Chapter 240 New Planning for the Port Area

Unlike later generations of "public intellectuals" who used US dollars to brag to foreigners and attributed all domestic problems to the system, the Executive Committee did not want people like Li Nai to become mindless hackers targeting the Ming Dynasty government in the future.

We are not prepared to turn him into a rebel leader in the Ming Dynasty in the future. What the Crossing Group needs now is the voluntary surrender of insightful people from the heart, rather than launching farcical street riots in the Ming Dynasty to disrupt the social system. A stable and stable society

Only the Ming Dynasty can continuously provide raw materials and labor force to the Chuan Chuan Group, digest the large output of the primary industrial zone of Victory Port through trade, and provide the Chuan Chuan Group with the wealth needed for its early development.

As for whether the Crossing Group will one day annex the declining Ming Dynasty, the answer of the Executive Committee is yes. Compared with the relatively advanced social management system brought by the Crossing Group from later generations, the backward system of the feudal dynasty has indeed restricted

The pace of the development of social productive forces has reached a new level, and when it is time to change dynasties, it must follow the trend of history. But it is obviously not the time yet. The Ming Dynasty has not yet exhausted its energy, and the Crossing Group may even need to try to help the Ming Dynasty maintain its power in recent years.

Domestic stability is what matters.

Except for some technical details that need to be kept secret, Port of Victory is completely open to Ming literati like Li Nai. How much a smart man like him can learn and comprehend from what he sees and hears is his own

The executive committee does not expect to completely pull Li Nai into its own camp. It only needs to make him aware of the differences between the area under Haihan and Ming society. I believe he will naturally gradually understand the two.

Which social system is better or worse?

October 27 was the eighth day of Li Nai's stay in Victory Port. Early that morning, Li Nai went to the canteen to queue up for breakfast as usual. Here he met an old acquaintance, Wei Pingwei from the Yulin Inspection Department.

Inspection. We haven’t seen each other for two months. Wei Ping seems to be a lot fatter than before. It seems that the life of confinement in Shengli Port is still going on. After being under house arrest for several months, Wei Ping’s mentality now is better than when he first arrived.

I feel much calmer, my words and deeds are much more honest, and my range of activities is wider than two months ago. I can move around the entire port area - of course it is impossible to leave Victory Port.

Ren Liang, the head of the Port Management Committee and the former director of the labor camp, had already vaccinated the people in the Inspection Department. As long as one person escapes, the whole group will have to go to the labor camp to work as hard labor.

.With this chain attached, there is no need to deploy additional manpower for guarding. The people in the inspection department will automatically keep an eye on each other, lest any daring guy take advantage of the opportunity and escape.

Of course, after living in Port Victory for a few months, this group of people gradually realized the benefits of living here - no need to be exposed to the wind and sun, no need to do anything, they can eat ready-made hot dishes and hot meals three times a day, and they will pay for it at the end of the month.

If you have money to get, where can you find such a good job? Flee back to Yazhou, that hell place is worse than Victory Port! Although your personal freedom is restricted, you seem to have gotten used to it as time goes by. As long as you don't go out to cause trouble,

It seems that the Haihan security guards have no time to care about what they are doing. There are even two restless guys who used to be carpenters and went to work as helpers in the shipyard.

Regarding the gradual change in attitude of the people in the Inspection Department, Ren Liang believes that this is already some signs of the "Stockholm Syndrome". The abductees gradually identify and even rely on the abductors, which is a very strange but practical

A real psychological phenomenon. Wei Ping even took the initiative to describe the rapid development of Shengli Port in his work report to Yazhou with the words "the government is connected and people are harmonious, and all wastes are prosperous". In addition, some people have already proposed to the port management committee

I applied, hoping to bring my family from Yazhou to settle in Shengli Port.

Of course, Wei Ping would not be willing to be locked up in Shengli Port until he resigned. He still hoped to do more to show his value - every time Luo Shengdong from Shuizhai came to Shengli Port, he almost always talked with him.

The upper-class figures of the Haihan people are in harmony, and if I want to meet the leader of Haihan in the port area management committee to report the roof leakage problem, I still need to apply for an appointment with the security guard on duty in advance, and this treatment is too far behind. And the last time Luo

When Shengdong came to Shengli Port, he also brought him a letter from home - Wei Ping's brother-in-law, who is a colleague, will retire honorably next year and has already begun to make plans for his life after retirement. This means that Wei Ping's greatest

One of his backers is slowly dying in a countdown manner, and there is not much time left for him.

Wei Ping now has greater freedom. Every time Luo Shengdong's ship is loading at the port, he will go to the dock to take a look intentionally or unintentionally. When he sees the warships in Shuizhai, they are loaded with as little as several thousand each time.

, when tens of thousands of kilograms of Haihan refined salt left, Wei Ping finally understood why Luo Shengdong said that he was "a bear falling into a honey pot" on the way to Victory Port - this trip was at least a few times.

With an income of hundreds or thousands of taels, it is indeed easy to make money by hanging out with the Haihan people! It's a pity that I didn't understand the true meaning of this at the time, otherwise why would I regard the "inspection department office expenses" of fifty taels per month as life-saving now?

Straw, Luo Shengdong only needs to make one trip, which is almost equivalent to the income he earned by spending one year in prison in Shengli Port.

Moreover, Wei Ping also noticed that Luo Shengdong initially brought only one or two ships to Victory Port, and occasionally more but no more than five at most. However, the size of the naval fleet coming to Victory Port recently has become larger and larger.

More than ten days ago, Luo Shengdong actually led a fleet of nearly twenty large and small warships and civilian ships into Victory Port. Wei Ping almost thought that this guy was going to rebel and attack Victory Port.

.But the final result was that Luo Shengdong specially organized a fleet to help the Haihan people transport immigrants to Xingang in the east. Although Wei Ping spat and secretly cursed Luo Shengdong for his shameless behavior, he was still a little jealous in his heart.

Qing - It is said that the Haihan people are going to build a larger salt farm in Xingang in the east. I guess Luo Shengdong will be able to make money faster by then, right?

Wei Ping knew that he could no longer get involved in the private salt business, and Luo Shengdong had already made this clear to him. If he wanted to get some benefits in Shengli Port, he might have to rely on his official status in the end.

——This is the only reason why the Haihan people raised their own group. Therefore, when Li Nai visited Victory Port last time, Wei Ping managed to establish a relationship with Li Nai and persuaded him to stand up for him.

A request was made to the Haihan people to regain their freedom. Of course, this kind of treatment also had to pay a corresponding price. For example, the Yulin Inspection Department was at the disposal of the Haihan Executive Committee from then on. Although it was not immediately granted the Executive Committee

It was approved, but it was not rejected. The final statement was that it would take time to study it again.

Wei Ping didn't know what else the Haihan people needed to study, but at least it showed that there was a glimmer of hope. From the time "Fu Ruifeng" started encircling the port area, Wei Ping realized that if he wanted to get ahead, he had to count on Victory Port.

As soon as it becomes prosperous, there will be more merchants from the Ming Dynasty traveling here, and then the existence of this inspection department will have meaning.

Wei Ping has thought about it for several months and has thought it through. What can Luo Shengdong do, but I can't? Luo Shengdong can help the Haihan people run errands. As a ninth-level inspection inspector of the Yulin Inspection Department, I am also a big and small person.

A local official can still be useful in the future to help the Haihan people deal with some disputes caused by outsiders. The Inspection Department can come forward to handle civil affairs, public security, taxation and other matters within the jurisdiction of the Haihan people, but it is not as good as that

How useful is Luo Shengdong, who can only run errands?

Of course, to achieve this goal, the prerequisite is still the prosperity of Victory Port, so during this period, Wei Ping's expectations for foreign merchants were even higher than that of the Executive Committee. When he had nothing to do, he would go to the dock and wait.

The next moment, one hundred and eighty merchant ships appeared on the sea at Yulinjiao. Of course, this scene cannot appear in the current Victory Port for the time being. Except for a small number of regular merchants from Yazhou and Guangzhou, they now come to Victory Port for trade.

Most of the merchants came from Danzhou and Qiongzhou in the north. The number is not large and the scale is not large. They all come to sell some raw materials, or send a group of immigrants to buy a batch of Haihan glass products.

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Just three days before Li Nai's fleet arrived at Victory Port, Wei Ping finally had the opportunity to come forward and solve a small problem for the Haihan people. A cargo ship from Danzhou had a dispute with dock workers due to cargo shipment issues.

Seeing that it was about to develop into a group fight, Wei Ping, who happened to be playing Wangfushi at the pier, immediately seized the opportunity and stepped in to quell the conflict before the Haihan security guards arrived. Ren Liang, who arrived at the scene afterwards, listened to the scene.

After what happened, he didn't say much. He just patted Wei Ping on the shoulder and left. However, two days later, someone came to the Inspection Department to deliver a new notice from the Executive Committee - the office of the Inspection Department would be at

It has recently been relocated from outside the current base No. 1 to near the Victory Port Pier.

Although the relocation distance is actually only a few hundred meters, for Wei Ping, this is definitely the best news since arriving in Victory Port. Leaving the side of Base No. 1 means that the Haihan people have relaxed their surveillance of the Inspection Department.

And moving to the vicinity of the dock means that the Haihan people also recognize the Inspection Department's ability to handle disputes with outsiders, and will use the Inspection Department as a sign of Victory Port in the future.

After being imprisoned for several months, Wei Ping was not dazzled by the sudden good news. He knew that Haihan's arrangement was to give him a chance to perform, but it was just an opportunity. Will he be able to get further in the future?

If you want to be reused, it still depends on whether your performance can meet the wishes of the Haihan people.

Li Nai's re-arrival gave Wei Ping another reassurance. Since "Fu Ruifeng" has begun to build a business inn locally, it seems to be only a matter of time before merchants from the mainland gradually move into Victory Port. After breakfast

After that, Wei Ping invited Li Nai, who was also idle, to take a walk on the dock and take a look at the newly allocated land for the Inspection Department by the Port Management Committee.

As the two walked, they had further detailed discussions on the cooperation agreement reached before. According to the last agreement between the two parties, after the "Furuifeng" store is built in Victory Port, the Inspection Department will act as a

The role of the protective umbrella - of course, this kind of protection is for other foreign merchants, not for the Haihan people, and Wei Ping does not have the courage to jump out and cause trouble. As for "Fu Ruifeng", he will serve as the Inspection Department

This kind of protective behavior provides a certain amount of remuneration. This remuneration may be in the form of goods or cash. The details will depend on the results of negotiations between the two parties. Wei Ping estimates that the income he can obtain from this alone is enough to far exceed

The existing "Office Funds of the Inspection Department".

The location of the new inspection department is very close to the new cargo terminal that was just completed this month. This more than 300-meter-long terminal along the coastline will be the main docking terminal for Victory Port in the next few years.

Merchant ships coming here for trade from other places will dock here. Behind the dock, a cargo yard covering hundreds of acres has been planned. Later, large storage warehouses, bulk cargo storage yards, and connecting tracks will be built here.

Special coal transportation channels for the transportation system, etc. Hundreds of workers are leveling the foundation here under the command of several foremen, and cutting down and removing all trees in the planned area.

"Under my reign, a dock of this size might take one or two years to complete. It shows that the Haihan people are good at construction." Li Nai looked at the labor scene here and couldn't help but sigh. The last time he came here, the entire

Only two-thirds of the dock project was completed. Li Nai estimated that it would be completed before the end of the year, even if the Haihan people were capable. Unexpectedly, after two months, not only had the dock been completed, but even the cargo yard behind it had begun construction.

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Wei Ping responded: "I look at it every day, but I never noticed the speed of construction. From my point of view, the reason why the Haihan people were able to build the dock in such a short period of time is because of their orderliness in doing things and arranging everything down to the smallest detail.

It's very orderly, and even the workers' meal time is carefully planned and eaten in batches. According to my observation, in the past few months, as long as the sky is bright, there will never be a pause on the dock construction site, so how can the construction speed not be fast!"

Li Nai nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "I'm afraid this construction method is not only used at this dock. All the Haihan people's projects are handled in this way, and they were able to build such a situation in a few months."

After the new cargo terminal is put into use, the original terminal will be further renovated and expanded. The scale of the terminal built in the early stage of landing has gradually been unable to meet the current maritime needs. The Ministry of Construction is planning to reconstruct it in accordance with the standards of passenger terminals and use it as a passenger terminal in the future.

The local immigration wharf will be used. As for the berth where future military ships will dock, the executive committee does not plan to place it within the existing wharf area of ​​the port area, but plans it to be located along the coast of the military barracks area on the east side of the harbor, that is, in Yulin.

The location of the submarine dock of the military port. In this way, the armed forces guarding Victory Port can be integrated into the sea and land, and it will be more convenient to deploy a limited number of military personnel during wartime.

Of course, in the long-term plan, Victory Port will eventually become a military port with military as its main purpose, and the freight and passenger terminals will gradually move westward with the development of the Sanya area and be placed in the Sanya Port located in the inland river area.

Li Nai and Wei Ping wandered along the built road in the new dock area, followed at a distance by Jiang San sent by the executive committee. There were wooden boards inserted everywhere in the area where the foundation had been flattened, and the land plots were written on them.

Such as the No. 1 warehouse, cargo registration office, currency exchange office, etc. In the end, the sharp-eyed Li Nai was the first to see the board with the words "Da Ming Yulin Inspection Department": "Brother Wei, this is where it is! Congratulations, congratulations.

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Currently, only signs have been erected for the designated land, and short branches have been inserted into the ground as dividing lines to mark the approximate range. Wei Ping visually inspected the land and found that the land is actually not very big, about one acre.

It's not even close. Compared with the five acres of land allocated to "Fu Ruifeng" by the management committee, such a small area is a bit shabby. However, compared with the existing inspection department's courtyard, it is already five times larger.

, this does not seem to be a bad treatment, after all, "Fu Ruifeng" has several businesses to open, and the inspection department is only a dozen or so big men, so it is of little use to occupy so much land.

Wei Ping was already happy in his heart, but he said solemnly on his face: "I just don't know when it will be built to show my Ming Dynasty orthodoxy!"

Li Nai couldn't help but curse in his heart, now that you are supported by the Haihan people, don't pretend to be a loyal minister. If these words are heard by someone who cares about the partition wall, if the Haihan people remove the board later, I'm afraid you, Mr. Wei, who is inspecting Wei, will still be there.

You have to obediently go back to the small yard and continue squatting. Orthodoxy... The mighty Ming Dynasty Navy is already working as an errand for the Haihan people. Why are you, a ninth-grade patrol inspector, talking about orthodoxy here?

Of course, thinking about this, Li Nai was still not shallow enough to say it directly. At the moment, he just congratulated Wei Ping repeatedly. Wei Ping probably felt a little guilty after saying this, so he stopped the conversation and changed the subject.

The topic said: "This place is quite good. The front is facing the pier. Foreign merchants who disembark here can see the inspection department at the first sight."

Li Nai nodded, turned around and looked to the left and right and said: "On the left is the Port Security Department, and on the right is the Port Affairs Center. They should be the offices of Haihan people."

"I know that the Port Affairs Center is where the Port Management Committee handles daily affairs. What is this security office?" Wei Ping was a little confused after reading it.

"The Security and Security Department is the agency that protects the security of the port area." At some point, Ren Liang actually appeared not far behind them, and he had obviously heard their conversation: "Simply speaking, the functions are similar to the Inspection Department.

In charge of public security affairs.”

Wei Ping's expression changed as soon as he heard this - he finally changed the name of the Inspection Department and was about to move it here to work, but a Yamen with overlapping functions came directly next to it? This is like changing the Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

Now that we have become neighbors, and we are still the weak one, can we happily protect the country and the people in the future?
Chapter completed!