Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2244 Unity River ([-])

"Isn't this plant growing too fast?" On May 1694, 5, at the confluence of Tuanjie River and Jinchuan River in the north of Zhangwu Township, a team of armed policemen from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was patrolling.

The road I once walked was covered with weeds not long after.The shrubs that had been cleared by the roadside had also grown out at an incredible speed. Some vines hung down from the big trees on both sides, which annoyed the soldiers with long spears. They had to take out their machetes and cut them off one by one. so as not to affect road traffic.

"There is no asphalt-hardened road surface, that's all." A police officer leading the team said with no surprise: "It's a pity that the progress of the road construction team is too slow, and the transportation of building materials is also troublesome, otherwise why would it be here?"

As he was talking, the police officer seemed to have discovered something. He quickly walked to the side of the road, poked open a bush with a hatchet, then sighed, and said, "Check this skeleton, and see if there is anything there. There is nothing to show your identity. If there is, it should be restrained, if there is nothing, forget it, and bury it on the spot."

The two policemen responded, then split the bushes with a hatchet, carefully inspected the bones that had been washed white by the rain, and said after a long time: "Squadron leader, there is nothing, not even clothes, it seems They were stripped naked after death."

In fact, this kind of thing is not uncommon in gold mining areas.Because this place is far away from civilized society, it is difficult to transport all kinds of materials. Except for the rich and powerful East Coast Gold Company, which may not be short of materials, how many of those individual gold diggers are not short of them?From food to medicine, from labor tools to weapons and ammunition, they lack almost everything.Therefore, stripping dead people's clothes is really not a big deal, there are many such things.

"If you haven't, just dig a hole and bury it. Since you met us, it's because of this dead ghost's admiration that he won't let him expose his corpse in the wilderness." The squadron leader didn't think it was dirty, so he found a rotten piece of wood lying on the spot. Sitting down, he lit a pipe and smoked happily.

He wasn't too worried about safety.There were more than [-] of them, and they didn't escort any important weapons, so no one would foolishly come and make things difficult for them.Not to mention that they are well-equipped, let's say that you ambushed the police, and what do you get if you win?I am afraid that I will get nothing but the casualties that I may incur.With this energy and courage, it is better to find the transportation team of the East Coast Gold Company and catch up with a large ticket.

"These dead ghosts would rather find illusory gold than do a serious business. There are so many settlements and road construction in the south, including food and lodging, and you will be paid eight yuan a month. Few people are willing Go, you deserve to die outside." A young policeman took out a body bag, put the skeleton into the bag with a disgusted face, and kept saying: "In the end, I can make a fortune by panning for gold. How many people are there? Sigh, most of them are probably not as good as the old man Wang who makes pancakes at the entrance of the village in front.”

The construction of the settlements mentioned by the little policeman is a recent event, and they are basically located in the north of Fangshan and Renqiu counties, which were established not long ago. There are a total of eight new settlements, namely Tianlu Township (located in the later Kanu Elus Township), Yonghua Township (located near the later town of San Gonzalo de Abaete), Fengchan Township (located near the later Tirus Township), Diannong Township (located in the later Patos Near the small town of Diminas), Danshu Township (located near the small town of João Pinheiro in later generations), Fumin Township (located near the small town of Curvelu in later generations), Xingnong Township (located in the later generations of Augusto Pinheiro) near the small town of Di Lima), Wenchang Township (near the later engineer town of Dolabela).

To be honest, the construction of these eight settlements was really unambiguous, and a lot of money, food and materials were approved.Due to the long-standing traffic problems, although not all of these materials have been transported, [-] to [-]% have arrived in Fangshan County, providing a reorganized material reserve for the next stage of work.

The reason why the higher-ups attach so much importance is actually to quickly stabilize these places, establish a relatively strict order, and then cooperate with a large number of police from the Ministry of the Interior assembled here—most of the army has been withdrawn, and a small part is advancing along the lower reaches of the Tuanjie River , stay away from this - clean up all kinds of lawless and illegal gold miners, and try our best to protect the interests of the government.

For this reason, it is estimated that the tens of thousands of new immigrants who will move here will receive very favorable treatment. The five-year tax exemption is the starting point. In addition, there are considerable subsidies for improved seeds and agricultural machinery leasing, interest-free bank loans, and the price for buying land is the nationally designated price. (ten yuan per mu) half.Such an amazing salary naturally made the work of recruiting pioneer immigrants a lot easier. The National Development Administration hardly took much effort to fill up the quota of 6000 people, and then sent them here in batches.

The future task of these people is not to dig gold mines, not to build factories, but to go to the forest to suppress bandits, but to go all out to tend the crops and produce as much food as possible to reduce the pressure of external transportation.Here we have to say one more thing. Regardless of the sluggish grain market and low prices on the east bank, in the Tuanjie River Basin with high mountains and dense forests and inconvenient transportation, the price of grain is really not low!The reason is that there are too many people who are not productive here!

Yes, that's right!It's just that there are too many people digging for gold all day long without growing food, which has resulted in a huge demand for food here, and the price has never been lowered.Sometimes, some very hungry gold miners will even hand over the unrefined gold that has been treasured for a long time to others in exchange for life-saving food or medicine, which is really sad!In view of this situation, the people have reason to believe that when these immigrants arrive here and open up some of the farmland to grow food, they can make a lot of money from it - er, well, maybe we have to establish a Detailed personal files, in case they are tempted by the huge profits of gold mining, they abandon the five acres of farmland donated by the government, and then run to the Tuanjie River to pan for gold.

All in all, farming here is promising.In fact, not only agriculture, but handicrafts, services, and every other industry you can imagine can make money from gold miners who have nothing but gold.Maybe, if they do a good job, it's the honest workers who end up earning more than the illegal gold miners who fantasize about getting rich overnight, which is very likely!

In fact, the East Coast government has been persuading the illegal gold miners who are hiding in Tibet.For example, the patrol team composed of armed police in front of us posted notices on many big trees along the way, telling those gold diggers to "reform their past mistakes" and give up "bad past life" to go to the eight newly established The settlements are looking for jobs, and these construction jobs are guaranteed to obtain "very stable income". In the future, they can also choose to settle on the spot.It should be said that these propaganda campaigns played a certain role in that it caused many discouraged gold diggers to leave the Tuanjie River and work in the above-mentioned settlements, using their own hands in exchange for an income that could support them.However, most of the gold diggers didn't seem to listen to persuasion. They basically only had gold in their eyes, and they fought and killed each other for this, and staged scenes of betrayal and—well, betrayal—basically There is no going back until the last minute.

Just like this poor man who has just been buried, maybe he was an illegal gold miner with a dream in his life.After coming to the Tuanjie River, they either made a fortune or got nothing, but the ending was the same, that is death.His relatives far away may not know the news of his death, and his identity will never be clarified. He can only sleep forever in this humid and hot jungle, slowly becoming the nourishment for plant growth.Is such a life really what he needs?Maybe, but definitely not worth it.

"After packing up, let's move on. The neighborhood is a bit unstable these days. A group of brats who don't know where came from robbed two grain merchants. Be careful on the way. Although we are not their target, it is hard to keep the madness Also, the forest has never been scouted by us, maybe there are Indians, anyway, cheer me up, understand?" After smoking his cigarette, the squadron leader took a last look at the forest that was gradually being captured. The body bag buried in the dirt, said.

"Understood! Understood!" The police who were on the sidelines responded one after another.The bodies of the two robbed grain merchants were found by another convoy, but it was difficult to arouse everyone's sympathy, because the two victims did not seem to be good people.They purchased food from Fangshan County and even further counties such as Zhending and Zhuolu, and then went north with a small number of guards to trade with illegal gold miners who were active in the area.The capsized ship this time is probably just an old-fashioned black-eat-black story.For this kind of people, the police have never been very active in detecting such people. Unless pressure is put on them to solve the case as soon as possible, otherwise they will procrastinate indefinitely, as if nothing happened.

From this aspect, we can also find that the Tuanjie River Basin is too big, and the public security situation is too complicated. Various criminal cases emerge in endlessly. It can be said that criminal acts such as robbery, murder, theft, and blackmail are staged every day. They've tried their best to do it, but it doesn't work.

If the public security situation is to be completely improved, the most fundamental way is actually what the government is currently doing: setting up as many settlements as possible, establishing a relatively strict grassroots organization, and then relying on the sharp eyes of the people to restrict criminals step by step activity space, and finally achieve the purpose of complete removal.Of course, it will take time, but what the government seems to need most is time. Slowly move forward and steadily. Sooner or later, the pure land in the Unity River Basin will be restored.

(End of this chapter)