Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2418 Unity River ([-])

"Xiao Yan Wang is here!" The weather in the afternoon was a little hot, and the workers of the road construction team looked weak, and their hands and feet were slow.Even the overseers who oversee them are in the same situation, who are hiding in the shade of the trees and chatting.

But with the roar of the report, the situation suddenly changed.First, the supervisors jumped up and waved the whips in their hands among the workers of the road construction team, yelling and cursing incessantly: "You lazy bastards, you bastards! Staring at you makes me lazy. Get moving, fuck, slackers! Work!"

The Indians and Mestizos who had been working slowly suddenly howled, and their hands involuntarily sped up their movements.The weather of this dog day is already unbearably hot, with weakness in hands and feet, and fatigue in the body.Usually at this time, the supervisors will relax their supervision in a "humane" way, so that these poor workers can have a little breathing space. This is a tacit understanding between the two parties for a long time.But there is no other way now, the big leaders are coming to visit, the supervisors can’t open their eyes and close their eyes, and the workers can only cheer up and work with all their strength.

Soon, in less than 10 minutes, Xiao Guang, director of the Military Management Office of Tuanjiehe District, accompanied by a group of guards, arrived at the construction site at lightning speed."Xiao Yan Wang" quickly got off his horse, threw the whip to the staff officer behind him, and then climbed into an observation post built on a high ground, overlooking the ground.

"How many laborers are working here at present?" He asked the police squadron leader of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who was responsible for the security work here.There are about 150 people in this squadron, all of whom have horses and are extremely mobile. They are stationed on the periphery and do not undertake supervisory tasks.

"There are about 4500 people, more than half of them are Guarani people from Paraguay. The rest are more mixed, including Tupi Indians from the local area, and Mestizo and Kelandi people from the south. I got it in various ways." The squadron leader replied honestly.

"How is the medical assistance system established?" Xiao Guang asked again.

According to regulations, even non-national laborers have the right to enjoy the most basic medical services (for a fee, of course).Although these services are very poor, there is no treatment at all, and the medicines prescribed are basically placebo in many cases, but for the huge group of non-national laborers, this is still very important, although most of them are suffering from headaches. I can't bear to spend money on medical treatment.

In addition, even though the technical level of these doctors is very average, they have received a certain degree of relevant education after all, and are no strangers to health and epidemic prevention.So, at this point, they were actually the savior of a lot of labor camps.Laborers did not know how to prevent epidemics, but doctors did, which helped them avoid many deadly diseases, especially infectious diseases.

"It's not that good." The squadron leader is a wonderful person, and told the truth: "The new arrivals are all medical students in their 20s, and their level is very limited. Even our people don't want to see them when they are sick, and they would rather ride a horse." Go to the countryside. But it doesn’t matter, the income of the laborers is too low, and they can’t leave the camp, so they can only find these young doctors, which gives them a lot of opportunities to practice their mobile phones, and maybe they can grow up in advance.”

"Hehe, it sounds like a large-scale training base. In the future, when the county-level hospitals expand their scale and there is a shortage of manpower, they can fill in." Xiao Guang said with a smile.

He is now located in Yangping County, a newly established county in the middle of last year (1700), which has jurisdiction over Yangping Township, Donglouzi Township, Songbo Township, Xingfa Township, Zeshan Township and Xiande Township. The 198th county-level administrative unit in the country, with a population of nearly 199.Established together with it, there is also Huangya County, which has jurisdiction over Huangya Town, Maimang Township, Xilouzi Township and Fangyuan Township. It is the 1th county-level administrative unit in the country and currently has a population of nearly [-]. look.

The establishment of these two counties highlights the importance the central government attaches to the Tuanjie River Basin.In a small remote and poor area, several counties have been established in just a few years, and there is still a considerable population, which is rare in the whole country.

There are also many gold mines in these two counties, as well as mineral resources such as silver, copper, lead, tin, iron, jadeite, gemstones, and diamonds, and their ability to create wealth is quite strong.Perhaps this is the reason why the central government has given important support here. The investment has great results and quick returns. In this difficult time of financial constraints, it is not insignificant.

In addition to these two counties, under the instruction of the Executive Committee, the National Development Bureau also planned to add more than a dozen settlements in the Tuanjie River Basin in the first half of this year (1701) to expand the area. development efforts.

These settlements are: Lindong Township (located near the later town of Conceição de Matudentru), Jinhui Township (located near the later town of Diamantina), Pingpu Township (located near the later town of Pesa Nia Township), Spring Valley Township (located near the later town of Itamarandiba), Fengzi Township (located near the later Malakasheta Township), Yongjin Township (located near the later Ojos Da Gua town), Xinjin Township (located near the later town of Turmarina), Zhongqiu Township (located near the later town of Cruzeiro Nuova), Fujin Township (located in the later Kristalia small town Township), Fushan Township (located near the later town of Arazuai), Dongqu Township (located near the later town of Yitaobin), Gaoding Township (located near the later town of Salinas), Luzhong Township ( Located near the later town of Janamba), Yongtuo Township (located near the later town of São João da Pence), Lingan (located near the later town of Jaiba), Caoshan Township (located in the later Monte Azul Near the small town), a total of [-] settlements are expected to accommodate more than [-] immigrants.

Among the above-mentioned settlements, some were established purely for regional agricultural and animal husbandry production, such as Lindong, Chungu, Fengzi, Pingpu, etc.; some were established as traffic arteries, such as Dongqu and Caoshan.There are also those established as important gold mining areas, such as Yongjin, Fujin, Jinhui, Xinjin and other places. Each of these towns has large gold mines. At present, militias have been stationed and the mountains and roads have been closed to prevent illegal mining. Gold miners steal national resources.In the future, after the training of the newly recruited employees of the East Coast Gold Company-this company has really experienced horrifying rapid expansion in recent years, and the number of personnel has doubled again and again, but it is still insufficient-the production of these gold mines will be put on agenda.

One thing that needs to be explained is that among the sixteen newly established settlements, not only Yongjin and other four places have gold mines.In fact, more than two-thirds of these settlements have gold mines, whether large or small.There is no way, the Tuanjie River Basin is too rich, and the East Bank Gold Company can only focus on the big and let go of the small, giving priority to gold mines with large reserves, low mining costs, and convenient transportation, and will only engage in other gold mines after the expansion of personnel is completed. .This undoubtedly gave private gold diggers great room for profit, and it is also the main reason why the chronic public security problems in this area are so difficult to solve.

Lieutenant Colonel Xiao Guang, as the highest official in the Tuanjiehe area and the director of the Military Management Office, has always been known for his iron-handed rectification, and this earned him the nickname "Xiao Yanwang".However, when the law and order in the older towns had just improved, [-] new settlements were suddenly added, and most of them were places rich in gold and gem resources. It is conceivable that the law and order would collapse to the point of collapse. to what extent.

How the country is short of money!Is it really necessary to increase the annual gold production by one hundred tons?Well, well, one hundred tons of gold can indeed support the printing of more than 5000 million French currency banknotes without fear of compilation.But the question is, will throwing so much money into the market at once will greatly disrupt the economic order?Has the government completely ignored inflation?Or, were they already considering the possibility that foreign governments or merchants would stockpile large amounts of gold bills?Is the East Coast fiat currency about to officially become a global hard currency?

Gold is really a thing that people love and hate!

"Do a good job in safety and security. In addition, don't treat these non-national laborers too harshly. The current death rate is a bit too high, try to improve it." Xiao Guang said: "The conditions have improved, and people's hearts can be more stable. There will also be less chance of riots.”

Xiao Guang didn't say anything else, that's how I could deploy some more armed police to solve the security problem.His time in the Tuanjie River Basin is running out, and because of his outstanding work in law and order and gold production, he has been recognized by his superiors and is about to be promoted to a colonel in the army.

As far as he is concerned, in fact, he also hopes to return to the front-line field troops to lead troops, rather than stay in the place and play hide-and-seek with the bandits.The director of the military management office is usually the position of an army general for the elderly, which is really not suitable for a young man like him.

He had previously vaguely expressed his request to go to Europe to lead troops to fight, but was rejected by the bosses of the Ministry of War.Therefore, he settled for the next best thing and decided to visit the Far East and accumulate some experience in leading troops and even in combat.This time, the bosses did not reject him again. "Xiao Yan Wang" will receive a transfer order in about half a year, and go to the Far East to serve as the head of a mixed regiment, and at the same time serve as the local security commander and other positions.

And before leaving, the ghosts and monsters in the local area will naturally have to clean up some, catch a batch, kill a batch, so that those lawless people will feel fear, so as to live up to his reputation as "Xiao Yan Wang".And this undoubtedly requires sufficient troops. The trinity of the armed police of the Ministry of the Interior, the local garrison soldiers, and the militia of the security regiment is indispensable.

They can even enter Portuguese Brazil in the name of suppressing bandits and cause trouble.You must know that the Tuanjie River Basin borders Portugal, and some settlements established by people from the east bank have actually entered the territory of Portugal.Considering the Portuguese's bad record in arms reselling and black market transactions, the people on the east coast seem to have enough reasons to cross the border and punish them.As for whether you can leave after crossing the border, that is another matter.

Portugal is almost an ally on the east coast now, and there are not so many opportunities to encroach on their territory!

(End of this chapter)