Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2116 Preparations ([-])

After staying in Santa Fe for a while, Gao Wengang and his party headed south again and arrived at Rosario, an important town on the lower reaches of the Paraná River, a Spanish colonial city mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry.

The Rodriguez family has invested in Rosario, which is mainly a ranch, where many Andalusian cattle are kept in captivity, and there are also some thoroughbred horses. Merchants from Ireland and Portuguese Brazil came to trade, because the price of cattle, sheep, horses and mules here was cheaper than that on the east coast, and everyone was willing to buy them.

Rosario is also an important commercial port of La Plata.Compared with Santa Fe in the north, the river here is wider and the water depth is more sufficient, which is not inferior to some seaports with average conditions.Because of the lack of ships, the shipping business in the port of Rosario was subsumed by the East Coasters, but mainly by private messenger liner companies.There are not many ships, mainly sailing ships ranging from 200-400 tons photographed from the navy, and they travel to Brazil, New Courland, South Africa, Angola and other places seasonally. The business scale can only be said to be average, at least huge. Domineering shipping company Nanhai Transportation Company is despised.

But maybe after the east coast government completely takes Rosario and builds it into a sixth-type city (that is, other manufacturing cities) according to the plan, the South China Sea Transportation Company should come to this person to set up a branch to carry out shipping business Alright.After all, in the plan of the Government Council, Rosario will be an important port and equipment manufacturing city in the lower reaches of the Paraná River. It will produce various industrial commodities, some for local consumption and some for export. The importance is still quite high. , there is no reason to continue to ignore.

"Xiao Wang, do you know why you want to position Rosario as another manufacturing city?" Gao Wengang, who was sitting under a vine in the country courtyard of the Rodriguez family, asked while eating delicious fruits. own secretary.

"There are two reasons. One is the location advantage. Rosario's port conditions are very good, and the products produced can be directly shipped out to sea by sea ships and sold to all parts of the world. In fact, the land transportation advantages are not small. From here, you can go west to the future capital Cordoba, and go south to Yancheng Port. If there is a railway or high-grade road connection, it will be very good. In general, here is the capital and Buenos Aires No one will be indifferent to this location advantage.” Secretary Xiao Wang said confidently: "The second point is that we need to contact Buenos Aires. In our future positioning, Putrajaya is the so-called seventh type of comprehensive city. In the future, there will be machinery manufacturing, food processing, building materials, Many industries, including shipbuilding, shipping, and vehicle transportation, are the essence of the Pampa Plain, and they are the key cities for domestic industrial layout. Such a super-large comprehensive city also needs some industrial cities around it to share the pressure Yes. Otherwise, people will go to Putrajaya, how can other places develop?"

"Of course there is a third reason that is not the reason, which may not be correct." Secretary Wang said with some embarrassment: "According to the data jointly released by the Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Health, in our country, the fertility levels of different types of cities are actually different. It’s also very different.”

"Oh? Xiao Wang, have you realized this truth? As far as I know, changes in the reproductive status of the population are affected by many social factors, such as social status, occupation, personal wealth and income levels, and women's participation in the workforce. Wait. Do you think the Government Affairs Council also took the fertility rate into consideration when planning the city?" Gao Wengang asked with a smile.

"This is actually just my conjecture, but I think it is well-documented." Secretary Xiao Wang replied: "As you said, Minister Gao, different types of cities have different socio-economic structures. Married women give birth There are also large differences in the birth rate, the marriage rate of young people of the right age, and the birth rate. According to statistics, the birth rate of married women in mining and heavy industry cities is the highest, and the birth rate of married women in commercial and service industry cities is the lowest. There is even a gap between the two It is very alarming. Therefore, it is impossible for the government not to take this into consideration when setting up cities, so as to prevent the proportion of the tertiary industry in a certain city from being too large, which will affect the fertility rate of the whole city.”

"So, what is the reason? Have you thought about it?" Gao Wengang continued to ask.

"First of all, this may have something to do with people's fertility thoughts." Secretary Wang frowned and said in thought: "Compared with workers, the upper and middle classes of society tend to have later and fewer births. Their interpersonal communication, social activities more, live a full life, and are unwilling to spend their time and energy on raising their offspring, and prefer to enjoy themselves. But in mining and heavy industry cities, this is different! Every time these industries expand their production capacity, among the workers recruited A considerable number of them come from rural areas. They bring the culture of early birth and multiple births in the countryside to the cities. At the same time, they live a relatively simple life. They are not opposed to having more offspring, because they don’t have much time for themselves. On this point, we can Comparing Qingdao County and Ping'an County, it is very obvious."

"Secondly, in cities dominated by the tertiary industry, industries such as domestic service, commercial trade, financial consulting, and transportation can provide a large number of jobs for women. Due to the high employment rate of women in these cities, in order to be able to compete in the fierce workplace They have to choose to marry later, and at the same time reduce the number of children they have.” Secretary Xiao Wang continued: “Again, the level of social and economic development, especially the amount of personal property and individual income, also affects Fertility rate. According to statistics from the Bureau of Statistics, the average annual income of employees in the mining, heavy industry, metal processing, and chemical industries exceeds 100 yuan, while that of the textile industry is only 60 yuan. It can be seen from this that the dominant occupation structure, social stratification and income structure of each city are very different, especially in cities dominated by the service industry, the income level of domestic service is relatively low, and it is almost impossible to marry early Early childbearing. In contrast, workers in mining cities and manufacturing cities, especially skilled workers, have higher income levels, and most of them choose early marriage and early childbearing.”

"This point is also supported by data." Secretary Xiao Wang said: "From the data of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the marriage rate of young people of the right age is the highest in mining and manufacturing cities, and the lowest in universities and leisure cities. Cities dominated by the tertiary industry , the marriage rate of school-age youths is significantly lower than that of industrial cities, and comprehensive cities are somewhere in between, which is probably the average level.”

"Your point of view is interesting. So how do you explain the reasons for the different marriage rates of school-age youth in different types of cities?" Gao Wengang asked. He felt more and more interesting about this new secretary. With all kinds of data at his fingertips, he seemed to have done a lot. Homework is worth cultivating.

"Occupation structure, income structure, and marriage time." Secretary Wang said: "The first two are easy to understand. I won't show off in front of you, Minister Gao. I will talk about the third point. According to the statistics from 1680 to 1690, The average age of marriage for men in various occupations on the east coast is: 22.6 years in the mining industry, 23 years in the manufacturing industry, 25 years in the textile industry, 23.6 years in the construction industry, and 28.4 years for administrative officials and business managers; the average marriage age for women is: none Professionals are 20.3 years old, maids are 20.4 years old, teachers are 24 years old, and workers are 24.9 years old. It can be seen from this that, for men, employees in the industrial field get married at a younger age, and employees in the tertiary industry get married relatively later ;For women, the unemployed and maids get married earlier, and those with fixed occupations such as teachers and workers get married at an older age. Affected by employment agencies and social lifestyles, the marriage rate of young people of the right age in mining and manufacturing cities is significantly higher In other types of cities, the marriage rate of college-aged youths in college and leisure cities is appallingly low."

"Well, the analysis is very thorough and thoughtful." Gao Wen just brought a cup of coffee to the secretary and said approvingly: "So you think our country should focus on manufacturing cities when planning the future city of La Plata ? Instead of other tertiary industry cities?”

"Thank you Minister Gao, thank you, let me come." Secretary Wang took the coffee cup that Gao Wengang handed over flatteredly, and then said after deliberation: "Actually, what I mean is that our country should consider the factor of population birth rate in the future, as much as possible It is possible to focus on industry and manufacturing, and do everything possible to reduce the proportion of the tertiary industry. Employees in this industry have higher income levels and broad horizons, so they are more selfish, enjoy pleasure, and are more resistant to having more offspring , they simply don't want to raise their offspring at the expense of their social, playtime, and quality of life. In contrast, workers in industrial fields marry early, have more children, and are very good in every way. Therefore, I think we should have More industrial cities will bring surplus rural labor into these cities to ensure production while maintaining a decent birth rate. Minister, I am all planning ahead, and I believe the higher-ups have actually taken this into consideration when planning. The overall fertility rate of our country is of course not bad at present, but because there was an extremely large rural group at that time. The fertility rate of employees in the primary industry must be the highest, but our country must develop. We must develop Industrialization is inevitable. I only hope that in the process of industrialization, the birth rate of our country will not drop too much, and the tertiary industry must be restricted. We are an industrialized country, so we must lean heavily towards industry. We cannot It is unrealistic to always expect to solve this problem by importing immigrants, and it will cause many social problems, which cannot be ignored.”

Back to Shanghai today, the road was blocked and I almost missed the code word.It seems that we Chinese are really rich, no wonder the retail sales market is number one in the world, there are cars everywhere~~~~ I'm exhausted, sleep, good night everyone.

(End of this chapter)