Chapter 323 Officer Training Course
Compared with the sugarcane planting environment in Guangdong on the mainland, Yalong Bay is actually not an ideal planting place. According to estimates from the Ministry of Agriculture, the output of sugarcane fields here is at most three tons per mu, which is about two-thirds of Guangdong’s sugarcane fields. about. This is not just a difference in yield caused by differences in sugarcane varieties, but mainly due to the impact of geographical environment. Even in the era before the time traveled, there were similar differences in the yield per mu of sugarcane between Hainan and the mainland.
But for the inspection team, the yield of about six thousand kilograms per mu was enough to excite them, because during this period, the yield per mu of sugarcane producing areas in Guangdong and Guangxi was actually far from the level of later generations. The best place was seven The yield per mu is about 1,000 kilograms.
According to Schneider, there are thousands of acres of sugar cane fields here. Shareholder representatives can easily estimate that about six million kilograms of sugar cane can be harvested within the year. Based on the general sugar crushing level of the sugar industry in Guangdong and Guangxi, the production Three or four hundred thousand kilograms of sucrose should be a relatively safe figure. And this is just the Haihan people's first year of testing the cane sugar industry. If nothing goes wrong, the Haihan people will definitely further increase the sugarcane planting area after getting a bumper harvest in the first year and regard the sugar industry as a It is one of the pillar industries in Yazhou area to develop.
During the Ming Dynasty, sugar products such as brown sugar, white sugar, and rock sugar produced in China were exported to Japan, Southeast Asia, and even Western countries in large quantities. Works such as "Tiangong Kaiwu", "Minshu Nanzhi", "Physical Knowledge", "Guangyang Miscellanies", "Xinghua Prefecture" and other works all record the method of refining white sugar, which shows that China's sugar production at that time The prosperity of the industry. Due to the limitations of the means of technological dissemination at that time, white sugar was a high-tech commodity like silk fabrics and porcelain, and had always been favored by Western businessmen. According to historical records, a merchant ship from the British East India Company visited Guangzhou in the 10th year of Chongzhen's reign. Among the supplies purchased locally, there were 13,000 dans of white sugar and 500 dans of rock sugar.
Based on what the inspection team has seen and heard in the past few days, it is not difficult for the shareholder representatives to speculate that the Haihan people's intention is to steal part of the cane sugar export business in the mainland. Although the local planting scale is far from comparable to that in mainland China, shareholder representatives believe that Haihan people must have some methods to control costs if they dare to take this idea. The biggest competitive advantage of Haihan products is cost. , the prices of the goods sold in Victory Port are always a few points lower than those of competitors in the same industry. Although the sugarcane planting industry here has just started less than a year ago, everyone seems to be able to foresee a bright future for the local sugar industry. It is undoubtedly a very wise choice to intervene in this industry through investment at this stage.
Due to the enthusiastic performance of the shareholder representatives, Schneider had to extend the visit to the sugarcane planting base, so that the sky had already begun to darken, and the shareholder representatives were urged to board the ship and return to the port.
On April 7, the inspection team ushered in the last large-scale inspection project of their trip to Victory Port - the Sanya Inland River Port Development Zone located at the intersection of two rivers west of Victory Port. This inland port is close to the sea outlet, but due to the relatively narrow channel to the sea, the harbor is hardly affected by wind and waves on the sea. It can be said to be an excellent haven. At the beginning of the planning, the Executive Committee designated this place as the future commercial port of the main urban area of Sanya, and it will be developed as the first batch of infrastructure projects in the construction of the main urban area.
The Sanya Inland River Port project is not actually on the project list of "Qiong Lianfa". The reason why the inspection team was arranged to come here for inspection is that the executive committee hopes to allow these wealthy businessmen to understand the local planning status, so as to have an understanding of the future development of the Sanya area. Have more confidence in development prospects.
After setting off from Victory Port by boat, the inspection team went around the Yulin Peninsula and Luhuitou Peninsula before arriving at the inlet channel of the inland port. The channel here is more than half narrower than the channel entering Victory Port, with the narrowest point being only 40 to 50 feet wide. The two catamaran sailboats lowered their sails by half and slowly sailed into this narrow channel one after the other.
Tom Wang has been traveling with the fleet for the past two days. On the one hand, he is responsible for the command and security of the fleet. On the other hand, he also has to give some brief explanations of the surrounding environmental conditions. At this time, Tom Wang held a hand-held loudspeaker and said to the shareholder representatives: "Everyone, please look at the starboard side. We will build fort-style fortifications on the hillside here to protect the channel entering the harbor. We will berth in the future. Ships in this harbor do not need to worry about being attacked by outsiders.”
After driving through the waterway and entering the inland harbor, the shareholder representatives of the inspection team were surprised to find that hundreds of migrant workers were already busy doing construction on the shore. On one section of the river, two or three wooden trestles had even been erected. Before this, everyone thought that the inland port mentioned by the Haihan people was just a plan on paper.
In fact, after the Annan Battle, the Ministry of Construction began to implement the development project of Sanya Inland Port. The land passage from Victory Port to the inland port has been opened in early March. It is also planned to lay the railway track from Fort Victory to the inland port within the year, allowing rail transportation to connect the three key points of the inland port, Victory Port and Tiandu. Regions are connected. During this period, large-scale development and immigration of the two river basins will also be carried out simultaneously. With the operational experience of developing Victory Port, the development speed of the inland river port area will be much faster than before.
Before he could disembark from the ship, Schneider was already surrounded by shareholder representatives in the middle of the deck. The questions raised by everyone are also the same - is the land near the new port for sale? What price? If it's not for sale, can it be rented?
Although Victory Port has only been developed for a year, due to geographical constraints, the development potential of Victory Port as a commercial port is actually very limited. The port is next to a mountain, and there is not much flat land left at the foot of the mountain. This inspection group After arriving, the few remaining open spaces in the port business district were also snapped up. It can be said that there is no room to expand the business district. The Executive Committee was also aware of this situation and accelerated the development of the new inland port. Compared with Victory Port, the two-river area where the inland river port is located has more flat open space for development and utilization, and sharp-eyed businessmen have obviously discovered this business opportunity and want to take advantage of this opportunity to enter early. Get a piece of land first to seize the favorable terrain.
Schneider was also a little surprised by the enthusiasm of the inspection team. He originally thought that it would take a lot of words to convince these people of the bright prospects of this barren mountain and then they would be willing to spend money to invest here. Who knew that these guys had already seen through everything, and before he even started to talk about it, they had already expressed their intention to invest in land in this new port area.
"This saves trouble!" Schneider thought as he called the merchants to go ashore to inspect the surrounding environment.
The area near the harbor has already been cleared by a special logging team. According to the executive committee's plan, the bay between Yulin Peninsula and Luhuitou Peninsula will become the new factory area of Shengli Port Shipyard, and several large dry docks will be built in the future. The open space between the north of the shipyard and the inland port will be constructed as a dock cargo yard and warehouse area. Of course, rail transit stations are also planned in this area so that the products from Tiandu Industrial Zone can be easily transported to the port for shipment.
Soon a shareholder representative asked: "Mr. Shi, have you bought all the land around here now?"
Schneider responded: "As long as it is land we use for development and construction, it must belong to us. As for the land whose ownership rights are in the hands of local people, we are also looking for ways to acquire them. No matter what, the land will not be It will affect our development process in this area, so you can rest assured about this.”
The two river basins north of the harbor will be developed as future commercial and residential areas. The land that shareholder representatives can obtain is also concentrated in this area. As for the plain areas closer to the interior, they are all the territory of the Ministry of Agriculture. At present, the executive committee has dispatched several working groups to start activities in Tianya Town, Fenghuang Town and other places to persuade local people to transfer their land to Chuanchuan Group.
This job is definitely not easy to do. In this era, land is regarded by the people as the basis for their livelihood. No one will sell their land easily unless it is absolutely necessary. The working group will definitely encounter many difficulties and even dangers during this period, but the Executive Committee believes that it is better to adopt the path of courtesy first and then use force to resolve land ownership conflicts as much as possible. The only good thing is that there are no large villages or towns within the first phase of the Inland Port development area. The nearest town is Fenghuang Town, which is twenty miles away. Although there are a small number of people living in the local area, because these people are unwilling to pay the land deed tax, the cultivated land they reclaimed has not gone through legal procedures in Yacheng, which also saves the Chuan Group a lot of trouble in acquiring these lands.
Zhang Tongpan and Wang Tongzhi had taken a boat back to Yacheng one day ago, and they were brought back to Yacheng with two boxes of silver. This was part of the reward from Yazhou officials for handling the land registration procedures for Chuanchuan Group. Except for a few landowners, 80% of the area west of Victory Port and east of Nanshan Town has been registered by the Crossing Group under various names. It is only a matter of time for Chuan Chuan Group to obtain the governance rights of the Yazhou area in a legal way. Although this will cost a lot, the Executive Committee believes that if it can effectively avoid conflicts during land acquisition and development, it is worth spending some money. After all, the cost of large-scale armed demolition will not be that small, and the use of force can easily cause the situation to get out of control. This is a situation that needs to be avoided as much as possible for the executive committee that attaches great importance to establishing a positive image of the Crossing Group.
Beginning on April 8, wealthy businessmen from the Ming Dynasty began to leave Hong Kong and return to the mainland after completing their inspection tours. Of course, there are also some people who continue to stay in Victory Port for various reasons, such as a group of military academy students who were selected as elites and came here specifically to learn advanced military theories.
These people mainly came from the Ming Dynasty "officers and soldiers" under the name of Xu Xinsu in Fujian, the militia of the "Furuifeng" Li family, and the North Vietnamese military. Among them, the people Xu Xinsu sent this time were mainly craftsmen. The content they wanted to learn basically had nothing to do with military theory, but knowledge about ordnance maintenance and repair. They were arranged to go to Tian Du early, and were led by specialized military technicians. Responsible for teaching relevant content.
The Lijia Militia Corps selected four "platoon leaders" to participate in this training in Victory Port. This was also a military position they appointed after reforming the militia group based on the proposal of Haihan Military Advisor. Today's Lijia Civil Regiment has completely followed Haihan's approach in its establishment, using squads, platoons and companies as combat units. It has even considered whether to add "instructor", a company-level military position with Haihan's characteristics, to improve the soldiers' ability. level of thought.
The North Vietnamese team is much larger, with a total of 20 people. A quarter of them are specially here to learn the maintenance and repair technology of ordnance. The rest are full-time officers. North Vietnam's first organic musket The commander of the army, Zheng Ting, was also among them.
According to Hai Han's military establishment, Zheng Ting's military position is roughly equivalent to the rank of reinforced battalion commander, and he is considered a young star in the North Vietnamese Army. In the Battle of Hengshan and Jiangjiang, Zheng Ting commanded the new North Vietnamese army, which had only received three months of training. He cooperated with the Haihan militia to defeat the South Vietnamese army with an almost perfect performance on the battlefield, and naturally became the first group to go to Victory Port for further training. North Vietnamese officer. After he completes his studies and returns to the country, he will receive basic promotions and salary increases, and as the officer in Annan who knows the most about hot weapon warfare, he will have great hope of entering the top ranks of the military in the future.
Zheng Ting is also well aware of the responsibility he bears, and has long made up his mind to learn as many skills as possible during the three-month training period. Because he had already received Haihan-style training on the Tushan Peninsula for a period of time before, and had fought side by side with the Haihan Militia on the battlefield, Zheng Ting believed that this training would not be too adaptable for him. The problem of sex - at least that's what he thought before entering the military academy.
"Zheng Ting comes out!"
Upon hearing this order, Zheng Ting returned to reality from his distracted state, quickly took a step forward, and responded loudly. Yesterday at the banquet to see off the young prince Zheng Zha when he returned to Annan, everyone drank too much, so much so that he could hardly get up to attend the roll call this morning.
"The assembly bugle has been blown, and you came out slowly to assemble. Do you think the military regulations here are all a joke?" The black-faced instructor's mouth was pressed against Zheng Ting's ear, and spittle sprayed all over Zheng Ting's face.
Although he had no favorable impression of this Haihan officer named Gu Wei, due to the soldier's habit of obeying his superiors, Zheng Ting did not show any dissatisfaction with his rude behavior and still stood upright to accept his reprimand. Although there was no sign of resistance, Zheng Ting still complained about this: "When I was in the Tushan training camp, there was no such thing as a roll call in the morning..."
"For the sake of your first offense, then... run ten laps around the playground." Gu Wei immediately announced his punishment: "Let's set off immediately!"
Although Zheng Ting was very reluctant, he had to carry out orders in the military camp, so he still followed Gu Wei's orders. But he didn't expect that these ten laps were just the beginning. On the first day, he was punished several times for trivial matters such as not cleaning up the house, not following the meal rules when eating, and so on. Almost all of the North Vietnamese friends in the training class with him were spared. This almost harsh management style was something Zheng Ting had never experienced before at the Tushan training camp.
What made Zheng Ting feel a little dissatisfied was that a group of military cadets from the Haihan Militia who were also in the training class were not punished in any form. Instead, they showed gloating when they were punished. But at the same time, he had to admit that the officers and cadets of the Haihan Militia did understand military regulations better than they did. The performance of these guys was almost faultless, and there was no reason to punish them.
"Your Haihan military regulations are too strict!" After returning to the barracks after dinner, Zheng Ting finally couldn't help complaining to the Haihan officers and cadets who lived with him: "Our duty is to go to the battlefield to fight, and keep the barracks It’s so clean, and you have to obey orders to use your chopsticks when eating. What’s the point of holding on to these things?”
The cadet nearest to him stood up. He was short but very stocky, with his hair cut very short. Zheng Ting noticed that the military merit medals on the chest of his military uniform actually included a third-class personal merit medal and a commemorative medal for the Annan campaign. It could be seen that he had gained this opportunity for further training because of his meritorious service in the previous expedition to Annan.
"You want to know the reason?" The naval officer pointed at Zheng Ting and then himself: "This is why your court needs to pay us to help you fight, because you are all amateurs. We are professional soldiers!”
After hearing this, Zheng Ting stood up and glared at this rude guy who was half a head shorter than him. If it weren't for military regulations, Zheng Ting would have smashed his clenched fist into this annoying face.
"Aren't you convinced? You can't even do such a small thing well, and you can't abide by such a simple rule. How can we expect you to strictly abide by military orders after going to the battlefield?" The little officer cadet continued to mock mercilessly: "Punishing you is just to help you develop the good habit of obeying military orders. If you officers can't do it well, how can you train your soldiers well after you return to Annan?"
Although Zheng Ting was furious, he had to admit that what the little military officer said made some sense. Compared with these militia officers who were personally trained by the Haihan people, the performance of my own group of North Vietnamese soldiers did seem to be a bit undisciplined. Zheng Ting couldn't help but complain a little about why the instructors who were training at Tushan training camp did not require the trainees according to the standards of the Hai Han militia. Of course, he did not know that the military training agreement reached between the North Vietnamese high-level officials and Hai Han included only tactics. Training does not include comprehensive management including military regulations. Naturally, the instructors in the training camp will not take the initiative to meddle in other people's business.
(End of chapter)