On March 20, 1691, Ma Wenqiang, who had already stepped down as chairman of the Executive Committee of the East Coast Republic of China, came to the Hexi area of ​​the Chako Plain.

Because it had crossed the border and reclaimed before negotiating the land with the Spaniards, the colonial towns set up along the river in Hexi have developed well and have begun to take shape. However, the content of its development seems to be somewhat different from the local planning and may be revised to a certain extent in the future.

"The Hexi region had no plans at the beginning, so it just kept crossing the border and occupied the land first. As a result, everyone is now in various and messy. Wheat, rice, corn, soybeans, fruits, vegetables, everything, and doing everything. This is not good. But this is the central government's mistake, and it's not your fault in the local area." Ma Wenqiang, who was standing on the deck of a 150-ton inland steamer, said to the left and right.

The closest to him is Wang Dazhuang, who has been promoted to Hexi County Magistrate. He also brought some county officials around him to visit and inspect the inspection. This has now become a reserved benefit for the resigned executive committee member of the East Coast. Ordinary executive committee members can go to the department they are in charge to inspect and inspect the inspection. The chairman of the executive committee will inspect the whole country according to the route formulated in advance.

Hexi County is a county specially established by the central government to support La Plata's new land (in December last year). It has five townships, namely Hexi Town, Houbo Township, Jiefang Township, Shanfu Township and Desheng Township, and is the 150th county in the country. Together, it is also the 151st county in the country. The county has six townships, namely Fanrong Town, Shengli Township, Fendou Township, Jingqian Township, Fansheng Township and Fusheng Township; Wangxi County, the 152nd county in the country, has five townships, namely Wangxi Town, Baima Township, Baisha Township, Saibo Township and Shagou Township.

These three counties, including Chaigou Township, Houshui Township, Shengshui Township, Nanyuan Township (the city of Resistencia that will be captured), Shuiqing Township (near Eladura, Argentina), Jingting Township (near Shermosa, Argentina), Shande Township (near Alejandra Village, Argentina), and Wangu Township (near Crespo, Argentina) and Wangu Township (near Crespo, Argentina) to form a total colonial network of the East Coast people in the Hexi region. There is a total of more than 50,000 people here. At present, it cannot be said that they are self-sufficient overall, and the government still needs to provide some assistance privately. However, some of the areas with earlier developments have indeed barely achieved balance between income and expenditure.

Of course, this so-called balance of income and expenditure can only be achieved without large projects. In fact, with the current situation in Hexi, large-scale infrastructure activities cannot be stopped for a moment. The most important one is undoubtedly the river waterproofing project. This is a bottomless pit and nothing can be done without the support of the central government.

"Chairman Ma, are you saying that we need to change the direction of development here? In fact, we also feel that we have no idea what to do and can only start with the most basic survival. Now it seems that we are indeed a bit conservative. Since the central government has a new plan, then..."

"No, the central government has a plan, but it is not aimed at you." Ma Wenqiang waved his hand and said with a smile: "In fact, what you are doing is right now. Pioneering hard currency such as grain, meat, fish, and wine are needed at any time. The country plans to open up land on a large scale in the inland areas of the Chako Plain to unify the economic crops such as cotton. It is obvious that the grain output of these cotton planting areas will be seriously insufficient and needs to be transported from the outside world. Your counties are established along the river, with relatively fertile soil, and you can indeed carry out some grain planting and raise some livestock to supply cotton production areas nearby. Of course, based on your size, it is probably far from meeting the needs of the cotton production areas. The Pampa Plain in the south and the Hejian area in the east will transport a large amount of grain to meet the needs. You should do it as it was, but it needs to improve production efficiency. Do you understand?"

As everyone was talking, the small steamer had already swept into the port with black smoke. At this time, two three-masted sailboats were also towed by steam tugs, slowly sailing into the port to anchor. Wang Dazhuang, who had worked in Hexi County for many years, knew that this should be the merchant ship of two human traffickers, Wang Bingji and Zhang Yilan. They worked full-time to recruit people from the Far East, and sometimes they also took some oriental specialties from the Zheng family in Fujian and the Li family in Guangdong, and went to the local area to sell them, making a lot of profits.

However, sometimes they would go to the Caribbean once, do some suspicious things, and then return to the cargo, including daily necessities, metal tools, clothes and cloth. These goods can be seen as being produced in the old continent and are surprisingly cheap, which is very suitable for those pioneers in Hexi who are not very well-off. Wang Dazhuang vaguely knew where these goods came from, but because they were very beneficial to him, he pretended not to know. Unexpectedly, when he accompanied the resigned Chairman Ma to visit the county today, he actually encountered these two goods on the dock, which was a little embarrassed.

These two guys have almost become Wang Dazhuang's fixed partners now. The stolen goods they get can always be sold at a good price within Wang's jurisdiction, and then buy food, wine and drinks at a preferential price. Moreover, Wang Dazhuang also pays the head fee for immigration very promptly, unlike some local governments that delay it, which makes people feel unhappy. Therefore, over time, both parties become fixed partners, which is a model of win-win cooperation.

Wang and Zhang seemed to have a relatively good way of transporting the "goods" this time, all of which were immigrants from the Far East, without particularly eye-catching stolen goods, which made Wang Dazhuang feel relieved. Sending people to Hexi is a good thing, and it is also something that the central government has always encouraged and supported. When Ma Wenqiang saw it, he would only be happy, and would not say anything else.

According to data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the middle of last year, the total population of the East Coast Republic of China is believed to have reached a historical high of 7.5 million. Among them, the proportion of East Coast people born in the local area reached 62.4%, becoming increasingly the backbone and mainstream of the country; the proportion of Eastern immigrants was 25.7%, and the number of white people hovered around 11.9%. Both still have a certain influence on the current East Coast culture, but have been greatly reduced.

The number of 7.5 million is not too much, but it is not too little. It is not enough to fill the current land, but it is enough to control most of the essence areas in the form of point and surface. Why is it necessary to fill the entire land so radical? The behavior of thinking that interference is difficult to last for a long time. After all, the current environment of many inland hinterlands is not very friendly to humans.

However, people on the East Coast have now set their sights on the vast La Plata, a fertile land with a population carrying capacity that is no smaller than the existing land and even more than that. So from this perspective, the population of 7.5 million is obviously a bit insufficient! You should know that many local governments on the East Coast are now very dependent on land finance, that is, by selling common land to private people to maintain the daily government expenditure. Their demand for population has always existed and is quite large. Therefore, any captain who can bring the population from the outside will be highly welcomed by them, especially the Eastern population that is similar to the national culture, which is even better.

Sure enough, Ma Wenqiang was very interested when he saw a large number of Eastern immigrants coming out of the cabin and climbing the dock of Hexi Port. After asking Wang Dazhuang that most of these people were from Ningbo, Denglai - some even came from the Qing Dynasty - he was even happier and tried to continue their efforts and establish a good relationship with these immigrant captains. The subsidies that should be given must be in place and cannot be deducted. The Immigration Department will allocate funds in time.

"La Plata will be the focus of national development in the future, there is no doubt about this. This was how I planned it when I was in office. I believe that the new chairman who will succeed me will continue to advance this work unswervingly." After stepping onto the dock, Ma Wenqiang said while walking forward: "Many people think that the current industrial and agricultural development of our country is already quite good, and they are in the leading position on this planet. But what I want to say is that this is far from enough! The central government's opinion is to create an eastern coastal area in La Plata, and it has a population.

, Regions with similar economic scale have doubled the strength of our country. There are textile enterprises in the old district, and there must be even larger ones. There are steel factories in the old district, and there must be also mechanical processing centers and chemical industry centers in the old district, and there must be also none of them. The future of our country is beyond your imagination, and this is also the common voice of everyone, and all of this actually requires a population and a massive population! Xiao Wang, you have done a good job, but you still have to continue to work hard and not be complacent."

Wang Dazhuang and others naturally nodded repeatedly after hearing this, saying that they would focus on promoting this work. He is now the county magistrate of Hexi County and has supported the development of many townships in Hexi. He has a high prestige in this area (not only this county). If nothing unexpected happens in the future, Hexi counties will also establish a regional administrative office. Wang Dazhuang has never imagined the position of commissioner of the administration, but this undoubtedly requires actual achievements to support it.

Although Ma Wenqiang has retreated, his influence is still there. If he has excellent work and can get his praise or even favor, he will definitely be able to add some strength to his future career. Wang Dazhuang can still figure this out. He is just an official who studies weather, and his grandfathers are also far from the core political circle. It is really difficult to get to power. At this time, any big man's personal addition can bring great benefits to him.

Ma Wenqiang finally wandered around Hexi Township for three or four days before heading south to two other counties by land. At this time, two large ocean-going merchant ships had just unloaded the goods on the dock in the south. Next to these goods were more than a hundred East Coast scholars who were ready to go, and their target was Cordoba to the west, the future capital of the Republic.

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