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Chapter 169 Land reclamation plan (third update, please subscribe)
Colorado River.

Not the one in North America, but the one originating from the eastern slopes of the Andes, although to a certain extent it is the dividing line between the Patagonian plateau and the Pampas grassland, but thanks to the Colorado River and the interior Between the Gro River, there is also an endless prairie.

The land can roughly be divided into three zones.The first zone is from the Corolla River to the north, covered with lush grass until it is far from Buenos Aires, and the second zone is on both sides of the Negro River, just like the land they are walking through now, it is all Large areas of alfalfa and Atractylodes alfalfa, starting [-] kilometers south of the Negro River, the altitude continues to increase, and extends to the Strait of Magellan. At the beginning, it is grassland and not very dense trees and bushes, and the further south is the more desolate desert .

In Zhu Xianhai's plan, the prairie between the two rivers will be the most important agricultural reclamation area in Nanhua in the future, as well as the most important buffer zone.In this case, the Colorado River with a width of several hundred meters, also known as the North River, became the location of Nanhua's northern defense line.

The Colorado River, which is hundreds of meters or even hundreds of meters wide, is a natural fortress. It only needs to build forts, trenches, and barbed wire in key areas, and add coastal defense guns to prevent the opponent's fleet from breaking through. Beyond the defense line, it has become a veritable gateway to South China.

Just like in the simulator, just relying on a few fortresses, the Argentines have not moved forward for many years. After all, the possibility of breaking through the big river for landing operations is almost zero this year.Of course, that doesn't mean it's impossible.

"The fortress should not only consider itself, but also the defense of the river..."

Standing on the unfinished fortress, Zhu Xianhai said to engineer Angelo.

"Although the fortress seems to be very useful, the Colorado River is so long that it is impossible for us to build the fortress all over the river bank. Therefore, in addition to the land fortress, we also need an inland river fleet."

"The River Fleet?"

Anglo didn't understand.

"What does this have to do with the fortress?"

He's just a fortress engineer.

"Of course it has something to do with it. Is it possible to consider building a pier with certain defensive capabilities near the fortress?"

Zhu Xianhai laughed.

Although the fortress is very strong, the North River is too long. If you only use the fortress, you can only defend a small area, but like the Great Wall, building a line of defense along the thousands of kilometers of the Colorado River is tantamount to a huge waste. Not only Financially unrealistic, and humanly even more unrealistic.

And in the simulator, the Argentines did try to bypass the fortress and break through the North River through landing operations. However, their many attempts were broken-there were mobile troops deployed behind the fortress, and they used trains and horse-drawn carriages to maneuver. Can grab the Argentine before it breaks through and repel it.

But considering the risks involved, Zhu Xianhai still decided to build an inland river fleet. To put it bluntly, it is to use dozens of small inland river gunboats to stop the enemy. What are the current landing craft?It's a small wooden sampan, let alone a cannon, it can be sunk even with a Gatling machine gun.

The Gatling machine gun is ready-made - at present, the arsenal in Nanhua has achieved production, and even in order to support the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a five-barreled Gatling machine gun with a caliber of 20mm was specially designed and manufactured, although it does not shoot shells, but ordinary Lead bullets, but the effect of 20mm lead bullets on wooden hulls is absolutely disastrous.

The "Taiping" sold to the Taiping Army was equipped with two 20mm Gatling machine guns.Such a sharp weapon against the enemy can be taken over and used.

"Add a pier..."

Angerson thought for a moment, then said.

"Sir, in this way, the construction period may increase, and more manpower will be required."

"That's no problem. It doesn't matter if the construction period is longer. As for the manpower, a group of new immigrants will come here soon. Don't worry about it."

The new immigrants must be resettled in the reclamation area. Considering that with the "Great Eastern" and other immigration ships successively put into use, the speed of immigration will double, which will lead to a surge in the population of Nanhua and a sharp increase in the demand for food. Therefore, it is imminent to reclaim these lands as planting areas.

However, on the issue of agricultural production, it is not that simple. At present, the population of Nanhua is mainly from Zhejiang. After all, they are all bought with guns. According to the Chinese version, there are millions of people in the Taiping Army who can be traded.The only problem is not enough capacity.

As long as there are ships, millions of immigrants can be transported!
This seems good, but in fact these farmers from Zhejiang can only plant paddy fields, not dry land at all. For them who lack dry land planting experience, they even need some training before they can grow wheat. As for replanting It’s not that no one has mentioned paddy fields, but it’s certainly unrealistic. First, paddy fields require a lot of manpower—from transplanting to harvesting. Second, the natural conditions here are not suitable for growing rice.Of course, the most important thing is manpower.For Nanhua, the development of dryland field agriculture that is more convenient for "mechanized agriculture" is the future direction of agricultural development.

But in this way, the production experience of the immigrants will conflict with the direction of agricultural development.

"It seems that we still need to increase the intensity of introducing immigrants from the north!"

When leaving the fortress, looking at the vast grassland, Zhu Xianhai said to himself.

Once again, Zhu Xianhai thought of the previous conversation with Sun Muli.

"Maybe, we can send a recruitment team to places in Shandong and northern Jiangsu to try."

Nodding his head, Zhu Xianhai began to calculate in his mind. It is true that the south is in chaos, but life in the north is not easy. Life is not easy. If recruiters are sent out, they will definitely be able to bring in a wave of workers.

Of course, the arrival of this wave of labor can also solve a problem - the diversification of immigration sources. At present, Nanhua is dominated by Jiangsu and Zhejiang people. It does not seem to have any impact now, but with the development of time, it will definitely give The development of Nanhua has brought certain influence.

"It seems that we need to increase the intensity of immigration from other provinces!"

Having made up his mind, Zhu Xianhai instructed Fang Zhanbo.

"At the telegraph station in a while, send a telegram to Buffett in London."

With the re-introduction of the Atlantic telegraph line, it only takes a mere thirty or so hours to send a telegram from Nanhua to London. This is simply a "miracle"!
This telegram was not sent to Buffett, but to Li Fugui, but the transfer speed from London was faster. After all, in the past ten years, the United Kingdom has built a telegraph line from London to Singapore. After the telegram arrived in Singapore, it took up to two or three days to forward it to Shanghai by express mail.

Even this speed is already a miracle in this era, after all, it is the 19s.Science is rapidly changing the world, but there is still a long way to go from the global village.

Thinking of such a "long" communication time, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but miss the convenient communication in another world.

"Wait until that money is in hand, and wireless telegraphy can almost be included in the plan."

In fact, it's not that Zhu Xianhai doesn't want to use wireless telegraphy. The most important reason is... yes, he is an amateur in wireless communication.

He only has a little understanding of electronic tubes. As for the kind of radio stations that don't need electronic tubes, he doesn't understand at all. After all, the technology gap is too long, even in books. Have seen a little bit of knowledge in that area.Of course, this is not the most important reason. The most important reason is that he needs to use the Atlantic cable to make a lot of money. If there is a chance to make a lot of money, how can he miss it?

(End of this chapter)