1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 199 The work plan of the Guangzhou Office
Li Jifeng is a very decisive person. Once he made a decision, he immediately took out the charter: "The third brother's method is good, but it may take a lot of time to contact salt merchants from all over the country, so we need to start it as soon as possible. I will write a book immediately. Send it to Fujian, let your eldest brother be in charge of the private salt affairs of the local Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tingzhou, Yanping, and Jianning prefectures."

"Second brother, you are in charge of Zhaoqing, Gaozhou and Leizhou in the west of Guangzhou. If possible, explore the way in Guangxi."

Li Po bowed and saluted: "The child will not disgrace his life!"

"Third brother, you can go to Huizhou Prefecture and Chaozhou Prefecture in the east, and Shaozhou Prefecture in the north. If you have spare energy, you can also take a look at the situation in Jiangxi Ganzhou and Huguang Chenzhou."

Li Nai also stood up and responded, "I'll pack my bags and leave tomorrow, baby."

Li Jifeng continued: "As for the supply price, you can control it flexibly according to the local situation, and you don't need to be too persistent. This private salt trading is different from glassware. We don't ask for high prices, but only for large quantities!"

While Li Jifeng and his son were discussing how to expand their private salt business, Schneider and He Xi had already returned to their residence in sedan chairs.What surprised them slightly was that besides the servant at the gate, there were already five or six more servants in the courtyard, and two of them were fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls.

He Xi asked, "Who are you in charge of?"

A middle-aged man stepped forward and bowed to respond: "My lord, my little Qiu San, I will temporarily serve as the steward of this yard. If the two lords need anything, just ask the servants to do it. The gatekeeper is Lao Ding. The cook Lao Huang, Ping Ergou who does errands, and these two little girls, Xiao Xiang and Xiao Man, serve the two masters personally."

This Qiu San deliberately emphasized the word "close to the body", the meaning of which is self-evident.

Schneider smiled and said: "Old He, this is a sugar-coated bullet, what do you think?"

"What should I do? Cold salad!" He Xi said angrily, "Peel off the sugar coating and shoot the shells back. It's okay to help with laundry and cooking, but you can skip the personal service."

"Get two pots of hot water to wash your face first, let the others leave, what should you do?" Schneider waved away these servants, and dragged He Xi into the study: "This is not like your style. , I heard that you had a lot of romantic deeds in Yazhou!"

He Xi smiled wryly and said: "It's Zhang Guang who is talking nonsense. I did it entirely out of work needs, just playing around."

Schneider waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I'm not questioning your work status on behalf of the Executive Committee. We are all adults, and some things don't need to be too serious. We didn't really have any lofty goals when we came to this place. To put it bluntly, everyone just wants to be a master, who would have no selfishness? I think as long as it doesn't interfere with normal work, there is no need to be too strict about private life."

He Xi shook his head and said, "It's fine if you think so, but a lot of people think that they don't worry about the few but the unevenness. Others think that those of us who are stationed abroad think that we can enjoy sex and play with women outside. , who would have thought about the pressure that us people are under in such an unfamiliar environment. When I returned to Victory Port, I opened the computer and checked the forum at night, and there were quite a lot of gossip."

"In the final analysis, the environment is too closed. Everyone has been stuck in that place for several months. They have been working hard and have no entertainment at ordinary times. There will definitely be some complaints." Schneider comforted: "But this situation should be resolved after a while. Things will get better, didn’t Li Nai say he’s going to open a brothel in Shengli Harbor? At least it can alleviate the current situation to a certain extent.”

While speaking, two little girls came in with hot water, and one of them wrung out the towel and put it on He Xi's face. He Xi quickly reached out to take the towel and said, "I can do it myself."

Seeing this, Schneider couldn't enjoy it alone, so he took the towel and wiped his face, and after the two little girls went out with the basin, he asked He Xi: "It's just washing your face, is it too much for you to do this?" After a while?"

He Xi waved her hand and said: "Forget it, a little girl of this age is still a junior high school student, don't talk about doing it, even if I encounter it, I will feel guilty... Don't talk about it, let's talk about the business, what we should do next What, you should have a detailed plan, right?"

"That must be there." Schneider got up and went back to his room to bring his laptop, opened it, called out the relevant plans that had been written, and began to explain to He Xi: "First of all, we have to get familiar with the place, Starting tomorrow, we will first walk around the city and outside the city according to the map to familiarize ourselves with the environment. By the way, we will see if there is a more suitable residence. Although this courtyard is good, it is still not suitable as the location of the Guangzhou Office in the future. The courtyard wall The low height poses a safety hazard. The alleys outside are narrow and inconvenient for people and goods to enter and exit. The house is all made of wood. It is not at ease to build a stronger confidential room. The most important thing is that this place was lent to us by the Li family , it’s always inconvenient, and the Executive Committee’s intention is to let us buy a property and use the Guangzhou Office as a long-term institution for construction.”

"Then which area are you going to choose?" He Xi spread the simplified map of Guangzhou drawn by the engineering department on the desk, pointed to the city and said, "The northern city is almost all government offices, so it must not work. It is said that there are many workshops in the new city to the south." It is more suitable to carry out trade in the future."

"I also think Nancheng is better, but there are all merchants there, so I guess the land price can't be lower!" Schneider stroked his chin and said, "I asked Li Nai when I was on the boat yesterday. It is said that the yards in Nancheng are often more than Thousand taels, and there is a price but no market, so it is not easy to buy."

"It's not easy to buy, but we have to buy it. Could it be that we build it ourselves?" He Xi asked disapprovingly.

"To be honest, I do have such an idea." Schneider pointed to the location of the Pearl River: "There are large open spaces on both sides of the Pearl River outside the urban area. You can buy a piece of land to build a house by yourself."

"The south bank of the Pearl River is not suitable, right? I saw on the boat today that the south bank is basically wasteland and there are no residents. At that time, I asked the boatman specifically, and the boatman said that the main problem was transportation. People want to settle there, and everything It still has to be purchased from Guangzhou City on the north bank, and even the bricks, tiles and timber needed to build a house have to be transported there, so there will be a large open space there." He Xi didn't quite agree with Schneider's idea.

Schneider sighed: "It's a pity that such a river with a width of 400 meters hinders the development of the city... Then we can only find a way on the north bank. Let's talk about it after we go to the field. Let's talk about the next thing first, The problem with the boat."

"At present, we have obtained a total of eight large ships by renting and buying. By the end of the year, Qiongzhou Prefecture will have two new ships to be delivered. In addition to the ship we are building, there will be eleven ships. In the short term, it should be able to meet the needs of Heitu Port. transportation needs. I discussed with the shipping department in a meeting. If we want to open up a sea route from Shengli Port to Guangzhou and ensure the monthly transportation volume, we must have at least four or five large ships. There are The shipyard, let's take a look at it, there are ships to buy, and some people are poaching people!" Schneider said bluntly.

"There are also sailors and boatmen, so don't forget." He Xi reminded.

"Speaking of sailors and boatmen, let's talk about the next question by the way." Schneider's eyes returned to his computer screen: "The Executive Committee hopes that we can set up an institution similar to the Yazhou Manpower Dental Institute in Guangzhou. It is responsible for recruiting people with special skills, especially various craftsmen. I know that Yazhou’s immigration work is so good, and more than half of the credit should be credited to you. You must have a lot of experience in this area, right?”

He Xi waved his hand and said, "I didn't do it alone, all the people in the cliff office contributed. Regarding the immigration issue, I would like to ask first, whether the executive committee plans to open large-scale immigration or quietly solicit small-scale?"

Schneider thought for a while and replied: "The situation in Guangdong is relatively stable at present. We should not make too much noise, so as not to attract the attention of the local government."

He Xi nodded silently, and said after a while: "Then I'll go back and talk to several dental firms. It's too inefficient for us to do this kind of thing by ourselves. It's better to let professional people do it."

"In addition, the executive committee also asked us to collect as many orphans as possible and send them back to Port Victory," Schneider added.

"Are you planning to enrich the Boy Scouts again?" He Xi shook his head and said, "To be honest, I don't think this kind of measure is necessarily a good thing in the long run."

"How do you know?" Schneider asked with interest.

The executive committee has always been very interested in cultivating orphans, and has taken in many orphans from Yazhou and even Vietnam, ranging from toddlers waiting to be fed to children aged [-] or [-].As long as these orphans reach school age, they will all enter the Scout battalion and receive military education.The executive committee believes that after several years of indoctrination, these orphans will become loyal supporters of the Haihan regime, and their loyalty to this group will even exceed some members of the time-traveling group, and they will not hesitate to fight on the battlefield. He fought to the last drop of blood for the Haihan regime.Schneider has been on the executive committee for several months, and this is the first time he has heard anyone objecting to this.

"People who are helpless and have no family ties can easily go to extremes in character." He Xi analyzed: "Through brainwashing education, these children can indeed be made to have extremely high loyalty and obedience, but The lack of a family environment will cause defects in their character growth. You know my previous work, and I also learned a lot of criminal cases when I received professional training. Among those who use extreme means to commit crimes, orphans or family members Complete people account for a considerable proportion. According to the executive committee’s method, it is of course possible to cultivate a large number of loyal fighters, but it is also possible to cultivate a large number of ruthless cold-blooded killers.”

(End of this chapter)