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Chapter 45 The South Pacific (7)

An antique Taoist temple is quietly hidden in the woods. Its geographical location is superior, with the cover of the woods, which can not only withstand the wind from the sea, but also withstand the huge shade of trees. The Taoist temple can also cover the sunny (maybe it can also block the scorching sun in summer?). The newly built pebble path leads to the fine sandy national road in the distance, which keeps the Taoist temple away from the hustle and bustle of the dusty transportation road. This may be a place suitable for people to practice.

This is Qinghe Port, located near Castro, the island of Ciloe, a new settlement that has just been marked on the map but has only a prototype. The Taoist temple was obviously established with the support of the Taoist General Association, and it was obviously existed before the formal establishment of this settlement. It has become the community life center of the few residents nearby since its establishment. Because there were less than a hundred settlers in the early days, most of them were non-first sons and daughters from the local area who could not obtain inheritance. Under the guidance of the Taoist Church, they came to the paradise of Ciloe Island, which was the paradise of Ciloe Island, and started their new life.

The materials for building the Taoist temple are hard blue bricks, and the roof is wooden beams and tiles. It is very east coast style. From this, it can be seen that the funds for the construction of the Taoist temple were not very short of funds. In the early days, hundreds of young men and women had been married one after another in two years. The Taoist priests of the church presided over the wedding and guided them to open villages and acres in the distance to support themselves. To a certain extent, the Taoist church is also one of the pioneers of the East Coast people's wilderness.

There are three wing rooms on both sides of the Taoist temple. At this time, most of them were guests from Arakan Port, namely Liu Ang, president of the Nantec Corporation, Xu Xiangdong, training officer of the Nantec Corporation, Xu Yu, captain of the Nantec Road Protection Team, and others. Just listening to the famous name is scary.

"The establishment of Qinghe County should be accelerated." Liu Ang, president of Nantec Corporation, lay on a bed made of myrtle wood, with a coat on his shoulders, looking at the officials of Nantec officials sitting in front of the bed and listening to the instructions, saying: "It is different from the past. Now there are more and more ships active in the South Pacific, and the logistics and population exchanges are also increasing. According to the agreement reached with the central government, the financial power of the seven counties under the jurisdiction of Nantec Corporation (mainly the seven major taxes, and the taxes and fees temporarily collected by local governments are not included). The northern part of Chiloe Island is under the jurisdiction of our company, and a considerable number of immigrants transported from the Pacific route will also stay in the Nantec Corporation's affiliation to settle in the Nantec Corporation's affiliation as appropriate. Therefore, we are not under the population now, but a large population, exceeding 90,000!"

"But on the other hand—" Liu Ang, who unfortunately suffered from a severe cold, coughed twice, took a sip of the potion, and said: "Our grain production is still seriously insufficient, especially the settlements along the Nanci Railway, which import a large amount of grain and alcohol from the local area every year. Of course, this does not mean that we are not working hard enough, mainly because the local environment is not suitable for agricultural cultivation, but it is very suitable for grazing. We export a large amount of wool and frozen meat to the local area every year, which is a clear evidence. However, we still have to focus on solving the problem of insufficient grain, and this requires a solution from the island of Chiloe. After all, this is the most suitable place for grain production within our Nantikle Affiliated Area, and the area is large enough and the climate is still appropriate. After development, it is not required to produce a large scale, which can meet the daily needs of 100,000 people. You must know that the meat and seafood that the residents of the Nantikle Affiliated Area eat on weekdays, and the demand for grain is not as large as they imagined..."

Speaking of the current food problem in the Nantiet area is not too urgent, after all, the local pastures are vast - especially on the large number of broken island groups on both sides of the Strait of Magellan, which are rich in precipitation and lush water and grass. Later generations have always been an important island ranch in Chile - the population of free-range cattle and sheep is huge, and the nearby fishery resources are rich. Chile's horse mackerel, smooth fish off the coast of Patagonia, and whales and sea beasts near Tierra Tierra are all important food sources. But it cannot be ignored that

The grain output in the land is extremely limited. At present, in addition to a small amount of rye, oats and vegetables, 80% of the grain needs to be imported from Peru or local (usually imported from Peru, because it is cheap), not to mention that a large amount of spirits must be imported from local or South Africa every year. This has almost become a necessity for daily life in the cold South Railway Affiliated Area. Therefore, overall, the demand for grains for more than 90,000 residents of the South Railway Affiliated Area is still quite large. It is indeed a good idea to develop the Island of Chiloe into the South Railway's granary.

Nantie Company has indeed been considering this issue in the past two years. The Southern Seed Company, jointly funded by them and the Ministry of Agriculture, (each half of the shares, is the second enterprise specializing in breeding in the East Coast Republic after Northern Seed Company) has been operating in Guanhai County for many years. Their main work is of course to use the rich and explosive local potato gene resources to cultivate more and better potatoes (of course, the genetic traits must be stable). However, in addition to studying potatoes, a small number of their hands have been drawn out to study some horticultural fruit wood and winter and spring wheat seeds, and some progress has been made. The newly cultivated 1657 winter and spring wheat seeds (high tendons) have good yields after planting in the experimental field. The wheat produced is shipped to the Nantie Flour Factory and sold very well after grinding. Many local residents love this kind of flour very much.

However, the hereditary traits of type 1657-type wheat seeds are still very unstable. The yield often deteriorates sharply after one or two generations. You must buy seeds from southern seed companies every year. This is indeed a challenge for the Ming immigrants who have not yet had this habit. Fortunately, the company is still conducting follow-up research and intends to cultivate wheat seeds with more stable hereditary traits, and it is best to resist some diseases, so that it will be perfect.

"Put the map out." After drinking the potion under the service of the doctor of the Taoist Association, Liu Ang signaled his secretary to hang a large-scale hand-painted map of Chiloe Island on the wall. On this map, Chiloe Island has been marked as "Fenggu Island", which means the island's future harvest of agriculture, fishery and forestry.

In addition to the three characters of Fenggu Island, the three new settlements circled in the northern half of the island are also vividly remembered, namely Qinghe Port in Castro City, Yangzhai Township near the town of Kemchi in later generations, and Qingjiangpu Township near the Ankud City in later generations (there are a small number of remaining Spanish settlements). There are three towns in total - on the many coastal islands from Qinghe Port to Yangzhai Township, there are also many state-owned farms and pastures (most of them were small rural areas in later generations, with a population of hundreds) for future development. After all, these are flat lands, which are much better than the hill-based terrain on the main island. Perhaps the only trouble is to cut down a large number of primeval forests, but this seems to be what the Pacific shipyard established in Araucan Port likes, isn't it?

"There will be only three townships in Qinghe County in the future, but it has great potential to accommodate populations and great development potential." Liu Ang said, looking at the map on the wall, "The area of ​​thousands of square kilometers can be opened up to a large amount of arable land. Moreover, this is the must-pass place for the horse mackerels to go south to retrieve bait and lay eggs north every year. The fishery resources are quite rich, and there are also many shellfish on the coast. What's more, the bay to the east (Blue Whale Bay, namely Corcovado Bay) is also a paradise for huge blue whales. If we can properly utilize such a huge resource, then what's the difficulty of the two counties in Fenggu Island supporting tens of thousands of people?"

With the deepening of trade in recent years, the shortage of funds at hand has been greatly alleviated, and this undoubtedly gave them sufficient strength to develop the land in their jurisdiction. Later Chileans have no capital, no manpower or even the mood to develop vigorously. We have it! The only problem now is probably-

"President, is the thing Commander Liao did in the Far East this time true? I have read many issues of "Prince Truth", but I have not reported it. There are many articles in the "Businessman" which is not serious. In addition, our own "Nantiy Weekly" also reported on several tofu pages. I don't know what this matter is like? Although many immigrants from Shanyang County, Ming Dynasty were indeed transported in the first half of the year, these people also said that there are "many" immigrants who will come to our Nantiy affiliated area, but we also count each of them."

"It will not be less than 300,000. I mean it is transported to the local area. About one fifth of these are to be transported to Chile near the sea and then sent back to the local area in batches. Of course, we can also share a lot of benefits in this process. In total, one to 20,000 people are indispensable. Including the second-generation immigrants who have spontaneously come from the local area, exile prisoners, and non-nationals who have become regular after the contract expires (usually Poles, Lithuanians, Ukrainians and Italians), our affiliated territory of the South Railway will be ready to accept more than 20,000 new immigrants in the next few years. Of course, if the population in Kingsoft Port in Australia is "surplus", then we need to receive more people, but this is not a bad thing. It is more powerful if there is no population! Without a population, we can do nothing and occupy no place. Isn't the Spanish a ready-made example?" Liu Ang responded.

His words caused a chuckle from his subordinates. Everyone has worked in Chile for a long time and has always been very clear about the Spanish movements. In recent years, as the population of the Southern Railway's affiliated areas has grown increasingly, a large number of yellow-skinned pagans have begun to appear in southern Chile, which was originally deserted. Even if the local Spanish merchants are not morally rude, they are always worried about this abnormal situation.

Unfortunately, the Spanish Kingdom's policy of immigration to the New World has always been very tight. Perhaps their brainless king felt that too many immigrants would lead to no one in the country. For more than a hundred years, the immigration policy for foreigners to immigrate to the New World (even if there are, they are strictly limited to Catholics, and nationality is also restricted). On average, the Spanish people arriving in the New World each year are only more than 5,000. Although some have been stimulated by the East Coast in recent years, such as the number of Catholic immigrants from relatives from Olidi who have migrated to La Plata a few years ago, their immigration policy is still very conservative, which destined that it is difficult for them to compete with the East Coast people in the South New World.
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