Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1199 Dingjun Mountain ([-])

On May 1659, 5, Dingjunbao.

Shao Yuanyi found that he couldn't leave again because he was too famous and the medical conditions in Dingjunbao were too weak, so he was temporarily arrested by the army boss Mo and stayed in the local Taoist hospital to help treat the wounded and sick.After all, tens of thousands of people went to the northern mountains to suppress bandits, and injuries were inevitable.

However, fortunately, the troops from all walks of life in the army have not yet assembled, and supplies are being rushed in one after another, so Shao Yuanyi has a rare leisure time—well, it is just a moment of tranquility before the busy work.

"This is the famous Dingjun Fort. There are a lot of unbelievable legends and stories, most of which are related to the Guarani barbarians. I rode my horse through the sparse forest with nervous curiosity. Well, the beautiful flowers in the forest clearing are dotted around me, which is very refreshing."

"Dingjunbao is a small city, and its many stone houses adorn the banks of the Takwari River. There are many fruit trees on the banks of the river--you like orange trees--and on the hills beyond the river, there are large groups of white' The clouds' are moving, I think it must be a cute sheep. I think, maybe the residents of Dingjunbao are really living a good life, at least the city looks very rich, maybe the residents' wages are relatively high, After all, a large number of booty and slaves gather here every winter."

At this point, Shao Yuanyi lit his pipe and took a puff. He was originally a child laborer in a pharmacy in Daming, and he could only know a few words. It has strong East Coast characteristics, such as this letter he wrote to his newly widowed sister-in-law Anna.

"The most magnificent building in the city is the prison..." Shao Yuanyi wrote: "More than a thousand indentured slaves from Poland lived in the sheds outside the city, working day and night to level the roadbed, build houses, cut down forests, and mow grass. Grazing, they seem so obedient, just like they were in Poland when facing the lords, the reason is probably no more than that they were originally serfs."

"I have been to the huts outside the town, and they are always very dim. I cannot but look upon these poor people with pity, especially when they have wives and children with them. They complain so bitterly of their fate— Cursing the lords, cursing the Russians, cursing the Swedes, and cursing the Tartars at the same time-while wishing so passionately to change their fate, which first required them to spend five long years of hard labor, and then Qualifying for citizenship, owning land, and that's often the beginning of a happy life."

"If the Poles were already miserable, the Guaranís, who I thought were railway workers, were even more miserable. I will never forget the first impression I had of arriving here. In their settlements, all Living things seemed to be dyed with a negative color: a sick child was wearing a shirt and sitting barefoot in the cold autumn morning dew; adults were also oppressed by the heavy toil , they used to say 'We don't have to expect anything good, nothing could be worse'; I wandered along the Willow Camp to the railway construction site in Fort Dingjun, watching every Guaraní I met Faces, I hardly saw a face with a healthy and contented atmosphere, and I kept seeing people who were exhausted and fell to the ground. I looked at these unfortunate people very sadly, in this atmosphere that seemed to be locked by heavy chains In it, despair and insensitivity are like a deep abyss that ravages every Guaraní, and that is why you often hear of Guaranís dying in droves—often including women and children...”

After smoking a bag of cigarettes, Shao Yuanyi finished writing the letter. After stuffing the letter paper into the envelope and sealing it, he let out a long sigh of relief and said to himself: "This time, the Central Railway is also coming with the team. Mr. Yang, the boss of the company, seems to have received some kind of promise from the Executive Committee to speed up the completion of the construction of more than 60 kilometers of the Liuding Line (Liushuying-Dingjunbao) of the Northern Railway. I see two roadbeds The railway equipment and construction machinery piled up like a mountain, and there were more road construction workers. In addition to the original less than 30 Guarani people, many Swahili, Congolese, Sakarawa, People from Bezimisaraka, Tehuelche, Kelandi, and Xhosa, are they going to rush to build the railway to Dingjunbao next year? Then, from Dingjunbao to Killing What about the more than [-]-kilometer distance in Hubao? Continue to deploy manpower to build it? It’s not impossible. I heard that the construction of the double track of the Northwest Railway has been stopped, and a large number of road construction workers have been vacated. This will give the construction of the Northern Railway Wow, the conditions have been created. Well, after we go back, we will need to ask people to inquire about it a lot, and our Mucaoling Meat Products Factory has to seize this opportunity. This is a long-term and big project, so we must grasp it firmly."

In the afternoon, Chief of Staff Mo, who came to Dingjunbao with the newly formed Fifth Mixed Battalion of the Army, summoned a group of military and political officials including Shao Yuanyi at the railway construction site, and assigned them new tasks.

"The 65-kilometer railway line of the Liuding Line must be completed as soon as possible, and it must be completed in the first half of next year at the latest." Mo Ming, wearing a colonel's military uniform, looked at the Liuding Line, which has already leveled a considerable section of the roadbed, and said firmly: " The railway will reach Fort Shahu by the end of next year, and it will continue to extend for more than [-] kilometers before the autumn harvest of the next year. This is the red line, and there must be no mistakes! Of course, in order to cooperate with you to complete this railway, we will also find ways Get some laborers over here, in short, to complete the project as soon as possible. Without the railway, we would not have control over the Dingjun Mountain and the Brazilian plateau. This has also been approved by the Executive Committee. At the end of this month, A group of [-] Italian laborers will arrive at Camp Willow to join the construction army, and next month there will be more..."

In fact, since Mo Ming stole more than [-] square kilometers of land south of the Uruguay River (including the Dingjun Mountains) from the Portuguese a few years ago, due to various reasons, the people on the east coast have been controlling this area. extremely weak; and the Portuguese were resentful because they failed to take back Recife smoothly, and they have been procrastinating and unwilling to withdraw from this land, and there are still a large number of indigenous tribes attached to the Portuguese colonists. They don't want to evacuate at all, so this land has always been free from the control of the East Bank government.

Regarding this status quo, neither the relatively radical and tough military department nor the more conservative and cautious executive committee can sit idly by for a long time.Therefore, after several consecutive winters, after sending troops to wipe out the Guarani forces in the nearby mountainous area (to lay the foundation for immigration settlement), at the beginning of this year, the army finally turned its attention to the Brazilian plateau, and wanted to take the Portuguese who depended here. The forces (several Sao Paulo flag teams have strongholds here, and their strength should not be underestimated) "invited" out in one fell swoop, and firmly planted the flag of the Great Eastern Bank on the Brazilian plateau, on the banks of the Uruguay River.

The army officers have no doubts about whether this goal can be achieved, because the Portuguese have already signed an agreement with the East Bank, and the land cession agreement in black and white is already in the archives of the Executive Committee, which cannot be faked.Although the prerequisite for this agreement to take effect is that the Portuguese obtain Recife, who cares about you so much?If you don't get Recife in your life, will we people on the east coast never go to the Brazilian plateau?How can there be such a thing in the world!

Of course, the people on the east coast are also ready for the Portuguese to turn their backs and play tricks. No, Chief of General Staff Mo brought more than 1 officers and soldiers to the local area to train in battle, just like he brought more than 1 soldiers a few years ago. It’s the same as having a fully armed “negotiator” come to negotiate with the Portuguese—it’s the only one on the east bank who plays hooligans. Do you Portuguese dare to try?

What's more, the relationship between East and Portugal is tense now. People on the east coast want to touch Portugal for many reasons: such as trade frictions, such as ceding land without fulfilling the contract, such as stealing technology from the east coast, etc. As long as they want to touch you, they will do so in minutes A lot of evidence can be concocted, not to mention that most of it is mostly true.

"The railway is the key for us to open the southern tip of the Brazilian plateau. Relying on the railway, we can transport a large number of soldiers and supplies to the front line. This advantage is crushing for the Portuguese." Mo Ming continued, "Of course, The railway can also transport a large amount of construction materials and immigrants, which is the key to our long-term control over here. After all, there is no place where our own citizens live, what kind of core land? Therefore, all sections of this railway must be completed in this way. If the middle If something goes wrong, the person in charge will face trial! That's all I have to say, go to work quickly, when the time is up, the executive committee and the military department will naturally send people to check and accept."

After sending a group of officials away to work, Mo Ming summoned Shao Yuanyi alone, first talked with him about some interesting things, and then inquired carefully about the development of the medical industry in Dingjunbao.After learning about the relatively weak medical conditions here, Chief of Staff Mo is already considering whether to transfer a group of medical personnel from the Southern Railway Subsidiary, one of his basic bases, to go north to Dingjun Mountain to join the medical system here. up.

You must know that since the era of Marshal Mok, the Southern Railway Company has been investing heavily in the research of various diseases. They not only compiled a large number of medical books, but also established the Southern Railway Health Research Institute, the Southern Railway Sanatorium, the Southern Railway Medical institutions such as the Maternity and Children’s Hospital (which was donated by Mo Ming’s wife Lola) have trained a large number of medical workers with practical experience. A group of doctors are dispatched here to support the frontier. This matter is indeed very maneuverable.Of course, these are all things to talk about. At present, there are still two things that the people on the east coast need to do most, namely, eliminate the remaining aborigines and build the railway.

(End of this chapter)