Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 123
The next day, Zhao Xin and his entourage boarded the Thunder God with a large number of leather goods half-sold and half-gifted by the Shachuan people.Of course, Tuka's sister also boarded the boat.

That's all right, there are now three women on board.Shen Xuan stayed in Nagasaki for more than three months, and learned a lot of island dialect from Luyun; Xue Wu's island dialect is also no problem.

After the three met and passed the initial unfamiliarity, they quickly started talking.Shen Xuan and Luyun showed great interest in Xuewu's strange birch leather coat; Xuewu was also envious of Shen Xuan and Luyun's silk weaving clothes.

It is said that Shen Jingdan took Luyun away because she was pregnant with her own child.If Luyun stayed in Nagasaki, the child would have to stay in the island country after birth, and finally took Luyun's maiden name.And this is absolutely unacceptable to Shen Jingdan.

Besides Shen Xuan, his adoptive daughter, he now has two daughters under his knees, and he has never had any heirs.In case Luyun gave birth to a son, even though it was a concubine, someone would inherit the family business; otherwise, it would be the jealous relatives in the family.

Zhao Xin actually doesn't like fur goods. They are of no use except for fur coats to wear.He wanted these things originally because he wanted to open up trade with merchants from the Qing Dynasty.

So after the Thunder God set sail, Zhao Xin specially conducted a detailed interview with Shen and Huang.The content, quantity and price of the commodities to be traded between the two parties in the future have been determined.

For the leather goods sold to the two, Zhao Xin offered a very favorable price on the condition that the two would transport people and some antiques from the Qing Dynasty to Beihai.

It is best to buy strong labor from Shandong, Shaanxi, and Huaibei. Others such as doctors, blacksmiths, carpenters, and cooks are always welcome.Zhao Xin specifically pointed out that the cook must be from Suzhou and Shandong.

For foodies like Zhao Xin, Liu Sheng, and Ding Guofeng, the food these past few months was unbearable, and most of the time they just cooked instant noodles to cope.

As for antiques, Zhao Xin wanted more types.He wants complete sets of Song edition books, Ming blue and white official kilns, Song official kilns, calligraphy and paintings, mahogany furniture of various colors, Shoushan stones, and chicken blood stones.As for silver, we will talk about it later.Anyway, at present, Beihai Town does not use it at all.

In the future, Zhao Xin decided to focus on large pieces of flat glass and cigarettes as the main commodities exported to the Qing Dynasty through Shen and Huang.The large piece of plate glass was proposed by Shen and Huang after seeing the porthole glass of the Thor; the cigarettes were Zhao Xin's idea.

After tasting the filter-tip cigarettes given by Zhao Xin, Shen and Huang were greatly appreciated, and decided to make this the main product of future trade.However, Shen Jingdan suggested that Zhao Xin divide cigarettes into three classes. The top class is sold to dignitaries, the middle class is sold to gentry businessmen, and the last class is sold to ordinary people.

Zhao Xin said that this is not easy to handle, and the last class can be done without filters. As for the top and middle class, filters of different colors can be used to distinguish them.There are so many old people and women in Beihai now, it is just right to open a large cigarette workshop.The old people are free to rub cigarettes at home to contribute to Beihai.

A day later, Thor finally returned to Beihai Town.

This time because Zhao Xin had been away for a long time, as soon as the ship stopped and the gangway was lowered, Chen Qingsong, Wang Yuanfang, Hong Tao and other people left behind, as well as Sheng Haizhou and others, couldn't wait to get on the boat to meet Zhao Xin and others.

After a cordial greeting from everyone, Zhao Xin asked Sheng Haizhou and others to quickly arrange for the newly arrived refugees to disembark.He asked Lu Shoushan to call the two children of Xu's family and Pan Xiucheng to arrange a meeting with Shen Xuan.

After dealing with these matters, he dragged Chen Qingsong and Wang Yuanfang to the meeting room on the ship.

As soon as they sat down, Chen Qingsong said first, "Mr. Zhao, it took a long time for you to leave this time."

"We didn't expect it to take so long. When we went out this time, everything we encountered was linked together, and we had to do it."

Zhao Xin was eager to learn about the progress of Beihai Town these days, so he briefly introduced the affairs of Ezodi and Nagasaki, and then mentioned the affairs of Shen Jingdan and Lao Huang.

"We'll talk about the details in the plenary meeting tomorrow. Old Chen, how's the situation over there? Briefly tell me."

Chen Qingsong thought for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "Except for the people on the military side, we are not moving, and all other capable people are busy opening up wasteland. We told these refugees before that we should Give them the land. Good guy, these people open up wasteland like crazy every day.

At present, we have basically cleared [-] mu of wasteland on the west bank of the Xila River, and a small part has begun to sow.The land clearing reserved for the industrial zone on the east bank has been completed.Now wait for the equipment to come in and level the land. "

"Aren't the children late in class?"

"Half a day of class and half a day of work. After all, there are quite a lot of children over ten years old now, and their family labor is not enough for them to go to class alone."

Chen Qingsong then added: "In addition to agricultural equipment, we also need to buy radio stations. You have been away for a long time this time, and there are many things that I want to discuss with you."

"Okay. I'll do it."

Zhao Xin suddenly asked the two of them: "Are there many disputes among the refugees now?"

Chen Qingsong thought for a while and said: "It's okay, there are people in Pianshan to take care of it. It's all trivial things, occasionally quarreling and fighting or something. They are all poor people with nothing, and we send everything. Everyone has the same food and clothing, and there is nothing to dispute. I also asked Katayama to check whether anyone gambled, and the result was no. I think the key is that we don’t need money here, even if the refugees have a few copper coins, they have no place to spend .”

Zhao Xindao: "After the large-scale equipment arrives, many people can be freed up. We are going to start building towns."

Chen Qingsong said: "Sheng Haizhou mentioned to me before that he wanted to build a few longhouses, but I rejected it."

The most common pattern of the longhouses in island cities is a large courtyard arranged along the back of other courtyards or along the alleys between courtyards.Often the machiya facing the street lived with the master's family, and maids, assistants, and apprentices commuted between the machiya and the longhouse on the back street.

The area of ​​the longhouses is small, and most of them are only more than ten square meters.The room on the back side is usually a single room with five mats (the area of ​​a tatami mat is 1 mat, and the area is about 1.5~1.6 square meters). There is no closet, and the futons are stacked in the corner of the house.This is not only used for eating and sleeping, but also for working during the day.

The biggest disadvantage of this kind of building is that it is all wooden structure and densely populated.Once a fire breaks out, the entire area will be burned, and there is no time to put out the fire, so the house can only be demolished to open the fire belt.

"Then, according to what we discussed before, we will build a wooden door. Two households have one building, each of which is [-] square meters. The kitchen and toilet are shared by the two households."

The "woodcut Leng" mentioned by Zhao Xin is a typical heavy wooden house wall construction in high latitude areas.Generally, on a solid stone foundation, the two ends of the wood are slotted first, and then the wood is stacked layer by layer, and the position of the door and window is reserved; finally, the sloping roof is built.

This kind of house can be built without a nail, and all key parts are reinforced with wooden wedges.As for the gaps between the logs, they can be filled with moss.However, there is no shortage of supplies now, and it can be replaced with felt cloth.

When Zhao Xin built an observation post on Xiongdao, he used a similar method.

"No problem. Let's build a public bathroom for every [-] households. I will start arranging carpenters to prepare tomorrow. But there is a question, how to arrange after the first batch is built?"

"According to the order of following us, you let Sheng Haizhou arrange this matter."

After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he asked Wang Yuanfang again: "Brother Wang, where are you?"

"Basic training is still going on. At present, Katayama is assisting me and Wu Siyu. The obedience of these refugees is very good, but their physical fitness is average. Now they are only strengthening the 5000-meter run, and the three-kilometer run once, the effect is average. Most people If you can persevere, don’t even think about reaching the standard.”

It is said that when Wang Yuanfang and the others joined the army, the passing standard for the three-kilometer run was 13 minutes and 20 seconds, and less than 12 minutes was considered excellent.Most of the refugee soldiers who are currently training are about 15 to 20 minutes, and a few can go for 13 minutes.

"Starting tomorrow, increase shooting training every day. Shoot once every three days."

Wang Yuanfang was taken aback: "Isn't it too early?"

Zhao Xin pondered: "It's not too early. The environment around us is too bad. Now Sendai has just started to cooperate, and it seems that there is nothing wrong; every time we go to other places, we have to fight a game. Just like this time in Nagasaki, there are not enough people. , We didn’t even dare to get off the boat. Liu Sheng and I discussed it before, and all the soldiers who went with the boat this time will go back to the furnace to strengthen their training, including the security police who were recruited before.”

Chen Qingsong said: "Why do we have to use force every time, can't we negotiate?"

Zhao Xin shook his head and said: "Old Chen, to put it bluntly, you are a technical official; we people have never worked in the system before. We are not the opponents of those ancient bureaucrats. So every time I go All over the place, you can only come up and overturn the table. Let those people go in our way, and I will beat anyone who doesn't listen to me."

Chen Qingsong said with a smile: "Are you the allusion of 'demolition of the roof' and 'opening of windows' that Lu Xun said?"

"That's right. In fact, the island country and the Manchu Qing are similar. The Manchu Dynasty raised a bunch of bannerman masters, and the island country raised a bunch of samurai masters. Conservative and class-solidified. If you are friendly with them, he will think you are weak and can be bullied. So , out of this batch of 300 refugees, we need to recruit at least [-] more soldiers."

Chen Qingsong was dumb, and after a while he said: "You have too much, don't you?"

Zhao Xin explained: "Not much at all. We don't lack food for the time being, so there is no need for so many agricultural population. When large-scale machinery arrives in the future, there is no need for so many kinds of land.

When the coal mine project in Ezodi starts, we will have at least 200 people stationed there, and we will gradually expand it in the future.As for Beihai, it should not be less than five hundred. "

Chen Qingsong was surprised: "500 people? Why do you want so many people?"

Zhao Xin said with a smile, "We're going to Shandong next year. We won't be strolling by the sea, we'll go inland."

At this moment, Wang Yuanfang suddenly asked: "Do you think Xiongdao has been exposed?"

Zhao Xin knew what he was asking, stood up and looked out the window, and said calmly, "Let them find it slowly."

(End of this chapter)