Chapter 73 Debate
Not long after Ren Liang and Luo Shengdong chatted on the pier, Schneider rushed to the pier after receiving the notice. Since the other members of the executive committee were at Base No. 2 and there was no time to rush back, Schneider, who was at Base No. 1, could only come forward to contact Luo Shengdong.
Luo Shengdong has not yet figured out what the structure of the so-called "Executive Committee" of the Haihan people is. He only knows that these people called "committees" are the people in power among the Haihan people. It was different from the court politics that he was familiar with. Apart from Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie, who were in charge of military and political affairs, and seemed to have a relatively normal division of labor, other inexplicable people seemed to occupy more positions in the Haihan Executive Committee. , such as Ning Qi, who is in charge of teaching, Gu Kai, who is said to be a lawyer, and Schneider, who is basically a businessman who is good at trade.
Ning Qi can be regarded as the official official in the Haihan people's government, which is easier to understand. After all, there are similar official positions in this dynasty. However, since Mr. Gu was a lawyer, he could only serve as an adviser to his master in this dynasty, while a businessman like Mr. Shi would never be able to take charge of the government's financial power in this dynasty. Luo Shengdong really couldn't understand how these people had the power to decide affairs. If he had to make an analogy, Luo Shengdong felt that the executive committee of the Haihan people was more like the headship system of pirates or bandits, with each head performing his own duties and not interfering with each other. However, Luo Shengdong could only think about this in his mind and never say it out loud.
Although he had some opinions about Schneider's identity, Luo Shengdong had also seen with his own eyes how powerful this man was in the mall, so he respectfully handed over the goods list for verification.
Although the amount of supplies Luo Shengdong sent this time was not too large, they were indeed purchased in accordance with the requirements of the traveling public. After Schneider read it carefully, he put away the list and asked: "How is the house going?"
Luo Shengdong then took out another piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Schneider: "This is the deed of a house in a single courtyard in the south city of Yazhou. The courtyard faces north and south, and the transportation is convenient. It is only a hundred steps away from the south city gate. There is a main entrance in the inner courtyard. There are seven rooms and two wing rooms. There is a well in the courtyard, and there is a woodshed and kitchen in the outer courtyard. They are all good houses with brick roofs and tiles on the ridges. In addition, there is a shop on the side of the courtyard facing the street, which used to sell books. . I have personally gone to see it. The furniture is all ready. The house has been cleaned and an old man has been temporarily taken care of. You can move in at any time. The owner originally priced it at 300 taels of silver. I went there several times. The final price was two hundred and sixty taels.”
"This is really well done." Schneider took the house deed and couldn't help but praise Luo Shengdong. The fact that Luo Shengdong could talk in such detail proved that he was very concerned about this matter and was not just looking for a house and fooling around.
"Is this house clean?" Ren Liang is a police officer after all, and his focus is more on safety. The executive committee will send personnel to Yazhou later. If there is any problem with this house, it may cause unnecessary trouble.
"Clean! It must be clean!" Luo Shengdong explained hurriedly: "Look at the owner of the house on the deed. If you go to Yazhou City and ask, you will know that this person is a person assigned from Beijing City. Now he has the favor of the imperial court. I was in a hurry to get back to work, so I got a few dozen taels of silver off.”
Seeing that the cargo on the ship was almost unloaded, Schneider raised his hand to check the time and said: "It's lunch time, Mr. Luo, let's have something to eat together? Someone will bring meals to your crew later."
Luo Shengdong had already eaten once with Schneider and others in Yazhou City last time, and now he felt much less restrained, so he immediately agreed. However, Ren Liang has guarding duties and cannot leave at will.
Naturally, there are no restaurants in Victory Port. Even members of the executive committee can only have working meals. Schneider took Luo Shengdong to the canteen of Base No. 1. At this time, Tao Donglai, who got the news, had just returned here by boat. The three of them took the dinner plates, packed the food, and found a place under the shade of a tree to sit together.
This was the first time for Luo Shengdong to eat with the Chuanchuan people here. He felt very strange when he saw that they didn't use dishes when eating, but held such a large stainless steel plate to serve their food. However, although this way of eating is vulgar, the taste of the food is excellent. Even at the top "Nanhaiju" in Yazhou City, Luo Shengdong has never tasted such a taste. What he didn't know was that the condiments that the chefs of "Nanhaiju" could use were mainly oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar, but Chuanzhong's kitchen had a variety of seasonings and spices brought by later generations. The taste of the food is naturally different.
The more Luo Shengdong came into contact with the time traveling people, the more he felt that there were many contradictions among these people that he could not understand. They obviously have many skilled craftsmen, but the houses they live in are very simple. They seem to be unscrupulous in eating, but the taste of the food shows that they have a deep study of food. They are good at business and trade, but they do not go to the densely populated Guangzhou to develop. I want to stay in this valley and make my home. All kinds of strange things made Luo Shengdong find it incomprehensible.
Tao Donglai saw the strange expression on his face and asked casually: "Is the food not to your liking?"
Luo Shengdong came back to his senses and responded quickly: "No, no, the taste is very good...but I still have many unknown things in my mind. I wonder if Chief Tao can give me some advice?"
"You ask, and I will answer you as best I can." Tao Donglai said to himself that as long as you are curious, it will be easy, otherwise I will not be able to find an opportunity to brainwash you.
Luo Shengdong thought for a moment, then picked out a few things that he found strange and asked Tao Dong about them. Tao Donglai and Schneider laughed heartily after hearing this, which made Luo Shengdong look confused, wondering what he said wrong. After Tao Donglai finished laughing, he asked Luo Shengdong: "To sum up, what you said is nothing more than thinking that since we are capable people, why should we stay in this place and live such a miserable life, right? ?”
"That's right." Seeing Tao Donglai point out what he wanted to ask, Luo Shengdong no longer concealed his thoughts and nodded repeatedly: "As I can see, you are all talented people. With Chief Tao's ability, it is easy to govern a state and a city. It is easy for Chief Shi to become rich. But why do you want to hide in this ravine and live with the mountain people?"
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Tao Donglai did not answer his question directly, but continued to ask: "As far as you can see, if the things we are doing now are handed over to the Yazhou government, how long will it take?"
"Well..." Luo Sheng, Dongxin Daohai Han people built ports and forts here, blocked rivers and dams, and opened up wasteland for farming. These are all extremely labor-intensive and financial resources. It would be difficult for the Yazhou government to organize such a large-scale operation. To work, he immediately responded honestly: "If the Yazhou government organized laborers to come here to carry out construction projects, it would probably take many years to reach the current situation."
Luo Shengdong's words are indeed not flattery. If Yazhou Prefecture organizes its own manpower to start work here, even if they use free labor without paying wages, then before starting work, they must first solve the problem of eating, drinking, sleeping and sleeping for these hundreds of people. , and it is by no means an easy task to transport these manpower, tools, building materials and subsequent various living and production materials here. In addition, unlike the Haihan people who have so many strange machines at their disposal, if everything was done manually, it would probably take a year or two to reach the current situation. Of course, this is actually an impossible situation, because in less than half a year, such a large-scale project will be enough to crush the Yazhou government's finances.
"Then do you know how long we have been here?" Tao Donglai continued to ask.
Luo Shengdong nodded and said: "I once heard Commander Ren of the labor camp say that the last time I had a misunderstanding with your department, it was actually only the second day after your department arrived here. Based on this calculation, it is only about fifty years ago. Day..." Luo Shengdong seemed to have realized something when he said this, but he couldn't grasp the key point.
"You have also seen with your own eyes that what we want to do can be done ten times and a hundred times as fast as the Ming government. In this case, why do we need to be greedy for wealth and a comfortable living environment? As long as it takes a year or two, We can build a new city here according to our own needs. It will be bigger, more beautiful and more comfortable than Yazhou. Why do you think we should go to Yazhou? Can Lord Zhizhou allow us to allocate space there and build our own city? ? In a few years, this place will become the most prosperous city in Hainan Island and even the entire South China Sea..."
Tao Donglai took a deep breath and continued slowly: "The most important thing is that this will be our city!"
Luo Shengdong was so shocked by his last words that he stammered: "This is the territory of the Great... Ming Dynasty..."
"Then the Ming Dynasty must be able to control this place." Schneider said with a smirk on his face: "In another year or two, how much presence do you think the Ming Dynasty will have here?"
"This..." Luo Shengdong was so choked by Schneider's words that he couldn't even speak. Before he went back, he had seen many Li mountain people coming to the construction sites of the Haihan people to make a living. What would happen if these barbarians, who were extremely good at rebellion in history, got mixed up with the ambitious Haihan people? The results are almost self-evident.
"Our Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and millions of armors, but one city and one corner of the country cannot compete with it!" Luo Shengdong thought for a long time and finally came up with a sentence to encourage himself.
"How useful is that? You also know that the local army in Yazhou is not our opponent at all, but can the imperial court bring all the millions of troops to Yazhou? No way!" Tao Donglai crushed Luo Sheng without ceremony. Dong's fantasy: "What the Ming court can do, we can also do, and we will do it better. If you don't believe it, you can just wait and see."
(End of chapter)