January 27, 1696, South Cone Terrestrial area.

The sky is blue and the air is filled with the fragrance of grass. In front of a farm in the north of Sheyan Township, Dingnan County, an old man holding a pipe between his lips is repairing the fence.

This farm is not big, with about seven or eight houses. The texture of the houses is brick or stone. In order to adapt to the difficult environment, the houses here are always extremely strong and practical. They can be used to accommodate people, livestock, storage rooms, or even used as fortresses.

Yang Yang and Cai Daoxing leaned side by side on horseback. Behind them were several soldiers holding their prey. It seemed that they were hunting people.

The wolf green dog pricked up his ears sharply, and then barked wildly at the uninvited guest who was leaning over. The old man scolded a few times, and the dog immediately became honest, but he still looked at Yang Yang and his group with a vigilant look. The old man didn't believe that the person coming was malicious. He invited the group to visit his house like most of the hospitality male hosts in the southern cone area.

As soon as you enter the fence, you will see a vegetable garden of a large scale. The green vegetables, watermelons that seem to weigh several kilograms and tomatoes with attractive colors, all of which make Yang Yang and Cai Daoxing happy. On the right side of the garden, there are several apple trees and pear trees standing there, separating a small piece of strawberry garden. At this moment, strawberries are growing, with red in green, and smelling a refreshing smell.

An old lady came out in the main hall. She was very thin and gradually reduced her figure. She smiled and enthusiastically invited the group to visit the house. Yang and Cai thanked each other repeatedly and followed in, while the followers consciously stayed outside, washed the horses, and even helped the old couple repair fences and farm tools.

The decoration in the main hall was very simple, and it seemed that no one lived beside the old couple. After inquiring, it was true that the three children of the old couple were not around. The eldest served in the Yancheng Port Naval Fort, the second worked in the Nanhai Fishery Company, and the youngest son did some small business in Dingnan County, and rarely returned to the rural areas of Sheyan Township.

A pot of matte tea was brewed, and the old man, Yang and Cai gathered together, drinking tea while talking. The old lady returned to the spinning wheel in the corner, twisting the thread with one hand and placing the selected wool basket with the other. Every time she spinned a spinning yarn, she carefully put it away, waiting for the merchants who collected the yarn to come to sell it in the future. The old lady at work seemed very calm, and over the long years, she had long been used to these boring jobs. She was not impatient. While working, she listened to the guests talking about the interesting things outside, and there was a smile on her lips.

A private walked in, whispered beside Yang Yang, and then went out again and took out a turkey from the prey bag under the saddle. This animal was brought in from New Spain many years ago. Several other people had already set up a pot in the yard with hot water. Soon, a sumptuous turkey meal will be grandly made.

"Is life okay now?" After chatting for a while, Yang Yang, a cavalry captain of the East Coast Army, asked. He was a senior company commander of the Cavalry Regiment. His grandfather was Yang Mingyang, an army veteran who had been in charge of Patagonia for many years. Now he has also come to the place where his grandfather fought to garrison and train, and feels very emotionally friendly.

"Okay, okay. The railway is open and life is much better." The old man smiled and said, "On weekdays, some fruits, vegetables and vegetables are planted, and they are picked out to sell them when they go to the market. The wool yarn spun by the boss is also collected regularly, and life is quite acceptable."

Speaking of the East Bank government, the wool transportation line railway built by the East Bank government, after nine years of intermittent construction, one of them was finally opened, which was a railway located in the Ludang River Basin, which started from Jiuyuan Township, Dingnan County and crossed the three counties of Dingnan, Luyang and Yancheng. After this road was opened, it would be blessed that the entire Ludang River Basin became an oasis. The local fruits, wool, mutton, leather and other materials can be transported eastward through this transportation trunk line to Yancheng Port, an important southern port, and then sold to all parts of the country.

It can be said that the traffic bottleneck that originally restricted the sales of agricultural products in the Ludang River Basin has been broken, and the problem of excessive cost of importing foreign materials has been solved. The economy of the entire region has begun to be active, and the people's income has naturally risen. Just like the old man in front of him, although his family is still a little far from the nearest railway station, the fruits, wool yarn, sheepskin, and mutton produced at home can still be transported to Dingnan County through small boats on the Jinsha River, and then transported to the coastal port in a unified manner. Compared to before, it was really a matter of being in the sky and underground. Unfortunately, the old couple is older and none of their three sons are willing to inherit the family business. They have all gone outside to develop and they are no longer able to continue to expand the planting area. Even after a few years, when they can't do it completely, how to deal with the land at home is a very squeaky thing.

Agriculture is not attractive!

In addition, another part of the wool transport line has not been completed. This radiation range includes railways in Jincheng, Shangluo, Shuofang, Pule, Xuanwu, Daliang and some areas of Yancheng. Only part of the coast has been built, namely the section from Qiaocheng Port in Xuanwu County to Yancheng Port, and is ready to be opened for trial traffic. As for the rest, the American Railway Company has not had time to take care of it. To put it bluntly, it is poor and has a shortage of funds!

Fortunately, the priority of this railway is relatively high. The funding for the Great Northern Railway under construction and the marching railway is not as high as that. The American Railway Company predicts that if everything goes well, the railway will be opened to traffic within three to five years, so that the rich wool resources in the inland areas can be transported and exported for production by wool textile companies in coastal areas. Now, the market conditions of the woolen market are really good, and the continuous high temperature will not subside, making this railway's position more and more important in the eyes of the upper class.

However, they still have to seize the time. It is best to take advantage of the precious time window in recent years to get more money and quickly build the railway. Otherwise, if all railways leading to the new capital Luoyang Prefecture also start to be built in the future, the construction funds for the wool transportation dedicated line will inevitably be squeezed out, and the situation will become complicated again. So we must hurry up, there is no second way to go!

"It's good to live well." Yang Yang echoed. The flames under the iron pot outside the door were burning, and the dry firewood made a crackling sound. Everyone calmed down for a moment. The old lady narrowed her eyes, put the twisted thread between her legs, and continued to spin the thread. The gray clouds cut from the sheep in spring turned into thin white threads, and the spinning wheel was buzzing, and no one was willing to break the tranquility until the aroma of the turkey meal floated in from outside.

Yang and Cai invited the old couple to have lunch together, and they happily agreed. The soldiers took out wine, canned food and dried food pancakes, and they sat around the iron pot and had an unforgettable lunch. When they said goodbye after lunch, the old couple went to the garden to pick some strawberries for everyone, which was very touching. Maybe it would be very happy if someone came to accompany them. The children flew away and went to work on their own careers. Although they lived a peaceful and peaceful life in the countryside, they were a little empty after all!

"I will go to the north to guard next month. Are you still going to collect wool here?" Yang Yang asked Cai Daoxing on the horse. Cai Huaze, the grandson of Cai Huaze, the former commissioner of the Northern Patagonia Regional Administration, currently has no public office. He is a wool merchant and has a acquisition station in Dingnan County and other places. Because of the relationship between the two ancestors, they have a good relationship and often go out and hunt together.

Yang Yang mentioned that "going to the north to garrison" was actually because some new settlements were set up in the dry Pampa area in the north. In the early stage, their cavalry company was needed to help take care of them. Their more than 100 cavalry were responsible for the safety of seven settlements, namely: Anche Township (near the town of Puerches in later generations), Guanglu Township (near May 25), Woye Township (near the city of Lincondelossos in later generations), and Shanquan Township (near the town of

Near Butarankier town in later generations), Ume Township (near Maruguay City in later generations), Shisai Township (near Algarovo del Akira town in later generations), and Bumin Township (near Limawida town in later generations). Some of these settlements use rivers, mountain springs and other water sources to open up farmland, while others are mining towns, which are important, so the task is still relatively heavy. Fortunately, the local natives have already cleaned up almost, so no major happens.

In addition, due to the relatively abundant rainfall in the mountains in Dingnan County, people have gradually gone to the local area for more than ten years to reclaim. Several settlements have been formed so far, namely: Jilu Township (located near the city of Josmaral in later generations), Kenmu Township (located near the town of Elveku in later generations), Anshan Township (located near the town of Longkopue in later generations), Heguaizi Township (located near the town of Laslajas in later generations), and Luguo Township (located near the town of Longjimai in later generations). There are a total of five settlements, and more than 10,000 people have lived there. The reason is that the climate in the mountains is cooler, the local water resources are much richer than the bottom of the mountain, and the area of ​​flat land in the mountains is also large, so it is a unique place.

The Ministry of Transport also attaches great importance to this place because after careful investigation, they found that the mountain valley here is not only large in area, wide enough, and also has a low altitude, which is an important passage to the Chilean region of Shanxi and Chile. They even had the urge to build a railway here, that is, to directly extend the wool transportation line and then lead to the central valley of Chile. The project volume will not be too large, because the altitude here is not high at all, and it is a famous large channel. The only worry is that the snowfall in winter is relatively heavy, which will cause trains to be suspended and railway utilization rate will decrease. So, after thinking about it, they found that when the funds are tight, they should start other railways first, and come back to build this road when they have money.

Isn't there a three or five horizontal railway from the east coast to Chile's mainland? Chile has such superior agricultural conditions, rich mineral resources, and so many offshore fishery resources, and its strategic location is so important. There are few strategic roads, railways, and the Executive Committee can rest assured? The answer is obvious.

"Now that the North Wool Transport Line is opened, I will naturally take root here for a long time. Look, I have invested and built such a large logistics and warehousing base in Dingnan County, and I can no longer walk. Next, my whole family will move here, and I will be the one who will settle down in the future." Cai Daoxing replied with a smile: "Care the wool first and stabilize the supply relationship. After accumulating a little profit, I will pay back some of the debts owed to the bank, and then find a way to get involved in other industries. The quality of the fruit here is so good, who is not jealous! Anyway, when I bought the land, I reserved a part of it, and it is very convenient to expand the warehouse in the future."

"Your business is very easy." Yang Yang smiled and said, "Why are you involved in the food industry? Or are you the giants in Dafeng Food, Songhe Food, and Ma's Food? I don't think these people need to go into battle. You can't even win the Chuangji Investment Company, which is plagued by lawsuits? Don't be too ambitious, take your time. The wool business is actually not that easy to do, and the competition is fierce. You are an outsider and want to compete with local snakes in Dingnan County. It's not that simple. Even if your grandfather was in charge of this for many years, your father had worked as the county magistrate of Luyang for five years. I'm afraid it's still a bit insufficient. People are gone, but the officialdom is iron rule. When your grandfather was alive, he still respected you some of these white shirts. Now that people are gone, the relationship is fading. I've seen too many of these shitty things."

As if I remembered something, these two friends of similar origins sighed and said nothing. A singing came from the sky. When I listened carefully, it was the popular famous east coast song "Uruguay River". Maybe it was a shepherd walking on the vast grassland that was relieving the loneliness. Breathing the clear and transparent air, the clear river surface reflected the clouds in the sky, as beautiful as a miraculous mirror of the sky. The scenery is so beautiful, but people are so sad, which makes people feel a little regretful.

"Haha, I'm kidding, don't be depressed." After a long time, Yang Yang suddenly said with a smile: "The wool market is so big, no one has the ability to finish it all! In my opinion, the next ten or twenty years will be in a period of rapid growth, and your investment will only bring rich returns. As for the future, don't think about diversified operations, why bother? The competition in the food industry is too fierce. On the contrary, the textile industry has great potential! Those state-owned textile factories are now old and dull. Although the market share is still huge, they are afraid they will not be looking back. These factories have scary internal problems and profit margins have been declining year by year. If you are brave, you might as well enter this industry and have some trouble. If you have some luck, the future wool textile giants may be born. Haha."

Cai Daoxing laughed when he heard this, but he didn't say anything. The road was coming out step by step, so let's be down-to-earth first.
Chapter completed!