1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 227 The Trip to Vietnam ([-])

Tao Donglai stood at the bow of the boat and said vigorously: "I have visited Halong Bay once before crossing, but at that time I really couldn't imagine that this place will become our territory one day!"

Tom Wang said with a smile: "When I think about it now, I always feel that Zheng's was sold by us and counted the money for us."

"They can't do it!" Tao Donglai sighed, "If they don't pay for our things and agree to our terms of trade, then these things will appear in the hands of enemy soldiers in a short time. Zheng Zuo is also a smart person, and he can understand many things in a little bit, but people like him are bound to be limited to the perception of the outside world, and it is impossible to imagine our real purpose. All they can do is take a step Take a step, but it is futile for them, and they will be led by us for a long time in the future."

The voyage from Tu Son Peninsula to Heitu Port is only more than 40 nautical miles. The "Flying Speed" set off in the afternoon, passed through the islands of Halong Bay before sunset, and arrived at the strait at the southern end of Heitu Port.On the sea here, you can see scattered small fishing boats slowly heading back towards the port. These fishermen are all naturalized people who have settled in Heitu Port. The sea fish they catch every day is also one of the main sources of meat in Heitu Port. one.

Wang Tom pointed to the top of the hill on the west bank of the strait and said, "Mr. Tao, there is an observation post set up by the Military and Police Department on that hill."

Tao Donglai looked over there with a binoculars, and sure enough, he saw a wooden watchtower sticking out of the treetops among the dense forests on the top of the mountain.Monitoring the surrounding sea surface from that height, one can have a panoramic view of the sea conditions within a radius of at least a dozen nautical miles.

The "Flying Speed" sailed into the port slowly, and from a distance, Gu Kai, Zhou Hengxing, Tian Yeyou and other leaders of the Black Earth Port Management Committee were already waiting on the trestle.Tao Donglai noticed that the port here is divided into two parts, the north and the south. The south is mainly docked with some small fishing boats and foreign ships like "Flying Speed".And the north is where the coal ship docks, and you can see from a distance that there are still piles of coal piled up on the wharf over there.

After the ship docked, everyone exchanged a few words on the pier, and then disembarked together and headed for the station.At this time, the sky had already begun to darken, so the management committee did not arrange any visits and inspections for Tao Donglai. First, according to the tradition, we would clean up the dust and let everyone have a meal.

"Mr. Tao, we don't have other conditions here, but the food is really good, you have to try it all." Zhou Hengxing, who was in charge of arranging the banquet, greeted warmly.

Zhou Hengxing is indeed not bragging. In addition to the rich fishery resources in the Halong Bay area, there are also many rare birds and animals in the dense mountain forests here. Although this reception feast does not look too eye-catching, there are really many good things: shark fin, sea cucumber, deer tail , scallops, prawns...even bear paws.Zhou Hengxing said that these were the sun bears that the hunting team had hunted in the forest the day before yesterday, and the management committee specially kept the front paws, waiting for Tao Donglai and his party to entertain the distinguished guests after they arrived.

Of course, in this kind of atmosphere, it is impossible to have food without wine. The management committee has prepared fruit wine brewed by local naturalized people. Although it is not as strong as white wine, it is better than nothing.

Tao Donglai joked: "You guys, did you make some mistakes here, and now you are going to use these methods to corrupt and win over the local inspection team sent by the executive committee?"

"Brother, you have wronged us too much." Gu Kai repeatedly yelled, "These things are really not rare in the local area, and they don't have much economic value. The military and police department specially organized a hunting team." , We can’t finish eating the wild game we brought back. Most of them are sent to the commune cafeteria to make big pot dishes and distribute them to the naturalized people. If you don’t believe me, I will take you to the commune cafeteria tomorrow. The naturalized people here eat meat like There will be a lot more in the base camp."

What Gu Kai said was indeed the truth.After the colonization team arrived here and established a preliminary social system, an important problem was to solve the problem of food and drink for the increasing number of naturalized people here.At present, the resident population of Heitu Port has exceeded [-], and more than half of them are heavy laborers working in the mining area. The food consumed by so many people is measured in tons every day. The logistical pressure on the management committee is enormous. One can imagine.

At the beginning of the opening of the port, the management committee could only guarantee the basic food supply. Every immigrant could get food, but the quantity and quality were very worrying. Even a considerable number of non-working immigrants could only get two meals a day.And this situation has indirectly affected the production of coal mines. Miners who are not full can not guarantee long-term high-intensity work. Even if the management committee invests more labor in the mining area, this situation of low production efficiency It didn't get better either.

Zhou Hengxing, who is in charge of civil affairs, made a suggestion to the management committee that more resources should be invested in logistics, especially the supply of food, to ensure that the miners can have sufficient productivity.After discussion by the Management Committee, the logistics improvement plan was divided into two parts. One was to carry out trade with Vietnam and buy food nearby so that local residents could have enough food. The other was to organize fishing fleets, hunting Teams, and build livestock farms to ensure that local residents can get more meat.

After starting the salt trade with North Vietnam, the Management Committee has begun to use barter to purchase rice from the Red River Delta area, and the cost is much lower than that of food from the big capital.At the same time, the management committee also purchased a lot of livestock from North Vietnamese merchants during the transaction, and carried out artificial breeding in Heitu Port. The dozen or so pigs transported to Tushan Peninsula this time to be used as live targets were part of them.Coupled with the harvest from fishing and hunting, the current logistics department can provide local residents with a total amount of meat products close to [-] catties per day. If the per capita meat supply is counted, the current level of Heitu Port is at least twice that of the base camp.

This is also because of the population resources of Heitu Port, and there are sufficient manpower that can be assigned to do more things.However, the labor force in the base camp has always been in a state of shortage, and the supply of meat mainly depends on the livestock breeding base of the farm.Because of the limited resources of sailors, most of the fishermen who can operate the boats have been transferred to crew members. Therefore, although there are still a few boats in Shengli Port that go to sea every day, the amount of fishery resources obtained is not large.The hunting team was only formed at the beginning of the landing, and later had to be disbanded due to the shortage of labor force. Only the Li Miao mountain people living in the deep mountains and old forests would regularly send some prey in exchange for food, salt and ironware.

Although the meat supply in Heitu Port is also given priority to the crossing people and the military and police personnel, but because the supply is large enough, the local naturalized people can get a lot of meat, and the variety is rich and varied, including delicacies from mountains and seas.As far as food alone is concerned, the treatment of the naturalized people in Heitugang is indeed better than that in the Sanya base camp.

After listening to the explanation, Tao Donglai nodded and said: "The number of naturalized people in Heitu Port and Sanya is actually very similar. The reason why there is such a big difference in food supply is mainly due to the difference in industrial structure."

Black Earth Port is mainly engaged in coal mining, and the labor required for related supporting industries is not too much, and most of the infrastructure projects have been completed, so there is a lot of surplus labor that can be dispatched to logistics support.However, the industrial expansion and infrastructure projects in the base camp have almost never stopped, and the supply of labor is always in short supply. Naturally, it is impossible to take more care of the logistics.However, this situation will be alleviated as the pace of immigration in the base camp gradually accelerates. In the next period of time, the number of immigrants arriving in Shengli Port every month is expected to exceed 3000. At that time, Tao Donglai will finally be able to make complaints continue Ning Qi temporarily shut up about the labor issue.

As for Heitu Port, as the development process gradually spreads out, more and more construction projects will eventually be launched and implemented, and the demand for labor will gradually become tense.In particular, the Management Committee has now begun to turn its attention to the Guangxi region in the northeast, which means that Heitu Port will have more manpower and material resources invested in foreign trade.

However, the topic of food and labor was not the focus of everyone's attention, and soon the topic came to the trade negotiations held in the Tushan Peninsula in the past two days.Tao Donglai explained to everyone the process of the negotiation and the results obtained, and bursts of cheers erupted from time to time during the meeting.For these people in the Heitu Port Management Committee, there is no need for Tao Donglai to explain in detail how much these agreements reached this time will promote the development of Heitu Port.

"I suggest that everyone pay respects to Mr. Tao who has worked so hard!" Zhou Hengxing raised his glass and stood up and said loudly, and everyone also raised their glasses in response.

After Tao Donglai drank the glass of wine, he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, how much the existence of Heitu Port can promote our future development speed? This matter has been repeatedly emphasized many times, so I won't repeat it again. What I want to say is that the Executive Committee has always attached great importance to the development of Heitu Port, and is willing to support Heitu Port as much as possible in terms of materials and policies, but such support policies are also limited. We must start to operate independently. At present, the base camp is facing many development difficulties, and there may not be too many resources invested in Heitu Port in a short period of time, so everyone has to cheer up now and plan for the future of Heitu Port. Development path."

Tao Donglai's words were not on a whim, but one of the missions he took on when he came to Heitu Port this time.In order to ensure a stable energy supply in the next few years, the Transit Group spared no expense in food and clothing and went overseas to develop the Black Earth Port. For this reason, it has even invested most of the existing sea transportation capacity for a long time.At present, although the Black Soil Port has begun to produce output and has also received a considerable number of Vietnamese immigrants, it still has not completely shaken off its economic dependence on the base camp.The Executive Committee believes that Heitugang has already possessed the basic self-hemopoietic ability, and it is time to let Heitugang go forward on its own—of course, to draw such a conclusion, Tao Dong needs to complete this inspection to obtain A report will be submitted to the Executive Committee for discussion.

And Tao Donglai personally thinks that the time is ripe.Although the port of Heitu Port has only been open for more than two months, the development and construction work here is going smoothly because of the sufficient preparations in advance. Apart from the initial flash flood, there is no other experience here. catastrophic events.The two biggest problems that once plagued the management committee of Black Soil Port - safety and food, have now been perfectly resolved with the efforts of the executive committee, and the rest of the work depends on how the management committee operates .

Tao Donglai's words also aroused everyone's thinking. During the remaining time of the banquet, the atmosphere was much more solemn than at the beginning.

After the reception banquet was over, Tao Donglai was not in a hurry to call a meeting of the management committee members. He thought that everyone needed time to digest the information they had just received.So it was over, everyone went back to rest, Tao Donglai and others were also arranged to the prepared accommodation - a few wooden shacks.

Although the base camp has been continuously transporting various building materials to Heitu Port, most of the limited cement is used for more important infrastructure projects, such as freight terminals, rail transportation stations, material warehouses, etc., so living conditions here are limited , still haven't got rid of the wooden structure house, even if the identity is the time traveler.However, at present, the local brick kilns and lime kilns have begun to have small-scale output. Although they cannot supply the needs of housing construction for a while, it seems that the time to achieve this goal is not far away.

In Heitu Port, a strict curfew is implemented at night for safety reasons. Everyone must return to their residences at eight o'clock, and all lights and lights in all houses must be turned off at nine o'clock. Only the watchtowers on duty outside the residential area are lit. Brazier torches.As for whether to turn off the lights so early or sleep in the house or create a human being, no one cares, anyway, it is enough to go to work on time every morning.

The treatment of the time-traveling people is a little better. After nine o'clock, they can still use the electricity supplied by the battery, read a book or turn on the computer to play a few battle games with colleagues online.Tao Donglai had just packed his luggage and was about to wash up when he heard a knock on the door.

As soon as Tao Donglai opened the door, he saw that it was Gu Kai, so he let him into the room: "It's just in time, I also have something to talk to you about."

After Gu Kai entered the room and sat down, he asked, "Then you go ahead."

"Risa asked me to bring you the clothes, tea, um, and a USB flash drive. I don't know what the content is. I guess it should be a love letter or something?" Tao Donglai took out the things and handed them to you. Gu Kai.

Gu Kai smiled and took it from Tao Donglai's hand: "Look, foreign wives still hurt people. Every time a boat comes from the base camp, they have to bring me something."

Tao Donglai said: "Okay, I've finished my business, let's talk about yours."

Gu Kai put these things aside, and said seriously: "Brother, I came here mainly to give you a vaccination first."

"Oh?" Tao Donglai responded inexplicably.

"Are you going to inspect the mining area tomorrow?" Gu Kai asked.

"Then I have to go. More than half of my purpose in coming to Heitu Port is to see how the production is going here. Otherwise, how can I explain to my colleagues when I go back?" Tao Donglai stared at Gu Kai and asked, "Is it the production in the mining area?" What is the problem?"

"Yes, but it's not a big problem, so I want to tell you first, lest you find it unacceptable when you see it tomorrow." Gu Kai's face was a little worried: "To be honest, I think the working environment of local miners is very poor. , in a few years more people will definitely suffer from occupational diseases. I have raised this issue several times at the management committee, but everyone seems to be not very concerned about it. Even Tian Yeyou does not think it is necessary to Increase investment in improving working conditions."

"That's what you want to talk about?" Tao Donglai breathed a sigh of relief after listening to it. He originally thought that Gu Kai would come to meet him alone, and there would be some surprises, such as discord within the management committee, or someone in the middle of the meeting. Serious mistakes were made at work, etc., but it never occurred to Gu Kai that he came to plead for the people.

Seeing Tao Donglai's disapproving expression, Gu Kai continued to persuade him, "Brother, don't underestimate this issue. Now these immigrants have to listen to our arrangements in order to seek a stable living environment. Wait a little longer Over time, they may feel that their lives are not good enough, and the most likely to be brought out is the working environment in the coal mine."

"Gu Kai, you don't seem to be sitting in the right place!" Tao Donglai shook his head and said, "You are now the director of the Black Earth Port Management Committee, not the director of the miners union. To put it bluntly, you are now the management representative , not labor representatives!"

"but……"

"It's nothing but, we don't have the conditions to pay attention to the labor environment and occupational protection." Tao Donglai interrupted Gu Kai: "I know what you want to say, occupational diseases of miners, coal silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis. At the beginning, we were planning During the development plan of Heitu Port, two foreign doctors came to me to talk about this matter. I also checked the information in the database. The matter is not as serious as you think. Coal worker pneumoconiosis mainly occurs in underground mining , the prevalence rate of open-pit coal mining is very low, and the disease-causing process of coal silicosis is very long, and there will not be a large-scale disease situation that you are worried about in the short term."

"But these miners are now naturalized people. We can't be as unrestrained as the hard labor in the labor camp in Tiandu Iron Mine! The rights and interests of naturalized people must be taken seriously!" Gu Kai still insisted on Tao Donglai's statement. is an objection.

Tao Donglai shook his head again and again: "Don't forget what our original intention of coming to this time and space is, we are here to change the world! The industrialized social system cannot be built without cost, and what we are using now is the most peaceful The way! We let these people have enough food and clothing, and provide them with good living conditions as much as we can, which is respect for their rights and interests!"

(End of this chapter)