After seeing Ji Mingshan off, Dong Shuheng came to the conference room. A number of senior executives from the Huaihai Group, Ma Zongwu, the Minister of Armed Forces who had been assigned to the Huaihai Navy, Zeng Gong from the General Administration, and Army Chief of Staff Liu Qingnan were all sitting there.
In front of the conference table.
Dong Shuheng took out two reports from his bag, one was "Farm Semi-military Management Plan" and the other was "On the Construction of Militia".
He had people spread the plan.
"Minister Chen, please introduce the situation of the farm first."
"Yes, President, so far we have built eighty-two farms. They are mainly distributed in coastal areas such as Haizhou, Yancheng, Dongtai, and Haimen. They used to be wastelands of salt fields, and there is no local landlord influence. Since the salt industry
Since the establishment of the company and the introduction of mechanized salt drying, the land where reeds and thatch used to grow has been reclaimed and transformed by us. In recent months, we have dug more than 500 miles of ditches and cleared out more than 2 million acres of land. Each farm is now resettled
There are generally about 2,000 working-class families, with about 30,000 acres of farmland under their jurisdiction."
"For this summer's harvest, all farms will be able to harvest approximately 500,000 quintals of wheat, 200,000 quintals of soybeans, 1 million quintals of potatoes, 500,000 quintals of sweet potatoes and 700,000 quintals of forage."
"So far, we have produced about 20,000 pigs, raised 100,000 ducks on the beach tidal flats, and produced about 60,000 sea duck eggs every day. If we use the tidal flats in Dongtai and Yancheng, the scale of duck farming will be okay.
It will more than increase 10 times, and this scale can continue to increase in the future. The fishery company has more than 500 offshore fishing boats, which can catch more than 5,000 tons of marine fish every month. In addition, it has opened up 400,000 acres of offshore kelp fields, and the annual kelp production is expected to be
200,000 tons.”
The Ministry of Agriculture can be said to be the fastest-expanding department of the Huaihai Group, especially its agricultural reclamation company, which has more than 80 farms and approximately 4 to 50 million employees.
Very few people used to eat kelp, but Dong Shuheng knew that kelp is a good thing and tastes good when made into vegetables. The most important thing is that it can be used to extract MSG and iodine.
Iodized salt has been tested by salt companies. When the efficacy of this salt is known to those in the inland areas, it will definitely become a high-end salt.
As a high-end seasoning, MSG will be a key export product to the West. You must know that Westerners have a special interest in spices. The Indian Ocean route basically developed based on the spice trade. For spices, Western countries even launched
He has fought many wars. Dong Shuheng believes that if it works well, MSG can be purchased at a price comparable to gold.
Dong Shuheng has attached great importance to farm construction since he time traveled. He is not prepared to be an enemy of all landlords. He wants to use the successful example of the farm model to guide landlords to scale up and industrialize agriculture, thereby liberating farmers from the land and creating opportunities for development.
Industry creates conditions. If China does not want to follow the old path of dynasty changes, it must develop industry and develop productivity. Only in this way can the contradiction between land and population be resolved. Data from later generations show that before the Taiping Rebellion, China had a population of 400 million, but after the Taiping Rebellion, China only had a population of 400 million.
There were more than 100 million people left, and the conflict between population and land was finally resolved through destruction, which created the so-called "Reign of Tongguang".
"The Ministry of Agriculture not only needs to expand the number of farms in agricultural reclamation companies, but also pays attention to the introduction and training of agricultural technicians. The reason why I want to set up so many farms instead of renting land to tenant farmers is to improve efficiency and improve agriculture through large-scale planting.
Yield. Moreover, our farm can plant cash crops on a large area according to market needs, improving the utilization rate of farm land."
Dong Shuheng continued to add: "Farms can not only carry out agricultural production, but also open some processing plants to solve the problem of employee employment. When our large livestock and agricultural machinery become popular, we will definitely not need so many farm employees to directly engage in agriculture in the future.
Production. I hope that every farm can serve as a core, not only to develop well, but also to promote the development of surrounding rural areas."
"Let's talk about today's farm semi-military management system and militia management issues. Our farms will implement semi-military management in the future, and the farm employees are both workers and soldiers. They usually produce normally, and when they have time, they
You must participate in military training. According to the size of the farm, it is divided into regiment-level farms and battalion-level farms. From now on, the director of each farm will be responsible for production and administrative management, and the regiment commander or battalion commander will be responsible for military training and leading operations, as well as the daily operations of the farm.
Public security and defense. The regiment-level farm must have at least 1,000 militiamen, and the battalion-level farm must have at least 300 militiamen. The officers and armaments on the farm are arranged by the Ministry of Armed Forces. Officers must be rotated regularly, and must pass the assessment of the Ministry of Armed Forces during rotation.
The farm director is arranged by the agricultural reclamation company and must be rotated regularly. Before rotation, all farm directors must pass the audit of the audit department."
"President, wouldn't that mean there would be 70,000 to 80,000 militiamen!" Liu Mingyuan asked in shock. Others were too shocked to ask.
"You are all old people from Huaihai. Uncle Liu is worried that I and our progress are too exaggerated. Time is running out for us. The Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army has crossed the Yellow River, and the Western Expeditionary Army has also surrounded Nanchang. The foreigners in Shanghai are clamoring for replacement.
I don’t know when the warships will sail into the Yangtze River again. Can we protect ourselves with our current strength? Now the industrial parks in Taipei and Gaoyou are gradually taking shape, and it is foreseeable that they will bring huge profits. When the time comes, the Qing government
, the bandits will treat us as fat sheep. How can we protect ourselves then?" Dong Shuheng said earnestly.
Everyone was silent for a while after hearing this. Everyone is now on a boat in Huaihai. Naturally, the bigger the boat, the better.
"President, tell me, everyone will follow you, and we will do whatever you say. If you ask me to fight with you to Beijing right now, I will dare you!" said the young and energetic Liu Qingnan.
Old Liu glared at his son.
Dong Shuheng shook his head and smiled: "It's not that serious. Why should we rebel if we develop our own? Now the court has no time to take care of itself, and the Taiping Army is busy with the Western Expedition and the Northern Expedition. It is the best time for us to develop, so I
I can’t wait for the right time!”
"Mr. Zeng, each cooperative office must also establish local militia, and the garrison will be responsible for training. Each county has a brigade of 500 people, and each town has a small team of 100 people. These people can also cooperate with the garrison to maintain local militia.
Public security and the training of militiamen must be in charge of food, and certain subsidies must be provided. These are all funded by the local finance office. The common people cannot be resisted."
"Minister Ma, you need to do a good job of cooperating. The militiamen are affiliated with your Armed Forces Department, and they need to do a good job in registration and management of personnel. At present, weapons and equipment can only be used from local arsenals. Our regular troops will not use those things.
, it’s a waste to keep it there, let the militia use it first. We can replace it when we increase the production of muskets.”
"Promise to complete the mission." Ma Zongwu stood up and gave a military salute.
In this way, nearly 20,000 militiamen can be organized in the 22 counties under Jiangbei's jurisdiction.
If this team is well trained, the Huai Navy will have an additional 100,000 reserve forces. At that time, the Huai Navy will have terrifying war mobilization capabilities.
Today's meeting was attended by almost all Jiangbei's top executives. It was also the first time that Dong Shuheng fully exposed his ambitions in front of everyone.
As a relatively traditional scholar, Zeng Xianfeng saw a heroic temperament in Dong Shuheng. He recalled Dong Shuheng's plan and then thought about what he was currently doing. If everything came to pass, then Jiangbei would become Dong Shuheng's foundation.
With this foundation, he may not be able to aspire to the highest position, and he may also become a minister of Conglong. Isn't what he is doing now the prime minister's job? Thinking of this, his face became more rosy, as if he was a few years younger.
age.
"Uncle Liu, from now on, all of our Huaihai Company's funds will be channeled through the Yangtze River Bank. We will all use silver dollars for our transactions. We also use silver dollars for foreign-related purchases. We cannot allow foreigners to make another layer of profit on us from currency." Dong Shuheng
Said to Liu Mingyuan.
"In addition, Uncle Liu, you ask Qingbei to try to buy sea-going ships in Shanghai, hire captains and sailors, and establish the Huaihai Shipping Company as soon as possible. Haizhou, Yancheng, and Haimen in our jurisdiction can build ports. With sea-going ships, we can start our own maritime operations
In trade, there is no need to let foreigners make money from the price difference." Dong Shuheng continued, and then he looked at Han Yun, the Minister of Procurement.
"Minister Han, the company will recently inject a large amount of funds (previously grabbed in Yangzhou), and the purchasing department must hurry up to purchase machinery and equipment that we cannot manufacture. In addition, priority must be given to purchasing a batch of shipbuilding equipment. I am planning to build a shipbuilding company in Haizhou City.
The factory specializes in manufacturing ocean-going ships. The domestic shipbuilding master Zhuang Qingshui will lead people to take charge of this shipyard. In addition, the Ministry of Manpower will go to Zhejiang and Fujian to recruit a group of shipbuilding workers."
"By the way, Uncle Liu, how's the previously arranged relocation of the shipyard in Shanghai going?" Dong Shuheng asked Liu Mingyuan.
"It's like this. We haven't completely relocated the shipyard. If we moved it all, the original shipyard would be wasted, and the construction period of the new ship might be delayed. The new shipyard here in Gaoyou has already dug the shipyard and completed the ground infrastructure.
, as soon as the equipment arrives, I asked the shipyard in Shanghai to allocate some workers to start work. The eight newly built ships are now small in tonnage, the same as the previous ones, each weighing 400 to 500 tons. Now they have been outfitted.
After the debugging of the steam engine is completed, it can be launched into the water for trial sea trials. By the way, we hired Lewis, the former American technical director, as the director of the shipyard. He is very experienced in the manufacturing of inland ships. In addition, the Ministry of Manpower previously
Shanghai has hired two Chinese people, one named Xu Shou and the other Hua Hengfang. I have met these two people in person and both are talented craftsmen. Especially Xu Shou, who is not only good at craftsmanship, but also has a strong learning ability.
, now I have arranged for them to work as assistants behind Factory Director Lewis, I believe they will be able to take charge on their own soon."
When Dong Shuheng heard these two names, he was so shocked that his eyes widened. Could it be that he was showing off his domineering spirit again. This Xu Shou was a great person and had been in the history textbooks.
The maker of the first steam engine, the maker of the first motor ship, the Chinese namer of chemical elements, the first Chinese to publish an article in "Nature", the maker of the first warship, the first professor of science and technology
The school of knowledge - the founder of Gezhi College, the organizer of the first scientific lecture...
In history, Xu Shou has created so many firsts by himself, and he is definitely a great person. Of course, one of the firsts has been robbed by him now, because the first school to teach scientific and technological knowledge already exists - Huaihai Academy.
"Uncle Liu, let Xu Shou and Hua Hengfang practice in the shipyard first. You should pay more attention. I will meet them in person later."
The joining of these two talented people is equivalent to giving Dong Shuheng a golden finger. He has to squeeze it hard. It would be too unqualified if Xu Shou, a scientific genius, is only used for shipbuilding. His best position is in the academy. When Dong Shuheng comes,
We will give him the best laboratory and the most first-class team. Now the first industrial revolution represented by the steam engine is coming to an end, and the second industrial revolution represented by the internal combustion engine, electricity, and electric motor is about to come.
Dong Shuheng doesn’t mind being the first to embrace the second industrial revolution. If China wants to rise against the trend, it must plan for the second industrial revolution in advance to achieve the purpose of overtaking in corners. Just like 150 years later, we were the first to enter the second industrial revolution.
The three industrial revolutions brought about a great renaissance.
"Mr. Zeng, after the Coordination Office has established a firm foothold, we must immediately issue a series of new policies, mainly on the following points: first, to encourage industry and commerce, ensure the property safety of industrial and commercial practitioners, and improve the contract system; second, to cancel all regulations in Jiangbei
Lika, only one value-added tax is collected in the circulation of goods; third, private armed forces are not allowed, Huai Haijun is responsible for protecting local security, and all regiment training and armed forces must be unified and reorganized by Huai Haijun. Fourth, new schools should be established, with at least one in each township
Primary schools and one middle school in each county use unified teaching materials; fifth, construction of water conservancy projects. In this autumn and winter, construction of water conservancy projects will be completed.