Chapter 147 The development prospects of Black Earth Port
As night fell on this day, the immigrants who had been placed on the boat the night before were finally able to go ashore to spend the night. Although the residence was only a simple bamboo and wood shack, it was undoubtedly a great place for these people who had almost despaired of their life prospects. A very rare and good place. People who escaped the shadow of war have opened up new homes in this foreign land. For many of them, the Haihan people who brought them out of their predicament like divine soldiers descended from heaven are almost equivalent to a savior. . The strength that the Haihan people had displayed in these few days also prevented them from resisting the rulership of these mysterious sea visitors.
Before dark, the migrants were driven back to their huts by militiamen, and everyone was restricted from leaving their homes. The purpose of this is not only to facilitate management, but also to avoid the recurrence of criminal cases. In the entire camp, only a few tents where the travelers lived had lights on. In other places, there were only a few fires lit in the open space specially set aside among the shacks.
The joint operations team surveying the road had just returned to the camp before it completely darkened. If Wang Tom and others had not repeatedly emphasized that the outdoors after dark is extremely unsafe, Liu Shanxia and his friends in the engineering team would probably have to complete the line survey work overnight with flashlights.
Today's dinner is much richer than yesterday. The fishermen who moved from Haiphong Fishing Village have already started fishing in the sea. Halong Bay is very rich in fishery resources. In addition, it has almost always been an uninhabited land during its long history. The fish schools are completely in their natural state. You can catch many big fish with just one net. In addition, the men and horses Roger took out for hunting also made some gains. In just one afternoon, they hunted three sambar deer, more than ten golden pheasants, and several rabbits. In accordance with the requirements of the headquarters, the cooking team specially cooked a few beggar chickens as extra meals for the joint action team who had worked hard in the mountains and forests for a day. Several guys each held half a chicken in their hands and gnawed it with joy.
Gu Kai was the first to resolve the battle. After wiping the corners of his mouth with lingering thoughts, he cleared his throat and started today's regular meeting: "Today we went to see the situation on the spot. If you have any thoughts and opinions, let's talk about it now... The engineering team will start first. Right? ”
Liu Shanxia reluctantly put down the chicken feet in his hand, wiped his mouth with a towel, and then said: "As for the construction of the coal transportation track, in fact, when we were at home, our Ministry of Construction had already based it on what the last inspection team brought back. I made a construction plan based on the data. I went to see it on the spot today. I don’t think the problem is big. The inspection team last time did a very detailed job. Today’s surveying and mapping results are not very different from the data they gave at that time. Basically, they can be used as they were. The plan goes directly to construction.”
After Liu Shanxia finished speaking, he made a special gesture of thumb towards Qiao Zhiya. After today's communication, he also knew that when the last inspection team came to survey the location of this section of road, Qiao Zhiya, a former engineering soldier, was basically the main force. Today's survey work can go so smoothly, thanks to Qiao Zhiya and the others' hard work at that time.
"Are you sure about the progress of the project?" Gu Kai asked one more question.
"Of course! When we first built the hydropower station, I guaranteed it to the executive committee. It was finally completed on time, right?" Liu Shanxia never forgets to talk about Tianduhe Hydropower Station, his proud work.
Gu Kai nodded to agree with his answer and started the next topic: "We have been here for two days. The colonization team's command headquarters model should be transformed into a local management model. I suggest that we set up an establishment immediately according to the arrangements of the executive committee. Black Earth Port Management Committee”
The command center model is a management model first adopted by the Executive Committee when it landed in Victory Port. The characteristic of this model is that relevant departments temporarily manage the overall situation. For example, the Ministry of Shipping takes command during the voyage, and when landing, Each department will form a temporary headquarters to coordinate the work. After landing, the role of the command center will become smaller and smaller, and its existence time will generally not be too long. Gu Kai's proposal is just right.
The candidates for the Black Earth Port Management Committee are basically determined before departure. The general person in charge is Gu Kai, the highest-ranking official here, who will also serve as the logistics chief. Others include the civil affairs chief Zhou Hengxing, the military chief Qian Tiandun, the mining chief Tian Yeyou, and the port and shipping chief Xie Chun.
Originally there was a construction chief in charge of local infrastructure projects and future mine development, but Liu Shanxia and the engineering team could only stay here for a month, and then they basically had to retreat to the base camp, because there are more and more important things over there. construction projects are waiting for them. Therefore, this position could only be held concurrently by Tian Yeyouxian, who was in charge of mining development. Fortunately, Liu Shanxia has already stated that he can basically complete the construction tasks of the three major projects of camps, roads and port terminals in one month. Before leaving, he will also build a small chain workshop of lime kilns and cement kilns here. This is so that Black Earth Port can produce cement, an important building material, locally and save the trouble of transporting it across the sea from the base camp. In the future, we need to build a boat-shaped house and repair the defenses outside the camp. There is no need to bother the engineering team anymore. We only need to travel through the crowd and direct the local laborers to complete the task. When it comes to these departments, the military and police are the easiest. These new immigrants have become easier to manage under the dual education of continuous brainwashing and forceful means in the past few days. As long as the rules and regulations set by the immigrants are implemented smoothly, they can be implemented smoothly. And Black Earth Port faces almost no external threats. It is an uninhabited land for hundreds of miles. Even the pirates who robbed in the South China Sea would not have thought that there is such a settlement in such a remote small bay. land. As a result, the pressure on the military and police has been relatively reduced. Even the last expedition team's proposal to "build coastal defense artillery fortifications on the mountains on both sides of the harbor's entry and exit channels" has been postponed indefinitely—— Of course, behind this decision there are also objective reasons such as insufficient capacity of key physical assets such as artillery, gunpowder, and cement, as well as an insufficient number of gunners.
But Qian Tiandun is not a person who lives in such a leisurely manner. Qian Tiandun had been idle in Victory Port for three months before this. Since the executive committee decided to activate him this time, Qian Tiandun planned to make some achievements in Heitu Port. Before setting off, he had already submitted a training plan to the Military and Police Department, which included the establishment of the first mountain combat unit in Black Earth Port.
Qian Tiandun's purpose is still an attempt in the direction of military training, and the Military and Police Department will definitely be happy to see its success. As for the size of this establishment, it is up to the senior management to discuss. After all, there are only a few dozen militiamen sent to Heitu Port, which cannot be assembled into a company. In the end, it is difficult to predict how many people will pass Qian Tiandun's training results. In the end, the Military and Police Department made the decision and gave Qian Tiandun a reserve establishment of "Mountain Company", and authorized him to freely absorb new blood in Heitu Port - of course, in view of the fact that other departments are currently keeping a close eye on Regarding the military and police department's fiscal budget for the second half of the year, the expenses for this part of the new blood will have to be solved by Heitu Port themselves for the time being. The military and police department can at most solve the equipment problem at a convenient time.
This hands-off approach is both an opportunity and a challenge for Qian Tiandun. If done well, it may pave a new path for the Military and Police Department's future troop establishment and recruitment of new recruits. If not done well, in the end it will lead to a leak, and the Military and Police Department may have to remove him from the current situation due to external pressure. Get out of your seat.
In terms of functional settings, the Executive Committee never considered Black Earth Port as a military port from beginning to end. At most, it considered the favorableness of the local terrain for military defense. But after Qian Tiandun came here, he discovered that there was actually a place for him to show his talents.
It is much easier to introduce immigrants here than in Victory Port, and the Executive Committee has not set clear limits on the number of immigrants. In other words, as long as there is enough food to feed the population, then the Black Earth Port Management The committee could even recreate here the population size of Kampu City in later times. The large population was the starting point for Qian Tiandun's military concept of Black Earth Port.
If it were before the establishment of an internal currency circulation system, Qian Tiandun's plan would definitely not work, because the food here needs to be imported from outside, and everything can only rely on material allocations from the Executive Committee or financial allocations. , if you want to raise an unplanned army, you simply don’t have the capital to achieve it. But now the Crossing Group has begun to establish an internal settlement system, which means that Heitu Port, as an independent settlement unit, has the same revenue-generating capabilities as the Cliff Office. Of course, this part of income generation also belongs to the collective. For many individuals in Chuanchuan, it is still at the stage of eating from a big pot. No matter how much income is generated, it can only be reflected through annual dividends.
However, the independent settlement unit means that Black Tu Port also has the right to use part of its income on its own, just like the Yazhou Office spent part of its income to recruit personnel on its own, or to establish a network of contacts through various means, etc. As long as the executive committee considers the expenditure to be reasonable, it is not difficult to obtain approval.
However, compared to the Cliff Office, Heitu Port has an obvious disadvantage. Everything here comes from the Crossing Group. There is not much profit in the coal transported back to Shengli Port. The revenue-generating objects can only be found from outside, and There is obviously no stable consumer market like Yazhou nearby - the nearest place is hundreds of miles away. Qian Tiandun wanted to raise an experimental army by generating income, so he had to first think carefully about how to generate money from this place that only produced coal.
Qian Tiandun was not very good at doing business, so he had to find someone to discuss it. The executive committee obviously has not considered developing this place into a commercial port, and it has not even sent anyone from the Ministry of Commerce. Qian Tiandun thought about it and finally brought up the topic at the meeting - of course, he did not directly state that the purpose of generating revenue was to build an army, which would probably be directly denied by Gu Kai, a pacifist. .
(End of chapter)