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Chapter 50 Pampa (15)

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Everyone was having a drink while chatting, talking about the tax-sharing reform to the finances of governments at all levels, from the investment in transportation construction to scientific research funds, and until the moon was in the middle of the sky, the group of people swayed away, which was really a loss of the image of the country's middle and senior cadres.

After Huang Hanhua held the meeting on this day, he basically had nothing to do, so he left Milin Lake Sanatorium the next day and took the train south to the capital Dongfang Port. Here, he handled the backlog of affairs, assigned some tasks to the handlers, and then boarded the ship non-stop to the next destination, Silver Harbor, located in the Pampa Plain.

On June 8, 1680, Huang Hanhua and his entourage arrived at Silver Harbor. It had been ten months since Father Ramos was assassinated. On this east coast, in the strange city where Spanish residents were mixed, there was still a hint of hostility in the relationship between the two sides. This hostility was very subtle, but it really existed. Huang Hanhua felt it as soon as he landed on the shore.

To be honest, there are not too many Spanish people living here, at least businessmen, nobles and others have been away. What are left behind are just some Spanish immigrants or mercenaries who have earned a family business. These people have nothing but wheat fields, orchards, and pastures around Silver Harbor. This is almost all their property, so where do you let them go? Where do you want them to go?

It is impossible to say that they are not afraid. Everyone knows the ruthlessness of the East Coast pagans. But this is almost all of everyone's property. It is worth fighting with his life, which is enough to overshadow many fears, so they do not leave. Of course, another important reason why the Spaniards do not leave is that the East Coast people have a good reputation for decades: they do not kill people at will, do not rob them at will, and they will also offer a price to buy people who own too much land (although this price seems too low to many people). In short, they will not forcibly rob your private property for no reason. Therefore, these Spaniards are waiting and waiting for the situation to become clear. Even if Mar del Plata is ceded to the East Coast people in the end, they will not have nothing, right? Although the civilization of the East Coast people cannot reverse their hatred.

Huang Hanhua entered the city under such circumstances. He felt a little pitiful to these Spaniards, because they would understand one after another in a few days that their government had basically agreed to the East Coast people's request to build railways and sold everything east of the railway for a pretty good price. This "everything" includes both local land, minerals, and people there!

Huang Hanhua and others went straight to the Mar del Plata New City controlled by the East Coast people. After submitting the necessary identification documents, they were arranged to live in the county government guesthouse. According to the plan, they would rest here for six or seven days, and wait until the county government would hold the tax officials scattered in various settlements (many of them work part-time, so they need time to hand over the work temporarily) to the county town, and then the people brought by Huang Hanhua would train them for the new tax policies that the country would implement in 1681.

Yes, that's right! They are here to preach the new tax policy. Although the whole of Pampa and Patagonia, only Yancheng County will implement the new tax system next year, in accordance with the spirit of the superiors, all counties across the country must organize learning and training for tax officials so that they can be clear. At the same time, they will also discuss the problems encountered in daily tax work and how to collect the taxes accumulated over the years without causing a particularly bad impact.

As an important member of the third tax reform working group, Huang Hanhua was naturally assigned a task, which was to be responsible for the propaganda work of counties in the Northern Patagonia region and Niulanshan region. At present, it seems that his first stop was obviously set in Yinhai County. A county with a few years of establishment and complex people's conditions, he planned to take down this county with the worst foundation first, and then go to Niuzhuang, Yancheng, Daliang, Xuanwu, Luyang and other eleven counties. Especially Xuanwu, Daliang, Yancheng and other counties, after years of hard work, it is now a famous wheat production area in the country. The barn piles are everywhere, and the mechanism flour industry has also developed well. It is a key area for the unified special tax on flour, so I have to spend more time.

Just as Huang Hanhua and others lived in Yinhai County for two days and officials from various townships were rushing to the county, He Yuan, a commissioner of the Niulanshan Regional Administration and the magistrate of Niuzhuang County, also accompanied the Spanish Kingdom ambassador to the East Coast Earl Sebastian to the port. They were here to read the agreement to the local officials. The text of the agreement signed by King Carlos of Spain, which had just reached by the agreement between the two countries, had been sent to the East Coast of China, Liao Xiaoyao, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the East Coast of China, had also signed it on it, and the agreement had officially been legally valid.

According to the spirit of the agreement, people on the east coast can build a railway between Yancheng and Buenos Aires. One gram of land on both sides of the railway is a railway affiliated area. The railway operator Central Railway Company can handle it at will. The Spanish must not interfere in civil affairs within the railway affiliated area, and military affairs must be notified to the Spanish side in advance. Such clauses basically indicate that these thousands of square kilometers of railway affiliated areas have become the de facto East coast concession, because Spanish citizens cannot enter the railway affiliated area without permission. The road protection brigade of people on the east coast can even shoot at these people who cross the border without authorization. The reasons are all ready-made, that is, to protect the safety of the railway.

In addition, about 100,000 square kilometers of land east of the Yanbu Railway will also be fully open to the citizens of the East Coast Republic of China! Anyone with the East Coast can go to the ports located in major coastal cities such as Dongfang, Zhenhai, Qingdao, Ping'an, Mall, Jingjiang, etc., find relevant departments to register, and go to the Pampa Plain to operate various industries without the approval of the Kingdom of Spain.

Of course, in that vast land, they were still more or less bound by officials sent by the East Coast government, but their strength was definitely not as tight as the core area of ​​the local area. Even if they had not had to settle in Yinhai and Niuzhuang counties, they would not have to pay a few taxes all year round, and they were very comfortable.

The Buenos Aires Procuratorate Court District has long known this ending. These colonial officials are all humane. After living in La Plata for many years, they have a deeper and more intuitive feeling about the strength comparison between the two countries. They are not surprised that King Carlos finally ordered "give up" the area east of the Salt-Bai Railway. This is not a question of whether you are willing or not. In fact, the initiative has never been controlled by the Spanish. The nearly 5,000 soldiers dispatched by the East Coast people have not yet completely withdrawn from the Pampa Plain. What else do you have to say in the face of such a "truth"?

However, understanding is one thing, but this kind of work of conceiving boundaries with the East Coast people and finally signing an agreement (this is the boundary survey agreement, as an attachment to the previous agreement) was avoided by everyone because it might ruin their reputation, especially those Hidalgos. In the end, the blame was finally handed over to the Spanish ambassador Earl of Sebastian. The tragic man did not refuse, but silently accepted the "dirty task" and came to Silver Harbor to read out the orders of King Carlos to the local officials, the highest management agencies of the colonial towns, villages, manors, and military posts east of the Pampa Plain. At the same time, he issued a regular statement with He Yuan, the representative of the East Coast people, announcing that the East Coast people could freely settle here.

There is no doubt that this work is embarrassing. Earl Sebastian is actually somewhat impressed by the fact that it is Huang Hanhua or He Yuan. Putting his heart in it, if they were in this situation, they would probably not even cry, and their future future will definitely be dark.

"Mr. Ambassador, this land is also deserted. What's the use of not being able to survive? Now it is left to our citizens to develop food, fruits, meat, milk, honey, oil, vegetables, and other cities in Buenos Aires, Rosario, Santa Fe, Cordoba, Tucumman, etc., and the benefits are of course not a little bit. Furthermore, we have promised to pay your country a 150,000 pesos of land use fee and a certain proportion of taxes every year. This money is enough to do a lot of things. At least the development funds for other parts of the Procuratorate District of Buenos Aires are settled." Seeing that the Earl of Sebastian was a little depressed, He Yuan smiled and comforted the other party, although his so-called words of comfort may sound even more depressed.

"Yes, with this money, your country can better build a place. At the same time, our country's navy and army will also take over the defense of this land and offshore, especially the key La Plata River, which can ensure safety. If your country's silver ships go out from here, it will be fine. Those enemy navies that are eyeing the treasure fleet will definitely be caught off guard." Huang Hanhua, who was invited to witness, also said at this time: "And, your country is in trouble in the old continent now, and the main enemy is also the Kingdom of France with great ambitions. Louis XIV's army occupied half of the Southern Netherlands. After the loss of financial and taxation areas, your country's economic situation is probably very bad? At this time, we must pay more attention to the safety of the treasure fleet. For example, the robbery of the treasure ship in Port Santa Cruz should not have happened."

He and Huang sang together, which made the Earl of Sebastian smile bitterly. After thinking about it, he said bluntly: "In fact, if we consider it from the perspective of interests, it is not a great bad thing to gradually transfer La Plata to your country. The fundamental importance of King Carlos is still in Castilla, in Catalonia, in Sicily, in Naples, in Milan, in the Southern Netherlands, in Francheconte. It is unimaginable that we can move the capital to the New World. It is unimaginable. Needless to say, it is better to say that compared to your country

The desire for La Plata is even more terrifying, because it is likely to destroy the glory of the Spanish Kingdom. So, compared to the French occupied by the French, such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Palermo, Naples, Milan, Brussels, Alsace, etc., I would rather lose it. Now, my only expectation is that La Plata can become a 'nutrition', a kind of nutrient that provides us in Iberia to better resist the crazy French and ensure the independence and glory of the Spanish Kingdom."

"Yes, the French are more worthy of attention. I heard that your country negotiated peace with France this time and wanted to choose a French noble woman as his wife for the newly-adult King Carlos. I don't think this is appropriate. King Carlos can marry the Orange family, marry the German princes, marry the Swedish royal family, etc., which are more reliable than the French royal family, provided that you can successfully convert the future queen to Catholicism. In fact, I think this is not something that cannot be done." He Yuan talked about some rumors and anecdotes in the Faspinal negotiations that are no longer secret, among which the most explosive news about King Carlos' marriage is undoubtedly the most explosive.

According to the current version, Mary, the niece of King Louis XIV of France, is the most likely candidate. He Yuan didn't know how this news broke. Perhaps the hostile forces in France or Spain got the news from the poorly spoken diplomats and deliberately spread it to increase the difficulty. But then again, King Carlos is now adult, and it is time to marry the queen and give birth to his offspring. You should know that a huge country like Spain has territory in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa, the issue of heirs has always been a very sensitive political issue. It's okay for King Carlos to have a offspring, so there is no question of inheriting this country. But what if not? Then the Habsburg family and the Bourbon family (descendants of Louis XIV and Princess Teresa) have the right to make demands on the throne of Madrid. That would be a big fun and a war would be inevitable.

Therefore, King Carlos is now at the forefront of Europe, just as King Louis XIV of the Dharma was heavily protected in a castle by knights loyal to the king when he was young. They are living as a guarantee of peace, and if they die, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will be buried with him. This is not an exaggeration.

But then again, should the people of the East Coast plan for this? The old saying goes, everything is planned without any plan. With King Carlos's current health, it is not surprising that he will die at any time. This requires various departments to make plans, that is, if King Carlos suddenly dies, what will the East Coast go? In addition, according to the information of the State Administration of Intelligence, King Carlos has some humanitarian difficulties due to the marriage of his parents' close relatives. It is really not optimistic that he can give birth to children in the future, so he needs to make plans in advance.

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