"How many Arakan people are there in the Central Valley?" Mao Desheng, president of the Nan Railway Company, standing in the newly established building in Liucheng Harbor, the Cathedral of San Marcos, asked softly: "There are few people in the old land of the Kingdom of Arakania in the south, and there are only thousands of them after they die. However, the Central Valley is a little different. The climate here is very mild and humid, which is different from the southern part of which can become a bitter and cold place. Therefore, the number of Arakan people should be very large."

Standing next to him was Liu Jianguo, who was newly promoted to the commissioner of the Southern Chile Regional Administration. This young second-generation official who climbed up step by step from the deputy township head, township head, deputy county magistrate, D county magistrate, and deputy commissioner, has been favored by many people from the beginning and has been focused on cultivating his career. His career journey is also very steady, which can be said to be one step at a time. According to the current situation, if you don’t make any serious mistakes in the future, Liu Jianguo still has a great chance to win the throne of the Executive Committee. Just like Ma Wenqiang, Chen Ke, Bai Yutang and others who have emerged, they are all "people" with a strong root.

It goes without saying that the system of selecting cadres in East Coast people was extremely excellent in this era. It ensures that every cadre starts from the grassroots level and has a good understanding of the people's sentiments at the bottom from the beginning. Generally speaking, the first leadership position of these people is a newly opened township in a pioneering area, which greatly trains their abilities - whether it is leadership, coordination, planning, or hard-working ability - so that they will not lose sight of one thing because of lack of experience in climbing a higher position in the future, nor will they be deceived by their subordinates because of lack of practical ability.

Compared with the contemporary European countries, officials were basically from nobles, either the housekeepers of the nobles, the relatives of the bishops, etc. Because they monopolized knowledge, their status was irreplaceable, and they also had certain military power and bloodline as their backing, so it was very easy to rule. Moreover, they basically didn't need much professional knowledge. Many noble children were awarded high-ranking officials and generous salaries at the age of seventeen or eighteen, which made a group of East Coast bureaucrats who had their beards barely climbed up by "I'm so angry", but there was no way, and the system was different.

During his years as a local official in the Nanchi area, Liu Jianguo has accumulated extremely rich experience and is quite familiar with local affairs. Especially the two counties of Fenggu Island (namely Guanhai and Qinghe counties), which he has managed successively, and the whale fishing, processing, sales and salmon farming in Qingf County, can be said to be the best candidate for the chief officer of the Southern Chile Regional Administration, which has been established for a few years. Not to mention, because of his special background (it turned out to be an official from the Southern Chilean official, his father was the second president of the Southern Chilean Railway), he has a close relationship with the Southern Chile Company, which takes charge of most of the affairs on the Pacific coast. Therefore, if Liu Jianguo is not the throne of the Southern Chilean Commissioner, he will not be able to sit firmly?

By the way, the upper part has just made a new division of the jurisdiction of the Southern Chile Regional Administration. In the future, in addition to the existing counties of Qingfeng, Guanhai and Qinghe, the land south of the Bueno River obtained from the Spanish will also be incorporated into the Southern Chile region. In this way, the Southern Chile Regional Administration in the future should be able to have seven or eight counties under its jurisdiction, mainly for grain and fruit and vegetable planting, fishing, whaling, logging, sulfur mining, etc. The conditions are quite good, and it is not much worse than those old-fashioned areas in the north. I believe that as long as Liu Jianguo and Liu manage this area of ​​Chile well, he will be able to use this as an advancement in the future and become one of the top nine people in the power pyramid of the East Coast Republic of China.

"I don't know the number, because the Spaniards here are not very powerful, and they are not able to explore inland areas enough. We can't find much valuable things from the files they left behind, and we can only estimate them based on our own experience." Liu Jianguo considered the following statement and replied slowly: "Our officials told me that after comprehensive analysis of multiple information, it is estimated that there are 20,000 to 30,000 Araucans living in the entire area south of the Bueno River. But he also stated that this data is difficult to be more accurate, because the Araucans are a people of tourist farming and fishing and hunting, and their range of activities is not fixed, and there is no clear concept of territory. Therefore, they often pass by the banks of the Bueno River, and it is difficult for you to conduct an accurate statistics on them."

Mao Desheng nodded after hearing this. After taking a sip of cigarettes, the army tycoon who had worked in the Far East for many years stared into the distance and said, "The Araukans must move away. This is a national policy and a red line, and there is no room for bargaining. This time, we actually have an opportunity to solve the problem, that is, the captain of the Australian Development Team, Wang Yan, requested to add more personnel to him and develop the local economy. It seems to be to strengthen persuasion. He pointed out in his letters and reports that in our letters and reports, a large number of Australian local population have been transported to southern Chile through the South Pacific immigration route. He made this behavior a "blood-sucking" and believed that it greatly suppressed the development of the Australian Development Team's jurisdiction. Therefore, now our Nanci area is developing well, so that we can "repay" part of the population so that they can get up slowly."

"This matter can actually be solved with the Araukan people." Mao Desheng spitted out a smoke ring and said, "Since the Araukan people are not suitable for staying here, I'd better just pack them all and send them to Australia to pioneer. We don't want to pay any money from Australia, and even give everyone some farm tools, seeds, clothes and some daily necessities so that they can live less hard after they arrive in Australia, a place where birds do not poop. This way of solving things can basically be done with the ultimate righteousness. Xiao Liu, what do you think? Is this matter reliable to solve it like this?"

Speaking of which, although the Southern Chile Regional Administration has just been transferred to the government this year, due to the complex relationship between the Southern Railway Company and the Executive Committee, at least for the current stage, the settlement townships near the Southern Guiyang Railway and the southeast Pacific coast basically have to accept the dual leadership of the Government Council and the Southern Railway Company. This is why Mao Desheng asked Liu Jianguo just now, because Mao, the president of the Southern Railway Company, is also a direct superior of Liu Jianguo.

"This is hard to say." Liu Jianguo frowned and said in thinking: "The Araucan people are a little different. They are naturally free and fierce. The Spanish once arrested them to work in silver mines, but the resistance was fierce. The two sides had a fight and fight that broke out to this day. In fact, we knew this when we had a feud with the Spanish Kingdom in the early years. At that time, our ships also funded the Araucan people's resistance forces near Fenggu Island. Old Vicente's guerrillas also emerged at that time. To be honest, such indigenous people are not easier to deal with than the Terverches. Even though we have a large number of Araucan people who helped us talk about the title (most of them were from the original Araucanian Kingdom), the effect is hard to say. I am not very optimistic anyway."

Liu Jianguo mentioned that some of the Arakan indigenous people who defected to the East Coast people were actually officials of the former Arakanian Kingdom. In this native country supported by the East Coast people (at that time, in order to make things difficult for the Spaniards), after being forcibly incorporated into the East Coast Republic of China under the leadership of the Southern Railway Company, some of their people (about 20,000 to 30,000 people) were moved to Patagonia, some were sent to South Africa, some were dispersed into local counties, and very few were sent to New China Island and other places to settle down. It can be said that it is the most favored indigenous race.

Now these Arakan cadres who are working for the interests of the East Coast are part of the remnants of the Arakanian Kingdom who stay in the east coast. If they come forward in the future, they will contact and communicate with the Arakan people living south of the Bueno River (now renamed the Lishui River), they should have a very good effect, at least much better than the "invaders" of the East Coast who come forward in person.

Of course, don't have too much expectations for this matter. If the Araucan barbarians could convince them by just a mouth, they wouldn't have been against the Spanish for so many years. These people yearned for free and unrestrained people. The riots and escape incidents in the Spanish mines every few days were the masterpieces of the Araucan people. Therefore, Liu Jianguo estimated that in the end, he would probably have to do one, otherwise these Araucan people would not surrender or give up their own land.

"I also think it's useless to just talk about it, but I still have to see the truth from behind. The Araucan people are unruly. We have always known that in recent years, residents of colonial towns such as Barrios in Spain (that is, Port Monte, and now Liucheng Port on the east coast map), Osorno and other colonial towns have repeatedly clashed with the Araucan people, which directly proves this fact. Now the area south of the Lishui River is full of income (although it is rented...), we cannot guarantee that our face is great enough that the ignorant and barbaric Araucan people can live in peace with us, not to mention that we are still coveting the richness under their feet.

The land is simply irreconcilable, and there is no room for peace." Mao Desheng finally turned around and sat behind a table in the house. While playing with a certain priest's religious jewelry, he said: "But this matter is not urgent. Our current expansion idea is still to expand along the existing colonial towns of the Spaniards. In addition, we set up some new settlements to connect these into pieces, divide the natives, and then slowly clean up them up. Slowly develop, slowly capture the natives, and slowly exil the Araucan barbarians to the Australian region. At their own pace, there is no rush."

"Okay, let's not talk about this." After talking about the indigenous issues in central and southern Chile, Mao Desheng took out a cigarette from his pocket and said while lit it: "Xiao Liu, the land south of the Lishui River is fertile, it is a good agricultural area, and the harbor is excellent, with rich fishery resources, and it is also a whaling resort. Therefore, you have to operate well and don't let people gossip. In addition, after our government negotiates to obtain a large fertile land south of the Lishui River through negotiations - this is also thanks to Dazhi and Dayong of Li Qing's special envoy, our company intends to move some of its industries to Liucheng Port. After all, you also know that the natural conditions are not too good and are not suitable for gathering too many industries. There was no way before, but now with the Chilean Central Valley south of the Lishui River, some institutions can also be relocated."

Liu Jianguo has actually known about the relocation of some industries of Nantie Company. He is even one of the participants to some extent. He is nothing more than to bring companies such as wood processing plants, Nantie Flour Factory, Pacific Shipyard, Nantie Building Materials Branch, Nantie Fishery Branch to the Southern Chile area to promote the development of the local economy. What's more, Liu Jianguo also plans to introduce Nantie Medical Research Institute (including Nantie Sanatorium), Nantie Maternal and Child Hospital, Nantie Weekly and other institutions to the southern Chile area's own territory, making the Southern Chile area more comprehensive. He believes that if the upper levels of Nantie Company do not object, a considerable number of these enterprises and institutions can be pulled over one by one by one by one. After all, whether it is Fenggu Island or the Central Valley, its climate is much better than the cold and dry Nancone area. Who is stupid and unwilling to come?

"The preliminary opinion of the company's board of directors is to first move the Pacific shipyard to Liucheng Port, and in the future, only a limited-scale ship repair shop will be retained at Araucan Port. Nantie Fishery Branch and Nantie Wood Processing Plant will also be moved together, and they will all settle in Liucheng Port. The conditions there are the most suitable." Mao Desheng looked at Liu Jianguo's eyes and said with a smile: "You have picked up a big advantage. So many companies and personnel have promoted the regional economy quite obviously. Oh, by the way, I heard that the Navy's Third Fleet is also interested in moving the home port. They want to move their home port from the cold Araucan Port to Liucheng Port in order to better control the southeast Pacific This is a sea area with rich resources. Although the fleet is the most inconspicuous among the three fleets, it is also a fleet after all. The personnel and family members are not a small number, and they are all not short of money. The Navy will definitely allocate relocation funds to help the Third Fleet move. Therefore, you can take the ride in the construction of Liucheng Port again. The Spaniards have laid the foundation for you. The Nantie and the Navy Department invested you in subsequent construction funds. Tsk, Xiao Liu, you are very lucky and saved a lot of money. Liucheng Port will undoubtedly become the capital of the Southern Chile region and the most prosperous city."
Chapter completed!