Chapter 248 New trends of the Haihan Militia

Those who came early, like Li Nai, naturally do not need to participate in this commodity bidding - the order for "Furuifeng" is guaranteed by the trade agreement between the two parties, and there is no need to worry about their goods being sold to others. But Li Nai

I really want to join the bidding. After all, no one can have too many Haihan products that can be bought here. As long as they are shipped back to Guangzhou, they can be exchanged for a lot of money. However, Li Nai’s last request is

It was still declined by the executive committee, because this sales event was to open up the mainland market. If the goods were still packaged by the "Fu Ruifeng" family, it would completely deviate from the goal of this event.

"The first thing you see is the locally produced silver mirrors, which are divided into three sizes: two-inch, five-inch, eight-inch round mirrors and one-foot square mirrors. Next, we will make sales quotations in batches according to size. First of all

It is a two-inch round mirror with fifty sides. You can take a look at the sample we show first. It looks clear and does not deform. It does not need to be reground regularly like a bronze mirror. It will not rust when exposed to water, and it is light in weight and small in size.

Easy to carry around..." Today's auctioneer is Tao Donglai himself, so that he can deal with problems that may arise during the auction in a timely manner. After all, this is the first time that this kind of event has been held, and no one can say that there is anything wrong with it.

With all his experience, Tao Dong, who is a strong talker, can only take on this important task.

Seeing that everyone had inspected the samples, Tao Donglai returned to the topic: "The starting price of these fifty two-inch silver mirrors is two hundred yuan in circulation coupons. The price will be increased by twenty yuan by default every time a sign is raised. No one increased the price after asking three times."

After that, it’s a deal! Do you all understand?”

Some of the merchants in the audience were still thinking about the price, while others had already raised their placards and quoted: "Two hundred!"

"Business C offered two hundred yuan!" Tao Donglai responded loudly.

Only then did the others react and quickly raised their placards to quote. The market price of the two-inch Haihan silver mirror in Guangzhou is currently more than thirty-five taels per mirror. The market value of these fifty mirrors is more than one thousand seven hundred taels. The price is now

There are only two hundred circulation coupons, which is only two hundred taels of silver. There is nothing to hesitate!

"Two hundred and twenty!" "Three hundred!" "Four hundred!"

Merchants from the mainland have been waiting for too long, and obviously do not have enough patience to increase the price by twenty yuan each time. Soon some people began to increase the price by hundreds of yuan. After all, the market value of this thing is

It is there, and everyone can easily estimate the profit margin of their own quotation.

After a fierce fight, a businessman named He from Zhaoqing Prefecture finally bought the fifty two-inch silver mirrors for 1,320 yuan. Some other merchants thought that they would ship them back to Guangzhou at this cost.

The profit from the sale is not too much. After all, you have to pay a certain amount of taxes to the government after shipping it back. Some merchants are aware of the fierce competition and want to save their money to bid for better products later. But this He

The businessman considered that after these mirrors were shipped back to Zhaoqing Prefecture, their market value would be at least two thousand taels, and he could still make a relatively large profit by buying them at this higher price.

Of course, this transaction price is even more ideal for the Chuan Chuan Group. The external sale price of the two-inch silver mirror is 20 yuan per side. After such competition, several hundred more circulation coupons were sold. The value-added speed is simply

It can't be faster. And for the goods to be auctioned today, these fifty mirrors are just an appetizer.

The next several larger-sized silver mirrors continued to be auctioned at high prices. In the end, five one-foot square mirrors were sold for a total price of more than 6,000 yuan, which was 50% more than the original issue price. This is incredible.

It’s not that the merchants are rich and willful, but the one-foot square mirror is indeed a rarity in the current Guangzhou market. After several months of speculation, the price of a single side has stabilized at more than 1,500 taels. Recently, there have even been sales in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

A wealthy businessman in Guangzhou spent 1,800 taels to buy a Haihan square mirror but failed.

At the current price, it is actually very profitable after shipping it back to the mainland. Moreover, once this thing is placed in one's own store, the customer flow will definitely increase significantly, and the advertising effect will be enough to hype it for a long time.

Under the strong request of various merchants, the auction of the day lasted until the sun went down. The transaction volume in this half day alone has exceeded 30,000 yuan, and compared with the previous sales method, the average increase in transaction price

More than 25%, Tao Donglai used "the situation is gratifying" to describe the day's gains at the summary meeting that night.

Early the next morning, anxious merchants took their silver boxes and queued up at the door of the currency exchange center - they had already used up all the circulation coupons they had in the previous day's auction, and they had to exchange some again to cope with today's auction sale.

. And some people who don’t have enough money can only watch the show on the wall today. It is said that the Haihan people will also sell a "giant" Haihan silver mirror that is two feet long and more than a foot wide at the auction today. There are also

Several merchants with money are working hard to grab this good product today, and since this is a new product that has never been released to the public, the powerful "Furuifeng" has also been authorized to join the bidding.

In addition, high-end glass stationery, colorfully carved stationery and ten sets of limited-edition special commemorative editions for the year of Dingmao are also auctioned today. These are all valuable treasures for merchants. If you miss it,

After seeing this release, I don’t know when I’ll have the chance next time.

However, today’s auctioneer has changed, and Ning Qi, another talkative contestant from the Cross-Travel Group, has replaced Tao Dong to host the auction. Although Ning Qi is not a person in the business system, his many years of university lecturer career have allowed him to accumulate a wealth of experience.

With so much experience, there was no trace of stage fright when hosting such an event on stage. In Ning Qi's eyes, the Ming businessmen of this era were simply simple, and were obviously much easier to deal with than the quirky college students of later generations.

Tao Donglai didn't intend to miss the auction because yesterday's process went so smoothly that he lost interest, but because he had another scheduled schedule today that he had to attend. As the merchants entered the auction site at Base No.

At that time, Tao Donglai also set foot on the military camp wharf on the east bank of Victory Port. Today is the day when the third batch of militia trainees completed their training and officially enlisted. As the supreme commander of the military force of the crossing group, Tao Donglai must be on such an important occasion.

Appeared on certain occasions.

In addition to reviewing the training results of the third batch of militiamen, we will also review the fourth batch of militiamen who have received military training for nearly a month, as well as the first batch of ordinary people who have received military training, and finally the live ammunition of the first batch of naturalized civilian artillery.

Drill. For the current military training system, today is the time to verify the results. And this military training is also a preview of the year-end military parade. There will be an open military parade for all cross-countrymen and ordinary naturalized citizens.

In order to promote Haihan's military power and boost people's morale and confidence.

Most of the first batch of trained militiamen were stationed at Black Tu Port, and then took cargo ships between the two places, and gradually rotated the garrison. Half of the second batch of militiamen were sent to Tushan Peninsula, where they served as

North Vietnamese military advisers train soldiers in the use of firearms for North Vietnam. Another part of the militiamen are stationed in Tiandu, Tielugang, Yulinjiao and other places. It can be said that the recruitment of the third batch of militiamen will greatly ease the current situation of military tension, allowing

The local militia garrison arrangements do not appear to be too stretched.

Of course, the existing number of militiamen is still far from enough for the Military and Police Department. The Military and Police Department estimates that the Victory Port coastal defense fort alone will require at least two hundred people to fully staff it, of which at least three will be required.

Ten to forty qualified gunners who have passed the examination are assigned to various artillery positions to command operations. But now, whether it is soldiers or gunners, there is still some gap between the numbers expected by the Military and Police Department. Someone in the Military and Police Department has also proposed

, selected some young men from the prisoners of war and prisoners transported from North Vietnam to join the militia, but this proposal was quickly rejected by the Executive Committee.

Now that the economic situation of the Crossing Group is very good, and the speed of population importation has also been greatly accelerated, the Executive Committee is not as resistant to the expansion of the Military and Police Department as it was in the early days. However, regarding the use of prisoners of war and prisoners, the Executive Committee believes that it must be done with caution.

Of course, some of these people are taken advantage of, but there are also many dangerous elements who have killed people and seen blood, and their stance is different from that of North Vietnamese immigrants. Allowing these people to enter violent institutions is likely to pose a threat to the growing number of North Vietnamese immigrants in the local area.

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This is not an unfounded concern of the Executive Committee. Ning Qi pointed out that the race of South Vietnam is somewhat different from that of North Vietnam. The Malay race has a higher proportion. In terms of language, living habits, cultural traditions, etc., it is more different from the Chinese people in North Vietnam.

There are obvious differences between people, and it is difficult to incorporate these people into the system of naturalized people. Moreover, the IQ of Southeast Asian people is significantly lower than that of East Asian people. This is the result of scientific research in later generations, and it is limited.

Due to the means of cultural transmission, the civilization gap between Southeast Asia and the Ming Dynasty was wider in this era than in later generations. The further south in Asia, the closer the local indigenous people were to a barbaric state, and they could not even speak of a formed social system.

Of course, the South Vietnam region located in the Indochina Peninsula is not as backward as the island tribes in the south. For example, Champa, which was established during the Qin and Han Dynasties, has a relatively high level of civilization. But in the view of the Executive Committee, regardless of whether it is Champa

The island tribes further south, due to their inherent racial disadvantages, are areas where the local indigenous people cannot be reused. They can at most be used as labor force - just like the South Vietnamese prisoners of war in the labor camps.

Compared with the Southeast Asian race that has always been called "monkeys" by travelers, the Ming Dynasty and the deeply Chineseized North Vietnam are obviously more in line with the Executive Committee's requirements for naturalized citizens. It is said that some of the first batch of North Vietnamese immigrants to arrive in the local area have also signed up.

The fourth batch of militiamen.

The third batch of militiamen wearing gray cloth military uniforms marched past the rostrum in platoons, carrying the latest Type 27 flintlock rifles. The style of this military uniform is closer to the military uniforms of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in later generations, with double-breasted shorts,

They wear long trousers and leggings, a cowhide armed belt and cloth shoes, and wear a "Haihan Militia" armband on the left arm. However, because most people still have their hair buns, they are not issued short-brimmed cloth hats that are inconvenient to wear.

Instead, a rattan helmet with a uniform style was used - basically copied from the style of the rattan helmet of Zheng Chenggong's rattan army.

According to feedback from the grassroots, the Military and Police Department has gradually canceled the original camouflage military uniforms and replaced them with gray cloth military uniforms that are lower in cost and more suitable for large-scale equipment. The militiamen are obviously more accepting of this kind of military uniforms.

Because they generally believe that the flashy camouflage-style military uniforms are simply beggars' clothes and have no prestige at all. This view has also spread to the people, greatly affecting the people's intuitive perception of the military's combat effectiveness. The Military and Police Department had to quietly start recycling

The camouflage uniforms were originally issued, and some of them were sent to Black Earth Port - the combat troops trained by Qian Tiandun who were active in mountainous jungles may be the place that really needs camouflage uniforms.

Tao Donglai, Yan Chujie and others stood on the viewing platform, looking at the militia phalanx advancing in unison, while also thinking about the future plans of the Military and Police Department.

At present, after several expansions of the militia forces in the Crossing Group, including the fourth batch of militiamen who are still in training, they already have two companies of security guards and a total of five companies of militiamen - one of which is authorized by the Military and Police Department.

The executive committee is not very clear about the actual establishment of the combat force that Qian Tiandun created privately.

However, the size of this army is still too weak for the expansion speed of the Crossing Group. Especially the combat power at sea is still close to zero. There is not even a real warship, let alone

There is no formal navy or sailor establishment. The five companies of militiamen seem to be quite a lot, but they are stationed in the base camp, Tieliang Port, Black Earth Port and Tushan Peninsula. The actual number of mobile troops is also very small.

It's pitiful. In other words, the current military strength of the Crossing Group is estimated to be enough to protect itself, but it is still seriously insufficient to launch military operations abroad.

To change this situation, the Ministry of Military and Police believes that in addition to continuously expanding the militia, conducting large-scale military training for people of appropriate age is also one of the solutions. Turn people of appropriate age into militiamen, and then turn existing militiamen into professional soldiers.

, in exchange for the mobility of limited military power, so that at least it has the ability to launch small-scale external military operations when necessary.

"Mr. Tao, these two phalanxes are ordinary naturalized citizens who have been training since last month." Gu Wei, standing next to Tao Donglai, introduced softly. He is currently the person in charge of the entire training camp, and all military training

He formulates, organizes and implements all plans. Today's military parade can also be regarded as a large document submitted by Gu Wei personally to the Military and Police Department and the Executive Committee.

Tao Donglai came back from his thoughts and raised his hand to greet the militia square passing by the rostrum. These irregular militiamen did not receive in-depth military training. Their current training content is based on familiarity with military orders, marching in formation and basic

Mainly military skills, not even firearms. The weapons equipped by these irregular militias are divided into two types. One is a five-meter-long wooden iron-tipped spear. Needless to say, this is an imitation of the famous one in history.

Spanish spearmen can cooperate with musketeers in wartime. The relevant tactics are very mature and not complicated. They can be directly applied to these militiamen who do not have much military foundation. The other type is equipped with a rattan dagger.

The main function of the rattan soldiers is to cooperate with the spearmen in combat.

Of course, the Military and Police Department does not expect to actually send these arms to the future battlefield as the main force. They will still be responsible for daily garrison tasks, so as to free the musketeers, who have begun to become professional, from garrisoning as much as possible and become

A truly professional army. Whether these spear soldiers or rattan soldiers, their biggest function in wartime is not to kill the enemy, but to serve as a logistical force to transport supplies, clean the battlefield, and rescue the wounded. Unless absolutely necessary, the military can

The police department will not send these people to fight on the front battlefield.

Currently, a total of two companies are undergoing military training, and the frequency is five times a month, one day each time. If there are better qualified personnel among them who are discovered by the instructors, they may also be promoted and enter the real military establishment. And the public's opinion of

This kind of military training is not objectionable. The reason is very simple. People who participate in military training will be credited with double working hours, which is equivalent to at least five more days of income every month. In addition, those who enter the grassroots militia establishment will receive double their working hours every month.

They also enjoy a certain amount of subsidies and have priority in labor grade promotion. Various benefits are placed there, giving young adults who cannot enter the regular army an additional way to "repay".

With the gradual expansion of the scale of the naturalized civilian army, further improvement of the organization is imminent. Since there are not many personnel in the military and police department who can actually engage in combat command, the planned positions for the military officers are at least at the platoon leader level.

But at present, it seems that this organization is no longer suitable for the actual situation of the army - the number of military officers is too small. If the scale of the army continues to expand, it will not be able to cover the grassroots command.

The training speed of naturalized civilian officers obviously cannot keep up with the expansion of the military establishment. Moreover, it is not feasible for the Military and Police Department to allow those naturalized civilians who have only received less than half a year of military training and have never fought in a war to serve as grassroots combat commanders.

I can't let go of this.

The solution to this problem of the Military and Police Department is to change the organization and adopt a more scientific and reasonable military organization to replace the current simple three-three system. For example, the organization at the squad and platoon level used to be a simple three squads combined into one platoon, so now it starts from the platoon.

At the first level, the establishment will be increased. In addition to the original three squads, a comprehensive support squad will be added, mainly responsible for tasks such as communications, engineering, material transportation, battlefield rescue and logistics. This will allow each platoon leader to

The number of personnel capable of direct command will be increased by one-third from the existing basis, and restructuring and expansion will be achieved without making large-scale adjustments to enhance the actual combat effectiveness of the troops.
Chapter completed!