Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 352 Local Preparations ([-])

It is true that many immigrants have come to the mainland recently, mainly because of the need to prevent war.

As the relationship with the Netherlands has fallen to the bottom in the past two years, some maritime conflicts have even broken out between the two sides.Moreover, the Netherlands has recently made frequent moves in Cape Town and Tulare. While increasing its strength through immigration, it also bought the local aborigines on a large scale, and confronted the people on the east coast.At this time, even a fool can see that something is wrong. For this reason, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the East Coast Republic of China and the Dutch conducted a second round of consultations between the two sides in the Fort of Good Hope in the second half of last year. Regulate and restrain the behavior between the two parties to minimize the possibility of misfires caused by accidents.

However, the attitude of the Dutch is very arrogant. They do not regard the people on the east coast as opponents who can negotiate on an equal footing.For example, they asked the people on the east coast to immediately stop their arms aid to the Brazilians, and to dearmamentize Fort Xinhua and turn it into a free port, etc.;They are only interested in the paid transportation of immigrants proposed by the people on the east coast, but probably because of their bad relationship in the Ming Dynasty, they could not find an agent in the mainland for a while, so they flatly asked the people on the east coast The price is 500 yuan per person.This is an insincere price, and the people on the east coast will certainly not be able to afford this price, so the second round of negotiations between the two parties failed again - because of the arrogance of the Dutch.

Since the negotiations are fruitless, you must be prepared to turn against the other party.In view of the lack of natural resources on the east coast, almost everything needs to be imported, so while the people on the east coast are stepping up to purchase all kinds of scarce materials, they continue to search for immigrants to the east coast through business networks in Europe. In 1641, a total of more than 11500 immigrants (including 1642 Ming people) were recruited into the east bank, which almost burst the limited capacity of the local area.By [-], the Executive Committee dared not to introduce such a large number of people, because neither the infrastructure nor various resources in the country allowed this.

Therefore, as of the beginning of February 43, with the help of the Hanseatic League, the Chinese East Coast Republic's merchant station in Riga only sent about 2 Livonians, 1 North Germans, and [-] Percy When the Mia people entered the east bank, they spent less than [-] yuan to pay various expenses, which is extremely cheap.The business station of the people from the east coast in Florence is much inferior in comparison. Due to the limited network, coupled with the secret obstruction of hostile forces (the Venetians), and the relatively affluent life in Italy, the import of Italian immigrants this year is relatively low. Last year, the number decreased significantly, and only a mere [-] people came to the east coast through the port of Livorno.In comparison, the number of slaves (mainly female slaves) imported from the Ottoman Empire by people on the east coast is increasing every year. Last year, more than [-] female slaves from Wallachia, Moldavia and Serbia passed through the port of Smyrna Imported to the east bank; and in the port of Suez, a large number of Berber, Maghreb slaves and Persian female slaves were sent to Xinhua Castle, and then transferred back to the mainland one after another.

When these points were vigorously importing immigrants, the Bordeaux merchant station, the largest stronghold of the East Coast people on the European continent, stopped their efforts to collect immigrants under the instruction of the local people. They even temporarily stopped searching for children, so The number of French people who set off for the east coast through the Bordeaux commercial station throughout the year is zero!In other words, the French, the second largest ethnic group in the country, hardly had any new blood joining last year.But they are not alone. According to the report of ships returning to the mainland from Xinhua Port, since October last year, the number of Portuguese Ming immigrants entering Xinhua Port has also shrunk significantly.They seem to have encountered a lot of trouble, which should be related to the gradual decline of their power in the Far East.Therefore, coincidentally, the growth of the two largest ethnic groups with the largest population in China stagnated almost at the same time.The difference is that the French were completely excluded temporarily by the executive committee, while the Ming people were for other reasons.

In any case, despite human control and intervention, the number of immigrants from the outside world through various channels into the mainland last year still exceeded 500.Coupled with the natural population growth and a small number of cross-border smuggling, the total population of the East China Republic reached a scale of nearly 43 in early 3000, which can be said to be a record high every year.

With so many people, it is natural not to let them all be idle.Moreover, it coincided with the change of the government, and many former central government officials transferred to the localities one after another, and started a vigorous domestic construction, so the arrival of these immigrants was also at the right time.For example, Xiao Bailang in front of him is not only the director of the Dayu River Naval Shipyard responsible for supervising shipbuilding, he also serves as the chairman of the National River Widening and Dredging Committee.The main responsibility of this position, as the name suggests, is to be responsible for widening and dredging several major inland river traffic arteries in the country, such as the Dayu River connecting the capital area; the two lake canals connecting Milin Lake and Yazi Lake; Yi River in Linhu; Yakui River connecting the heavy industrial zone of Ping'an Township and the energy base of Meihe Township, etc.In addition, there are small and medium-sized rivers such as the Pingan River, Xiaoxi River, and Kama Kuang River that need to be dredged.

After these rivers are widened and dredged, large-tonnage ships will be able to pass through them, which will be of great significance in alleviating the domestic capacity bottleneck.Therefore, Xiao Bailang has recently devoted a considerable part of his energy to this matter.Over the past few months, more than 500 people have been assigned to various river construction sites in the country. It is expected that they will continue to contribute their own efforts to the canal widening of the East China Republic in the next year or so. .

"Vest went to the Nanyazihu ​​area to serve as a regional commissioner. On the one hand, he presided over the development of the agricultural base in the west of the lake, and on the other hand, he paid close attention to the production of various enterprises in the entire shipbuilding industry chain. I heard that he has an iron fist over there, haha, those such as cable workshops , cooperage workshops, canvas workshops, blacksmith workshops, winemaking workshops and other small private enterprises have been included in the entire production chain and are strictly supervised. Those who need to expand production will immediately increase capital and expand production, and those who have no strength or procrastination will be warned immediately , or be asked to get out and give money to a powerful investor." Xiao Bailang said with a smile, "I heard that there was a lot of commotion, and many workshops that were originally exclusive were forced to consolidate and operate as joint ventures. Moreover, United Industrial Credit Some time ago, the people in the bank complained to their superiors, saying that Lao Ma forced them to lend to small businesses that lack funds, which infinitely magnified their business risks. However, this matter was later suppressed. Think about it, it’s such a small thing Compared with the political task of immigration to the Far East, it’s a fart, this group of people is too small and can’t tell the priority.”

"Lao Ma is very busy, and Lao Shao is also doing well in the Xiling area in the south." Liu Weimin also took up the topic and said: "He has been the commissioner of the Xiling area for more than a month. Recently, he has been overhauling the reservoir and irrigation channels. It seems that he wants to open up a cotton and soybean planting area at the Fort of the Army and the Invalides Farm. Moreover, the expansion of the port of Rocha is also proceeding step by step. He also said To set up a fishing port here, specializing in fishing and even whaling, but it seems that it is still a bit difficult. After all, Luocha Port and even the entire Xiling area has always been a sparsely populated area, and labor resources are extremely scarce. Hehe, Lao Shao is still a person with ideas. He wants to set up the shelves of the place in advance, and when the immigrants from the Far East really come, they can be resettled there one by one. In this way, Luo Chake will develop suddenly, and the county will be established at that time. It's not a problem anymore."

"Hey, he wants Luo Qia to build a fourth county, I guess Lao Peng will not agree." Xiao Bailang seemed to find some interesting topic, and said: "He is such a big bastard to serve as the Yihe District Commissioner , I don’t know what will happen to that place. It would be hell if he can govern the place and develop the economy. Just his way of governing the country by military law, if he doesn’t mess up the already weak family in the Yihe area Clean."

Peng Zhicheng, the largest "army leader" in the country, resigned from the positions of chief of staff of the national armed forces and minister of the army, and transferred to the two positions of Yihe District Commissioner and national railway supervisor.The Yihe area currently has three jurisdictions: Changshan Fort, Lower Yihe Fort, and Meilin Port. It can be said that the land is sparsely populated.As one of the three major bases in China for accepting oriental immigrants (the other two are Xiling area and Nanyazihu ​​area), the Yihe area has fertile land, convenient transportation, and great potential for development.To this end, Peng Zhicheng mobilized many old relationships, and finally won the promise of the first batch of [-] resettlement houses for immigrants from the Ming Dynasty in China to settle in the area near Meilingang, which made Ma Jia, Shao Shude and others sigh.

In fact, the Executive Committee and the Government Council have already done a lot of preparatory work in order to accept a large number of immigrants from the Ming Dynasty.For example, the construction of resettlement houses, the construction of irrigation and water conservancy facilities, the construction of transportation facilities, the leveling and reclamation of wasteland, etc.And these constructions are mainly concentrated in the above three areas. If all goes well, it will not be a problem to resettle 3 to [-] people in these three areas.

As for Peng Zhicheng's other job, National Railway Supervision, at present, it is mainly to pay close attention to the track laying of the double track of the Luomei Railway, in order to connect the six stations in these two places with double track railways as soon as possible.Because only when the double-track railway is repaired, the vehicles can go north and south at the same time, which really means that the entire line of the railway will run through.And this work will undoubtedly absorb a large number of newly immigrant labor from the Ming Dynasty.

To sum up, the local area has basically prepared houses, farmland, roads and even work, and is waiting for someone to come and fill them in.

(End of this chapter)