Therefore, on "Dream of Red Mansions", Wang Xifeng can dictate to Aunt Zhao, and when Wang Xifeng and Ping'er eat together, Ping'er also bends his knees on the edge of the kang and does not dare to sit upright. The pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info concubines are like this, not to mention the two maids. When Xu Lang said this, Zhao Zhiruo naturally thought about whether it would be Xu Lang who was optimistic about it.

Xu Lang leaned in Cheng Yiyi's ear and whispered Zhao Zhiruo's thoughts, Cheng Yiyi leaned back and smiled back: "Zhiruo, you think too much." Now that we have agreed, Xu Lang doesn't have this mind, and the affairs of Yulin Bay and Beijing alone are enough for him to be busy. ”

After Cheng Yiyi finished speaking, he said to Bihe and Ziyun: "Since Mr. Xu said so, then let's eat together in the future, and save it by cleaning up twice again, trouble." ”

Bihe and Ziyun replied in unison, "The slave doesn't dare. ”

"What's not to dare to do." Xu Lang asked, "How long have you two been in Yulin Bay?" ”

"Hui Mr. Xu." Bihe replied, "The two slaves and maids are both from Wanzhou, and they have been in Yulin Bay for more than half a year, and they have come here to serve the eldest grandmother and the second grandmother when they first came. ”

"That's it." Xu Lang said, "You don't understand the rules of our Yulin Bay. The rule of Yulin Bay is that the family eats together, and there is nothing. ”

"And." Xu Lang suddenly said solemnly, "Don't call yourself a slave in the future, no matter who you talk to, just talk about me." I'm tired of hearing these two words in Beijing, a good girl's house, you have to call it a slave and a concubine. ”

"Alright." Cheng Yiyi interrupted Xu Lang's words, "You go and get the dishes and chopsticks to eat together, and I will teach you slowly in the future." ”

At night, Xu Lang and Cheng Yiyi slept together.

"Yiyi." Xu Lang began to stir again.

"Why can't you feed yourself?" Cheng Yiyi took Xu Lang's hand away from her, "I'm very annoyed now, I'm not in the mood." ”

"My Miss Cheng, what are you bothering about?" Xu Lang smiled and asked, "You are now both the president and the director, and you wear many hats." Whoever becomes an official is happy, why is it annoying to you? ”

"Don't be poor." Cheng Yiyi said, "I'm really annoyed. The bank business alone is troublesome enough, and now the tax bureau is pressed on me, which is not easy to do. ”

"You." Xu Lang got up and poured a glass of water for Cheng Yiyi to the bedside, "If I give you an idea, how can you treat me?" ”

Cheng Yiyi took the water cup and glanced at Xu Lang: "Don't think I don't know about your dim sum eyes, you can say it first, what the hell is there." ”

"Yiyi." Xu Lang sat down on the edge of the bed, "Do you know how these adults in Beijing are officials?" ”

"How do you become an official?"

"Only move your mouth, not your hands." Xu Lang said with a smile, "This official has reached a certain level, so you don't need to do it yourself, someone will rush to help you do anything, you just need to look at the good people." ”

"I know all of that." Cheng Yiyi replied, "Isn't there no suitable person to help me now?" ”

"There are the right people, it's just that you didn't expect it."

"Who?"

"Xu Ru."

"She?" Cheng Yiyi said with some doubts.

"Yes, Xu Ru." Xu Lang asked again, "Don't you think Xu Ru's personality and ability are very similar to you?" If you put it in 400 years, she will also be a strong woman. ”

"But she's in the Women's Federation now?"

"What's that, talk to Tan Jing and ask her to come over." Xu Lang said, "You were good friends before, and with her helping you, you can save a lot of worry." ”

Cheng Yiyi thought for a while, and handed the water cup to Xu Lang: "Come on, I'll treat you." ”

The next day's crossover convention began to discuss the matter of tobacco.

The tobacco industry was a profiteering industry in later generations. When a flue-cured tobacco plant is mature, it can pick and roast 16 leaves, and each leaf can be processed into at least 1 pack of cigarettes, and the price of planting a plant is up to 4 yuan per plant, but the flue-cured tobacco made can be sold for more than ten or even dozens of yuan, hundreds of yuan a pack. As a result, tobacco taxes were extremely high, and until 1883, tobacco taxes accounted for more than one-third of the U.S. government's revenue.

The history of tobacco in China can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, and in the third year of Wanli, tobacco was introduced to Taiwan and Fujian from Luzon. In 1579, Matteo Ricci brought snuff to Guangdong, and the number of smokers in China soared. In 1637, in order to ban smoking, Chongzhen ordered to punish the smugglers by beheading. However, Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the military department who fought hard between Liaodong and Houjin, said that "Liaodong soldiers are addicted to this", which led to obstacles in the process of banning smoking.

Most of these traversers in Yulin Bay have the habit of smoking, and after the consumption of modern cigarettes, Xu Lang and these people can only smoke by hand-rolling cigarettes, which is time-consuming and laborious. The motion jointly proposed by the Industrial Development Bureau and other three companies was immediately supported by these old smokers.

A group of people led by Tan Jing and Ouyang Zhengping raised objections that tobacco could not be promoted. Ouyang Zhengping even discussed the dangers of tobacco from a medical point of view.

"Doctor Ouyang." Sun Tianhao, as the submitter of the bill, spoke first, "Although we all know the harm of tobacco, this thing is legal even after 400 years. And the first thing we have to consider now is the issue of money, how to get the money, we will do what we do, I don't need to say how big the profit of tobacco is. Without money, we can't do anything. ”

"If you just want to be rich, it's better to grow opium, and the money will come faster." I don't know who shouted at the venue.

"You're calling it a pole." Sun Tianhao retorted, "A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way." We are short of money, but we are not enough to sell opium. If opium cigarettes could also be sold, it would be better to get a few more boats to trade in black slaves, and to monopolize the black slave trade. ”

"Let me ask a few questions." Liu Guannan stood up and asked, "First, where do we grow tobacco, whether we are on Hainan Island or find another place; second, whether tobacco cultivation is our monopoly or promotion, and whether it is also allowed to be planted by the Ming Dynasty individuals; Third, once there is a product in the future, will it be marketed to the mainland? ”

"I'll answer the first question first." Liang Chengdong replied, "The cultivation of tobacco generally requires these conditions. The first is temperature, tobacco is a temperature-loving crop, the appropriate temperature for growth and development is 25-28 °C, and the most suitable temperature is 31 °C. The ideal average daily temperature of the leaf maturity period is about 24C, which lasts for 30 days, and can produce high-quality tobacco leaves.

The second is water, which generally requires water in the early stage of growth, the most in the middle stage, and less in the later stage.

The third is sunshine, 8-10 hours of sunlight per day, especially in the ripening period, sufficient sunlight is a necessary condition for producing high-quality tobacco leaves.

The fourth is soil, which has strict requirements for the growth of high-quality tobacco. Laterite is preferred, followed by red loess, sandy soil and bihetic soil, and Hainan Island is laterite.

Fifth, the weather, strong winds and hail are more harmful to tobacco than any other crop, but in Hainan Island, these two types of weather are basically absent. ”

"Lao Liang, you just said that you can't plant it on Hainan Island." Liu Jun shouted, "Now is not the time for you to make an agricultural report." ”

Liang Chengdong smiled and sat back in his chair. Xia Yang continued: "Regarding the cultivation of tobacco, our proposal is that Hainan Island is now carried out by our organizers, and the technology monopoly is implemented first. If sales increase in the future, we will consider promotion. If there is a finished product, our sales direction is all channels, and we can even sell it to Westerners. ”

"Chairman Xia, do you want to fight the Opium War in advance?" I don't know who shouted, which caused all the traversers to laugh.

"Don't laugh yet, I have one more question." Sun Dalei stood up and asked, "Even if we grow tobacco, can we make cigarette equipment?" ”

"This issue has been demonstrated by the Industrial Bureau." Xia Yang replied, "The original cigarette equipment can be made. In fact, even if we can't produce cigarettes, we can sell tobacco and pipes, and we can also make a profit. ”

No one had any more problems, and the bill passed by more than two-thirds of the votes in favor, and Qin Zhigang and Liang Chengdong would organize a tobacco group to conduct experiments in tobacco cultivation and production.

After a few more days, one bill after another was passed or vetoed. Liu Jun and Fan Qiuming's joint motion was passed, and Datong and Xuanfu towns could follow the Yulin Bay model for conscription, tuntian, and trade in the local area.

On the issue of how to deal with Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, the conference finally came up with a resolution by a narrow majority. If these peasant armies cannot be absorbed, then everything should be done in accordance with the requirements of the Ming Dynasty and exterminated as much as possible. The stability of the north is the first priority, and only when the north is stable and resists the invasion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the harassment of the peasant army can Hainan and Yulin Bay gain more time for development.

Wang Qianxiang's letter to the committee was made public, and the peasant army's pretentiousness in Shaanxi and Henan changed the position of some of the traversers. The Ming Dynasty government was ruthless in exterminating the peasant army, but the peasant army was also desperate in treating the Ming Dynasty gentry. Everything can be wiped out in order to cross the group's own interests.

On the one hand, Wang Zhaoxing wanted to continue to negotiate with Chen Yingyuan to gain the greatest freedom so that he could find gold mines; On the other hand, Gu Yunkun must hurry up to find oil. The Military Research Institute, together with the Industrial Bureau, has used the most primitive method to refine the barrel of crude oil that Zeng Guangxian brought back, and obtained a few milliliters of gasoline and diesel. But it is still unknown whether it can be used for the 777 and the East China Sea Pearl.

Because of the defection of Tao Min and Tao Gong, the entire Crossing Group now knows the importance of scientific and technological research and development, so the previously secret work such as the steam engine and the Mini bomb has also been made public. However, a boiler explosion occurred in Shen Daxing's last steam engine test, and now the work of the Military Research Institute in this regard has come to a standstill. The crossing conference put pressure on Shen Daxing to work with Song Yingxing to develop a practical steam engine as soon as possible.

Xu Lang and Shi Xianyang's bills were put last, because the problems involved in these two people's bills were too big.

Xu Lang, on behalf of the time-travelers in Beijing, submitted two bills to the conference, the first on the question of Tao Min's possible invasion of Japan, and the second on how to reform the Ming Dynasty and how to deal with the Ming government.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Xu Lang began to talk eloquently again, "Korea has now been conquered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the population of Korea is almost a few million to 10 million, while the population of Japan is almost 10 million. If both of these places were controlled by the Manchus, then with the addition of Japanese copper and silver mines, the Manchus could have raised an army of hundreds of thousands or even millions. If that's the case, not only our Yulin Bay, but I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty will not be able to bear it. Don't forget the combat effectiveness of the Japanese invaders, during the Jiajing period, dozens of Japanese invaders could drive straight into the city of Nanjing. If these Japanese were equipped with advanced firearms and the fierce Eight Banners, then I am afraid that history would not have changed. ”

"Xu Lang." Lu Tianxiang, who had not spoken for a few days, asked, "According to your people in Beijing, how likely is it that the Manchus will conquer Japan, and when will they do it at the earliest?" ”

"Lu Lao." Xu Lang turned his head and replied, "According to our analysis, the probability that Tao Min instigated Huang Taiji to attack Japan is 100 percent. As for when they will do it, Jiang Beiming and I have made calculations, and they will definitely do it in a year at the earliest, and two years later at the latest. (To be continued.) )