Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1075 The Future of the Araucans

In the afternoon, the Newcastle Railway Station finally received a telegram from Sandcastle, so the train continued on its way.

The following journey was smooth sailing, except for some delays while waiting for the meeting train at several stations, the rest of the time was all the way (well, the speed was only 40 kilometers per hour), and finally in the early morning of September 1655, 9 Arrived at the Araucan train station on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.

Araucan Railway Station, like Qingdao Railway Station in later generations, is very close to the sea, and is not far from the wharf and the national highway (the second-class national highway leading to the Black Mountain Coal Mine, which is in the final stage of construction). The traffic is really very convenient.

Although it is early in the morning, the northern half of Araucan City (the ruling area on the east bank) has already woken up from a deep sleep. The industrial windmills by the pier are creaking, producing various things non-stop, such as flour, standard Plates, etc.; the large chimneys of the brick factory, lime factory, and cement factory of the East Bank Building Materials Company, which have not been put into operation for a long time, are also spewing black smoke, and then swallow piles of clay, stones, coal and other raw materials into their stomachs , and then turned into piles of building materials to spit out.That's fine, after all, all building materials can't be shipped from the mainland, that's not enough capacity.

The semi-automatic brick making machines in brick factories are now powered by industrial windmills to save costs and manpower.In a place like Southern Patagonia, where the winds are so strong—just look at those forests, years of winds have left deep marks on their massive bodies—if you don't take advantage of these winds, you will die. It's so stupid, the Dutch can use industrial windmills to lift water, grind flour and saw logs, and it's normal for people on the east coast to use them for production.

In mid-September, the Port of Araucan was still in the cold, and the wilderness was bleak, and even few livestock were seen.Araucan people will slaughter a large number of livestock and sell them to people on the east coast almost every once in a while after winter, so President Liu of Nantie invited everyone to eat a big pot of stew in the cafeteria at noon.

The atmosphere of the lunch was quite lively. All the Southern Railway officials present at the meeting were either veterans from the army or students from the Bingtuanbao. They sat around and chatted while drinking, feeling extremely comfortable.Chen Ke and his subordinates were also sitting among the group of Qiuba, happily eating the delicious stewed meat.

The staples for lunch are noodles and rice, all imported, no doubt, from Peru.Perhaps in the early days when Marshal Mo was in charge, there were still a small amount of locally produced rye, oats, and barley, but now that Liu Ang is in charge, the Nantie subsidiary area with nearly [-] residents may have already produced less food. It can't meet one-tenth of everyone's daily needs, so it can only be purchased in large quantities.Except for the small-scale rye and oat fields in Xingnan Port and Beech Port, I am afraid that only Chiloe Island has some newly opened corn and potato farms. The scale of food production is indeed pitifully small.

But fortunately, the Southern Railway subsidiary produces a large amount of beef and mutton, sea animal meat, whale meat, and seafood, and the demand for grain is greatly reduced. The residents have a large amount of surplus meat to export in exchange for grain, and the smuggling trade is booming. Due to the increase in income, the life of the residents in the South Railway affiliated area is also maintained well-although it is a bit colder and the wind is stronger here.

"It is estimated that the population of the dependent areas will not increase much this year, because there are only two ships going to Australia to pick up immigrants this year. The population of Jinshan and Gushan in Australia that has been accumulated for many years has been emptied by us. It is estimated that the South Pacific route The immigration action in Australia will be suspended for a year or two. Now the vice-captain Wang Yanwang, who is in charge of Australia, has gone crazy, saying that he will cut off the blood-suction tube inserted in Australia by the Southern Railway. Haha, it is estimated that after the last two immigration ships return by the end of this year , the population growth rate of the South Railway affiliated area is about to drop rapidly. But it’s good to do this, first slowly, and to stabilize the foundation. We have more than 7 people, and we will definitely be able to build the affiliated area beautifully. Money You can also make a lot of money." An official who drank so much that his neck turned red chatted with the people around him.

"It's a little troublesome if there are no immigrants. What about those Araucans? The original plan was to keep moving in more people from the east coast to dilute and dilute the Araucans on this land, but now there are no immigrants. The source, how to deal with the Araucan people? You know, the Araucanian kingdom has collected more than 2.5 people for many years, and only 4000 of them are Ming people. How to solve this problem?" Someone raised doubts, Said: "I heard that little Vicente has been seriously ill recently, and his children are still young, so why don't we just do nothing to abolish his Bird Country and merge it with the East Coast, In the worst case, let’s treat their family members preferentially, give them more money and goods, and give them some beautiful houses, so that they can live without worry for a few lifetimes, so the resistance should not be too great.”

"This is a way of thinking, but I'm afraid that the Araucan people are unwilling. We must be fully prepared for this matter. The road guard team currently only has a few hundred soldiers. Can they suppress the possible situation? This is a problem. Maybe we have to hire some gauchos to participate in this kind of operation, and mobilize some militiamen just in case. Of course, if it really comes to the stage of forcibly merging by force, then just go to the end and put Ah The Araucan people in the Kingdom of Laucania were dispersed and resettled to South Africa and other regions, so that we can basically have no worries, and we can digest this newly acquired land faster."

In fact, as the Spaniards actually handed over the land south of 42 degrees south latitude to the east bank for management, the Araucanian Kingdom, a product originally designed to win over Chilean natives to resist Spain, has become more and more important. Embarrassed.Especially with the overall warming of the relationship between the East and the West in the past six or seven years, when the smuggling trade was popular, the Araucans repeatedly defied the will of the East Bank and launched cross-border attacks on the Spaniards, which made the existence of this country more and more negative. As a result, the South Railway Company gradually emerged a call to abolish the kingdom once and for all—the Charuya people in the east bank have been basically wiped out, the Kelandi people have also been greatly reduced in number and their vitality has been greatly damaged, and the Guarani people Not to mention, if the Araucans insist on going their own way and continue to resist, then it is not surprising that this Indian nation disappears among the nations of the world. After all, after years of fighting, they have less than 20 people and they are still scattered in the east and west. In the two countries, it is not difficult to eliminate them by hand.

People on the east coast are not wary of the indigenous people of Fuego (the Ona and other tribes, which are extremely cold-resistant, and women are naked in many winters and are tall) with a combined population of only more than 2, and they are only a few thousand larger The Patagonians (generally over 20 meters tall) have nothing to worry about, but it is a bit intolerable for the Araucans with a population of [-]. After all, this is a nation with the potential to grow into a large tribe, and it is extremely difficult to digest.That being the case, then it is better to follow the old example of Kelandi and Guarani and move them all away, so as not to leave troubles for future generations.

Of course, merging the Kingdom of Araucania is no small matter, and even the Southern Railway Company may not have enough power to do it.In this matter, the executive committee still needs to approve it in the end, and the Southern Railway Company is at best the final executor.However, in the long run, the future of this so-called Araucanian Kingdom is definitely not favored by anyone. If Vicente and others are still clear-headed, they will immediately take the initiative to attach the form and request to cooperate with the people on the east coast. After the merger of the two countries, and then voluntarily relinquish all power, it is probably no problem to become a rich man on the east coast.Moreover, if he really did this, then instead of harming him, the executive committee would bestow him with a lot of property, honor and favor, which would be his best destination.

The lunch meeting passed quickly amidst such small chats. In the afternoon, Chen Ke and others thanked Liu Ang and said goodbye. A medium-sized seafood processing plant, affiliated to the Southern Railway Company, specializing in processing fish caught in the north (mainly horse mackerel and a small amount of salmon), as well as trout caught in nearby rivers and lakes; in addition, there is a large underground ice cellar , also operated by the Southern Railway Company, the ice cellar stores a large number of ice cubes cut in winter, and there is also a spare large ether freezer, which can store more than [-] tons of seafood at one time, and if necessary, this large The ice cellar can be further expanded to accommodate more catches.

For the next three days, Chen Ke stayed in the port of Araucan until he obtained a large amount of first-hand information on the production of Nantie fishery. The ship headed to Qingfeng, Montessori, Blue Whale and other ports in the north. After all, these places are the first line of fishery production, and he had to go to the site to investigate carefully no matter what.

On September 9th, a ship moored in the port was repaired and planned to go north to deliver a batch of supplies to Chiloe Island. On the way, it would pass through the above-mentioned small ports in the deep salmon islands (ie the Jorns Islands), so Chen Ke and others decisively requested to accompany the ship, and obtained the captain's permission.It's just that their luck was really bad. From September 19th to 9rd, the sea was covered with cloudy clouds and strong winds for four consecutive days. Even in the relatively calm Bay of Araucan, the wind and waves involuntarily increased. This forced all ships to stay in the harbor and wait for the wind and waves to pass.

On September 9, the bad weather that had troubled everyone for several days finally passed.Chen Ke and others quickly boarded the ship full of construction materials, coal, grain, metal tools, livestock, weapons and ammunition, and slowly left the port of Araucan, heading for the northern waters of the Salmon Islands.

(End of this chapter)