Chapter 232 Luo Shengdong’s little plan

Since the time of crossing, the biggest bottleneck limiting the development speed of the crossing group has been the population. In order to facilitate the early establishment, the original planning committee chose a sparsely populated place like Sanya as the base. Being far away from the prosperous areas has indeed saved the crossing group a lot of time.

There is less trouble, but at the same time, the speed of development is also limited by the population situation here. Infrastructure projects that require a large amount of labor often progress slowly due to the tight population. The most common complaint heard by the executive committee from the grassroots is the lack of labor. Every day

If there is a new project coming out of the Executive Committee, the one that needs coordination most is not the financial department, but the human resources department that Ning Qi is in charge of. If he can't allocate manpower, no matter how good the plan is, it will only be on paper.

At present, many projects of the Cross Group have been planned on paper, but progress has been slow due to labor shortages, such as the freight track construction project from Tiandu to Shengli Port, the reconstruction and expansion project of the Saltworks Commune, and the upcoming railway construction project.

Lugang development projects, etc., all require a large amount of labor. According to calculations by the human resources department, if these infrastructure projects are to be started at the same time, the labor gap will be about 3,000 people. This time Tao Donglai and the North Vietnamese side

The immigration agreement reached can be said to have fundamentally alleviated the shortage of local labor, and those projects that were originally scheduled for next year are expected to be implemented in the remaining two months of this year.

After this inspection, Tao Donglai also proposed to the Executive Committee to adjust the goals and tasks of Heitu Port and the Cliff Office. In the future, the Cliff Office will gradually simplify various functions such as trade, military intelligence, and immigration, and slowly

It has slowly become a channel for external publicity and contact with the Yazhou local government. As for Black Tu Port, it is necessary to let go of the management committee's hands and let them gradually start to operate independently, including conducting business activities with North Vietnam and Guangxi on their own.

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Of course, the Military and Police Department would not miss this opportunity. Yan Chujie had already expressed anger with Tao Donglai, so he also seized this opportunity to propose a new round of military expansion plan. Since most of the militiamen who traveled with Tao Donglai this time remained

On the Do Son Peninsula, we are responsible for the preliminary construction tasks of the North Vietnamese training camp. The base camp needs to expand the establishment of at least one company to make up for the gap. The population of Heitu Port has exceeded 3,000, and now it is also necessary to increase the establishment of one company.

To shoulder the increasingly heavy security tasks in the local area.

The two requests for military expansion put forward by the Military and Police Department did not encounter much resistance and passed the vote relatively smoothly. The reason was mainly due to the gains from Tao Donglai's trip. The arms order reached with North Vietnam this time

The total amount exceeds 70,000 taels of silver. After excluding manufacturing costs and transportation costs, the gross profit rate is as high as 600%. In addition, there will be a large number of immigrants arriving in the future, which can be said to be a huge profit. The Military and Police Department will withdraw a fraction of this money.

It is reasonable and reasonable to expand the militia establishment of two companies. Even the most demanding executive committee cannot veto this request. What's more, Tao Donglai also specifically stated that the cost of the newly added company establishment in Heitu Port will be paid by North Vietnam with military consultant fees.

It will be borne in the form of payment. Since you don’t have to spend any money, there is nothing to object to.

Of course, as for the actual nature of the new company in Heitu Port, Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie did not take the initiative to mention it at the executive committee meeting. They still only used "militia" to lead it. They considered that the establishment of this new company was actually

It has a certain experimental nature, and it is not appropriate for other executive committee members to have too many expectations for this. If Qian Tiandun fails and fails to achieve the expected training effect, it will at least train a company for the Military and Police Department.

When the militiamen come out, they can also report to the executive committee.

In addition, the expansion of militia training will also be gradually implemented starting from this month. All adult men aged 16 to 40 among naturalized citizens must receive no less than three days and no more than seven days of militia training per month. This kind of

Militia training does not allow ordinary people to learn how to operate guns, and the Military and Police Department does not intend to make any gimmicks such as "all people are soldiers". The training content is mainly military discipline training, supplemented by a small amount of combat skills. To put it bluntly,

It is to let these people learn to abide by the military system, so that they can be directly taken out to be used as logistical equipment during wartime. As for combat matters, it is better to leave them to the increasingly professional and full-time soldiers.

After the affairs of the Military and Police Department were settled, the Executive Committee began to turn its attention to the next two major projects.

The first project is the preparation for the acceptance of North Vietnamese immigrants. According to the agreement between Tao Donglai and Zheng, North Vietnam will provide 2,000 people to the Crossing Group every month in exchange for long-term commodity discounts, and Victory Port’s existing

The immigration reception capacity is only 500 to 800 people per month. If preparations are not made in advance, a large number of North Vietnamese immigrants arriving in Hong Kong will inevitably cause all kinds of chaos. However, this is not the first time that we have done this kind of immigration reception.

Well, everyone has an idea of ​​what each department should be responsible for.

Tao Donglai said: "The existing immigration quarantine area needs to be expanded to accommodate more new immigrants at the same time for quarantine observation. In addition, each unit will allocate new immigrants, so new residences need to be built.

.Tomorrow I will coordinate with colleagues from the Construction Department and strive to start construction as soon as possible."

"As for sea-going ships, the ship purchased by the Guangzhou Office in Guangzhou is already on its way back and will arrive at the port probably within this week. At that time, our shipping department will conduct simple modifications on the ship and then start shipping it to Vietnam.

Immigrants are coming back. In addition, two ships will be delivered to us from Qiongzhou Prefecture in November, which can be temporarily used as immigration ships. With three special Dafu ships as a guarantee, 2,000 people per month only need to make two trips to load them.

." Yue Zhiyun expressed his position on behalf of the Ministry of Shipping.

"The one with the greatest pressure should be on my side." Ning Qi said: "Every month, the burden of food, clothing, housing and transportation is increased for thousands of people. Housing and transportation are the responsibility of your two departments. For food and clothing, we have to rely on the civil affairs department.

.Food is okay, our current food reserves are sufficient, but clothes are a troublesome thing. 70% of the fabrics produced locally in Yazhou are now owned by us. Even this is not enough. We must import fabrics from Qiongzhou or even Guangzhou.

Okay. Besides, we don’t have enough tailors. I’m afraid it’s too late to distribute ready-made clothes to the new immigrants.”

Tao Donglai nodded to express his understanding: "We can only do our best. If it doesn't work, contact the Guangdong Office and ask them to order a batch of ready-made clothes in Guangzhou. Anyway, it's just labor protection clothing. There is no need to pay attention to the style or fabric. As long as

It's enough to be strong and durable. Let's talk about the second thing, how is the preparation work for the Iron Furnace Port project going?"

Ning Qi said: "The project team from Anxi is in charge of the Tielugang project, but they go back to the Saltworks Commune at night, and we won't be able to see anyone until tomorrow morning at the earliest."

Tao Donglai said: "The Tielugang project must be accelerated. After the immigrants from North Vietnam came, we tried to conduct centralized resettlement as much as possible. The original plan for Tielugang was to resettle 500 people, but now our source of immigrants is guaranteed

, I think this number can be expanded appropriately."

Yan Chujie continued: "It's great to have so many people. When the time comes to train a militia over there, we won't have to worry about the Ming Dynasty garrison in the direction of Lingshui."

"Lao Yan, you are just trying to expand the establishment, right?" Ning Qi said with a smile: "How many people are there in the garrison in Lingshui? Do you think we don't know? Last time Luo Shengdong came over, I asked him specifically, and he said over there

Although there is an establishment of a thousand-household office, the shortage accounts for more than half of it. In fact, there are only more than 300 people, and more than half of them are old and weak. In terms of combat effectiveness, I am afraid it cannot compare with the garrison of Yazhou."

"Military defense is to nip problems in the bud!" Although Ning Qi exposed the real purpose, Yan Chujie still counterattacked without taking it seriously: "When Tieliang Port is developed, that place will become the eastern part of our control area.

Even if you don't build a fort and a fortress at the gate, you still have to station some military personnel."

"The militia establishment in Tielugang can be slowed down a little, and it won't be too late to wait until the immigrants are resettled." Tao Donglai ended their discussion: "Our strategy is still based on defense and gradually seeking development. Currently,

The main body of defense is Victory Port, and there is no need to establish defense forces in advance in Tieliang Port."

The next morning, Tao Donglai met the Tielugang project preparatory team at the base. This team was headed by Anxi, the only person with experience in salt field construction, and also included construction, military and police, shipping, agriculture, civil affairs, and health.

, personnel from cultural and educational departments. Organizations like this have existed before - the preparatory group for the Black Earth Port project was much larger than this, with almost half of the executive committee being members of the group.

Anxi explained the current project preparation progress to Tao Donglai in detail. After three on-site inspections, the Ministry of Construction has planned the local residential and production areas and formulated corresponding construction plans. Various

The required building materials are also being prepared.

The Ministry of Shipping has also formulated corresponding transportation plans for materials and personnel. Since the two places are very close to each other, maritime transportation does not necessarily require as many large ships as the development of Black Earth Port.

Small sailboats can also be completed, it is just a few more trips back and forth. And Anxi has another idea - when the Black Tu Port was developed last time, because of the lack of sea power, the executive committee spent money to hire people from Yazhou Water Village.

The warships went to Victory Port to act as temporary bodyguards. If we face insufficient maritime transport capacity this time, we can follow the same example and ask Yazhou mercenaries for help again. I believe Luo Shengdong will be very happy.

The Military and Police Department will station one or two platoons of militiamen in the early stages of Tielugang's construction to be responsible for local security and defense. However, if Tielugang is really used as a key resettlement area for North Vietnamese immigrants, the population will definitely increase significantly. By then, the military and police will

The number of troops stationed in the headquarters will also increase, and expansion will follow - this is why Tao Donglai said "slow down" in the previous meeting, but did not deny Yan Chujie.

This series of preparatory work does not have to wait until the North Vietnamese immigrants arrive. The executive committee’s plan is that the sooner the better, it is best to take the immigrants directly to Iron Furnace Port when the immigrants can be loaded back from North Vietnam.

Settlement and resettlement. For the Chuanchuan Group, the development of Tielugang is urgent, because Guangzhou has sent back news that the private salt promotion activities of "Furuifeng" in the Fuguang area have obviously achieved results. They hope to start from the beginning of the year.

Starting from the beginning, the salt trading volume between the two places was increased to more than 120,000 jins per month. In view of the fact that a supply plan of 100,000 jins per month had been reached with North Vietnam before, the current salt production could no longer supply both places at the same time.

Moreover, the amount of salt consumed by Chuan Chuan Group's industrial production is not a small amount, and it must also be supplied to Luo Shengdong, a private salt dealer, for his sales needs in various parts of Hainan Island.

On October 16, 1627, the first day of September in the seventh year of the Great Ming Dynasty. As soon as it got dark, a fleet sailed out of the Port of Victory and turned towards the east. In this strange fleet, there were not only those common on the southeastern coast, but

Fu Chuan, Guang Chuan, and even several large and small warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy were mixed in, and this was the first colonization fleet sent by the Crossing Group to Tieliang Port.

This time the colonization fleet really followed Anxi's suggestion and hired warships from Yazhou Water Village again. Luo Shengdong heard that a new salt farm was going to be built here to expand production capacity, and he was upset the day before.

He brought several ships to Victory Port - the supply of Haihan refined salt has been tight recently. Even if he came here in person, he could not just pick up the goods at three or five thousand kilograms like before, but returned to the original one thousand or two thousand kilograms.

Such a small amount of salt can barely supply Yazhou's needs. There are still many roads in the north waiting for Luo Shengdong to supply. He has long been looking forward to the Haihan people to build a new salt farm here day and night.

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Luo Shengdong's relationship with this place is getting deeper and deeper now. He himself has a bit of a "break the pot" mentality. He didn't stay on his warship at all, but shamelessly got in before setting off.

"Speed" - Not only Anxi's preparatory team, but also Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie personally went to take command of the trip to Tielugang this time, and these Haihan dignitaries were all staying on the "Speed". And "

These people on the "Speed" have long been familiar with Luo Shengdong, knowing that this guy has become most of the leader, and there is nothing to guard against him.

As soon as the boat left Yulinjiao, Luo Shengdong was already next to Tao Donglai: "Mr. Tao, can I delay you for a moment?"

Tao Donglai glanced sideways at him, nodded, and walked to the front of the deck. Luo Shengdong quickly followed and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Tao, this time you are going to build a new salt farm in the east with great fanfare. May I ask?

But has there been a solution to the problem of labor sources?”

Luo Shengdong often travels between Shengli Port and Yazhou, so the manpower gap in Shengli Port cannot be hidden from his eyes. Tao Donglai glanced at him warily and did not answer. Luo Shengdong quickly explained:

"I don't mean any harm, and I don't want to find out what your side is. I just want to say that if you have a sufficient number of workers, why not directly occupy Fenghuang Town. There is a large area of ​​unclaimed wasteland there. If you can open it up,

The fertile land is enough to support 70,000 to 80,000 people."

Tao Donglai thought to himself that it is not enough for you to be the leader, and you are planning to seek glory from the seller. He then smiled and said: "If we occupy Fenghuang Town, won't the Yazhou government be dissatisfied?"

Luo Shengdong said disapprovingly: "What's the dissatisfaction? As long as the annual grain tax is paid, the government will not care who farms the land and who owns the land! What's more, the registered acres of land in that place are very small, and there is no payment at all in a year.

It’s not much money.”

"Oh?" A certain string in Tao Donglai's heart was plucked by these words. The Crossing Group has always considered whether the expansion of its territory will attract dissatisfaction or even hostility from the local government, but it seems to have ignored it.

The possibility mentioned by Luo Shengdong - as long as there is income and recognition of the rule of the Ming Dynasty, the local government will not care who is in charge of this place. Haihan is just a landlord in the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, or more accurately

They say they are just a bunch of landlords.

According to this thinking, even if the Chuanchuan Group occupied Fenghuang, Tianya, Nanshan, or even all the land outside Yazhou City, it would not be a sin. As long as it pays taxes as usual and recognizes the authority of the government, it is enough.

Of course, Chuanchuan Group currently has no plans to develop Phoenix Town. Even if it wants to expand its territory to the west, it will definitely give priority to developing the urban area of ​​Sanya in the future and connecting the two river basins - Sanya Port - Victory Port. What else?

Just skip Yazhou and go to the west coast to develop Yinggehai and Shilu. In any case, the towns under Yazhou are unlikely to be the priority development targets of the Chuanchuan Group.

Seeing that Tao Donglai was deep in thought, Luo Shengdong thought that he had persuaded the other party, so he quickly continued to persuade: "If you are interested, I can handle the land deed in Yazhou on your behalf."

Tao Dong came back to his senses and asked with a smile: "We occupy that place, what benefits can you get?"

Luo Shengdong had dealt with the Haihan people a lot, and he knew that these guys were extremely smart, and they would definitely not be able to hide it, so he did not intend to hide anything, and directly told Tao Donglai: "The area under the jurisdiction of Phoenix Town

I only need to leave two thousand acres of land to the Yazhou adults. As for me...as long as this matter is completed, the adults will jointly recommend me to the title of Thousand Presidents."

Tao Donglai was really shocked when he came here. The Yazhou government planned to sell the land in Fenghuang Town to Chuanchuan Group? This was not just the local government colluding with real estate developers to resell the land. Unexpectedly, officials hundreds of years ago had already learned this.

Play this trick!

Luo Shengdong continued to explain in a low voice: "... Lord Zhizhou of Yazhou, Lord Tongzhi, Lord Qian of the Wei Institute, and Lord He Shenjiang of my water village will all be returning to their homes next year.

Then Phoenix Town is mostly an ownerless land..."

Although Tao Donglai heard what Luo Shengdong said later, he didn't take it seriously. In fact, based on the limited information at the beginning, Tao Donglai had already guessed the general details of the matter.
Chapter completed!