Let's go back for a few months.

In April 1663, the originally busy Northern Railway construction site was much deserted. Because most people were transferred to participate in the construction of the more important Yinan Railway, the construction personnel of this major arterial-level railway that was originally planned to communicate with the Beiyazi Lake area and the Brazilian Plateau suddenly decreased by more than two-thirds, and the construction progress naturally slowed down. There was no way, who made the State Railway Administration and the Central Railway Company partial, and a large amount of human and material resources transferred to the Parana River Basin, which made the managers of the Northern Railway Project Department very frustrated.

Fortunately, before a large number of construction workers and equipment were transferred to Port Iguazu, under the urging of the war and the strong support of the Ministry of the Army (labor-power support), the Northern Railway had successfully built the Shengxing-Shenglong section (about 51 kilometers), and the Shenglong-Shengyun section (about 45 kilometers) in total, making the total mileage of the Northern Railway reach 310 kilometers, which played an important role in the economic development at the southern end of the Brazilian Plateau.

At present, the remaining construction workers are still slowly building about 42 kilometers of Shengyun-Xingguo section, which is expected to be completed in the second half of next year (this speed has suddenly dropped). As for when the remaining 40-50 kilometers of railways in Xingguo-Xing'an section will be opened to traffic, it is difficult to say. Many people even pessimistically predict that perhaps this section of railway may not be completed after signing a peace agreement with the Portuguese.

The youngest son of the famous labor agent Goshkin, Ivan, who just turned 18, stood in front of a construction site in the newly established Dingjun Town, listening to an old subordinate of his father introducing the situation: "Although the war between the East Coast people is still continuing this year, the scale is much smaller than before, and the manpower is less mobilized, so now there are more resources to start building highways. The roadbed leveling project of the second-class national road from Zequan Township (located near the small town of Weinanxiu Alis in the later generations) to Dingjun Town was created under this background. Xiao Ivan, you are not clear about some of the situation you just came here. Today, let’s follow me to go around the construction site. This will be beneficial to you."

"Okay, Uncle Vladimir." Ivan nodded shyly and said, "I will study hard and strive to master some engineering knowledge as soon as possible."

"Actually, I really don't understand." Vladimir, a tall middle-aged man, led the way in front and said: "Your father tried every means to let you be naturalized in the East Coast, and for this, he spent a lot of money to hire a professional Chinese teacher for you. Is it really amazing to study in that school? At least, many of the East Coast officials I have come into contact with have very few graduated from any school, and many of them are veterans. Well, there are still some. Some veterans will study at the Dayuhe Cadre Continuing School before they are promoted to the township, but can this be counted?"

Ivan was also a little silent when he heard this because he was not qualified to attend the Qingdao Luqiao School, because he is not a citizen of the East Coast Republic of China and his Chinese level is not very high, so it would be very difficult to go to class. However, as far as he has seen and heard in the past few months, he seems to be no longer willing to return to the cold and arduous Russian Empire. He cannot convince himself to accept the hard and dark life in the past and give up his bright future on the East Coast.

According to his East Coast teacher, who was chatting, in the Russian Empire, all land was considered royal and private property, so it was possible to develop large-scale property ownership, and the peasants became de facto serfs. There were often horrors hanging on the heads of serfs, and he was responsible for the risks of being both a landlord and a proletariat, but he had neither the former nor the latter superiority. His fate usually hit him in two ways, and rarely gave him a ladder to ascend.

.But on the East Coast, the government strives to turn all farmers into small private owners, thus creating a huge social backbone. This free peasant class can form a huge consumer market, promote the development of social wealth and civilization, increase the overall wage level of the people, and make people live a richer and happier life. Ivan has already felt all this in the past few months on the East Coast, so he began to hate the conservative and backward Russian Empire and his past.

A scent came from the roadside ahead. Ivan looked up and saw that it was a restaurant selling steamed buns, buns and other pastries. The huge beef buns. Even the poor Ross laborers could buy a few from time to time to try them. All of this was hard to imagine in the old continent. There was a water station next to the bun shop, which contained a large bucket of mountain spring water, all brought from nearby mountains. It was very sweet. Every morning and evening, a dedicated person sent the water to Dingjun Town. Who made the city not have any water supply facilities and the well water tasted badly?

Speaking of the water delivery workers who serve urban residents, we have to mention the increasing urban population in the East Coast Republic of China and the slow urbanization movement. Although the country is still a large rural and large construction site to this day, this does not prevent urbanization from taking root and sprouting in this new continent country and gradually growing.

Take Dingjun Town, a settlement with a population of more than 6,000 as an example. Nowadays, there are more and more residents who specialize in commerce, handicrafts, art, or just government employees. These people and their families may have accounted for about one-third of the population of Dingjun Town. Of course, this does not mean that one-third of the population of the East Coast Republic of China has lived in cities. The urban population of Dingjun Town is so large that it is related to its location in a transportation hub and its relatively developed economy. It cannot be used as a migration to judge the degree of urbanization of the East Coast. Don’t you see that there is almost no urban population among the more than 2,000 people in Zequan Township next door? Even the families of some township cadres have to go to the fields to do farm work, which shows the great regional differences.

However, in any case, the urbanization process on the east coast is indeed deepening compared to before. The population that pours into the city is dominated by a new generation of people who have grown up. On the one hand, they cannot inherit the land on which they rely on, and the country has fewer opportunities to open up land and divide commons, so many people come to the city to try their luck. Even many of them enter the city after graduating from elementary school in four or five years. They are lucky enough to be apprentices for craftsmen, and those with better luck can go to work in government departments or enter vocational schools in large state-owned enterprises for training. This is also a guarantee for their future life. Of course, some people who are unwilling to be lonely will go across the border to reclaim land or simply go to overseas colonies to seek opportunities to make money, but there are fewer such people.

The national mainstream media "Prince Truth" once made a relatively clear narrative about the urbanization process, that is: "So far, with more and more young people growing up, the population has been moving from the hinterland of the country or 'more health-friendly places' to cities or coastal cities. In these places, only a few families have lived for two generations. But it is obvious that in the future, cities will no longer be like camping places or places where outsiders are exerting their energy, but will become the birthplace of more and more East Coast people."

Of course, Pravda has never been a praises, it also points out considerable problems, such as: "Some towns in our country are so lacking in municipal management that the problems in terms of cleaning and hygiene are almost comparable to those of a camping nomad or an undisciplined army."

For example: "Prisons used to be known for their dirty and air circulation, but in the description of the worst prisons our journalists have visited, it may be slightly cleaner than many of our towns and alleys that lack qualified management. Do we need to send sick patients to the prison for care in the future?"

It is precisely because of the ruthless revelation and satirization of Pravda that the sanitation conditions of some towns in China have begun to improve slightly. Under the instructions of the Executive Committee, the State Council also included the ten most worrying cities in the country's health conditions in the "Old City Renovation Plan" last year. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is the construction of urban water supply and drainage facilities and domestic sewage treatment institutions. This plan is expected to consume 80 to 1 million yuan of funds, which is a huge burden on the national finances, but this money cannot be spent. Some cities are indeed in urgent need of renovation.

As for where the money for the transformation comes from, haha, it has to be cut from the war funds! In the eyes of the Executive Committee, the war with the Portuguese has come to an end, and the rest is only negotiations, and there is no need to spend a lot of money on the front line, so a lot of funds can be invested in domestic construction. Even the spoils brought back from various places by the Army and Navy were used by the Executive Committee to fill in the principal and interest of the debt of the Qianre* Naya people last year, which shows how urgent the Executive Committee is to build a country.

"This year there are still a group of laborers coming from Russia, with a number of about 700. After these people arrived, some city streets or water supply and drainage facilities projects in Dingjun Town, Zequan Township, Xiufeng Township (located near the city of Bentu Gonsalves in later generations) and Potou Township (located near the town of Kailan Duleon in later generations) will be tendered. At that time, we will strive to take out a project. People from the East Coast have always been willing to spend money on these municipal projects, but we will not strive to get them. "A pity." After carefully inspecting the entire construction site with Ivan, they looked at lunch time, so they went to the insider of Dingjun Town. At this time, Vladimir talked about future work plans, which undoubtedly made Ivan a little proud. These were all the careers founded by his father. In today's East Coast construction and labor market, Goshkin Company has probably become a famous brand, just like Valentino Company and Mendes Company.

"The East Coast people attach great importance to these projects. Someone once told me that a city was spared from an outbreak of 'intermittent fever' in a certain year because it paved appropriate roads; a certain place avoided the widespread spread of the plague in a certain year because of the sewer relationship." Vladimir continued, "Maybe no place paved high-standard roads in the city for public health, but paving makes the town more hygienic and livable Of course, these cities still cannot compare with big cities such as Dongfang County, Qingdao County and Ping'an County. Not only are the roads in the city good, but there are even horse-drawn rail buses surrounding the entire city, operated by their own street car companies in each county. This is undoubtedly more in line with the urban sanitation habits. We will also live in such cities in the future. Ivan. Are you willing to live in a city like the old city of Moscow with chaotic buildings, winding roads and sewage on the streets?"

"No, of course I don't want to, Uncle Vladimir." Ivan shook his head suddenly and said, "I am used to the neat and comfortable town life in the East Coast. I no longer want to live in the so-called dirty and so-called metropolises of the Old Continent. Really, those places are really bad, they are incomparable to the East Coast. They are also poor in hygiene habits. Maybe a big plague will break out at any time. It's really terrible." (~^~)
Chapter completed!