1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 178 Physiological Needs

The reason why the executive committee was worried was very simple, but they couldn't explain it to Li Nai, because he probably couldn't understand why the existence of gambling stalls and brothels would destroy the stable social order of Shengli Port.Pornography, gambling, and drugs are the three major crimes that are banned in China in later generations. It is difficult for the Executive Committee to agree to "Fu Ruifeng" wanting to engage in these businesses in Shengli Port.

As for the harmfulness of casinos to social order, the time-travelers from later generations are very clear, not to mention public gambling, even private gambling is not allowed by the executive committee.Once this stuff becomes popular, it can really be said that there will be endless troubles.

But everyone has an instinct to gamble, just like the travelers who chose to come to the seventeenth century are actually a kind of gamble on the future of life.This kind of human nature can't just be blocked, and we have to find a way to ease it. The executive committee's plan is to launch the gaming industry in a timely manner when the economic level in the area under its jurisdiction has developed to a certain level, and the people no longer need to worry about their livelihoods. meet this human need.Of course, the gaming industry also belongs to the scope of public utilities and will not allow private individuals to operate it. Most of its income will be used to build public facilities and guarantee welfare policies like later generations.

The brothel business is even more troublesome. Just thinking of the group of female men in the time-traveling group who clamored "women's rights must be protected" every day, the executive committee would never dare to agree to Li Nai's request easily.

As far as the executive committee knows, most people can only rely on the works of the "people's artists" in the big database to meet their physical needs, but some people in the time travel group have already used some simple means to trick some Li Miao Women of the two ethnic groups trade in flesh and blood.But since there was no big issue, and it was all a matter of your own will, the executive committee just pretended not to know.But if you walk by the river for a long time, you will eventually get your shoes wet. Maybe something will happen at some point, and you still need to find a long-term solution.From a practical point of view, in this era, brothels and brothels are an objective and legitimate business, and the situation of more men and fewer women in the time-traveling group is likely to cause some problems. If the large number of unmarried men in the time-traveling group can have a reasonable In fact, the Executive Committee is happy to see the legal way to solve physiological problems.

But the problem is that it is impossible not to cause a backlash from feminists, and the voices of these people cannot be ignored by the executive committee, which is very likely to cause relatively large conflicts within the time travel group. It is not something that several executive committee members can decide with one word. A decision can only be made after the executive committee discusses publicly and solicits the opinions of some people.

Tao Dong came to see that it was getting late, so he offered to have dinner first, and then talk tomorrow.Li Nai was not in a hurry, so he agreed to the proposal.However, during the dinner, Li Nai made another request, wanting to visit the local academy run by the Time Traveling Group.Tao Donglai readily agreed to this request.

Even if Li Nai didn't take the initiative to mention this matter, the executive committee has already made plans in this regard.The cultural output and infiltration of the literati class in Ming Dynasty is the work that the Executive Committee has always attached great importance to. In the future, with the expansion of the territory controlled by the Traveling Group, a large number of literate people will be needed to serve as grassroots managers. The group's own academies will definitely not be able to keep up with the growth rate of demand.The most realistic and effective solution is to attract down-and-out literati from Ming Dynasty to join in, and before that, they must first obtain the other party's sense of psychological identity.

A scholar like Li Nai who has achieved great fame can already be regarded as a representative of the literati class in Ming Dynasty. His degree of identification with Haihan culture will be an important reference for the Executive Committee to adjust its cultural export strategy.If Li Nai can also have a certain sense of identity with Haihan culture in terms of culture and education, then the next step is to ask "Fu Ruifeng" to recruit those down-and-out literati in the mainland to work in Shengli Port. .

After dinner, Li Nai and He Qiang went back to their residence to rest.In the past two days, they have negotiated an order of more than 2 silver, and negotiated several cooperation agreements with the Transit Group. Now it is time to get a clue.And Tao Donglai convened a regular meeting of the executive committee to discuss whether the transactions proposed by Li Nai today were feasible.Except for Gu Kai, who was dispatched abroad, and Mr. Yuan, who was ill, the other members of the executive committee came from their respective residences to attend this regular meeting—Tao Donglai emphasized on the phone that today’s regular meeting will be It is related to the vital interests of everyone, it is best not to be absent.

Tao Donglai succinctly described the results of the discussion with Li Nai today, and then said: "We have discussed the introduction of facilities such as shops, hotels, and restaurants before, and there is no need to repeat them this time. Well, in principle, as long as the other party abides by the rules we set, these businesses can be allowed to enter Victory Port. But gambling stalls and brothels, I think this still needs to be fully discussed, and it is better to make a decision after weighing the whole thing."

Ning Qi said with a smile: "Old Tao, your thoughts are deep enough. If you don't want to take the blame yourself, you plan to drag the entire executive committee to take the blame?"

Tao Donglai said disapprovingly: "How can this be called a scapegoat? We are a democratic centralism, the decision made by the executive committee is the final decision, and everyone in the group must implement it accordingly. Where did the scapegoat come from?"

Ning Qi shook his head and said: "It's nothing more than a gambling stall. We have already discussed that we can't allow private business to do business, but this brothel...whether we approve it or not, there will be dissatisfaction inside, you say Is this a black pot?"

Ning Qi is undoubtedly very keenly aware of the internal contradictions hidden behind this decision. If "Fu Ruifeng" is allowed to set up brothels in the local area, it will definitely attract severe criticism from the "Women's Federation". The Dayan horse girlfriend, Risa, stayed in Victory Port.Moreover, it is said that Risa is very popular among female members. When the executive committee is re-elected a year later, Risa, who has the votes of female members, is very likely to squeeze out the current executive committee and enter the Supreme Committee to become a feminist. represent.

And if the executive committee rejected Li Nai's proposal, the single men who accounted for the majority of the crossing group's population would definitely complain afterwards, and the executive committee that cut off the possibility of implementing this "welfare" would definitely be attacked verbally and in writing.You must know that it has been four months since the time travel, and the executive committee has promised to solve the spouse problem. Not only has there been no substantive solution, but even a feasible plan has not been brought up for public discussion.Single men have launched several attacks on the executive committee's "inaction" in this regard on forums, believing that the executive committee is deliberately ignoring "mass work".

With regard to these "crowd voices", the Executive Committee is certainly not a deaf-blind show, and it knows a little bit.However, given the existing local conditions, it is not an easy task to solve the growing physiological needs of the people.The local population structure used to be dominated by the Li and Miao ethnic groups. If women’s issues are not properly handled, ethnic disputes will easily arise. However, among the increasing number of immigrants, male labor still accounts for the majority. Generally speaking, the local male and female The ratio is still in a state of serious imbalance.

Of course, some people proposed that as a kind of collective welfare, they could simply buy maids or even female slaves directly from outside, and distribute them to single members by lottery.But there are also many people who think that purely human trafficking is a "major historical retrogression" for the time-traveling group, and the title of slave trader may always be held by these "sages" in future history-although it has been going on from now on The hard labor of prisoners introduced in Yazhou is also a disguised form of human trafficking, but some people insist that the nature of the two is completely different.Therefore, although this method has also been brought to the Executive Committee for discussion, it has been in a pending state.

He Xi and others from the Yazhou Office gave the executive committee a more feasible idea: organize a short-distance trip to Yazhou every ten days or half a month, and let those who are willing to go to the brothel in Yazhou to solve personal problems. need.In the short term, this would ease the dissatisfaction among the single masses, without giving feminists anything to say.

I have to say that this idea sounds very tempting, but in actual operation, I still encountered some small troubles-the first batch of people who went there met a prostitute who was sick, and they were all frightened. Pull up your pants and leave - if you are infected with some messy disease, there is no specific medicine to cure it these days.Of course, the executive committee had no way to monitor the sanitation of the sensual venues in Yazhou, so this method came to an end without a problem.

But now Li Nai's proposal directly puts this problem in front of the executive committee, this time there is no chance to escape, if the executive committee can't come up with a feasible solution, then it will be as Ning Qi said As stated, whether it is agreed or rejected, it will be attacked by dissenting opinions.

"I think it's better to follow the procedure and vote." Bex suggested: "Make a decision first, and then come up with a solution."

Except for the two executive members who were absent, seven members of the executive committee present were Tao Donglai, Ning Qi, Bai Kesi, Yan Chujie, Schneider, Meng He, and Yue Zhiyun.According to the statute of the executive committee, as long as more than two-thirds of the executive committee members are present, the decision made by the voting station is valid.These seven people have one thing in common, that is, they are all single.

With seven single men voting on such an issue, the results simply speak for themselves.

(End of this chapter)