Author: Zero Romance

Malico reported a bunch of projects awaiting approval from the Executive Committee in one go. It seemed that he was fully prepared for this rare meeting today and wanted to take this opportunity to win the approval of the Executive Committee.

As he himself declared, if these projects all follow the formal process and are submitted layer by layer in the form of official documents, it will take who knows how long to wait for a reply from the executive committee. Face-to-face communication eliminates the useless links in the middle.

The efficiency is indeed different.

Malico has the confidence to take such a direct approach precisely because of the good financial situation of the two regions. He does not need to apply for project funds from the executive committee like other regions, including recruiting troops to form a new army.

Projects can all solve funding problems through self-raising, which greatly reduces the difficulty of obtaining approval.

Having money makes it easier to do things. This is a universal truth, and Haihan is no exception.

The senior officials of the Executive Committee must be overwhelmed every day when they see the reports asking for money from all directions. It is rare for a magnanimous magistrate like Malik to solve the biggest problem of money in advance for the Executive Committee.

It's not a difficult thing to go along with the flow and help Malik.

What's more, Malico's defeat in the election for the new executive committee this time is hard to guarantee that it will not have an impact on his governance philosophy. From the perspective of the executive committee, it is indeed necessary to give him some sweeteners to appease him.

Except for the Foshan smelting base and the plan to form a new army, all the projects proposed by Malico in the fields of industry, agriculture, commerce, education and military were immediately approved by the executive committee, and they promised to provide all the necessary resources for the project.

kind of support.

And these two special projects are not rejected. The executive committee has approved his application in principle, but it is just that it cannot meet the conditions proposed by Malik in the short term.

If I could use one word to describe the results of Malik's trip, it would be a complete victory.

His own predictions beforehand were far from optimistic. According to past practice, one or two projects would be more or less rejected by the executive committee. But perhaps the new executive committee is waiting to make some political achievements, and Malik provided

The project came at the right time and was approved so smoothly.

When Li Nai saw this, of course he would not miss this rare atmosphere and quickly reported what he wanted to do.

As the representative of Fulifeng, the number one company in Guangdong and Guangxi, the projects reported by Li Nai are simpler, almost all closely related to trade.

The first project was that he was going to build a commercial inn in the name of Fulifeng on the newly occupied island of Haihan in the north of Malacca, and use it as a transit port to try to open up the route between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.

In the past, this route was almost controlled by countries in Europe and the Middle East. Now Haihan finally has its own foothold on the edge of the Indian Ocean. As an officially supported multinational merchant, Furifeng naturally wants to open up opportunities for other peers.

In this way, we should take the lead in local investment and construction.

Li Yuande, who followed Qian Tiandun south, happened to be in the area at this time. The Li family didn't even need to send someone to take charge of the overall situation. They could just leave the matter to Li Yuande.

However, the risks of such long-term investment projects with uncertain prospects are high. Li Nai hopes that the executive committee can give Furifeng some special care, such as obtaining the required land resources from the local area at ultra-low land prices and the right of first refusal, and

Provide tax exemptions for a certain period of time to reduce Fulifeng's local operating costs.

The second project overlaps with the Foshan smelting base previously mentioned by Malik. It is for Furifeng to fund and contract multiple iron ore mines in the two vast areas, and then conduct unified mining and act as the ore supplier for the Foshan smelting base.

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These iron mines were government-run institutions during the Ming Dynasty, responsible for providing ore to Foshan. However, Haihan had little interest in developing these small mines with limited production capacity. In addition, Foshan's traditional smelting industry was impacted by Haihan Industrial Smelting, and the ore

Demand is also decreasing year by year, and officials are even less interested in investing resources in development.

If Malik does not intervene, the operating conditions of these small mines will only get worse and worse, until they die along with Foshan's smelting industry.

One of the prerequisites for reorganizing Foshan's smelting industry is a stable and sufficient supply of ore. Since the Ministry of Industry has no intention of operating these small mines, Malik deliberately wants Fulifeng to come forward and take over this stall.

Of course, iron has been a special resource exclusively owned by the government in all dynasties, and Haihan is no exception. The procedures for these small mines to be converted from government-owned to private are certainly not simple.

This matter has to go through the normal process and go through the procedures one by one. It will definitely take months and months of waiting. Li Nai raised it to the executive committee in person, which is equivalent to taking a shortcut. At least he does not have to go to Sanya to find it in person.

The acquaintance ran away.

This project is tied to the Foshan smelting base. The Executive Committee has previously approved the Foshan project, and of course it will not set up a card here again.

Li Nai didn't waste too much time, and everyone in the executive committee gave a positive answer. The two parties have cooperated for many years and have a deep personal relationship. Even if it is a favor, these two projects will be passed, not to mention that this is the official hope.

Projects undertaken by private organizations such as Fulifeng.

Tao Donglai wanted to think further and began to proactively solicit business: "If you are interested in operating a mine, we have many projects overseas that are worth investing in."

Li Nai responded: "If you can give me a sufficient discount, I would be willing to give it a try."

Li Nai has been dealing with Haihan for so many years, and of course he understands that pie will not fall in the sky. There may be only one reason why Tao Donglai is so proactive, and that is that the overseas mines he said are probably still buried underground and need to be developed.

Mineral deposits, but due to lack of start-up capital, officials have no plans to mine them yet.

If Furifeng can be allowed to spend money to complete the initial investment, it will indeed save the official a lot of trouble. However, mining is a business with considerable risks, and it cannot be 100% guaranteed. Of course, Li Nai will not easily promise

investment unless the conditions given by the Executive Committee are sufficiently favorable.

Tao Donglai smiled and said: "Send someone to the Luzon region later to talk to Qiu Yuan. I think he would welcome Furifeng to join."

The central area of ​​the Philippine Islands newly occupied by the Luzon Region last year has a variety of mineral deposits. Governor Qiu Yuan also made a report to the Executive Committee, requesting increased investment in mining development.

Although the Executive Committee has allocated funds, it is far from meeting actual local needs, so raising funds through other channels has become an alternative.
Chapter completed!