Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1976 Terrace (28)

"The best Sichuan brocade is imported along the country, which is very rare." In a teahouse in Dingnan County, Chen Jia, the deputy general manager of the American Railway Company, was sipping fragrant tea while watching the bustling people on the street.

There are a few shops there, perhaps because the land in Patagonia is not valuable, these shops are not small.The value of the goods sold is not low, including brocade silk, gold and silver jewelry, and even gems and jade, which is really amazing.

Undoubtedly, if there are such professional and high-end stores, there must be a strong customer base to maintain them. This is very simple business common sense.Not to mention brocades and silks produced locally, they are not worth much, but the cost of Sichuan goods imported from Shunguo in the Far East is overwhelming, and the price is absolutely prohibitive for ordinary people.That is to say, only some wealthy businessmen can afford to wear clothes made of this kind of fabric. They don't mind spending more money for ostentation or feelings, because it can effectively show their strength, and nouveau riche businessmen need these to come prove yourself.

Of course, this kind of businessman who just made a small fortune, the real rich don't need these things to decorate their appearance.For example, Mr. Shao Yuanyi, a natural person investor, rural financier, and famous medical scientist of the Southern Railway Company, wears woolen clothes with more local characteristics, which is not conspicuous, but the money in his bank account can blind many people's eyes. .

Mr. Shao also came to Dingnan County today.As a veteran of the medical field, Shao Yuanyi came to Dingnan County as a special researcher at the Southern Railway Medical Research Institute and the Capital Medical College to participate in the construction of the Dingnan Memorial Hospital which broke ground to commemorate the 1687th anniversary of the landing of the founding fathers.The hospital started construction at the beginning of this year (20), and has raised a bonus of 1690 yuan, half of which is state investment, and the rest is donations from members of the Founder's Assembly and the East Coast Company. It is expected to be completed in [-] and start trial operation .

As the first modern large-scale hospital in Patagonia, Dingnan Memorial Hospital was able to build such a luxurious hospital ahead of many developed counties. But the characteristics are outstanding), and it is also related to the fact that this is the center of the region. After all, the Patagonia region is such a large area that there is nothing like a big hospital?Should the country consider the issue of balance in regional development?

In addition, there is a secret reason circulated among the top officials of the country, that is, Dingnan County will develop into an industrial city in the future. It can be seen from the search for liquid fuel such as oil. Once this fossil material is used on a large scale in the future, it is inevitable that Dingnan County will become the center of the oil industry, at least the early center.

But then again, why does the council think that there will be oil in Dingnan County?Moreover, various expeditions and prospecting teams have been sent over and over again, and even a special school is planned to be established here to recruit researchers and students to conduct research on oil as a fuel, which is even more confusing.You know, the only oil samples obtained by people on the east coast today are probably obtained from Trinidad, right?There are not many of these things, so that they are consumed within a short period of time, so that the researchers affiliated with the Engineering Technology Research Institute keep urging the Navy to bring them back from the Caribbean Sea.

Well, no matter what, the executive committee is determined to search for oil here, and set up a petroleum research institute and other specialized institutions. The determination is quite large.And this seems to have further pushed up the status of Dingnan County, making it a more stable and unshakable position in the Patagonia region, and it has become an important city that cannot be ignored on the east coast.

Therefore, you can understand that many economically developed cities in the prairie on the east coast and the Yazihu ​​River Basin have not yet built modern large hospitals (one hospital in one county is basically popular, but the gap between hospitals is also very large). There is Dingnan County on the oasis deep in the Patagonian platform, which is really unique.

After Shao Yuanyi participated in the foundation laying ceremony of the Dingnan Memorial Hospital, he was invited by Chen Jia, the vice president of Amtrak, to the most famous local teahouse, Yiran Pavilion.It's nothing special, just sit down and talk about the world, talk about the country, talk about the domestic economic situation, and talk about the political situation in the old continent.

The topic was started by Chen Jia.He first talked about the current construction progress of Yanbu Railway and the status of funds, so that everyone has a more intuitive understanding of the current situation of this railway.Later, when everyone's interest in talking was gradually aroused, Vice President Chen naturally turned to the wool transportation special line railway.

Chen Jia talked about the prospect of this railway, saying that from his years of professional perspective, once this railway is completed, its profitability will be very strong.Moreover, this time the country is very generous and plans to sell 49% of the shares of the railway to the public. This is a major move to benefit the people and give back to the people. If you are interested, you can do business with the American Railway Company in Dingnan County. It is very convenient to register and make an appointment at the office.

Hearing this, Shao Yuanyi understood what the tea party was for today, wasn't it just a fundraising conference!Looking at the people sitting around, there are rich businessmen in the county and region, and of course there are many rich people like him from other places. It is estimated that if everyone cooperates, they can raise a lot of money.

Shao Yuanyi is not very interested in the wool transportation special railway.He now has enough railway stocks, and he doesn’t make much money. The stocks of the only profitable Southern Railway Liangyang Railway are still yellow. After the Liangyang Railway was handed over to the state, Shao accepted the government’s disposal The plan is to replace the railway stock with the brand-new South Railway Group stock—but now that Chen Jia has yelled so hard, he naturally has to save face, so he pinches his nose and expresses that he will subscribe for no less than 3000 yuan for wool transportation Railway (Northern Line) stocks to support the development of the railway business.

Others are similar to Shao Yuanyi, whether they like it or not, they will buy some stocks more or less, so Chen Jia raised nearly 5 yuan in cash during a meal of tea.In a good mood, he let go of his burden and chatted with everyone about the economic development and situation.

"The prosperity of Dingnan County is mainly based on two things, one is fruit, and the second is wool." Chen Jia held up two fingers and said with a smile: "Fruit, naturally depends on weather resources, um , large temperature difference between day and night, and long sunshine time, these are unmatched by other places. But I want to say that this advantage is not absolute, in many other places, such as tropical regions, the yield and quality of fruit are also impressive, This will undoubtedly form fierce competition with this side in the market. In fact, many of you here are engaged in this business, and you should have a deep understanding of this. Therefore, the fruit business of Ludang River and Chubut River is naturally The mainstay of the economy, but not the only one, more precisely, not the biggest, and that honor should go to wool."

"Compared to fruit, wool is the safest economic pillar in Dingnan County. Other places can't compete with you for this thing, because your place is dry and cold (suitable for sheep to grow, and there is no such thing as foot rot, which is common in wet areas. disease), the area is also large enough to graze hundreds of thousands or millions of sheep, and the amount of wool produced every year is astonishing. The main reason for the cotton textile industry. There is nothing else but rich raw materials!" Chen Jia took a sip of tea and continued: "If the wool textile industry wants to achieve further development in the future, the economy of Dingnan County must be improved. , so expanding the pastures and raising more sheep is the right thing to do.”

When Chen Jia said this, his intention was a little obvious. Isn't that just to blow the wind across the border to the north and let more pastures be controlled by the people on the east coast.According to the plan jointly formulated by the State Development Administration and the General Intelligence Administration, the border crossing to the north was mainly initiated by the two counties of Dingnan and Luyang.In particular, it is important to point out that the expansion should focus on getting closer to the Andes, and try to seize some passes that can lead to the Chilean region, so as to lay the foundation for possible future actions. This generation of passes is particularly dense, and many of them are very Low, it is very suitable for the entry and exit of mules and horses, and of course it is also suitable for the construction of railway lines.

Among them, the west line (in the direction of Dingnan County) can be extended to the area south of the Diamante River. There is a small village and town established by the Spaniards only a few years ago, but it should not be a major obstacle.For the east line (in the direction of Luyang County), it will expand northward to the junction of the humid grassland and the semi-arid grassland. If there is no accident, this is the key point, because from here to the north, there will be slightly more precipitation, which can develop drought conditions. For agriculture, wheat, sorghum, corn, peanuts and other crops are of high value. Of course, they can also be used for grazing. This is not a problem.

From this plan, it can be seen that this cross-border reclamation can really be said to be a hurricane.The reason is mainly because there are not too many people going north from the Baoxing River.The Spaniards did not come to the New World to endure hardship, but to occupy the best land, cattle and sheep, and mines. Therefore, this kind of semi-arid grassland with little oil and water is of little value to them, especially if it is not yet a few on a major traffic line.

Therefore, people from the east bank going north, except for diplomatic disputes, basically encountered no other troubles.When the government arranged for a large number of immigrants to carry all their belongings, ride horses, and drive caravans to the north, the only people who would fight for the ownership of this land were the local Kelandi Indians.

And when it comes to the diplomatic disputes of the Spaniards, if it is normal, there may be some disputes, and the diplomatic department will not be so blatant.But at the moment when the situation in Europe is changing, it is not a big problem!Because the East Coast government has basically decided to form a closer cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Spain to jointly deal with the threat from the Kingdom of France across the Pyrenees.The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the East Bank even assured the Spaniards that France would not be allowed to annex the Kingdom of Spain-letting Spain collapse is absolutely intolerable on the East Coast, because it will lead to a population close to 3300 million, a vast area, many overseas colonies, and wealth. An amazing amphibious power - if the French dare to cross the Pyrenees, the people of the east coast will not hesitate to help them resist the invasion of the enemy.

Of course, the people on the east coast have made such a guarantee, so naturally the Kingdom of Spain needs to show some "sincerity".As for the specific content of sincerity, the two governments are still discussing secretly, but it is nothing more than the transfer of land and other privileges.Let me ask, when the East and the West are in the current state of diplomacy, what is the matter of cross-border grazing activities organized by "private" people in some places?Could those dry grasslands be more important than the Southern Netherlands?Can it be more important than Barcelona?Can it be more important than Milan?Can it be more important than Sicily?What a joke!

Therefore, it is the right time to gather more pastures into your hands at this time!

(End of this chapter)