1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 73 Debate
Not long after Ren Liang and Luo Shengdong chatted on the dock, Schneider arrived at the dock after receiving the notice.Since the other members of the executive committee were at Base No. [-], it was too late to come back for the time being, so Schneider, who was sitting at Base No. [-], had to come forward and 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 so-called "committee members" are the people in power among the Haihan people.Different from the court politics he was familiar with, in addition to Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie, who were in charge of military and political affairs, the Haihan Executive Committee seemed to have a relatively normal division of labor, and other inexplicable people seemed to occupy more positions. For example, Ning Qi, who is in charge of teaching, Gu Kai, who is said to be a lawyer, and Schneider is a businessman who is good at trade.

Ning Qi was considered to be the role of the official middle school of the Haihan people, and it was understandable. After all, the dynasty also had a similar official position.However, Mr. Gu, who was a lawyer, could only be a mentor in this dynasty, and a businessman like Mr. Shi would never be able to take charge of the government's financial power in this dynasty.How could these people have the power to decide affairs? Luo Shengdong really couldn't understand.If an analogy must be drawn, Luo Shengdong thinks that the executive committee of the Haihan people is more like a system of leadership of pirates or bandits, each of which performs its own duties and does not interfere with each other.However, Luo Shengdong could only think about it in his heart and never say it out loud.

Although he has some opinions on Schneider's identity, Luo Shengdong has also seen with his own eyes how powerful this man is in the shopping mall.

Although the quantity of supplies that Luo Shengdong sent this time was not too large, it was indeed purchased according to the requirements of the Transmigrators.After reading it carefully, Schneider put away the list and asked, "How is the house going?"

Then Luo Shengdong took out another piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Schneider: "This is the house deed. It is a single courtyard in the south city of Yazhou. The courtyard faces south and the transportation is convenient. It is only a hundred steps away from the gate of the south city. There is a formal courtyard in the inner courtyard. There are seven houses and two side rooms. There is a well in the courtyard, and there are woodsheds and kitchens in the outer courtyard. .I went to see it in person. The furniture is all ready, and the house has been cleaned. Let an old man look after it temporarily. You can move in at any time. The owner originally asked for 300 taels of silver. I went several times, and finally The transaction was made at 260 taels."

"It's a really good job." Schneider took over the deed and couldn't help but praise Luo Shengdong.The fact that Luo Shengdong can speak in such detail has proved that he is very concerned about this matter, and he is not fooling around just looking for a house.

"Is this house clean?" Ren Liang was a police officer after all, and his focus was more on safety.The executive committee will send people to stay in Yazhou later. If there is any problem with the house, it may cause unnecessary trouble.

"It's clean! It must be clean!" Luo Shengdong explained in a hurry: "Look at the owner of the house deed, and when you ask about it in Yazhou City, you will know that this person was assigned from Beijing City. Qifu, I was in a hurry to go back to resume my job, which gave me a few dozen taels cheaper."

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 eaten with Schneider and others in Yazhou City last time, but now he is less restrained, and he will accept it now.And Ren Liang has the responsibility of guarding, so it is inconvenient to leave at will.

There are naturally no restaurants in Victory Harbor, and even members of the Executive Committee can only eat working meals.Schneider took Luo Shengdong to the cafeteria of the No. [-] base. At this time, Tao Donglai, who got the news, also just returned here by boat.The three of them took their plates, ordered meals, and found a place in the shade of a tree to sit together.

It was the first time for Luo Shengdong to eat with the Transmigrants here. It was very strange to see that they didn't need dishes to eat, but they were holding such a large stainless steel plate to serve their meals.However, although the form of eating is vulgar, the taste of the food is very good. Even the top "Nanhaiju" in Yazhou City, Luo Shengdong has never tasted such a taste.What he does not know is that the condiments that the chefs of "Nanhaiju" can use are mainly oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and sugar, while in the kitchen of Chuanzhong, there are all kinds of seasonings and spices brought by later generations. The taste of the food is naturally incomparable.

The more Luo Shengdong came into contact with the Transmigrants, the more he felt that there were many contradictions in these people that he could not understand.There are many skilled craftsmen, but the house they live in is very simple; the food seems to be indifferent, but the taste of the food shows that they have a deep research on food; they are good at doing business and trade, but they do not go to the densely populated Guangzhou for development. To stay in this ravine and settle down.All kinds of strange things made Luo Shengdong feel incomprehensible.

Seeing the strange expression on his face, Tao Donglai asked casually, "Is the food not to your taste?"

Luo Shengdong came back to his senses and responded quickly, "No, no, this tastes great... but I still have a lot of unknown things in my heart. I wonder if Chief Tao can enlighten me?"

"You ask, I will answer you as much as possible." Tao Donglai said in his heart that as long as you are curious, it will be easy to do, otherwise I will not find a chance to brainwash your kid.

Luo Shengdong thought for a moment, then picked out a few things that he found strange and asked Tao Dong.Tao Donglai and Schneider laughed aloud after hearing this, leaving Luo Shengdong at a loss, not knowing what he had said wrong.

After Tao Donglai finished laughing, he asked Luo Shengdong: "What you said, summed up, is nothing more than thinking that since we are capable people, why should we live in this place to live such a hard life, right? ?"

"Exactly." Luo Shengdong saw Tao Donglai's original intention to ask, so he no longer concealed his thoughts, and nodded again and again: "As I saw below, you are all talented people. With Chief Tao's ability, it is not a problem to govern one state and one government, and it is easy for Chief Shi to want to be rich. Why do you all hide in this ravine and live with the mountain people?"

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 Shengdong said in his heart that the Haihan people built ports and forts here, blocked rivers and built dams, and reclaimed wasteland and farmland, all of which were extremely labor-intensive, material, and financial. It is difficult for the Yazhou government to organize such a large-scale project. After labor, he answered honestly at the moment: "If the Yazhou government organizes laborers to come here to build a large-scale construction project, it may take years and months to have the current situation."

Luo Shengdong's words are indeed not touted. If the Yazhou government organizes its own people to start work here, even if it is all free labor without paying wages, then before starting the work, it is necessary to solve the food, drink, Lhasa and sleep of these hundreds of people. , and it is by no means an easy task to transport these manpower, tools, building materials and subsequent living and production materials here.In addition, unlike the Haihan people who have so many strange machines available, if everything is done manually, I am afraid it will take a year or two to get to the current situation.Of course, this is actually an impossible situation, because in less than half a year, such a large project will be enough to overwhelm the finances of Yazhou.

"Then do you know how long we have been here?" Tao Donglai continued to ask.

Luo Shengdong nodded and said, "I heard from the commander Ren of the labor camp that the last time I had a misunderstanding with your ministry was actually only the second day that your ministry came here. So far, it's only about fifty. Sun..." Luo Shengdong seemed to have realized something when he said this, but he couldn't grasp the point vaguely.

"You have also seen with your own eyes that what we have to do can be done ten times as fast as the Daming government. In this case, why do we need to be greedy for wealth and a comfortable living environment? Just spend a year or two, We can build a new city in this place according to our own needs. It is bigger, more beautiful and more comfortable than Yazhou. Why do we still go to Yazhou? Mr. Zhizhou can let us build a city by ourselves. In a few years, this place will become the most prosperous city in the entire Hainan Island and even the entire South China Sea..."

Tao Donglai took a deep breath and said slowly, "The most important thing is that this will be our city!"

Luo Shengdong was shocked by his last words, and stammered: "This is the big... Daming... the earth..."

"Then Daming can manage this place." Schneider said with a wicked smile: "In another year or two, how much presence do you think the Daming court will have left here?"

"This..." Luo Shengdong was choked up by Schneider's words.Before he went back, he had seen many people from the Li ethnic group go to the construction sites of the Haihan people to make a living. What would happen if these barbarians, who were very good at rebellion and rebellion in history, were mixed up with the ambitious Haihan people. The results are almost self-evident.

"I have a land of ten thousand miles in the Ming Dynasty, and I have a million armors. I can't compete with one city or one corner!" Luo Shengdong thought about it 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 transport all millions of troops to Yazhou? No way!" Tao Donglai smashed Luo Sheng unceremoniously. Dong's fantasy: "What the Ming Dynasty can do, we can do it, and we will do it better. If you don't believe it, you can wait and see."

(End of this chapter)