"This Hejian area has a humid climate, crisscrossing rivers and fertile soil, which is really a good place. Speaking of which, it is somewhat similar to your hometown in Sichuan, Brother Zhang, right?" On the surface of the Parana River, two ships, one in front and one in the back, were sailing against the wind. Because it was summer, the southeastern and southwest winds appeared very frequently, so the two ships could sail upwards more smoothly without having to rent a steam tug at Jingjiang Port near the estuary of the La Plata River, which saved a lot of money.

The person who could speak was a middle-aged man, who was about in his early thirties, with a ridiculous red turban wrapped around his head, just like a classic style popular among the pirates of the Caribbean. In fact, his profession is not so formal. Well, a captain who ran a single gang has been to the Caribbean Sea several times and Africa several times. Every time there are some goods of unknown origin in the cabin, accompanied by the sharp increase in his bank account numbers.

Yes, this is the fact that happened to the man of the famous church Wang Bingji. He seemed to be running a somewhat unjust business and quickly became rich because of it. However, in the past two years, I heard that he had not gone to the Caribbean again. Because the British and Dutch frigates were looking for him, the East Coast government authorities also interviewed him, so he quickly "turned back to justice", disbanded some of the crew members, and hired a group of local young people who were unwilling to farm but were willing to take risks in sailing, set sail to mainland China, and started the "person trafficking" career that the government likes very much. OK, we generally call this immigration.

Wang Bingji met Zhang Yilan when he was in the Far East, which was in 1685. The two of them purchased Tokyo raw silk in Vietnam (you can pretend to be Chinese raw silk when transported back to the east coast), and then bought a lot of silk silk and medicinal materials in Ningbo. Of course, the main "goods" were people, some Ming people who got it through various legal or illegal channels. With this relationship, the relationship between the two was naturally very strong. Even after returning to the country later, the two sides maintained contact.

Recently, Zhang Yilan went to the Caribbean Sea and sent a batch of medicines, agricultural tools, hardware products and daily necessities to the Air Canada station at the mouth of the Mobile River. Then he went to Sucheng Port, which is very famous among pirates. He also sent a large number of scarce supplies to this city with a growing population, and transported a large amount of stolen goods on hand back to China to cash in.

This time, the daily necessities in his cabin, including linen, cotton, ironware, wine, cheese, ham, vinegar, etc. were dumped by the pirates of Suchenggang at low prices. Zhang Yilan planned to sell it to the newly opened Hexi area of ​​the cross-border reclamation area to recycle cash. There is no doubt that this is a good business. Because of the low price, there is a large market among the generally poor economic reclamationists. I am afraid that the goods will be sold out as soon as they arrive. The land is a good business.

Compared with Zhang Yilan, the three-masted sailboat "Broken Axe Tree" that belongs to Wang Bingji, followed closely behind. There are many people on the deck. These people are all Ming people's faces, clothing, buns and other detailed characteristics reveal their identities. Of course, there are two officials on the deck from the General Administration of Development and Immigration Department, who are responsible for sending more than 100 immigrants to the land and handing them over to the local government to resettle, so that they can have an identity and start their own lives again.

It is worth mentioning that although for many years, some people have proposed to abolish the privilege of immigrants in the Far East (with household registration after they are registered), so that they can also work for seven years before they can become citizens, so as to squeeze their value to the greatest extent and reduce the government's spending on immigration. However, after so many years, the opinions of these people have never been passed, and they have no chance to discuss at the meeting, which shows the attitude of the official senior officials on this.

Italians, Russians or others are not as good as anyone else. Seven years of working time is a must, and it is a hard stubborn person. Without this one, even if you pass the Chinese language, you will not be able to be naturalized. This one alone is destined to pay a huge price for it. Not that no one can relax. But there is no doubt that most non-national labor workers who work on the east coast are engaged in very hard work, such as cleaning sewers, building roads and digging, sailors and mercenaries, etc., which is very difficult.

"Sichuan, that's where my father was born. I heard it was very beautiful and livable, but I never had the chance to go there." Zhang Yilan responded with a smile: "Last time I went to China, my boat had been to Wuchang, a port city under Shunguo. There, I talked with Zhang Shaozong, the agent of Dinghai Textile Factory. He was a very good person and told me that it was more troublesome to go to Sichuan, so I gave up. Thinking about it now, I should have persisted at that time, but it was a pity."

"It's nothing if you don't go. I heard that the sky mansion is prosperous and the Jincheng is prosperous and happy. I don't know how much masculinity has been eroded. Since ancient times, there has been a saying in China that "good women don't join the class, and good men don't join the Sichuan". No matter how heroic you are, you will be corrupted by the comfortable and enjoyable life over time, right?" Wang Bingji also said with a smile: "Our men on the East Coast should be determined to be in the world, conquer the waves of thousands of miles, and open up living space for future generations. How can you be tired of these? If you really want to rest and be prosperous, you should wait until you retire, haha."

While the two were talking and laughing, the ships began to reclaim their sails and slowed down. This was the place. The pier in front looked very new and not small in size, not like a new land, because it was made of cement, steel bars, stones and high-grade wood. It was expensive at first glance. Maybe it was the work of a state-owned inland river transportation company. They have always had sufficient funds and like to invest in important river ports in China because they value the commercial value of these river ports and nearby blocks in the next few decades.

"This port is called Wangxi Port. It has been built and completed in the past year. It is a masterpiece of the inland transport company. It is so beautiful." Zhang Yilan said after asking his subordinates to board a small boat that was flying over to find out the news.

The boat that was rowing over was a ship of the Port Authority, with two employees wearing uniforms of the inland transport company. They negotiated with this side and then returned. After a while, two steam tugs drove out with black smoke. It turned out that the port here was not dredging enough, and the big ship would be stranded if it was accidentally done. Moreover, it was troublesome to enter and exit the port. If it was not a steam tug, it would probably take a long time to make a fortune, so it would be better to rent such a tug. Anyway, it was not very expensive.

Wangxi Port was called Port Reconquista in later generations, and it was a city dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry. The reason why people on this time and space named it Wangxi was self-evident, that is, they hoped for this outpost and peeked into the land more west. You should know that unlike the Pampa Plain in the south, the people on the Chaco Plain are relatively sparse and the development level is seriously insufficient. Therefore, when people on the East Coast crossed the border and established colonial towns here, they encountered much less resistance from Spain, and even many colonial activities were not known to the Spanish.

The East Coast Intelligence Department has now discovered that if you bring enough food, supplies, and mules and horses from Wangxi Port, you can reach Tucumman, Salta, Jujuy and other relatively densely populated areas in the northwest of the Buenos Aires Procuratorate District. This road is very easy to walk, and it is smooth all the way. Apart from the Quechua tribes that appear from time to time, there is no other risk that you may encounter. If you ignore the threat of the numerous mountain lions on the grassland.

Of course, if this road only leads to the Spanish colonial towns on the eastern foot of the Andes, then we will say, oh, that's good, it's a very good commercial route, but it's not enough, and it can't be called an important strategic route. However, if someone now tells you that you can easily cross the Andes and enter the coastal areas of Lower Peru (Charcas Court District), then the importance of this route will be infinitely increased. In the eyes of people on the east coast, any land transportation route that can easily communicate the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean is of great value and is an important asset of a two-way country. In the future, high-level combat readiness highways and even railways will definitely be built, otherwise how to control the centrifugal trend on the other side of the Andes?

So, considering this factor, you can now better understand why the state-owned inland transport company is going to build a large-scale construction here without any hedges. It can be foreseeable that for a long time in the future, this place should also be a town that absorbs the most pioneers (there is a clear proof that Wu Bingji's ship was arranged here by the State Development Administration), because it requires a large population to make it flourish quickly and thus serve as a base for expeditions to the Chako Plain. This is the main reason.

There is no doubt that the Spaniards will definitely not support the series of things planned by the East Coast people on the Chaco Plain. Once the East Coast eats the sparsely populated Chaco Plain and pushes its sphere of influence to the grasslands near the eastern foot of the Andes, it will inevitably pose a serious threat to Jujuy, Salta, Tucumman and other regions. In the most extreme case, such a "blessed road" (relatively speaking) leading from Cordoba, La Rioja and other places to Lower Peru will be cut off. Not only will the gold and silver bars in Chile and Charcas and other places be unable to be transported to Buenos Aires through here, but the economy between the two places will be completely stopped. At that time, all the land in the Buenos Aires trial court area will become a de facto enclave. Whether the East Coast people will be eaten with leather and bones in the future will be seen without any questions!

Therefore, both sides have actually deeply realized the importance of the Chaco Plain, that is, this great plain may not be as good as the Pampa Plain in terms of agricultural conditions, but its geographical location is very important. You can go to Paraguay and Charkas in the north, go down to the Pampa Plain in the south, and climb over the mountains to enter the Pacific side. The end is the core hinterland, which is very important.

Nowadays, the Spaniards may not have fully realized the possessiveness of the East Coast people of this land, or they have no good way to stop it after knowing it, so they can only delay it for a day. But no matter what the Spaniards think, the East Coast people are determined to take down this plain, push the actual control line to the eastern foot of the Andes, form a half-encirclement of the entire Pampa plain, laying a solid foundation for the future swallowing of the entire area.

The large plains of Chaco, Pampa, and Paraguay have been seen by the East Coast people for a long time. The government departments have a lot of research materials on this large area of ​​land, many times more than the Spanish. In the eyes of the East Coast people, this area will be the "Central Plains" of the East Coast Republic of China in the future and is the core area. For this reason, even if the expansion in the direction of Brazil is suspended, the primary goal is firmly set in the Buenos Aires Procuratorate District, and it will not stop until it is completely eaten!

Zhang Yilan and Wang Bingji's ships were moored in Wangxi Port for about a day. On January 3, 1688, the two ships left the dock almost empty and headed towards Qingdao Port. They will replenish some supplies there, and also recruit some Italian non-national labor workers to board the ship to supplement some sailors who are about to leave. Their next goal is to go to the Far East and do trade while trying to find a way to reorganize a group of Ming people to immigrate back. Recently, the central government will set up a near Wangxi Port.
Chapter completed!