Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2481 Leisurely away from war ([-])

"Senior, this vegetable garden is so beautiful." After seeing several pumpkins weighing several kilograms and large slices of neatly packed tomato vegetable beds, a director of the State Intelligence Bureau sighed: "My father was in My hometown in Luocha County also has such a vegetable garden, which has vegetables, fruit trees, and vines, and every time I go home, I have to take a nap under the vine.”

"Director Song is also a person who loves life, but there is still something different here in Nanzhuo." Wei Jianzhang nodded and smiled: "Because of the special climate, the fruits or vegetables here will grow extra large and taste more delicious. This It is the blessing bestowed by Tianzun, which not only gave you the bad weather, but also gave you good oasis agriculture, and also tempered the perseverance of the local people."

"Maybe there are petroleum, kaolin, tungsten ore, lead ore and zinc ore." Director Song added with a smile.

"It can't be nothing." Wei Jianzhang smiled and lifted up a flower with a broken stalk, and said, "Actually, the life here in the oasis is quite comfortable, except that it is a little bit windy in winter. There is nothing to be dissatisfied with, and it is especially friendly to an older person like me."

Indeed, as Wei Jianzhang said, the three main rivers in the Southern Cone region, the Chubut River, the Ludang River, and the Baoxing River, continue all year round (the Huangyang River in the south will not be discussed, because the climate is relatively cold), even in dry seasons. traffic.In particular, the Ludang River, which has the most abundant water, can even drive an inland boat from the mouth of the river to the vicinity of Dingnan Town.Every year, people on the east bank allocate a large amount of funds—shared by the central finance, regional finance, and county and township finances along the way—to dredge the river to ensure that ships can navigate.

At the same time, cotton, which consumes a lot of water, was also banned.Although there is little rainfall here, the air is clear and the sunshine time is long, which is very suitable for the growth of cotton.But the prohibition is a joint decision made by everyone. Cotton consumes too much water, which will seriously squeeze out the share of water used in other fields, and even cause the water level of the river to drop, making it difficult to sail during dry seasons. So let the people in Chaco earn the money, anyway. There is a large scale of cotton planting there, and we have to protect the water source we rely on for our survival—a certain "platinum country" in Central Asia in later generations overgrown cotton without restraint, which led to intensified water conflicts and conflicts with neighboring countries. The salinization of their own soil, and finally had to stop the export of cotton, unsustainable.

The management of the oasis of the Nanzhuo River by the people on the east coast seems to be relatively successful so far.The windbreak forest is fragmented land cut by irrigation canals extending in all directions. High-value cash crops are planted on the land. At the same time, the concept of water-saving agriculture has been introduced. Drip irrigation technology is popular, and the overall agricultural efficiency is very high.In cities other than rural areas, there are also many green parks, with lush trees and fragrant flowers everywhere. Dingnan Town is a typical garden city, very beautiful. It is no wonder that the Ministry of Geology, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Academy of Engineering Technology and some Well-known companies will set up branches here, and the East Coast University of Geosciences, which has just been established for less than a year, even has a campus here, which can be seen.

"Let's just sit in this yard. It's spacious and we can see the sun. When we're old, we like to bask in the sun." The servants and guards in the house jointly brought tables, chairs and benches, and built a pot of maté for each of them. Tea, Wei Jianzhang sat on a grand teacher's chair and greeted everyone to drink tea.

"Hehe, on weekdays, he travels all over the place and is busy with work, but he can still steal half a day's leisure at the senior's place." Director Song dragged a wicker chair, sat opposite Wei Jianzhang, and said with a smile.

"Then rest more, I don't have anything else here, tea and snacks are still enough." Wei Jianzhang said.

"It's not as chic as the old man, he doesn't have so much leisure time." Director Song laughed, took a sip from his teacup, and after seeing that the servants and guards had left, he straightened his mind and finally decided to get straight to the point: "Senior , Song came here this time, in fact, he was ordered by his superiors, and wanted to inquire about someone with Senior Wei."

"I'm a retiree. If you ask me, I'm afraid it's not because of a tree." Wei Jianzhang smiled, and then stretched out his hand and said, "Just kidding. Director Song, if you have something to say, just say it. Wei has worked in the General Administration all his life, isn't that Such an ignorant brat, tell me, and I will definitely answer if I can answer."

"Senior Wei, don't have to worry about it. In fact, the bureau has authorized me to come here this time. This is a document. Senior is worried that some secret-related matters cannot be said. This is too much to worry about, but it doesn't matter." Director Song will A stamped and signed document was handed to Wei Jianzhang, and he said softly.

Wei Jianzhang took the document silently, and found that it was a letter of appointment, which stated that Director Song and three attendants were members of a special working group, and were ordered to participate in certain confidential matters, authorized as "full authority".Wei Jianzhang suddenly understood that these young people may have been following this "case" for a long time, and they came to see him today, and it is estimated that things have already begun.Therefore, he quickly indicated the identities of Director Song and others, and signaled him to speak.

"Senior, has Wei Mingxing been in contact with you these years?" Director Song asked.

"I have never had any contact with him. My deceased mother doesn't like him, although this person has never appeared in front of our family." Wei Jianzhang said frankly: "As far as I know, the scope of activities of this person Wei Mingxing is mainly limited to Heishui , Manmeng, Denglai, Japan and North Korea and other places. He has served in the army, you should go to the Ministry of the Army to check the information."

"We have other working groups at the Ministry of the Army, and the information has basically been checked long ago." Director Song said: "We came to disturb you, mainly to see if there is any new information from your side. After all, you and him are half-brothers, so you may know more about him than ordinary people."

"This is what you take for granted. In fact, we have never been in touch. It's as simple as that. I only learned something when I read the internal materials. My father even kept this from me, and I couldn't help it." Wei Jianzhang said.

Director Song stared at him for a while, as if trying to tell the truth from what he said.In his opinion, it is impossible for Wei Jianzhang to be ignorant, but it would be nonsense to say how deeply he was involved in this matter.In fact, because he was the son of Wei Boqiu, he was too eye-catching, so the old bosses—such as Ma Wanpeng, a former member of the executive committee who has passed away—deliberately bypassed him when operating this matter.Wei Jianzhang wasn't even counted as a peripheral member, and talking to him was indeed just a routine matter, and Wei himself should understand this in his heart.

"Well, since senior really doesn't know, we won't ask any more questions." Director Song signaled his followers to put away their pens and notebooks, and said with a smile.There are some things he can't tell Wei Jianzhang. For example, the upper management has basically set the tone, that is, "don't turn over old accounts."That said, it doesn't matter how many people were involved in this before.That's it, so far, there will be no large-scale investigation.What they are doing now is just collecting information, and it will be sealed up in the future, and it may be decrypted and rediscovered in decades.

As for the North American Democratic Freedom Federation, two talks have been held with the diplomatic envoys of the East Coast government.The overall attitude of the two sides is relatively positive. The North American Democratic Freedom Federation released several east coast traffic boats captured by them, and at the same time sent some food and medicine to Cedar Fort, which had been besieged for a long time, to avoid a large-scale attrition of its staff.The upper echelons on the east coast have now officially given up their plan to solve them by force, and intend to recognize their regime and establish diplomatic relations with them.

Of course, this does not mean that the East Coast government wants to treat the country as an equal, in fact this is impossible.For example, they currently occupy a large area of ​​land, but it is actually very virtual, and many places are not actually controlled by people on the east coast.The East Coast government is unwilling to recognize its existing territory and must approve and limit it.In addition, the expansion of the North American Democratic Freedom Federation must be limited, and it is impossible for you to increase the territory without limit.The North American continent is so vast, who knows how far you will expand?Therefore, the East Coast government will send a team of observers to the North American continent to monitor a series of behaviors of the North American Democratic Freedom Federation, so as not to make any outrageous things.

From this, we can also see that the East Coast government regards the North American Democratic Freedom Federation as a "son country" that can take whatever it wants, and has no intention of respecting them at all.What reforms do I want you to carry out, what do I want to restrict you, what do I want you to do, there is "guidance" in every move, and no overstepping is allowed, which is basically the attitude of the suzerain country towards the vassal country-I admit that you are a good son Don't think about freedom, just be obedient and obedient.

However, the North American Democratic Freedom Federation is used to being wild. Whether they will listen to the East Coast government is also a question.Of course, in the eyes of East Coast "elites" like Chief Song, the situation in this country is very bad.Not only has the population growth been sluggish, but the domestic level of science and technology is also very low. This can be seen from their naval warships. They are basically at the same level as Europeans, and even worse in some small details.Furthermore, domestic technology for people's livelihood is also very backward. Except for a few factories established in the early years, industrial production is basically limited to the handicraft stage.And it can be seen that it is more difficult to upgrade, because its literacy rate is too low, and a large number of citizens are in a state of ignorance, which is effectively transformed into industrial labor force.In short, this is an agricultural country with a small industrial base, and it is not at the same order of magnitude as the lighthouse of world civilization on the east coast.No wonder, in the eyes of many East Coast officials, being willing to have a dialogue and negotiation with you is already a great deal of face, but don't be ashamed!

In the country of the North American Democratic Freedom Federation, it is better to recognize the reality as soon as possible, cooperate well, and strive to occupy a good position in the world civilization circle established on the east coast in the future.

(End of this chapter)