Chapter 41: The Last Enlarged Meeting (I)

The first Spring Festival of the crossing group is coming soon. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoIn the past few days, Shi Xianyang, Xu Lang, Jiang Beiming and others are about to be stepped on, and there are people everywhere who are looking for them to sue and sue for lawsuits. Whose chickens ate whose vegetables, whose cows gnawed whose seedlings, the girls in the garment group collectively found Cheng Yiyi and cried, and the old men from Yulin Bay peeked at them taking a bath, but they were still in a group. It's just that the meaning of these girls looking for death and life is that since their bodies are being seen, they must naturally marry the person who peeks. Loyal ministers don't do two masters, and martyrs don't marry two husbands, this starvation is a small matter, and a big loss of festival is a big thing.

Shi Xianyang had no choice but to issue a notice that he would not accept any cases and lawsuits before the Spring Festival, and that everything would be said after the Spring Festival.

Nine committee members and group leaders sat around the round table in the conference room, and the last enlarged meeting of the committee in the second year of Chongzhen was being held.

"Before the meeting, I would like to express a little bit of my personal thoughts." Lu Tianxiang said.

"Lu Lao, you say." Everyone said.

"On my own behalf, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Shi Xianyang and all those who participated in the trial this time. Regardless of whether this court session can be accepted by the people of the Ming Dynasty or not, I personally believe that you have opened a new era. ”

"Mr. Lu, you have won the prize." Shi Xianyang dared to be busy and humbly said.

"Alright." Lu Tianxiang waved his hand, "Let's have a meeting now." Xiao Shi, let's tell you about the situation in Yulin Bay first. ”

"Okay." Shi Xianyang flipped out his notebook, "After nearly half a year's efforts, the situation in Yulin Bay has made great progress now. I won't say anything polite, I'll report the statistics from all aspects. ”

"First, the permanent population of Yulin Bay has now reached 1,945, and the Ming Dynasty has 1,626. There are 45 children under the age of 14 plus our own children, and 66 elderly people who are unable to work. There are 215 women, and we are still more men than women. Among them, there are 35 craftsmen, but there are no Western technicians so far, Huang Yuansheng has been to Macao several times, but unfortunately he has not recruited anyone. We are still relatively weak in terms of technical strength. ”

"Second, in terms of commerce and trade, the salt industry group has further expanded its scale, and with its current production capacity, it can produce 8 million catties of refined salt annually, equivalent to 96,000 taels of silver."

This number caused an exclamation from the attendees: "So much. ”

Shi Xianyang nodded and continued: "In terms of soap and dental tools, due to the limitations of manpower and raw materials, our annual production capacity can only reach 200,000 sets, equivalent to 10,000 taels of silver. The mirror has not yet come out, the annual production capacity of glass can reach 8,000 boxes, at present we only have one specification of glass, and the price for Huang Yuansheng is 5 yuan silver for a piece of glass, 20 pieces in a box. According to this output, 80,000 taels of silver can be exchanged for a year. ”

"At the moment, we only have these four main products." Speaking of this, Shi Xianyang laughed self-deprecatingly, "It is said to be the main hit, but in fact, it is these 4 things, and there is nothing else." These four products can be exchanged for a total of 186,000 taels of silver every year. ”

"Third, in terms of agriculture, the agricultural group in Liangchengdong has promoted the model of borrowing land in two Li villages, that is, the one in Jitian Town and the one in Yata Village, and the effect is not bad. In addition, the agricultural group has cultivated about 300 acres of paddy fields near Yulin Bay, and the annual share and output of these places is about 500,000 catties of grain, which can feed about 900 people, and the rest of the grain needs to be exchanged for trade. In terms of non-staple food, at present, every household in Yulin Bay is basically breeding vegetables, relying on the self-production capacity of Yulin Bay alone, meat can be guaranteed once every 5 days, and if there is more, it will need to be purchased from outside. ”

"Fourth, there is the expenditure aspect. Now the bulk of our expenditure is still on food, iron, and cloth. According to the scale of 2,000 people in Yulin Bay, the food expenditure is about 15,000 taels of silver a year, the iron expenditure is 50,000 taels, and the cloth expenditure is 30,000 taels. ”

When it came to public relations fees, the attendees laughed helplessly. This is in the Ming Dynasty, there is no way to do it.

"Extrapolate accordingly." Seeing that everyone was no longer smiling, Shi Xianyang continued, "According to the current situation, we still have a balance of about 60,000 taels a year. However, because we just landed in July, everything has just begun, and so far, we still owe Li Shuang, Gao Pengju these people about 30,000 taels. In other words, we are now operating in debt. ”

Sun Dalei glanced at Shi Xianyang strangely: "As soon as you become a lawyer, how can this account be calculated so clearly." ”

Shi Xianyang smiled: "It's not me who calculated, it was all made by Cheng Yiyi." ”

"Let me now talk about the current situation of each group and the requirements for the next step." After Shi Xianyang finished speaking, Fan Qiuming, as the representative of the team leader, continued, "According to the summary of the situation reports of each group, the situation of the marine group, the marine group now has no full-time personnel, they are all temporarily composed of traversers, and they also have to conduct military training every day, which not only affects the work, but also consumes excessive physical strength. Therefore, Han Wantao proposed to set up a full-time marine combat group, that is, the first army. The personnel consisted of Ming Dynasty people, numbering about 100 people, and were required to be armed with arquebuses and spears, bows and crossbows, and officers and non-commissioned officers of all ranks were held by traversers. ”

"Let's set up an army now, hurry up." Hearing Fan Qiuming say this, the participants began to discuss one after another.

"Everyone, be quiet." Lu Tianxiang said, "After Team Leader Fan has introduced the situation of each group, let's discuss it." ”

Everyone quieted down, and Fan Qiuming continued, "The naval battle group has no requirements in terms of personnel, and the current former naval soldiers are quite enough, but Zeng Guangxian asked to build sail warships and artillery as soon as possible, because the current two iron ships are basically lying in the nest due to oil reasons." ”

"The Marine Corps has also asked for an increase in the number of personnel, and they are asking for an increase to 30 personnel."

"In terms of the public security group, in view of the current population in Yulin Bay is increasing, and will further increase, now the public security problem is becoming more and more prominent, and there have been some fights and petty thefts, and the 20 people in the public security group are not busy now. Therefore, Liu Guannan demanded that the number of members of the security team be increased to 50, and asked that a law and order law be enacted through the court as a basis for law enforcement. ”

"What's my business again." Shi Xianyang protested, "The legislative power belongs to the parliament, and the court is the judicial power. ”

"We'll talk about that later." Lu Tianxiang stopped Shi Xianyang's complaints, "Xiao Fan, you continue." ”

Fan Qiuming spread his hands at Shi Xianyang and expressed helplessness: "In terms of our scientific research group, because of the crucible, the most primitive iron-smelting furnace is being built, whether it can be steeled, I don't know yet, it is estimated that the test can only start after the Spring Festival at the earliest." The drawings for the transformation of diesel generators into hydroelectric generators have been completed. Fan Qiuming glanced at Zhang Guodong embarrassedly, Zhang Guodong raised his head and ignored him, "As for whether the ship can be dismantled and rebuilt, this has to be voted on by the plenary meeting." The next step of the research team will be to focus on steelmaking, power generation and cement, without which the quality of our buildings is worrying. ”

"The ordnance team has built a total of 8 arquebuses these days, and the quality is not bad, but all of them are handmade, drilled and scraped by hand, and the speed is too slow. Shen Daxing asked for the use of electric or hydraulic drills, and our research group is still studying this issue. As for the conversion of arquebuses to flintlock guns, because flintlock pistols have high requirements for firing steel sheets, if they want to be transformed, I am afraid that they will have to dismantle the ship, and now only ships have such high-quality steel sheets. ”

Speaking of this, Fan Qiuming smiled apologetically at Zhang Guodong: "I'm sorry, Captain Zhang, it seems that your ship may have to contribute." ”

Zhang Guodong snorted and did not speak. Fan Qiuming continued: "However, their ordnance team has come up with a grenade, of course, the most primitive grenade, what is it called thunder, Shen Daxing will show you the sample in a while." The Ordnance Group also requested more manpower and equipment. Shen Daxing means that the next step is to develop the production of artillery, although we can't make steel yet, but according to Ye Sunquan's opinion, with the iron we buy now, it is possible to make artillery according to the mud mold method, and this problem is being demonstrated by the scientific research group. ”

"As for the other groups, there are basically no requirements, the only requirement is people, and there is a shortage of people everywhere. Gu Yunkun has already obtained the mining rights of Tiandu Mine and spent 500 taels of silver. Gu Yunkun demanded that iron ore be developed after the Spring Festival, but he demanded at least 500 miners. ”

"500 people?" Everyone exclaimed, "Don't do anything else." ”