Chapter 103: Addressing imbalances between men and women

On May 16, 1868, the leading troops led by Li Mingyuan arrived at the port of Casado, and the troops were temporarily repaired for a day.
The Paraguay River runs through the entire territory of Paraguay. It is an important waterway connecting the coastal and inland areas of South America. It is also a busy commercial river. At this time, merchant ships from the Parana River were crowded with businessmen from Brazil, Argentina and European countries. Carry boxes of goods to the river port, then be taken over by local merchants and resell the goods to inland residents.
However, since the outbreak of the war, the Paraguay has lost its former prosperity. The lower reaches of the Paraguay have been blocked by Brazil and Argentina, and commercial vessels are prohibited from providing goods and materials to Paraguay.
Blocking the trade route of the river does little harm to Brazil and Argentina. The merchants of the two countries lose at most one trade channel and the interests of goods are damaged, but Uruguay is different.
Uruguay is a landlocked country sandwiched between Brazil and Argentina, two South American powers. The country's rugged terrain, crisscross mountains and difficult transportation, therefore, the Paraguay River and the Parana River in the southern border area are very important for Paraguay's economic development. Paraguay and Parana are blocked by hostile countries, and Paraguay is at great risk of a shortage of supplies.
The two rivers are related to the fate of Paraguay's country. It is clear that both Lopez Jr. and the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian coalition forces. As soon as the war broke out, the warring parties launched a series of attacks around the control of the river.
Paraguay's invasion of the state of Mato Grosso was to control the source of the upper Paraguay river, while the Brazilian coalition forces moved up the Parana River to reduce the Paraguayan living space.
Paraguay is inland, and its national size and comprehensive national strength are not opponents of the Brazilian coalition. Therefore, in the face of the full attack of the Brazilian coalition, the Paraguayan army stepped back, first retreating from the state of Mato Grosso, then giving up, A series of strongholds along the river such as Canasion and Formosa finally formed a stalemate at the Tiger Fortress and the Brazilian coalition.
The Humei Tower Fortress is less than one hundred kilometers from the capital Asuncion. It is the most important military base in Paraguay. Once the Humei Tower Fortress is lost, Paraguay will face the fate of complete defeat.
In order to defend the Tiger Fortress Fortress, Lopez Jr. was omnipresent. Children from the age of 50 to children of 12 years were recruited into the army as long as men who could carry guns.
Paraguay is located inland. Except for the riverside area, which can access the outside world, most other areas are closed. In such a closed country, the prestige of Little Lopez is unmatched. After the outbreak of the war, Little Lopez preached Brazil The coalition is the demon who kills without blinking. They provoke war and invade Paraguay in order to kill all Paraguayans and then seize their land.
Lopez Jr.'s words seem flawed today, but they are very convincing in Paraguay, which has not only been independent for decades.
Most of Paraguay's domestic population are mixed races of whites and Indians. The other part is naturalized Indians.
Whether mixed-race or naturalized Indians, Brazilians and Argentines are uncivilized savages. In the past exchanges between the two countries, Paraguayans can personally experience the contempt mentality of Brazilians and Argentines.
Therefore, Paraguayans are mostly convinced of what Lopez Jr. said.
Arousing the morale of the common people in the country, Lopez Jr. set aside, mobilized 50,000 domestic men to defend the Humei Tower fortress and coastal defense positions, and used the family left by the old Lopez to continuously bleed the Brazilian coalition. Streaming blood from Paraguay.
The Tiger Fortress is like a meat grinder that continuously devours the lives of the soldiers on both sides. After three years of fighting, Paraguayan soldiers have been killed and injured. The people who died of starvation and dysentery and cholera due to lack of food far exceeded the casualties caused by war .
Until the Chinese troops arrived in Puerto Cásado, there were about 270,000 people in Paraguay, including about 200,000 women and children, and most of the remaining 70,000 were Paraguayan men participating in the army.
At this point in the war, Paraguay was on the verge of extinction, but Little Lopez, who had brought Paraguay into danger, was unaware that he was still commanding defensive operations at the Tiger Fortress.
Forgetting war is dangerous, and war is going to perish. The lessons of Lopez Jr. have a great impact on Li Mingyuan who feels the cruelty of the war. The situation of the Chinese in South America is similar to that in Paraguay. Both sides are national soldiers, slightly different. It is that Lopez Jr. was a war madman who provoked a war with other countries and tried to swallow it up, but the South American Chinese organized an uprising in order to survive and had to take up arms to fight.
The reasons are not the same, but the results are very similar. Under the command of Li Mingyuan, the Chinese independent army defeated the powerful enemy and turned into thousands of miles to reach Paraguay.
All the people are a last resort in the Jedi. Once the Chinese settled in Rio Grande do Sul, Li Mingyuan will begin to restore the normal order of the Chinese, and then immerse himself in farming and improve his own strength.
On the bank of the port of Cassado, Li Mingyuan walked along the river for a while before returning to the barracks.
The port of Casado is in a good environment, with mountains and green hills and beautiful scenery along the river, but the riverside villages are smelling dead bodies and ragged clothes, and the hungry Paraguayan civilians are far from the beautiful scenery.
Everyone has his own life, and the miserable appearance of the Paraguayan civilians has not received Li Mingyuan's sympathy. The food taken by the vanguard is not much. If the food is distributed to the Paraguayans, the food of the Chinese soldiers will not be enough.
Li Mingyuan has no self-denial of the virginity, and he still has enough food to help others, so is he noble or stupid?
The camp of the Chinese troops is located beside the river bank, and a round wooden fence is arranged around the camp. The wooden fence is not to prevent the Paraguayan army and the Brazilian army, but to prevent the gathering of Paraguayan hungry people here.
A strong sense of hunger will prompt people to make dangerous moves, especially in Paraguay, who has a brave tradition. Shortly after the Chinese Independent Army set up camp near the river, a group of more than 200 hungry people flocked to the camp and wanted to capture the Chinese. Food in the hands of soldiers,
The hungry people in Paraguay were crazy, but the muskets in the hands of the Chinese soldiers were not burning fire sticks. After a while of musket shooting, hundreds of corpses were left behind by the hungry people in Paraguay. The remaining people turned and retreated under the threat of muskets, but they learned from the musket The hungry people in Paraguay did not go far, but gathered together not far from the camp, and looked at the Chinese camps from time to time.
The tents and fences in Yingzhai have been resettled. The large iron pots carried by the army have also been removed and they are cooking on a fire.
Li Mingyuan walked into the camp, found a place to sit down casually, chatted with the soldiers around him, and then walked into a tent under the reminder of the guards.
"Mr. Sun please sit down." Li Mingyuan walked into the tent and asked Sun Bin to sit down.
"Shizi, humble job saw many local residents gathered outside, do not know what happened?"
"The Paraguayan war has been going on for years. Those outside are hungry people without food. When we see that we carry a lot of food, they stick around us. Maybe they think we are Indians coming from elsewhere. I hope they can get alive from us. Food. "
Li Mingyuan just explained the situation, and I don't feel right. The situation outside Sun Bin should be clear, it is unlikely that he knowingly asked questions.
"Isn't Mr. Sun here to ask about this?"
"Shizi Mingjian, the humble job is indeed for this matter."
Sun Bin bowed his salute, and said, "Since our army entered Paraguay, most of the places we passed were dilapidated, the people were hungry and cold, and all the local people were women, children, old and young. It was almost impossible for adult men to see them. They watched and asked the local people carefully. Knowing that Paraguay has been fighting for more than half a year, young men have been killed or injured more than half of them. Most of the women left behind in the village are women and children. Among them, there are many young women and they occupy more than half of the left-behind population. The soldiers match. "
"It's a good idea to recruit Paraguayan women to balance the Chinese ratio."
After thinking a little, Li Mingyuan affirmed Sun Bin's suggestion.
Entering Paraguay, as long as you defeat the Brazilian army, it is very convenient to reach the Rio Grande do Sul along the river. At this time, the problem of finding a wife for Chinese soldiers should be considered.
The total number of Chinese on land and water routes is 150,000. Even if some people are reduced due to accidental factors, there will be more than 100,000 people after arriving at the destination. So many Chinese are all male and can be managed for a while, but Sooner or later, if the marriage problem cannot be solved, it will be a huge hidden danger sooner or later.
Therefore, balancing the Chinese ratio is the first problem to be solved when entering Rio Grande do Sul.
Immigration of young women from the mainland is the most secure method, but this matter can only be implemented after everything is stable. In the short term, the imbalance of the gender ratio of Chinese people is still difficult to resolve.
Sun Bin's suggestion provided Li Mingyuan with a good solution to the problem. The imbalance between men and women in Paraguay and a large number of women lacked the right marriage mates. The Chinese Independent Army could just use Paraguay's scarce food, medicines and other materials in exchange for Paraguayan women to join the Chinese army. UU read the book www.uukanshu.com and then settled down for marriage.
The Han people take white as the beauty. Most Paraguayan women are of mixed race and white descent, which is in line with the aesthetics of ordinary soldiers. Treating them as mates and mates of Chinese soldiers will not cause opposition from the soldiers.
As for the reaction of Lopez Jr. after attracting Paraguayan women, Li Mingyuan was not worried at all.
Lopez Jr. can't protect himself now. The Chinese Independent Army runs all the way to help you fight the Brazilians. By the way, it helps you to solve the problem of imbalance between men and women. This is not very good. What is dissatisfied?
Besides, the Chinese troops slowly recruited Paraguayan female Lopez in the back and there is no way to stop it. When the war ends, Lopez will still be unable to defeat the Chinese troops?
Recruiting Paraguayan women would do no harm to the Chinese troops. Li Mingyuan quickly made a decision. After repairing the field forces, he continued to hurry, and the task of recruiting women was given to Sun Bin and the large rear forces.
Of course, it is impossible to attract women in Paraguay. Some necessary means such as forced migration are still used. These specific tasks do not need Li Mingyuan to worry about, and Sun Bin, the executor, will handle them.