On May 18, 1657, a whaling ship of the South China Sea Fisheries Company hunted a huge blue whale in Sunset Bay, and then dragged it to a processing plant near the shore for treatment. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, whaling in the Sunset Strait (Biger Strait) will no longer be allowed from January 1, 1658, and all licenses will not be renewed after the expiration of the license.

The reason for this is said to be to cater to the hobbies of some big names. The state-owned Oriental Hotel Group has built a lot of super luxurious vacation villas on the hillside behind Shanhou Town. The sunset bay and whales play in the water have always been a famous beauty on the east coast. Many big names do not want this beauty to disappear. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture introduced such a policy to cater to Shangyi, and of course this was also approved by the Nantie Company.

In addition to whaling, there are a large number of sea dogs and other sea beasts in nearby waters, and it has also formed a large industry, with annual exports of nearly 70,000 yuan in the local area. In addition, there is the inflated sea crab fishing and processing industry. This sea crab has a unique flavor and is very popular among high-ranking officials and nobles in the local area. It is of great value. It has also cost a large industry. At present, the Nantie Company has hired many naturalized Ona people to specialize in processing in Shanhou Town.

After discussing with the employees of the Nan Railway Company who arrived in Shanhougang, Wang Dali left half of the personnel here to assist the company in finalizing the route of Ningshan Second-Class National Highway (Ningnangang-Shanhougang). He continued north with the remaining troops and arrived at the small dock at the west end of Jiehu Lake on May 24, and then took a small steamer to Xiaodian Township in the later generations of Povenir Bay, so he set up a shop to purchase specialties from the natives and was named after it.

Xiaodian Township is deep in Xiaodian Bay, with unrest and superior geographical location. Nan Railway Company originally set up a supply and marketing store here. Two months ago, when a large number of new immigrants poured in, "sent" two hundred Poles to settle here, which is considered to be a return to the immigrants who were "sent" to the local area of ​​Nan Railway Company. On the coast of the later San Sebastian Bay more than 100 kilometers east of Xiaodian Township, South Railway Company also set up a small dock to transport peat. It is commonly known as "peat dock" by residents and sailors. It has now been officially named "peat town".

Xiaodian Township, Peat Township, Beech Township and Ningnangang are the basic areas of Ningnan County in the future. This county and Shanhou County basically divide the entire Tierra del Fuego Islands. The two counties are bounded by the Magellan Strait-Faniano Lake as the boundary. The Shanhou Townships to the south (including a series of broken islands) are all classified as the jurisdiction of Shanhou County, and the areas to the north include Musk Ox Island (i.e. Dawson Island). The territory of all Ningnan County is believed that in the near future, after Ningnan County is established (currently there are about 3,000 residents), it will replace Qingfeng County and become the largest county in the country. It is estimated that it is also the county with the lowest population density.

After waiting in Xiaodian Township for two days, everyone chose a good day to cross the strait and arrived at Weihai Port on the other side. This port is located on the original site of the later Punta Arenas City, and is named after the first 300 people who came to this settlement were from Weihaiwei, Shandong. This port has hundreds of Qing army green camps and surrendered soldiers this year. As well as more than 500 Polish female slaves arranged there, plus the naturalized Patagonians, the population of Weihai Port has officially exceeded 1,800, and it is also a small town in the territory of Nantie.

After transferring to a large ship at Weihai Harbour, on May 30, everyone arrived at the Black Gold Island, which is less than two days west of Weihai Harbour (of course, this is for steamships, the sailing ships have a voyage of more than two days). This island was called Lesco Island in later generations. Chileans have a large island ranch on it, which specializes in raising sheep. Now Nantie Company naturally follows the same thing. In addition, because there is a texture on this island, the reserves are quite good.

A good coal mine, and because of its simple mining, it was included in the mid-term development plan by the Nan Railway Company. At present, a mining team with more than 100 people has been set up on the island to carry out preliminary preparations. At the same time, there is a coal terminal under construction and construction workers are coming from more than 500 newly sent Polish contract slaves. A township government has also been established to govern them. The name Heijin Township believes that in the future, the island will produce sufficient coal to supply all parts of the Nan Railway Company.

After sending a batch of construction equipment to Heijin Township, the ship set sail and headed straight for the final destination, Araucan Port.

After arriving at Araukan Port on June 6, Wang Dali, who was still in good spirits, accepted a banquet by Liu Ang and others in the restaurant of the Nantie Branch. The banquet was very rich. Perhaps Nantie lacked anything else, but it was just meat, milk, fish, etc. So the group enjoyed the guests and ate very happily.

On the second day, Liu Ang officially had a conversation with Wang Dali in his office, mainly about their work. Heishan Township and Xuefeng Township were surveyed. The construction rights of this railway have been granted to the Central Railway Company by the Executive Committee, but the preliminary preparations still rely on the closest Nan Railway Company. In addition, the rental of equipment, employment of personnel and food supply are also inseparable from the Nan Railway. The cost of Nan Railway is that the Executive Committee will issue 1,000 Ming people and 500 Livornians to the Nan Railway Affiliated Area this year, making the total population of Nan Railway Affiliated Areas reach 83,000. At this time, Liu Ang asked Wang Dali and others to say this.

"Dare power!" Liu Ang vomited a smoke ring and said slowly: "I won't say much about the importance of the Xuefeng Lake area. Anyway, the future of our power industry and shipbuilding industry (iron-ripped wooden hull ship) is here. Therefore, this railway line about 150 kilometers is very important. The coal from the Montenegro coal mine, the double steel products, and the ship assembly and repair factory that will be built on the shore of Lake Argentina in the future (secret test iron-ripped wooden hull ship) and of course some wool, frozen meat along the way, etc.

Special products will be transported through this railway. Well, the railway does not require repair lines for the time being, just a single line is enough, because the transportation volume is not large. Of course, our company is also completing the double-track construction of the Liangyang Railway, and we cannot draw too many people to do the double-track. Oh, by the way, the route along this road has not been in our control area in the past, and it may not be very peaceful along the way. I will instruct Xu Gang about this and ask him to draw a group of police officers to escort you to complete the exploration mission. Don't worry."

"I understand, Mr. Liu." Wang Dali took a sip of green tea, and then couldn't help asking: "Mr. Liu, can't we unite the Tverches? On Tierra del Fuego, aren't there many Ona people coming to us? Aren't there too many Patagonians working for us in the South Cone Two Ocean Railway? Why are they so fierce to the Tverches? Can't we get along well?"

Perhaps knowing Wang Dali's virtue, Liu Ang took a sip of cigarette and said casually: "Dali, things are not as simple as you imagined. The natives and natives are also different. In fact, several Taoist priests who were sent to the United Front of the Tverches were killed, and many herders grazing in the wild were attacked. These people were stubborn. It is useless for you to reason with them. Sometimes you have to use thunder means. Of course, if there are Tverches willing to surrender, we will not give them a way out. Anyway, there are not many of them, either moving to South Africa or New China Island, and you can always continue to live."

Wang Dali also knew that under the current circumstances, his call for good treatment of the indigenous people was destined to be unaware of the majority of people, so he could only nod his head silently and then on the second day he called everyone to survey the route north.

There are trains to take from the Port of Araukan to Heishan Township, but most of them are dirty coal trucks, which are dusty. Wang Dali was struggling between the bumpy horses and the dirty coal trucks, but in the end he chose to make a joke about the train, saying that the train was dirty, and he thought it would be dirty if he rode a horse? The strong west wind and the wind and sand in the sky would teach you how to be a human being.

This is the return train, using the latest "La Plata Star-1" locomotive. It has 12 cars and runs at full speed and is nearly 40 kilometers per hour. It is a transportation tool in the desolate Patagonia area. The truck carriages are mainly loaded with building materials, and there are also many sealed barrel flour, which seem to be urgently needed in Heishan Township. In addition, Wang Dali also saw more than a dozen fixed graphite crucibles in a certain carriage. Of course, refractory bricks are also indispensable. I heard that the Second Heavy Machinery Factory has almost been built there and is about to enter the trial production stage. These refractory bricks may be used for the smelting room. As for the graphite crucible, it is naturally used for the second heavy workers to make different ratios of molten iron and molten iron.

As a well-informed traveler, Wang Dali naturally knew that the second heavy machinery factory established in Heishan Township mainly focused on the research and development and manufacturing of rail/trackless forging machines, hydraulic presses, and hydraulic presses. They have basically understood the 40-ton hydraulic press handed over to them by Tieling Special Steel Plant, and have successfully copied one, and the inspection performance is quite good. At present, the factory used the only two "Iron Matchmaker-1" type hydraulic presses on hand (the other one is damaged and waiting to be repaired) to process some incoming materials to subsidize household use (mostly accessories used on trains); while starting to train personnel to prepare for the 100-ton nominal pressure hydraulic press. I believe that after the research and development of this 100-ton hydraulic press is successful, the factory's technical capabilities will be taken to a new level, and the next 200-ton and 500-ton hydraulic presses will also be conquered step by step.
Chapter completed!