On December 15, 1662, moderate rain.

A group of men wearing rubber latex raincoats stood on the dock of Changshun Port, looking at the slightly rippling sea surface, speechless for a long time. The seabirds flew up and down not far away, plunging into the sea from time to time, and then flew to the distant cliff with a small fish. Vice Premier Qi Wangping's eyes were deeply attracted by this scene. After a long time, he sighed and smiled bitterly: "What a fertile and fertile land in Beining, they are all virgins who have not been reclaimed for thousands of years.

The humus on the ground can even cover the ankles if you step on it. It’s a pity that the endless cliff walls stretched across this crossing, and all the ambitions of the Beining region have been extinguished. Crossing mountains and rivers, it’s okay to transport supplies by mules and horses or even manpower. A small amount is OK, but if you have too much extra costs, you can’t stand it. In the future, the economy on this plateau will be a relatively closed economy for a long time, and internal communication is far more than external communication. It’s a pity, a pity!”

"To be honest, after the establishment of Changshun County (which has not yet been established, and in principle, the four settlements of Changshun Town, Qingyan Township, Yanhe Township, and Gaosha Township, and the county is a coastal narrow area), as the only bridge for external communication in Beining, the economy will not be bad, and you can live a very prosperous life by just re-export trade. However, although it is very difficult, the rugged mountain road from Changshun Port to Beining Town should be repaired. If you ignore it, you may be afraid that this road will be connected.

Mules and horses can't leave, they can only rely on people to carry them. That's what it is." Qi Wangping, who is rumored to be a popular candidate for the next Prime Minister, said to Xu Yu, the Beining Region Commissioner who arrived: "Commissioner Xu, the development of the Beining region should be based on itself, don't wait, don't rely on it, don't want it. Now the war expenses are so huge, and the central government has no surplus food. Think of more solutions. It's not easy for us to maintain so many immigrants every year."

Xu Yu was originally the battalion commander of the cavalry battalion, the old army, and later joined the military and political organization of the National Power Tongmenghui founded by Mo Ming, Liu Ang and others. He was one of the founders of Qi Wangping's white shirts. He had a great influence. He was very unaware of the fact that he was the vice premier of the State Council and had his first visit to the north to inspect the newly occupied land of the state, so Xu Yu immediately said: "What Vice Premier Qi said

Very seriously, infrastructure is indeed the biggest bottleneck restricting the future development of the Beining region. If this problem is not solved, nothing can be done. Therefore, it is the top priority to rectify existing transportation facilities in the Portuguese era, and our regional administration is also considering this issue. However, the central government has no money to support it, so it is not difficult to send some non-national labor workers and some food over there, right? Although the grain production was reduced last year, what could it be considered by a single 1,800 tons? Right, Vice Premier Qi?"

Qi Wangping smiled when he heard this, but he didn't care about this. These old army bureaucrats had almost become instincts. The officials who came out of them took telegrams all day long to ask for money and people and goods from the central government, which was almost absent. Yang Mingyang from Patagonia, and Xu Yu from Beining area is also the same. We must keep the logistics in mind. We must not let these guys take advantage of it. Therefore, he quickly changed the subject and said to Major Xu Gang, the commander of the road protection team of the Nantie Company, standing on the other side, and said: "How about it, Captain Xu, this time, attacked the General District of the Pernanbugo, swept the local area, raised supplies, and shake the Portuguese's will to war. How sure are you? I heard that there is a place where the Portuguese are crowded with heavy troops."

Xu Gang was dismissed from the company commander during the last army's disarmament. He had no choice but to join the Nantik Line Company and served as the captain of the Nantik Line Protective Team as an active military officer. It has been many years since then. As a result, after the war report with the Portuguese, the large-scale Nantik Line Protective Team was also transferred to the frontline rotation by the Army Department. Therefore, Xu Gang, a man with glasses, suddenly felt a little like running sometimes. According to unreliable rumors, he was just promoted to

Major Xu Gang was supported by the army chiefs. This time, he would fully command more than 10,000 officers and soldiers including four mixed battalions, two county security regiments and the National Guard Army (newly formed, with a 1,000 post, mostly non-national labor workers) to head north to carry out a large-scale mobilization of the General Region of Pernambuco, Brazil. If the timing and conditions are appropriate, then their large-scale troops will also try to attack the General Region of Bahia to plunder more materials to support the war.

You should know that the war has been going on for two and a half years. The military expenditure of the East Coast people has exceeded 4.5 million yuan, the highest in history. In the past two and a half years, the Navy and Army has snatched back from various places, but it is only 4.8 million yuan, which is just enough to offset the expenses.

But God knows how long the war will take!

Although the East Coast government has dissolved a large number of county security groups and returned home to farm, and has formed a miscellaneous army such as the Zhongguo Army, the Youguo Army, the Fengguo Army, the Baoguo Army, and the Baoguo Army to replace the six brigades of the Volunteer Army with a lot of staff (partially because a large number of Indians were sent to South Africa and New China Island), to carry out public security operations in the occupied areas to protect the East Coast people's cultivation. However, even so, the military expenditure is still extremely large, and 2 million yuan a year is basically impossible to escape - especially when the Seventh Mixed Battalion of the Army is about to be established - so the Executive Committee and the Joint Staff Headquarters are now eager to find food on the coast of Brazil, without asking for much return to their superiors, at least to find their military expenditure for the next year, so as not to cause trouble for the high-debt central finance.

Speaking of the Seventh Mixed Battalion of the Army, it has been basically determined to use the First Battalion of the South Iron Road Protection Team as the backbone, and then recruit some new recruits. The post is also set at 1,450 people, infantry, cavalry, artillery, labor, and baggage. It is a mixed force with independent combat capabilities. The battalion will use Yihe County as the recruitment site for the troops. It is said that after the formation is completed, it will be shipped to the Blackwater area of ​​the Far East to rotate the local East Coast Army. The East Coast Army, which will be rotated back to China, will also be reorganized into the Eighth Mixed Battalion of the Army on the spot. The insufficient part will draw the best from the five brigades of the forward team to supplement it. In the future, the battalion will use Xihu County as the recruitment site for troops.

Although the 7th mixed battalion to be formed is mostly the old subordinate of Major Xu Gang, the throne of his battalion commander is destined to have nothing to do with him. No, he is old and he is unwilling to risk traveling across the ocean again. There are many shipwreck accidents, and there is no need to prove anything when he is old. He goes to the Far East to make trouble. Therefore, the battalion commander will be Liao Xiaoyao from the Far East. Xu Gang will serve as a senior officer in the Army Department to provide advice. However, before this, it did not prevent him from commanding a landing attack on the coast of Brazil, which is a perfect end to his military career.

Therefore, when he heard Qi Wangping ask about the upcoming expedition to the General Region of Pernambuco, he immediately said: "From Fortaleza in General Region of Ceara to Recife in Pernambuco, he had always been occupied by the Dutch West India Company. After the company was recaptured by the Portuguese due to the financial crisis, the Portuguese once stationed heavily here, and the local fortifications were solid and the fortifications were strict, so it could not be forced to attack head-on, otherwise there would be great casualties and would be no more than the loss. However, last time, Major Xiao Xi led his army to lead the army.

After fighting the coast of Brazil once, we found that under the power of our tens of thousands of troops, the Portuguese could only be the turtle shrouded, guarding the major towns, and relying on the walls and artillery to survive. In this way, the vast rural areas were naturally abandoned by them and allowed us to loot. We could collect taxes without scruples (both physical or money). The owners of the Portuguese manor could only stare at them and hand over them in full, unless they dared to offend our East Coast army at the serious consequences..."

It is said that since Major Xiao Xi led his army to set up a siege and attack aid along the coast of Brazil last year and knocked out a large number of Portuguese troops, the Portuguese are now less courageous than rabbits. Once they see the huge East Coast army landing, they will only defend themselves, build villages and protect themselves, and no longer dare to send troops to reinforce the reinforcements and that, it is equivalent to giving up the vast land in the suburbs and still conducting organized robbery with the East Coast army.

The people of the East Coast are naturally happy, after all, it is labor-saving. Moreover, their robbery is relatively regular. There are rules for how much money and supplies to pay for each manor. They will never take more, but they will not ask for less. Basically, as long as the Portuguese colonists are not stupid enough to rise up and resist, there will be no risk of destruction. At this point, the reputation of the East Coast army is actually very good - the East Coast army was in Chile and Peru during the Second East-West War that year - and it also helped to dismantle the Portuguese will to resist and reduce their own casualties.

"It is a good thing for the Portuguese to resist weakly. However, the Executive Committee has some special requirements for this expedition." Speaking of this, Qi Wangping did not care about erasing the raindrops on his face. He saw him approaching Major Xu Gang a little and said in a slightly low voice: "Last time Major Xiao Xi led a brigade to sweep the coast of Brazil, he damaged some Portuguese manors and sugar workshops in the battle, which caused Brazil's sugar production to drop. Unexpectedly, it also caused a slight increase in the price of sugar in the European market. We have learned this through the European trading station system and appropriately increased the price of refined sugar exported to the ******* people. For this reason, the profit of the Petani sugar factory has increased significantly. This time you go to the battle again, you should pay more attention to this matter. Although the price of sugar has increased a lot, it does not prevent us from making more money by taking advantage of this east wind."

In fact, as the East Coast and Portugal fought in Brazil in the past two years, it has seriously affected the export and transportation of Brazil's cane sugar. The price of sugar in the European market has risen slightly. Last year, Major Xiao Xi led his army to make trouble on the coast of Brazil, which further reduced the production capacity of sugar sugar in Brazil, which undoubtedly stimulated the rise in sugar prices. Now Major Xu Gang is about to lead tens of thousands of troops to the coast of Brazil for the second time. If the focus is on cracking down on sugarcane plantations outside the city, then it is highly likely that the price of sugar sugar in the European market will soar again.

Even if the operation is good, the price of sugar will return to the historical high of about 200 yuan per ton in Brazil and the Dutch War. In this way, I believe that the sugarcane planting and sugar-graining industries in New China will usher in an explosive growth period. All kinds of idle capital will definitely flock to this super market and seize the huge profits. Correspondingly, idle capital in Europe will also enter the Caribbean Sea in a large scale and open up sugarcane plantations, so that corresponding shipbuilding, shipping, sugar-graining, slave sales, machinery manufacturing and other industries will be driven, and immigrants from the Old World will definitely pour into the New World more, which is almost inevitable.

In addition to the sugar industry, the prices of European dyes (red dyes extracted from Brazilian suma), wood, tobacco, cotton and other raw materials will be affected to a greater or lesser extent, which will undoubtedly further stimulate the influx of European capital in the New World and immigration. In the future, competition in North America and the Caribbean will become increasingly fierce. Westerners will become increasingly angry about the East Coast attempt to monopolize New Spain and Peru's two major colonial trade markets. It is hard to say whether these are good or bad for the East Coast Republic, but fortunately, there is no need to worry too much for the time being, after all, it will be a long time later.

"Is this what the Executive Committee means?" After hearing this, Xu Gang became a little awesome, feeling that these civil servants sometimes feel somber. They want to force the Brazilians to death. If the Brazilian colonies are so many more, they may be destroyed and the immigration will be greatly reduced.

Qi Wangping looked at Xu Gang's eyes and nodded slightly, then said, "This is for the great cause of our East Coast Republic of China. The worse Brazil is, the better our lives are. This is a very clear thing. Destroying Brazil's production capacity of commodities such as sugar, tobacco, wood can greatly enhance the competitiveness of our goods in the international market, and the benefits to the economy are self-evident. Therefore, you have to fight this time, and you have to fight if you don't fight. The fewer sugarcane plantations and sugar workshops in Brazil, the better, the better, it's better not."
Chapter completed!