Section 22 The usefulness of the British

Speaking of which, the members of the Executive Committee have a little bit of an understanding.

"What dirty work?" Zhan Wuyan asked.

"The old business of the British." Ma Jia said, "I don't approve of it, the cost-effectiveness ratio is not high." ”

"Drug trafficking? Do we want them to sell opium? There are a lot of these things in India, and if they are used as medicine, the little goods shipped by Li Huamei's channel are enough! Ma Qianzhu objected, "Ade, you also want to engage in drug trafficking?" This is a double-edged sword, cutting others and cutting yourself. ”

"It's not drug trafficking, it's slave trafficking. The British will do what they are happy to do. Wude said.

"Bringing in Uncle Black?" Zhan Wuya shook his head, "I don't want to make a fuss about the African people in the land of China in the future." Uncle Black's racial characteristics are too obvious! It is difficult to be naturalized after generations. If I have to use slaves, I'd rather have Japanese and Goryeo, at least they will be easily assimilated later. ”

"Who said they wanted Uncle Black." "They are natives of Southeast Asia. ”

"Not good, not good." Ma Jia objected, "The hard-working level and physical strength of the native people in Southeast Asia are not good. Besides, there are displaced people on the mainland, weishenme doesn't spend much effort to recruit, but goes all the way to use what Southeast Asian natives? ”

"It's okay to use it in Tiandu and Shilu, and it will be Taiwan in the future." Wu De said implicitly, "Besides, this kind of thing is not an innate gene, it is completely acquired." After pulling it to the mine, I wanted to see who could not endure hardship. ”

"Capturing slaves and trafficking costs a lot! The price won't be low. Do we have the ability to pay? ”

"Capture and trafficking is a British thing, we don't care," Wude said. As for the payment, it is paid with sugar and tea. Its practical silver is also possible, but we don't have a lot of it. ”

"What do we want slaves for?" "When it comes to the efficiency of labor, slaves are far less useful than free workers." And after the mortality rate is too high, it is necessary to keep buying, and the cost of sustaining - sex - does not necessarily mean that the labor is less. ”

"When used as consumables, slaves are clearly better than laborers." Wu De said, "Have you read the report sent by Sanya? ”

"The incident has been resolved," the horse said. Carrots and sticks, all done -- by the way, I am not very much in favor of the killing order, which is inappropriate in the long run, and after the development and civil construction are completed, I propose to set up a formal court in Sanya, instead of Wang Luobin saying that he will kill whoever he wants. The basic rights of indigenous people still need to be guaranteed. In addition, the report given to us by the State Administration of Political Security also said that the current emotional state of workers is blue-colored. The introduction of slaves was not necessary. ”

"This commotion is just the beginning." "The development of Tiandu has not yet entered the stage of mining, and the mortality rate will rise again," said Wu De. Heavy physical labor, a subtropical climate, mountains and forests, all three combined, will only kill more people than there was a malaria outbreak. In this environment, mining development is to fill it with human life. ”

"As long as the loss of manpower is controlled within a certain range, it is still acceptable." Ma Qianzhu flipped through his notebook, "I remember that you submitted a plan for personnel attrition and supplementation. ”

"Yes, but people have tempers, not a number in a computer game." "It's okay to suppress it, but have you thought about it?" How much time and material resources does it take for a worker to be recruited and put into use? These people could have been trained as industrial workers or as soldiers - it was not worth it to spend them in the menial manual labor of mining! It's better to use slaves. ”

Wu De elaborated on his idea that the workers already in Sanya will be gradually trained, some of them will become Jishu workers and managers in the mines, and some of them will gradually be enriched into the industrial and agricultural enterprises in Sanya. Leave the hardest and most dangerous mining to the slaves of the South Seas.

"There are two advantages to this, the first is that the labor team is firmly in our hands, and the labor team becomes the basis of our rule in Sanya, rather than a potential stability maintenance group. Ladies and gentlemen, when Sanya was first established, it was planned to organize the laborers into a militia as a military supplement to the Sanya base, and if the laborers broke out a few more times, Wang Luobin probably did not have the courage to let them become militiamen, but would have to send more troops to maintain his rule. The second is to avoid the energy consumed by the continuous delivery of population to Sanya. Let the British transport the slaves directly to Sanya, and we only need to transport enough sugar and other trade goods to Sanya. It began with the slave trade and gradually extended to other trades. It served the purpose of attracting foreigners to trade. ”

This theory moved the public of the Executive Committee. But Ma Jia still disagreed, and deep down he was against any form of slavery - he felt that this was going backwards.

"I don't think it makes much sense, and the pressure to maintain stability will not be small if there are more slaves......"

"If it's for workers, it takes a lot more energy to maintain stability. As I said: the cost of training a laborer is much higher than buying a slave, and it would be a pity to be a consumable; secondly, the laborers were trained by the military, and the organization-sex-discipline-sex-was much stronger than that of the slaves, and to suppress them was to use the army; Zuihou, the laborers and the soldiers of the army are compatriots, they speak the same language, maybe they are still fellow villagers - psychological factors need to be taken into account. The slaves are natives of the South Seas, and once the army is dispatched, there will be no hesitation. ”

Wen Desi coughed: "I hope that comrades can look at the problem from the perspective of the overall situation. Ade said a lot, but I think there was one thing he didn't realize. Do we really need these slaves to mine? no！ Another benefit of using slaves in the hard mines is 'minus'. Make room for future immigrants! ”

The vest relented, and he saw that the members of the Executive Committee were interested in Aud's proposal, so he had to retreat: "I abstain on this issue, but I am against the total restoration of slavery." ”

"It's up to the Senate to decide." "Shall we vote?" ”

After Liu San made a perfunctory suggestion to Yang Shixiang's recruitment, not to mention that he was not interested, even if he was interested, it was not something he could decide. This kind of thing is left to the senate to consider.

He found another topic and talked to Yang Shixiang about the "Daming Watsons Chain-Pharmacy-Store" that he talked about last time. Yang Shixiang was very interested in this matter, but he was a little worried about setting up a wide range of things on the mainland.

First, I am afraid that the situation is not calm, and the current situation in the Ming Dynasty does not seem to be a peaceful and prosperous era - it will be troubled, not to mention making money, and even the capital will not be recovered; Second, it is not easy to manage the semicolon-medicine-shop, especially the sales of Chinese patent medicine-medicine, which is not as good as decoction pieces, and it is made into pills-medicine-I can't see the quality of it.

"Don't be afraid of this, now - chaos - has to be north and west." Liu San had already negotiated with Li Mei in the office of the Ministry of Commerce, focusing on developing the Jiangnan market. The Jiangnan region was still a relatively stable and wealthy area in the entire Chongzhen Dynasty before the brain-dead shaving order was issued until the early twenty years of Shunzhi. Of course, he couldn't say this to Yang Shixiang, he had to say: Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, and it has always been a place of peace and happiness. There will be no large-scale war-chaos.

This is actually very unreliable, but Jiangnan has always been a place of partial peace in history, and it is also a fact that the world is big-chaotic-rarely affected.

"As for shoddy things and the like, we can find a way to solve them, and we can't waste food because of choking." Liu San went on to point out that this time Li Luo was a great opportunity -- this person has a trade name and a cabinet in various places, and if he can get his help, this matter will be twice the result with half the effort.

Yang Shixiang nodded. After he and Liu San joined forces, they were gradually imperceptibly influenced by the thinking mode of the traversal crowd and became willing to take risks.

"Okay, I'm relieved to have the words of a virtuous brother. As soon as the factory-pharmaceutical factory was built, I went to Jiangnan to conduct a field survey. Go to Qizhou-Yao-City again to replenish some goods! ”

"Okay, I'll go with my eldest brother." Liu San had already wanted to go to Qizhou-Yao-City to take a look.

"It's good that my brother wants to go, but you hair." Yang Shixiang said, "It's best to save up, it's inconvenient to go far away, and I'm afraid that wearing a wig bun will be exposed halfway." ”

"It's okay, I'll pretend to be a head. Spending money to buy Zhang Du Mu is. "Liu San doesn't want to have long hair that is hot and difficult to manage. This is not the old time and space, there are hotels everywhere with hot water, and you can wash your hair at any time. After visiting Foshan once, he knew the difficulties and inconveniences of the journey.

"You became a monk, what should I do with my brother and sister?" Yang Shixiang joked, "If you want to stay here for a long time, I will also let Xuanchun come over to serve." ”

Liu San wanted to say "no need", but he still didn't say it after all. In fact, he still misses Xuanchun very much, and since the joy of the night, Xuanchun's shadow has been lingering in his mind. Xuanchun is not a beauty, and he is not a hungry man who has been relying on five girls to survive after D-Day.

What moved his heart was nothing more than a night of gentleness and thoughtfulness.

"It's really hard to understand emotional things." Liu San muttered, realizing that he had a little like Xuanchun. I couldn't help but sigh with a headache.

Yang Shixiang said again: "It seems that tonight is going to be a good haode to perfunctory this Li Da shopkeeper." ”

Liu San was thinking about Xuanchun, and only after a pause did he react: "I'll be the host tonight, and I'll have a banquet for them in the merchant house." ”

"No," Yang Shixiang shook his head, "Since you want to represent Australians, you can't be in a hurry to have a treat." ”

Formal banquet invitation was a major event in ancient times, generally at least three days in advance of the invitation, the so-called three days is "please", two days is "calling", one day is "mentioning". For a foreigner like Li Luoyou, it is not polite to have a formal banquet on the day of arrival, at least the next day.

"Isn't it supposed to be washed away?"

"I'll do it. Brother, you'll be able to arrange it for tomorrow night. ”

Yang Shixiang discussed with him again, Li Luoyou is such a person, the delicacies of the mountains and seas are probably tired of eating. The Yang family has its own maid under the stove, and the craftsmanship is not bad, but I am afraid that it will not have the appetite for this big shopkeeper. I don't know if there's any way to get him satisfied?

Eating was not something that Liu San was interested in, but since he was the leader of the working group, he was also responsible for Li Luoyou's daily life, so he thought about it and said, "It's better to have some home-cooked dishes." The dragon liver and phoenix marrow are tired of eating, and it is appetizing with some porridge and side dishes. ”

"Okay, that's going to happen." Yang Shixiang thought so, and said, "There are newly dressed Australian things in the guest house, and the foolish brother is afraid that his family will not be able to get it, so he wants to ask his brother to help and find a special person to take care of it." All the wages and food are borne by the foolish brother's family. ”

The Runshitang East Guest House, which entertained Li Luoyou, was recently renovated and renovated by Lingao Construction Company, with the addition of bathing and sanitary equipment. There is no sewer in Lingao County, and the septic tank cannot be used if it is repaired, but fortunately, the drainage ditches on both sides of the county street road are repaired, and they can barely make do with the sewage discharge.

The installation of a high-level water tank, a water pipe, and a heating furnace cost Runshitang a lot of money - half of which was subsidized by the office, provided that it would have to receive guests who passed through the crowd when the office needed it. Some people with special status may feel more relaxed living in this kind of place.

There are no sewers and no running water. The water in the high tank is pumped up from the well by manpower. Yang Shixiang was originally skeptical of this set of things, but when the faucet was turned on after the decoration was completed, the hot and cold water was rolling in, and he was completely convinced.

Happy, he asked to renovate his own house as well. Mo Xiao'an originally had the idea of promoting bathroom equipment, but Yang Shixiang sent it to the door and immediately added a number of orders and installed them one by one. In addition to entertaining distinguished guests, a set of Suo Chunxuan in the newly renovated garden of the Yang family was also installed, and Liu San also wondered that Weishenme was not installed in the main courtyard or inner study where he lived, but in the garden, and later saw that there was a double jacuzzi in his order.

This shopkeeper Yang is going to take a mandarin duck bath.

I think of the wife of the shopkeeper Yang recently, and she rarely shows a smile when she eats together. Liu San probably understood a little bit, this righteous brother was nothing more than committing the four words "arrogance-lewdness-ease" that men often have.

Recently, the Yang family has repaired the garden, built more houses, and added a lot of servants to the family. This woman probably won't lag behind in her problems. I probably got the maid at home.

The righteous brother is doing this above board, and he is sneaking-touching. People are more angry than people. Liu San sighed again.

“…… There's always something wrong with things, and it's not always a good idea to ask you for help. Yang Shixiang was still chattering in his ear.

Of course, the effort spent by the crossing group in Runshitang was used to shock Li Luoyou. "The toilet determines the level of modernization of a country", this famous saying is very popular among the public. The traversal is ready to use the 21st-century restrooms to convince the wealthy merchants of the 17th century.

New things are good, but they are quite troublesome to use and maintain. One is the problem of use habits, and the other is limited to materials made by various types of equipment, and the quality problem is quite prominent, especially in plumbing hardware materials, the use of substitutes is still in the stage of exploration. It has only been a few days since it was put into use, and Liu San had to find someone to open the sewer, repair the faucet, and repair the joints for them.

"You just come up with someone, and I'll arrange for him to learn it." Liu San was overwhelmed and came up with this once-and-done legal system.

"Okay, Brother Xian is really polite." Yang Shixiang even said thank you. In his opinion, this righteous brother is enough to save face. In the consciousness of the ancients, no skill could be learned without spending money. Teaching and learning in white is simply doing good deeds.

Before Liu San returned to Bairen City, he went to the second farm, took care of Fu Wuben, cleaned up and went to Runshitang together for a while. Recently, he has been too busy during the day, and the natives are not allowed to enter and leave at will at night, so he has not had time to educate this apprentice, Liu San decided to take this opportunity to check his homework, and by the way, he will give him another point.

Liu San's education of Fu Wuben is based on medicine, supplemented by medicine. The way to do this is through endorsements. He was asked to memorize several Materia Medica, "Chinese Herbal Medicine-Pharmacopoeia", and memorize the curative effects, mutual growth, preparation methods and appearance characteristics of various Chinese herbal medicines. With the accumulation, let's talk about the rest.

In addition to endorsement, it is to engage in gardening in the medicine garden every day, Fu Wu is originally from a farmer's family, planting is the industry, Liu San did a good job with a little guidance. After having this apprentice, Liu San can basically ignore the gardening work and focus on the development of new medicines.

This time he was able to get the master's personal guidance, Fu Wuben was very happy, packed his luggage early and waited at the gate of Bairen City, Liu San greeted him as soon as he came out with the luggage roll:

"Master."

"Let's go." Liu San's face was not very good, and when he was packing his luggage just now, he quarreled with Wuyunhua again, and the reason for the quarrel was just a trivial matter between lovers.

Wuyunhua originally had a big temper, and Liu San had a ghost in his heart recently, and he couldn't help but flicker in his words and deeds. It also aroused the suspicion of Wuyunhua, and the words were filled with guns and sticks, and the slightest carelessness was noisy. made Liu San tired of coping. Originally, he was very tired after a day of traveling, and after returning to the dormitory, the woman he faced was neither gentle nor considerate, and he had to make a lot of noise for three or two days, which made Liu San feel exhausted. Being the team leader of Liu's work allowed him to take a break from his family life. This gave him a sense of ease.

Fu Wuben saw that the master's face was not good, so he didn't dare to say much, so he just tied the master's luggage to the car and got up.

"Master, do we really want to live in Runshitang?"

"Of course, the house is all cleaned up."

"Such a big font size! Master, You are truly remarkable. Fu Wuben looked at him adoringly. Runshitang was originally a small brand that no one knew about in Guangdong, but it was a top 500 enterprise in the eyes of local villagers in Lingao.

"That's nothing." Liu San couldn't help but smile when he looked at the admiration on his apprentice's face, "Let's go, there's still a long way to go." ”

Liu San walked with him to the county seat, occasionally asking him about the knowledge in books on the way, and sometimes stopping to ask him to identify the plants on the road. This is no longer difficult for Fu Wuben. In addition to memorizing medicines, books, and medicines, he went to Lingao to collect medicines according to Liu San's instructions, and in addition to exercising his ability to identify medicines, Liu San also hoped to gradually grasp the distribution of Chinese herbs, medicines, and medicines in Lingao.