Chapter 15 Food Problem
April 3, 1627, February 18th, the seventh year of the Great Ming Dynasty.
According to the time in the old time and space, today should be Saturday. Unfortunately, in the new time and space, there is no such thing as "weekends off". Everyone, whether they are the leaders of the executive committee or ordinary members, must devote themselves to the construction of the base. go.
But before today's work could officially begin, the camp became chaotic due to the issue of washing. The cause of the matter is actually very simple. Because the water purification facilities have not yet been completed, fresh water control must be implemented in the base, so the amount of water everyone receives in the morning is only a lunch box. This is the amount of water for rinsing your mouth and washing your face. If you feel that it is not enough Please go to the Tiandu River to solve the problem yourself. For men, who make up the vast majority of the population, this is not a particularly big problem and can be overcome as soon as you close your eyes. Because it was too late to finish work last night and they were too tired, most people lay down directly without having time to wash up. So in the morning, many old men took off their underwear and jumped into the river to wash themselves.
The men were happy, but the women had no intention of just letting the executive committee arrange it. Although there are only about seventy women in the group, they are really powerful, and there are many leaders who dare to stand out, such as Gu Kai's foreign girl girlfriend Risa.
According to Gu Kai, Raisa is an American of Ukrainian descent. The saying that Ermaozi’s family has beautiful women has been verified once again by Raisa. She has long legs, an angelic face and a devilish figure. If she were to participate in some beauty contest You will definitely get a good ranking. However, this Raisa is not a flower vase. Like Gu Kai, she has a legal background. After meeting Gu Kai, she taught herself Chinese for two years. Before time travel, she worked as a legal consultant for a company specializing in Sino-US trade. However, there is one thing that Gu Kai did not mention to the executive committee, that is, Risa also has the status of "the director of the California branch of the National Human Rights Association".
"The current approach of the Executive Committee is unfair to us women. I ask the Executive Committee to immediately adjust the original fresh water control plan!" The one with the loudest voice standing at the front is Raisa. Although her accent is a bit strange, her enunciation is smooth. Quite clear.
The committee member standing in front of Raisa was Bai Kesi. His small body was even shorter than Raisa, and he immediately looked weak. It was also his bad luck. He happened to be nearby when these women started making trouble, but he was caught by Raisa. Even though his height was not an advantage, Bai Kesi was also at a disadvantage in terms of momentum: "Let me tell you... Miss Raisa, fresh water control is decided by the executive committee at a meeting, and I alone cannot order changes. Your I can report it to the executive committee, but can you calm down everyone’s emotions first?”
"Mr. Bai, it's wrong for you to avoid the problem like this! You should first admit that the executive committee made a mistake in its decision-making on this issue, and then come up with a solution as soon as possible." Raisa didn't even have the slightest intention of making concessions. Instead, she Even more aggressive: "If this affects today's work arrangements, then we will think that this is the result of the Executive Committee!"
"That's right, sister Raisa is right!" "That's right, why didn't your executive committee ask for the opinions of our lesbian comrades when you formulated the plan!" "The fact that there are no female members on the executive committee is a prejudice in itself!"< br>
Once there are opinion leaders who have the same interests as one's own, the voices of the people will soon be unified. However, Bai Kesi, a man who has been divorced once, obviously lacks effective methods to deal with women's emotional release, and can only use weak verbal persuasion. Work, but this only made more and more people watch.
When Bai Kesi was at a loss, he caught a glimpse of Gu Kai tiptoeing past the crowd. How could he let go of such a life preserver? Bai Kesi jumped out of the crowd and grabbed Gu Kai: "You are here just in time, hurry up and persuade your wife!"
Gu Kai's expression was not much better than that of Bai Kesi. He lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Bai, you really pulled the wrong person when you pulled me..."
Before Bai Kesi could figure out what Gu Kai's words meant, Raisa's voice had already sounded behind him: "My dear, you came just in time, please give me some fair words!"
Bai Kesi's heart skipped a beat, realizing that he seemed to have really made a mistake.
Gu Kai coughed dryly and laughed dryly: "Mr. Bai, actually I think the demands of the lesbians are somewhat reasonable. The work of the executive committee is bound to be full of gaps. It's not considered well. Now we have the masses to help us check for omissions and fill in the gaps. This is a good thing.”
Bai Kesi sighed and held his forehead and said: "I always thought that only weak scholars like me would be bullied by women. I didn't expect that Gu Kai, a thick-browed man with big eyes, would actually betray the revolution and kneel down without hesitation!"
Gu Kai said with a smile: "This is called a man who knows the current affairs and is a hero..."
As a result, this little chaos was finally won by the women's side led by Raisa. The executive committee had to urgently modify the freshwater control plan and doubled the daily domestic water quota for women from the original basis. This incident This incident also became an opportunity for Risa to later organize the establishment of the Cross-travel Women's Federation and assume power.
This day's work mainly includes three major projects. One is the final reinforcement of the temporary dock. Only after completion can the heavy materials on the ship begin to be unloaded. The second is the construction of prefabricated houses in Base No. 1. These houses must be built first before the executive committee can spare more manpower to roll out the construction plans that are still on paper. The third project is the agricultural plan mentioned by Mr. Yuan. The agricultural supplies on the barge include a lot of rice seeds. If we want to catch up with the planting of three crops of rice in the first year, this first season must be sown before the Qingming Festival. , according to time calculation, April 5, 1627, two days later, will be the Qingming Festival of this year. Even if you plant two crops of rice, it must be sown in the ground by mid-April at the latest. In fact, the food problem is not the most urgent problem. The shortage of vegetables is what the Executive Committee and the Ministry of Agriculture are most worried about now. You must know that the consumption of such a large group of people is not a small amount, and the hot and humid weather in Hainan cannot store some leafy vegetables for too long. Most of the vegetables stored on the ship are some rhizome and fruit vegetables, and the varieties are relatively monotonous. . This kind of recipe is fine for a day or two, but if it lasts longer, these people who are used to living a good life will have to spray the executive committee and the cooking team with blood. There are many varieties of various vegetables in agricultural materials, which can be sown as soon as the ground is cleared. Vegetables like water spinach that can be sown once and harvested multiple times can be eaten from early summer to the second half of the year after planting a few acres.
However, before that, it is estimated that a large-scale logging operation must be organized to clear out enough open space, and this will involve large-scale manpower mobilization, which is definitely not an easy task. Some members have already expressed doubts about whether the Chuanchuan people can withstand high-intensity labor for many consecutive days. Physical strength is one aspect, and what is more worrying is the ideological and emotional changes among the people. You must know that although they have received training and vaccinations in advance, most people who participated in the time travel have the dream of coming to this world to be tyrants, tyrants, bully men, and women, but the reality is that they must become farmers. As a worker, he works hard to move bricks every day without any overtime pay. This huge gap may not be bearable by everyone.
In the end, Tao Donglai set the tone for this matter: "As long as the thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties. Everyone still needs to work separately to do a solid job in the ideological work of their own departments. Lao Yan also needs to pay more attention to this aspect. You are the only one among us on the executive committee who is a genuine political cadre. Ideological work is your specialty. You should lead more comrades from other departments. In addition, the problem of food must be solved first, not just on the ship. We have a large amount of natural resources that can be exploited now. We can swim in the sea, fly in the sky, and run in the mountains. Only when we are well fed can we have the strength to carry out the revolution! Didn’t someone attack the logging team yesterday? A python coming to make soup?”
"Wild pythons are national first-class protected animals." Ning Qi, who was late yesterday and only drank half a bowl of soup, muttered angrily.
"Don't pay attention to those details. Besides, there are no protected animals in the place where we are now." Tao Donglai waved his hand and said: "Master Pei said that no matter what animal it is, you can eat it if its head is removed! Okay, everyone Let’s start today’s work separately! ”
When everyone came out of the tent, they were still discussing Tao Donglai's instructions in low voices: "Which department does Mr. Bei belong to? Why haven't you come to the meeting?"
"Master Bei is a man who stands at the top of the food chain. You don't even know Master Bei and you dare to follow us to survive in the wild in the Ming Dynasty!"
"If you, the fifth scumbag, meet Mr. Bei, you will become the protein in his stomach..."
The communications team rushed to send PHS phone numbers with pre-written numbers to the person in charge of each project before the members left for work. As for when the members' personal phones would be received, Wu Zhuo said that with the current manpower of the communications team, It will take at least two days to complete the number writing process.
Not long after work started in the morning, the "Lightning", which was responsible for performing security duties in the harbor, called the command center: "Two small fishing boats were found west of the harbor, and they were heading towards the base."
Soon there was further news: "The father and son brought back by Mr. Yan yesterday are also on the boat."
Four other men were brought to the headquarters along with the father and son surnamed Yu. Of course, the guest translator Zhou Hengxing had already been called to stand by at this time. Several indigenous residents tremblingly expressed their desire to exchange their catch for food to the people at the headquarters. In addition, if they still had the refined salt they received yesterday, they also wanted to exchange it for some. Although these fishermen also cook their own sea salt, the quality of the sea salt produced is naturally different from the industrial products brought from different time and space.
Obviously, the goodwill shown by the traversers yesterday has had an effect, at least allowing these fishermen to come here to barter. However, the amount of fish in the rattan baskets at their feet was really too small. It was just a drop in the bucket for the hundreds of traversers. If they were to trade with them for food, it would be a waste of motors and electricity. I couldn’t afford it. What a big effect.
Soon the headquarters had a better idea and asked Zhou Hengxing to tell these fishermen that what they brought was too little and they had to find other ways to exchange for food. For example, you can take a large number of boats to cast nets in the harbor where there are many fish, or you can sell your labor force to help cut trees. The goal of the headquarters is very clear, which is to first find a way to incorporate these Ming people into its own labor force. If this path works, then the next step can be to consider attracting more Ming people to work here. Exchange food.
Tao Donglai's order was more direct: "Let them park the boat on the shore and get on our boat."
Ning Qi reminded him from the side: "Those iron-shelled fishing boats need to burn oil. Wouldn't it be too extravagant to send them out for fishing?"
Tao Donglai waved his hand and said: "Who said we let the iron-shell fishing boats go? The two sailboats of the Yankees are not really for them to use for vacation. Let them take these people, put on the fishing nets, and drive out to catch a good fish. Pen. Also notify all departments to work harder, there is a seafood feast today!”
(End of chapter)