Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 119 Safety Fort ([-])

Tao Chenxi, Qian Hao and others accompanied the Prime Minister of the Government Administration Council who came to inspect the vest and stood on the pine-paved workbench, watching intently a worker next to him operating a large hydraulic spinning machine.The roaring Pingan River is under your feet. The rushing water hits the huge impeller installed under the water, making a loud noise. The driving force generated is transmitted to the upper equipment through the connecting rod, and the machine starts spinning.A large number of spindles ensure that each spinning machine can spin dozens of cotton threads at the same time, and the spinning speed is also adjusted by gears to maintain a relatively suitable speed.

It was not the first time for Xu Wenxuan to visit and inspect behind such a group of "senior officials of the department halls, states and counties", but he was still impressed by the magical and extremely efficient machine in front of him. Fascinated.As an "old immigrant" who has lived in Ping'an Fort for a year, Xu Wenxuan has seen many strange things in this country, such as the easy and labor-saving pulley block boom on the pier.

This large machine with 30 spindles can spin 30 cotton threads at a time, which is dozens of times more efficient than manual work, and the quality is very stable.As long as the equipment does not fail and the water in the river does not stop, the spinning machine can continue to work.This kind of efficiency, not only in the Western countries, but even those skilled craftsmen in Daming can't keep up.Xu Wenxuan still remembered the dull expressions on the faces of those new immigrants when he showed them around the workshop of the weaving factory a few days ago.

Well, this is what... yes, the power of the machine industry, Xu Wenxuan sighed secretly.

"How many workers are expected to be employed in the entire weaving factory? There are not enough people?" Majia looked around at the 40 machines that have been officially put into production, feeling a little satisfied, and said, "This is the hen we expect to lay golden eggs next year." , is also the first battle of our industrialization start, and any failure cannot be tolerated."

"Currently, the factory has recruited about 150 employees, all of whom have been trained and have certain practical production experience." Tao Chenxi said, "It is expected that when the final production is put into operation, the entire Ping An Machine Weaving Factory will have production workers, maintenance workers, and quality workers. There are a total of about 400 employees such as inspectors and managers. Most of the workers are recruited locally, and a small number need to be recruited from outside. In addition, there are about a hundred people from Zhihu households in the Ming Dynasty during this immigration. Excellent staff pool, staffing is not a big issue in my opinion."

"The factory with 400 employees is currently second only to the Navy Shipyard, Dayuhe Armory and Building Materials Factory. It is the fourth largest factory we have on hand. Not to mention the expansion of production scale in the future, when the time comes It is just around the corner to catch up with the Naval Shipyard and become the largest factory in the East Coast Republic." The vest said with a smile.

"The design and production scale of Ping An Machine Weaving Factory is to produce 1635 pieces of cotton cloth per year." Tao Chenxi talked eloquently, "Looking at the current trend, I am confident that the scale will reach more than [-] pieces in [-], the first year of production. In the second year, the production capacity was released to [-] horses, and even began to impact the production capacity of [-] horses. Please rest assured that as long as the market opens up, our Ping An Machine Weaving Factory will produce products as soon as possible even if we work overtime."

"Okay! I like to hear such things." The vest laughed and said, "The Executive Committee and the Government Affairs Council are looking at you eagerly. They are just waiting for your cotton cloth to be sold and then bring back some money to subsidize the household. Today's treasury It’s really possible to run a horse, and it’s so empty that it’s frightening.”

"No, I can't bear such a heavy burden." Tao Chenxi also smiled, "Even if we sell 10 bolts of cotton cloth to the French a year, the profit is only less than 400 yuan, which is not enough to fill the current country. It’s a financial hole. Who wants you to spend money lavishly? Look outside Ping’an Fort. A skinny and precarious refugee in Daming was sold by the Portuguese for almost 66 yuan. According to the words of the old money It’s enough for all [-] guns of the battleship to fire more than a dozen rounds of salvo. I also want to say that it’s enough for us to sell hundreds of cotton cloths. Grandma’s is really precious. We spent a year working hard and throwing all the money into it. .”

"Hey." Qian Hao laughed awkwardly, "I'm just saying."

"There are quite a few people who think like you." Vest sighed, "Yes, no one can figure out that more than half of the annual fiscal revenue is used for immigration. But you are considering it from an economic point of view. The Executive Committee and the The Government Council considers it from a political point of view. Today, our country has a population of more than 1, and the proportion of Charuya and Guarani indigenous population has reached 22.5%. Including these immigrants, the population of Ming people only accounts for 14%. Even with us, it is only 19.3%, which is barely the second largest ethnic group. In addition, North Germans accounted for 10.6%, Bohemians accounted for 7%, Finns accounted for 5.2%, and Central Asian Tatans accounted for 5.1%. The rest are a small number of immigrants from various countries. The population ratio is already somewhat uncoordinated. Therefore, in addition to continuing to implement compulsory cultural education and intermarriage among ethnic groups, we must also control the population of each country. The number and proportion of immigrants. This is the aspect that the Executive Committee is most concerned about, and economic benefits are not ranked first.”

"The next step is to control immigration?" Qian Hao looked at the vest in disbelief and said, "We now have a total population of just over 1, and the shortage of manpower can be seen everywhere. In my opinion, we need to increase our efforts to immigrate. Why do we need to restrict it?" Quantity? This... Who came up with this idea?" Qian Hao stared at the vest, as if to say that this idea was thought up by your vest.

"Of course we have to control it!" The vest glared at Qian Hao, and said, "After all, our new immigrant training institutions and schools have capacity restrictions, and the number of new immigrants of more than 3000 a year is already too busy. If the immigration is opened up vigorously, these new immigrants may not even be able to arrange Chinese courses every two days, let alone other courses such as ideological education and cultural education. Moreover, our current population of more than 1 has not yet After thoroughly digesting it, many people still pop up a lot of their own languages ​​in their daily exchanges, and their living habits have not been completely reversed for a while. Although our assimilation education promotion has been good over the years, new immigrants are willing to imitate our life way, and gradually accept our values ​​in a subtle way, but in the final analysis, the time is still too short, their changes are not thorough enough, many things, even in this life, they can’t even think about them changing, and they can only find a way from their next generation.”

"Those Baltic people are difficult to assimilate, but what about these natives? I think we have done a good job of assimilating the Charuya and Guarani people. They are easier to accept our things than those Europeans. Why? How about limiting their population?" Qian Hao was a little puzzled.

"To be honest, the problem of native people is more difficult." Majia said, "They may be able to accept our culture, values ​​and way of life, and try to imitate them, but in the end they are the aborigines of this land. In the future, universal education, After the enlightenment of the people's wisdom, it is difficult to say whether these natives will have some dangerous thoughts. For example, we and the whites are outsiders, plundered their land and resources, and killed many of them. What will they think of us in the future? It’s really hard to say. What we can do now is to prevent it first, and then vigorously promote ethnic intermarriage and eliminate racial differences as much as possible. This is the safest way to continue our country. If we don’t take measures as soon as possible at this time , Steady and steady, and do what we can; but disregarding the reality, coveting the population, and opening up immigration. .”

A sentence left everyone speechless.Xu Wenxuan was also a little embarrassed to hear that such a confidential strategic decision had been heard by him, and he was a little frightened to be honest.

"Assistant Xu, what I said just now was only about restricting natives and Thais and Westerners, not my people in the Celestial Dynasty." The vest turned to Xu Wenxuan with a smile, and said, "I heard Xiaoqian talk about you, say you He is a smart man, and he is also a rare talent in dealing with the world. I think you can understand the true meaning of my words. We are the adherents of the former Song Dynasty, and we are descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, with the same characters and similar habits. Immigration, of course, is more effective. If it is not impossible to catch, we naturally think that the more immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, the better."

"Your official is terrified." Xu Wenxuan broke out a layer of fine sweat on his forehead, "Your official thought... thought... that the survivors of the former Song Dynasty were also my Zhonghua Zhengshuo. If you enter... barbarians, you will be barbarians, and if you enter summer, you will be summer. I admire you I, who are of the Chinese orthodoxy, are my Chinese citizens. In the lower officials... In the hearts of the lower officials, in fact...in fact, there are not so many defenses against Huaxia."

A passage was spoken hesitantly, which made the vests laugh out loud.The vest patted Xu Wenxuan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Assistant Xu, I wouldn't dare to tell others, but I believe what you said. I heard that you married a French woman a while ago, so that's very good." , now we are vigorously promoting interracial marriages. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is still planning to introduce incentives. Intermarriages between natives and Thais, between natives and Ming people, and between Ming people and Thais will be rewarded with ten yuan at a time. .Of course, intermarriage between natives, Ming people, or Thai-Western people does not have such rewards."

"The natives and barbarians are all greedy for small gains. Once this policy is implemented, decades later, the people will all be in harmony. This is good governance!" Xu Wenxuan said flatteringly.

After a few more visits in the vest, they left the Ping An Machine Weaving Factory.Now everything here is on the right track, and the next step is to follow the steps.

(End of this chapter)