Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2417 Unity River (Seventeen)

On December 1700, 12, the Tuanjiehe gold mining area was sunny.

Goshkin sat on a grandmaster's chair with a leisurely attitude.On his left is a wooden coffee table, on which there is a pot of tea, a porcelain cup and two plates of dried fruit.The Tuanjie River Basin in summer is still a bit sultry, but the place where he sits under the shade of a tree is very cool because of the mountain breeze.

Tea tables, chairs, and dried fruits are all Meimei County—established in the middle of this year, it is the 197th county-level administrative unit in the country, with jurisdiction over Meimei Town, Long'an Township, Linlu Township, Dengsheng Township, Weixian Township and Dunqiu Township Township, the county has a total population of about 1.8 people—locally produced.Don't be surprised, Meijing County is not small in the whole country, both in terms of county area and population.And because of the need to develop the mountain range that is almost entirely made of iron, the country has invested a lot of resources here in recent years, such as funds, technology, and the most basic population.

At present, after three years of construction, the adjacent Fangshan, Lingshou, Pinggu, Cuiping, Kuqa and Renqiu counties have all roads leading to Meijing County. There are six second-class national roads and five third-class national roads. , Greatly eased the bottleneck of external traffic in Meijing County, made the county's economy gradually active, and gradually gained a certain scale.

In order to build these eleven external traffic roads, a large number of Indians and Mestizos paid the price of their lives.According to relevant statistics from the National Development and Development Administration, over the past three years, the number of foreign laborers who died due to road construction exceeded 6000. In addition, the number of injuries and illnesses reached tens of thousands, which shows the tragedy.

After the road was built, the laborers were all taken to Hue Port. After three months of recuperation, they boarded a boat and took them to Nghe Thanh area.They have finished their work, and there is no need for the surviving laborers to continue to suffer. Each of them can leave with a five-dollar currency and live on the other side of the yellow-black dividing line in South Africa.

Some people may ask, after these people leave, will Meijing County stop building?Hey, use your brain to think about it, is this possible?The Tuanjiehe Military Administration’s mopping plan for the new year will tell you that they are still mobilizing four security regiments (from Miyun, Rongcheng, Yanqing, and Bowang counties in the south) to fight in the gold mining area and iron mining area. On the one hand, it uses combat as a substitute to improve the combat effectiveness of the increasingly degenerate militia system. On the other hand, it also maintains order, arresting Indians, illegal gold miners, and bandits on the spot until the construction team works.

In addition, the Ministry of War secretly funded many teams to capture Guarani Indians in Paraguay.The largest of these teams consisted of more than 200 people, complete with guns and cannons, and highly professional. The Indians in Paraguay were no match at all, and tens of thousands were robbed by surprise.Later, even though the Asunción Prosecutor's Court District responded, the situation returned to normal after being defeated by the East Coast Army Field Forces without uniform.From the second half of 1697 to the present, the people from the East Coast have looted more than [-] Guaranís from Paraguay. Except some of them were sent to the construction site of the Great Northern Railway, the rest were sent to the Tuanjie River Basin for repair. Logging on the road and reclaiming wasteland is miserable.It is estimated that after a few years, half of these people will not be left, and the death rate is quite high.

It can be said that Meijing County and even the Tuanjie River Basin are now in such a state that the blood and tears of the Indians and Mestizos are indispensable.They burned their own health and life, opened up passages to the outside world, cleared out forests, and built houses one after another.The reward for those who survived was nothing more than a few yuan—if he hadn’t saved any money in the previous few years, even though the monthly salary was only one yuan, he had to deduct the cost of board and lodging—even if they had paid the total amount of money. One percent of it cannot be compensated.

Compared with these poor people of native blood, the immigrants from the old world are much better off.Needless to say, those from mainland China, they are the first class of immigrants, no one else can compare.But even the second-class immigrants from "friendly countries" (usually from Italy, Livonia, and North Korea) and the third-class immigrants from "general countries" are not treated like Indians.Even if they work the same amount, the work they do is relatively easy and safe, and they also have a certain income guarantee, so they will not be squeezed too much.After a few years, as long as people are not too stupid and have a certain level of Chinese, naturalization on the spot is not a problem at all, and it will be a blessing in disguise.

It sounds like a spoils conference.The "bandits" from the Old World banded together to bully the original owners of the American continent, not only robbing their resources, but also repeatedly enslaving them.After the incident, in order not to be "protected" by these suffering masters for future generations, they were simply driven away, although they were hypocritically given a few yuan in compensation.

But what can be done about it?Although the people on the east coast are cruel, they are not without moral bottom line. They are also willing to give these backward nations a chance and give them assistance, but the premise of the matter is that you cannot conflict with the interests of their descendants.Once this red line is touched, the moral shackles will be very weak at this time. They can do almost anything, and their brutality is no worse than that of the original Portuguese and Spanish colonists.Therefore, the only solution is to move these people out of the New World, and then accept the assistance and asylum of the East Coast government, develop well, and strive to live a good life.

The Principality of Malawi near the yellow-black dividing line is a typical example of this.The East Coast government is very willing to provide assistance in various aspects, such as low-interest loans, market access, agricultural training (many are free of charge), system construction, places for studying abroad (there are a large number of free places), national defense commitments, etc. Powerful, comprehensive, and full of sincerity.From this we can see that people on the east coast may have a certain sense of guilt, so they spare no effort to help these countries.But still the old saying, don't touch the core interests of the east coast, and cleaning up people with aboriginal blood is one of the core interests.

The Russian immigrants represented by Goshkin are the "accomplices" of the people on the east coast, so they enjoy relatively good treatment.By the end of this year (1700), more than 4000 Russian immigrants had worked here in Jingmei County, generally engaged in grain planting and timber industries.Goshkin can be regarded as the general leader of the East Coast government to control this group, because he has a high reputation among Russian immigrants.Meijing County is famous for its iron mines, but there are also several small gold mines and diamond mines in the county, all of which are controlled by the East Coast Gold Company.Today Goshkin came to the bank of the Jinchuan River, east of Meijing Township, to encourage more than 200 Russian immigrants who were reclaiming wasteland near the mine.His eloquence is very good, and his knowledge is also very extraordinary, so after speaking, it is obvious that the morale of the escaped serfs has been raised a lot, and they have more expectations for their future life.However, he was old after all, and after talking all morning, his energy was a little low, so he went to the side to rest and chat with his son, Goivan, who had taken over the company for many years.

Goshkin Construction Company recently undertook some construction projects in Meijing County. The total project cost exceeded [-] yuan.

"The company still has a large backlog of gold coupons. When purchasing building materials, some people refused to accept them, or asked us to give some extra compensation, which caused a lot of difficulties for the company's daily operations." After putting down the teacup in his hand, Goiwan was a little worried He said: "The people are extremely distrustful of gold round coupons, and their currency system is far less strong than another legal currency (gold and silver coins). After all, too many gold round coupons have been printed in the past two years, and there are too few channels for exchanging gold. Suspension of business has made the public very suspicious of it, doubting whether the government has the ability to cash out these gold bills."

"Ivan, my child. You must know that from next year (1701), silver coins will officially withdraw from circulation and will no longer be a type of legal currency. Although gold coins will not withdraw so soon, it will be a matter of time .In the future, the gold exchange certificate must be the only legal currency, and it’s just a matter of time.” Goshkin said earnestly: “Look at the gold mines in Meijing County. For the time being, they can contribute more than two tons of gold a year, which is enough to guarantee More than 50 yuan of legal currency has been issued. Looking at the entire Tuanjie River Basin, how much gold production is this? The reason why it is difficult to exchange at this stage is simply because the mints under the Precious Metals Administration are running at full capacity. It’s nothing more than printing too much banknotes. In fact, these are temporary difficulties, as long as we get through this period, the situation will definitely improve in the future.”

"Don't think that the gold exchange certificate is a burden. This is not true." Goshkin continued: "Take a step back, even if your gold production in the Tuanjie River Basin drops suddenly, it really cannot be fully exchanged for the legal currency in circulation on the market. So what? As long as our country wins the future war and the currencies of European countries depreciate on a large scale, the currency system of the gold dollar notes will quickly stabilize and become the strongest currency on the market, because Europeans will sell them in large quantities out of risk aversion. Produce inferior domestic metal currency, and hoard gold round coupons in their hands. The currency of the world's most powerful country, its reputation guarantee is not only gold, but also many things behind it. For example, the invincible navy and army, firmly controlled Maritime trade routes, even political influence can help stabilize the currency system. I have lived for more than 60 years and have seen through these things. I hope you can really understand this, Ivan, you know, my child?"

"Confidence is always more important than gold!" Goshkin finally concluded.

(End of this chapter)