Chapter 124 Each has his own thoughts

The pamphlet, known as the "Loan Agreement," was not reserved for the two Cantonese businessmen.

In fact, since the development of Liuqiu, it has encountered two major bottlenecks, and the contradictions have become increasingly apparent. The first is the labor force, which urgently needs a large number of qualified workshop workers, who must possess basic qualities, such as literacy and arithmetic, such as discipline and organization, and the new immigrants from the mainland obviously cannot meet this at once. In order to solve this problem, the area of the Tamsui Primary School and the newly opened Tamsui Secondary School this year has been expanded several times, which is also the most extensive building in the entire Tamsui, in which there are more than 500 people serving children, and the total number of teenagers and children exceeds 10,000.

The second is the shortage of raw materials. Liuqiu's products are extremely popular, not only sold to the Great Song Dynasty, Hu people and Jin countries, but also exported to Western Xia, Western Regions, east to Wa Kingdom, Goryeo, south to Nanyang countries. This is a huge market, but to meet such a huge market demand, there must be sufficient raw materials. Like iron, freshwater's thirst for iron ore has been like this almost since the founding of the city, and in the early days, it could barely support it by relying on Liuqiu's own iron ore and imports from the Wa Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty, but now it has a huge gap, which has affected the operation of the Liuqiu Manufacturing Bureau and the iron factory. Therefore, after learning about this from Wang Yu, Zhao Heju issued an order to let Chen Zicheng carry out the predetermined plan and throw out the Shilu iron ore in Hainan in the future, which is the best rich ore in China, with large reserves, it is not difficult to mine, and it is close to the port, which is just suitable for Liuqiu. In addition to the thirst for iron ore, it is the thirst for raw silk and cotton. Weaving mills and silk spinning are concentrated in fresh water, using a large number of female workers, and semi-mechanized production, so the output is huge, and raw materials are also in short supply, especially cotton, which is now only planted in Fujian and Guangdong, and the source of raw materials is less, far from meeting the demand for fresh water.

Therefore, this "Liuqiu Loan Agreement" was taken out in due time and provided to those maritime merchants who came to Liuqiu. In this seemingly generous agreement, there are actually a large number of hidden clauses, for example, for example, the millions of dollars provided to the two Guangzhou maritime merchants were not issued at the same time, but in five batches before and after, first one fifth, after the other party opened the official door and won the right to mine, then one fifth was provided, and then one fifth was provided after the ore was surveyed and mining began, and the first batch of ore arrived in Liuqiu, and the last two-fifths were released.

In addition, the finances of the new mine must be supervised by the supervisors stationed in Liuqiu, ensuring that each of the loans is used for the mine and related contents.

Moreover, the loans given by the flow of money are not cash, but a large number of goods, and how to turn these goods into cash still needs to be figured out by these businessmen themselves.

At this time, although there was also a lending business in the private sector, it did not appear as rigorous and meticulous. In Liuqiu, even if the loan fails, the loss is only one-fifth of the goods, and the cost of Liuqiu's industrial products, which are extremely expensive to sell in Liuqiu, is actually not high, and they can afford such a loss, and it will not affect the normal operation of Liuqiu. For these maritime merchants, if they can get things done, there will be a steady stream of income in the future, although the terms are too detailed, but there is no free lunch in the world. Therefore, as long as the maritime merchants with the slightest ambition almost all accepted this agreement, and the two Guangzhou maritime merchants were no exception.

In order to avoid a single source of industrial raw materials in the future, and to prevent the cultivation of a huge force that the flow of raw materials could not control, this loan agreement was offered to different maritime merchants in addition to iron ore to compete with each other.

"The two of you can live in this Moon Tower, I can give the two of you three days to think about it carefully, but let's talk about the ugly things ahead, the two of them have seen the strength of Liuqiu, if they are deliberately cheating on loans, although they can't control the Great Song Dynasty, but as long as they are on this sea, they don't want to make a living in the future."

After the gift, the next thing is the soldier, Chen Zicheng was still smiling when he said this, but the two maritime merchants couldn't help but shudder.

Chen Zicheng said goodbye to these two maritime merchants, walked out of the Moon Tower, and didn't walk a few steps before he heard someone behind him: "Bohan, what's wrong?" ”

He turned around and saw Li Yunrui holding his arms, standing in the shadows a little bored, with a grass stalk in his mouth. Chen Zicheng smiled: "You are hiding in hiding, I obviously didn't see you just now, how did you come out!" ”

"If you see it at random, how can you keep an eye on people?" Li Yunrui walked over, pointed upstairs, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's the same, let them think about it for two days, they'll have to stay here for two days anyway." Chen Zicheng said: "Jingwen, there must be something wrong with these two people, otherwise why bother you to come out and mark people in person?" ”

"After sitting in the house for a long time, you have to come out and move." Li Yunrui did not answer Chen Zicheng's question directly, the two walked side by side on Tamsui Avenue, it was working hours at this time, and there were few pedestrians on the street. Since the opening of the port, the patrol task of the escort team has doubled, thinking of this, Li Yunrui frowned: "Now the escort team is a little understaffed. ”

"Don't you and the Han Fan still have a team, and they can be transferred and used." Chen Zicheng said.

"That manpower can't be used, and I'd rather recruit another five hundred guards than use that manpower." Li Yunrui pointed to the north: "The officials don't know when a message will come out, and they want to use this force, so they must not be sent out, they must be able to dispatch at any time." ”

The manpower they are talking about is a small force composed of the most elite manpower drawn from Li Ye and Li Yunrui's self-protection force over the years, but there are more than 100 people, all of whom have been trained by the special training methods formulated by Zhao and Ju himself. This team of people is set up by Zhao and Ju in case of emergency, they are absolutely loyal, and all of them are skilled, they are such good hands as Yang Miaozhen, it is not a problem to defeat them one-on-one, and they will be injured if they are one against two, one against three is only afraid of death by Yang Miaozhen, and if one against four or five, Yang Miaozhen can't escape if he wants to.

"What is the situation in the primary school, there are so many people now, I'm afraid you're just busy with this school, right?" Li Yunrui asked.

"Asking for big and small things, is there anything you Jingwen doesn't know?" Chen Zicheng half-jokingly said that Li Yunrui looked like he was smiling and lazy, but in fact, he was tight-mouthed and meticulous, and he always had some whimsical ideas, so Zhao Heju entrusted him with a heavy task and let him be in charge of the security and justice of Liuqiu, in fact, he was half of the spy leader.

Li Yunrui smiled faintly, and didn't say much about his own work, Chen Zicheng also knew that he was speechless, so he said that he was waiting for the school at first: "Now there are all kinds of people in the primary school, and the rest are good, but those from Zhongshan are a little troublesome, but with Sima Zhongzhong, they are also cleaned up and comfortable." There are relatively few people in the middle school, and after staying in the school for many years, they have long been familiar with our rules, and they are all quite honest. ”

After six years of construction, the Tamsui School has been divided into two levels: primary and secondary, the primary school system is four years, and all children of appropriate age with Tamsui household registration, whether immigrants or natives, need to be enrolled, which is mandatory, because of the provision of food and clothing, so almost everyone agrees. Children in Yilan and Keelung are also sent to Tamsui Primary School, but there is also a naturalization hall for the Turen in Yilan, where the Turen children learn Chinese and a few Chinese characters, and then send them to the primary school. There are now 8,200 children and teenagers in the primary school, and it can be expected that more children will be waiting to attend school in the future as the population of the freshwater farmer grows, so the primary school is the most important work of the Liaison Office. Secondary schools are no longer mandatory, they must be assessed, and only those who pass the examination standards can enter. The middle school has only been open for two years, and now there are more than 300 people in two levels, because of the limited number of teachers, there are only more than 20 people in the middle school who can teach in the middle school.

"I heard that there was an accident at the middle school a few days ago, and you said they were quite honest." Li Yunrui said with a smile.

"Something? Oh, so you mean...... Do what Obama does. Hearing this, Chen Zicheng was stunned at first, and then laughed too: "Do you know that there is a sentence in the school, one is not afraid of Xiao Bolang, the second is not afraid of death, the second is not to kill Ou Bama, and the third is not to hesitate to die in Ao Sayang." As long as it is these three people, it is inevitable that something will happen, and the last time the fourth lady went to Keelung, didn't he meet Xiao Bolang who blew up the steam engine! ”

Speaking of this, the two looked at each other and smiled, their faces were a little strange, Xiao Bolang was lucky not to die that time, but from the rumors at the time, there was some failure in the important parts of a man on his body, as for whether this fault made him a eunuch, only Mrs. Xiao knew. Xiao Bolang is still recovering from his injuries, but some people say that he has recovered from his injuries, but he knows that there are a lot of rumors outside, so he retreats at home to avoid the limelight.

"A few days ago, Ao Sayang did an experiment, he wanted to adjust the gunpowder formula, and as a result, he blew up the middle school laboratory six times in a row, and he was also injured, but this kid and Xiao Bolang are as big as their lives, and they didn't have anything to do." Chen Zicheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The new formula was actually made for him, and in the future, our artillery will be more powerful and the range will be longer." ”

"Lao Fang's eyes are narrow, and he says every day that the primary school costs money and food, so it is better to limit the number of students." Hearing this, Li Yunrui sneered and turned the topic to Fang Youcai: "He doesn't want to think about how many Ao Sayang can come out of the primary school in the future, as long as one invention is successful, then won't all this money and food come back!" ”

Chen Zicheng glanced at Li Yunrui obliquely: "What are you doing with Lao Fang's general knowledge, could it be that he has provoked you again recently?" ”

"His nephew is actually begging to be domineering, bullying the natives, and forcibly occupying the land of the natives." Li Yunrui's eyes flashed fiercely: "If you say that there is no support from him behind you, who will believe it?" Every inch of land and every stone on this island belongs to our family's officials, how can this slave be allowed to steal it privately! ”

Hearing the killing intent in his words, Chen Zicheng was startled, Li Yunrui and Fang Youcai did not deal with each other, and they still formed an old hatred when they were in Yuzhang Villa. There are also contradictions between these righteous teenagers, but they can still back down to each other, but Li Yunrui has never given in to Fang Youcai. Listening to his tone, there was some thought of completely knocking down Fang Youcai through this matter, Chen Zicheng stopped his arm, thought for a moment and said: "Jingwen, a few days ago, Wang Yuci came back from Lin'an and said about the meeting with the big officials, the big officials know that there is something wrong with Fang Youcai over the years, but he never said in his secret letter that he wanted to take Fang Youcai down, but he comforted him, why do you say this?" ”

Li Yunrui frowned, but did not make a sound, in his mind, Chen Zicheng and Fang Youcai have a slightly better relationship, if Chen Zicheng is moved to support him in terms of moving Fang Youcai, even if it is just to remain neutral, then this matter is completely certain, but listening to Chen Zicheng's tone, it is impossible to support him.

"Jingwen, when the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are observed, there are no friends." Chen Zicheng patted him on the shoulder again: "I naturally know that you are loyal, but there are still fewer lessons in this world for good intentions to do bad things?" Fang Youcai is vulgar and selfish, but without him, have you thought about it, that is, we will face the four ladies directly! ”

When he said this, Li Yunrui was shocked, the identity of the fourth lady Yang Miaozhen is different from Fang Youcai, if there is no balance between Fang Youcai, then the righteous boy will inevitably be directly opposite to the Red Jacket Army immigrate, which means that he will have to face Yang Miaozhen and her uncle Liu Quan.

"Fang Youcai is down, then it must be Liu Quan who comes up, we are all young, Zi Yue and Jin Qing are not much older, think about it, whether Fang Youcai is above you are more relieved, or Liu Quan is above you are more relieved. Now Li Quan is making a lot of noise in Jingdongdong, and his nephew Li Rui is also begging us, although he has stopped shouting to go back to help his uncle over the years, but he has been the vice president of the autonomous committee in the academy for many years, and the people in the seventh and eighth phases of the primary school are now graduating, and most of them are his old ...... Jingwen, we naturally don't take these little characters in our eyes, but if it makes the flow fall apart, how do you go to meet the big officials? ”

Li Yunrui was silent for a while, and after a while, he reluctantly smiled and said, "Bohan, you are scaring me." ”

"I'm really scaring you, but tell me the worst, will it be the worst? Didn't the great officials say when they first taught you the art of war, that you will be defeated before you win? Chen Zicheng smiled slightly: "Although I am not as good as you in the decision, you are not as good as me in weighing the pros and cons." ”

The two of them walked as they talked, and they had already arrived at the gate of Tamsui Academy. Li Yunrui hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then let Fang Youcai's nephew bully others?" ”

"If I were you, I would go to visit Fang Youcai first, spread out the matter and tell him, although the old party is short-sighted, but a little smart, knowing the priority of the matter, he will naturally push his nephew out, anyway, it is just to grab some fields, at most it is just a whipping fine, he can afford it." Chen Zicheng smiled: "I don't think he really likes that nephew, why do you think he is so strict with his daughter and son-in-law?" ”

Li Yunrui was speechless for a while, and sighed after a while: "It's no wonder that when the fourth lady came to beg, the big official told him to ask Bohan if he was indecisive about internal affairs. Bohan, you have always been inconspicuous, but in fact, you have your own hills and ravines in your chest. ”

"Don't praise me here, the New Year will be in a few days, let's think about how to spend this year." Chen Zicheng said with a smile.