Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 182 Local: Countryside ([-])

Xiao Baitu held a letter written by Peng Zhicheng in his hand, read it upside down twice, and then put it away in the box.Originally, he was going to South Africa to report soon, but isn't it being blocked by the British right now? Without the escort of warships, the risk of going to sea is still very high.Therefore, he and Leonid were stranded in Dongfang Port.

The letter in his hand was written by Peng Zhicheng to Mo Ming, and the main idea of ​​the letter was to let Mo Ming use his power to properly settle the two guys who caused a catastrophe.In fact, he didn't have to do this. Mo Ming and Xiao Baitu were both "comrades" of the National Power Alliance in private. Xiao Baitu committed a crime and went to South Africa. How could Mo Ming not help him.

At present, the River Fort in South Africa is not very peaceful. At that time, Mo Ming will directly conscript the two of them into the army with a call-up order. They will make a little contribution in the battle of bullying the black maize, and then find Peng Zhicheng to find a way to clear up the relationship. Blink After a while, the official was properly restored to his original post.

After establishing the overall response to the UK at the executive committee meeting, Bai Siwen secretly returned to San Vicente to participate in the lengthy and protracted negotiations with the British in desperation.

Fortunately, he walked fast. According to gossip, there were many unidentified people wandering outside Bai Siwen's official residence in the city that night. Those who spread the news said that these people had sharp sabers on their waists. Some lingered until late at night before leaving.Moreover, the glass of his house was broken for no reason that night, and the perpetrator had already fled by the time the guards went out to check.

After the policy was established, the entire country began to operate rapidly under an efficient organizational system.The Executive Committee and the Government Council considered the worst and decided to count the local supplies and accounts, and then the central government will make overall plans to prepare for a long-term war with the British.

In order to finish counting the accounts and materials in various places, and at the same time do a thorough investigation of the localities, the Government Affairs Council dispatched a large number of people from various central ministries and commissions to go to various places to check the local warehouses, and at the same time do a good job for the local cadres and people Ideological mobilization.

As the second county-level administrative unit in the country and the largest industrial base in the country, the newly upgraded Ping'an County (jurisdiction over Ping'an Town and Meihe Township) in the Yazihu ​​area is naturally the focus of the central inspection.

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"Brother Yingqi, I won't see you for more than a year, don't come here without any problems." Standing on the pier, Chen Tingmei said with a big smile while waving to her old friend.

"Brother Zizhen, look at your high spirits and poise. You must have gained a lot from being an official in the central government this year." Xu Wenxuan was wearing a woolen coat that is popular nowadays. The crisp fabric is not ordinary at first glance. .In fact, not only him, but even the two Guarani followers behind him were wearing a fine cotton coat.The products of his oil-pressing workshop have been sold in Ping'an Town and Meihe Township, and they are making a lot of money every day, and he doesn't pay attention to some expenses on clothing.

"Brother Yingqi, you are at ease here. Brother Yu is a small official in a ministry, and there are too many mothers-in-law in charge, and his ideas are not very clear. If I knew this, Brother Yu should have made a decision earlier when there was a vacancy in Zhenhai Township. Yes. Well, I won’t mention it, it’s all old stuff.” Chen Tingmei sighed repeatedly after seeing Xu Wenxuan, feeling rather regretful.

"Don't put on an air in front of my little brother." Xu Wenxuan took Chen Tingmei's arm with a smile, and said, "My brother's benefactor, Commissioner Xiao, is a well-known tumbler in the country. He follows Chairman Ma closely in everything. , Boss Wang Ershuai is a favor, and he must have a very wide network in the future. Brother is with the right person, are you afraid that it will not be beneficial in the future? Haha, stop being hypocritical."

"You still have such a temper." Chen Tingmei smiled wryly, then waved her hands, and said, "Brother Yu is not here for fun, it is really a heavy responsibility. Well, the few people who got off the boat over there are Colleagues in the ministries and commissions, this time we were dispatched together to investigate local people's conditions and county and township treasuries, and register them. Important materials are transported to county-level treasuries for unified storage so that the central government can coordinate and dispatch them. By the way, some local The money that has not been sent will also be recovered.”

"So that's how it is." Xu Wenxuan was thoughtful, "It seems that the war with the British and the barbarians will not be over in the short term. The central government introduced a tax system earlier, and the tax was urgently imposed. I am afraid that the treasury is not enough. Now Counting the money, food and supplies is also what it should be. Ping’an County was newly established not long ago, and the county treasury and treasury are just one, but they have their own accounts. The market was quite prosperous a few years ago, and there are still a few in the county treasury. There is a lot of money and food, and it is not unexpected that it will not cover various expenses in the county for a while."

"Officer Chen, everyone is here, let's go." Pei Ning, who was wearing a black tunic uniform, walked over and said.Tall and strong, he was originally a student of the biologist Meng Hu. After returning from an investigation in the Yihe area, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture as an errand.Because of this person's upright roots, and his three outlooks are extremely upright (close to the values ​​​​of the Taoist people), he was quickly promoted to a small boss in charge.This time, the central government dispatched a large number of staff from ministries and commissions to go to various places to check supplies and accounts. He was the leader of the road in Ping'an Town.

He is regarded as an indigenous cadre in this time and space who is strongly supported by the time-traveling people, and he himself agrees with the time-traveling people.The Chinese pronunciation is not as weird as other people's, but the words are correct, and it can be seen that they have put in a lot of hard work.He even changed his own name, Pessonin, to Peining, which shows his will.

Chen Tingmei bid farewell to Xu Wenxuan in a hurry, and then, together with a few colleagues, walked out along the port dredging road at the wharf, preparing to leave for the rural areas outside the city.

The pavement of the Port Dredging Road at the Wharf is extremely smooth, and it is covered with a strange black substance.Listening to the chatter of several colleagues beside her, Chen Tingmei realized that it was a substance called asphalt, which seemed to be a by-product of separating coal tar from a local coking plant.

Chen Tingmei still knows something about the coking plant, which is a factory that produces coke.It's just that I don't know if it's because of the design or some other problem. This factory has not been able to produce normally for more than half a year, and it always breaks down every few days.However, the leaders of the central government are still very concerned about it and have repeatedly questioned it. Therefore, Chen Tingmei, a small clerk in the Ministry of Communications, feels thunderous when he hears the word coking plant.

Passing through the Shugang Highway, which is only a few hundred meters away, the group entered the concentrated agricultural settlement area in the north of Pinganbao City.There are more than 200 households and more than 5000 mu of farmland in the reclamation area, which are divided into five production teams, scattered within a few kilometers.

The captains of the five production teams and the director of the militia had been notified a long time ago, and they were already waiting outside the north gate of Ping'an Fort.Pei Ning made a brief assignment, and then they each split up.

Chen Tingmei was assigned to a village called Jushu Village by the villagers.The name of this village in the government documents of Ping'an County is "The Fifth Production Team in the North of the City Reclamation Area". It was named after a small Guarani village that first settled here planted orange trees on a large scale under the guidance of Spanish missionaries.After the arrival of Ming Dynasty immigrants, this Guarani village was destroyed and most of its residents were forcibly relocated to the hinterland of the southern country.The new immigrants are very fond of this kind of fruit tree from their hometown, so the name of this village has been preserved, and now picking oranges has become a good income for the villagers of this village.

Both the village head and the militia director were immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. One was from Taizhou and the other was from Haimen. Thanks to Liu Xiang, they traveled thousands of miles to the New World of South America.Chen Tingmei looked at the two of them carefully, maybe because of the good nutrition in the past few years, the complexion of the two of them is very good.Especially the director of the militia, who has a ruddy complexion, a strong body, and speaks with a full of air.

He was a chatterbox, and he couldn't stop talking. The village head next to him coughed awkwardly several times, but he still didn't respond at all, and he was still spitting and bragging to Chen Tingmei.

"I'm talking about Clerk Chen. I heard that you are from the central government. You are well-informed. Come and tell me, what's going on with our imperial court's war with those English people?" The Minister of Armed Forces in the village has sent people to mobilize several times. In our village, two young men joined the army, and this time they also went to sea. We have no news here, and there are no sensible people around. The preaching team only came a month ago. Once, I don’t know what the front line is like, when will the children come back. A few days ago, those Portuguese merchants from the north mountain came to the village and said to everyone that our fleet was at the mouth of the river. It was all sunk. Damn, I was so angry that I drove him away at that time. I think I also went out with the navy to snatch the British and Yi tobacco ships, and I didn’t see them with three heads and six arms. It’s just... just A lot of people say that, and I'm always a little worried, Clerk Chen, can you tell me what's going on? Damn, I just don't believe our fleet is gone!"

Can I say that I don't know either?Chen Tingmei said something quietly in her heart.

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him whose expression was getting more and more excited, Chen Tingmei was suddenly touched. Although this simple country man has retired, he still wears the military cap he had when he was in the army. The brass five-pointed star on the top glistens in the afternoon sun.

Perhaps, it's not just those high-ranking high-ranking officials who hold up the backbone of the country, but also thousands of ordinary civilians who care about state affairs like the militia director in front of him.They are more honest and persistent than those intriguing officials and gentlemen, and their feelings for this country may not be less than anyone else.

They are the foundation of this country.

(End of this chapter)