The reason why the Executive Committee is willing to give such policy benefits is, on the one hand, the strong demands of old comrades like Xu Xin, and on the other hand, they are "sincere" about the Jiaohe area. n∈n∈,. After all, the executive committee's next stage of operation is always on the eastern prairie in the south, such as the Wujiang area, and along two cross-rails, so there is not much money allocated to the Jiaohe Branch of the General Administration of Development. This place with a vast development area is a drop in the bucket, so it is inevitable to attract foreign investment.

With his own means and connections, Xu Xin contacted many investors from Italy through Siligu, which made the Executive Committee possible to gain some colonial towns without investing much resources. Then it became inevitable to obtain some policy benefits, with premium repurchase and low-interest loans, no exception.

"First, let's take a look at the specific situation of these projects." Xu Xin pointed to the map and said: "First, there are a series of logging farms and forest railway construction projects on the southern foot of the Geral Mountains. I plan to build a new settlement here next month (near Jiaohe southwest of Agudu Town, near Jiaohe, near the Jiaohe River). As our army continues to advance westward along the river, the large tracts of territory opened up also need to build a series of towns, which will undoubtedly consume huge timber resources. The construction of the Beiyazihu ​​area adjacent to the Jiaohe River area has not stopped for a day, and the demand for timber in these areas has not been reduced. Therefore, it is absolutely profitable to invest in logging farms, and the same is true for forest railways that transport timber."

"We have sent teams to conduct inspections many times in advance. In the southern foothills of the Geral Mountains from Qingshan Township to Mupai Township, there are rich forest resources, and most of them are pine trees. Many of them have grown for more than a thousand years, which is difficult to see in Europe. Of course, I am not asking you to cut down these trees and transport them to Europe for sale. The transportation cost will be too high. Instead, you are encouraged to invest in logging farms and sell the wood locally to the southern part of our country that lacks forest resources. You must know that the construction of the southern region is now in full swing. The demand for timber in the construction industry (including the railway industry) has always remained high. If you can seize the opportunity, you may not be able to make a considerable profit in this round of construction tide. Of course, the premise is that you recruit people in the old continent, prepare tools and various supplies, and then come here to rent land to set up a logging farm."

"As we all know, all forest and mineral resources in our country belong to the country, so if you come to invest, you must first pay rent. Of course, this is not very expensive, and the price can be negotiated. In short, you can not lose money. Of course, if you are willing, you can also open timber processing plants, timber drying kilns and other enterprises around the logging yard. Our Jiaohe area is responsible for completing the business license for you to start a business. As for the railway that transports timber, the seven or eight logging yards are connected for about 60 kilometers, and the cost is not very large. But one thing is that the construction of all railways must be standard gauge, and you cannot use some chaotic light railways, so as not to make it difficult for us to plan in the future. This must be made clear first."

The reason why Xu Xin solemnly proposed that this 60 or 70 kilometers of forest railway must adopt the standard gauge of the east coast (1,500 mm). It is said that when the Executive Committee plans a new railway trunk line in the Jiaohe area in the future, it can connect the newly established railway with this old railway, which will save a lot of money. Of course, the small transportation branch line (usually only a few kilometers long) from each logging farm to the forest railway is made of light rail or heavy rail, everything depends on the meaning of these Italians.

"The starting point of the forest railway is Mupai Township and the end point is Qingshan Township. The main body of the line should be as close to the southern foot of the Geral Mountains as possible. After all, most of the logging farms are located in these places. All the wood will be distributed at the Qingshan Township Wharf, so we still need to build a brand new wharf here. To be honest, this is also a good investment project, because it is obvious that once this wharf is completed, its business scope will definitely not be limited to the transportation of wood. As we gradually deepen the development of the Jiaohe area, the transportation of other materials such as fuel, grain, non-staple food, tools, building materials and even personnel will also enter a peak period. I think you are all experts and you will definitely have a rough estimate, so I won't say much."

"The river surface width is generally over 100 meters in this section near Jiaohe River. The water volume is also abundant, and even in the coldest winter (the temperature is likely to drop to several degrees below zero), there is no freezing period. In other words, this river can be used for shipping throughout the year, and all kinds of economic activities along the river do not need to stop in winter. This is naturally extremely critical to the value of the dock. Of course, you may be worried about whether the number of ships sailing on Jiaohe River is enough. I would like to relax on this point.

A while ago, under the leadership of me and the regional administration, some private ship owners in China who undertake the transportation tasks of Yazi River, Takuli River and Jiaohe River jointly established a Jiaohe Navigation Federation. Currently, the organization has a total of 15 ships of various types, with a total transportation tonnage of 910 tons, and has initially possessed a certain amount of transportation capacity. At present, the transportation of a considerable part of the material of the Chinese government's land reclamation operations, infrastructure projects and even military operations in the Jiaohe area are undertaken by this organization, which is very evident."

"In addition, the state-owned inland river transport company, which has the largest inland river transport fleet in our country, will also send some ships (15 ships, transport tonnage of 1,080 tons) to Jiaohebao Wharf next month, establish a Jiaohe regional branch and carry out transportation business. This will inevitably greatly increase the value of the Jiaohe waterway, and the income of the along-river wharf will naturally increase. This is actually a very clear thing."

Xu Xin said a lot in one breath. The Italian merchants here basically understood a rough idea in the pretty good translation of Siligu. To be honest, they were a little interested in these projects, but they had not yet decided to invest immediately, because they still had a lot of doubts, such as tax issues, safety and environmental issues, market issues and even religious issues. If these issues are not solved, it will be difficult to convince them to invest huge amounts of money to come to the Jiaohe area for development.

"I think we still have some doubts about the security situation in the area. I heard that your country's field exploration team was attacked by barbarians repeatedly and caused a certain degree of casualties. If we recruit a large number of workers from the old continent to work, it may be difficult to avoid this situation. How will your country prepare to solve this? This is very important!" After a brief exchange, Luciano, a famous businessman from Luca, came forward to ask Xu Xin, and the problem he pointed out was obviously very worried about.

"I don't think you have to worry too much about this." Xu Xin laughed at the hearing, and then said confidently: "It's winter now, and all activities in the countryside have gradually entered a stagnation period. For this reason, last month, on behalf of the Regional Administration, I asked the central government to mobilize militias from various counties in the southern region to come to Jiaohe and the Beiyazi Lake area to carry out rotational battles to carry out accurate strikes against the Guarani barbarians. We have mastered a lot of information and are honored to know the hiding places or supply points of many barbarians. This request has been approved by the Executive Committee of our highest authority, and is preparing to mobilize tens of thousands of militias from seven counties in the south in turn to come to the local area for slack season in winter to fight for the bandit suppression. I think the stubborn problem of poor security situation will definitely improve greatly in the next few months."

In fact, Xu Xin was only part of it. In their plan, they would also send capable diplomats to San Salvador to conduct solemn representations with the Portuguese Brazilian colonial authorities, requiring them to strictly restrain the Indians under their rule and prohibit them from entering the Geral Mountains to become enemies with the East Coast, otherwise the First Fleet of the East Coast Navy would retain the power to operate freely. In addition, they also approved a plan of advance formulated by the Army Department, in which the East Coast Republic will send a large number of military personnel into the Geral Mountains for the first time (but it is limited to this mountain range and will not enter the sensitive Brazilian plateau) to crack down on the "anti-East Coast elements" hiding there. This unprecedented behavior is probably going to have a profound impact on the psychology of the Portuguese, but there is no need to explain it in detail to these Italians at this time.

Of course, the Executive Committee also made it clear to the Army that the strike operation was limited to three months, and only some "militia" with vague identities were allowed to cross-border attacks. They retreated immediately after completion, leaving no soldiers and soldiers between the Geral Mountains, so as not to cause more intense uneasiness among the Portuguese and prompted them to turn to some old countries in Europe early, so that things might be complicated. The Army was certainly not very satisfied with this. They even wanted to occupy part of the Brazilian highlands connected to the Geral Mountains for a time.

At the original southern end, the actual control line of the northern border was pushed to the upper reaches of the Uruguay River (i.e. the Uruguay River-Pelotas River). If the army really did this, then the northern border line of the East Coast Republic of China would reach the dividing line between Rio Grande, south of Brazil and Santa Catarina, which had almost expanded the land of more than 150,000 square kilometers. However, for various reasons, Army Minister Mo Ming finally agreed to the opinions of the Executive Committee and suppressed the strong request for war within the army.
Chapter completed!