For the next month or so, the work of the entire Qiongzhou office revolved around the sugar factory. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSun Tianhao has adopted a modern management model and set up various departments of the factory, from raw material procurement to production and sales, covering all aspects, regardless of literacy or illiteracy, everyone is required to memorize their job responsibilities and know what they should do. This makes the sugar mill much more efficient. With the help of the prefect of Qiongzhou, although there has been no finished sugar, the sugar factory has begun to take shape.

July came soon, Sun Tianhao pushed the matter of the sugar factory to Huang Yuansheng, and he and the other 4 people once again took the God and returned to Yulin Bay.

Zhang Hai and Wei Yang haven't been back for more than 3 months, and they look fresh everywhere. A wide dirt road leads directly to Tiandu Mine, and a second dirt road to Yazhou is under construction. The dirt road was newly covered with a lot of stone slabs, and the arrival of the rainy season made the completed dirt road muddy, and the research and development of cement has been stagnant.

The outside of the earthen wall has become a large-scale commercial area, Yulin Bay currently has a population of nearly 10,000 people, and all kinds of needs have emerged. From needles and threads to all kinds of cloth and furniture, everything you need in Yulin Bay can be found here.

Di Chong's loan purchase plan has been approved by the committee, and a large number of tube buildings have risen from the ground, but unfortunately the people of the Ming Dynasty are still not very acceptable to borrow money to buy houses, and the sales situation of Chongzong Real Estate Company is not very good.

As soon as Sun Tianhao and the others came back, they felt that there was something wrong with the smell of Yulin Bay, and all the traversers gathered together in twos and threes, either drinking wine or tea, and the topic turned to the change of office without saying three sentences.

"This is a good thing, it shows that each of us knows our rights and interests in Yulin Bay." Xu Lang sat on the chair and smoked leisurely. The day after Sun Tianhao came back, he took Xu Lang to Lu Tianxiang's house together.

"But I always feel like they're in a gang." Sun Tianhao asked worriedly.

"Isn't it good to form a gang?" Xu Lang asked rhetorically, "There is no party outside the party, imperial thought; There are no factions in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things. That's what the great man said. ”

"Let's get down to business." Sun Tianhao smiled, "Don't be kidding. ”

"Okay, let's get down to business." Xu Lang became serious, "Old Lu, I don't think it's possible to establish a political party, instead of forming a gang in private, it's better to come out public." ”

"What do you want?" Lu Tianxiang hadn't spoken yet, Sun Tianhao preemptively vetoed it, "Just about 300 people, what kind of political party is still established, do you want two parties or multiple parties, don't be stupid, if you really want that, you have to fight when the time comes." ”

"Xiao Xu, why did you suddenly have this idea?" Lu Tianxiang asked calmly.

"Isn't that bad?" Xu Lang asked rhetorically.

"You." Lu Tianxiang was a little dissatisfied, "Why haven't you figured it out for so long." Have you watched "Left Biography" that I asked you to watch? ”

"Look. I specially asked Liu Jun to buy it back for me from Yazhou, vertical version, traditional Chinese characters, I have a headache when I read it. ”

"Has Zheng Boke read Duan Yuyan?" Lu Tianxiang asked again.

"Read." Xu Lang suddenly understood a little, "Old Lu, are you saying that you are waiting for Uncle Gong Duan to jump out by himself?" ”

"What does Uncle Duan, what do you mean?" Sun Tianhao didn't understand what the two people were saying.

Xu Lang didn't answer Sun Tianhao's question, he suddenly felt that Lu Tianxiang's idea was a little inappropriate.

Lu Tianxiang saw Xu Lang's thoughts: "Xiao Xu, I told you a long time ago that not everyone is above board. Politics itself is dirty and unprincipled, and people who talk about principles cannot engage in politics. ”

The general meeting was held as scheduled, and Sun Dalei was elected chairman. Lu Tianxiang voluntarily withdrew from the committee election this time, his reason was that he was old, lacked energy, and could not bear excessive work pressure, so it was better to stay in school with peace of mind. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yiyi was elected as a member.

Wu Zhenhan's proposal was approved by a large number of votes, and the term of office of the committee was changed from six months to one year, and the powers were expanded. The conference was held once every three months instead of once a month. The year of endless meetings exhausted most of the travelers, so the proposal passed without a hitch. The Military Commission was changed from five to seven, Lin Zhaolong and Wang Zhaoxing were added, and they were authorized to prepare for the establishment of military tribunals. Xia Duong resigned as director of the Bureau of Industry due to his election as a member of the committee, and Pham Thu Minh took over again.

In view of the rapid increase in the population of Yulin Bay and the increase in various illegal and criminal phenomena, the number of personnel patrolling the house has been expanded from 50 to 100. Due to the last prisoner of war riot, the congress decided to formally establish the Judicial Bureau and the prison, Liu Guannan was appointed as the director of the Bureau of Justice and the director of the prison, and Wu Zhenhan took over the position of chief inspector of the patrol room. The rest of the staffing arrangements remain unchanged.

Sun Tianhao's work in Qiongzhou was unanimously praised by the newly elected committee, which made Sun Tianhao a little proud. But after being proud, the committee lost no time in putting forward new requirements for him, striving to complete a profit of 20,000 taels of silver in the second half of the year. Yulin Bay is now seriously short of money, and when Sun Dalei was the head of the finance team, he raised the issue of issuing banknotes in Yulin Bay to the committee, but the committee vetoed it. Issuing banknotes without sufficient gold and silver reserves is tantamount to looking for death, and the Daming treasure banknote is a good example.

Xu Lang, Jiang Beiming and Shi Xianyang came to the beach again to blow the sea breeze.

"Beiming, you've gone from one-fifth to one-seventh." Shi Xianyang quipped.

Jiang Beiming looked worried: "Liu Guannan has also been set aside, and now you are still on the stage." ”

"He's useless." Xu Lang said, "You can't control the military through the courtroom." ”

"Isn't that the separation of powers you've been hoping for?" Shi Xianyang asked, "Now the division of power is becoming more and more detailed, but how do I think you are not happy at all." ”

"Nothing to be happy about." Xu Lang replied, "Now it seems that it is decentralizing power on the surface, and it is very good. But I always felt that there was something wrong with this. ”

"What's the problem?" 2 asked.

"Beiming, Xianyang." Xu Lang stared at the sea, "What Lu Lao said is very right, politics is dirty. On the one hand, the procedures were strictly followed, and even the amendment of the convention, the extension of the term of office, and the expansion of the powers of the committee were more than three-quarters of the way through. But from another point of view, this time we were basically all taken down, and it was impossible for Sun Tianhao and Zhang Hai to come back in a short time. If nothing else, the next step will be to open the knife to the military, and this is probably what Lin Zhaolong and Wang Zhaoxing will get into the military committee. ”

"Knife to the military? How to go under the knife? The two didn't understand what Xu Lang meant.

"Think about it." Xu Lang turned to look at the two of them, "I don't know much about Wang Zhaoxing, but Lin Zhaolong I know, a typical intestine, no heart." The Marine Platoon already belongs to the vertical leadership of the committee, and the Military Commission can't control it, but what does it mean to get Lin Zhaolong into the Military Commission, and let the Marine Platoon get involved in the army's affairs, can Han Wantao agree? The navy is now in Zeng Guangxian's hands, but Wang Zhaoxing is the captain of the God, and the other 2 gunboats will be launched soon, and the God will definitely be the flagship at that time, and the fleet will not be all owned by Wang Zhaoxing, and it is estimated that Zeng Guangxian will not be better, which is creating contradictions. Although the people in the military have some holidays with me, they are all on the surface, Zhang Guodong and his people basically have no small actions, but the more this happens, the more terrible it becomes, if one day the contradictions between them become public, I estimate that someone will jump out to take over the army at that time. ”

"It's not that serious." Jiang Beiming felt that Xu Lang was a bit exaggerated.

"I have to guard against it." Xu Lang said, "We all know that there are Manchus and Mongolians among the traversers. It is now the third year of Chongzhen, and in another four years, the Manchu Qing will enter the customs for the second time. According to our current development trend, I think that in four years, we will definitely have to make contact with the Manchus, how to get in touch, whether to fight or to make peace, this is where the contradiction lies, and it is also a matter of principle of major rights and wrongs. If this problem is not resolved in advance, once the contradiction breaks out, if someone wants to break away from the crossing group, whether they will attack their own people or not, not only the military, but also the crossing conference will not be able to get an idea. If this situation really occurs, the outside must first be settled inside, and it is logical to concentrate power, and once power is concentrated, it is difficult to disperse it again. It's really ill-intentioned. ”

"Xu Lang, I think you've changed." Shi Xianyang was a little surprised by Xu Lang's words, "You are no longer the high-spirited Xu Lang you used to be." ”

"People are going to become." Xu Lang took out another cigarette, and whenever Xu Lang smoked, people who were familiar with him knew that he was going to talk at length again, "I've been thinking a lot about it these days at school. Beiming, Xianyang, let me ask you a question, what is the Needham problem? You are all undergraduates in your previous life, Xianyang or master's degree, don't tell me you don't know. ”

"It's redundant for you to ask that." Shi Xianyang said, "Let's not talk about whether the question itself is valid or not, there are no less than 10 answers to this question, which one do you say is right." ”

"I think." Xu Lang said, "There is one right, thought. Ideas determine the development of society. 1600 years ago, of course I'm talking about 1600 years ago, there were two powerful empires in the West and the East at the same time, the Roman Empire and the Qin and Han Empires. Why, that's because both empires stood on the shoulders of their predecessors. The Roman Empire stood on the basis of ancient Greek culture, while the Qin and Han Empires stood on top of the Hundred Schools of Thought. However, in modern times, Europe has been in Europe since the Renaissance, gone through the Reformation, and a group of thinkers have emerged in the light of reason, from Voltaire and Montesquieu to Kant and Rousseau, who have put forward their own brand new views on the basis of their predecessors, and put forward views that cannot be denied until the 21st century. Think about our time, even North Korea was called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. On the other hand, we, Li Zhen, Tang Zhen, Wang Fuzhi, Gu Yanwu, who have walked out of the way of Confucianism, even in our later generations, governing the country with virtue and governing the country according to law is nothing more than Confucianism and Legalism. ”

"Surely theirs is right?" Jiang Beiming retorted.

"I'm sorry I don't know, no system is perfect. But Beiming," Xu Lang replied, "facts speak louder than words. This kind of thinking and system has lasted for three or four hundred years, and at least until our time, the countries that practiced this system were still the most advanced countries in the world. If this kind of system has no superiority and rationality, then it will not be able to continue at all, let alone lead the world. I can't see the world 1,000 years from now, but I can see it 400 years from now, and you can see it too. Why can't we continue the national fortune of our Chinese nation for another 400 years? ”

"Can the system decide everything? Absolutely. Shi Xianyang felt that he could not fully agree with Xu Lang's opinion.

"Institutions don't decide everything. It's this that decides everything. Xu Lang pointed to his head, "It's thought, any system needs people to implement, so only thought can decide everything." That's why I stayed in school. ”

"Do you want to reshape your mind?" Shi Xianyang asked.

"It's a hard question to answer." Xu Lang flicked the cigarette butt in his hand into the sea, "Fundamentally, I don't want to change anyone's mind, I want everyone to have their own independent consciousness and the ability to think independently." But all human beings are born free, but they are everywhere in chains. ”

Jiang Beiming interjected: "Don't drag your culture, I graduated from a military academy and don't understand." ”

"Huh." Xu Lang smiled, "This sentence comes from Rousseau's "Theory of Social Contract". What I want to say is that if we don't influence, then someone else will influence, and no one can live in a vacuum. ”

"Okay, it's off topic when you talk about it, these things can't be said clearly in one or two sentences." Shi Xianyang changed the topic, "I'm hungry, which of the two of you has a treat?" ”

"Hey, I'm talking about Manifestation." Xu Lang smiled, "It's time for you to invite it once." Your justice's salary is not low, and I have no money to teach poorly. ”

"Forget it, I'll ask you." Jiang Beiming patted his stomach, "We are all the same now, the whole family is not hungry when one person is full." ”