In April, the northwest has passed the harsh winter, and the melodious echoing camel bells awaken this magnificent land.

Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan, thousands of caravans and caravans converge from far and wide into the tiny Andijan Basin. As the most fertile plain in Central Asia, Andijan is the largest granary in this land. In addition to food, there is also kerosene for lighting, gasoline for vehicles, and a steady stream of goods and groceries imported from Chinese mainland from the Northwest Railway.

After a great war, the former ruler of the Russian Empire fell into a civil war, and the resurgence of China took a hundred years to embrace it, and the people living here are secretly looking at the return of China when they think of the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago. The China that came back this time was very different. First, the largest forced deportation in history was carried out to eliminate Russian power, and nearly a million immigrants who came with the Russian colonizers were expelled, and then millions more were brought in from the country to fill the vacuum.

In addition to the immigrants, they also built railways and roads, built bridges, built factories, erected electric wires on high mountains and mountains, and gradually established a civil government in the northwest, and implemented a strict household registration system in the northwest. In the past five years, in addition to oil refineries, there have also been a series of factories such as metallurgy, coal mining, cement, wool spinning, and winemaking, and the most unbelievable thing is that they have also implemented free education, and children of all ethnic groups can study for free as long as they have household registration.

But all educational textbooks and languages are Han Chinese.

A sharp cracked plateau scraped across Jinnah's cheeks, blowing red from his face. In front of him and his entourage was the Khujand Border Monument. This is the middle section of the southwest entrance of the Andijan Basin, with mountains on both sides of the north and south, and the terrain is narrow and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it has been regarded as the throat of the basin since ancient times. It is now also the border of Andijan province as defined by the Shanghai Communiqué, and a monument several meters high reminds people that crossing this is entering China's borders.

Jinnah didn't take the Green Ridge Ancient Road but chose to enter here, because he heard that Andijan has changed greatly and wanted to come and see. Now in Chapter 630, there are several such defensive fortresses on both sides of this key passage that is no more than 50 kilometers long and 12 kilometers wide. It is clear that China is not only gaining a foothold here, but is gradually strengthening its military control capabilities.

Soldiers at the border posts are drawn from the National Guard Corps and rotate every two years. Fortifying the border was very hard, but fortunately the train had already reached Andijan behind, and the local government used domestic immigrants to build a road from Andijan to get here. However, compared to Siberia in the north, Andijan is far from home, but life is not bitter, because there is an abundance of food here.

Upon learning of Jinnah's visit, Murong Han, the commissioner of the Northwest Military Administration, personally arrived here by plane from Urumqi early in the morning, and specially prepared several wheeled armored vehicles to greet him. After the convoy drove into the plains, Jinnah Chapter 630 extended about 20,000 tractors of various types, as well as about 5,000 trucks. They can help increase productivity, increase land yield, and provide food for more people.

Jinnah secretly took a breath, he really didn't expect that Andijan actually had so many tractors, on the contrary, there were not so many mechanical farming equipment in the entire Great Plains of India! If calculated according to this figure, the number of tractors in China is not millions?

Seeing him so surprised, Murong Han laughed: "Mr. Jinnah, you have misunderstood. Although our country has gained independence and recovered its national territory, its economic strength cannot be compared with that of Europe and the United States, and the reason why it is so much is that the vice president is very concerned about the lives of the people in the northwest and deliberately prioritizes supplies. From the Jiayuguan boundary, there are currently a total of 150,000 tractors and 350,000 trucks in the northwestern provinces, which seems to be a lot less than the annual output of the United States. We are trying to increase the proportion of machinery production, Andijan, Urumqi, Almaty, Beihai and Chita are already building vehicle factories, and it is expected that this year's national tractor production can reach 150,000 and 350,000 vehicles of various types. ”

Murong Han said modestly, but in the ears of Jinnah and the Indian Muslim delegation, his eyes lit up when he heard that Andijan would soon start producing tractors and vehicles.

"I'm amazed that you've done a miracle."

"Miracles? No, no, no. Murong Han waved his hand again and again: "The rapid development of the northwest depends on China's superior human resources, and millions of builders work hard here every year. This has a lot to do with the full support of the vice president, who won an annual construction fund of 1 billion yuan from Nanjing, and also ordered the garrison to join the construction. He also funded the establishment of the Northwest Education Foundation to help children who could not go to school because of poverty, and recruited teachers from the interior to come here, of course, we still have many difficulties, ethnic integration takes time, there are often conflicts in many places, and a large number of troops and guards need to be stationed to maintain law and order, but we believe that it will gradually improve. ”

In his eloquent words, Murong Han showed a complete northwest for Jinnah. The annual allocation of 1 billion yuan from the central government made the delegation secretly frightened, knowing that the northwest region is still under military control, and its own taxes are used for construction and do not need to be paid to the central government. Although it is not much, there is still 200 million yuan per year, which means that the northwest can get 1.2 billion yuan of construction funds every year.

What is the concept of this money? Jinnah knows best, this means that Yang Qiu has to keep at least 5 British Far East fleets in the northwest every year, or that the annual investment is more than the total amount of industrial and commercial tax revenue in Britain! It's hard to imagine. It also made him sigh secretly, thinking of the current situation in India and a little discouraged: "I very much agree with your words, the strength of 400 million people to stand up is really huge. ”

Murong Han smiled knowingly: "China's population advantage is incomparable with European and American countries, but this does not include India. I have heard that India already has a population of 300 million, and I am confident that it will soon become rich and prosperous under your leadership. ”

India does have a population of 300 million, but can these 300 million be compared with China? After the Xinhai Revolution, the country's independence, political stability, and the reconquest of the land by the Shanghai Communiqué not only gave Yang Qiu great prestige, but also inspired strong nationalist fervor, prompting the whole country to surround him and be willing to obey his command.

India, on the other hand, is still only a colony.

In Jinnah's thoughts, the convoy slowly headed towards Andijan. Since the road was not good, and in order to make the group feel more changes, it took 5 hours to drive 240 kilometers to reach Andijan City. After entering the city, everyone felt like entering a huge construction site, full of factories and residential areas under construction, especially the five-storey conjoined concrete and steel condominiums, which left a deep impact on Jinnah. According to Murong Han, this kind of apartment was born when it was taking in millions of Russian refugees, and now it has been extended to all cities and new cities for immigrants, and there will be a supporting boiler heating plant every other distance in the northwest and northeast cold regions. The advantage is that it can save land and facilitate central heating, but the disadvantage is that the consumption of cement and steel is relatively large, and the investment in municipal pipelines in the early stage is more.

Through the introduction, he also learned that Andijan now has a total of 11.7 million permanent residents with registered household registration, of which 4.3 million are Han immigrants, becoming the largest Han immigration area in Northwest China, with more than 400 junior high schools and primary schools, 7 technical schools, and the first university in Northwest China. Railways and airports have been built, and construction has begun on facilities such as hydropower stations.

Jinnah was indeed attracted by the sight of this booming construction. Petrochemical, steel and other metal smelting and processing, coupled with developed agriculture, give Yang Qiu another 10 years, I am afraid that Andijan, which was chaotic and turbulent in the past, will really become the richest region in Central Asia. What made him slightly dissatisfied was that Yang Qiu implemented an all-Chinese education, and the teachers and teaching materials were all in the Han language, which meant that the local language and culture would be gradually marginalized.

But he didn't ask much, each country has its own development path, and it is reasonable for Yang Qiu to want to integrate the northwest in this way, not to mention that his trip is to deepen relations with China, not to interfere in other people's internal affairs. It was precisely because he saw the development of Andijan that he was even more eager to go inland to see the development there, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Murong, when will the train depart?" ”

"Tomorrow morning, the plane will take us to Urumqi first, and then take the train to Wuhan in two days on the Longhai line, where the vice president is already waiting for you." After Murong Han said the plan, Jinnah was a little confused: "As far as I know, it is 3,000 kilometers from Urumqi to Wuhan, can I get there in 2 days?" ”

"Haha."

The laughter puzzled Jinnah and other officials of the Muslim League of India delegation, and Murong Han hurriedly said, "Look at me, I forgot to say it." This train is a high-speed train that is being tested in our country, and it is very fast. ”

"High-speed trains." Jinnah was defeated again, but I didn't expect that China had already begun to study high-speed trains, just like Europe and the United States...... (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )