1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 190 Preparations for Supplies

There is no large area of ​​coastal plain near Heitu Port, and the mountainous terrain makes local agricultural development face great difficulties. It is definitely not feasible to plant rice in a large area like the east coast of Vietnam.However, after the management committee's local field investigation, it is believed that some tropical economic crops, especially crops that can produce spices, rubber, edible oil and other crops suitable for mountain cultivation, can be planted locally on a large scale.Relevant personnel have even begun to plan planting areas in the forest near Heitu Port, and they will start working hard just waiting for the agricultural supplies from the big business.

The Executive Committee is very happy to see the success of this proposal of the Heitu Port Management Committee.The simplification of industries in overseas colonization sites is not what the Executive Committee wants to see. If Heitu Port can develop multiple industries in parallel, then its own hematopoietic function will undoubtedly be greatly strengthened, and the Executive Committee will recover the previous investment. The time will also be shortened a lot.

In addition to a large number of seeds, thousands of hoes, shovels, axes, saws, chisels, hammers and other tools are also part of the agricultural resources.Since there is no local iron ore output in Heitu Port, all iron products must be imported from the base camp, which will not be changed for a long time to come.Of course, for the executive committee, the existence of this small trouble is not a bad thing. If the overseas colonization sites are completely independent of the base camp in terms of supplies, it will make the base camp feel uneasy.

In terms of building materials, the materials required by Heitu Port are mainly cement.The local area is similar to Sanya. There are very rich forest resources, and there is no shortage of wood. However, the management committee still hopes to build some cement buildings in the local area—such as the local residences of Chuanzhong, warehouses for storing important materials, Fortifications near ports, etc.However, a limestone mine has been discovered in the local area, and the construction of a lime kiln is currently being planned, and the next step is to directly launch a cement kiln.Due to the abundance of local fuel, building brick kilns, lime kilns, and cement kilns is much easier than at the base camp.After a period of time, the local cement production may exceed the base camp, and it may be reversed by then.

In terms of food, since the local population has soared far faster than expected, although the first batch of food shipped can still supply consumption for a few months, but because there is no food output in the local area, we must now start to plan for a rainy day .The returning cargo ship will send [-] tons of newly harvested rice to Heitu Port, which can slightly relieve the local food pressure.

However, it is unscientific to need the base camp to send food for a long time in close proximity to the food production area. According to the original plan, the food problem in Heitu Port should still be settled in Vietnam.Trading with the Vietnamese and purchasing food is the next project that must be carried out in Heitu Port. In addition to subsidizing a certain amount of cash, the Executive Committee has also prepared a trade material, and plans to use barter at that time In exchange for food from Vietnam.

This kind of trade material is table salt, which is omnipotent. The production cost of the crossing group in the salt industry is enough to beat all competitors at the same time, and it can quickly occupy the market by dumping at low prices anywhere. Naturally, it is difficult for a small country like Vietnam Defend against the invincible price offensive.Moreover, due to the deterioration of the domestic situation in Vietnam, the military confrontation between the North and the South has caused a large number of coastal residents to flee and seek refuge. There will be an upward trend. At this juncture, trafficking salt to Vietnam is definitely a very timely and good business.

In the main grain-producing areas to the east and south of Hanoi, most of the land belongs to the royal family and nobles and other big landlords. The grain grown on these lands can't be eaten by the nobles, but they will never be given to the poor. The common people hoarded a large amount of grain, which caused the domestic grain price to remain at a very low level all year round, only about one-third to one-fourth of the price of Daming grain.The Trans-Traveling Group exchanged the much-needed salt for the food that the Vietnamese did not particularly care about. The win-win result was acceptable to both parties.

Of course, the executive committee will not forget to take this opportunity to promote its own industrial products, such as glass products, soap, matches, etc. Since rich people in Ming Dynasty will buy them, then the same market will definitely exist in Vietnam, prepare some samples It is necessary to explore the market wind direction.

As for the promotion of military products overseas, the executive committee is really powerless. It still takes time to complete the order for "Fu Ruifeng". For a while, there was no goods to sell elsewhere, so I had to give up temporarily.However, the gunpowder has to be sent to Heitu Port, because most of the first batch of gunpowder shipped has been used in the track construction project, and the current gunpowder reserves in Heitu Port have even fallen below the safety line— —Even the gunpowder packs issued by the two guns have been disassembled and used up.

In addition, consumable materials such as medicines also need to be replenished regularly.Of course, those medicines brought by the Time Traveling Group from later generations will definitely not be used by ordinary people, but out of humanitarian considerations, the Executive Committee still asked the Yazhou Office to purchase a batch of clearing away heat and dampness from the drugstore in Yazhou, as well as medicines that can be used The traditional Chinese medicine for treating some common diseases is going to be sent to Heitu Port along with the cargo ship this time.

In terms of staffing, the internal running-in speed of the Heitu Port Management Committee is obviously faster than the executive committee expected. This is probably because the disaster relief work some time ago has played a certain role in promoting it.Judging from the current situation, the three main departments of the local civil affairs, production, and military police are cooperating fairly well, especially Qian Tiandun, the military chief who caused a lot of controversy before departure, almost relied on dozens of Militiamen with a short training period of one month are maintaining local law and order.Fortunately, although the influx of immigrants was quite fast, there was only one robbery and homicide case in the early stage of construction in Heitu Port, which was quickly dealt with by the military and police department, and several criminals were hanged in public, and after that There were no other vicious incidents, which effectively ensured the smooth progress of the production and construction tasks. As the chief military officer, Qian Tiandun contributed a lot.

According to Qian Tiandun's report, the local area has already begun to select personnel and establish local militia organizations.Since the local population has stabilized at more than [-], Qian Tiandun's report set the establishment of the militia as a company-of course, this does not include the part of the militia sent by the base camp in advance.However, due to the lack of local materials, the militiamen's clothing, training equipment and weapons could not be solved by themselves, so Qian Tiandun also submitted an application for related materials.

On Qian Tiandun's material application list, the first thing to be crossed out was firearms and artillery. The executive committee believed that the local militia had just begun to be selected, and there was no need to rush to arm them in one step.Having said that, there is indeed no extra equipment in the arsenal of the base camp that can be sent to Black Earth Port.

Secondly, the applied clothing has also been crossed out. Although there are still some camouflage training uniforms brought in at the beginning, the base camp also needs to expand the army. These equipment must be reserved for the "Central Army" to use first.Since there is no local textile production area in Shengli Port, all fabrics and dyes can only be imported at present, and even some ready-made clothes need to be ordered from Yazhou. Uniform uniforms have been added to overseas garrisons.Therefore, the executive committee can only reluctantly refuse this request, and ask the local military and police departments to overcome difficulties and adapt to local conditions as much as possible to see if there is a way to order some cloth clothing from Vietnam. Subsidize the purchase cost-anyway, there is as much salt as you want.

Of course, the executive committee was not completely unkind. Considering the actual law enforcement needs of the military and police department, they still prepared a batch of iron weapons, such as waist knives, spear points and so on.As for equipment such as batons and shields, they can be solved locally.

Because the Crossing Group has already started to implement the internal settlement system, most of these materials are not provided to the Black Earth Port completely free of charge, but as a form of investment from the central government to the local area, part of which exists in the form of long-term interest-free loans , Black Soil Port will gradually repay with output.After the repayment of this part of the funds, the local financial revenue of Heitu Port will be distributed according to a certain proportion-most of it will be handed over to the base camp, and a small part will be reserved for local infrastructure construction and the operation of management institutions.

The preparation of these materials is not much, but there are indeed many departments involved, so all the executive committee members were notified to attend the meeting.All departments, especially the production units, have received their own material preparation tasks, and the job of the executive committee is to supervise the smooth progress of these preparations and complete the basic preparations before the cargo ship returns to Shengli Port.

Among them, the department with the greatest pressure is not the metallurgical workshop with the heaviest production tasks, but the saltworks commune, which is still in the state of post-disaster reconstruction.Since the tropical storm a few days ago destroyed a large number of houses in the salt field commune and caused the loss of several tons of salt stocks, the production of the salt field has not yet returned to normal levels.A large number of working people are still working on housing reconstruction, and the current daily salt production is only one-tenth of the pre-disaster level.

In order to help the Salt Field Commune overcome this difficulty, the executive committee had to suspend the construction of factories in the inland industrial zone, and sent limited construction workers to the Salt Field Commune to help the members build houses.In order to prevent the tragedy from happening again in the future, the Ministry of Construction simply took one step at a time and shipped all the recently produced bricks and tiles to the Saltworks Commune.

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