Rise of the 1630s South America

Time has entered April, and the 4 mu of soybeans sown by Shuaizhong have entered a critical grain-filling period.Jin Kela took the people from the Agricultural Bureau to eat and live in the field almost all day.Since there has been no rain for more than 1000 consecutive days, the executive committee even mobilized a large number of people to carry out artificial irrigation to ensure production.After all, this embodies the painstaking efforts of the traveler for more than half a year, and there is no room for sloppy.

In the early morning of April 4, the cool South Atlantic monsoon brought the long-awaited moisture, and at the same time brought an old friend who had been away for half a year, Captain Couette, with his galleon Orange The River came into port.

Wang Qinian on Yunsheng No. [-] thought it was an enemy attack at first.When Peng Zhicheng rushed over with two squads of guards for reinforcements, he found that Captain Couette had already boarded the pier in a small boat.

The news spread quickly, and many time travelers who hadn't started work also rushed to the pier.

"Dear Gao, I'm back!" Captain Couette was wearing an elegant dress, and his face was quite good. Obviously, this guy changed his clothes before disembarking.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Captain." Gao Mo, as a foreign affairs commissioner, naturally rushed to the scene as soon as possible.

"I am also very happy to meet you, Gao. This port left a deep impression on me. The sturdy soldiers, the beautiful china, and this amazing ship." Couette looked back Yunsheng No. [-], "To be honest, you really surprised me. I haven't seen you for a few months, and you have built such a solid pier." When he said the word solid, Couette stamped hard Stomp the concrete floor of the pier.

"You will get used to all this in the future." Gao Mo said with a smile, "won't you tell me what gifts you brought us?"

"Haha, of course." Couette grinned, "Captain Couette has always had a good reputation, and I have brought what you need in strict accordance with the agreement. Cattle, horses, sheep, seeds, copper, lead, Saltpeter, sulfur, graphite, canvas, weapons, everything you need, and, of course, a boatload of Swiss Calvinists, and some German, Dutch, and English craftsmen."

Following Captain Couette's words, the sailors on the Orange River behind him lowered the gangplank, and a group of European men and women in shabby clothes began to go ashore silently.Most of these people are young and middle-aged, and there are even children among them.Some have some simple luggage, and many more have nothing.

Europe in the 17th century was suffering widespread famine, which can be seen from their soaring food prices.Switzerland is located in a mountainous area. During this cold little ice age, the agricultural production cycle was already greatly shortened. What made it worse was the expansion of Alpine glaciers, which led to a continuous decrease in arable land and caused years of famine.Combined with the religious persecution of Protestant Calvinists by traditional Catholics, these factors combined to promote the idea of ​​these Swiss immigrants to try their luck in the New World.

This time Couette brought a total of 183 immigrants. Except for 15 craftsmen from various countries, the rest were Swiss immigrants.Among them, there were 109 young and middle-aged men, 59 women and children, most of them were German, and a few were French.These people stood on the pier in a daze, watching the "Tatan people" coming one after another, feeling a little nervous.

Judicial Commissioner Bai Siwen, who received emergency authorization from the executive committee, announced to these new immigrants that they had officially become hired workers of the East Shore Company.They will work for the East Coast Company for at least 5 years to pay for their boat tickets to America.This is the same as Captain Couette's propaganda before they came, and they can basically accept it. The only worry is whether they will bear extremely heavy labor.

人口之外就是物资了。由于和穿越众的约定，库艾特船长带来了大量穿越众急需的物资：铜20吨、铅10吨；新式苏尔火绳枪50枝、各型火炮10门（配火药、弹丸若干）；帆布、帐篷、硝石、硫磺、索具、石墨、黄铜、渔网、布匹、药品、种子若干；4只荷斯坦牛、4只西门塔尔牛、8匹安达卢西亚马、绵羊山羊猪12只（头）、鸡鸭鹅若干。

After the arrival of these materials, the living and production levels of the people across the world will surely take a leap forward.Jin Kela took the livestock and poultry to the Agricultural Bureau with a happy face. As for the weapons, Peng Zhicheng and Wang Qinian took over, and Shao Shude was responsible for stacking the remaining materials into the warehouse and making statistics.

新移民们被安置进了穿越众之前居住的简易木屋内。现在穿越众已经建起了几十套砖瓦房子，不少人已经搬过去住了，正好腾出了空房。有家庭的按照家庭单独住一间，没家庭的就分男女四人一间。新移民中有造船匠5人、枪匠2人、铸炮匠2人、铁匠1人、木匠1人、制绳匠1人、制帆匠1人、酿酒师1人、牧师（兼医生兼化学家兼画家…）1人。

The crossing crowd originally asked Couette to find some talents in shipbuilding and gun making, but he didn't expect him to find so many in one go.However, they are all talents who are useful to the time-traveling people, and Gao Mo naturally wishes for them.The executive committee treated these artisans well, not only can they enjoy a single room, but also can often enjoy some food such as wine and meat.

The issue of the political status of the new immigrants has caused a lot of controversy among the members of the traversing community, and even the executive committee has not completely unified their thinking.As a last resort, proposed by Ma Ganzu that night, the crossing congregation held the second plenary meeting.

This conference focused on discussing the political status of the crossing groups and the political status of the new immigrants.The first issue is okay to say, there is currently an internal organization in the Crossover, but there is still a lack of a unified name for the outside world. To put it bluntly, is it dealing with people in the name of the country or in some other name.

Many young time travelers said that the country should be established immediately, while some mature and prudent ones thought that the name of the country was more sensitive, and they should continue to develop in a low-key manner in the name of Dongan Company, etc., and then use the banner of the country when the time is right.

At present, this group of time-traveling people is still mainly young people, and these people have formed a stable small group through the labor of the previous period. The advantage of the number of people can make them very likely to pass any proposal.However, the establishment of a country requires the consent of more than two-thirds of the staff. As a result, the proposal to establish the "Eastern Republic of China" proposed by a group of young people led by Xiao Mingli only received 61% of the votes in favor, and failed.In the end, the meeting made a decision to continue communicating with the outside world in the name of Dongan Company.

The second proposal is about the political status of new immigrants.To put it bluntly, this question is whether the new immigrants can obtain equal political status with those who have passed through.At present, these immigrants are only indentured slaves of the East Coast Company, and they need to work for the East Coast Company for 5 years before they can obtain the status of freedmen.

"Free people can be granted land, but they cannot be given the right to vote and be elected." Xiao Mingli's words won the support of a large number of people. "This land belongs to all 568 of us, and we must not allow others to touch it."

"We can't conquer the world by ourselves. We have to absorb fresh blood. What can we do with just a few hundred people? It's good if we don't get wiped out." Suddenly someone stood up to object to Xiao Mingli's speech.

"We can grant them land, give them jobs, give them a better life. They will be grateful to us."

"When you live in peace, you will demand political status. There will be more and more immigrants in the future. With more than 500 of us, how can we suppress other people's political demands? Don't you worry that they will rise up for revolution? Maybe this generation will not, but What about the next generation?"

"I think, we can give them the right to vote and be elected, it's not a big deal. The current foundation is created by us, as long as we firmly hold these industries and capital in our hands, we can use the power of capital to Wouldn't it be nice to come to influence the political situation and be an invisible nobleman?"

"If you want to take advantage of others, you have to treat them as equals."

"I don't want to give the white pig the foundation created from scratch."

The debate is getting hotter.Neither of the opposing parties could convince the other, and in the end they could only form a compromise proposal.That is: 1. After obtaining the status of a free citizen and proficient in listening and speaking Chinese, the new immigrant can apply for naturalization to the Immigration Bureau under the Foreign Affairs Committee. After the approval of the Immigration Bureau, the immigrant will obtain a formal status, have the right to vote, and have lived in the country for 15 years Afterwards, the right to be elected can be obtained. 2. At present, all factories, land, infrastructure, etc. owned by the Travelers are assigned to Dong'an Company, which will be operated on their behalf. The shares of Dong'an Company are evenly distributed to 568 members of the Travelers. 3. The plenary meeting was renamed the plenary congress, and the session was changed from every three years to every six years. Currently, there is no re-election of the qualifications of the plenary congress representatives.The term of office of all members of the Executive Committee is automatically extended to 3 years.

These two proposals consumed too much energy from everyone.Next, the proposal to elect two additional members of the executive committee seemed calm. Du Wen was elected as the education committee member, and Xiao Mingli was elected as the civil affairs committee member.Du Wen is in charge of setting up the Education Bureau to provide compulsory education for minors under the executive committee.In addition, evening literacy classes should be set up to teach Chinese to immigrants, so as to let them master Chinese as soon as possible.The civil affairs committee is in charge of some trivial work such as medical care, religious belief, marriage registration, social security, and policy consultation. It has been more than half a year now, and several couples of men and women have submitted marriage applications to the executive committee. It is time to perfect these institutions.

On April 1631, 4, these new immigrants from Switzerland were assigned to various units and started their new life.

For the supplies brought by Captain Couette, including the immigration freight, the cross-travelers had to pay a total of about 1600 pounds, or about 3600 ducats.To be honest, this price is not too dark, after all, the price of 8 Andalusian horses accounts for nearly half of the price.

The cash on hand of the crossing crowd is only 2100 Ducats. Fortunately, all of this does not require cash transactions. Captain Couette only needs lovely Chinese porcelain.To this end, the crossing people paid 60 boxes of porcelain. In addition to offsetting the payment, Captain Couette also paid an additional amount of various gold and silver coins worth about 17400 ducats.As for why Captain Couette has so much cash, it is said that he made a huge loan in Amsterdam.

On April 4th, Captain Couette returned satisfied with his Orange River.