Chapter 199 Work Plan of the Guangdong Office
Li Jifeng is a very decisive person. Once he made a decision, he immediately took out the charter: "Lao San's method is good, but it may take a lot of time to contact salt merchants from all over the country, and it needs to be started as soon as possible. I will revise the book immediately. I will send you to Fujian and let your eldest brother take charge of the private salt affairs of Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Tingzhou, Yanping and Jianning.”
"Second brother, you are responsible for Zhaoqing Prefecture, Gaozhou Prefecture and Leizhou Prefecture west of Guangzhou. If possible, also explore the way to Guangxi."
Li Po bowed and saluted: "My child will definitely live up to his destiny!"
"Third brother, you can go to Huizhou Prefecture and Chaozhou Prefecture in the east, and Shaozhou Prefecture in the north. If you have spare time, you can also take a look at the situation in Ganzhou, Jiangxi and Chenzhou, Huguang."
Li Nai also stood up and responded: "My child will pack up and leave tomorrow."
Li Jifeng continued: "As for the supply price, you can flexibly control it according to local conditions. There is no need to be too insistent. This private salt business is different from glassware. We do not ask for high prices, only large quantities!"
While Li Jifeng and his son were discussing how to expand their private salt business, Schneider and He Xi had already returned to their residence in a sedan. What surprised the two of them slightly was that in addition to the servant who looked after the door, there were already five or six more servants in the courtyard, two of whom were little girls of fourteen or fifteen years old.
He Xi asked: "Who is in charge of your affairs?"
A middle-aged man stepped forward and bowed in reply: "Master, young Qiu San will be temporarily the steward of this courtyard. If you two masters need anything, just ask the servants to do it. The concierge is Lao Ding, The cook, Lao Huang, the errand boy Ping Ergou, and these two little girls, named Xiaoxiang and Xiaoman, serve the two masters personally. "
Qiu San deliberately emphasized the word "personal", and the meaning is self-evident.
Schneider smiled and said: "Old He, this is a sugar-coated bullet. What do you think we should do?"
"What should I do? Cold salad!" He Xi said angrily: "Peel off the sugar coating and hit it back with the cannonballs. You can help with the laundry and cooking, but you don't need to wait on me or anything like that."
"First get two basins of hot water to wash your face. Let the others disperse and go and do what you have to do." Schneider waved his hand to disperse the servants and pulled He Xi into the study: "This is not like your style. , I heard that you have many romantic deeds in Yazhou!”
He Xi smiled bitterly and said: "It's all Zhang Guang's nonsense. I did it purely out of work needs and just for fun."
Schneider waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, I'm not questioning your work status on behalf of the executive committee. We are all adults, and there is no need to take some things too seriously. We don't really have any lofty goals in coming to this place. To put it bluntly, everyone just wants to be a good person. Who would be selfish? I think there is no need to take your private life too seriously as long as it does not interfere with your normal work.”
He Xi shook her head and said, "It's fine if you think so, but many people worry not about scarcity but about inequality. When others see those of us who are stationed abroad, they think that we can be popular, drink, and play with women outside." , who would think about the pressure that we people are under in this strange environment. The night I returned to Victory Port, I turned on my computer and checked the forum, and there were quite a lot of rumors.”
"In the final analysis, the environment is too closed. Everyone has been stuck in that place for several months, immersed in doing things, and there is no entertainment. There will definitely be some complaints." Schneider comforted: "But this situation should be resolved after a while. It will get better. Didn’t Li Nai say that he would open a brothel in Victory Port? It would at least alleviate the current situation to a certain extent.”
While they were talking, two little girls had already come in with hot water. One of them wrung out a towel and put it on He Xi's face. He Xi quickly reached out and took the towel and said, "I can do it myself."
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Seeing this, Schneider couldn't enjoy it alone. He took the towel and wiped his face. After the two little girls went out with the basin, he asked He Xi: "I'm just washing my face. Isn't it too bad for you to do this?" After a while?”
He Xi waved her hands and said: "Forget it, a little girl of this age is still a junior high school student. Let alone attacking, she will feel guilty even if she meets me... Stop talking about this, let's talk about business, what should we do next? What, you should have a detailed plan, right?”
"That must be there." Schneider got up and went back to the room to get his laptop. After opening it, he called up the relevant plans that had been written before and began to explain to He Xi: "First of all, we have to get familiar with the place. Starting tomorrow, we will walk around the city and outside according to the map to get familiar with the environment. By the way, we will see if there is a more suitable place to live. Although this courtyard is good, it is still not suitable as the future location of the Guangdong Office because of the courtyard walls. It's low and poses a safety risk. The alley outside is narrow and makes it difficult for people and goods to enter and exit. The house is all made of wood. It's not safe to have a sturdy confidential room. The most important thing is that this place was lent to us by the Li family. , It is always not convenient. The executive committee also wants us to purchase an property and use the Guangdong Office as a long-term institution for construction. "Then which area are you going to choose?" He Xi drew the map of Guangzhou. The sketch was spread out on the desk, and he pointed to the city and said: "The North City is almost entirely occupied by government offices, so it is definitely not feasible. The New City in the south is said to have many workshops and businesses, so it is more suitable for carrying out trade in the future."
"I also think Nancheng is better, but there are all merchants there. I guess the land price will not be low!" Schneider stroked his chin and considered it: "I asked Li Nai yesterday when I was on the boat. It is said that the yards in Nancheng are often more than It’s a thousand taels, and it’s priceless, so it’s not easy to buy.”
"It's hard to buy but you have to buy it. Should we build it ourselves?" He Xi asked disapprovingly.
"To be honest, I do have such thoughts." Schneider pointed to the location of the Pearl River: "There are large open spaces on both sides of the Pearl River outside the city. You can buy a piece of land to build a house."
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"Isn't the south bank of the Pearl River not suitable? Today on the boat, I saw that the south bank is basically a wasteland with no residents. I asked the boatman specifically at that time, and the boatman said that the main problem is transportation. People want to settle there, and everything is there. It still has to be purchased from Guangzhou City on the north bank, and even the bricks and wood needed to build the house have to be transported there, so there will be a large amount of open space there." He Xi did not agree with Schneider's idea.
Schneider sighed and said: "It's a pity that such a three- to four-hundred-meter-wide river hinders the development of the city... Then we can only find a solution on the north bank. Let's wait until we go to see it on the spot. Let me talk about the next thing first. , the problem of the ship.”
"At present, we have acquired a total of eight large ships through leasing and purchasing. By the end of the year, two new ships will be delivered to Qiongzhou Prefecture. Together with the one we are building, there will be 11 ships. In the short term, we should be able to meet the needs of Heitu Port. I had a meeting with people from the Shipping Department to discuss it. If we want to open a route from Victory Port to Guangzhou and ensure monthly transportation volume, we must have at least four or five large ships outside Guangzhou. Shipyard, let’s take some time to take a look, there are ships to buy, and there are people to poach!” Schneider said unceremoniously.
"There are also sailors and boatmen, so we can't forget them either," He Xi reminded.
"Speaking of sailors and boatmen, let's talk about the next question by the way." Schneider's eyes returned to his computer screen: "The executive committee hopes that we can set up an organization in Guangzhou similar to Yazhou's manpower dental industry. I am responsible for recruiting people with special skills, especially various craftsmen. I know that Yazhou has done such a good job in immigration, and you should be credited with most of the credit. I must have a lot of experience in this area, right?"
He Xi waved her hands and said, "I did not do this alone. The people at the Cliff Office all contributed. Regarding the immigration issue, I would like to ask first. Is the executive committee planning to openly recruit large-scale immigrants or recruit them quietly on a small scale?"
Schneider thought for a while and responded: "The situation in Guangdong is relatively stable at present. We should not make the noise too loud to avoid attracting the attention of the local government."
He Xi nodded silently, and then said after a moment: "Then I will go back and talk to a few dental shops. It is too inefficient for us to do this kind of thing ourselves. It is better to let professionals do it."
"In addition, the executive committee also asked us to collect as many helpless orphans as possible and send them back to Victory Port." Schneider added.
"Are you planning to enrich the Boy Scouts again?" He Xi shook his head and said: "To be honest, I don't think this measure is necessarily a good thing in the long run."
"How do you see it?" Schneider asked with interest.
The Executive Committee has always been very interested in nurturing orphans, and has taken in many orphans from Yazhou and even Vietnam, ranging from infants waiting to be fed to children as young as fourteen or fifteen years old. As long as these orphans reach school age, they will enter the Scout camp and receive military education. The Executive Committee believes that after several years of consciousness indoctrination, these orphans will become loyal supporters of the Haihan regime. Their loyalty to this group will even exceed that of some members of the Time Travel Group, and they will not hesitate to fight on the battlefield. Shang fought for the Haihan regime until the last drop of blood was shed. Schneider has been on the executive committee for several months, and this is the first time he has heard anyone hold objections to this.
"People who are helpless and have no family ties can easily go to extremes in character." He Xi analyzed: "Through brainwashing education, these children can indeed be made to have extremely high loyalty and obedience, but The lack of a family environment will cause defects in their character as they grow up. As you know from my previous work, I also studied many criminal cases when I received professional training. Among those who use extreme means to commit crimes, they are orphans or those with poor family backgrounds. Complete people account for a large proportion. According to the Executive Committee's method, it is certainly possible to cultivate a large number of loyal fighters, but it is also possible to cultivate a large number of ruthless cold-blooded killers."
(End of chapter)