In the face of Hou Xianglin's question, Zhu Beiguo also nodded in agreement, saying that your concern is realistic, and then immediately responded that I actually asked Pimont about the same at that time, but guess what Pimont said?

"Is he going to take slaves for forced labor?"

Conda interjected.

"No, after hearing my doubts, Pimont waved his hand and said, nothing, I will make the natives obedient!"

"He's really going to use force?"

"Not exactly, do you know why Pimont said that? It's the interest! Profit-driven! You must know that the standard of payment we give to the Portuguese and Macao companies is: 10 taels of silver for copper ore, 7 taels of silver for iron placer ore, and 5 taels of silver for anthracite......

"Holy! There are such preferential conditions! So Pimont is still crazy? ”

"Yes, but Pimont is very calm to say the point - he needs to set up the arrangement, get the natives done one by one, well, I have a hunch that this little Pi Comrade, in order to achieve the above goal, will take advantage of the various contradictions of the tribes, create antagonism between the tribes, and then go up and down, and do not hesitate to start a war between the tribes......

Because war costs money, the ultimate goal of the governor of Petr Pi is to get the natives to obediently and willingly exchange the ore on the ground for the Portuguese weapons and food supplies......"

After Zhu Beiguo finished speaking, he suddenly smiled and took another sip of tea in the glass.

"And such an operation? How many grievances and grievances do you have to accumulate in order to sow discord and cause conflicts between tribes? ”

Kangda looked at Zhu Beiguo and was a little surprised by Pimont's strategy.

"What's this, Brother Kang, it's just normal operation, what are these indigenous tribesmen doing all year round when they're full of food? Hunter Head Fight! People have been fighting like this for thousands of years, who doesn't have a history of blood and tears? As long as you want to provoke, it's easy to ......."

Hou Xianglin did not question Zhu Beiguo's statement at all.

"So, who wouldn't do it between tribes, engage in hatred, engage in hatred education? Is it just that we still see less? And then fanning the flames, lighting the fire, those natives will definitely fight, don't forget, many of the chiefs of those tribes are ambitious and eloquent, and they also want to dominate the world all day long and become immortal heroes, hehehehe......"

At this time, Zhu Beiguo suddenly laughed a little evilly.

"Well, that's why Pimont left in a hurry? Sure enough, he's really busy this time......"

Hou Xianglin raised his head and moved his neck joints left and right as he spoke, and then casually looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the porthole, and grinned.

Only Kangda didn't smile, he just nodded silently thoughtfully, then lowered his head and turned the glass in his hand, and added in a quiet tone:

"Alas...... Foolishness...... It's black, it's so dark......"

"Haha, Brother Kang sighed again, no way, anyway, we have enough price, as for how to reconcile between those natives and Pimont, we don't care about it for the time being, in fact, we can't control it.

By the way, Brother Hou, you and ** have to prepare to receive refugees recently, Pimont wants to do something in the jungle, and refugees will definitely be indispensable in the future......"

Zhu Beiguo reminded Hou Xianglin.

"Well, refugees? Not yet, but I found that the Luoka tribe has grown a lot recently, and I heard He Sizhi tell me that they used the white-flour steamed buns earned from us to house a lot of men from the outside, and nothing else has been found, by the way, I urgently need building materials now, when will the Nicole come? ”

Hou Xianglin suddenly remembered this and immediately asked Zhu Beiguo.

"Soon, I've officially informed Pimont that in the next two to three months, the Nicole will be here to transport ore.

Then, Pimont immediately asked how much ore we needed? My answer is: We will take as much as you want! So Pimont couldn't sit still on the spot...... Judging from the current situation, Pimont will definitely go crazy to drive the natives to mine. ”

"Yes! How much silver you can earn depends on how much ore you can find, for Pimont, at most you can exchange for a ton of ore for less than one or two silver, and then you can exchange it for the in-demand Australian goods at the high price we pay, this kind of two-way earning thing is only available when you barter with us, I rely on it! It's a huge profit......"

Conda nodded and sighed.

"Well, Brother Kang summed it up very well, but then again, only such a huge profit can make these people actively mine and transport timber for us.

You know, ore, coal and timber are all strategic materials that can only be obtained in large quantities through the current route until we do not have access to labor and achieve self-sufficiency in resources.

Hey, let me tell you, the metallurgical group and their brothers have set up a cupola furnace at home, and now they are just waiting for the rice to go into the pot, and the brothers are going crazy......"

"Well, it is estimated that this second plan is the opinion of the metallurgical group, in fact, I also want to think here, account for fifty percent of the day to talk about his port thermal power plant, the equipment in the cave is ready-made, and now these power generation equipment does not consider any replication problems, we have decided, first take it out and install it for everyone to generate electricity, Xia Meinu Xiaoyu has no opinion, now everything is ready only to owe the east wind, the only thing missing, isn't it coal?"

Kangda nodded in agreement.

"Well, it seems that the construction at home is in full swing now, so, what are the specific opinions of the family on the construction of Xin'an City?"

Hou Xianglin suddenly thought of the one-third of an acre of land that was still in a state of wilderness here, and suddenly became a little anxious, and immediately changed the topic.

"There are a lot of ideas about you at home, and there are many opinions, and there are not only many ideas, but also big ones!

Especially the people in the Huotang Club, they kept putting forward all kinds of suggestions, but they were still suppressed by Sun Lao, in short, because our current strength is limited, you still have to come step by step, this first stage, there are only two aspects: one is to build basic facilities, the other is the expansion of the escort team, as for business and expansion or something, I can't rush to ...... it."

Zhu Beiguo responded seriously.

"That's right! Did you bring the cement? ”

"I brought a little bit, only fifty tons, and there can only be so many at present."

"That's obviously not enough! If you want me to say, just move the cement factory here, I also have nearly 300 permanent workers here with temporary workers ranging from 300 to 500, and the labor force is there. ”

Hou Xianglin suddenly made this ambitious proposal.

"Huh? Is that okay too? Otherwise, you can tell the Red Chamber about this proposal, anyway, we brought you a set of transceivers, which are the materials in the cave, the transatlantic communication equipment of the US Army in World War I, with a pedal generator, it is very useful and very leathery, and you two can exchange opinions with the Red Mansion at any time in the future. ”

"Oh...... The problem is that I'm a little new to receiving and receiving telegrams! ”

Hou Xianglin looked at Zhu Beiguo with some embarrassment.

"Learn! Who is born to use this thing! Isn't it all learned? And** play this is quite good, after all, he and we have participated in sailing training, in fact, it is not difficult, by the way, you will also need this skill in the future, so hurry up and learn it when you go back. ”

Zhu Beiguo turned his head and said to Kangda.

"It seems that there is no way, I can only work my own, let's learn, I can't imagine that I will also learn to send newspapers if I am engaged in architecture in the future...... It's okay, Yiduo doesn't press down, but I'm afraid that the telegram will make a mistake and delay things....."

"What could be wrong? It doesn't matter if there are mistakes or omissions, re-issue it! And no one charges you for the telegram......"

Conda laughed.

"Okay, that's it, anyway, I suggested moving the sugar factory a while ago, what is the family's opinion?"

At this time, Hou Xianglin remembered one more thing.