1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 200 Establishment of the Guangzhou Office

After hearing what He Xi said, Schneider showed a thoughtful expression on his face: "You mean, when these orphans grow up, some of them may go to extremes in their thinking?"

"That's right. They will think that the meaning of their existence is to maintain the existing system and regime, and for this belief, they will take any necessary actions, even if these actions may be defined as illegal acts in law." He He Xi nodded and said: "Actually, this kind of thing is very common in later generations. Many people who think they are patriots will stubbornly make some actions that are ridiculous to others, especially when such people have military status. The level of that danger would be greatly increased."

"For example, the Japanese military during World War II?" Schneider understood what He Xi meant.During World War II, the Japanese military did many absurd acts in the name of patriotism, and even the prime minister was killed by radical soldiers in the name of "patriotism".

He Xi nodded and said: "These people's concept of right and wrong and right and wrong are all based on their own beliefs. Without a family, it means that they have no private reasons to fight for. For them, strengthening the country may be more important than thousands of people. Tens of millions of human lives are more important. For example, Hitler, if his parents hadn’t died so early, maybe he would have grown up to be a painter instead of a dictator who started a war and killed tens of millions of people. Psychologically unsound or People with flawed personalities are in power, and that's an absolute disaster for society."

"What you said is reasonable, but having said that, the situation we are in also requires us to have a certain mass base as soon as possible." Schneider already understood what He Xi meant, but he thought the other party's views were also biased : "It is not so easy to change the thinking of adults. They grew up under the Ming system. Although this feudal social system has many drawbacks, subconsciously they will still maintain and obey the old system. However, children, especially orphans, are different. They grow up under the care of the executive committee and receive education in our values. In the future, the naturalized people who are closest to our ideas will also be these people. For us I'm afraid we won't find a better option for quite some time."

"Then don't let the problem exist." He Xi didn't intend to give up the debate, and continued: "Since we realize where the problem is, we should find a way to make up for these loopholes."

"Build a family for orphans?" Schneider smiled and said, "There are a large group of members who are going to be fathers... I don't think this is a good solution, and there may be many problems in implementation. But no matter what, Later, I will report your thoughts to the executive committee, and we will try to complete the established tasks first, and leave these troublesome matters to Ning Qi."

"It shouldn't be difficult to collect orphans. We can contact 'Furuifeng' and ask them to come forward to set up a charity organization, and we will pay for it." Opposition is opposition, but He Xi immediately came up with a feasible plan : "As for how to operate in the future, it is very simple."

"In the name of charity... this is good, I think the executive committee will be very happy to adopt this plan." Schneider quickly recorded this item.

"In addition to collecting people and sending them back to Victory Port, I think we also need some manpower." He Xi pouted in the direction of the door and said, "These people are all sent by the Li family, and their credibility is not high. We It’s also not convenient to do things. In my opinion, try to replace it sooner.”

"When the residence is settled, let's solve this matter together." Schneider also agrees with this. After all, these people are doing things with the money of "Fu Ruifeng". They will report to Li Jifeng. Keeping these people around is definitely not a long-term solution.Anyway, we will collect orphans in the future, and Schneider plans to pick a few clever ones to keep.

In the next week, the two went out for a cruise every day, familiarizing themselves with the environment of Guangzhou City and at the same time choosing a suitable place to buy property.As for the establishment of a charity organization, after communicating with Li Jifeng, he also got a positive answer from the other party.Setting up a philanthropic hall to adopt helpless orphans is a good thing for "Fu Ruifeng" to earn a reputation. What's more, the cost is still paid by the Haihan people. 500 taels of silver have been used as funds in advance. Li Jifeng really No reason for rejection could be found.Li Jifeng asked He Qiang to find a suitable place outside Guangzhou to prepare for the establishment of this institution according to Schneider's request.

A few days later, Schneider and He Xi finally found a suitable house near Dongshan Lake in the east of Guangzhou City. It covers an area of ​​about five mu of land, and it will definitely be a mansion-level courtyard for future generations.The owner of the house is from the north, and the entire building structure is also designed according to the courtyard form in the north, a four-entry courtyard running from north to south, and a standard deep house compound.The owner of the family is going to sell the house because he wants to move back to the north to live.

The first entrance courtyard is the front yard composed of the street gate on the south side, the vertical flower gate on the north side, the veranda and the inverted house.There are eight inverted rooms, which can be used as kitchen, firewood room, gatehouse and residence for servants.From the hanging flower gate to the second entrance courtyard, there are five main rooms on the north side, one side room on each side, and three east and west wing rooms.This courtyard is mainly a place for the host to meet daily guests, hold banquets and stay overnight.The open room in the middle of the main room is the passage hall, through which you can enter the third courtyard. The layout of this courtyard is similar to that of the second entrance courtyard, and it is the place where the owner lives.And the last courtyard is the back room, functionally speaking, it is a place where female relatives or maids live, but this courtyard has a back door, and Schneider thinks it is very good to use it as a warehouse for goods to enter and exit.

The entire courtyard, including the house, is mainly made of masonry. The foundation of the wall is made of stone strips, which are as high as ten feet. Even if the Guangguang Office has set up radio antennas and photoelectric equipment inside, they will never be seen from the outside.Moreover, the five feet outside the fence also belongs to the land of this house, which is relatively open in terms of vision, easy to enter and exit, and is conducive to external defense.

It has been less than five years since this house was built, and it can be regarded as a new house by the standards of this era.The living facilities in the entire courtyard are complete, and with all the Lingnan mahogany furniture, it has basically reached the level of "carrying in bags". If there is only one shortcoming, most of the servants in this courtyard are the servants of the original owner, so they will If you leave together, you need to hire another servant.However, this is not bad news for the Guangzhou Office at all, and it will save the time of sending these people away.

The location of this courtyard is only two miles away from the nearest city gate on the east wall of Guangzhou City, so it is very convenient to enter and exit Guangzhou City.The straight-line distance from the Pearl River bank is less than one mile, and it can be regarded as a standard river view room.If you want to pick a fault, the only one that is nearby is Dongshan Lake. Now it is just a barren swamp, covered with reeds as tall as a person, and there is no park landscape for future generations to enjoy.

Schneider and He Xi have looked at more than a dozen places these days, and none of them can find many faults like this one.After seeing the environment inside and outside the house, the two immediately made a decision to buy.

But it is true that what you pay for is what you get, the price of this house is not low, the owner directly called out the price of 3000 taels.The two struggled for two days, and finally bargained to 500 taels and couldn't kill any more.After reporting to the executive committee, finally approved 3000 taels of funds for the Guangdong Office to purchase this real estate. At the same time, the money also included the cost of renovating the courtyard, purchasing daily necessities, and hiring servants, etc.

After buying this house, the two immediately moved out of the Li family's yard, hired a cook, and selected a few older and more obedient children from the orphans that Shantang had taken in, and moved in here. In the new house.

But it wasn't until this time that the two realized that due to their haste when they set off, they forgot to bring the door plate of the Guangzhou Office in advance, so the listing ceremony could only be postponed, and they went back to find a wood workshop in the city to make a piece.

Because the Guangxi Office has not officially launched any social activities in the local area, it was relatively deserted when we checked in. Only Li Jifeng sent a congratulatory gift to express his heart.However, Schneider and He Xi didn't care too much about this kind of thing. From their point of view, the Guangzhou Office has just officially started, and in the next few years, this place will inevitably be full of people. The current desertion is only a temporary phenomenon.

According to the establishment of the Guangzhou Office, Schneider will be the director, responsible for business and foreign affairs, and He Xi will be the deputy, responsible for intelligence, security and military affairs.The others still belong to the temporary establishment. Although these orphans don't know what the temporary establishment is, their names are already on the internal documents of the Guangzhou Office, and as long as they don't leave the system in the future, they will The working time recorded in the archives is "September 1627, 9".

Of course, this place is not to be moved in. In fact, some small-scale renovations are still needed in this yard.For example, the rear cover room used as a warehouse must be better waterproofed, and the narrow rear door also needs to be remodeled to facilitate the entry and exit of goods.The ear room used as a confidential room in the third entrance courtyard needs to store valuables such as documents, gold and silver, radio stations, weapons, etc., and must also be reinforced.He Xi planned to let the base camp make special iron doors and windows, and ship them to Guangzhou for installation next time.

(End of this chapter)