Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1481 Beining ([-])

In the bright office, Liu Houfei pressed the ink-soaked pen on the paper and began to write a letter.

"Few countries can boast of a different kind of natural geographical advantage without the help of others. This imperfect natural condition is in a sense like a bond that binds the various groups or groups of civilized societies. The country is bound together. But on the East Coast, things seem to be a little bit different, because we can say without any psychological pressure on this country: it can support itself!"

"...The geographical location on the east coast is very pleasant. The south is not too cold and the north is not too hot. The temperature in both places is suitable for people to live in. Especially the geographical climate in the middle part is very suitable for people to live in and is good for health. , and suitable for the growth of all kinds of crops. Most of the frontier is a wide sea, with good bays and harbors, at a moderate distance from each other, so that whenever the weather conditions in a certain place are likely to restrict navigation, the new The waterway will be easily opened up. The sea tide can extend a considerable distance on land, which makes navigation more convenient, and some towns also have great convenience in trade and transportation..."

"The area of ​​Bac Ninh where I am currently serving (that is, the parish of Sao Paulo in Portuguese times) is quite fertile. Although the hills, swamps, and woodlands do not seem to be of much use, if they are carefully prepared, farmers can still get a lot of money. Crops, fruits, and vegetables mature one after another, and the planting benefits are great. The vast forest also provides some fine and precious trees, useful sap, tar, bark and leaves, which can be used. There are also many wild animals here , can provide food and leather for the residents, and there are also many stones, sand, fish and other useful things. There is no doubt that the Creator is kind to this land. The natural environment here is perfect, with the most beautiful scenery, the most With a good climate, the best location, and various useful resources, people here can basically live self-sufficiently except for some small daily necessities. Therefore, if you apply to work here, you will be very happy in your future work Yes, I'm absolutely sure of that..."

The letters are all written by some of my classmates and friends. These people basically have special skills, and they work and work in the affluent areas on the prairie on the east coast of the south.The reason why Liu Houfei wrote to them was mainly because he wanted to "fool" them to work in Beining, more precisely, the newly established Rongcheng County in Beining.And he, Liu, is the executive deputy county magistrate of this newly established county, and because of the absence of the county magistrate, he actually presides over the daily work of the county, which can be described as a standard "Bailihou".

And only when he became the parent official of Yidi, Liu Houfei could truly appreciate the difficulty of building Yidi.If all kinds of complicated affairs can overwhelm you, then the lack of money and people will make him crazy, especially the latter, from ordinary labor to various technical talents, management talents, newcomers The established Rongcheng County is extremely lacking, so this is why he, Liu, just wrote a letter to his former classmates to trick them into coming to help him. It is really hopeless!

By the way, Rongcheng County was established just a few days ago. The county includes Rongcheng Township, Puning Township (located near the later city of Campinas), Haoshi Township (located near the later city of Braganza Paulista) ), Dansha Township (located near the later town of Limeira), and Yanhua Township (located near the later town of Mori Milin), which are the 70th county-level administrative units in the country.

Along with it, Jingsai County was established, under the jurisdiction of Jingsai Township, Zhaoqing Township, Yingtian Township (located near the later Sorogaba City), Hengyang Township (located near the later Nanpilar Township) and Bao Da Township (located near the later town of Tapilai), has a total of five townships, three of which are newly established, with a total of about 5000 people. It is the 71st county-level administrative unit in the country.The county is currently presided over by the former head of Zhaoqing Township, Lu Xiaofeng, who is also the county's executive deputy head, just like Liu Houfei.

The establishment of the two counties of Rongcheng and Jingsai marks that after so many years of dismal management, the Beining area has finally accumulated enough strength to start the second wave of development and construction.In this area, there are Xu Yu, a senior veteran commissioner who is old in the army and decisive in killing, sitting in the town, and Xu Xiangdong, Jiang Ning, Lu Xiaofeng, Qiao Yu, Liu Houfei and other second-generation young civil and military officials are assisted. Although there are only four counties at present, but The prospects for future development are limitless.Just like what Liu Houfei said in his letter, the creator is too generous to this place. The climate, land, and products here are all the best choices. As long as you calm down and develop your inner skills hard, even if it is as close as the coast The traffic between them is quite inconvenient, but it may not be impossible to develop into an economic system by itself.

After Liu Houfei finished writing the letter, he called a staff member and asked him to deliver Xinjian to the only postman in the township (Haoshi Township) for posting. Then, accompanied by the secretary and some township cadres, he left the township government building. At the courtyard, I went to the bank of the Haoshi River (that is, the Yaguari River) across the wall to check the status of field reclamation here.

Although the flow of the Haoshi River is not large, it is definitely not small, because even in the current dry winter season, a large amount of river water still flows in its riverbed, which provides great convenience for carrying out agricultural activities on both sides of the river. conditions - of course, the cadres in the township will not let go during the dry season in winter. No, they have mobilized a lot of manpower to dig rivers, build reservoirs, and open canals in winter to facilitate rice planting in the coming year.

Yes, that's right!Because there are many immigrants from Guangdong and Hunan in Haoshi Township, coupled with the unique climate here, after initially gaining a foothold, the township decided to open up a large number of fields on both sides of the Haoshi River to grow rice. Tall and more expensive food crops.

To be honest, the crop of rice is still relatively seldom planted in the east coast, because it is more labor-intensive, picks the land, picks the climate, and is not convenient for mechanized harvesting, so it has not been widely promoted. The proportion of food reserves is very small, and the citizens don't eat much.

However, as the saying goes, scarcity is the most precious, and it is appropriate to apply this to rice. Therefore, driven by interests, some places in China have gradually started to plant rice, such as the Duck Lake Basin, such as the Hejian area, and so on.In the Beining area, which has just started to develop, it was a famous main wheat producing area in the Portuguese era, but this does not mean that the climate here is only suitable for growing wheat. It is true that Europeans do not know much about rice, such as Haoshi Township. The rivers here are criss-crossed, which looks like a water town in the Yangtze River Basin of China, and the climate is warm enough. In addition, most of the immigrants are from Hunan and Guangdong, so it is still feasible to grow rice. No, no way, I haven't had much contact with it before.

"Due to the special geographical environment of this township, the soil here is quite different from other areas. Most of the area is covered with clay and black soil, which is very different from the brown soil in Beining. Of course, there are some loess or red soil on the highlands." , but I won’t talk about it because the area is small.” Standing in front of Liu Houfei, the head of Haoshi Township, who was born in Bingtuanbao, pointed to the endless flat land in front of him and said: “Perhaps because the river often floods, the clay here is soft and soft. There are many swamps. When we first came here to open up wasteland, many farmers' knees were sunk in this soft soil. It is conceivable that after every flood or flood, many suitable plants will be left on these lands Nutrients for growth, which are very beneficial to rice growth."

"Because the paddy field is very soft, in order to prevent floods from washing away the soil, we transplanted many cypress and pine trees from the nearby forest, and let their roots grow in pairs to consolidate the soil. You see, there is no A large area of ​​land is demarcated by water canals and pine and cypress trees, which not only play a role in water and soil conservation, but also look very beautiful." The cadre of Bingtuanbao continued to introduce: "On the high ground over there, there are some Better land, which has been planted before, yields twice as much as other places, which is amazing. The land there is a mixture of strong clay and loam, and our men have dug some water ponds in there, rainwater ponds They will store water, and they will decide whether to continue to store water or release part of it according to the situation, and sometimes they will also transport some fertilizer to maintain the high-yield farmland from being consumed too much..."

Liu Houfei nodded slightly when he heard the words, expressing his appreciation for the agricultural reclamation work in Haoshi Township.Rongcheng County has just been established, and agriculture is naturally the key point. After all, only when people's bellies are filled can they have the confidence to do the next step.Otherwise, is it possible to engage in infrastructure construction, logging, mining and printing Indians on an empty stomach?Are you kidding me!

"Rice cultivation is still very labor-intensive. If you do it like this, one person may not be able to plant [-] acres of land, right? But it's still early, and few of you here can really afford [-] acres of land, but in the future everyone will own it. I have some savings in my family, and I can afford to buy land. This problem will appear sooner or later. After all, rice is not as easy to sow and harvest as wheat. In terms of total output, it is actually more cost-effective to grow wheat. After all The efficiency of the horse-drawn wheat harvester is not comparable to that of manpower." Liu Houfei pointed out the disadvantages of this agricultural planning in Haoshi Township, but considering the composition of the residents here, as well as various factors such as climate, environment, and soil, he finally decided to I didn't say anything, let's take a step at a time in the future.The big deal is that the residents of this area will recruit more non-national laborers to help with the farming. Anyway, the price of rice is relatively expensive, and the profit margin is quite sufficient.

"Do you have any difficulties in normal times? I know it's not easy to open up wasteland. But don't talk too much, the warehouses in the county can also be used for horse racing, and you have some understanding of this situation." Liu Houfei smiled and went to Chaohaoshi Township cadres said.

"Fertilizers, fine seeds, livestock, the more the better! There is too much shortage!" These words popped out of the township chief's mouth, and he only heard him say: "I won't ask Deputy County Chief Liu for money. Not to mention, it is really not very useful, but fertilizer, improved seeds and livestock, you should solve some for us, right?"

"Fertilizers are useless, and good seeds are enough!" Liu Houfei said bluntly, regardless of the increasingly dark faces of the township cadres: "You also know that the transportation in Beining is inconvenient, blocked by mountains in the east, and the Tiet River in the west is also unnavigable Going out, it’s really a big cage, so it’s too troublesome to transport fertilizers and seeds into the plateau. The priority of transporting such things is too low, and it won’t be around in 80 years. Livestock is a little bit, and it’s just arrived, Nanbianbao Cavalry teams were organized around the Xinghe River and Ludang River to catch them. We have also allocated a lot here, but they have to be domesticated first, so you can’t use them directly. It's a pity that the road from Beining County to Changshun County is too difficult and dangerous, the efficiency of driving cattle is too low, and many people fell to their deaths, it's a pity..."

When all the cadres heard this, they suddenly felt a toothache. It was true that everyone was pitted by the Brazilian shield.Communication with the outside world is completely cut off, but this door has basically been closed by [-]% to [-]%, which is really aggrieved.I just hope that in the future, the higher-ups can think of a way to see if they can build a railway or road—although this idea is a bit whimsical—to Changshun County, otherwise how would we live this day!Otherwise, it is also possible to build a road from the south or west, but this plan seems even more unreliable than building the road to Changshun Port.

"Are there any other difficulties? For example, the Indians. I know that these people have always been rebellious and have a relatively violent temperament..." Liu Houfei asked again.When he was the mayor of Cheng'en Township, he would never forget the experience of being blackmailed by Chief Calderon, who had become a dead ghost. , I really don’t know how to write the word dead, so now whenever I go to a place, I basically have to ask the local residents about the security situation around them, whether there are any Indian tribes who are evil, and so on.

"Indians? Ever since Chief Vargas was put to death, they have been out of control for a long time. They have been naturalized, exterminated, and expelled. Even if there are still some tribes in the surrounding mountains and forests, they will not be a threat. It will be cleared up sooner or later." At first, Liu Houfei was still a little worried, but after looking at it now, the cadres in Haoshi Township didn't take it seriously, they just listened to this group of people with an incomprehensible He said in a tone: "Actually, if we really want to talk about the threat of Indians, the Jingsai County in the south has more say! The banditry there is much more serious than ours. So far, the National Defense Army The men and horses are still hanging around there, in order to completely wipe out some local Indian gangs..."

(End of this chapter)