Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1912 Pampa (Eighteen)

Bitter cold wind blows, and the earth is bleak.In an office of the Tushan Township government, a group of heavily armed men were huddled together for a meeting.

Tushan Township is a pioneering settlement that has just been established. It is located on the east side of the Yanbu Railway, which is under construction, and on the south bank of the La Plata River. It is near the small town of Chascomus in Argentina, with a population of about 500. Most of them have just been resettled, and there is no production and business activity.

Together with Tushan Township, there are several other settlements, namely Fuli Township near the later city of La Plata, Jiaocheng Township near the small town of Magdalena, and the township of Veronica. Chengfu Township near the town, Shansang Township near the small town of Ranchos, Luyi Township near Colonel Brandon Township, and Geliu Township located in the small town of Geliu in the suburbs of Buenos Aires later, A total of seven settlements were established in one go, basically controlling the entire land of more than [-] square kilometers east of the Yanbu Railway.

In addition, a series of settlements established in the south a few years ago were also arranged by the superiors. In February of this year, county-level governments were successively established.Among them, Luming County has jurisdiction over Luming Town, Sanyi Township, Shiqiuxiang, Ruyi Township and Wuxing Township, with a population of about 2, and is the 131st county-level administrative unit in the country; Gaoyuan County has jurisdiction over Gaoyuan Township, Xinying Township (formerly Franco Township in Spain), Liugu Township, Xita Township, Beita Township and Tieqiu Township, with a population of over 132, are the 3000nd county-level administrative districts in the country. Unit; Wanji County has jurisdiction over Wanji Town, Waipeng Township, Niutun Township, Waihuang Township and Changluo Township, with a population of about 133. It is the [-]rd county-level administrative unit in the country; the last one is Chenqiang County, under the jurisdiction of Chenqiang Town, Guiling Township, Heqiu Township, Dajiao Township and Tongxu Township, has a total population of more than [-].

From the above, it can be seen that the National Development and Development Bureau really adhered to the wishes of the central bosses, and worked hard to transport population and tilt resources to the Pampa Plain.Several newly established counties each have a population of no less than [-]. When the population on the east coast became so abundant, it can only be said that the executive committee was "partial", and there was no other possibility.

Naturally, it is impossible to transport people by simply sending people to the ground by boat.In fact, the National Development Administration had to invest a lot of resources in the early stage of construction, and the expenses involved were overwhelming.After the resettlement is completed, organize these people to build houses for themselves (unfortunately, there are no trees in the Pampa Plain, and building materials are still relatively scarce, which means additional costs), and to open up wasteland for production. In short, it will take a lot of energy and financial resources. affect elsewhere.

However, this desperate investment has also brought about the rapid development of the Pampa area.Take Niuzhuang and Yinhai counties, which were established earlier in the county, as examples. Various industries developed rapidly, and investors flocked in. The counties’ grain, fruit and beef production hit new highs repeatedly. Machined flour mills and leather processing factories lined up near the coastal wharf. The factory, soap factory, seafood processing factory, etc. are even more prosperous. They have to work overtime every day, and the supply of products exceeds demand.Brick kiln factories, lime factories, cement factories, quarries, etc. in the inland areas are also making a lot of money every day, making the proprietors laugh from ear to ear, and lamenting the many opportunities and rapid development of the Pampa Plain. It was right.

This time, the central government set up seven new reclamation settlements in the north near the La Plata River, which immediately surrounded the east of the Yanbu Railway.The population of these places plus the population of the six existing counties totals more than 23, which is also amazing.The Spaniards have worked hard on the Pampa Plain for so many years, and the total population of the mixed-race Mestizos is only one-tenth of this number, and this is the number at the peak. Now many people have moved In the north of Rosario, Santa Fe, Resistencia and Paraguay, there are not many Spaniards living on the Pampa Plain south of the Rio de la Plata (except for the city of Buenos Aires) ), compared with the huge immigrant population on the east coast, it is really not worth mentioning.

The Spanish Buenos Aires Prosecution Court often sent officials to the east of the Yanbu Railway to conduct investigations-according to the agreement signed by the two parties, they had the right to do so, because this land was open to the nationals of both sides That's right—the officials' faces turned ashen every time they came, and they couldn't believe it.The last person who came here was Mr. Pedro at the beginning of this year. This gentleman is a member of the Buenos Aires City Council. He is a typical native white elite in La Plata. He has a large farm and ranch in the suburbs of Putrajaya and employs more than Fifty Walloons from the southern Netherlands, but after seeing the "business" of the people on the east coast run so well for a few years, Mr. Pedro was also surprised and speechless.

He understands that although the large land to the east of the Pampa Plain still belongs to the Kingdom of Spain in name, as the originally small number of Spanish nationals are slowly squeezed out-in fact, it is useless not to squeeze out, thousands of people are against hundreds of thousands People are really insignificant-changing the surname here is basically a certainty.Originally, the governor of Peru wanted to use this large piece of land to slightly curb the appetite of the people on the east coast, so that their pace of expansion would not be so fast, but now it seems a bit hanging.Although the people on the east coast promised not to expand to the vast area west of the Yanbu Railway for a few years, what about other places?No one can guarantee it!

But although the truth is clear, from a practical point of view, the Spaniards are completely powerless to resist.People from the east coast can organize more than 20 people to reclaim wasteland in this place. Of course, they can also organize tens of thousands of fully armed people to enter Buenos Aires or even Paraguay. The key to the matter is here!The people on the east coast have armed forces, and they have to swallow a small piece of land every certain number of years. To curb this situation, the Spaniards need to have armed forces and social productivity that are comparable to them, but this is obviously not enough. Possible, so they can only muddle along and let God decide the future destiny.

This time, Tushan Township and other places were newly established, which further extended the control of the people on the east coast to the vicinity of the bustling city of Buenos Aires. One can imagine the shock to the Spaniards, although they signed the agreement at the beginning. This day has been foreseen.Therefore, no matter what the mentality is, whether it is the fear of the local elite landlords or the counterattack of the church forces, Spain has made a lot of small moves this year to do everything possible to slow down the expansion of the people on the east coast and ensure that Temporary safety of the city.

Of course, the people on the east coast are not ignorant of this, but this kind of behavior of the Spaniards is within the scope allowed by the rules of the game, so it is inconvenient to say anything clearly.But if you don't say it on the surface, it doesn't mean that the people on the east bank will do nothing. No, Inigo, the deputy commander of the police who is in charge of security in some areas south of the La Plata River, held a meeting in the compound of the Tushan Township Government A meeting was held to discuss how to deal with some small moves made by the Spaniards recently.

Because the settlement had just been established and the township government had limited conditions, what they lent them was an earthen house converted from a warehouse.Just after dinner, the only oil lamp in the house whirred and danced with pale yellow fluorescent light. Under the shadow of the lamp, saws, big axes, gunpowder barrels and other things were piled up in a mess.In addition, there was not even a decent chair, and several key officers could only sit on empty powder kegs and listen to Inigo's instructions.

"The safety and security work of several new settlements is very important. According to common sense, we should station a certain number of guard soldiers in each settlement, and at the same time send people to patrol between towns, search closely, provide assistance at any time, and cut off The enemy is peeping." Inigo held his thigh with his left hand, leaned on a polished rapier with his right hand, and said solemnly: "Everyone, to tell you the truth, I have also been questioned and blamed by my superiors. They can't I understand why a garrison detachment with more than a hundred experienced soldiers can't stabilize the jurisdiction. I can't explain it. I can't complain about the lack of men under my command, let alone the lack of horses and ammunition. My personality doesn't allow me to do that."

After saying this, Inigo took a breath, glanced at the expressions of several officers in the room, and said again: "I think it's time to take some measures. Passive defense is always very bad , the best way is to use offense instead of defense, suppress the arrogance of the enemy, make them afraid to fight us, this is the best way to completely eradicate security threats, what do you think?"

"Deputy Commander, you mean we want us to take the initiative to attack the Spaniards? So where should we attack? How large should we be? And what name should we use?" An officer asked, pointing to the point.

"You're a good question." Inigo praised, and then said: "I think so. Although there is no definite evidence for the people who made small moves for us this time, they should be those who live in Buenos Aires Several large ranchers and landowners in the suburbs of Leith have died. Our large-scale reclamation operation south of the Rio de la Plata has taken away a large area of ​​pasture that originally belonged to them, but the issue of compensation has always been pending, which naturally makes them Feeling very angry, so it is not uncommon to do something drastic. This time, I plan to launch a surgical raid on them to seriously deter these people who dare to provoke us. Please pay attention, if they unite , It is also possible to organize troops of thousands of people (most of them are Kelandi). We cannot give them time to react and a chance to unite. The movements must be steady, accurate, and ruthless. It was completely unable to turn over."

The occupation of the Spanish colonial pastures mentioned by Inigo just now happened, and the compensation has not yet been resolved (in fact, the East Coast people do not intend to compensate for this), which has led to fierce conflicts.Those old native white families have lived near Buenos Aires for several generations. They have great influence and have a lot of strength at hand. They are indeed relatively difficult opponents.To the east of the Yanbu Railway and to the south of the Rio de la Plata, because of historical issues - the early Spanish colonial government randomly sealed off the land and distributed an astonishing amount of land at a ridiculously low price, which has become everything now The root of the problem - the scale of the land they control is huge, and if people on the east coast want to develop this land, they can't get around them.

And these big ranchers and landowners either don't want their private land to fall into the hands of the pagans on the east coast, or they want to make a lot of money from the sale of these lands, but they didn't expect that the people on the east coast would rather spend a lot of money Spending on building houses and issuing loans (in kind) to those dirty immigrants, and unwilling to give them a reasonable land acquisition compensation fee, so the conflict broke out unsurprisingly.Inigo has been working in the area south of the Rio de la Plata for several years, and he knows these old colonial families very well, and understands that there is no room for reconciliation between the east bank government and these people, so the only option is to fight!

But even though he decided to hit them, how to hit them is still very particular.According to Inigo's meaning, since he wants to do something, he should take advantage of this opportunity to make it bigger, take the initiative to go to other people's territory, and uproot their forces, so as to achieve the greatest deterrent effect possible.He even had a vague idea about Buenos Aires, that is, to harass the manors, villages and ranches on the outskirts of Putrajaya through long-term, uninterrupted raids, and isolate this purely consumerist city. city, so that it gradually loses its sources of food, fruits, vegetables, wine, cheese and meat products, and then gradually loses its hold, and finally abandons the city or seeks peace with the East Coasters (of course in the name of discussing security issues ).

It's just that such a thing will inevitably cause a lot of trouble, and it may not be something that Inigo can handle.What's more, relying on the more than 100 men under his hands alone, I am afraid that they will not be able to do it, so we still have to be careful not to be self-defeating.But there is no doubt that this can actually be operated as a long-term problem-solving idea, that is, through long-term economic and military dual means, a large number of Spanish colonists on the outskirts of Putrajaya will go bankrupt and they will have to leave the city. place, move to other places to live (preferably go to places such as Cordoba in the west), and then people on the east coast will not face much resistance when they build railways, stations, and redistribute land-what are you kidding, Those lands were sold by the East Bank government to return part of the resettlement funds. If you hold on to them, aren’t you robbing the East Bank government of money?If you don't mess with that, who will you mess with!

Therefore, from this perspective, Inigo's matter is actually in line with a certain intention of the superiors, at least they will not vigorously oppose it.Even the regional administrative offices, county and township governments at all levels will give him a certain degree of assistance, after all, this is for their welfare!

The chapter that was blocked before was blocked because it collided with the Moors.I modified the application to lift the ban, but it was also rejected.I plan to take some time to revise it in the next two days, if it still doesn't work, I will post it to the work.In addition, it’s the end of the year and there are too many dinners. Tomorrow, I will attend the year-end dinner at my daughter-in-law’s unit, but I have to attend as a family member.

In the past three days, try to update the 2 chapters, I am too busy, forgive me.

(End of this chapter)