"Okay, good things, great things!" On January 5, 1677, in Niuzhuang Port, He Yuan, who had just returned from morning exercise, whistled excitedly when he looked at a secret document issued by the local government, causing his wife Liu Wei who was having breakfast next to him to roll her eyes, and the children also winked and laughed constantly.

"Haha, what do you know!" He Yuan laughed and stopped eating breakfast. He turned over and rode a horse. Under the escort of two policemen from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he headed towards the office in the city.

The reason why he was so happy was that the document he saw clearly stated that in the next four years, the local people would send immigrants with a total of more than 40,000 people to the Pampa Plain in the name of building railways, exiled prisoners, non-national labor workers (mainly Poles and Ukrainians). Among these people, the second generation of citizens born in the local area were about 10,000, and they were the main force and backbone of the East Coast expansion in the Pampa Plain; the exiled prisoners and non-national labor workers combined were about 30,000, and these people were all with their families and would be organized into four production and construction corps according to the number of people, just as the East Coast people did in the Far East, reclaimed land, planted food, leveled foundations, and built houses. Of course, all the above activities were limited to the railway affiliation, and of course this was enough.

The reason why the local area is so bold is of course closely related to the current population. According to the joint statistics of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Immigration, and Mei agencies, as of the end of August last year (1676), the total population of the East Coast Republic of China had reached 60,000, continuing to hit a record high.

Among these people, the number of second-generation citizens born in the country is about 50,000, accounting for 2%, and continues to be the top; the total number of immigrants from the East is about 1.38 million, accounting for about 37%, ranking second; there are about 540,000 white men and women with East Coast national status, accounting for nearly 6%, which is not a small number; the number of non-nationals has grown rapidly, and everyone knows the reason. There are currently about 40,000, of which the number of white non-nationals has reached a high of 20,000, accounting for 50% for the first time, which is 5%, which shows how many Slavic slaves sold by the grassland people in the past year.

The total number of citizens and non-nationals is definitely over 4 million. With such a large population, no wonder the local executive committee members are so generous and willing to transport 10,000 people to the Pampa Plain every year. This is what they are here to grab land! Taking advantage of the time when the Spaniards were too busy to take care of themselves, they first created a faita fact, and then repeatedly argued with the Spaniards. In the end, they could give some benefits and exempt some debts and settle them. What a big deal!

After the arrival of these 40,000 people, plus the more than 20,000 East Coast people who already existed on the Pampa Plain, the population under He Yuan's rule has undoubtedly exceeded 60,000. This is naturally not a small number, and it is no longer the one that the straw troupe could manage at the time. Therefore, the local area just promoted He Yuan to the acting commissioner of the Niulanshan Regional Administration last month, and sent dozens of cadres of different ages, old, middle-aged and young, to assist Commissioner He to build a leadership team.

The so-called Niulanshan Regional Administration has an extremely broad jurisdiction. Not only will the existing ten settlements be under its jurisdiction, but once the Yanbu Railway is officially determined in the future, personnel will also be arranged to come in and will also be under its jurisdiction. To put it simply, he, Chief He Yuan, will be the top leader in civil affairs in the east coast power on the Pampa Plain in the future, and he is of high power. He resolutely resigned from his position as the chief of the Hue Customs and a low-level settlement in Niuzhuang Town, and has now received a fruitful return, which has helped him, at least he, to save no less than ten years in his career.

After He Yuan came to the office, he found that the cadres of the State Railway Administration, Chen Jia, who had been preparing for the railway in Yancheng Port, was waiting for him. At that time, this guy was looking through several documents about the international situation with relish (the newspaper "Portrait" under the leadership of Sun Wuben, and was jointly compiled by the Office of Truth of the Universe. It can be used for review by internal reference for cadres at the department level and above). When he saw He Yuan walk into the office, he smiled, picked up the fragrant coffee on the table and took a sip, and then said with a smile: "The Spanish are so bad! What do you think they are looking for? That Duke of Lorraine Charles IV is a vassal of King Carlos of Spain? But I think how he got closer to the Austrians? So many

Over the years, he did not pay much money to the Spanish royal family, but was beaten by Louis XIV. King Carlos wanted to avenge him. It was so strange. Tsk tsk, he now has tens of thousands of troops, and it seems that he is all relying on the Dutch and Austrians to help him maintain it. Otherwise, how could a betrayal dog who has lost his territory jump so happily? Alas, this Spanish is stupid, stupid! Leopold from Austria conspired with King Louis XIV to divide the Spanish territory during the war of transfer of heritage. But now he still resolutely stands on the side of the Austrians. Has the Spanish court been infiltrated with the Spanish court? How can he do all these stupid things!"

"If they are not stupid, then where will we get the opportunity to eat away their land and wealth?" He Yuan hung his coat and the Russians on the hanger, then sat opposite Chen Jia, looking at him and said, "If the Spaniards did not suffer a great loss and did not ask for us, how could this salt cloth railway be so fast? Speaking of which, Director Chen, your job was found by the Spanish for you, and you have to thank them."

In fact, He Yuan's words with hilariousness are not wrong, because strictly speaking, Chen Jia was originally just an ordinary deputy director in the bureaucratic organization of the State Railway Administration. Although he performed well in his work, he did not overestimate his peers. According to the normal path, it would take him many years to slowly climb up the system and step by step as director, deputy director, director (or general manager of the railway company), deputy director, and general director, and his future is basically predictable.

However, the Yanbu Railway's planning suddenly made him jump out of the fiercely competitive small circle. Not only did his administrative level rise to a higher level and become the director of the Yanbu Railway's preparatory office, he also obtained the hot position of director of the Yanbu Railway Preparatory Office. When the railway officially began to be built, his every move would fall into the eyes of many big shots. As long as he had a little bit of work, he would soon be promoted and held a more important position. Therefore, this can be said to be a smooth road in his career.

And this broad road did not exist naturally at least from the beginning. If it weren't for the changes in the international situation and the Spanish Kingdom was in a crisis, the people of the East Coast would not have thought of building an arterial-level railway here. So at this moment, He Yuan jokingly said that Chen Jia's work was found by the Spanish Gang. Although it was a bit joking, it was not all nonsense.

Chen Jia heard He Yuan say this and immediately laughed, continued to stare at the documents in his hand and said, "You are right, Commissioner He, I have to thank the Spaniards, and I have also prepared to thank the Spaniards. Look, we have raised the first fund, and the railway station on Yancheng Port has also been built. Please allow me to brag about it. It is a beautiful railway station. In the future, the Yanbu Railway will intersect with the Dingyan Railway. In the future, we will continue to extend this railway to the inland area, trying to control more territory and resettle more people. If this is not the case, how can we repay the Spaniards' "working"!"

"Oh, have you raised funds? How much?" He Yuan asked with interest when he heard this, "300,000?"

"More than this, 500,000! The General Administration allocated from the transportation lottery and railway bonds, so we could break ground as soon as possible, and start construction from Yancheng and Buenos Aires. The speed must be accelerated, and the distance can be repaired as far as possible, because the Spaniards' policies may change in the future. The fate of this railway is still unknown, and maybe they will be forced to stop work. Therefore, taking advantage of this good opportunity to build everything that can be repaired first, and people should try to place as much as possible. This has caused the fait accompli. Can the Spaniards still make up their minds to drive us away?" Chen Jia finally put down the documents in his hand, looked up at He Yuan, and said with a smile: "This is why I came to ask you for help. Commissioner He, I heard that a group of 2,000 Polish labor workers had just arrived by boat. How about it, let me take me to Yancheng County to build the railway first?"

"It turns out that this is the idea." He Yuan laughed a little and then said tactfully but firmly: "No, the local area has just approved the establishment of Niuzhuang County (Niuzhuang Town, Donghun Township, Niushou Township, Dapan Township, Qianfeng Township and Yedianzi Township, with a total of six settlements, which are the 122nd county-level administrative unit in the country), Yinhai County (Yinhai Town, Xincheng Township, Niulanshan Township, Junyi Township, Huoniu Township, a total of five settlements, which are the 123rd county-level administrative unit in the country) and several other scattered settlements. These people are the main forces of local infrastructure, how could they be sent to you to build railways? In that case, local cadres will not scold me so much that it is not appropriate. If it is inappropriate, you can find another way."

There are four so-called "scattered settlements" mentioned earlier, namely Waihuang Township, located near the small town of Tandir in later generations, Changlu Township near the small town of Ayakucho in later generations, Tongxu Township near the town of Colonel Pringles in later generations, and Heqiu Township near the small town of Ziar in later generations.

These four settlements were approved at the end of last year, and were all laid a solid foundation for the construction of the Yanbu Railway. They had no other tasks, just one thing, to quickly develop agriculture and animal husbandry, so as to provide some food, vegetables and meat products nearby for the railway construction army to reduce the amount of long-distance transportation and reduce cost expenditure.

All four townships are under the jurisdiction of the Niulanshan Regional Administration, and it is expected that the initial investment of more than 6,000 immigrants is considered a big deal. The preliminary infrastructure work in these places is undoubtedly completed by Polish labor workers. Therefore, this is the main reason why He Yuan refused Chen Jia's request to borrow someone. What a joke? There are still a lot of things to do in my own jurisdiction. Before completing these tasks, how can I lend you precious labor to Yancheng County to waste?

Another thing that must be mentioned is that Niuzhuang, which was also newly established at the end of last year, Yinhai County is also quite special, because this is the first time the Executive Committee approved the establishment of a formal government agency in a nominal territory of other countries. It is simply the first time that it has made a world of creation, which is quite surprising. Especially in the latter Yinhai County, the old city next to Yinhai Port is the Spanish colonial town of Mar del Plata. There are still a large number of Spanish residents living there, but it was actually included in the Dongban County, which is extremely strange.

However, no matter what, the establishment of these two counties has clearly declared one thing, that is, the East Coast people want to occupy the Pampa Plain, at present, at least some of the coastal areas have become clear, and they are even too lazy to cover it up. I believe that after the establishment of these two counties, 1-2 counties will be established in a few years, and then the railway affiliation will develop again. When the total number of citizens on the Pampa Plain reaches 80,000 or 90,000 people, even if the Kingdom of Spain wants to change its mind and take the status quo of the Pampa Plain seriously, they cannot do more. They cannot forcibly expel these 100,000 people, right? In fact, it is no different from going to war, and no one dares to make such a determination.

"Director Chen, it's not that I don't help you, it's really inappropriate." Seeing that Chen Jia was still trying to say something again, He Yuan waved his hand and said in a stronger tone: "Now the militia led by the Cai brothers fight very well on the grassland, and the country has allocated more funds (I finally don't need to pay for the local area, which is obviously one of the benefits of formally establishing a county), which has extended their combat time, so the security situation on the grassland is very good. We must seize this favorable time, transport a large amount of materials to the preset location to store, and then build various infrastructure as quickly as possible. I know that the work of your railway department is also very important, but have you just confirmed that there is such a section in Yancheng County? Then ask the Yancheng County Government to help them collect labor and help you build roads in the form of corvee. Don't worry, Yancheng County is a big city with a large population, and a mere small section of railways can't crush them."
Chapter completed!