"I really didn't expect that this cod ball is made in an inland countryside shop, which is more authentic than many restaurants in coastal areas." On October 21, 1699, the Hexi region was a season of grass and birds flying, especially in the newly established warm areas of Mengze County. October is actually very warm, so warm that people have to open their windows when they sleep at night.

Mengze County is a newly established county this year. It has a total of five settlements, including Mengze Town, Hequdu Township, Huoshui Township (located near the town of Pilar in later generations), Nanti Township (located near the town of Laureles in later generations) and Hongmiao Township (located near the town of Ignacio in later generations). It is the 195th county-level administrative unit in the country. It currently has a total population of 14,000, mainly focusing on agriculture, forestry and inland fishery.

Also established are Jingting County in the northwest (the 196th county in the country). The county is under the jurisdiction of Jingting Town, Shuiqing Township, Shengshui Township, Liangjialou Township (located near the town of Pirane in later generations), and Leji Township (located near the town of Roka in later generations). There are also five settlements with a slightly larger population, with a population of about 16,000 people. The economy is mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry, and there are a little industry, but it can be ignored.

In addition, in this area, people from the East Coast have also set up many isolated settlements, namely: Zhuangwan Township (near Florida Town), Brickmiao Township (near Iveque Town), Xiwa Township (near Oliva Town), Niugang Township (near Uti Town), Dongyan Township (near Ayoras Town), Guangren Township (near Encancion Town), Shadun Township (near Captain Mesa Town), Qilidi Township (near Carlos Antonio Lopez Town), Yanshe Township (near San Rosa del Monde Town), and Bushang Township (near Este City), a total of ten towns, and have resettled more than 18,000 immigrants from home and abroad, with great courage.

In fact, we can see from the map that the establishment of these counties and towns indicates that the East Coast people no longer intend to hide it. They changed the infiltration in private to openly cross-border colonization and seized the land of Western Paraguay in a panoramic way. This is obviously not good news for the Spanish, especially for the Paraguayans with a large number of local populations and hundreds of thousands of people, it is simply a nightmare.

The people of the East Coast have ambitions for Paraguay, which is no longer news. They used to pretend to be civilized and talk about rules, but at the moment when they saw that war with the Kingdom of Spain might begin, they seem to be less particular about being tempted and began to instigate young people without land in the country and new overseas immigrants to cross the border to enter Paraguay to grab land and expand their living space.

The East Coast government of course also provided a lot of help. First of all, the rural militia self-defense organizations that seemed to be established overnight are suspicious. Most of them are ordinary people with weak combat power, but they are also mixed with many veterans who are obviously professionals. Although these people are generally around forty years old, they are experienced, firm willed, and arrogant. They are naturally not afraid of the Spanish in Paraguay coming to find fault.

Once a group of sheep has wolves to lead, their combat effectiveness will naturally not be measured by sheep. Don’t believe it? Look at the dozens of battles that both sides have fought in the past two years. The militiamen on the east coast are not at a disadvantage! They are well-equipped and have sufficient supplies. At critical moments, they can even pull out several retired artillery pieces of army artillery to help the battle, which once made the Spanish cry and cry.

The Spanish were not undeniable to think about strengthening the military power in Paraguay. But they had a big problem, that is, this place, which is called rich, is actually a geographically isolated island. They are surrounded by the East Coast control area on the east, west, and south, and only the north Coast trial district leads to the Chalkas Procuratorate District. But the road to Upper Peru (Charcas) is so difficult to walk! There are dense forests and mountains, and most of the places are wilderness ridges with few people, and there is no road at all. The only few winding mountain paths are seriously insufficient in transportation, and they can only walk some limited-scale mules and horse teams. How can this support them in fighting with the East Coast people?

Therefore, the Spaniards in Paraguay had basically given up treatment before. If they were robbed, they would be robbed. Asuncion was slowly surrounded by the East Coast settlements. Anyway, they could not resist. Why bother to do it in vain? However, as the East Coast Army joined the game and began to penetrate the Paraguayan territory, plundered the population everywhere and went to the south to carry out infrastructure construction, the officials of the Asuncion Prosecutorial Court District, which had been established for a few years, finally could not sit still. They found that if they did not do anything, Paraguay would have no strength to fight back in a few years.

Some native white nobles donated a large number of mules and horses, forming a team of mules and horses that were several times larger than before. They kept traveling between Charkas and Asuncion. While exporting agricultural and animal husbandry products, they also purchased a large number of very scarce guns and ammunition as their capital to compete with the East Coast people.

Just in March this year, the Spaniards in Paraguay organized an operation called the "Autumn Offensive". The purpose of the operation was to destroy villages and towns established by the people of the East Coast across the border, expel the pioneering population of the East Coast, and curb the invasion of the people of the East Coast. The plan was actually quite good, and the preparations were very sufficient. However, there was an insider in Asuncion who informed him. The people of the East Coast received news in advance and directly mobilized a large number of security militias from the six counties of Hexi, Wuping, Shagou, Shemcha, Ganyi, and Iguasu to cross the river quietly, giving the Spaniard a headache.

The battle took place in the area east of the newly established Brickmiao Township. More than 5,000 East Coast militia fought more than 3,000 Spanish soldiers. As a result, the Spanish army was defeated, more than 1,000 people were killed and injured, and the rest were all captured. Except for a few who were redeemed by people with money, most of the more than 2,000 prisoners were sent to the mountainous areas west of Luoyang Prefecture to mine copper, lead or tungsten ore, and the outcome would not be very good.

After experiencing this unexpected defeat, the Spaniards in Asuncion immediately became cowardly. They began to pretend to be dead and began to turn a blind eye to the various colonial activities of the East Coast people in the wild. As the saying goes, they are not upset, and they are also a trick to escape reality. However, in this way, they basically gave up completely in the wild. Especially those Guarani Indians who took two hundred years to gradually naturalize by missionaries are now facing large-scale plunder by the East Coast people.

There is no doubt that the East Coast people were even more vicious slave hunters than the original São Paulo Banner. The São Paulo Banners were defeated by the Guarani in Paraguay several times in history, but they were inadequate in their hard-working expeditions and were not prepared for difficulties. However, the East Coast Army soldiers and militia were not comparable to those of the St. Paulo slave hunters who were more soldiers like robbers. They had guns, cannons, cavalry and logistics troops, and the Guarani who were still using a medley gun was so handy.

According to statistics in the past six months, there are more than 10,000 Paraguayan Guarani active on the construction site of the Luoming Railway alone, not to mention the larger number of Guarani active in state-owned mines, forest farms, and farms. They work diligently to produce various wealth for the East Coast people in exchange for the opportunity of "atonement". Once the "atonement" is successful, they have the opportunity to go to the yellow-black dividing line of southern Africa and join one of the forces as free people, which is also a good destination, although they do not want to leave the New World at all.

Now there are more than 4,000 Guarani people in the southern part of Mengze County. Their task is to build river embankments and reservoirs. The water level of the Bian River (Parana River) varies too much seasonally. If water conservancy facilities are not built properly, then this large settlement along the river will never be safe and may not be submerged by floods one day. But on the other hand, if huge sums of money are spent to build tall and solid flood control embankments along the river (the embankments can also be used as land transportation trunks), and a large number of artificial reservoirs are built on both sides to store water, imitating the "Zhenggang" agricultural model on the banks of the Wujiang River, then the Bian River can turn harm into benefits and bring inexhaustible benefits to the people along the river.

In the past, the East Coast people did not have this manpower. Now, Paraguay has hundreds of thousands of labor force. Even if they are driven out of the new world according to the policy, it is okay to play a role before these people leave. To put it darkly, Paraguay has hundreds of thousands of people, including the Indians and Mestiso people from other places, which is scary. Do the East Coast people really have enough ships to transport them to leave? Is the Yellow-and-Black Dividing Line really capable of eating so many people in a short period of time? I'm afraid it may not be!

Therefore, something that is somewhat difficult to declare but everyone understands is that during this period, try to do as many major projects as possible, don’t be afraid of not enough money - you can print money. Anyway, the East Coast is already the era of credit currency - you need to do big things, do some hundred-year projects that you dare not do before, and "consuming" more Indians and Mestiso people through these processes. These projects are difficult, harsh environments, and deaths are inevitable. Sometimes a contagious outbreak may lie down hundreds or even thousands of people. It is really hard to bear to consume them purely by the people of the East Coast. The Indians seem to be a good alternative.

The water control project in Mengze County is the product of this idea. Nowadays, in addition to more than 4,000 Guarani people on the river bank, there are more than 1,500 people on the east coast working, but their lives are lighter and relatively safe, and they are naturally one in the sky and one underground like the Indians. With more builders, there are naturally more people doing business around them. The most prominent one is undoubtedly the catering business. At this moment, the fly restaurant where Li Peng is sitting is one of them.

"Mengze County has a fertile land of thousands of miles, and the country of fish and rice has great potential. The only obstacle now is probably the flood that occurs from time to time." Li Peng and several reporters who came to interview were chatting while eating and drinking. He only heard him say: "As long as this water control project with two million yuan invested in the flood control embankment, water lifting station, port gate, multiple reservoirs, and spider-web-like irrigation canals can be completed in this way, the county's economy will usher in a leapfrog development. In the future, let alone eating cod balls, what is it to eat tuna!"

"This is right, either." Another reporter said: "Those who cannot make money by agriculture. If there is so much grain production, the price will definitely plummet, so it will be a big deal. If it really reaches the point where the more grain grows, the more you get, the more you will be able to get it, who is stupid to do such a thankless thing?"
Chapter completed!