"Let's move on next."

On Labuan Island, the wind and waves are still calm, the small conference room of the central base is brightly lit, and the decision-makers of the eastern and western provinces and the chief officials of various ministries are all gathered except for those who have something to do outside, and there are nearly 20 people in a little count.

After listening to the report on the construction of the mullah field, Rocley took a sip of hot tea and quietly waited for the reports of the other ministries.

At Xu Xuance's suggestion, the Economic Strategy Division set up an incentive mechanism on the construction site, divided the workers into several teams, and gave out two local foreign rewards every day.

Although the captives did not have a reward, they were also divided into many teams, the team that did the best every day had a bowl of braised pork to eat, and others could only eat rice noodles mixed with wheat bran and barely mixed with a round belly.

Originally, it was said that after the completion of the port project, the prisoners who had committed minor crimes could go home separately, and the travel expenses had been prepared, and the ships they brought were also confiscated.

After only a rough count, it was found that when it came to this grace, many captives first did not believe it, and when they really believed, many of them were unwilling to leave.

In fact, the reason is not difficult to guess, how many years can you do this work in the sea and in the wind? Look at this Song people's care for ordinary workmanship, buckets of salt water, hot tea to drink, bowls of rice to eat, and all kinds of meat dishes, even compared to the bandits' usual enjoyment at home, it is very good.

Seeing such a master acting, he had the idea of taking refuge in the Song people, where he also worked and ate, there was no big difference. As long as the Song people can treat themselves like ordinary people, no matter how unwilling they are, in the end, in addition to a few Sulu people, even the 'Keju' teenagers in Maluku are willing to stay.

As for Gonzalez and his companions, they were deliberately seized by the Strategy, and the strategy of the eastern route had to be 'mentioned' by the captain.

Regarding the development of resources, Wen Deji originally wanted to talk about it himself, but he wanted to take care of his identity, so he nodded to the person next to him, "Zhiqing, let's talk about it." ”

Lin Zhiqing was twenty-five and six, originally mixed in the energy mouth for many years, and after joining the organization, he became Wen Desi's deputy because of his professional excellence, and now he is the squire of the Ministry of Works, and he is in charge of all the iron and steel affairs in the road.

The young man spoke crisply, without the slightest bit of mud.

"I won't say much nonsense, just talk about the current situation, now in North Borneo, my Great Song Dynasty is a foothold, but resources are still scarce, which is also one of the problems that need to be solved urgently."

With the expansion of the ruling area, money, food and ammunition are necessary, and then run schools and train soldiers, which are only seen as money in but not money out, armed naturalized troops, can not rely only on 3D printed firearms to equip, after all, the cost is too high, the equipment can not bear such wear and tear, and the materials used for printing are also very limited, this kind of thing can not be produced with current technology.

Anything else is good to say, especially this grain, which can be grown anywhere, and here in Nanyang is a place where rice grains can be grown by sowing seeds, and if it is supplemented by intensive cultivation, there is no risk of insufficient supply.

Silver can also think of a way, but there is a lot of hard currency in his hands, and he can even pick the peaches of the Spaniards, and if the silver loaded with silver from a Galen ship from Mexico is robbed, it will be enough to cause an economic crisis in Spain itself, and the amount of it can be imagined.

It's just that the copper and iron needed for this armament are not produced locally, and not only for armaments, but also for industry, agriculture and construction, there is also a demand for metal.

"If you talk about the best resources in the South Seas, it also belongs to the Chao Phraya estuary, that is, the city of Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam today, there is no shortage of gold, silver, copper, iron and tin, and there are a lot of oil and coal mines, although the big mines are not too much, but it is also convenient, and the land there is also more fertile, and the inland also produces carnallite and aluminum ore, and there is a natural harbor, which is really a godsend."

When Wang Feng heard this, he said, "In this way, we should hurry up and occupy it." ”

"I advise everyone to put aside their thoughts for the time being, at this time, the city of Ayutthaya is not slightly smaller than London, and the population should be around 200,000, and it can barely be defeated if it is defeated, but to manage such a large population, and it is a mixture of various countries and ethnic groups, I am afraid that it is still a little difficult, I want to make a plan to attack Siam, at least for a year or two."

Lin Zhiqing finished talking about Siam's good, and waited for the princes to speak before refuting it, if it weren't for the fact that most of the people who were not familiar with his character would think that he was deliberate, not such a rectum-like character, he would not be in a bad situation, and he would come to cross.

"Two hundred thousand?" In the hall, Shangguan Lu was shocked.

"Of course, Siam is the most densely populated in the entire South Seas." Xie Ming is also from the energy industry, and he also has a share in the resource survey of the Gulf of Siam, so he should speak for Lin Zhiqing.

Liu Chenxu rarely has time to come back to attend the meeting, and he must show a sense of presence.

"Let's talk about the near future."

Lin Zhiqing thought to himself, I was just going to talk about the short-term strategy, who interrupted first?

"In fact, the two governments have already completed their discussions in the near future, but it is just a big strategy, that is, what they already know will go their separate ways. What I want to say today is that it represents the opinion of the Ministry of Industry, after all, industry and business are inseparable, and if we want to develop brightly in the future, we must make more efforts on the word resources. ”

While adjusting the image of the holographic map, Lin Zhiqing said that the annotation of the resources on the map was still something he asked Sun Liangyu to help with overnight.

"What we urgently need now is steel, and in Borneo, the nearest iron ore sources are in the Karimata Strait in the west, and the islands of Karimata, Belitung and Bangka in the strait are all produced with good iron, and in some places even the sand on the beach is of extremely high grade, and it is coastal and easy to transship."

Wang Feng looked at the map, "The water distance is not close. ”

Lin Zhiqing didn't care, "In fact, if the Economic Strategy Division can take Kuching and Pontianak as soon as possible, there will be a transfer along the way." From Brunei Port to Kuching, nearly 400 kilometers by sea, if you follow the current, ordinary unpowered sailing boats will take about four or five days. ”

"The return trip is doubled, and it is also average from Kuching to Pontianak. The two cities of Kuching and Pontianak, one at the mouth of the Rajang River and the other at the mouth of the Kabus River, can be connected to large ships, if they are occupied, they are just for transit and acquisition, and Pontianak is also a gold and iron ore producer. ”

Following his words, there are simulated images of ships following the projection out of the trajectory, which is naturally a simulation, and if you really want to go to sea, you have to investigate the hydrology along the way to confirm and adjust it with the data of later generations.

"I suggest that the first step is to occupy the two cities of Kuching and Pontianak, and to set up a steel plant in Pontianak, so that the local people can be sent to mine iron ore from all along the coast, smelt it on the spot, and then load it back to the port of Brunei for use, so that it can be shipped once a month, which is also convenient."

When Wen Desi heard this, he interjected, "I remember that Pontianak is on the north bank of the Kabus River, and the current commercial goods distribution in West Borneo should be in the port of Sujidan, which is fifty miles away from Henan. ”

Lin Zhiqing was prepared early in the morning, "Sujidan Port cannot moor big ships, but because there is a natural atoll bay that can shelter from the wind and waves, there are merchant ships passing over, and the bandits and indigenous pig barbarians over there are not very peaceful, and there are many people among the maritime merchants captured last time." ”

"But Pontianak is afraid that there are few people, and it is not enough to support it."

"Pontianak has the advantage of having fewer people, and most of them are Han people who go to pan for gold, and they also suffer hard, if it is not for the vast number of Han people, how can there be a Lanfang country that has continued for a hundred years in the future."

Lan Fang State, also known as the Lan Fang Great Unified Republic, is the Han regime founded by the Hakka Luo Fangbo during the Qianlong period of the later generations, and the capital was built in the heyday of East Wanlu, with the territory of Kuching in the north and Sujdan in the south, and the influence of the entire West Borneo. After Guangxu, it was destroyed by the Netherlands due to the gradual decline of national strength, but now it can only be regarded as a joke.

Ma Qianzhu just heard this paragraph when he entered the venue, and immediately expressed his support.

"Zhiqing's idea is very right, and occupying Pontianak is not only a matter of resources, and across the sea from Pontianak is the old port on the island of Sumatra, the population of the old port should not be more than one or two thousand, but most of them are Han Chinese, and there is something to do. And from Pontianak and Sujitan south to Java, both Banten and Batavia are very convenient, and don't forget that Java is also one of our important targets in the short term. ”

Ping Qiusheng had been chatting privately with Fu Xiaofei on the side, and when he heard this, he raised his head and asked, "Isn't Batavia City not built yet?" ”

Ma Qianzhuan replied to him, "It's too fast to say, according to the estimate, it is only a matter of one or two years for the Dutch to build a city in Batavia, and the intelligence aggregates everywhere also support this conclusion, so we have to be ahead of the curve." ”

The Dutch will grab food in their own sphere of influence, which caused a lot of talk in the room.

"You're saying we're going to support Banten?"

"To support Banten, Banten and Coconut City (note: Batavia, or Jakarta's Chinese name, because of the many coconut trees) have to eat both, and of course, Matalan."

"Will it take a little bigger?"

"Beware of pulling eggs? Don't worry, these are all afterthoughts, and when the evil people in Hong Kong are corrected, the prestige of my Great Song Dynasty is erected, and the hearts of the people are cleaned up, you can start to do the basic work. ”

"In the past two days, we have had a lot of contact with those Dutch, and the trust we have just established is not easy to turn around, after all, we still have to rely on integrity in business in the future."

"Don't worry, the one named Jaco, the whole family is not all the way with the East India Company, if we attack the East India Company, they may not be able to express their joy in private, believe it or not, if they continue to go west this time, I am afraid that it will be worse to meet the Dutch compatriots than the Portuguese."

Su Yao wanted to fight for more resources for the arms system, and after listening to Ma Qianzhu's words, he asked in a straight voice: "Let's not talk about the Dutch, arms, money and food, education, medical care, people's livelihood, mining, shipbuilding, and infrastructure must always be prioritized, and all ministries are competing for resources, and the next plan has been discussed?" The specific plan is uncertain, but I began to think that the west side is inevitably too optimistic. ”

"I discussed it for a long time last time and didn't have a plan, and in the end, Luo Lao made a decision, which was also interesting, so he set the policy according to the theme of the original CCTV seven sets, as long as you do it according to the principles, there is no need to make the specific implementation too detailed." Shangguan Lu looked at Rocley after speaking, and Rocley smiled reservedly.

"Ploughing war?" Several people in the hall who were close to Rocley asked in unison.

CCTV has been established for more than 100 years, and the number of programs has become more and more, but the seventh set of military agriculture channels has never changed.

"I think we have to add one more - education, there is nothing wrong with having food and soldiers, but if you don't have your own grassroots cadres, how can you manage these many places? In my opinion, we must not only do a good job in education, but also start from the baby. Fu Xiaofei never forgot where his ass was sitting.

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Ping Qiusheng, who was sitting next to him, choked on a mouthful of water.

After laughing for a while, he saw that everyone was looking at him, and then he bowed slightly, "You have misunderstood, in my spare time in the past, I liked to read the history of the country the most, and there was one in the middle, I am afraid that the rank here may not know that the military agriculture channel originally had children." ”

[Today's car was chased, and it was only after it was handled, and I was in a very unhappy mood, so I begged for a red ticket and comfort]