At noon on February 6, after twenty hours on a crowded train, Oleg Naryshkin straightened his crumpled coat and went down to the platform.

The carriage he was in was packed with uniformed soldiers. They didn't bring weapons, they seemed to be new recruits, and they went to Yancheng Port to replenish the retired veterans. However, these recruits still put a lot of pressure on Naryshkin, they were physically strong, and there was a not-so-friendly look in their eyes, and the large bags were so crowded that there was no place for people to put their feet, which annoyed our young master Oleg, but there was nothing he could do.

Oleg knew that most of these people had gone to the Patagonian region to purge the natives. There are probably not a few aborigines left in that vast wasteland, right? has been so actively attacked by the people of the East Coast for decades, no matter how prosperous the tribe is, it can't bear it! When Oleg was in Russia, he often heard that the tsar's troops went out to conquer the aborigines of the newly conquered lands, but the dispatch was not too active, the frequency was very low, and the military was mainly for political appeasement. How can these people on the east coast, completely ignoring the economy, mobilize some troops every year, spend huge sums of money, and capture those Indians like sheep, so that they are almost extinct now, it is really too cruel!

In this way, the powerful La Plata Star steam locomotive carried a large number of goods and passengers, along the laid steel tracks, clanged all the way to the south, and finally drove into the Yancheng railway station with black smoke.

Seriously, the train is already the most comfortable and fastest way to get from Nancun Port to Yancheng Port. Compared to the smell of the sea boat, and the nightmarish experience of spitting out bitter gall after a week of wandering on the sea, Oleg Naryshkin still thinks that the train is more cute, and the short time is the key!

As the starting point of the Yanbu Railway, Yancheng Port has a large locomotive manufacturing and maintenance center for the maintenance of various types of locomotives on the east coast, which is the guarantee for the normal operation of the railway. Moreover, in the future, if the wool transportation railway (divided into the north and south lines) on the Patagonian plateau is also successfully opened, then Yancheng Port will become the intersection center of the three railways, the country's largest wool, sheepskin, mutton, wheat, beef, animal fat, salt and related chemicals (such as soda ash, chlorine products) and other bulk goods distribution center, a proper regional central city.

Not to mention, there is also a naval base next to Yancheng Port, which is also one of the seafood processing centers, and the population has been ranked first in the country after years of uninterrupted immigration, so the economic development is still very good. Oleg Naryshkin is not the first time he has been to Yancheng Port, but every time he visits, he feels that the city has changed something new. As soon as he got off the train station today, the commercial atmosphere on his face shocked our young master Oleg, and at the same time, the two major buildings under construction near the train station also attracted his great attention - Yancheng Memorial Hospital and Yancheng Fisheries College, the former is a large general hospital, and the latter is a school specializing in aquatic products, which reflects the development and progress of the city of Yancheng.

Oleg just walked around the train station and fell in love with this particular city. He even thought of building another Naryshkin mansion here, but unfortunately the funds on hand were almost exhausted, and he could not come up with any more money, unless he was willing to sell some stocks and bonds to return cash.

The population of Yancheng County has now exceeded 100,000, and it is not a small city on the east coast. The proportion of people who depend on industry and commerce for their livelihood is extremely high, probably close to half. The agricultural population is scattered in the outer towns and villages, but it does not produce much food, and mainly breeds ostriches, grazes cattle and sheep, grows vegetables and fruits, gardens and flowers, and forms many agricultural production cooperatives, as in other large cities on the east coast.

Oleg Naryshkin stayed near the train station for about an hour, and then took a horse-drawn carriage to the Jieshi Restaurant by the sea, one of the most famous high-end restaurants in Yancheng County, specializing in Lu cuisine, which was very popular with dignitaries and wealthy businessmen. Oleg hosted a banquet for Chen Jiachen, the CEO of the American Railroad and a senior official of the Ministry of Railways (upgraded from the State Administration of Railways), mainly to inquire about the Wool Transit Line Railway and the resettlement development of the Pampa Plain, so that he could prepare for the next stage of investment.

At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Jia arrived as scheduled with a secretary and a guard, and met Oleg in the private room near the sea in the Jieshi restaurant. To Oleg's surprise, about ten minutes later, several more guests came uninvited to hear Chen Jiayi's introduction, which turned out to be investors from the Netherlands and Italy.

These investors were businessmen or their representatives from the Old World who were interested in investing in the East Coast, the most famous of which was Jacob from the Tripp family, who was one of the leaders of a new generation of prominent families of arms wholesalers, wholesalers of metal products, and copper miners in the United Provinces. This time, he was urgently sent to the East Coast, and to be honest, there was some reparation.

In other words, the development of the Tripp family over the years has been so-so. They were originally one of the most important supporters of the republicans, and at the same time married the Falcona family, the red-eyed people in front of the Prince of Orange, which is a typical two-headed bet and wall-ridden behavior. This time, the republicans fought with William III for the right to rule the country, and the Tripp family also sold a lot of power to William III, not only promising to increase the capital of England's industry and commerce, but also helping him hire Germans to "persecute his own people", which is not a small culpability. Therefore, although the Tripp family also funded Van Boiningen to pay for part of the cost of the East Coast Navy stationing in the United Provinces, they were really worried that they would be liquidated next, because the advantage of the republicans there was already very huge, and William III seemed to be powerless, so they urgently sent the descendants of the family to the East Coast by boat, hoping to improve relations through investment and hug the thighs of the East Coast, so that the Republicans would not be too harsh on their family.

Jacob Tripp had only been on the East Coast for a short time, but he was pointed out to get the point: to invest in the Wool Railway, which was being built on the Wool Transport Line. This time, I came to Yancheng Port to meet with Chen Jia, the general manager of Amtrak, to see if there was any possibility of cooperation.

Chen Jia had spoken to him beforehand and appreciated his willingness to invest in the Wool Railway, which he believed would greatly improve the situation of the Tripp family on the East Coast and be crucial to the future development of their family. But at the same time, Chen Jia also vaguely said that if the Tripp family was "a little bolder" and participated in the development boom west of the Yanbu Railway, then they could also get more attention from the top, and the benefits were self-evident.

Jacob Tripp understood this and immediately expressed his willingness to invest in local infrastructure, including roads, feeder railways (if any), logistics and warehousing facilities, irrigation canals, etc., with an initial expectation of no less than Rp 300,000, as well as the purchase of various medium- and long-term bonds issued by the East Coast Government of Rp 200,000.

There is no doubt that none of these investments will give the Tripp family any benefit in the short term, or even lose money. In the early days of immigration, due to the sparse population and low productivity, there should be no local output, but on the contrary, a large number of materials will be transported into the daily consumption, so the investment in toll roads will not be a loss, but the logistics and storage facilities and irrigation canals will most likely lose money.

However, their family is in a hurry to throw money around now, and they won't care too much about these minutiae things. Invest a sum of money on the wool transportation line, a sum of money on the west of the salt cloth railway, and buy some bonds in exchange for the family's special business position on the east coast, and at the same time buy a talisman for the family. Their copper mines, iron mines and some workshops in Sweden have not been operating well in recent years, and they are still coveted by the Swedish royal family, and they have a lot of troubles. Now it seems that it is time to change the focus of the business and find a new way for the family.

"Oleg Naryshkin, a well-known investor active in the region of La Plata, is known for his ability to do good business." After sitting down unceremoniously on the throne, Chen Jia introduced everyone to each other: "Mr. Jacob Tripp, a member of one of the twelve largest wholesalers in Amsterdam, mainly dealing in weapons and metal products; This is Mr. Dolores, from Sicily, who runs the grain, olive oil, dairy and wine business; This is Mr. Pinci, from Milan, who trades in grain, silk and weapons; This is a ...... from Tuscany."

Oleg understood as soon as he saw this formation, and today's party is estimated to have become a fundraiser again. But he's not in a hurry, he's made a lot of money investing in East Coast, and he's not opposed to putting some of it into less lucrative projects, and he's sure everyone here knows that.

In fact, Chen Jia had several contacts with him before, and he had more or less made some friends. In fact, the people on the east coast are still very kind, and they do not desperately ask them to invest in unprofitable buildings and water conservancy facilities, but mainly hope that they will invest in roads and railways. These two projects have a lower rate of return, but in the long run, they may not lose much, and even if you look at the dimension of more than 20 years, it may still be profitable.

Chen Jia has made it clear that after the American Railroad Company has successfully completed the salt cloth railway, it is now focusing on the north and south lines of the wool transportation line. The preliminary survey and site selection of these two railways have been completed, and the roads have been repaired a few years earlier, and the next step is to level the foundation and lay the railroad tracks.

In addition to this, they intend to build two railways, one from the port of Yancheng to Córdoba and the other from Buenos Aires to Córdoba. Together with the Yanbu Railway, these two railways form a huge circular network, enclosing more than half of the Pampa Plain (or the wetter half of the climate), which can be said to be the central nervous network of the entire Pampa Plain, which is the key.

Of course, with the current strength of the American Railroad, it is impossible to start construction of these three railroads at the same time, and even if there are enough personnel, the money will not be enough. This is not a joke, but a fact. Regardless of the fact that the two railways they are now using (the Southern Cone Railway and the Yanbu Railway) have made profits, the construction of a new special line for wool transportation still drains most of the company's energy, and there is really no extra money to build the other two railways. Therefore, they came up with the idea of giving up a portion of their stake (up to 49%) to attract foreign capital to build the two railways on the Pampa Plain to speed up the development of the entire region.

At present, the objects they have in mind are the Latvians of New Courland, the Portuguese in Brazil, the Northern Italian consortium, the United Provinces consortium, and so on, and they will find a way to get some money from them first, and build as many railways as they can, and get through this for a while, and then find a way later.

This is not to say that they are fooling these foreign investors and pheating them for their money. In fact, the East Coast government's efforts to develop the Pampa region are still quite large, even if there are newly discovered gold mining areas in the north and the Chaco Plain, the Pampa Plain is still the highest priority, and it is not an exaggeration to invest hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the future - according to the estimated data in mid-1688, the total population of the East Coast Republic of China has reached an astonishing scale of 6.879 million, of which the second and third generations born in the country have accounted for more than 60%, reaching more than 4.15 million. The number of Ming immigrants has also accumulated to 1.862 million, and the population is still very sufficient, which actually means wealth and productivity.

Considered from this perspective, the foreign businessmen who came to invest with a "heroic attitude" – in fact, also by investing in infrastructure in exchange for a higher position in the East Coast trading system – may be able to breathe a sigh of relief. Just as the east of the Yanbu Railway has rapidly prospered, as long as the government on the east bank is determined, it can still develop the west of the Yanbu Railway within a time period that everyone can tolerate.

So, what is there to worry about now? It's not the Spaniards in La Plata? The people on the east coast took it upon themselves to build a railway system on the land of the vast Buenos Aires Prosecutor's Court district without much consultation (the railways in the Chaco Plain were under the responsibility of China Railway). Any far-sighted person can say that in a few years, the best outcome for the Spaniards would probably be to spend a sum of money and sell this land that is destined to be unprofitable to the East Coasters, and that's it.

And the Pampa plain, which broke away from the hands of the Spaniards, ushered in not a decline, but a new life!

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