1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 204 Yu Dashan's Selfishness
Regarding the issue of transportation capacity, Anxi has also given detailed consideration, and replied calmly: "We can look at the transportation capacity required by these two candidate locations separately. Let's talk about Iron Furnace Port first."

"Iron Furnace Port is very close to us, so close that we can even send ships there every day to transport back the previous day's output. The carrying capacity is not large, and the two existing sea training ships of the Ministry of Shipping can complete the task. We also have We can build a warehouse in the local area to store some salt, and in the future, the salt output for the mainland will be traded directly in Iron Furnace Port, and sea ships coming from the mainland can also save the next half day of the voyage.”

After hearing this, Tao Donglai continued to ask noncommittally: "Then what if you choose Yinggehai Salt Field?"

"If it is the Yinggehai Salt Field, it will be a little more troublesome. After all, the voyage is three times farther than that of Iron Furnace Port. My solution is to further increase the number of cargo ships running in the direction of Annan, and when passing Yinggehai back and forth They all ship the locally produced salt and send it to Annan and the local area respectively. Of course, there is no need to rush to increase the transportation capacity, because even if we want to develop Yinggehai, it will take at least a few months to form a large-scale production. And the limited output in the first few months can be completely solved by relying on the existing capacity on the Annan route." Anxi replied confidently.

"What does the Ministry of Shipping think?" Tao Donglai asked Yue Zhiyun.

Yue Zhiyun replied: "At present, we can arrange a total of eight sea-going ships of [-] materials to run on the Annan route. When departing from Shengli Port, the cargo hold will be relatively empty. It is definitely no problem to ship salt in Yinggehai. But on the return journey Coal coke and some immigrants need to be loaded, and salt needs to be loaded on board, and the carrying capacity may be relatively limited..."

"Immigrants transported back from Annan can be resettled in the nearest Yinggehai Salt Field. On the one hand, the scale of production can be expanded as soon as possible, and on the other hand, the cabin can be freed up to transport a few tons of salt back to Shengli Port." Anxi interjected and added.

This is really a very good solution.If the Yinggehai salt field is to be built, it may take several years to invest manpower in that area to meet the ever-expanding production scale, and it is obviously much easier to collect immigrants from Annan, which is in a state of war, than Daming.Even in terms of distance, Yinggehai is only [-] to [-] nautical miles from the east coast of Annan, which is much closer than Qiongzhou Fucheng in the north, and it is more cost-effective in terms of time efficiency.

As for nationality and ethnicity, these issues are no longer a big issue in the eyes of today's Executive Committee.First of all, the language, clothing, and living habits of the vast majority of Annan immigrants are similar to or even the same as those in Guangdong and Guangxi. There is not a big gap in cultural traditions, and it will be easier to assimilate them.Secondly, after several internal debates between Chinese and barbarians, the executive committee has basically unified their understanding. People who are willing to be included under the rule don’t need to care about their own ethnicity, as long as they are willing to follow the cultural traditions and life of Haihan. If you are used to, abide by the laws and regulations formulated by the Executive Committee, and support and pledge your allegiance to the Executive Committee, they will all be regarded as naturalized citizens without any special treatment.

When capacity and labor are no longer an issue, there seems to be only one remaining problem to be solved.

Seeing Tao Donglai's eyes looking towards him, Yan Chujie took the initiative to say, "From the perspective of military defense, both places have advantages and disadvantages. Let's talk about Iron Furnace Port first. The channel to the harbor here is long and narrow. , and the south of the waterway is all mountainous, which is very convenient for high defense. As long as a small number of fortifications are built, it can be said that it is difficult for foreign fleets to break through the Iron Furnace Port from the sea. However, the tidal flats suitable for the development of salt fields are all in the north of the harbor. The terrain is flat and difficult to defend. If an enemy lands directly from the beach, it will be difficult to organize an effective defense. In addition, Tielu Port is very close to Lingshui, where the Ming army is stationed, only more than ten nautical miles. If something happens, we will not even have time to dispatch sea forces support."

"Let's talk about Yinggehai. The harbor here is also hidden behind the narrow waterway, which is very well concealed. But the area near the sea here is flat, and it is impossible to establish an effective defense system with our current conditions. There is a voyage of [-] to [-] nautical miles from Yinggehai to Shengli Port, and there is Yazhou in the middle. From a military point of view, it is quite dangerous to develop Yinggehai."

Anxi became a little anxious when he heard what Yan Chujie said, and quickly retorted: "I don't think Yazhou can pose much military threat to us now. Now that Luo Shengdong has money in hand, he has managed the water village very well. The last time I came to the commune to transport salt, I asked him specifically. He said that the ships that can go to sea in the water village are basically under his control. Unless Luo Shengdong wants to cut off his own money, Yazhou There is no way to threaten our flight path."

Yan Chujie shook his head and said, "Even if Luo Shengdong doesn't pose a threat to us, it doesn't mean it's safe there. The necessary military defense measures must not be relaxed at all. Just think about it, if Yinggehai produces tens of thousands of catties of refined salt every day in the future The news has spread, will someone have an idea about that place?"

"This..." Anxi was at a loss for words for a moment.Yan Chujie's words were not unreasonable. The market value of [-] catties of refined salt was several thousand taels of silver. It was hard to guarantee that pirates or other armed forces who heard the news would not take the risk.And once the Yinggehai area, which is undefended, is attacked, the only thing they can do is to defend themselves.And if the development of Yinggehai needs to build another base-style fortress in the local area, it will consume too much manpower and material resources, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty and time of the development and construction phase.

No matter how perfect Anxi's plan is, the loopholes in military defense cannot be avoided, and this is not a link that can be ignored by the Executive Committee through some attractive data. According to the safe and prudent handling style of the Executive Committee, any First of all, the difficulty of military defense is considered for a stronghold. Whether it is the base camp or the black soil port, the site selection is carried out in accordance with this basic principle.No matter where the new salt field is located, there will definitely be more than a thousand residents in the future. For the establishment of such a new settlement located outside of Shengli Harbor, the Executive Committee will still adhere to the principle of safety first.

Although Anxi was full of hope and made full preparations for this, in the next voting session, the executive committee did not pass the resolution to immediately start the construction of the new saltworks.However, Anxi did not feel depressed because of this, because the executive committee members also recognized the necessity of building a new salt field, but from the perspective of safety, further discussion and research on the development plan of the candidate site was necessary—at least You have to come up with a defense plan approved by the military.

Anxi plans to talk to his good friend Ren Liang next. Although Ren Liang's major is police management rather than military, he works in the military and police department and has many military friends. Maybe he can help the new salt farm Some comments and suggestions are provided for the means of defense in the construction scheme.

The next topic of the meeting had nothing to do with the saltworks. Anxi had no interest in continuing to listen, so he got up and left.As soon as he left the door, a naturalized citizen bowed respectfully to him and said, "Coach An!"

Anxi saw that this person was Yu Dashan, the highest-ranking naturalized citizen. When the salt farm was first developed, Yu Dashan was already working as a foreman. He took a group of laborers to the salt farm commune to build a house. It counts as a few days at work.This title of "Coach An" was learned by Yu Dashan from other traversers, and Anxi didn't bother to correct it, so he kept calling it like this.

Anxi nodded and said, "Come to the Executive Committee to report on your work?"

Yu Dashan replied: "The construction period of the cargo terminal is urgent, and the adults of the Ministry of Construction need to add a batch of laborers. Let the villain take the documents and come to Mr. Ning to sign."

Anxi said: "Then you wait here first, the meeting is still going on inside, and it probably won't be over for a while. Also, don't call yourself a 'villain' in the future, just say 'I', understand?"

"The villain understands... oh, I, I understand! I understand!" Yu Dashan hurriedly replied.His habit has been corrected many times by the time travelers, but he still hasn't been able to change it.

After Yu Dashan sent Anxi off, he stood obediently outside the door and waited for the meeting to end.Even a "veteran" naturalized citizen like Yu Dashan is not qualified to observe a meeting of this level, but no one will bother him standing outside the meeting room.

Yu Dashan himself was very excited. Although he has now become a senior foreman and has to direct hundreds of people under him to work on the construction site every day, when the Haihan chiefs discuss things, most of them hold meetings behind closed doors. There are times when you can hear the content of the meeting directly.

Then I heard a voice in the conference room say: "...Let's discuss the issue of candidates for the Guangzhou Office. Now Schneider and He Xi have come up with a detailed staffing plan, and we are waiting for us to send people to Guangzhou. Let me first Tell me about their plans..."

As soon as Yu Dashan heard the voice, he knew that Master Tao was talking to Tao Donglai, so he immediately pricked up his ears and listened carefully.He didn't want to inquire about any secrets, but purely out of curiosity, he wanted to know how the chiefs of Haihan decided affairs and assigned work during the meeting.

Regarding the selection of candidates for the Guangzhou Office, the relevant departments have already made preparations, and have already done a good job in the selection of personnel.The staffing plan given by the Guangzhou Office is not much different from the previous estimates of various departments.One person from the Ministry of Information Industry is responsible for information collection and liaison between the two places, one person is from the Shipping Department to arrange freight in Guangzhou, one person is from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to be in charge of immigration matters, one person is from the Medical Department to be responsible for health and epidemic prevention, and two people are from the Military and Police Department to be responsible for safety Defend work.In addition, there are loyal and reliable naturalized people who go to the Guangzhou Office to be responsible for running errands and other things.

After the plan came out, the relevant departments quickly came up with a list of candidate personnel, and then quickly determined several time-travelers who would be stationed in Guangzhou.Yu Dashan, an observer, can be regarded as the first batch of people who heard the news, but he didn't pay attention to the Haihan chiefs who were about to be sent to Guangzhou—this time, several returnees would be selected. Huamin went to Guangzhou together, this was the focus of his concern.

Before the time-traveling group landed in Shengli Port, Yu Dashan was just an ordinary fisherman, with no education and experience in the world, but the arrival of the time-traveling group opened up a whole new world in front of him. For the first time, he knew the original Iron ships without masts and sails can also sail on the water. It is so easy to build a fortress and build a village. In the past, young people from the Li and Miao ethnic groups who fought fiercely in the past were able to serve the Haihan people together...There are so many incredible things happening in In the past few months, he has also seen the hope of changing the future of himself and his family.

Because "Conglong" was the earliest, Yu Dashan has been reused by Haihan people from the very beginning, and has been set as an example of excellent naturalized people for a long time.Yu Dashan is already very satisfied with what he can achieve now, and he doesn't have any wishful thinking about becoming a master, but he does have higher expectations for the future of his son Yu Xiaobao.

From Yu Dashan's point of view, it is definitely a gift of kindness that the officials of Haihan sent Xiaobao to the school to read and write without receiving any money, and he could also see that his son was very popular among the officials of Haihan. Beloved, not only can often eat and live with the chiefs in the No. [-] base, but even ride the special treasure car for the chiefs. This kind of treatment is also rare among the naturalized people in Shengli Port. Only Xiaobao and the son of the elder of the Li clan can enjoy it.

Yu Dashan didn't really understand what the Haihan chiefs wanted to do, but the continuous arrival of immigrants, more and more production, and various other signs made him realize that the Haihan chiefs were definitely not willing to stick to it. Small maritime merchants from all over the place, and now even the sailors from Yazhou always come to pay tribute to Shengli Port from time to time——Yu Dashan has seen it many times, the Luo Ba who was sent back by Haihan officials There is always that humiliating expression on his face when he returns to Victory Port and sees Chief Haihan.

There is also Wei Xunjian, who was imprisoned as soon as he arrived in Shengli Port. Although the other party probably can't remember himself as a commoner, Yu Dashan remembers being searched by the other party on the way back from Yazhou two years ago. He got two taels of silver in exchange for selling seafood. After that experience, he was so angry that he suffered a serious illness after returning, and almost lost his life.But after this guy arrived in Shengli Port, he couldn't be arrogant at all, and could only move around in the designated area every day. This kind of handling measures made Yu Dashan very relieved.Yu Dashan could even predict that the expression on the face of inspector Wei would gradually become the same as President Luo's in a short time.

The arrival of Annan's immigrants made Yu Dashan realize that the stronghold established by the Haihan chiefs in Annan Kingdom had been successful.The visit of the fleet of merchants from Guangzhou to Victory Port symbolizes that the local area has established a connection with Guangzhou, which is said to be the largest city in southern China.Yu Dashan doesn't know and can't imagine how many unexpected things the Haihan officers can do, but there is one thing that Yu Dashan has already confirmed - relying on the Ming government, he can only be a poor man in his life. Fishermen, and it is likely that their children and grandchildren will only continue to be fishermen, but if they rely on Chief Haihan to stand out, they can look forward to the opportunity to shine.

Haihan officials always talk about "culture" and "knowledge", and they are all well-educated and reasonable. Even Chef Fan, who is in charge of cooking in the food group, can read a few Tang poems casually when he opens his mouth. The atmosphere made the illiterate Yu Dashan yearn for and admire him very much.He also knows that he can't learn much when he is old, but if his son can be trained and cared for by the officers, he will definitely become a master like the officers in the future.And Yu Xiaobao has turned sixteen this year, if he wants to make a name for himself under the hands of the officers in the future, he must do something!
The best thing to do in the local area is to work for the Haihan chiefs, just like Yu Dashan himself, a senior foreman.But if he can go to Guangzhou, it seems that there will be a different way out - that Mr. Shi is a master of making money. It is said that he can turn stones into gold.If Yu Xiaobao could follow Mr. Shi to do things, even if he didn't learn much, it would be a good thing to go to Guangzhou to see and see.If Yu Xiaobao can learn a little or two of Mr. Shi's ability, then there will be hope in the future when he will be more prosperous than his family.

Yu Dashan was so full of thoughts about his own affairs that he didn't even notice when the meeting ended. It wasn't until Ning Qi came out of the meeting room that he suddenly woke up, remembered his purpose of coming here, and rushed to meet him. Said: "Mr. Ning, here is a document that needs to be signed."

Ning Qi took it over and looked at it, then took out a pen and signed his name, and when he was about to leave, he heard Yu Dashan whisper: "Mr. Ning, the villain has a few words to say."

Ning Qi frowned and said, "Why can't you fix your problem?"

"It's not a villain, it's me, it's me!" Yu Dashan quickly corrected, complaining in his heart that he was useless.

"Let's talk about anything, is it Xiaobao's business?" Ning Qi asked casually.

"Mr. Ning is really good at predicting things!" Yu Dashan hurriedly flattered him with the limited vocabulary in his mind. This idiom was told to him by Yu Xiaobao a few days ago, and it can be regarded as a learned one.

"Little man... When I was waiting for Mr. Ning outside, I overheard that the executive committee was planning to send naturalized people to Guangzhou..." Yu Dashan stared at Ning Qi anxiously and said, "I...I want to help my family Xiaobao sign up!"

Ning Qi frowned and said, "Go to Guangzhou? Then Xiaobao won't read this book?"

"Isn't Mr. Shi in Guangzhou? If Xiaobao can follow Mr. Shi, he can learn a lot." Yu Dashan has already figured out the joint.In his opinion, the heads of Haihan are all full of knowledge. Even if they can't study with Mr. Ning, they should be no worse than Mr. Shi.

Seeing the hesitant look on Ning Qi's face, Yu Dashan added: "Xiaobao is always obedient, and Mr. Ning knows it too. It's perfect to go to Guangzhou to do some errands for the chiefs."

　In the near future, I plan to make a small adjustment in the writing rhythm, changing the daily two to one, but the number of words will not be less than 5K.I would like to say sorry to readers who are used to reading two chapters a day!

　　
　
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