Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1536 Deep Plowing in Brazil ([-])

"Since the full-scale war with the French and the return of the huge river region, the central government is now focusing on it, and the investment is quite large. Compared with it, we in Brazil are almost behind There is no difference between mothers and mothers." During a regular meeting held by the Beining District Administrative Office, the heads of the counties who usually occupy one side of the country in the other side of the world had a rare time to get together.And the more people get together, the more right and wrong will inevitably arise. No, Liu Houfei and Lu Xiaofeng, who have recently served as acting county magistrates of Rongcheng and Jingsai counties, "discussed" the central government. major policy.

"Where is the central government's support for our policies? Except for some messy gadgets, that is, there is some inclination in food procurement, but this is far from enough." Lu Xiaofeng lit cigarettes for both of them with a match, and then quickly said dissatisfied.

The support for food procurement mentioned by Lu Xiaofeng just now is mainly the food, melons, fruits and vegetables needed by the construction workers of the port and other facilities in Changshun County, which are mainly purchased from the Beining area, or more directly, from Beining, Rongcheng , Jingsai three counties procurement.These grains were transported by mules and horses from the inland plateau to the Changshun port wharf through the difficult and dangerous trails. Not to mention the degree of danger on the road, just this person eating horse chews is enough to make the price of grain skyrocket.

So, if the state hadn't forced the engineering teams doing construction nearby to buy grain from the inland area of ​​Beining, they would rather eat the damp grain transported by sea from the south than buy yours.For example, the Third Bureau of Communications and Construction under the Ministry of Communications was reprimanded by its superiors for importing cheap wheat from the grain merchant Li Wenchang from the Changhua Port area.Speaking of it, this is probably a disguised subsidy from the local government to the Beining area.

In addition, as officials in the Beining area—up to the commissioner of the regional administrative office and veteran Xu Yu, down to the heads of counties and townships—crying for poverty became louder and louder, the executive committee had no choice but to order the garrison The food procurement sources of the various troops in Brazil were also transferred here, which calmed the hearts of these people a little. You must know that this is not a small amount.

At present, the troops stationed in Brazil by the East Coast Republic of China are divided into three groups, one of which is the cannon fodder of [-] non-national laborers who are undergoing training at Jiaohe Port.These people were established to replace and supplement the National Defense Army stationed in the Caribbean Sea and other miscellaneous armed forces. After training, they also felled trees and built roads, cleared land, and laid a solid foundation for the development of farmland.The food needs of these people are not a small amount, and they are all purchased from the Beining area according to regulations.

Oh, by the way, now the number of people in this part has increased a little bit.The expedition to the French colony of Quebec led by Nanjiro ended in failure. At present, less than [-] remnants of the army have returned to the mainland to rest on the returning east coast merchant ship, and are stationed in Jiaohe Port.

The second is to deploy 1450 officers and soldiers from the No. [-] Mixed Battalion in Hue Port.These men from the capital have money in their pockets and strong spending power. In addition to food, they also consume other commodities such as tobacco, melons and fruits.Similarly, all daily necessities are purchased from the Bac Ninh area, and the cultivation of local food, vegetables, fruits and some economic crops is more or less encouraged. Transformed into a fortress-style fort that integrates land and sea to protect the safety of Hue, an important port—the daily needs of hundreds of officers and soldiers of the naval fortress were also purchased from Bei Ninh, which adds up to a lot.

The third is the ships of the First Fleet stationed in Changshun Port.This part of the population is also quite large, adding up to more than [-], especially because the food expenses of the naval officers and soldiers are relatively high, and their consumption ability far exceeds that of the army of the same number, so it has a very strong role in promoting food production in the Beining area. of.

Of course, there is also a cannon fodder unit of the Zhongguo Army led by Xu Xiangdong with a scale of more than 2000 people. This department has been drilling ravines with the Indians in the wild all year round in Beining. The central allocation will solve part of it), needless to say.

Add up the food needs of more than [-] officers and soldiers, which is enough to make the life of the four counties of Beining, which are not very populous, much easier.If you count a series of national and non-national construction engineering teams who are repairing forts, building ports, laying roads, building houses, and logging materials nearby, the number of people is close to [-]. The daily food consumption is really not a small amount, indeed It can make a fortune for the four counties of Beining, Changshun, Rongcheng, and Jingsai, and then attract more pioneers to buy land and settle here, and multiply.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the complaints of the officials in the Beining area are really unreasonable. Many places are supported in the form of materials, but the amount is relatively small because of the difficulty of transportation), so they are hacked into this bird in private.But, then again, who told you not to pay the central government directly?It would be better to give more people instead of money, but the result is that there are not many people, and the counties in Beining area have to find their own way to advertise in the southern hinterland to attract people, so it is normal to be slandered in private.

In particular, not giving people this item made the officials in the Beining area very angry.They made a report this year to set up several new settlements, namely Pucheng Township near Port Felice, Xiadu Township near Tiet Township, Wusui Township near Tatoi City, and Wuhui Township near the city of Itapetininga, Juma Township near the town of Conchas, and Tonggu Township near the town of Anenbi, a total of six settlements, approved by the central government The approval was approved, but the immigrant quota of less than 3000 people was given, and more than half of them were regular non-national laborers, cannon fodder soldiers, etc., which made people "extremely angry"-according to the calculation, an average of one settlement There are only about 500 people at [-] o'clock, what is this enough to play?Can't play anything!The Beining area has to continue to spend money on advertisements to trick people into filling the pits. Otherwise, it will take until the Year of the Monkey to fill up these six new settlements?

However, the protests of officials in the Beining area were ineffective, because the population in the center was useful for other purposes. In addition to the large number of new populations swallowed up in the Hejian area, some old counties with a small population in the local area also received a lot of population. Patagonia There are also 8000 people in Asia this year. In addition, there are many new settlements established by the mainland on the Atlantic coast. There are a total of eleven, namely: Yuyang Township located near the small town of Caraguatabatu in later generations, Weisai Township near the city of Ubatuba, Yanle Township near the town of Paraty, Xingtang Township near the town of Angola Dos Reis, and Itajai Township Nearby Huairong Township, Liangxiang Township near the later town of Tijucas, Fan Yangxiang near the later city of Crissiuma, Gu'an Xiang near Porto Torres, and the later town of Ararangua The nearby Lu Township (by the way, the Alarangua River was also renamed as the Lu River), Wuqingxiang, which is located near the later town of Nantimbe, and Anci Township, which is located near the later Beibrasu Township.

A total of eleven settlements can be seen from the map. They are basically located in the coastal plain, and they completely circle the Atlantic coast from Hue in the north to Duck Lake in the south. It is not insignificant.The population composition of these areas is basically dominated by new immigrants, accounting for more than [-]%, second-generation nationals, non-nationals, and a few free immigrants from the Baltic Sea and Russia at their own expense make up the remaining [-]%.

Undoubtedly, among the immigrants, those who were assigned to these new settlements were unlucky—even in old cities such as Dongfang County, Ping’an County, and Qingdao County, which have been established for decades and have developed economies, there are fixed settlements every year. Receive a certain number of new immigrants, and these immigrants are undoubtedly regarded as having accumulated virtues in their ancestors, so that future generations do not have to go to wild lands to cultivate wasteland-but because of policy reasons, they were "driven away" from their hometowns and forced to serve as second Modern citizens, how lucky are you?

Due to government restrictions, it is difficult for them, the second-generation young people born in economically developed areas, to be allocated land. Gein’s public land reclamation indicators allocated to the old areas by the Gein Executive Committee are not many. If you want other jobs outside the land, then you have to sign up to go to the frontier to reclaim wasteland and become a member of the "domestic immigrants" in the real border.

Older nationals are rightly outraged by such a policy.Because every year in my hometown, there are bitter new immigrants from the East happily assigned to the wasteland to settle down, but because of policy restrictions, except for some of their children who can stay in their hometown, many of the rest have to bear the burden. Pack your bags, "go to the mountains and go to the countryside", and go to the harsh and wild frontier to find your own future.Many of them fell in the process of reclamation, and they were separated from their families far away forever, which undoubtedly caused great resentment among the people everywhere.

However, the will of the executive committee cannot be shaken by these people for the time being. The east coast is also a highly centralized police state and secret service society. It may take many years for the old citizens to change their minds and adjust policies. Let's work hard, at least in the short term, we can't see any possibility, because the elders don't feel any threat at all.

Well, this topic is too sensitive, let's bring the topic back to the original question.

After so many new settlements along the Atlantic coast this year devoured a large number of new populations, it is already very promising for an area like Beining, where the transportation is not convenient, to "pick" three thousand immigrants from the State Development Bureau. It's up to you.Because according to the original plan, only about [-] immigrants will be sent to the Beining area this year, because a large amount of local food storage has been digested by export, and the local area may no longer be able to support too many people to reclaim wasteland.Therefore, there is probably no way to stop the recruitment advertisements in the Beining area. It still needs to be published in major domestic newspapers and magazines, and it also faces competition from other regions.

"How many people have you recruited this year?" Liu Houfei, who is already a senior cadre, took a puff of cigarette and asked Lu Xiaofeng who was sitting next to him: "Our county is a bit boring. This year, we only recruited more than 1000 cats and dogs. Fortunately, Most of them are young men and women, and the value is relatively high. But the number is still far from enough, what kind of things do you need people now?"

"It's the same for us. We have spent a lot of money on advertising, but the effect seems to be very limited. We have recruited about 3000 people one after another, and they have been resettled in various townships." Lu Xiaofeng said: "This year, during the dry season, there are still people in the county. To organize people to go to the river, I originally planned to organize a scale of [-] people, but now it seems that there is no way, so let’s make do, who let us have limited conditions, a little bit is a little bit, and there is no way to rush.”

After saying this, the two fell silent.The Brazilian Shield is like a huge wall, blocking the vast plateau inland. No matter how fertile the land on the plateau, how rich the products are, and how pleasant the climate is, but on the east coast, which is no longer a traditional agricultural country, unless you If you want to live a poor life in isolation, then absolutely cannot avoid trade and exchange with the outside world, because you can't produce everything.

In this way, the disadvantages of Beining area are too great. The extremely difficult transportation conditions make the logistics efficiency extremely low and the cost is extremely high, which makes most of the economic activities come to a standstill—just look at the trade volume. You know, the per capita trade volume in the North Ninh region is not even as good as Patagonia, and business activities are really sluggish—the people are almost crowded into a relatively closed economic circle, living a life of relative shortage of supplies.

Now, the locals are not interested in the proximity of the sea because it is an insurmountable barrier for them.What they are more interested in now seems to be when a railway will come here from the south, so as to relieve them from their predicament.After all, relying on deliberate subsidies from the government alone is far from enough and unreliable.If the Beining area wants to be really rich, it still needs to conduct commercial exchanges with the outside world, and this first requires a convenient transportation condition.

"Is it getting farther and farther away from the Hue area now?" At the end of the silence, Liu Houfei squinted his eyes and said: "The size of the city there was far larger than that of Beining in the Portuguese era, and the agricultural conditions are not bad. The conditions of the port are even better, and there are no land shields, which is absolutely amazing. In addition, the climate is relatively hot and humid. Not only foreign capital favors it, but even some wealthy people in the country like to invest in plantations there. A lot of money, technology , Talents gather there, and Beining, which is depressed, are two different worlds, and it doesn't look like it's close at hand, this——I don't know what to say..."

(End of this chapter)