Brazil is truly a God-given land in South America, and its conditions are no worse than those in the United States.
Although most of Brazil's territory would have been a hindrance in the tropics, the existence of the Brazilian Plateau has directly raised the overall upper limit of Brazil.
The Brazilian Plateau is an ancient plateau with no active seismic zones. It developed on the ancient Brazilian continental platform. The ancient basement rock system is composed of granite, gneiss, schist, phyllite and quartzite. The surface of the Brazilian Plateau is relatively gently undulating, and the terrain slopes to the north and northwest. Most of it has the characteristics of an ascending peneplain, with an altitude between 300 and 1,500 meters.
Tropical areas that can develop civilization are generally coastal and plateau areas. The sea and plateau regulate the heat and reduce the heat, allowing humans to survive. However, tropical plain areas, especially tropical rainforest areas, have harsh environments and are not suitable for human survival.
Ethiopian civilization, Inca civilization, Mayan civilization and many other civilizations have demonstrated this situation very profoundly.
In tropical areas, it's better to be close to the sea, which can regulate the climate. But the further in, if there are no plateaus, there are often deserts and rainforests, and it is difficult to develop civilization.
The so-called Congolese culture that was born in the Congo River rainforest area is too low-level and can easily explode.
Brazil, in addition to the harsh environment of the Amazon rainforest, has plains along the coast, and the presence of the sea regulates the climate. The climate is mild, and the inland is the relatively gentle Brazilian Plateau of 5 million square meters, which is also suitable for human survival. Moreover, because of the existence of mountainous areas, it has brought Vast mineral resources.
Although the Brazilian plateau is relatively gentle, it also has rugged areas, especially near the coast.
There are high ridged mountains in the eastern part of the Brazilian plateau, forming large cliffs along the Atlantic coast from Rio de Janeiro to Santos. The large cliff carries the plateau on its back and faces the ocean. Looking from a distance from the Atlantic, it looks like a copper wall standing on the other side of the ocean.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
The existence of these rugged lands has hindered the communication between the coast and the interior, seriously affecting Brazil's opening to the interior.
Fortunately, God still favors Brazil. Many rivers originating from the plateau flow from the west to the plains in the east and enter the sea.
Although the areas that these rivers pass through are still rugged, the difficulty has dropped a lot, making it easier to build transportation between the coast and the inland.
Brazil's first five-year plan focuses on the construction of coastal areas. Coastal areas have convenient transportation and dense population, and are naturally suitable for industrial bases.
Regarding the development of the inland, the first five-year plan of the Kingdom of Brazil, which Tang Ning participated in and led, focused on road construction in addition to agricultural development.
The development of key industries in the interior is limited to the state of Minas, which is close to the capital Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo.
Although Brazil's industrial setting is to establish a large triangle industrial zone in the states of Minas, Geras, and Golas, Brazil currently does not have more power to support it and can only choose one focus first.
Minas is an inland state, not far from the coast and closer to the capital, so of course he should be chosen.
Although this state was selected, transportation construction is really troublesome.
Between the capital Rio de Janeiro and the state of Minas, there is a large area of rugged land, all of which are more than one thousand meters high, or even two thousand meters high.
What is even more nerve-wracking is that there are no large rivers to alleviate the difficulties of transportation construction.
The rivers around Rio de Janeiro are all small rivers. They are not large rivers like San Francisco, which runs through most of the Brazilian plateau, nor are they medium-sized rivers like the Saint Mary River in Espírito Santo that can communicate with the capital of Minas state.
The river in Rio de Janeiro originates directly from the rugged land on the offshore plateau and does not go deep into the interior of the Brazilian plateau.
This is very difficult to handle. The capital’s railway cannot reach the state of Minas, nor can it contact the state capital Belo Horizonte. This is very frustrating.
Does the traffic between Rio de Janeiro and the state of Miras depend on those trails?
In the future, when the capital Rio de Janeiro communicates with the state of Miras, it will take a detour through the state of Espiritu Santo. What will this look like?
If we really have to take a detour, is de Janeiro still the capital? Just let the state of Espírito Santo do it.
Rio de Janeiro, the capital, must have a road system that connects the country, and the railway must lead to Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas state.
One thousand meters or even two thousand meters of rugged land is not a reason why roads cannot be built.
During the Republic, the government of Rio de Janeiro deceived the people of Minas Gerais, saying it wanted to build more railways to the interior, but the result was nothing.
Tangning restored the Kingdom of Brazil and the state of Minas Gerais defected because Braganza built a railway for this inland state. Although it took two years, this sincere love was rewarded.
During the Republic, some things were done, and a railway to Belo Horizonte was planned and there were blueprints.
The Kingdom directly took out the design drawing, verified it, and found that the design drawing was quite reliable, but if it was really construction, it would cost a lot of money, nearly 3 million pounds.
Coastal Caudillo abandoned construction because it would probably cost too much. If it only cost a few hundred thousand pounds, they would definitely build it.
The biggest construction difficulty of the Rio de Janeiro-Belo Horizonte railway is the section from Rio de Janeiro to Barbacena. This section of the railway is also a concentrated area of rugged plateau areas between 1,000 and 2,200 meters, and is the area requiring the largest amount of construction.
The development of the Kingdom of Brazil is determined, and it is only 3 million pounds, borrowing money from the Germans and the French.
It’s not like I haven’t borrowed it before!
Anyway, the Germans and the French have very strong capital investment in Brazil, and they are very happy for the Brazilian government to borrow money from them.
Once the money arrived and German technicians were available, the kingdom was directly connected to the Mari de Janeiro-Belo Horizonte railway.
The railway was divided into two sections with Baba Sena as the middle point, and construction was carried out at the same time.
A section of the railway between Rio de Janeiro and Barbarcena, and a section of the railway between Belo Horizonte and Barbarcena.
This railway is expected to employ 12,000 workers. In addition to more than 3,000 Brazilians, the remaining workers are immigrants from Japan and the East.
The Japanese and Orientals are hard-working and are good at construction projects. However, when Brazil introduces East Asian immigrants, many of them have not yet arrived and it will take time.
At this time, only Brazil’s own people can take the lead, which will also solve the problem of employment for the urban poor.
February 7, morning.
King Pedro III of Brazil personally visited the workers working on the railway construction in the capital section.
The railway in Rio de Janeiro has been completed on the coastal plain, and is now being conquered in the mountainous areas, and preparations are being made to extend the railway to Juis de Fora.
"Welcome the King!"
"Long live His Majesty the King!"
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Railway workers under construction, excited to see King Pedro III coming to visit them, began to use him to move closer.
"Thank you for your welcome!" Tang Ning expressed her gratitude to the workers for their welcome.
Tang Ning had already anticipated this situation. This time he came down to engage in a people-friendly activity, and she had already expected that he would be well-received.
He has seen this kind of scene on countless occasions. When he was in school, during celebrations, and on TV, people treated big shots like this.
Of course, Tang Ning did not doubt that her people's love for her was fake.
In this era, people-friendly activities at the national leadership level, that is, in a presidential system like the United States, which relies on elections, are particularly enjoyable.
It’s not that the kings of European countries don’t do it, it’s just that they do it very rarely. They want to maintain a sense of mystery. If they do it once in a while, the effect is much better than that of the United States, where the president is replaced by a fancy president.
"Don't stop me, let's see my fighting citizens!"
Tang Ning stopped the security personnel from blocking the workers and took the initiative to walk towards them.
The Brazilian Railway Company is still very strict in employee management, strictly checks and prohibits the existence of illegal props, and prevents the existence of violent activities.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
I saw the enthusiasm of the workers, but they were also restrained because their clothes were dirty.
Faced with this situation, Tang Ning took the initiative to reach out to shake hands with them and express her sincere thanks to them. "Thank you for your hard work. You are the backbone of our construction in Brazil."
"Long live the railway workers, long live Brazil!!"
The workers responded fiercely, rushing to shake hands with the king and express their love and gratitude for respecting the king.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty the King, it is you who provide us with jobs. I will definitely build the national railway seriously."
"Your Majesty, I will do a good job!"
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