Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1823 Beining (Eleventh)

"The policy changes at the top are so fucking fast, sometimes faster than turning a book. Once upon a time, our Beining area was also one of the key points of national development, but it has only been a long time, and everything has changed! The country The first focus of development has become the Pampa Plain, and the second focus is the river area (huge investment in water conservancy construction). Our Beining, Yicheng in South Africa and other old industrial areas can only be regarded as the third echelon. What a crime. On November 1680, 11, at the confluence of the Beining River (Parana Panema River) and the Parana River, Liu Houfei, a commissioner of the Beining District Administrative Office, who was attending the inauguration ceremony of a water conservancy facility, said with emotion.

The Hongli Reservoir jointly invested by the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce was built on the Beining River, with a total investment of 7 yuan. It is used for flood storage and flood control, and it can also provide a source of power for some enterprises that have been built one after another. The largest enterprise is the cement plant of Yimin Branch of East Bank Building Materials Company, which is used to crush the limestone that is abundant in the vicinity.

The central investment of 7 yuan may not be a big deal for the Pampa Plain before the tax-sharing reform is about to be fully rolled out, but it is really a big project for the Beining area where the transportation is not very convenient.I believe that if Liu Houfei hadn't fought for it in every possible way, if he went to the central ministries and commissions to ask his grandpa to sue his grandma, he might not be able to get this investment. The big bosses in the central government would rather spend their money on Hejian and Pampa. The reason is that the production conditions of agricultural products here are good, the climate is also suitable, and the transportation is more convenient. It is the core land in the so-called national strategy.

After attracting this large investment of tens of thousands of yuan, Liu Houfei also understood that it is unlikely that the Beining area will continue to attract funds from the state in a short period of time, and everything still depends on itself.Of course, this does not mean relying on one's own finances. Before the reform of the tax-sharing system has spread to Beining and the local finances are not sufficient, it is impossible to talk about all this.The most suitable way is to use social funds, that is, funds from businessmen and enterprises!

The construction of the Hongli Reservoir has attracted some foreign capital aimed at the upper reaches of the Beining River, the Tiet River, and the Parana River. Among them, there are not only predators such as construction material companies, but also many "small fish and shrimps", mostly workshops. Or small businesses, doing some machining work, are interested in the abundant and cheap power resources brought by the completion of the Hongli Reservoir.

"Consumption is the ultimate goal of all production, and trade is a creative mechanism that enables good interaction between production and consumption. If you want to develop here, you must also be based on this principle, otherwise all investment will not be sustainable." Liu Houfei put his hands on his hips, watching The water flowing down from the top of the reservoir said to the people behind him: "After all, any capital is profit-seeking, and so is the central investment. If it can't bring continuous profits, so that the enterprise can rely on its own hematopoietic cycle to continue, Then no matter how much money is invested, it will fall into the vicious circle of investment-prosperity-recession-depression-reinvestment. Some of our officials always like to shout slogans about where to revitalize and where to develop, as if as long as you invest money, you will definitely be able to develop, but If you don’t consider the actual local conditions, don’t respect the laws of the market, and don’t give play to your comparative advantages, everything will come to naught, so don’t learn the bad habits of these people.”

"Some people may think that the production brought by the Hongli Reservoir is too low-level. Except for a building material factory, it is a food processing enterprise. The profit is not high, and it is simply boring. But we must correctly understand that, Except for food processing, an industry with extremely low threshold and remote social needs, who would look at us, a remote area with high transportation costs. Moreover, the establishment of food processing factories in various places is very important for increasing food production. Reserves are also beneficial to curb famine, because the grain depots of food processing factories are also grain depots, which can also store grain and are an important supplement to the national grain depot. Don’t you all hope that when the local crops fail year after year and the food supply is insufficient, they will be Is it dominated by those merchants who come from afar and ruthlessly count the last bit of money in the pockets of hungry people?" Liu Houfei said in a teaching tone.

What he said actually meant something, mainly aimed at some cadres brought in from developed areas.Most of these people are students trained by the Capital Youth Cadres Specialized School, and a few are graduates of Bingtuanbao. For example, some people proposed to use the natural power of the Hongli Reservoir to produce agricultural machinery and develop the local economy, but in fact Yimin County can do a good job in the maintenance of agricultural machinery, and it is very popular to produce some parts by itself. Some are not very practical.

Liu Houfei is very dissatisfied with those young cadres who are focusing on the machinery processing and equipment manufacturing industries. He believes that it is reliable to start from the most basic agriculture and deep processing of agricultural products, followed by the mining and processing of natural resources. Only after the capital has been paid, can they be qualified to set foot in more sophisticated industries.On this point, those cadres transferred from the military and farmers are more down-to-earth. Although their education level is not high, they are familiar with local conditions and have rich life experience. They may not have any groundbreaking, but they do some relatively basic or simple things. , they are still capable.

"Extremely, extremely! What Commissioner Liu said is extremely true!" No, just when Liu Houfei was still thinking about cadres transferred from the army and peasant cadres, a peasant cadre wearing a thick cotton spring coat with thousands of dimples on his forehead He flattered him immediately, and only heard him say: "In a place like ours with a very weak industrial foundation but an excellent agricultural foundation, it is a natural choice to engage in agricultural deep processing. And this market is large enough to support very There are many practitioners, which is really great! You see, farmers in Yimin County generally sit in low thatched sheds or wooden huts, eat with wooden or pottery porridge bowls, hold spoons, Chopsticks, chewing hard beef or salted fish, taking turns to drink from large beer mugs. Only those with a little money will use glassware, porcelain, and high-end chopsticks to eat, but they are far less developed than the eastern seaboard. The region. The economy is so depressed, who can make these powerful machines and sell them to? It’s better to start with the basic necessities of food, clothing, housing and transportation, which is closer to people’s lives!”

It is said that the trade of commodities such as food, tableware, and daily gadgets is generally a regional trade. Because the logistics cost of long-distance transportation is too high, and it is not convenient for large-scale mechanized production, so generally a region will form a small commodity of this kind Production base and trade market.Like the Hejian area, a typical small commodity and food trading market has formed in the Xinji Plain area, mainly including a series of small commodities such as tableware, scissors, knives, incense candles, hemp rope, cured meat, salted fish, and local specialties. For residents' own use.

The current small commodities for daily use in the Beining area are still mainly imported from the Hejian area by merchant groups. After all, the transportation is convenient. At the same time, Beining County also produces a small part of it, but the quantity is seriously insufficient and far from enough for use.It is also in consideration of this that Liu Houfei encouraged Yimin County to use central investment to build a reservoir—the supporting central power workshop will be jointly borne by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Beining District Administrative Office and Yimin County, and then lease the power shaft for use Profitable opportunity for enterprises to focus on the development of food processing industry, daily necessities manufacturing industry and other industries, while meeting local needs, it also sells to counties such as Xinba in the south to make profits.After these industries have almost developed and accumulated considerable profits, it is the kingly way to find ways to introduce more technical talents and develop higher-level industries.

Ah, by the way, I forgot to mention Yimin County.This county was established in the middle of last year. It is the 128th county-level administrative unit in the country. Near the small town of Sampayu, Hongli Reservoir is located in the southwest near the Paraná River), Xiankang Township (located near the small town of Tupang later), Shengji Township (located near the later President Epitacio City), Shangyuan Township (located near the later town of Yepe) has a total of five settlements, and probably housed tens of thousands of people, including many Ukrainian and Polish craftsmen who were specially "picked up" by Liu Houfei.

Together with Yimin County, Xiongyue County, the 129th county-level administrative unit in the country, and Xiangping County, the 130th county-level administrative unit in the country, were established together.Among them, the former county has jurisdiction over Xiongyue Township (located near the later city of Malinga), Longde Township (located near the later town of Baranawai), Dagu Township (located near the later town of Londrina), and Juyang Township (located in the Near the small town of North Paraisu in the later generations, the Ivai River was also renamed Juhe) and Mu Niu Township (located near the small town of Apucarana in later generations), a total of five settlements, which also housed almost 1 people .

The latter governed Xiangping Township (located near the later town of Telemaku Borba), Yanjin Township (located near the later town of Ibayti), Cangyan Township (located in the later Cornelius Proba Kopiu Township), Gaimu Township (near the later Castro Township), a total of four settlements, with about [-] people resettled.

The establishment of Yimin, Xiongyue, and Xiangping counties was against the backdrop of the country's decision to vigorously develop the Pampa Plain, which was not easy.Of course, this is also within the plan of the central government. After all, focusing on the development of the Pampa Plain does not mean that other places will not move at all, and will not invest in personnel, funds, and technology. It is just that the intensity is reduced, and there are still some.And if your local chief executive is strong enough and has enough contacts, it may not be impossible to develop well. For example, Liu Houfei Liu, the commissioner of Beining, has brought such a big project?In many cases, how the prestige of the superior comes from is actually very simple, that's how it comes from!

Liu Houfei has been working as the commissioner of the Beining District for several years, and has already secured this position. He is very handy in all kinds of government affairs.However, outside of work, he was actually a little envious of Lu Xiaofeng and others who had left before. He felt that it was much better for these people to go overseas to colonies than to dawdle in this position. achievements.You must know that the central government is now paying more and more attention to the work experience of officials in overseas colonies. If you have not served as a chief official in any overseas colony, it will be much more difficult to enter the executive committee, let alone serve as a top executive or even a member of the executive committee. Be a ****.

Therefore, he is now looking forward to actively going out, and has been working hard for it. Of course, this first requires him to do his job well in the Beining area, to develop and develop this fertile land at the southern end of the Brazilian plateau, and to prove himself ability, and then we can talk about other things.

"Although the focus of the country's development is not on our side, there are still a lot of people here. After all, the country has a population of 500 million. Speaking of which, your Yimin County has gained a lot of glory this time. Many second- and third-generation technical talents born in China have been assigned, and you should make good use of them as supporting technical personnel for Hongli Reservoir and subsequent facilities." Liu Houfei urged heavily.

It is said that as of the middle of 1680, the total population of the East Coast Republic of China was estimated to have reached a historical high of 459.03 million, of which about 242.22 million were born on the East Coast, accounting for 52.8%; The proportion has declined for nine consecutive years, and currently stands at 33.6%. The total number of non-nationals continues to rise slowly, and is now approaching 37.7. The largest part of them is still white non-nationals, accounting for about 65%.

With a population of 459 million, it ranks lower than England among the great powers of the Old Continent, and firmly surpasses Sweden and the United Provinces. It really cannot be said to be a small country.Moreover, the east coast is rich in food, and although there are many diseases (there are too many wild places), the medical and health care is not bad, so the number of people born every year is not a small number, and it is already stable for self-circulation.And the huge new population every year, except for a small part still living in the place of birth, most of them will be regulated and driven by national policies to go to various places. Most of them may go to such a good place as the Pampa Plain, but they go There are about 3 people in the plateau of northern Brazil every year. The proportion of these people who have received primary education is not low, and they are basically the main force of local development.

Especially this time in Yimin County, the arrangement is basically for people who can read and write, and some of them even graduated from junior high school, which are indeed high-quality immigrants. No wonder Liu Houfei just said that.

"Don't let me down, I'm going back to Beining tomorrow to meet with the senior officials of the Brazilian Rural Financial Cooperative, I hope you can make all the arrangements before I come back next time." Liu Houfei finally said to the officials of Yimin County.

I’ve been quite busy recently, and I can’t find the time code words on weekends. Today, my laptop is still broken. I went out and bought a desktop computer. The huge sum of 5200 yuan was turned into ashes. Try to keep updating as much as possible. . . . . .

(End of this chapter)