April 28, 1658, at 2 p.m., Red House, conference room on the fifth floor.

Sun Lao took the Nicole to Sin'an City a week ago, leaving the task of presiding over the daily work of the Red Mansion to Ba Fengtian, vice chairman of the Supreme Executive Committee.

Now, Lao Ba is sitting in the corner of the oval conference table in the middle of the conference room, frowning at a telegram from Sinanseong.

And Lao Wang and Lao Zhu were sitting opposite Lao Ba, obviously these two were planning to discuss something with him, but seeing that Lao Ba was reading the telegram carefully, the two sat there quietly and waited, and did not interrupt him for the time being.

At this time, Lao Ba looked at the telegram with a telegram in his hand, obviously attaching some importance to the content of the telegram, so he couldn't help but read it out loud:

“…… In view of the fact that the attacks on all sides in the southern part of the mountain have caused great distress to the pro-Phimontese tribes, especially since their recent attack on the mining fields of the Chagan Basin in the eastern part of the island has affected the supply of iron placers, we believe that a military crusade should be carried out as soon as possible to completely defeat the armed forces of these tribes, and for this reason, I recommend ......"

"Stop, old man, this is the first time this has been proposed?"

Hearing this, Lao Wang couldn't help but yawn and asked Lao Badao.

"The third time, Xiao Wei asked us to support him with an additional 2,000 57-style hand @grenade @ bombs, it seems that he really plans to lead the garrison to crusade against the ...... in the south of the mountain."

So Lao Ba put down the telegram and responded to the above paragraph, and at this time he also yawned, obviously this was infected by Lao Wang.

"There is such a thing as war, where is there such a child's play? Is it just a pat on the head? I think I should call back and warn this kid, don't think he's going to get a gun everywhere with 1,200 men now! Crusade against the southern tribe of the mountains? Let's take a closer look at the map! From Sin'an Fortress on the north coast to the southern coast of Sannan, there is a big mountain across it! This road is full of primeval forests, in fact, there is no road at all, how can he crusade? Who is he going to crusade against in the jungle? Can you find someone? ”

When Lao Wang heard this, he was angry, and then there was a burst of ruthlessness.

"Lao Wang, you dissipate your anger, Wei Hong said, he plans to let the Pride and Pimont's ships take the coast where the garrison is located in the south of the mountain, and it is by water, Xiao Wei said that he still has a guide, and he has also done a lot of preliminary reconnaissance work, so this time he can go straight to Huanglong......"

Taking advantage of Lao Wang's complaint, Lao Zhu got up and took the telegram from Lao Ba's hand, and after browsing it at a glance, he smiled at Lao Wang.

Lao Wang was speechless when he heard this, touched his nose and stopped talking.

"Anyway, Elder Sun and Captain Gu are about to go to Xin'an City, let them discuss it, we are far away here, we can only give him a principled opinion, the specific operation is still up to them, as for the hand @grenade @ bomb, I'll ask Boss Luo in a while...... Uh, by the way, what kind of wind blew you two elders together at this hour? ”

Lao Ba leaned back in his chair as he spoke, and asked with a serious face.

"Lao Zhu and I have decided to go to Zixia Island, and then go to Xin'an City."

"Zixia Island? Ren Ke and they have just set sail, and they have not yet reached their destination, not to mention that there is nothing in that place except for a small bamboo cement wharf in Zixia Bay and a dirt road leading to an open-pit coal mine, are you going a little early? ”

Lao Ba turned a goose feather dipping pen in his hand and said to Lao Wang.

"It's not early, there are only two months left before the summer planting, not to mention that I have analyzed the soil samples brought back from there last time, and also used the soil there to do a potting experiment, and now I have decided to plant spice crops for five-spice powder in Zixia Island this year, including pepper, pepper, cloves and nutmeg, and prepare to plant 50 to 100 acres in the initial stage, in addition, cocoa beans are also planted 500 acres, purely experimental nature, and the sowing area only accounts for a fraction of the number of acres they plan to open up......."

Before Lao Wang's words fell, Lao Zhu continued:

"The land on Zixia Island can also be used as pasture, I plan to go there first to guide immigrants to raise cattle and sheep and other livestock, do you know Limousin cattle and merino sheep? Now that I have successfully bred in Saifu Island Ranch, I am now waiting for the right pasture to promote, and it is obvious that Zixia Island is a suitable place with abundant water and grass. Of course, there are cows, but this will have to wait until Lao Wang's cocoa beans are harvested, and then we will be able to produce chocolate. ”

"Well, that sounds good, oh yes! Xiao Xia was still saying yesterday, when will you set up the company? Otherwise, how can you get the budget? ”

Lao Ba suddenly remembered such a thing.

"Soon, now Lao Zhu and I plan to set up a company first, and my company will do grain and oil processing and deep processing."

Lao Wang said and looked at Lao Zhu, who lowered his head and thought about it and said, I want to build a meat processing factory here first to make canned food and pickled food, but the name and budget scale have not been thought of yet.

Also, from the arrival of the first batch of tenant slaves in Sulu last year to the present, I have been busy supplying meat, eggs and milk to everyone every day, and I have kept accounts here. Lao Wang also has this problem, the sugarcane in the field has become white sugar in the sugar factory, and it has been sold for several pieces of silver, listening to Xia Xiaoou, there is no standardized cost accounting at present, so it is better to hold a plenary meeting to discuss it first, and then talk about it, once these are determined, our company will be established immediately. ”

Lao Ba nodded and said, since the two of you already have a predetermined plan, then I won't say anything here, anyway, it will take more than ten days for Nicole and Pride to come back, you have enough time to prepare, but you have to arrange the work here during the time you go out.

"Hey! By the way, I heard that Lao Wang, you are planning to engage in a "joint production contract responsibility system" with tenants recently, and everyone has listened to your old man's practice and are all praising it, but there are also many people who say, Lao Wang, you can copy your homework well. ”

Lao Ba suddenly remembered another thing.

Lao Wang waved his hand and said, Hey! It's not called copying homework! This is a system that has existed in the Great Celestial Empire since ancient times, how can it be used to copy homework?

Seeing the question marks on the faces of the two listeners, Lao Wang sighed slightly, and continued to patiently explain----Our Celestial Empire has not broken this distribution system since the era of slavery until now!" Since the days of the well field system, if this distribution method is not relied upon, how can the labor enthusiasm of the serfs who do not have land ownership be mobilized?

Even the landlord's family knows that when they tell the tenants that after paying the full rent, the rest is their own, and the more they receive, the more they get!

A while ago, Huang Lei did what they did on Wanshan Island to "remain unchanged for thirty years", that is the authentic copying homework! To say that I copy my homework is just to be unheard......

Well, Lao Ba and Lao Zhu smiled when they heard it, and did not continue to talk about this topic.

They knew that for Lao Wang, there was no farm work to be busy with in the field now, and of course there was still a little bit of help.

Lao Ba also knows that now those tenants are worried about going to the mine to earn silver after the farm work is idle, and now it is the most favored place for tenants to make money---- the main reason is that the mine presided over by Cao Limei never takes attendance, you will do it when you come, pure piecework, no cap on the bottom, no guarantee on the bottom, and then get the sign according to the amount you do, and if you want to go home at night, give the sign to the steward, exchange it for silver on the spot, and then take the train home.

If you are reluctant to leave and want to continue to work, you can also work until midnight and sleep in the shed, in short, as long as you have the strength, you can indeed earn a lot of silver in such a month.

Because Lao Wang's labor is very seasonal, and there is no such thing as Lao Zhu's side, where there are a group of young or old women rowing back and forth between Sydney Island and Saifu Island every day to milk cows and drive livestock to serve poultry, so Lao Wang's leisure is not very conspicuous.