Immediately afterwards, Hou Xianglin stood up and spoke, he said, our current advantage is only money, if we want to talk about the value of force, of course, it is also very strong, but that is because others do not understand our details, just these people, even if the ship is strong, what can it be? What's more, guns have a limited number of bullets, and seriously, it's scary to think about.

Therefore, I very much agree with the doctors' statement, the introduction of adult labor force should be cautious, at least, the introduction of foreign labor force into Mornington Island should be very cautious, that is our base camp, now there are hundreds of honest Han people, more more, maybe okay, but if there are thousands, I am afraid it is really difficult to control.

So ** and others immediately suggested that we could actually consider seriously cooperating with Pimont to develop the island of Timor, make full use of the labor force there, and develop and build our bonded zone after the recovery of Timor, where we should be able to engage in some labor-intensive industries.

At this time, Ren Ke also echoed and said that if the naturalization is successful, it will be possible to use this as a springboard, and then immigrate to the family appropriately after the assessment.

And we also have Zixia Island to immigrate, which is also a place for adult laborers.

So of course the children should be taken in, and the adult workforce should be taken in, but not Mornington Island, what do you think of our suggestion?

Ren Ke** Their suggestion immediately received a lot of praise, and many people thought that this strategy was not slow, thoughtful, and aggressive, and it was indeed a good strategy.

The topic is discussed here, and it is obvious that everyone has basically reached a consensus on the problems of the ****.

The next main topic is how to adopt specifically, Dai Xiaoshan stood up and spoke at this time, I think that at present, in the process of ****, there are two things that need to be paid attention to: one is to keep a low profile, and the other is to need a public name that can be spoken.

Looking at the gradually quiet venue, Dai Xiaoshan continued to speak:

"Guys, have you thought about it? Transporting a large number of children to Macau and then loading them on ships is a bit appalling from any point of view, right? ”

When everyone heard this, they nodded in response and said, "That's right, in Sulu, wasn't there a rumor that we sucked people's souls, and that our ship was a magic ship that drove people's souls......

That's right, the magic ship is taking in a lot of children, this kind of thing seems to be really scary!

Well, don't say that ordinary people are afraid, even if it's Ingres, they will be suspicious in the end, right?

Everyone immediately started to talk about it, and obviously everyone also felt that Dai Xiaoshan's concern was not groundless.

In this day, the hill said:

"Especially for those who don't know the truth or have ulterior motives, if we don't handle it well, it will damage our reputation and that of our collaborators, and if a certain Qing magistrate wants to make a name for himself as a so-called 'capable official', it will be very troublesome.

The dean's grandmother once said that they can adopt about 10 children a month in various churches in the mainland, and this is still without our funding, and if we can get our funding, the number will definitely increase greatly, so we have to use our brains, how to minimize the movement......"

Dai Xiaoshan's words made everyone nod their heads thoughtfully......

However, this issue is indeed a bit complicated, and everyone will not be able to come up with a relatively perfect plan for a while, so the discussion about taking in the child has come to an end, and no good solution has been given.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Red Mansion also called to say that it fully supported Dai Xiaoshan's suggestion, and now the family has begun to expand the scale of Sunflower Girls' Public School and Zhuyuan Public School, and the telegram of the Red Mansion has made it clear that the family has expanded the school buildings of the two schools according to the standard of 500 people, and will soon start construction, ready to welcome the first batch of children to move in.

Although there has not yet been a discussion on how to keep a low profile and make outsiders look normal, everyone has agreed that regardless of 3721, the existing orphans in the Mercy Hall will be contained first, which is called being in the bag.

After lunch, a meeting resumed on the Nicole, and the topic of this meeting was the division of labor, after all, in addition to the work of adopting orphans, there was still a lot of trade procurement work to be done.

Regarding the adoption, medical treatment and follow-up reception of the children, the meeting decided that Mr. Sun, together with the doctors and Zhu Xu, would form a special negotiation team to be responsible for the completion.

This group is responsible for formally contacting the Macau authorities and the director of the Holy House of Mercy, Mama, so that when they leave Macau and Hong Kong, the first batch of children will be on the Nicole, and as for how to keep a low profile and find a reasonable and normal name, it is also the task of this group, and they are responsible for coming up with a preliminary plan for everyone to discuss.

At the meeting, it was decided that Gu Jinhou, Xianglin, Li Junming, Li Sanduo and others would form a trading execution team, and their task would be to reach some necessary trade agreements with the Macao side, especially to establish stable and close trade ties with the four major Chinese businessmen.

They were also responsible for signing trade contracts with the Governor of Bugano and Pimont and with Portuguese and Chinese merchants, and for carrying out the delivery of silver goods.

It also includes another important task: the completion of various procurement work in Macao.

Before the fleet left the Red Pier, Captain Sun Lao Gu and the others received a purchase list that was longer than the last time they went to Sulu, densely packed with ten sheets of A4 printing paper, still double-sided......

In the following three days, the Pride docked at the Deepwater Pier of the Port of Macau, like the Casa Princess in Pimont, was more lively and full of guests.

In order to improve the efficiency of handling, the Pride made several round-trips that afternoon, relying on the Nicole to pick up the goods, and in the following three days, the trade activities with Macao merchants reached **.

Early in the morning, before the sun emerges from the sea level, the wharf square is already a lively scene, all kinds of luxurious, simple four-wheeled carriages and sedan chairs keep coming and going on the dock where the Pride docks, accompanied by the carriages and sedan chairs, are some large carts pulled by livestock, the hanging poles on the Pride are also in operation, and the bamboo baskets, burlap bags and large and small clay pots in the warehouse are hoisted to the wharf.

In addition to hoisting out, there is also hoisting, whenever a batch of goods out of the cabin, there are corresponding various materials into the cabin, the deck is busy, all kinds of whistles and shouts are endless, this scene will continue until the sun sets.

The most striking of these cargoes was the wooden crate that was hoisted back from the dock to the hold by the boom, which was known only to the parties and contained white silver.

Of course, in most cases, the pole is not hoisted back to the ship with silver, but some various goods, according to the label on the package, you can roughly see what kind of goods are inside.

For example, dyes of various colors, lacquer, tung oil, white wax, rice paper, plain silk, a small amount of fine linen, and bags of rice.

Some of these goods are very conspicuous and surprisingly large, such as large quantities of tin and lead ingots, and even a large number of goods that are prohibited from being shipped from the interior, such as refined nitrate, copper ingots and pig iron bars, how these goods enter the city of Macau, and only those suppliers, especially those from the four Chinese merchants, have proved to be very powerful in the local area......

Of course, in addition to Chinese businessmen, in fact, the largest procurement and supply channels are from the vast number of Portuguese businessmen, who have been deeply involved here for 100 years, and they are currently the leading force in Macau and Hong Kong.

Prior to this, Chinese merchants were second-class citizens, and Macao's main trade interests and key channels belonged to these Portuguese merchants.