Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1215 South Pacific ([-])

An antique Taoist temple is quietly hidden in the grove.Its geographical location is superior, covered by trees, which can not only resist the wind from the sea, but also the huge tree shade can also cover the Taoist temple from too strong rainfall (maybe it can also block the scorching sun in summer?).The newly built pebble path leads to the fine sandy national road in the distance, which keeps the Taoist temple away from the hustle and bustle of the dusty main road. Perhaps this is really a place suitable for people to clean up.

This is Qinghe Port, located near Castro City on Chiloe Island in later generations, a newly established settlement that has just been marked on the map but still has only a prototype.The Taoist Temple was apparently established with the support of the Taoist Association, and apparently existed before the settlement was officially established. It has been a community life center for the few nearby residents since its establishment. Gein, there were less than a hundred settlers in the early days, and most of them were non-eldest sons and eldest daughters who could not obtain inheritance rights from the local area. They believed in Tianzun and came to Chiloe Island under the guidance of the Taoist church. started his new life.

The materials used to build the Taoist temple are hard blue bricks, and the roof is made of wooden beams and tiles, which is very east-coast style. It can also be seen that the funds for the construction of the Taoist temple were not very short.Hundreds of young men and women in the early days have been married in succession within two years. The priest of the church presides over the weddings and guides them to open up villages and fields in the distance to support themselves.To some extent, the Taoist church is also one of the pioneers of the people on the east coast to open up the wilderness.

There are three wing rooms on the left and right sides of the Taoist Temple, most of whom are guests from the Port of Araucan. Captain Xu Yu and the others were scared to death just by hearing their names.

"The establishment of Qinghe County must be accelerated." Liu Ang, the president of the Southern Railway Company, lay on a bed made of myrtle wood, with a coat on his shoulders, looked at the officials of the Southern Railway who were sitting in front of the bed and listened to instructions, and said: "Now Different from the past, there are more and more ships active in the South Pacific, and the flow of goods and people is also increasing. According to the agreement we reached with the central government, the financial power of the seven counties attached to the Southern Railway is turned over to the central government (mainly Seven types of taxes, taxes and fees temporarily collected by the local government are not included), the northern part of Chiloe Island will be under the jurisdiction of the company, and a considerable part of the immigrants transported from the Pacific route will also stay in the subsidiary of the Southern Railway as appropriate. Therefore, we are not underpopulated, but have a large population, more than [-]!"

"But on the other hand—" Liu Ang, who unfortunately suffered from a severe cold, coughed twice, took a sip of medicine, and then said: "Our food production is still seriously insufficient, especially the settlements along the Southern Cone Railway. A large amount of grain and wine are imported from the local area every year. Of course, this does not mean that we are not working hard enough. The main reason is that the local environment is not suitable for agricultural planting, but it is very suitable for grazing, as evidenced by the large amount of wool and frozen meat we export to the local area every year. But—we still have to focus on solving the problem of grain shortage, and we have to find a solution from Chiloe Island. After all, this is the most suitable place for grain production within the scope of our Southern Railway subsidiary, and the area is large enough. The climate is not too bad. After it is developed, it does not require a large scale of production, as long as it can meet the daily needs of 10 people. You must know that the residents of the South Railway affiliated area eat a lot of meat and seafood on weekdays. The demand is far less than imagined..."

It is said that although the food problem in the Southern Railway affiliated area is not too urgent, after all, the local pastures have a large area—especially on the large number of broken islands on both sides of the Strait of Magellan. Due to the abundant precipitation and lush water and grass, later generations have always been important island pastures in Chile. ——The population of cattle and sheep that can be grazed is huge, and the nearby fishery resources are abundant. Horse mackerel in Chile, soft fish off the coast of Patagonia, and whales and sea animals near Tierra del Fuego are all important sources of food.However, it cannot be ignored that the local grain production is extremely limited. Currently, except for a small amount of rye, oats and vegetables, 80% of the grain needs to be imported from Peru or the local area (usually imported from Peru because it is cheap), not to mention the annual It is also necessary to import a large amount of spirits from the mainland or South Africa, which has almost become a daily necessities in the cold South Railway Attachment. Therefore, overall, the demand for grains by the more than [-] residents of the South Railway Attachment is not small. It is indeed a good idea to develop Chiloe Island into the granary of the Southern Railway.

The Southern Railway Company has indeed been considering this issue in the past two years. The Southern Seed Company jointly established by them and the Ministry of Agriculture (each holding half of the shares, is the second company in the East Coast Republic to specialize in breeding after the Northern Seed Company) Enterprise) has been operating in Guanhai County for many years.Their main job is of course to use the abundant local potato genetic resources to breed more and better potatoes (of course, the genetic traits must be stable), but in addition to studying potatoes, a small number of them are also drawn out to do some research. Research on horticultural fruit trees and winter-spring wheat varieties has made some progress—the newly bred 1657 winter-spring wheat varieties (high gluten) have good yields after being planted in experimental fields, and the wheat produced is shipped After being transported to Nantie Flour Mill for grinding, the sales volume is very good. Many local residents love this strong flour very much.

It's just that the genetic traits of the 1657 winter-spring dual-purpose wheat species are still very unstable, and the yield often degrades severely after one or two generations. You have to buy seeds from the Southern Seed Company every year. For the Ming immigrants, it is indeed a challenge.Fortunately, the company is still conducting follow-up research, intending to breed wheat seeds with more stable genetic traits, preferably resistant to some diseases, and that would be perfect.

"Lay out the map." After drinking the potion under the service of the doctor of the Taoist Association, Liu Ang signaled the secretary to hang a large-scale hand-painted map of Chiloe Island on the wall. On this map, Chiloe Eido Island has been marked as "Fenggu Island", which means that the island will have a bumper harvest in agriculture, fishery, and forestry in the future.

In addition to the three characters of Fenggu Island, in the northern half of the island, three new settlements circled are also vividly visible, namely Qinghe Port in Castro City and the town near the later town of Kemchi. Yangzhai Township, and Qingjiangpu Township located near the later Ankud City (where a small number of surviving Spaniards settled here), there are three towns in total - on the many coastal islands along the line from Qinghe Port to Yangzhai Township, there are also marked a number of A lot of state-run farms and pastures (later generations are mostly small Chilean villages with a population of hundreds) for future development. After all, these are flat lands, which are much better than the hilly terrain on the main island. Perhaps the only The trouble is that a lot of virgin forest needs to be cut down, but this seems to be what the Pacific Shipyard in the port of Araucan likes, doesn't it?

"In the future, there are only three townships under the jurisdiction of Qinghe County, but they have great potential for accommodating the population and great potential for development." Liu Ang looked at the map on the wall and said, "With an area of ​​thousands of square kilometers, we can open up There is a lot of arable land. Moreover, this is the only place where horse mackerel schools go south to seek bait and go north to spawn every year. The fishery resources are quite rich, and there are not a few shellfish along the coast, not to mention the east bay (Blue Whale Bay, That is, Corcovado Bay) is also a paradise for huge blue whales, if we can properly utilize such a huge resource, then why is it difficult for the two counties of Fenggu Island to feed tens of thousands of people?"

With the in-depth development of trade in recent years, the Southern Railway Company has greatly alleviated the shortage of funds at hand, and this undoubtedly gave them sufficient strength to develop the land within their jurisdiction. Later generations of Chileans have no capital, no manpower or even Not in the mood to vigorously develop, we have!The only problem now is probably——

"President, is it true what Commander Liao did in the Far East this time? I read many issues of Pravda, but they didn't report it. The not-so-serious "Kommersant" has a lot of articles, In addition, our own "South Railway Weekly" also reported on a few pages of tofu. I don't know what it is like? Although it is true that many immigrants from Shanyang County in the Ming Dynasty were transported in the first half of the year, these people also kept saying that There are 'many' immigrants who will flock to our South Railway affiliated area, but we have to count how many there are."

"It will not be less than 30. I mean it will be shipped to the mainland. About one-fifth of it will be shipped to the coast of Chile through the South Pacific route, and then sent back to the mainland in batches. Of course, we will also A large number of benefits can be shared. In short, a population of [-] to [-] is indispensable, and the second-generation immigrants, exiled prisoners, and non-nationals who become regulars after the contract expires (usually Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians and Italians), our Southern Railway Subsidiary has plans to accept more than [-] new immigrants in the next few years. Of course, if the population of Jinshan Port in Australia is "surplus", then we may need to accept more people. But this is not a bad thing, the strength of a large number of people is great! Without a population, we can do nothing, and we can’t occupy any place. Isn’t the Spaniard a ready-made example?” Liu Ang responded.

His words caused a chuckle from his subordinates. Everyone has worked in Chile for a long time, and they have always been very clear about the movements of the Spaniards.In recent years, with the increasing population of the southern railway subsidiary, a large number of yellow-skinned heretics began to appear in the originally desolate southern Chile. Worried.

Reluctantly, the Spanish Kingdom’s immigration policy to the New World has always been very tight. Perhaps their brain-dead king felt that too many immigrants would go to the New World and no one would be able to use it. For more than 100 years, there have been few openings for foreigners to immigrate to the New World (even if there are Strictly limited to Catholics, and there are also restrictions on nationality), the average number of Spaniards arriving in the New World every year is only more than [-].Although in recent years, stimulated by the east coast, there has been some opening up, such as the migration of a large number of Catholic immigrants from relatives in Austria to La Plata in the past few years, but overall its immigration policy is still very conservative, which is doomed It is difficult for them to compete with the people on the east coast for a long time in the southern New World.

Now the people from the east bank have recruited 45 people in the Huai'an Mansion of the Ming Dynasty. Even if only 30 of them can finally reach the mainland, it is extremely amazing. Are you afraid of the Spaniards?

(End of this chapter)