"But that is likely to provoke a popular uprising, and Hainan Island may be chaotic. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Cheng Yiyi asked uneasily.

"What, didn't Xu Lang tell you?" Xia Yang was a little strange, "Xu Lang, didn't you tell Yiyi your suggestion?" ”

"I haven't had time yet, so I'm here to talk about it." Xu Lang stood up and smiled, "Ladies and gentlemen, our purpose is not only to collect taxes on Hainan Island, our purpose is to be able to control the entire Hainan Island. If there is a civil uprising caused by tax collection, we will have a reason to send troops to quell the civil uprising, so that we can easily control the whole of Hainan. ”

"But that's going to kill you." Someone in the room shouted.

"No one will die." Xu Lang said, "We will persuade Wang Kezong to abolish the agricultural tax and the poll tax, and only collect the industrial and commercial tax." As long as the agricultural tax and the poll tax are abolished, there will be no big mess. ”

"I'm afraid it won't work." Liang Chengdong asked, "Let's not explain the government first, that is, our Yulin Bay has canceled the agricultural tax, what will happen to our grain?" ”

"Buy, use the collected industrial and commercial tax to buy grain." Xu Lang explained, "Since we want to transform the Ming Dynasty into an industrial society and a commercial society, these two taxes will have to be abolished sooner or later. ”

"I think there's a problem." Shi Xianyang interrupted Xu Lang's words, "If food is included in the commercial category, it will stimulate land annexation, because large-scale intensive cultivation is the most cost-effective." However, it is still a small-scale peasant society, and it is not appropriate to do so rashly. ”

"Well, what you said makes sense." Xu Lang thought for a moment, "But now the land annexation of the Ming Dynasty is already very serious, and our industry has always lacked labor. Britain had already carried out the enclosure movement, which was bloody, but it did promote the development of industry, as the landless peasants became free laborers. ”

"There's no point in arguing about this issue here right now." Xia Yang said, "Everything will wait until Lu Lao and I go to meet Wang Kezong, no matter what, controlling the entire Hainan Island is our top priority." ”

The rest of the arrangements were made immediately after the General Assembly.

Zeng Guangxian did not have to wait for the re-election in July, and immediately led the Pearl to Taiwan. The principle is to win over Zheng Zhilong, redivide Southeast Asia, and make sure to keep Singapore and Malacca under control. In order to deter Zheng Zhilong and the Westerners, the crossing conference authorized Zeng Guangxian to conduct a military exercise in Taiwan, so that the people of Taiwan could see the power of the battleship Pearl in the East China Sea.

Li Fuqiang also sent back news from Vietnam, and Zheng Jie is now becoming more and more uneasy about Yulin Bay, and constantly urging Li Fuqiang to go south. Li Fuqiang applied to his family, hoping that his family could send a few more warships to occupy the entire Priango and advance some in the direction of Cambodia.

Li Fuqiang made it clear in the letter that it is difficult to find a balance between Zheng Jie and Nguyen Phuc Yuan now, so he suggested that he turn his face with Nguyen Phuc Yuan and control the entire Priang Ge, so as to prepare for the control of Malacca.

The crossing conference agreed to Li Fuqiang's suggestion and decided to send the withdrawn Fourth and Fifth Infantry Regiments and the First Fleet to Vietnam two months later to take Priango in one fell swoop.

The Military Commission submitted a new conscription plan, because tens of thousands of refugees from the north would arrive in Yulin Bay one after another, and the Military Commission hoped to recruit two or three infantry regiments from among the refugees to form a new infantry division. At the same time, a group of navies was called up to prepare for the construction of two new thousand-ton ships.

No one objected to this plan and it was quickly adopted.

The plan proposed by Xu Lang and Han Wantao to attack Lushun was not submitted to the crossing conference, and Zhang Guodong and Wei Yang meant that this plan would be kept secret first, and then implemented after the situation in Southeast Asia stabilized, two new warships were launched, and the new infantry division was organized and trained.

According to Liu Guannan's vision, the patrol room was expanded to 500 people, and the Wanzhou patrol room and the Yulin Bay old area police station were set up at the same time. Yan Hao served as the chief inspector of the Wanzhou patrol house, and Cao Lin served as the chief of the old district police station.

Li Lin's proposal to set up a customs anti-smuggling team was also adopted, but there was no ship. Zeng Guangxian temporarily changed his mind and did not agree to retire the two warships. The meeting had no choice but to decide on the construction of two new 150-ton anti-smuggling boats, each equipped with six guns and 20 rifled guns. Van Basten had been serving as an instructor in the Naval Section of the Wang Hua Military Academy since his return to Yulin Bay, and the meeting decided to consult him for his opinion on becoming the leader of the anti-smuggling team.

Qiu Peng submitted a proposal to the Crossing Assembly, hoping to build several whaling ships. In addition to whale meat and baleen that can be used, more important is whale oil. Whale oil can be used in the tanning industry industrially, as well as in tempering baths (for steelmaking) and as a lubricant. It can also be used as a raw material for edible and manufacturing soap and candles.

However, this proposal was rejected due to financial problems, and Yulin Bay did not have the extra money to build new ships. However, the crossing conference also made a decision to make the information and technology of the whaling ship public, hoping that there would be private funds to undertake this task, and Yulin Bay could buy whales at a high price.

The last motion was the general election of the General Assembly. Although almost everyone now knows what the committee meant, it still sparked a debate when it came to the cross-border assembly. Those who agreed and those who did not agree were evenly matched, and the two sides quarreled for a whole day. In the end, the difference of three votes agreed to universal suffrage, and an election committee composed of both the traverser and the Ming Dynasty was set up to be responsible for the specific operation.

After six days, the crossing conference was finally over, and Xu Lang finally found time to take a look at Feng Bin and Wang Chengen's two nephews.

Wang Chengen's two nephews are named Wang Fanyi and Wang Fanxin, one is 11 years old and the other is 12 years old, and they are both placed in Yulinwan School like Feng Bin.

When Xu Lang arrived at the school, he happened to meet the children in class, and Xu Lang first asked He Yun about the situation of the three children.

"Xiao Xu, where did you find these 3 children?" He Yun smiled at Xu Lang and asked, "These three children are very smart and sensible, especially Feng Bin's child, who learns things very quickly, and has learned more than 30 words in just a few days." ”

"Aunt He, he's 12 years old." Xu Lang said with a smile, "Knowing more than 30 words is still called smart." ”

"Hehe, you think this is 400 years later." He Yun was amused by Xu Lang, "It's already very good that today's children can find a few like Ye Li." ”

"Did Ye Li go to Wanzhou Academy?" Xu Lang asked.

"Not yet, I just finished the exam, if I pass the test, I will not go to class until August, and now I am at home on vacation."

"Shall we have summer vacation too?" Xu Lang pulled the question back again, "Aunt He, how did you arrange those 3 children?" ”