Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1090 Fresh Blood ([-])

Yes, that's right!These Sakarava female slaves from New China are used to match those Italians!

In order to speed up the development of the Patagonia region, proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the East Bank of China, several large domestic textile enterprises (Dayuhe Machine Textile Factory, Pingan Weaving Factory, Luocha Textile Factory) and the East Coast Company responded by The plan to set up wool washing factories and wool spinning factories in the settlements near the sea and rivers in Patagonia has been rapidly promoted.This plan aimed at improving the production and technical level of the wool textile industry on the east coast will definitely bring new variables to the increasingly competitive textile industry—maybe, the pattern of the textile industry in the international market will also be affected by it. .

Thanks to Yang Mingyang's efforts, Huangyanggang was the first to receive investment, that is, the four companies jointly contributed capital, technology, and people, and established a wool spinning company called United Textile Factory on the bank of the Huangyang River. 20% of the shares and 10% of the shares are reserved for equity incentives (in the future, they will be used to reward corporate management, technical personnel and model workers), and the last 10% of the shares will be given back to the general public and sold publicly in the Qingdao financial market to raise funds.

After the establishment of the United Textile Factory, except for some technical backbones transferred from the local area, most of the workers were selected from Italian laborers (the Italian textile industry has been in decline, so many textile industry employees have lost their jobs in recent years. These people have more or less experience in the wool textile industry, so it is quite good to serve as the first batch of workers after the amnesty, and their total number is as high as more than [-] people, divided into wool washing workers, wool combing workers, etc. There are many types of work such as handicraftsman, spinner, weaver, dyer, etc., which are relatively complete.

Yang Mingyang, who has participated in the preparation of the United Textile Factory throughout, has always believed that these Italian workers are really very lucky: many of them have not been in the east coast for five years, but they were recruited into the United Textile Factory because of their skills and proficiency in Chinese. , not only has a formal job, but also has become a citizen of the east coast, and now even women are about to have them—although they are Malay women who are slightly discriminated against—and they will live a relatively stable life in the future. Satisfied?Hmph, if you are dishonest again, if you want to listen to God's teachings if you want this or that, then restrict immigration from Europe, you will all squat in that war-torn land and suffer slowly!

Of course, Yang Mingyang also knew that this was impossible.In a country like the east coast, where there are large tracts of uninhabited land in various regions of the country, the demand for population is undoubtedly extremely strong.Not to mention that the leaders on the east coast have a sense of urgency that they can't wait for time. Various construction projects in the country are one after another, and the whole country has almost become a large construction site. It has been ten years, and the infrastructure is still in a mess, and it is not at the same level as the East Bank - and the construction in full swing naturally requires a lot of labor. The East Bank is currently mainly solved by slaves and non-national laborers. The role of part-time jobs cannot be ignored, after all, there are so many of them.

In such a situation where there is an infinite thirst for labor, any sane leader may have difficulty making up his mind on things such as banning European immigrants (of course, whether they are willing to come is another matter), and this is why A large number of Italian laborers crossed the ocean to work on the east coast and finally settled down.Of course, the main source of immigrants on the east coast is still official-led active immigration. This large-scale immigration movement is part of the world's great colonial (immigration) action that has just begun to show signs of immigrant. Its scale and number of immigrants I dare not say it is unprecedented, but it must be unprecedented—every year, tens of thousands of immigrants from the old continent leave their hometowns for various reasons, either frustrated, crying, yearning for a new life, or looking forward to change The old way of life, etc., came to the Eastern China Republic, and finally settled down, merged with each other, and assimilated each other, until finally forming its own cultural characteristics.

After carefully understanding the preparation progress of the United Textile Factory, Yang Mingyang, the person in charge of development affairs who was promoted to rule the army and dismounted to manage the people, received a number of guests from Yancheng Port in the north in his office.Most of these people are technicians of the First Ceramics Factory (located in Yancheng Port, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is the main investor and technology provider, and has obtained 70% of the shares, and the local government of Yancheng Port holds 30% of the shares). The ministry approved the establishment of a new ceramics factory in the Patagonia region, called the "Second Ceramics Factory". Therefore, it is necessary for the First Ceramics Factory to provide some technical personnel to participate in the preliminary preparations and trial production activities. In order to add a factory The new second factory will give the first factory 30% of the shares (in addition, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce will hold 50% of the shares, and Dongan Company will hold 20% of the shares as an important investor), so that they can wholeheartedly help the first factory to start production as soon as possible.

Different from the first ceramics factory, which is mainly engaged in rough pottery pipes for industry and small civil pottery, the second ceramics factory will focus on porcelain production. During the investigation, a large amount of kaolin was found in the west of the reservoir township, with a vast area and abundant reserves, which can be used for industrial use for a long time without risk of depletion—in fact, the Patagonian platform in Argentina has always been a white clay There are 12 large-scale kaolin mines in only a small part of the whole territory that have been explored, among which the three large-scale mines connected to the west of the Amesino Dam are the largest (of course at this time The people on the east bank may not know where the other mines are located, which requires continuous investment of funds and personnel for exploration) - this removes the last obstacle for the east bank republic to promote the porcelain industry, when Marshal Mo came back from Shandong Porcelain craftsmen no longer need to produce low-value pottery, they can turn to produce higher-value porcelain, and while making profits for the country, they can also increase their own income. This is really a great thing!

The second ceramics factory is expected to officially start construction at the end of this month (February 1656), and the location of the mine is located near the small town of Las Plumas in Argentina later. The State Development Bureau has officially named it Baitao Township , and plans to immigrate a group of Ming people to this place in the near future. With the cooperation of the technical staff of the Ministry of Geology, delineate the scope of the mine site, and then mine and process minerals to provide production materials for the future establishment of porcelain kilns—as for the porcelain kilns located in Baitao Whether it is the township or Haian Port has not yet been determined, but the Ministry of Industry and Commerce tends to choose Haian Port with convenient transportation.

But in any case, due to production considerations, it is inevitable to build a freight road (or railway) from Hai'an Port to Baitao Township. After the "Science Spring" project led by Chairman Qiang Quan Shengqiang, it seems that this matter is not so difficult. No, I heard that the Executive Committee plans to send a group of Ukrainian serfs who were sold off by the Tatars to come here. The number is about a thousand people.These people, together with more than a thousand Sakarawa prisoners of war sent by New China, will level the roadbed from the coastal port to Baitao Township under the management of Xhosa black supervisors, laying the foundation for the comprehensive construction of roads (or railways) in the future .

Before that, it could only be transported in a small amount by mules and horses. Who made the Chubut River unnavigable and the local terrain rough?However, some people pointed out that it is possible to order a batch of small inland flat-bottomed boats from the local area—the kind with a very shallow draft, which does not need to carry sails—and then use a large number of non-national laborers to pull the fibers. This mode of transportation should be far more efficient. For super mule and horse transportation, I just don’t know where to find a large number of trackers. If it doesn’t work, I still have to find famous labor brokers Valentino and Mendes, and let them find a way to get them from overpopulated Piedmont and Milan. Waiting for some northern Italians to come here, even if they pay high wages for this, the east bank is really tossed to death by the painful labor gap.

The significance of this railway/highway that is being planned must not be underestimated, because this road is built to the source of the Chubut River (located in the mountains on the side of the Andes Mountains in the province of Rio Negro, obviously in the southern latitude Between 41 degrees and 42 degrees), there is only one step away from the famous Cochamo Pass to the west from here - the Manso River flows through the pass into the Pacific Ocean, and its altitude is only 400 meters; and from here to the north , in the area of ​​Lacar Lake and Nahuel Huapi Lake, there are Wa-Wen Pass (673 meters above sea level) and Perez Rosales Pass (1010 meters above sea level). It is the lowest mountain pass in Uken Province, and people and vehicles come and go frequently during the passing season.

But all the mountain passes in this area have a common shortcoming, that is, they can only be passed through in summer and autumn. After the mountains are closed by heavy snow in winter, it becomes difficult or impossible to pass through here. This is the biggest drawback.Otherwise, wouldn't it be wonderful to build a railway directly to the Chilean town of Cochamo (Cochamo) in the west of Shanxi, imitating the old practice of the Southern Railway to directly connect the two oceans?Of course, I can only think about it now, the heavy snow in the mountains in winter (don’t forget that most of the water vapor in the Pacific Ocean is blocked in the mountains, the snow is not usually heavy) will impress everyone who tries to build a railway here Profoundly, it is impossible in the short term. Even after the road is repaired, it may require a lot of effort to maintain it every year.

But no matter what, it is no problem to build the railway to the side of the mountain, and the last two to three hundred kilometers in the mountainous area can also be walked by people or mules.In this way, it is sufficient as a backup route (albeit less efficient) for immigration or freight, which is what this strategic road/railway is about, and with this advantage, it is possible Approved its construction plan at the executive committee.As for the question of saying that the last stretch of the road crosses the 42nd parallel south and goes to more than 41 degrees - well, that's not a problem at all for people on the east coast?What?Spaniards dissatisfied?Do it if you don't agree!

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