"Cities have been the center of the intellectual community since ancient times, and industry usually occurs in cities." The newly established Jiaohe County, which is under the jurisdiction of seven townships: Jiaohe Town, Mupai Township, Nanwotou Township, Banqiao Township, Qingshan Township, Tianliu Township and Liantang Township, but the population is not large, and most of them are new immigrants. It is the 40th county-level administrative unit in the country - in the county. The mayor Cai Youguo (son of Cai De, the president of Dafeng Food Company, and the younger brother of Cai Anguo, the lieutenant of Navy) is introducing the industrial development status of the county to the former Central Executive Committee and the current Jiaohe Regional Commissioner Xu Xin.

"Commissioner Xu, this Boris immigrated from Ukraine, is a craftsman who is very good at making various leather goods and leather boots. He has opened a small workshop and his life is on the right track. It is a very different story than when he was in the old continent." Knowing that Xu Xin likes to go deep into the public to investigate the so-called "first-hand information", Cai Youguo took him to the handicraft street in the county, so that Commissioner Xu can also see his political achievements for so long.

"I lived in Kiev for thirty years, and everyone knows me. Who has seen me drunk? Who has seen me wandering around on the streets when it is not a festival? But I am poor, poor, and it is not the case with this. There are so many people like me, all of which depend on the damn Poles and the cossacks who make friends with tigers! They treat each of us differently. Ukrainian craftsmen are difficult to compete with Polish craftsmen. In Kiev, people often share hardware (i.e. Dukat, cast in Venice, widely circulated in the Ottomans and the Black Sea.

In the river basin, the currency value of Poland Grodz plummeted since the war, so the spread of the wider range of taxes), while others only paid five Grodz (this time was shoddy, with less than 2 grams of silver). You know, the poverty in cities is not like the countryside, and it is not so easy to control..." The leather workshop owner Boris saw a high-ranking official coming to inspect, just like when he met the Polish master in Kiev, he automatically entered the nagging complaint mode. The degree of inconsistency made Xu Xin frown when he heard it. He was not here to hold a complaint meeting.

Xu Xin walked towards the inside of the workshop, and several assistants bent down respectfully. One of them was a pale and thin man, wearing a printed shirt on the upper body and a fat bloomer on the lower body, and was struggling to nail the soles of the boots. The other two seemed to be a young couple, and they didn't even know how to speak Chinese. They should be non-nationals. Women's shoes and men's boots, and all their property seemed to be clothes on their bodies.

Xu Xin was more or less aware of the living conditions of these non-national craftsmen. These people usually had to get up at four or five in the morning, and then worked until ten in the evening. When the order was tight, for example, the Army Department purchased a large number of quilts, shoes and boots, and even had to work all night long, but their income was very limited. In addition to a few silver coins, drinking bad wine once a month was a full adjustment of the heavy life. But this was still very attractive to the non-nationals in many war-torn areas of the old continent, because there was life safety guarantee, and it provided pretty good food and accommodation, and could save some money in a year.

Of course, the lives of non-national craftsmen that Xu Xin knew may not be the whole. In fact, these foreign craftsmen who depended on workshop owners (all of them were Eastern coast nationals, but often had a certain relationship in the old continent, and could constantly fool and recruit new people) had to work constantly, and they had to help the owner do everything, split firewood, cut hay, and clean the yard, otherwise it would be difficult for you to expect the owner to eat something delicious (generally, the owner and the employer were eating at the same table), not to mention that during the festival, some dried fruits, wine, tobacco, brown sugar and other ingredients will be given to you.

After leaving this cobbler workshop, Xu Xin came to a blacksmith workshop diagonally opposite. There were five blacksmiths here to help the villagers repair farm tools, make iron nails, horseshoes, knives, tools and other gadgets. The five are brothers, but it seems that only one or two of them are more expert, and the others are novices, so the survival pressure of this blacksmith shop should be quite high - after all, there are other blacksmith shops to compete - from the three novices that have to raise livestock, beekeeping, and fishing, they may not be able to support themselves for the time being by relying solely on craftsmanship (because they have no work to do for a long time), so they have to rely on income from other channels to support their families.

Next to the blacksmith shop is an individual businessman who makes various ropes. The couple and a little girl. The wife raises pigs every day and feeds them, and grows some vegetables. The father and his 7-year-old daughter make a living by making ropes. Xu Xin saw that early in the morning (it will be less than seven o'clock) the little girl works in her own yard. Her father rubs ropes and she sorts out. Because she is young and not tall, when she turns wheels that are much taller than herself, she must jump up every time she turns and then sit down. It is very hard. Sometimes when she is tired of working and wants to take a break, she often gets scolded and scolded by her father. Life for the poor is so difficult, especially when you have not yet had a formal national identity, but it is much better than the old continent, right?

"Now your opportunity is here." After leaving the handicraft street, Xu Xin and everyone went to the county government canteen, planning to have breakfast. He said: "Mayor Cai, your idea of ​​attracting handicraftsmen in the war-torn areas of the old continent is very good, because it undoubtedly improves the production capacity of the East Coast Republic of China, and this is actually the potential for war. Now there is no need to hide some things from you, because you all know more or less.

The committee has launched troops in Brazil. The nearby counties of Ping'an, Baode, Dingxi, Yiling, Jiaohe, Taiping and Shenwu are the largest supplies. The Ministry of Army has made it clear that many military funds, such as quilts, bandages, shoes, boots, belts, horseshoes, saddles, forage, food, etc. will be purchased locally by the above counties to reduce transportation costs and losses. The insufficient parts will be transported from the south. Do you understand? Your opportunity has come, which is a significant boost to the economy."

"In fact, you should have felt that orders have surged recently, right? But this is just the beginning. The logistics staff and purchasing managers of the Army Department will come to the north and wave checkbooks to purchase all kinds of materials. Seize the opportunity of this feast and strive to build up the economy, because in the future, you will still be a material supply site for the development of the Brazilian Plateau, and the demand will not suddenly disappear. This positive stimulus is long-term. Xiao Cai has done a good job. Jiaohe County's handicraft industry has already had a certain foundation, but it still needs to be expanded. After all, it is not rich without labor." Xu Xin, a specialist in Jiaohe District, kept reminding that Jiaohe County is the only county in the region, representing the face of the regional administration government, and he cannot ignore it.

Hearing Xu Xin say this, the faces of the officials accompanying him became serious. After all, this is a war and the most uncertain thing in the world. Although the East Coast people have made a lot of preparations in advance, the quality of soldiers is also high, and the Portuguese seem to be a little careless, but accidents may happen at any time. At that time, it depends on how the front-line commanders respond. Of course, this has nothing to do. What they have to do is to organize production, and perhaps also to collect corvee and livestock to transport materials to the front line, but this is not a big problem.

"Don't worry too much. Our war potential is far from comparable to that of the Portuguese." Xu Xin suddenly smiled again and said, "Just just talking about the number of militia trained, it is probably the same as the number of European immigrants in Brazil, right? How do they resist us? Do they rely on the Mestiso and Indians? Who doesn't know their poor tactical standards! Furthermore, our material production capacity and transportation capacity are far superior to that of the Portuguese. As for Jiaohe County, under semi-mechanized work, nearly a thousand pairs of shoes and boots can be easily produced in one month. How can the Portuguese compare with us?"

"In addition, the information from the military police spying back shows that although there are many manors in Portuguese villages and towns on the other side of the Wujiang River, most of their residents are mainly immigrants from Spain, Italy and some Southern Netherlands, which moved twenty or thirty years ago. At that time, it was the period of the merger of Spain and Portuguese, so a large number of non-Portuguese Catholic immigrants came to Brazil. It is actually very doubtful that these people are loyal to the Portuguese Brazilian colonial government. I don't expect the resistance to be strong. It is not difficult for our army officers and soldiers to quickly occupy this vast area with armed marches." After sitting down at the canteen of the agency, Xu Xin said while greeting everyone for breakfast.

Breakfast is noodles, bread and steamed buns that remain unchanged for thousands of years. Perhaps to welcome Xu Xin, the chef in the cafeteria also called on the helpers to bring the crocodiles that were raised in the backyard after being caught. This is a huge number in the Yazi Lake basin and has almost become a disaster. In recent years, the East Coast government has begun to issue a large number of licenses among the people to hunt and kill. The meat is roasted on the grill, and it is covered with a lot of spices imported from the Netherlands. The taste and appearance look quite good. It should be a good nutritional supplement for everyone who has been hungry for a long time.
Chapter completed!