Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 820 On the Bank of the Wujiang River ([-])

On July 1650, 7, in the Wujiang area, at the bend of many rivers criss-crossing in the east of Jingjiang Port, south of Xindi Township, and north of Tuanjie Township, there was a newest agricultural settlement——Xinshengbao (meaning "a long distance away" The settlers of the Ming Dynasty who came to get a new life) are holding a listing ceremony.Tang Yuan, Commissioner of the Wujiang District Administrative Office, Liao Xiaoyao, Regional Police Commander, and former State Intelligence Bureau officials, Chuan Erdai, Hyundai Executive Committee and Dongan Company are in charge of the newly established Jingjiang Paper Mill (the Ministry of Industry and Commerce holds 5% of the shares, Dongan Company Tian Xing, who owns 80% of the shares), arrived at the scene together, and under the escort of the police, celebrated the completion of the new settlement with more than a thousand new immigrants here.

After the completion of this settlement, Jingjiang County, the first county-level administrative unit in the Wujiang area, will be formally established in the next few days (the executive committee has already approved it).Jingjiang County governs one town (Jingjiang Township), two townships (Tianjie Township, Xindi Township) and one Fort (Xinshengbao), with a total population of more than 4000 people, including [-] people in Jingjiang Township, where the county government is located.

However, Jingjiang County is not the ninth county-level administrative unit of the Eastern China Republic, not even the tenth county-level administrative unit.Because before this county was established, on January 1 this year, Dingxi County was newly established in the North Yazihu ​​area (jurisdiction over five township-level administrative units, Dingxi Town, Pingxi Township, Rat Township, Takquari Township and Northern Botanical Garden, with 1 population), and this is also the second county-level administrative unit in the North Yazihu ​​area and the ninth county-level administrative unit in the country; in June, the third county-level administrative unit in the South Yazihu ​​area and the tenth county-level administrative unit in the country Zhongshan County After the approval of the executive committee, it was formally established. The county seat is Zhongshan Town, and it also governs Xinkenis Township, Shengjie Township and the newly established Songshubao.Pine Castle is located near the small town of Pinheiro Machado in later generations of Brazil. It is famous for the large number of pine forests in the area. — Zhongshan Town — Pine Castle).Zhongshan County is located in a hilly area with relatively gentle terrain, with an altitude of 1.6-6 meters. The total population of the county is 100. The climate is warm and the precipitation is suitable. Most of the population lives on agriculture (livestock, planting) and logging. , is a typical hilly agricultural county.

Today, in July, after more than two years of development, Jingjiang County has finally caught up with the good time to establish a county, and this county is also No.11 in the country. county-level administrative units.After building three new counties in one go, the executive committee finally stopped. This year, the new population has also increased to the Wujiang area and along the Northwest Railway. In addition, the executive committee is only a few in the Yazihu ​​basin A number of isolated settlements were built in this area.

Along the Northwest Railway, which was developed by the executive committee, as the second heavy industry base in China, it has the No. mine, manganese and gold) and other units such as Tieling Fort and its surrounding areas are naturally the focus.

On the original site of Tacuarombo, a large inland city in Uruguay, the people on the east bank built a brick and wood mixed structure fortress and named it Linxi Fort (meaning west of the forest); ten miles southeast of Linxi Fort At the confluence of Linxi River (Tacquarumbo River) and Lindong River (Tres-Cruces River), a new settlement Majiawan Fort was established. A private villa was bought and built at the beautiful river bend; in the south of Tieling Fort, at the confluence of Jinshui River (Kunyapiru River, named after the discovery of placer gold in the river sand) and Linxi River, there is also a new A settlement, Jinshuibao, was set up; and near the small town of Ansina in Uruguay in later generations, the people on the east coast also established a new settlement, Inababao, so the climate, soil and irrigation conditions are suitable for growing rice.

Among the above four new settlements, except Linxi Fort, which has almost been built, the other three settlements only exist on the design drawings. Currently, only a few construction teams and immigrants from the front station have arrived here by railway.While cutting logs and building houses here, they waited for the brick kiln, lime kiln, cement kiln, etc. on the other side of Tieling Fort to transport building materials here, so as to start the construction of the settlement.

There is no doubt that the construction of these settlements is inseparable from the development of Tieling Fort.As the first industrial town in the inland area of ​​Northwest China, Tieling Fort currently has a large population (more than 5000 people) and a large number of enterprises—in addition to several large backbone enterprises, the Tieling Branch of East Coast Building Materials Company has also been newly established. , under the jurisdiction of a brick wheel kiln, a lime kiln and a cement kiln.It can also be seen from this that the other three newly established settlements are basically for Tieling, especially Majiawan Fort, Jinshui Fort and Inaba Fort with very good agricultural conditions. The nearby well-known land of fish and rice is enough to support the rapid development of the entire Tieling area.

After the development of the Tieling area, the people on the east coast will also use this as a base to rapidly expand around, expel the remaining Chaluyas and Kelandi people (there are also Kelandi aborigines living on both sides of the Uruguay River), and make the Far East Immigrants from the Ming Dynasty settled here.Here is an endless plain terrain, and it is an undeveloped virgin land. The rivers are criss-cross, the precipitation is abundant, and the climate is suitable. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is fertile and wild. The blood transfusion site that the shore people expanded to the entire La Plata area later.

The industrial and agricultural conditions in the Tieling area are good, and the Wujiang area is not bad either.For example, in the newly established Jingjiang County, the land here is more fertile than the inland areas due to the flooding of the Wujiang River for many years. The alfalfa and soybeans planted by local residents in the past two years (used to fertilize the fields and improve the soil fertility of the habitat by the way) ) is growing very well.The alfalfa is plump and juicy, the soybeans are full and round, and the improved variety "Mancangjin" is planted. Therefore, Jingjiang County ushered in a bumper harvest of soybeans, which made the settlers laugh from ear to ear.

"Jingjiang is the first county to be established in the Wujiang area, and it is also the most densely populated place here. When the population of the whole area is only [-] people, this place accounts for nearly two-thirds. The center of gravity of the whole region can’t be overstated.” Tang Yuan, a commissioner of the district administrative office, panted heavily, and said, “This place is fertile and fertile, with abundant water sources, and it’s a plain terrain. The forest area is not small. If it’s well developed, the prospects are very good. The only thing that needs to be done is Flood disasters are probably what we are worried about, and this requires our own efforts. First of all, the swamps and water pools along the river cannot be filled, otherwise the flood storage capacity will be greatly insufficient. Blindly marching into wetlands and swamps in pursuit of agricultural benefits will only be worth the candle. After all , Our human-land conflict is not that big, so there is no need to do this. In addition, the work of artificial reservoirs and irrigation canals is the top priority in the near future, and we must not let it go.”

The artificial reservoirs and irrigation canals mentioned by Tangyuan require a lot of manpower and material resources. Therefore, the regional administration has allocated special funds from the finances to purchase a batch of steam plows (for digging ditches) at the Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Factory in the north. Contact several well-known labor brokers and ask them to hire a large number of laborers from the old continent to help complete these huge projects.The Uruguay region is good, but there is also a small problem, that is, the rainfall is relatively average throughout the year, and it can even be said that the precipitation in cold winter is slightly more than that in summer, which is a typical difference between rain and heat.And this is actually the reason why people on the east bank vigorously build artificial reservoirs, reservoirs and irrigation canals wherever they go. It is really because the crops urgently need water for irrigation in the slightly dry summer, so they have to do so.

Naturally, the Wujiang area is also like this. Summer is a bit dry, with only about [-] millimeters of precipitation per month, but winter precipitation (mostly in the form of snowfall) is more.Although this kind of precipitation condition will not greatly reduce the yield of crops, it will affect it to some extent.Therefore, since God does not give face, then find a way by yourself!In places with relatively abundant water resources, overhaul artificial reservoirs, and in places with relatively few water resources, build artificial reservoirs, drill wells, and then add permanent irrigation canals made of masonry and cement, which can basically offset this disadvantage. Affected, even more convenient and reliable.

Although this method requires a relatively large initial investment, a large amount of manpower and material resources are required to be invested in reservoirs, irrigation canals, steam pumping water stations, etc., and it is also a big burden on the national finance.But as long as you grit your teeth and invest this money, you only need to invest a certain amount of funds for maintenance every year in the future, and you can create a foundation for local farmers to survive.

"Water conservancy construction is the most important thing, and this is in our province." Liao Xiaoyao, the regional police commander standing next to Tangyuan, immediately replied, "I will compress military training and try to spare time so that everyone can come to the construction site to work. Water conservancy The importance of the facilities can’t be overstated no matter how high they are, I’ve also been to the countryside in the northern Yazihu ​​Basin, and the water conservancy facilities are really good, so it’s now become a big granary for our country.”

"Water conservancy facilities are not a one-off deal. Although we have invested a huge amount of money to finish it this year, we will continue to spend money on maintenance every year in the future." Tangyuan said, "We must not make the mistake of future generations ignoring investment in water conservancy construction, leading to blindness when the weather is dry." It is better to be unremitting now and invest every year than to pay back historical debts in a hurry. Besides, labor is so cheap now, and many of them are almost free of charge. Now do more work that needs to be done , it’s better than not being able to afford large-scale water conservancy construction when labor prices rise in the future, right?”

(End of this chapter)