New World 1620

At the end of each month, the business summary meeting of various departments in the community was held. The meeting room of the community committee was full of men, women and children, and the July summary of the work results of each department was carried out in turn.

According to the Ministry of Education's report, with the cooperation of professional personnel from various departments, and the establishment of various education classes or evening schools since February this year, the community's initial educational development has achieved some results.The effect of skill vocational training is not satisfactory, but some of the 300 or so Europeans under the management of the entire community already know the most basic daily oral communication skills.

And the Chinese language school specially established for Indians has absorbed hundreds of Delaware Indian teenagers under the temptation of free board and lodging. Even the Indian employees working in various departments, most of them understand it after half a year of osmosis. A little Chinese communication.

As for the education of the Chinese in the community itself, because the current school age does not exceed 30 people, it only has a basic shelf. reduce.

Aunt Hai Huifen, the person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture, made a very encouraging summary. Half a month after the harvest, most of the grains have been stored in warehouses. With the good weather for many consecutive days, some of them are ready for the next step of processing.All kinds of poultry and livestock imported from Europe, except for a small number of breeding areas reserved by themselves, most of them have been arranged and guided to the surrounding Delaware Indian villages to take care of them. It is said that the first litter of piglets and chicks have been successfully produced. down or hatch.

Dong Jiunan from the Ministry of Urban Construction is not very energetic, the content of the report is relatively simple, and the progress effect is also the most intuitive, so the committee members did not ask too many questions or make things difficult.Basically the whole community knew about Dong Jiunan's quarrel with the twenty or so construction technicians who were ex-dock laborers in front of the committee and the legislative group.

The report from the military department was the most eye-catching. The military operation in West Point Town that took place in the first half of this month once made the entire committee nervous.The topic of military expansion inevitably continued to be brought up in the summary meeting, but it was not Zheng Quan who spoke on behalf of the military department from the beginning to the end. Chairman Liu Lao also had a calm expression and did not ask Zheng Quan any questions directly. The atmosphere of the meeting gradually became a little depressed.

When it was the turn of various industrial production departments and scientific research departments to make a summary, some dissatisfaction that had been secretly accumulated in the community for a long time naturally emerged.

According to Jiang Zhaolong, the person in charge of the Ministry of Industry, the current monthly output of steel is about to exceed 3000 tons, and the monthly output of sulfuric acid that has been replaced with the latest tower method production equipment has also reached 30 tons. Because sulfur, saltpeter and other materials are heavily dependent on European imports, so acid There is still limited room for improvement in alkali production.The output of several other major chemical products has also been partially increased after the improvement of equipment and technology. However, in addition to the production of basic steel and chemical raw materials, research work that involves a lot of time-consuming and laborious but seriously affects future industrial technology upgrades has been repeated. The delay and slow progress are due to the fact that all the manpower has gone to get weapons.

Lin Youde, the chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry, also complained that now that he has become a munitions worker, he has put aside many very important technical research work, and is exhausted all day long for the various equipment that the Land Guard is constantly urging.

Even Shi Yige, the person in charge of the shipyard, called out directly. Now the two berths are all occupied by the navy. In addition to the light cruiser Enterprise, which is already in service, the two newly built ships of the same class, Liberty and Vostok, are working overtime. It has also reached the stage of outfitting and launching, but immediately after the fourth ship of the same class, the Delaware, was launched again, making it impossible to insert the increased ocean and inland waterway capacity that the committee has been requesting.

It goes without saying that military decision-makers blindly overweight projects regardless of the status quo of community production and demand, causing almost all departments to be exhausted, and more important production layouts have not been able to be launched.

Chen Liwen, the commander-in-chief of the land garrison, and Wang Tiehammer, the newly-formed commander-in-chief of the navy, blushed and turned blue. Soon, Chen Liwen was the first to launch the summary meeting after Yitong's absent-minded explanation, followed by everyone except Zheng Quan , Almost all the chief officers of the military units walked out of the venue.

The remaining reports were more perfunctory or even dismissed, and many topics to be discussed after the meeting were postponed.

A work summary meeting finally turned into an alternative criticism meeting, which made Chairman Liu Lao and other elderly members frown.

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In the evening, in a certain corner of the community, Mr. Liu's home.

After Mr. Liu got off work, he specially invited Zheng Quan and Qi Jianjun to visit him at home.Mr. Liu's daughter, Liu Lanxi, cooks. Mr. Liu himself plays chess with Zheng Quan in the living room, while Qi Jianjun watches the chess and enjoys it silently.

A clever horse jump finally stuck Zheng Quan's car and gun. Zheng Quan had to face the choice of protecting the car or protecting the gun.

"Hey, Old Liu's chess style is too sharp. It's hard for me to give up any of them. I won't be wronged..." Zheng Quan had no choice but to admit defeat, and Qi Jianjun on the side also nodded slightly.

"Father, Brother Zheng, Chairman Qi, let's eat!"

The policewoman who took off her police uniform is now dressed as a housewife, and walked into the living room with a large porcelain basin, put it on the dining table, and said to the three of them with a smile.

"Hehe, you can smell it in the living room. It's boiled fish, right? Sister Hai and the others made chili and ginger?" Qi Jianjun hurried to the side and helped Mr. Liu up, while Zheng Quan slowly cleaned up the chess game.

"Yeah, some of the ginger and garlic imported from Europe that can still germinate, Aunt Hai and the others have already started to cultivate them, and they have just started selling them in community stores. The price is a bit high, but the other imported spices are more expensive!"

One person called her elder sister and the other called her aunt, and Hai Huifen's seniority in these people's mouths was messed up.But Liu Lanxi is really good at cooking, and she played chess for less than an hour. Three dishes, one soup, and even a bottle of golden corn wine were already placed on the table.

"Everyone sit down, let's try Xiaoxi's handicraft today... After a while, we will have the conditions, and everything will be easy." Mr. Liu leaned comfortably on the chair, his eyes fell on the rice bowl in front of him, I couldn't help being stunned, "Rice? Didn't you say that the Thai fragrant rice in the warehouse is almost gone?"

"What kind of Thai fragrant rice is it? Ren Changle and the others imported it from Europe last time. I heard that it is Alexander rice. It is from Egypt. Europe can only get a large amount of rice from there." Liu Lanxi vomited at her old father Tongue down, like a child who has not grown up, "I heard that more than 10 tons of Egyptian rice were imported, and one kilogram of it sold for one Spanish silver dollar in the store!"

As soon as these words came out, the three big men were startled, staring at the rice in front of them, each thoughtful.

The taste is completely incomparable with modern high-quality rice, but a table of southerners who have been accustomed to rice for half their lives still eat carefully.Everything since the catastrophe has developed from Jane to the present, and she can still eat a meal of rice from time to time, which makes people secretly sigh.

"Old Liu, Lao Qi, I understand what everyone means..." Zheng Quan put down the bowl and chopsticks after eating a bowl, and showed a candid look at the two chairmen and vice chairmen of the committee, "In order to realize the military plan as soon as possible, we It was too urgent, causing much-needed industrial planning and technical research in many communities to be delayed, and residents have expressed their opinions."

Looking at each other with Qi Jianjun, Mr. Liu shook his head slightly: "Xiao Zheng, you still don't understand."

Zheng Quan was taken aback for a moment, and then turned to look at Qi Jianjun who was calm. He didn't understand why the other party was dissatisfied with his attitude.

"Father, you guys are drinking and chatting, I'm going to clean up the kitchen..." Seeing that the topic was too deep and the atmosphere in the room was not very good, Liu Lanxi quickly found an excuse, and then quickly left the living room.

"Xiao Zheng, the community is inseparable from everyone's hard work. Especially you, who work hard all day long. If you are any person, you can't think about everything, and you may even give up." Liu The old man sighed, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip of the corn wine, "This is also the responsibility of me and Xiao Qi, we didn't lead the way to be a good family..."

"Mr. Liu, I am a soldier. If you have anything to say, you can say it clearly." After drinking a few glasses of wine, Zheng Quan's face turned slightly red, and the man over forty years old sat upright.

"Did Natong's complaints yesterday only be aimed at you? Is what happened at today's report meeting really dissatisfied with the military department?" Mr. Liu shook his head and pointed to his heart, "The entire committee, Including newcomers, there are 24 people, but how many things are really passed through everyone's careful argumentation? When a few people make decisions, or I alone account for the vast majority?"

Zheng Quan quietly looked at the gray-haired retired policeman in front of him, and the painful expression on his face was vividly visible.Zheng Quan also gradually understood the real reason behind this.

"If we really think about it clearly before making a decision, if we have any problems and difficulties ahead of time, and we work together to find a way to arrange and coordinate, we won't make these problems of asking people to point out after the event." Mr. Liu continued talking alone While talking, Qi Jianjun and Zheng Quan listened carefully.

"Among the committee members, many people haven't really thought about issues from the perspective of the whole community. They can only see what their department is doing. Most of the time, they just vote with the crowd. In the past, more than one billion The population is a big plate, and a big family has little influence. Now there are only a few hundred of our own people, plus European immigrants and some Indians, and the number of people is less than [-]. You can see it clearly."

Mr. Liu said, and used his chopsticks to draw a circle between the dishes and soup bowls on the table, "Didn't there be a vote for the launch of the military project? Well, there was a vote. Hula, all 8 of you agree, and I will raise my hand again." , but who has the guts to speak out against it? Even if the committee expands to 24 people, everyone is used to it..."

Mr. Liu put down his chopsticks, stood up, and walked to the window with a heavy expression.

Zheng Quan lowered his head silently, staring at the food and drinks on the table, without saying a word.

"If the eight of you can really understand the overall management of the community and the coordinated pace of development in all aspects, then why not have more military chiefs join the committee? But the truth is, Xiao Chen is just a good fighter, but he Can you figure out how much manpower, material resources and time it takes to manufacture a rifle? Xiao Wang is good as a captain, but he may not be as good as Xiao Di in production management... As for me, catching thieves and doing law and order is okay. Let me arrange a few hundred People don’t have a clue when they eat and drink.”

As Liu Lao said, he waved his hands mockingly.

"Mr. Liu, don't say that. Old comrades must watch over the big situation. Young people have ideas, but they need someone to check. Old Zheng and I will work closely with you in the future." Qi Jianjun took a look. The old man was a little disheartened and stood up quickly.

"Mr. Liu, I understand what you mean now." Zheng Quan also stood up, his expression much calmer, "In the future, they and I will respect the opinions of other committee members, and will not engage in monologues or pressure people."

"Hehe, let's talk slowly in the future, sit down, and continue to drink. It's been a long time since I had a few drinks with you at such a leisurely pace." Mr. Liu was noncommittal, and hurriedly greeted the two juniors.

A heart-to-heart drinking conversation under the pretext of a family banquet lasted until ten o'clock in the evening before it ended under Liu Lanxi's stop. In the end, Mr. Liu was already flushed from drinking.

"Father! Your body can't drink so much wine! You're almost dazed!" Liu Lanxi muttered dissatisfiedly to her father while tidying up the dining table.

"Hey, Xiao Zheng still doesn't understand...or he's pretending to be confused..."

Elder Liu let out a long sigh, leaned on the animal skin sofa and closed his eyes slightly.The daughter on one side stared blankly at her father.