries of Buenos Aires. They publicly declared that they would veto the content of the agreement and threatened not to rule out the use of force to achieve their goals.

Seeing that the results of the negotiations could not be implemented, Miter began to gather armed forces to prepare for rebellion.Soon after, when Urquiza left Buenos Aires for a meeting, he suddenly launched a mutiny and seized power in Buenos Aires.

And this kind of behavior detonated the Argentine Civil War. General Urquiza immediately responded strongly, moving the government to Paraná City in Entre Ríos Province, and organized a large army to regain power.

From 1853, the division led to a civil war.

Since the two sides in the civil war were evenly matched, neither could conquer the other, thus starting a decade-long period of division in Argentina.

When the Expeditionary Force of the Tang Empire landed in South America, Argentina had just crawled out of the split quagmire, covered in wounds, and was silently licking its wounds.

"Uncle Erbao, if we want to enclose three or four hundred square kilometers of land, the 1600 boundary pillars we have prepared may not be enough?" Wu Ahu brought his younger brother Wu Abao and dozens of militiamen on horseback, reporting with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

Boundary stakes are numbered wooden stakes issued by the Imperial Expeditionary Force. They are about two feet long, with a sharp lower end and a depression in the middle. When they are hammered hard to the ground, a small part of the numbered stakes below will break and be buried deep in the soil. .

This is a voucher used to distinguish the territory of the Chinese militia team.

According to the rules, whoever occupies it first will own it, as long as the boundary markers are driven down, it will be over.

If disputes arise in the future, the piles left in the land will be used as evidence.

Of course, the territory cannot be expanded indefinitely. The upper limit for each person is 100 hectares, excluding family members.

Therefore, more than 470 people in Wu Erbao's armed team have to enclose more than 400 square kilometers of land, make maximum use of preferential policies, and maximize benefits.

This boundary post costs 40 yuan to buy with money, or it can be exchanged for an Indian scalp. One scalp is exchanged for a boundary post, and the two are basically equivalent.

So the boundary posts are not as many as you want?
Wu Erbao smiled when he heard this, and said in a tone of defense and reprimand; "You brat don't know how to use your brain? What's so difficult about it?

If you look at the terrain of this plain and mountain range, there are 2000-meter-high mountains in the south and north. Each arranges a team of people to bury the boundary pillars along the ridgeline, and leave a little distance away. Just pay attention to leaving eye-catching marks.

To the east is a vast open terrain. More boundary pillars should be buried in this part. Half of the total number of boundary pillars should be buried here. Pay attention to follow the trend of the river to divide the boundary, draw a picture and leave a mark, and save a lot of boundary pillars.

The further you go in the west, the higher the mountain is, and it is enough to bury some boundary pillars symbolically.

In this way, isn't it enough?

You must use your brains in everything you do. In the future, the main area that may cause conflicts with others is the large open terrain in the east, and the other three directions are fine.

You must spend more time leaving a secret mark, understand? "

"Uncle Erbao, I know, let's do it now." Wu Ahu had a brisk personality, waved his hand immediately, and led the people away.

Standing in this wilderness, Wu Erbao looked around from a distance, and wherever he looked, he would be the team's land. From now on, he will be the mayor of Wujia Town, the big farmer and rancher on this land.

As for the specific allocation, the Wu family is still the dominant force, the core area is allocated to the children of the Wu family, and the surrounding corners are allocated to some subordinate forces, so we can discuss it later.

The land is so big, you will be satisfied with how you divide it.

Wu's team has a large old battalion. Basically, each militia has three or four Indian women, and some women have big bellies.There are also more than a thousand strong Indian slave laborers and a large number of cattle, sheep, livestock, food and other materials.

After moving to Wujia Town, it will soon take root, sprout and multiply, and become a large agricultural and animal husbandry town with a thriving population.

(End of this chapter)