Chapter 158 Boy Scout
Li Nai didn't know whether the Yazhou government was really as bad as Schneider said, but one thing should be without a doubt - the people here should be working for the Haihan people voluntarily, because from what he saw Situation, these people do not have any resistance when doing things.
The most important thing is that Li Nai did not see the dejection, numbness, groveling and other expressions that usually appear on the faces of ordinary civilians. On the contrary, everyone here seemed to have a sense of Li Nai. Nye's mental state is incomprehensible and indescribable. Without being driven by whips or scolded by the foreman, every worker on the dock was consciously performing his or her duties. When the militiamen on guard saluted Schneider, the heartfelt awe on their faces was not a pretense. came out.
Such changes among the people are obviously not due to the Yazhou Navy or the Yulin Inspection Department. They probably have no chance to intervene in the civil affairs management of this place. Only the Haihan people can do all this. Although he doesn't understand how the Haihan people do it, Li Nai has deeply felt the depth of their influence in the local area.
The simplicity of the camp in the base also left a deep impression on Li Nai and He Qiang. Although they had long heard that the living environment of the Haihan people was extremely frugal, they saw with their own eyes that these businessmen who were making money every day actually lived in some seemingly weak places. In Jingfeng's wooden house, Li Nai was still impressed by their tenacity: "Since you are good at doing business, why don't you just move to Guangzhou and buy land to build a house? Wouldn't it be a hundred times better than here?"
"Sooner or later we will go to Guangzhou, but this is the place where we started, and we will not give up easily." As he spoke, Tao Donglai strode towards them: "Within a few years, the prosperity here will be no less than Guangzhou will become the largest trade center in the entire South China Sea region! ”
After receiving the notice from the port, Tao Donglai and others rode their bicycles back from Tiandu Road, and it only took half an hour to reach Base No. 1. This was also thanks to the fact that the road between the two places had been repaired. In the past, you could only take a boat slowly down the river from upstream, and you couldn't reach the port in about two hours.
Schneider immediately introduced both parties. Li Nai and He Qiang were immediately in awe when they heard that these newcomers were Haihan's "executive committee members" with the same status as Schneider. They had all heard Yazhou shopkeeper Li mention the internal management structure of the Haihan people before. The position of "Executive Committee" is the person in power among the Haihan people, with a total of less than ten people. The "executive committee" is elected by ordinary Haihan people, and the "executive committee" composed of "executive committee members" is the highest authority of the Haihan people.
At that time, Li Jifeng also laughed and said that the Haihan people's organization was quite similar to that of the Xiang Party clan. They both elected a few highly respected figures to take charge. If shopkeeper Li hadn't mentioned that the surnames of these executive committee members were different, Li Jifeng would definitely think that "the executive committee members" "Hui" These people are just like the clan, they are all a group of village elders who are related to each other.
But Li Nai's view is different now. All of these executive committee members are young and strong, and there is an unconcealable confidence between their brows. Li Nai believes that this is a temperament that can only be possessed by those who have been in power for a long time, and cannot be compared with the head squire of the clan township party. However, the temperament of the Haihan Executive Committee seemed to be different from the bureaucratic atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty officials. It lacked a lot of rhetoric and had a strong purpose in speaking. This made Li, who was used to dealing with the Ming Dynasty literati, Nai is still a little uncomfortable with it.
"They are a group of businessmen after all." Li Nai could only explain the performance of the Haihan people in this way. But even if he comforted himself with this thought, Li Nai had to admit that these Haihan people were very different from ordinary businessmen. Their speech and behavior showed that everyone was well-educated, and they were not at the level of peddlers. , let alone such reckless people as maritime smugglers who are both merchants and pirates can compare with them. If we look at the Ming Dynasty, people like them must come from some aristocratic families, but such people obviously will not engage in business, a profession that is at the bottom of society like the Haihan people.
"You two have worked hard all the way from Guangzhou. There will be a banquet for you two tonight. If you feel tired, we can arrange for you to take a rest first." Tao Donglai was not in a hurry to follow. They immediately started talking about business, sharpening the knife and chopping wood. Some things may be easier to achieve results when talking about some things at the wine table than in the conference room.
Li Nai cupped his fists and said: "Mr. Tao, you're welcome! We see that this place is very different from Guangzhou and other places. If you can provide convenience, we would like to travel here and gain some knowledge."
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What he saw and heard after arriving at Victory Port has aroused great interest in Li Nai. He can't wait to see what the real situation is hidden behind the good social order in Victory Port. Of course, before making this request, Li Nai had already been mentally prepared to be rejected by the other party - how could a place where even the local inspection department was evacuated allow two outsiders to run around?
To his surprise, Tao Donglai agreed immediately: "No problem, but for the convenience of your trip, please allow me to accompany you, and I can also answer your questions."
So the executive committee members were divided into two groups. Tao Donglai and Schneider were responsible for taking two businessmen to visit the local people, while the others had to deal with the goods and personnel brought by "Furuifeng" from Guangzhou this time - except for " In addition to "Fu Ruifeng"'s entourage, two sea-going ships and a large amount of industrial raw materials, there are dozens of sailors, shipwrights, craftsmen and their families who need to be registered and resettled.
Before leaving, Yan Chujie pulled Tao Donglai aside and warned: "Old Tao, it's okay to show them around, but you must be wary of others. You can't talk too much about some military things."
Tao Donglai patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, I have a sense of propriety. After the industrial raw materials are counted, we will arrange for people to be sent to Tiandu as soon as possible. Those people at the chemical industry port have been waiting for these things until their eyes are green." Sanya area Although there are rich iron, manganese, phosphorus and other mineral deposits, there are not many types of other mineral resources. Raw materials such as saltpeter and sulfur, which are in great demand, have always been purchased only from Yazhou and others. This time, "Furuifeng" transported a large amount of industrial raw materials from Guangzhou, including saltpeter and sulfur that were urgently needed by the military and chemical industries. When the Black Earth Port Colonization Team set out, they took away more than 80% of the black powder in stock. This has directly led to the suspension of all firearms training in the new military camps, and even the test firing of new artillery by the Ministry of Military Industry has been greatly affected.
Theoretically, the proportion of pyrite in Tiandu iron ore is not small, and sulfur powder can be extracted from pyrite through some chemical means. But so far, this method is only in the laboratory stage and has not yet been put into large-scale production. However, the Chemical Industry Port has issued a military order to resolve the technical obstacles to industrial refining of sulfur powder by the end of the year at the latest.
The first 30-acre nitrate field has been put into operation under the joint operation of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Chemical Industry Department. This indigenous method of making saltpetre was widely promoted in the 1950s and is also very suitable for the current production level in Sanya. The raw material only requires human and animal excrement. Although there is no output yet, the relevant departments are convinced that the commissioning of the saltpeter field will solve the problem of no local saltpeter output to a large extent.
Although military secrets must be kept to a certain extent, the first place Li Nai and He Qiang were taken to visit was the location of the new barracks where the Crossing Group trains militiamen.
Located southeast of the Tiandu River estuary, this large sandbank is also the location of the submarine base of the South China Sea Fleet. It is no longer the desolate state it was a few months ago. A large number of barracks and training facilities have been built. In the east inland near the foot of the mountain, a large area was set aside to build a firearms range. At present, the firearms training of the militia forces and the firearms test firing of the military industry department are all conducted here. Just because of the recent shortage of gunpowder, the shooting range has temporarily become quiet.
As soon as the group got off the ferry onto the pier at the pier, Li Nai saw a group of militiamen... no, to be precise, a group of children walking over quickly. These children are no more than ten years old, and the younger ones still have runny noses. They wear uniform green clothes and pants. The yellow armband on the left arm sleeve represents their Scout status.
These children did not wear any weapons. Only the head child had a copper whistle hung on a string around his neck. This child looked like he was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and his lean body looked somewhat malnourished, but he still shouted "stand at attention" in high spirits. A group of children of different heights stopped behind him, and then followed his command to "turn right" and turned to the right to face Tao Donglai and the group of people waiting.
Li Nai noticed that one child turned in the opposite direction, but he soon realized his mistake, quickly turned back to the correct side, and then quietly raised his hand to wipe away the snot that was about to fall down with his sleeve.
Fortunately, this small gesture escaped the child's attention, because the child's attention was now on Tao Donglai - he raised his chest and raised his head in a salute, and then loudly reported: "Scout Battalion 1st Company" Platoon three reports to the commander!”
Tao Donglai returned the salute solemnly, and then ordered: "Soldier, there is an important task for you now. You have to lead your people to guard this ship here until we get back here. Answer loudly Me, can you do it?”
The child's head responded loudly: "Please don't worry, sir!"
Tao Donglai saluted again. The boy returned the salute and said loudly: "Serve the Executive Committee!"
Li Nai and He Qiang, who witnessed the whole process, were stunned and didn't know what to say.
(End of chapter)