Nahuelvapi Lake, now known as "Amber Lake" on its east shore, originated from the famous geographical celebrity on the east shore and the famous expedition captain Wang Dali. At that time, he arrived at the lakeside at the sunset and saw that the entire lake surface showed a beautiful lake color under the sunset, so he named it this name.

The name of Amber Lake is also very popular among locals - a group of immigrants who came through the mountain tunnels in Jincheng, Shangbao, and the Chile area next door, looked like about 500 people. They just arrived last month and were still poor and deserted.

In fact, whether it is immigration from the Jinshang area or immigrants who are spreading to agricultural areas suitable for cultivation in the Amber Lake area, not to mention all, at least most of them come through the mountain channel of the Andes, and only a small part of them are non-national labor workers who have been converted to regular status.

Immigrants from the Andes usually operate in summer and autumn (because heavy snow may be blocked in winter and spring). They took a boat from the Far East and arrived in Chile via the Pacific route, and then took a short break for a while, and then crossed the mountains and ridges under the leadership of the General Administration of Development of the State Administration to reach the Patagonia platform.

These people together every year, they look like more than 3,000 people. In addition, some of the non-national labor workers who have been promoted to hair can barely raise 5,000 or 6,000 people. The above is also the share of immigration for the entire Patagonia Taiwan region (including Tierra Tierra del Fuego south of the Strait of Magellan).

The annual share of five or six thousand immigrants, except for a few scattered on the vast terrace grasslands, most of them either work in coastal cities, engage in marine industries, as well as the gradually emerging wool textiles and ceramic manufacturing; or they are engaged in rivers - mainly on the Chubut River, Ludang River, Baoxing River, Huangyang River and Tierra del Fuego - and in areas with abundant rainwater near the Andes, the former is mostly engaged in fruit planting and deep processing, while the latter is mainly grain planting and livestock feeding as supplements, and occasionally there are some wood processing industries. In short, the economy is indeed very average.

It can be said that if these people were not for the government-led resettlement, God knew where they would go, maybe Hejian, maybe Yazi Lake, or the eastern prairie, in short, it would be unlikely to stay in this remote and desolate place. You should know that this is located at the foot of Andes SD, and is separated from the Chile area in the western foyer. To the east is the Patagonian platform, which spans thousands of miles east. The platform is full of yellow-brown monotonous and delicate, and you can't see a figure after walking for a long time. Living in such a remote and lonely area requires great patience, but it seems that these Qing immigrants from the East are very patient. They rarely leave the village in their lives before being captured by the east shore.

We are already accustomed to the boring and monotonous life of working from sunrise and resting at sunset. We are very surprised to be able to get one acre of five acres of cultivated land and more than twenty acres of grassland (in fact, there are many grasslands on the commons, and no one stops you if you want to grazle). Therefore, at least in their area, we can still take root in Taiwan and be at peace with this peaceful and monotonous life. As for whether their descendants can be like their ancestors, it is the problem that the local government needs to face. The household registration problem can only be delayed by one or two, but it cannot fundamentally solve the problem of population outflow. However, these are the troubles that will only be faced many years later, and are not worth mentioning at all.

However, living in Amber Lake is not a big loss except loneliness. This place is located in a series of cross-cut depressions in the Andes SD foothills. There are many lakes and fertile soil. It is not as water-deficient as other places in the Patagonia platform. The weather is not too cold. The annual precipitation is more than 700 mm, which is very moderate. In terms of agricultural conditions, this place is indeed a very suitable place, and this is undoubtedly the basis for a large population, although there may not be too many people here in later generations.

The three cavalry of the three companies led by Guo Handong stopped at the place where they had just drawn some white lines on the ground, erected a few flagpoles, and laid some foundations. Under the command of the officers, the soldiers took the horses to the beautiful lakeside in groups of three to let the horses drink on their own, and prepared to wash some horses for a while.

The intelligence officer found officials from the newly established town called "Shuofang" (near the city of San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina) and asked them about the fleeing Tverches. As a result, the people looked confused and had no idea what had happened in Dingnan Town before, let alone pay attention to the movements of the native barbarians. On the contrary, the intelligence officer's questions also caused them a lot of tension, because these guys had not built any defense facilities, and the personnel lived in tents or simply lay in the grass in the open air (it's summer now, it's nothing). If some vicious natives came here, they might have all knelt down.

Driven by this worry, the officials of Shuofang Town immediately stopped what they were doing and focused their work on building houses and defense facilities. For example, they took out tools to cut some trees in the nearby forest, intending to build military post towers and villages after rough processing to defend against possible attacks by natives. It is not allowed to cut down trees in Patagonia-Taiwan area, where vegetation is relatively sparse, because it is likely to destroy the local fragile ecological environment, but in the Andes Mountains, where vegetation is richer, the Andes Mountains are more abundant.

In the Lu area, the wood can be logged on conditions with the approval of the superiors. After all, in this remote place, it is quite inconvenient to transport any building materials from other places, and it is even more unrealistic. In addition, there is a lot of rain here, and it is not suitable to build land nests and adobe houses. Therefore, after careful consideration, the superiors opened a hole for them, that is, they were allowed to cut down a certain number of trees (the specifications are standard) and register them. They were replanted after the conditions permit in the future, so as not to be artificially damaged by the local fragile ecological environment and ultimately harm the people of the East Coast themselves.

The cut down trees are common local evergreen wet-loving varieties, mainly two types, namely the Araucana fir and larch with a height of the trees. These trees are tall and stout, transparent and straight, and are used to build houses, warehouses, mail towers and forts. With the weak force and pitiful equipment of the Indians - many years ago they might have received some Spanish horses, stingers or muskets, but today when the two countries have good relations, these have been cut off for several years - it is absolutely impossible to break a fortress of this level.

In addition, they also cut down a considerable number of vermilion bamboos in nearby bamboo forests. This sturdy local bamboo in South America has excellent flexibility and has always been the first material for preparing various containers. Therefore, officials in Shuofang Town also organized villagers to go out to cut some of them, intending to process them into various tools. They even transplanted some around towns planned in the future, to beautify the environment, and to use them at any time, killing multiple birds with one stone.

People with combat experience among the pioneering residents were also selected. They were mainly non-national labor workers who had been promoted to regular work, and occasionally some Qing army prisoners, but not too many. At this moment, these "false and scattered" people were concentrated by the township armed ministers, and then temporarily assigned important tasks to serve as small militia officers, and no longer had to work. Their task was to take turns to lead young and strong men who had not arranged work to conduct military training to deal with possible Indian attacks. Although everyone knows that the possibility is not high, it is always right to be prepared for any accidents. Shuofang Town cannot afford to make mistakes.

Guo Handong and others admired the caution of the residents of Shuofang Town. At the same time, they looked pitiful, so they gave them many things that they could not use or have surplus, ranging from a bag of tobacco to half a bag of candy, to a large number of knives, ammunition, medicines, etc., and everything they could be kept for them.

In addition, they also gave some suggestions, that is, to reclaim the Andes SD foothills. Due to geographical reasons, transporting materials from the Atlantic coast is relatively difficult and the cost is extremely expensive. Therefore, it is very important to make good use of the roads to the Chile region along the Pacific coast. Judging from the survey, mapping, and materials from the Ministry of Geology over the years, the mountain lakes near Shuofang Town - in fact, most of the Andes lakes are similar - are generally very deep, and the terrain on the lakeshore is also full of natural port molds, so these mountain lake groups are actually particularly suitable for ship navigation.

Therefore, based on these considerations, Shuofang Town and even all the pioneer towns in the Andes SD foothills should pass through the Andes barrier more conveniently, labor-saving and faster through the Andes barrier, so as to get in touch with Chile, which has convenient transportation, developed economy and a large population, to support its sustainable development.

Of course, the large number of lakes in the Andes can not only be used to sail or water crops—the more than 20 mountain lakes near Shuofang Town are the source of the Shuo River (i.e., the Limai River), but also the main water source of the Ludang River, which can also be used to develop fisheries. Later Argentines introduced trout into these mountain lakes (of course, the Chileans next door did the same, and they also gained a lot). Due to the environment here, the water body is very suitable for the growth and reproduction of relatively expensive fish, trout. Argentine investors have obtained very good economic benefits by breeding these freshwater fish. They are not only sold in large quantities in their country, but are even sold to other countries and regions, which is extremely for the sake of gaining. However, these things are industrial plans to be made in the future. At present, their first priority is still to gain a basic foothold and survive. Only by solving these can they have the spare time to do other things.

The opinions of water-to-land transport to Chile by Guo Handong and others attracted the attention of Shuofang Town officials. They said that after finishing the big business at hand and gaining a foothold, they would start to try this possibility in the future. Guo Handong and others expressed their understanding, and then they realized that it had been delayed a lot of time. So regardless of the retention of these people, they rushed to Shangbao Town and Danfeng Township in the south that afternoon, trying to get there as soon as possible to obtain supplies.

When they left, they first followed the shore of Amber Lake to the south, reached the flat bottom edge, then turned to the southeast, and walked south along the Andes remnants. On January 4, 1668, they arrived at Shangbao Township (near Elborsong Town later). The local government establishment meeting of Shangluo County (the 75th county-level administrative unit in the country, with five townships including Shangbao Town, Danfeng Township, Shangluo Township, Fengyang Township and Sanshan Township, with a total population of about 7,000, mainly agricultural and animal husbandry economy). It seems that the Executive Committee has specially approved it. Otherwise, the cats and dogs in Shangluo County can only meet the hard bar standards for establishing a county in the year of the monkey and horses!

Guo Handong and others directly found the county security commander who was appointed by the new official and asked him to approve some supplies from the warehouse. At the same time, they also asked about the local "bandits". The security commander of Shangluo County admitted that there were no major bandits because they were expelled (otherwise why Shangluo County was established...), but because their own strength was still very limited, they could not move further away and lacked qualified cavalry. Therefore, there must be a large number of Tverche barbarians in the mountains, forests, and wilderness.

As for what to do in the future, the county security chief said that it would take several heads from H County to discuss it before they could know, but in general it was nothing more than policies such as suppression and pacification. It depends on whether those Indians were promoted or not. If they surrendered, they could end up in a resolute end of going to overseas colonies. If they did not, they would have to be slowly squeezed by the people of the East Coast, engulfed the living space, and finally destroyed in the inevitable conflict. This is almost without any doubt.

After encouraging the officers of the Shangluo County Security Corps and checking the local militia training situation (Captain Guo Handong is now fully responsible for military affairs in the Northern Patagonia Taiwan area, which is extremely powerful), Guo Handong and others obtained some supplies here, then left Shangluo County, which was in full swing, and then returned again, passing through Amber Lake and Shuoshui River system northward, and arrived at the departure town of Dingnan in the morning of January 11, 1668. In the middle, they suddenly encountered a migrating Tverche tribe near the reservoir on the Limai River in the later generations. After a slightly "relaxed and comfortable" battle, they killed more than a hundred of them, and then captured the remaining nearly a thousand people. They are currently escorting the troops toward Dingnan in the side of Dingnan in the subsequent troops.
Chapter completed!