After the talks, Qi Wangping, who was still a little concerned about the situation in North America, left Liang Qiangdong behind and asked about the situation over there, after all, the report he can see on weekdays may not be close to the real report, maybe it is what the people below want them to see, so finding Liang Qiangdong to understand it in person can also provide more reference for formulating policies in the future. book network . v o d t . c o m

He is already over the age of old this year, and some other members of the Central Committee are not much better, all of them are seventy or eighty, and it will be a matter of one or two years for them to retire. Qi someone, who still has a deep impression of the rise of a superpower in North America in the future, intends to influence the strategy of the East Coast Republic towards North America one last time before completely retreating, so that it will not grow into a power that can threaten the East Coast mainland in the future.

In fact, over the years, the General Intelligence Administration, the Joint Staff Headquarters, and other institutions have also issued some reports on the North American continent, and the Galle Shipping Company, a semi-official company of a similar nature, has issued various reports on the North American continent one after another. In these reports, the consensus is that the core of the North American continent is the Mississippi River (that is, the Mo River and the Rehe River in the Free State), and whenever you make a chapter around this river, it will definitely have a huge impact on the future of the North American continent.

In this regard, Qi Wangping also agreed. According to his line of thinking, in the future, the banks of the Mississippi River must not be in the hands of one country, but must be called an international river, so as to block the foundation of the development of these countries. If you think about it, if the downstream of such a super river with both navigation and irrigation functions (many tributaries, vast basin area, and huge radiation range) is controlled by different countries, whether it is damming, locks, dredging or other things in the future, it will definitely be a bunch of nonsense, and in the end it will often be lost, and eventually affect the river to play its supposed huge role.

And what if it is controlled in the hands of one country? Then everything is much easier! First of all, ships can flow into the sea from far inland places unimpeded, and no one will charge all kinds of messy fees, nor do they need to go through all kinds of complicated and complicated procedures, and they will not be artificially closed because of the conflicts between downstream countries and their own countries, in short, it will be too convenient. In addition, in fact, rivers like the Mississi, whose water level is not deep enough and the flow rate is slow, also need to be dredged and desilted all year round, and some places also need to invest in transformation to facilitate navigation, but this kind of thing often requires overall planning and overall management of the whole basin, if the entire river is in the hands of one country, there is naturally no problem, but if it is controlled by different countries, there are not too many things that cause the project to fail because of the endless trivial things.

Looking at the Paraná River, which was divided by Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay in later generations, we know that a good big river cannot be managed in a coordinated manner, so that it cannot play a full role, and in many cases it is even drunk that it cannot even do the most basic flood control and flood discharge. The same is true of the Uruguay River, the boundary river between Uruguay and Argentina, and the banks of such a golden waterway are not the most dense agricultural and industrial areas in the two countries, which is simply incredible.

Some people may say that the North American continent has a lot of land away from the Mississippi River, but that doesn't really matter anymore. In the future, the western part of the United States was known for its drought and lack of water, but even if such a place was ruled by a large country, what could it be? Can it pose any threat to the East Coast? That's impossible! The essence of North America is actually still on the East Coast and the Galle coast, and there is no need to worry about other places.

"What is the current situation of the Free State Kingdom, they are now in the second generation, right? Do the locals have a sense of identity with the country? Is the country cohesive? How effective is the army? What about private production? Xiao Liang, I don't want to listen to empty words, I have seen too much, and there is a big stack of these things in the cabinet, I want to hear your opinion now, from your personal point of view. Qi Wangping instructed the secretary to give each of them a cup of coffee, and asked in a gentle tone.

"How to say, the country of the Free State, you have to say that it is impossible to have a little cohesion, but it is also unrealistic to say how high the cohesion is. After all, the country's population is complex, with Xhosa blacks, Khoisan reds, Swahilis, and of course a small number of Malays, Mings, and Indians, and the largest number of Xhosa blacks is not more than half of them. Liang Qiangdong organized his language a little and said: "Chairman Qi, you may also know that my brother Ryazan served as the envoy of the Fengtian Festival and the commander of the Ma Bujun in the Free State, and there are many people from the Swahili coast under his rule, these people are basically engaged in low-level labor, living by planting rice, cutting oak, and fishing. I think it will take several generations for them to really merge, otherwise it will be useless. Of course, the good thing is that now the church is also helping to do things in terms of integration and assimilation, and my third brother Liang Gang is now the state affairs of the Free State Kingdom, and has been trying to promote a strategy for many years, that is, through the subtle transformation of the Taoist Association, slowly dissolve the barriers between various ethnic groups and even races, so that they can successfully integrate. Of course, it seems that this work is a little difficult at present, but I believe that if we continue to do it for a long time, it will definitely be effective, and if it doesn't work in 50 years and 100 years, it will definitely be solved in the end! ”

Qi Wangping nodded slightly when he heard this, and he didn't know whether he recognized Liang Qiangdong's words or just said that he knew, and then he encouraged Liang Qiangdong and said: "The three brothers of your old Liang family are really amazing, one has become the envoy and general of the Free State, and the other is the national teacher, and what about you, it is an exaggeration to say that you are the big housekeeper and big shopkeeper of the Free State, but the business has not been small over the years, right?" Your father-in-law has said it a few times in front of me, yes, yes, good people who fool around in Texas. ”

"Hehe, it's all thanks to the country, and it's just a fake tiger under the banner of Air Canada." Liang Qiangdong was a little modest, but he didn't continue to pick up Qi Wangping's words.

As a big businessman who has been active in the Galle Sea all year round, Liang Qiangdong certainly knows about a group of pirates on the east coast led by Su Mo. This group of second-generation people born with a golden spoon in their mouths, good domestic rich people don't do it, they have to pursue excitement, and go to the Galle Sea to be the pirates who rob the merchant ships of other countries. That's not all, since the famous pirate island of Tortuga Island was taken over by the East Coast and Spain, the island's pirates are scattered everywhere, and some of them have been attracted to join them, and now they gather in Sioux City Harbor (that is, near Texas City in the later world), and from time to time they roar out to sea, focusing on attacking the merchant ships of the Kingdom of Spain and the Dutch West India Company, and now they have gradually gained some fame, and even spread to the East Coast, so that many big people look at them sideways.

Liang Qiangdong faintly heard that after making such a big scene, the pirate group of Su Mo and others has now been slowly infiltrated by the people of the State Intelligence Administration, and they seem to know about it, and they maintain all subtle tacit contacts with the people of the State Intelligence Administration, and they have begun to become a sharp knife in the hands of the General Administration, slowly serving the interests of the East Coast.

In a recent well-known sea raid, Liang Qiangdong suspected that Su Mo and others were involved. On that occasion, the Dutch West India Company lost three merchant ships at a time, which can be described as extremely tragic, as can be seen from the price changes of various commodities in the Xinjing market, which has become an important channel for pirates to sell stolen goods.

However, Liang Qiangdong is a serious businessman, and Su Mo, these pirates who fish out of the way, are well water and do not violate river water, and they are not interested in taking the initiative to contact them, so they can't provide more information about this group of pirates and the pirate city they created, and fortunately, Qi Wangping didn't start the topic - of course, it can be seen from what he just said that at least our Chairman Qi is not very blind to the practices of these second ancestors, and thinks they are "nonsense", although these people are currently under the influence of the National Intelligence Administration, But after all, I can't get used to it. Perhaps, only when they create a huge foundation in Texas in the future, will the country treat them squarely.

Qi Wangping then asked about the social livelihood of the Free State and the combat effectiveness of the army, and Liang Qiangdong returned truthfully. He argues that many of the main forces of the Free State had served in the Far East (though they had been less in recent years), had fought in South Africa, and had been fighting every day since they reached the Mississippi River, and that the army was far from being corrupted and degenerate, and that its combat effectiveness had been fairly well maintained, as evidenced by the fact that no pirates or other white colonists had attempted to occupy their cities for many years.

As for the local social and livelihood issues, Liang Qiangdong can only admit that he is not very optimistic, but he also stressed that the past few years have been much better. Moreover, he predicted that after the general peace with the Indians, the country may enter a period of rapid development in the next five to ten years, and suggested that Air Canada should greatly send people there during this period to better support this wave of economic development, and I believe that the local nobles will also be happy to see this.

Qi Wangping was also noncommittal about this, because this matter is complicated and requires the coordination of the interests of many parties, even if he is the chairman of the executive committee, he cannot make any decisions immediately.

Finally, Qi Wangping and Liang Qiangdong talked about the trading station of the Galle Shipping Company at the mouth of the Moore River. Regarding this business station, to be honest, Liang Qiangdong is not particularly clear, after all, he has not been there much, and the information he gets is all rumors from others, but he can still give Qi Wangping some useful news, and corroborate it with the reports he usually sees.

"The trading post at the mouth of the Moore is more of a town than a place of commerce. Indeed, I have heard many people mention that the headquarters of the Galle Shipping Company is located here, and the garrison is full of soldiers and horses, and there are also plantation overseers, engineering technicians, shipyard craftsmen and their families, almost the size of a city. In addition, the plantations there are not small, growing various cash crops such as wheat, cotton, flax, tobacco, and indigo, which make a lot of profits every year, and also export special goods such as leather, timber, and medicinal herbs, and it is really a prosperous port city. Although I have not been there, I have heard many people mention the name of Moore City in Xinjinggang, and there is a lot of agreement between them, and it seems that it is not at all inferior to the cities of the Spanish colony in Florida. Liang Qiangdong said again.

"Port Mor is a direct territory of Air Canada, which plays a great role, not only to curb the westward expansion of the Spanish Florida colony, but also to provide a place for our country's ships to go to this sea area and a place to maintain and repair ships, and at the same time, it is the best wedge point for our country to directly intervene in the situation on the North American continent in the future, the role is diversified, and the government also subsidizes Air Canada with 80,000 yuan every year, in order to let them stick to it and better develop the surrounding area." Qi Wangping also commented on the role of Moer Commercial Station in a timely manner this time, which also made Liang Qiangdong deepen his understanding of this place, and wondered whether to come to this place in the future to carry out activities, meet some people, and run some industries, which is not a bad thing.

After talking about this, Qi Wangping saw that the time was not early, so he shook hands with Liang Qiangdong and ended the conversation. Next, he will take the train back to the capital Dongfang County, deal with the backlog of government affairs for a while, and then continue north to Meilin County. Here, he will stay for a while, visiting the local Southern Depot (which is the manufacturer of the La Plata Star train) and the railway machinery processing plant, two large state-owned backbone enterprises, to listen to the work reports of the management of these two factories and see what new plans they have for the next step.

After the end of the trip to Meilin County, his special car will follow the railway line all the way to the west, and then enter the counties under the jurisdiction of the former Northwest Reclamation Bureau, during which he will focus on inspecting the railway hub of Xiayihe County, the Tieling mining area (gold, iron ore, coal mine, manganese ore joint mining and smelting), and the Daxing Port wharf, ship locks, flood control and water conservancy facilities.

It can be seen that these counties and townships distributed along the Northwest Railway have many factories and mining enterprises, the economy is also very developed, and the population is relatively dense, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is one of the most elite areas in the East Coast Republic of China. It produces the vast majority of the country's gold, almost 100% of manganese-iron-manganese steel, all kinds of mechanical parts, steel products, machine tools and some other industrial products, and is one of the economic engines of the east coast.

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