Brazil is really a God-given land in South America, and the conditions are no worse than those in the United States.
Although most of Brazil's territory is in the tropics, this would have been a hindrance, but 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. Comparison of the surface relief of the Brazilian Plateau
It is gentle, with the terrain sloping 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 adjust to 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.<
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Ethiopian civilization, Inca civilization, Mayan civilization and many other civilizations have demonstrated this situation very profoundly.
In tropical areas, it is better to be close to the sea, as the climate can be adjusted by the sea. However, if there are no plateaus further in, 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 existence 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
Large areas of mineral resources.
Although the Brazilian plateau is relatively gentle, there are also rugged places, especially near the coast.
There are high ridged mountains in the eastern part of the Brazilian plateau. From Rio de Janeiro to Santos, they form a large cliff along the Atlantic coast. The large cliff carries the plateau on its back and faces the ocean. When viewed from a distance in the Atlantic, it looks like a copper wall standing on the other side of the ocean.
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The existence of these rugged places has hindered the communication between the coast and the inland, seriously affecting Brazil's opening up to the inland.
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, which has reduced the difficulty of building transportation between coastal and inland areas.
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, so it can only choose one focus first.
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Minas is an inland state, not far from the coast and closer to the capital, so of course I have to choose it.
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’s 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.
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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. It’s 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 it look like?
If we really have to take a detour, is it still the capital of Rio de Janeiro? Let’s just let the state of Espirito 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.
A 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 that it wanted to build more railways to lead 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.
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During the Republic period, some things were done, and a railway to Belo Horizonte was planned and there were designs.
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 have cost too much money. 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 that requires the largest amount of construction.
The Kingdom of Brazil is determined to develop, and it only requires 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 welcoming of the Brazilian government borrowing money from them.
Once the money has arrived and German technicians are available, the Kingdom can directly connect to the Rio de Janeiro-Belo Horizonte railway.
The railway is divided into two sections with Baba Sena as the middle point, and construction is carried out at the same time.
A section of railway between Rio de Janeiro and Barcaena, and a section of railway between Belo Horizonte and Barcaena.
This railway is expected to employ workers. In addition to more than 3,000 Brazilians, the rest of the workers are immigrants from Japan and the East.
Japanese and Oriental people are hard-working and are good at construction projects. However, many of the East Asian immigrants introduced to Brazil have not yet arrived, and it will take time.
At this time, only Brazil’s own people can take the lead, which can also solve the problem of working 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 tackled 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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The railway workers who were under construction were very excited when they saw King Pedro III coming to visit them, and began to use him to come 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 activities close to the people, and he had already expected that he would be welcomed.
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, rely on elections, and it is particularly fun to engage in this kind of activities.
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 and 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 people!"
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 expressed 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 also reacted 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 my best!"
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This chapter has been completed!