Just when Zhu Chengdong and Zanparini arrived at Yancheng Port, Shao Yuanyi, who came from Xihu County, had just boarded the return ship. He had been here for almost a month, and the reason for coming here was mainly because his wife and father-in-law came to visit Anna, the sister-in-law who had just lost her husband.

Anna's husband is a wise man. He was one of the first people to buy boats and fish in partnership. Unfortunately, the sky did not borrow the New Year. A few months ago, their ship sank in the waters east of Huangyang Port due to the sudden storm. The fishing boats traveling with him were unable to rescue him (actually they could not get close at all), so they had to rush back to report their demise. After the news reached Xihu County, Shao Yuanyi came to comfort him on behalf of his family. This time he almost set out on the way back. After all, there were still many jobs and businesses in his hometown.

On May 15, 1659, Shao, who had just returned home for a few days, went to a newly established Taoist hospital in Dingjunshan area at the invitation of the Taoist Association to give lectures, and at the same time helped to popularize some superficial health and epidemic prevention knowledge for local residents. The Taoist Association's status in the East Coast was relatively transcendent, but Shao Yuanyi pointed out that he could only take a leave of absence from the county health bureau and then hurriedly took a boat to Ping'an County.

The ship he was riding this time was just a classic 72-ton inland steamer, affiliated to the state-owned inland river transportation company. The cabin was filled with flour grades produced by Linhu Flour Factory. These refined flours sold a lot in Ping'an County, an industrial city. In addition, they were equipped with more than ten scattered passengers such as Shao Yuanyi, with a ticket price of five cents per person.

Speaking of which, although the inland river transport companies have been in a relatively awkward situation in recent years, firstly, the allocation of superiors is decreasing, and secondly, their business is also strongly challenged by railway companies, so their profitability has begun to decline. However, within the East Coast Republic of China, it is still the leading transportation enterprise, a large trust, with 223 small inland river steamers (all 72-ton class, and the early 35-ton paddle steamers have been gradually phased out) with a total tonnage of more than 16,000 tons, and the total number of employees exceeds 10,000, which has made an incomparable huge contribution to the development of the East Coast economy, and its role is unquestionable.

In order to cope with the market competition in the new era, inland transport companies have now begun to dig into the efforts to promote new businesses, such as the brewing passenger transport business, that is, launching a ship that is completely used for passenger transport to adapt to the increasingly rapid growth of passenger transport market. You should know that the revenue of passenger transport business has always been very high. If you operate it well, it will definitely become a new growth point for inland transport companies' business in the future.

Of course, Shao Yuanyi was still on a dual-purpose passenger and cargo ship this time. This kind of ship travels to and from small docks in Yazi Lake, and transports people at the same time when transporting goods (there are naturally no seats and no catering services are provided). The shifts are not fixed, the time is not fixed, and the route is not fixed, so it is still quite troublesome. But now it is all that is the only way. Compared with the painful transportation efficiency of the old continent, the East Coast is much better, and it is not like a planet.

Shao Yuanyi arrived at Ping'an Port Pier the next morning. The weather in the north is indeed much warmer and wetter than Yancheng Port in the south. This can be seen from the relatively thin clothes of the residents - although it is already late autumn, this autumn is also extremely warm, right?

At this moment, a sudden rain floated in the sky, wetting many people's clothes. Especially some young girls, the thin cotton clothes that were wet by the rain brought them a confusing "second layer of skin", which made Shao Yuanyi look a little in a striking sight - big cities are big cities, and girls are much more beautiful than those in the countryside, and their clothes are more delicate.

Ping'an Port Terminal is as busy as ever. Cargo from Ping'an Steel Factory, Northern Chemical Factory, Northern Arsenal, Northern Gunpowder Factory, Northern Seed Company, Northern Pharmaceutical Factory, Ping'an Machine Weaving Factory, Canned Food Factory, Dye Factory, State-owned Dawn Orchard and other companies gather here, and then transport it to various places through ships from the inland transport company. Correspondingly, flour, rice, livestock, seafood, salt, iron ore, machinery, wood, textile raw materials, leather, grease and overseas commodities from the south are also coming one after another. Ping'an Port Terminal has become an extremely large cargo distribution center, with an annual throughput of nearly 200,000 tons, which is extremely amazing, and this number is still growing, and it is difficult to predict what it will be in the future.

Shao Yuanyi was slain in the bustling crowd of people on the pier and squeezed out. He felt so depressed. A large number of Comoros workers with physical odor on the pier almost staggered him, and when he collided among the crowd, he accidentally stepped on a pile of horse manure and dirtyed the newly customized leather shoes, which made people cry without tears.

After having lunch at Ping'an Port Wharf, Shao Yuanyi booked a business carriage for himself and his entourage, and then followed the port road - it was paved with asphalt. The raw materials were probably from by-products of the coking plant. This shows that the Ping'an County Government has abundant financial resources - it goes to the train station to take a bus.

Since the ground breaking down at the end of 1655, Pingliu Line (Ping'an Port-Liu Shuying Township), a railway built by the Army Department and China Railway Company, was raising funds in every possible way, but after three years of intermittent construction (during funding problems, the railway was shut down several times in the middle), the railway, about 57 kilometers long, finally completed the entire line at the end of last year. China Railway Company then transferred the locomotives and carriages from Meilin County to conduct trial operation of the line. After finding that everything was good, China Railway Company announced that the Pingliu Railway had officially begun commercial operation. Shao Yuanyi and others planned to take the train to Liushuying this time, and then rode horses to Dingjun Fort on the southern foot of Dingjun Mountain with the Ministry of Health officials waiting in the local area.

The Mercedes-Benz locomotive on the Pingliu Railway is the latest "La Plata Star" type. It drives flat and steadily along the way. The 57-kilometer journey takes an hour and a half, which is incredibly fast. You should know that the distance of 57 kilometers will take two days for the East Coast Army, not to mention that for the logistics and supplies troops, it will only take longer. Therefore, the Pingliu Line is of strategic significance for the East Coast people to control the Dingjun Mountains.

Of course, in the planning of the Army and the General Administration of Railways, the 57-kilometer Pingliu Line is just a section of the Northern Railway. The real direction of the railway is actually along the railway line built by later Brazil (Port Alegre-Passufundu City), along the low and gentle valleys between the Dingjun Mountains, extending all the way to the southern section of the Brazilian Plateau, pulling the tentacles of the east coast people deep into this vast land, and preparing for the future conquest of more land northward.

However, due to the lack of funds and equipment, there is only one flat-willow line on the section of the Northern Railway currently open to traffic. As for the railway line about 65 kilometers from Liushuying (more than 7,500 residents) to Dingjun Fort, preliminary construction is still underway. In recent years, the Army Department has mobilized militias from various counties to go to the Geral Mountains every winter. On the one hand, it has launched a war-based practice to temper the combat power of each department; on the other hand, it is also to obtain more food, livestock and labor.

(Guarani barbarians) to better subsidize railway construction - According to incomplete statistics, in the past three years, people from the east coast have carried out many operations in the Gerard Mountains and even the southern section of the Brazilian Plateau. They have successively captured more than 10,000 Guarani barbarians and a large amount of food, livestock, leather and other materials. It is these materials and labor that have effectively guaranteed the construction of the northern railway. After all, this is not a railway that has received formal investment from the central government, and everything depends on itself.

After getting off at Liushuying Train Station, Shao Yuanyi and others immediately joined a large convoy. The convoy had more than 200 mules and horses and more than 30 large carts, loaded with various supplies to Dingjun Fort dozens of kilometers away. In addition to a fully armed escort militia, who accompanied the team, there were more than 500 new immigrants. They would go north of Dingjun Fort. The newly established Khahu Fort reclaimed land and settled in the newly established Khahu Fort - Khahu Fort is located near the town of Enkantadu, South Rio Grande Prefecture. It is a settlement established at the end of 1657. It currently has more than 2,000 residents, mainly mixed rice and wheat planting.

On May 20, the convoy rushed to finally arrive at Dingjun Fort, which now has more than 4,000 residents in the evening. After discussing with the head of the Taoist hospital in the city, Shao Yuanyi and others decided not to delay and immediately sent people to summon village doctors scattered around the country to gather at the hospital, and then go to class for training together.

On May 22, when most medical workers gathered in Taoist hospitals, Shao Yuanyi stood in the open-air courtyard in front of the hospital and told everyone about the characteristics and transmission methods of various diseases. At the same time, he also talked about how to judge some common infectious diseases based on his own experience. Finally, he also used some of the medical devices he brought to demonstrate on the spot how to infusion, blood transfusion, and blood pressure measurement - he could see that most of these so-called "doctors" were unqualified, and

Many of them (especially village doctors) have surprisingly weak foundations, but there is no way. This is the national situation on the East Coast, and there are too few talents! Therefore, Shao Yuanyi and his assistants were still alive and tried to teach the village doctors how to detect and isolate some malignant infectious diseases in simple and easy-to-understand language (the treatment is not expected at all. In fact, Taoist hospitals are helpless in the treatment of most infectious diseases), so as not to cause excessive harm to the people.
Chapter completed!