On May 26, 1659, Dingjun Fort.

Shao Yuanyi found that he could not leave anymore because he was too famous and the medical conditions in the Dingjun Fort area were too weak, so he was temporarily arrested by General Mo of the Army and stayed in a local Taoist hospital to help treat the wounded and sick. After all, tens of thousands of people went to the mountains in the north to suppress bandits, and injuries were inevitable.

Fortunately, the army has not yet gathered all its troops and supplies are being transported one after another, so Shao Yuanyi has a rare leisure time - well, it is just a moment of tranquility before the busy work comes.

"This is the famous Dingjun Fort, where there are a large number of incredible legends and stories, most of which are related to the Guarani barbarians. I rode my horse in the sparse forest with nervous curiosity, and beautiful flowers in the clearings dotted around me, which is refreshing."

"Dingjun Fort is a small city. Its many stone houses are decorated with the embankments of the Takuri River. There are many fruit trees planted on the banks of the river - you like orange trees - there are large groups of white 'clouds' moving on the hills across the river. I think they must be cute sheep. I think, maybe the residents of Dingjun Fort really live a good life, at least the city looks rich, maybe the residents' wages are relatively high, after all, there are a large number of spoils and slaves gather here every winter."

Having written this, Shao Yuanyi lit his pipe and smoked a cigarette. He was originally a child laborer in the pharmacy in the Ming Dynasty, and he could only recognize a few words roughly. As for formal learning Chinese, it was still the case after he came to the East Coast. Therefore, his writing style has a strong East Coast characteristics, such as this letter he wrote to his new widow's sister-in-law Anna.

"The most magnificent building in the city is the prison..." Shao Yuanyi wrote: "More than a thousand indentured slaves from Poland live in shacks outside the city, working hard day and night to level the roadbed, build houses, cut down forests, mow grass and grazing. They seem so obedient, just like when facing the lords in Poland. The reason is probably nothing more than that they were originally serfs."

"I have been to the shacks outside the city, and they are always very dark. I cannot without pity on these poor people, especially when they still have wives and children. They complain about their destiny so painfully - cursing the nobles, cursing the Russians, cursing the Swedes, and cursing the Tatars - and at the same time, they hope to change their destiny so passionately, which first requires them to go through a long and long hard life of five years before they are qualified to obtain nationality and own land, and this is often the beginning of a happy life."

"If the Poles are already miserable, then the Guarani, who I want to act as railway workers, is even more miserable. I will never forget my first impression when I arrived here. In their settlements, all living things seemed to be stained with a negative color: the sick children were wearing a shirt, barefoot, sitting in the cold morning dew of late autumn; the adults were also crushed by the heavy labor force, and they often said, "We don't need to expect anything good, it's too bad to be broken anymore'; I followed the willow camp

Wandering at the railway construction site in Dingjun Fort, pay attention to the face of every Guarani I met. Almost never saw a face with a healthy and satisfying atmosphere, and constantly encountering people with exhaustion slumped on the ground. I looked at these unfortunate people with sadness. In this atmosphere that seemed to be locked by heavy chains, despair and insensitive were like heavy abyss that destroyed the body and mind of every Guarani. This is why you often hear the mass deaths of Guarani people - which often contain women and children... "

After smoking a bag of cigarettes, Shao Yuanyi finished writing the letter. After stuffing the letter into the envelope and sealing it, he breathed a long sigh and said to himself: "This time, Yang ****, the boss of the Central Railway Company, was also accompanied by the team. This adult seemed to have received some promise from the Executive Committee to accelerate the completion of the construction of the Liuding Line of the Northern Railway (Liu Shuying-Dingjun Fort). I saw that the railway equipment on both sides of the roadbed were piled up like a mountain, and there were also many road construction workers. In addition to less than 10,000 Guarani people, many Swasili, Congolese, and Sakarava people were transported one after another.

, Betsimsaraka, Tverche, Crandi, and Khosa, are you going to rush to build the railway to Dingjun Fort next year? Then, what should I do if the more than 30 kilometers of journey from Dingjun Fort to Khahu Fort? Continue to draw personnel to build it? This is not impossible. I heard that the construction of the Northwest Railway duplex has been stopped, and a large number of road construction workers have been vacant, which has created conditions for the construction of the Northern Railway. Well, after returning, I have to inquire about it. Our Forage Meat Products Factory must seize this opportunity. This is a long-term major project and we have to grasp it."

In the afternoon, Chief of Staff of General Mo, who followed the newly formed Fifth Mixed Battalion of the Army, summoned a group of military and political officials, including Shao Yuanyi, at the railway construction site, and assigned new tasks to them.

"The 65-kilometer railway line of Liuding Line must be completed as soon as possible, and the entire line will be completed at the latest in the first half of next year." Mo Ming, wearing a military uniform, looked at the Liuding Line, which had been flattened for quite a section of the roadbed, and said firmly: "The railway will be connected to the Shahu Fort before the end of next year, and will continue to extend more than 50 kilometers before the autumn harvest of the next year. This is the red line, and there must be no mistakes! Of course, in order to cooperate with you to complete this section of the railway, we will also find ways to get more labor workers, in short, we must complete it as soon as possible. Without the railway, there would be no control of our East Coast people over Dingjun Mountain and the Brazilian Plateau, and this has been approved by the Executive Committee. At the end of this month, a group of 2,000 Italian labor workers will arrive at Liushu Camp and join the construction army, and there will be more next month..."

In fact, since Mo Ming had fed more than 100,000 square kilometers of land south of the Uruguay River (including the Dingjun Mountains) from the Portuguese a few years ago, the East Coast people's control over this place has been extremely weak due to various reasons. The Portuguese were very resentful because they failed to get Recife back and refused to withdraw from this land quickly. There were also a large number of native tribes dependent on the Portuguese colonists, and they did not want to evacuate at all, which caused the land to remain outside the control of the East Coast government.

As for this situation, whether it is the relatively radical and tough military headquarters or the relatively conservative and cautious executive committee, it is impossible to sit still for a long time. Therefore, after sending troops to clear out the Guarani forces in nearby mountainous areas for several consecutive years (laying a solid foundation for immigration and settlement), at the beginning of this year, the army finally turned its attention to the Brazilian plateau, hoping to bring the Portuguese forces (several Sao Paulo flag teams have strongholds here, and their strength cannot be underestimated) out in one fell swoop, and put the flag on the Great East Coast firmly on the Brazilian plateau and on the banks of the Uruguay River.

The army officers had no doubts about whether this goal could be achieved, because the Portuguese had signed an agreement with the East Coast, and the black-and-paper cedestination agreement had already existed in the Executive Committee archives, which was not fake. Although the premise for this agreement to take effect was that the Portuguese obtained Recife, who cares about you so much? If you don’t get Recife in your life, you will never go to the Brazilian plateau in your life? How can you do this in the world?

Of course, the East Coast people were also ready to turn against the Portuguese. Now, Chief of Staff Mo brought more than 10,000 officers and soldiers to the local area to practice with war, just like he brought more than 10,000 fully armed "negotiators" to negotiate with the Portuguese a few years ago - only the Great East Coast has always been a hooligan, how dare you the Portuguese play?

What's more, the relationship between East and Portugal is now tense, and people on the East Coast want to move Portugal, there are many reasons: for example, trade frictions, land cedes land without fulfilling their contracts, such as stealing East Coast technology, etc. As long as you want to move you, you can produce a bunch of evidence in minutes, not to mention that most of them are facts.

"The railway is the key to us opening the southern end of the Brazilian Plateau. Relying on the railway, we can transport a large number of soldiers and materials to the front line. This advantage is crushing for the Portuguese." Mo Ming continued, "Of course, the railway can also transport a large amount of construction materials and immigration. This is the key to our ability to control this place for a long time. After all, if there is no place for our own people to live in, what is the core territory? Therefore, all sections of this railway must be built like this. If there is any problem in the middle, the person in charge will face trial! I have to say so much. Go and work quickly. When the time comes, the Executive Committee and the Military Department will naturally send people to inspect and accept it."

After sending all the officials to work, Mo Ming summoned Shao Yuanyi alone, first talked to him about some interesting things, and then carefully inquired about the development of medical services in the Dingjun Fort area. After learning about the weak medical conditions here, Chief of Staff Mo was already considering whether to draw a group of medical personnel from the Nantie Affiliated Area, one of his basic bases, to the Dingjun Mountains and join the medical system here.
Chapter completed!