Chapter 231 Personnel adjustment in the Cliff Office

Regarding the issue of attracting investment in Victory Port, the Executive Committee has already reached a conclusion on this matter - the introduction of foreign capital can speed up the construction of Victory Port, promote local economic development, and make Victory Port an early commercial and trade center in the South China Sea. Based on

With this understanding, the Executive Committee believes that it is necessary to start attracting more people from the outside world to settle and invest in Shengli Port, and the main source in the early stage must be the nearby Yazhou City.

In addition to wealth, the executive committee also pays close attention to Yazhou's intellectual group. Currently, there are more than 200 school-age children in Shengli Port area, but there is a serious shortage of teacher resources. It stands to reason that everyone in the time travel can be a guest teacher.

Literacy, arithmetic and basic knowledge courses, but the actual situation is not that optimistic. There are only less than ten people in charge of full-time education. When large-scale immigration begins, the number of school-age children will further increase.

As land increases, we cannot wait until Shengli Port Primary School is liquidated before we start thinking of ways to solve the problem.

So Yazhou, which has a lot of scholars, became the target of the executive committee. Scholars with a good reputation would be fine. Most of them would not be willing to be teachers, but those who are older, have poor families, or are struggling to study

The Executive Committee can provide a job for those scholars who have failed to obtain honors for many years. Although these pedantic scholars who have read the Four Books and Five Classics cannot teach much truly useful knowledge, they still have no problem teaching basic literacy courses. Tao

Dong Lai asked the Yazhou Resident Office to work more on this aspect and to collect a group of dissatisfied scholars in Yazhou as quickly as possible and send them to Victory Port - the wave of immigrants from North Vietnam was coming soon, and Tao Donglai didn't want to think about that.

Then I heard Ning Qi complaining again.

For the Yazhou Office, which has been gradually weakening its functions, attracting investment and recruiting talents from Yazhou will be the main task in the future. Although Ma Like was not sure about this, he still assured Tao Donglai

We will complete the tasks assigned by the Executive Committee.

Feng Annan saw that Tao Donglai wanted to stop there, so he quickly asked: "Mr. Tao, do you have any new tasks for Lao Mu and me?"

Tao Donglai smiled and asked, "What new tasks do you need?"

Feng Annan frowned and said: "There really isn't much to do in Yazhou. The two of us just go to the four city gates every day to see if the guards are on duty on time. It's a bit too busy these days.

, If there are no special arrangements in the near future, I think it is better to go back to Victory Port to lead the militia."

Mu Xiabai's temper was much hotter: "Mr. Tao, let me be blunt. I can understand the executive committee's policy of gradually encroaching on Yazhou. I personally do not advocate the use of force to solve Yazhou, but my current status

I am a soldier, so I should be assigned to a place with military missions, right? What we are doing now can be done very well even if we let two rich and powerful people go there. There is really no need for the Executive Committee to put the two of us there.

The only one left in Yazhou is wasted."

Tao Donglai laughed dumbly and said: "It turns out that I can't stand idle any longer! Okay, great! I was originally worried that you would get used to living a comfortable life here, but it seems my worries were in vain!"

Feng Annan heard a hint of Tao Donglai's words and quickly asked: "Has the executive committee already made new arrangements for us?"

Tao Donglai said: "It's not the arrangement of the executive committee, it's just my personal thoughts... Of course, I have to ask for your opinions first, and then I will submit it to the executive committee for discussion."

"Mr. Tao, if you want to discuss the personnel arrangements within the Military and Police Department, then we will not listen." Maliko stood up and left knowingly. When the others saw this, they couldn't stay any longer and got up one after another.

He went out and left this room to the three people from the Military and Police Department.

The personnel arrangements of the Military and Police Department have always been decided internally before being submitted to the Executive Committee. This kind of submission serves more of a "notification" function rather than really requiring discussion by the Executive Committee. This is

The procedures are different from other departments. It is precisely because of this independence that the last time the Black Earth Port Colonization Team determined the candidate for military chief, there was a stir due to the nomination of Qian Tiandun. However, that dispute

The final winner is still the Military and Police Department.

The independence of the military and police department in personnel arrangements was decided by the then five-person preparatory committee before time travel. Its purpose was to ensure that the military would not be affected by the ruling civilian officials in personnel arrangements in the future. It is necessary to

Otherwise, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, what if the Executive Committee takes a chance and appoints an engineering student to be the Minister of Defense?

This is not an absurd possibility invented by the military out of fear. In fact, before they traveled through time, the fourth Secretary of Defense nominated by President Obama of the United States was an out-and-out physicist.

, this doctor has a long list of professor titles, but has never served in the military. The U.S. military, which has the most powerful military in the world, cannot even elect a representative with the ability to command the entire military. It is reduced to the need to appoint a representative.

To the point where a science major dominates the court? Of course, the reason is not that simple. The reason for such an absurd situation is mostly political games and compromises. As for the defense minister who has never worn a military uniform for a day, whether

If you can command the most powerful army on earth, you can probably think of the results with your toes.

In order to avoid the emergence of such laymen commanding experts in the future, especially in such an important department as the military and police, the Time Travel Preparatory Committee formulated relevant personnel rules for this purpose. The military and police departments and even the future Ministry of National Defense will have

Appointments have full autonomy. Of course, this rule also stipulates that the Executive Committee still retains veto power over the personnel appointment decisions of the military and police departments, but the Executive Committee does not have the power to directly appoint and remove personnel subordinate to the Military and Police Department or the Ministry of National Defense.

In this way, it will eliminate the possibility of the civilian system directly interfering in the internal affairs of the Military and Police Department in the future - and this is what civilian officials criticize the most about the current Military and Police Department.

No matter what the civil servants think, the rules are the rules, and the system is designed for people to abide by. Although Maliko is the head of the Cliff Office in his job, he also has a lot of responsibility for military, police, intelligence, and security work.

He would never take the initiative to interfere, let alone the internal personnel arrangements of the military and police departments.

After the irrelevant people left, Tao Donglai asked: "I have to ask first, are you all willing to continue working in the army?"

Both of them nodded suddenly without any hesitation.

Tao Donglai then said: "Now there are two places for you to consider. Let's talk about the first one first. After we have reached an arms trade with the Zheng family in North Vietnam, we will set up a training camp on the Tushan Peninsula along the coast of Vietnam.

, we will send military advisers to train Zheng’s troops so that they can learn to use firearms and corresponding tactics. To this end, the Executive Committee will add a company of militia to Heitu Port to ensure that the number of local garrison troops will not be affected.

Too big an impact. Qian Tiandun will be responsible for the training tasks of the newly established company, and we also need to send people to the training camp on the Tushan Peninsula."

"This training camp is not just for military training, right?" Mu Xiabai is older after all, and he is keenly aware of the tricks involved.

Tao Donglai nodded and confirmed his guess: "The firearms troops we trained for Zheng will definitely be the elite of the North Vietnamese army in the future. What they learn from us will be used for a long time in the future."

Influence the North Vietnamese military's attitude toward us."

Feng Annan clapped his hands and said: "I also understand that if this is done well, it will actually be the Zheng family who has paid to help us cultivate a puppet army!"

Tao Donglai said: "The method of operation is very flexible. We do not necessarily need to obtain actual control of these troops. We only need to be able to control the thoughts of senior officers."

"This is easy to handle. Advanced training for senior officers! At that time, we can select some officers with potential for development and ask Zheng to send them to Port of Victory to receive advanced training." Mu Xiabai's mood also became high: "Think about the past domestic

Of those military academies, which one doesn’t accept a large number of military students from Africa and South America to study abroad every year?”

"This job sounds very interesting!" Feng Annan's eyes started to shine.

"However, I also need to remind you that the Do Son Peninsula is very desolate. There are no living facilities except a few shacks and tents. Although that place will be used as a place for us to interact with North Vietnamese immigrants, commerce, and military in a period of time,

They will come and go from a base to carry out construction, but the living conditions will be more difficult, let alone Shengli Port and Yazhou, even Heitu Port cannot compare." Tao Donglai gave them a shot in time.

Mu Xiabai grinned and said: "It's nothing. Before I retired, I was a border policeman and I was used to living in the wild mountains. After I retired, I worked as a security guard in the city, but I still felt uncomfortable. Mr. Tao, let's take care of this in advance.

Me alone!"

Tao Donglai said: "Don't make a decision in a hurry. Let me talk about the second place. President Yan proposed a plan to expand the scale of militia training a few days ago. You must have heard about this, right?"

Both of them nodded, and Feng Annan said: "The boat that came to Yazhou last week to bring immigrants has sent over the latest news. This is a great thing for the development of our military and police department."

"A good thing is a good thing, but the implementation of this plan requires the joint efforts of the entire military and police departments. To expand the scale of militia training, a large number of instructors are needed. The oldest militiamen are less than half a year old, so it is still very difficult to use them as instructors.

Reluctantly, we still have to have our own people keep an eye on it." Tao Donglai explained the situation concisely and comprehensively: "Don't think about fighting for the time being. There should be no external military operations recently, but being an instructor is such a big deal.

There are two ways to go. Whatever happens, think about it carefully!"

Tao Donglai saw that both of them had hesitant looks on their faces, so he added, "You don't have to answer me right away. I'm not leaving tonight anyway. You have one night to think about it slowly."

Between these two paths, choosing to serve as a military consultant abroad will undoubtedly increase the value of your qualifications, and even its significance will be far greater than that of the current Cliff Office. However, relatively speaking, the living environment will be more difficult and the results will be slower - training a

It will take at least three to five months to prepare a batch of qualified soldiers and achieve results after going to the battlefield. It is obviously easier to achieve results when returning to Victory Port to train militiamen, and it is also easier for the Executive Committee and the Military and Police Department to achieve success.

When the big guys see their own performance, the corresponding competition will become more intense - the military camp in Victory Port has many time-traveling instructors, and there is also the chief instructor Gu Wei on top, so it is not easy to get ahead.

Even a veteran with relatively high consciousness like Mu Xiabai hesitated a little when faced with this crossroads. He was not worried about how bad the environment in overseas stations was, but he had to consider which path to take for his future.

The development of the world is more favorable. This may sound a bit philistine, but this is the reality that cannot be avoided. Since I chose to travel through this world, what I want is to become a leading general as soon as possible and lay down a territory for the new regime.

There are still dozens of members in the military and police department excluding those in technical positions. Although everyone is now a lieutenant, it is unlikely that they will be promoted to captain or even higher ranks at the same time, nor will they all serve together in the future.

Company commanders, battalion commanders and even higher-level positions have not yet appeared. In such an era, whoever has more military achievements can be promoted faster. If you want to become a general on the battlefield as soon as possible, you must now

Plan carefully and add as much weight as possible to your resume.

Young Feng Annan wants to think more directly - as a soldier who wants to become a general as soon as possible, he must obtain as many military honors as possible. If he wants to obtain military honors, he has to go to the battlefield, and now there is no ready-made cross-travel group.

In this case, we must choose the place closest to the battlefield. The executive committee's current attitude towards the local officials of the Ming Dynasty is to cooperate on the surface and cannibalize secretly. It will definitely not break up with the Ming Dynasty in the short term.

At present, the closest battlefield to the Crossing Group in the South China Sea is probably Vietnam.

After breakfast the next day, Tao Donglai got a unanimous answer from the two men - they unanimously chose the training camp on Tushan Peninsula as their next goal. Tao Donglai expressed his understanding and support for this,

And promised to determine relevant matters as soon as possible after returning to Victory Port.

As for the current work of the two people, the Military and Police Department will send people to take over the handover after this. However, the personnel sent to take over the surveillance tasks next time may not necessarily be from time to time. As Mu Xiabai said,

The existing surveillance tasks are not difficult and can be completed by naturalized citizens who have undergone simple training.

After that, Tao Donglai spent nearly an hour listening to Qiu Yuan's financial report alone, and reviewed the relevant financial records and documents. In addition to living costs, a considerable part of the financial expenditures of the Cliff-based Office were social expenses.

Expenses. This includes bribes and bribes to officials and clerks in various yamen, as well as daily meals and drinks to build relationships. The bits and pieces are not a small amount, but the executive committee unconditionally approves this part of the expenditure because

The results are very obvious, and the role it plays has far exceeded this limited expenditure.

In terms of income, it is not the strong point of the Cliff Office. Although the Executive Committee also hopes that foreign agencies like the Cliff Office can have the ability to generate their own blood, it is very difficult to operate in practice. Now the two commercial banks even purchase goods.

I sent my own ship to Victory Port, and the role that the Cliff Office can play in trade is getting smaller and smaller, let alone any profits. Moreover, this place is too close to the base camp, unlike the Black Earth Port or the Guangdong Office.

As the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, they have enough autonomy to act. Even if Malik and the others occasionally come up with some ideas that can make a little money, they have to be approved by the base camp first, and the opportunity is often missed during this time.

Tao Donglai personally doesn't care much about the financial burden of the Guangdong Office. Compared with the expenditure of the Guangdong Office of the same nature of foreign agencies, this is just child's play. The Guangdong Office spent 2,500 taels just to buy a house.

Silver, and from the establishment of the Guangdong Office to the present, if we don’t count the low-cost glass products sent out as gifts, the actual silver spent has not reached 3,000 taels. Moreover, the local network of the Guangdong Office is now

Construction has just begun. Once the scale is established, the daily expenses in this area will definitely not be a small amount.

Tom Wang, on the other hand, seized the time in the morning and went with Mu Xiabai and Feng Annan to see the defense situation of Yazhou City. After confirming it with his own eyes, Tom Wang had to admit that Mu and Feng were right.

, Yazhou is not a place of great attack value. After the attack, a large number of civil and military personnel have to be sent to manage it, which wastes limited human resources. It is better to leave this place to the government.

After lunch that day, Tao Donglai and Wang Tom set off from Yazhou again, took the boat sent by Luo Shengdong to go down the Ningyuan River, and then transferred to the "Speed" at the mouth of the Ningyuan River. Luo

Sheng Dong reluctantly offered to escort him all the way to Victory Port, but Tao Donglai politely declined his kindness - if he had to wait for his slow warship along the way, he probably wouldn't be able to get there even after dark.

Victory Port.

The "Speed" flew all the way and returned to Shengli Port from the mouth of the Ningyuan River in only three hours. According to Wang Tom, this seemed to have set a new record for the "Speed"'s one-way time. More than ten days after leaving Victory Port,

Tao Donglai and his party finally returned with a fruitful harvest.

That night, Tao Donglai convened a discussion meeting with the executive committee members. Firstly, he reported to the executive committee the results of the tour, and secondly, he also communicated with the executive committee on several measures to be taken in the next step and solicited everyone's opinions. The lengthy meeting started from

After dinner, it lasted until midnight, but the participants maintained a high level of excitement, because Tao Donglai's tour had solved many problems for the development of the crossing group. In the next period of time, it seemed that

Finally I can let go and have a big fight.
Chapter completed!