Since Hong Tao came back from Mingzhou, he took the letters of appointment of the Quanzhi Nanning Army and the Nanyang Envoy to the board of directors for discussion, and explained his plans. These issues are a major issue related to the future development of Jinhewan, unlike laying copper plates on the bottom of the ship, where you can make your own decisions. On the board of directors, six votes were in favor of Hong Tao's appointment, and four voted against Hong Tao's appointment. Hong Tao is already very satisfied with this ratio, ten years! Finally, half of the young people no longer take it for granted to work for the emperor, and this ideological change cannot be said to be slow.

But that wasn't enough, there were still six who hadn't been converted, so Hong Tao wasted two and a half days, buzzing in their ears until he convinced them, and finally unanimously approved his plan. As for whether the directors were persuaded by him or annoyed, did it make a difference? In the end, it is not enough to take the initiative to raise your hand to vote, as long as you do not use violence and bribery, it represents their true intentions.

With the approval of the board of directors, the warehouses of the main fleet and the escort fleet in Jinhe Bay were given an additional banner of the Great Song Dynasty Nanyang Envoy. Hong Tao's order was to be on a case-by-case basis, and at the right time, this flag could be hoisted for the fleet's benefit. As for what is the right time, the captains of each ship figure out for themselves, what to use their heads. Subsequently, Hong Tao's old man returned to Hainan Island with two Li elders, and went into the ravine, they went to contact the Li people in the mountains, so that they could go down the mountain to work on the iron mines, and they could eat and drink enough as long as they chiseled stones every day, and they didn't have to go back to the mountains to starve and have a full meal.

As for where is the iron mine? It's coming soon. Luo Dacai has already taken the craftsman to take a boat down the Changjiang River, and the original small mine and the surrounding several square kilometers of land have been divided into mining areas by the Quan Zhi Nanning Army, and large-scale mining is about to begin. The official document has been sent to the Nanning Army. They agree that it doesn't help to disagree. If you have any opinions, go to the Ministry of War to complain. It would be strange if the military department could have the following. At present, this master of the Quanzhi Nanning Army is hot in the imperial court, not only raising horses for the imperial court, but also sending food and fighting for the imperial court, and digging some mines in a small area of Nima is a fart! If you Nanning Army have this ability, half of Hainan Island will let you dig up the imperial court, and you will have no opinion!

Of course, Hong Tao usually doesn't come up to do this kind of thing that people don't want to see, don't forget, he always holds an abacus in one hand and half of his face is smiling. Behind the official letter to the Nanning Army. There is also a private letter between them, which is very clearly written, and the right to know that the Nanning Army intends to advance and retreat with the Nanning Army! Not only the Li people can come here to mine, but also the soldiers and their families of the Nanning Army can come to mine, and the wages are calculated according to the weight and quality of the iron ore sent to the wharf every day. Moreover, the purchase price given by Hong Tao is very high, those who are willing to ask for money can pay with copper money, and those who are not willing to ask for money can use grain, whale oil, sugar, cotton cloth, and rum at a discount, anyway, how convenient and how to come.

The Nanning Army, although it is called the Border Army. In fact, it was the Xiang Army, and the Central Army was unwilling to come to this desert island where prisoners were exiled to suffer. I heard that there was money to be earned. And I can earn a lot of money, my eyes lit up immediately, and I couldn't think of anything in my mind that I didn't sue or not, and it was all occupied by a big abacus. The official is calculating how many soldiers he can draw out to mine, and then how many are drawn from each soldier; The soldiers are also calculating how much ore they can dig up every day, and whether the money they earn is enough for their wives and children to be fed and clothed, and to eat a few meals of meat during the holidays.

As mentioned earlier, the Xiang army is originally poorly treated, at most, it will make you starve to death, and you don't even care about being full. Their military sources are also very complicated, but as long as the box army is sent to Hainan Island, there are no serious people, either criminals or homeless people. These people do not lack strength, nor do they take the honor of being a soldier, and it is their desire to have enough food and clothing.

On the one hand, there are funds and projects, and on the other hand, there is labor and territory, as long as the two sides are not too chicken thieves, they will definitely hit it off, and it is too perfect to complement each other. As a result, the Shilu Iron Mine was officially excavated, and instead of carrying it on the shoulders in a small pit like the original Li people, they directly used the propellant as explosives. A row of holes were carved into the stone with an iron hammer and gunpowder was stuffed with a wooden stick, which eventually ignited. Although the propellant is not as good as the nitro explosives of later generations, it is better than nothing, and if it cannot be exploded once, it will be blown up again, as long as the mountain is blown loose.

However, this is a bit dangerous for the miners, and the mountains and the ground are shaken loose, and there are more landslides and landslides, and there are many casualties. This thing can't be avoided, if you want to mine more, you have to exchange human lives, and all Hong Tao can do is make the tragedy a little lesser. Whenever there are dead or injured families in the mining family, the Quan Zhi Nanning Army will give a settling-in allowance to take care of the elderly, women and children. If there is no labor in the family, the family will be taken to live in Jinhe Bay.

Women and children are a burden to the Great Song Dynasty, and they are treasures to Jinhewan. If you change your marriage, the people of Jinhewan, especially those Han people, will not care, mainly because the ratio of men and women in Jinhewan is too imbalanced. Slaves have lower requirements, women are enough, and it is better to have a young woman. Hong Tao can grab women from other countries and change women to satisfy them. However, the Han people were more conservative and did not want to marry foreign women, especially female slaves in Europe and Central Asia in exchange for the Great Cannibals, and they were very resistant, preferring to marry widows rather than intermarry with them.

As for the Tan family and the Li people, they have their own way and don't worry too much about Hong Tao. The Tan family can find a daughter-in-law from the Tan family along the coast, as long as the bride price is sufficient, there is generally no problem. The Li people are more convenient, they will take the young man back to Hainan Island every year, carry a lot of gold and silver jewelry, and then marry a lot of Li sisters. For everyone's choice, Hong Tao can only persuade, powerless to stop, and there is no need to stop it. Take your time, when it comes to the next generation, and then the next generation, this situation will change, and this generation will not try to convince it.

"See, the teacher told you about capital, and the teacher's teacher once said: Since the day capital was born, every pore has been full of dirt and blood. If we want to develop in Jinhewan, we must exchange their lives, and other than that, the teacher can't think of an easier way. If the teacher doesn't need to exchange the capital in his hand, then I would like to ask. Who wants their children to do this? Some of them are about your age. Why do you go to school dressed cleanly and eating well? Do people have to risk their lives to mine? The answer is simple, because the capital is in the hands of your fathers, and their fathers did not. ”

Since the establishment of this mine, the advanced class of the navigation school in Ximaozhou has added another class, called social practice. When Hong Tao takes out his efforts, he will go to Ximaozhou to give lectures for two days, and he will take children over the age of ten to go to the mines and horse farms to take a spin while working in person. Let the children feel the hardships of others, while being a volunteer nurse for a day in the mine hospital for those injured who have broken their legs and broken their waists. At the same time, Hong Tao will talk to the children on the spot when he thinks of something, and finally leave them one or a few questions for them to think about with the questions. Many of these questions are not clear to Hong Tao himself, so instead of telling them randomly, it is better to let them explore the correct answers on their own.

"Is there a society in the world where capital does not eat people? The teacher hadn't seen it anyway. But it can't be said that there is none, the teacher did not turn the whole world, at best a small part, and there is more space for you. Don't think that after graduation, going to war on a battleship is the most worthy thing to show off! Fighting a war is actually the most boring thing to do. Is it fun to have you shoot a helpless crowd like them with a cannon every day? What's the best thing in the world? The teacher thinks it's exploration! Explore what others don't know and don't understand. Then write a book and tell future generations, then you will all become people like teachers, teachers of others! Luo Mei, take out all the things in your pocket and throw them on the ground! Hong Tao was talking about it, and suddenly found that the fat boy in Luo Mei was seducing Hong Salamander with snacks, and he immediately became anxious.

"Hong salamander, go, take all the things on the ground to those mining brothers to eat, just say that you gave them to them, remember to say what your name is!" It took five minutes for Luo Meimei to take out all the snacks in his pocket and build a small mountain on the ground. He has the potential to be a sailor, and he actually secretly sewed a few pockets in his clothes. Hong Tao is not old enough to come here to listen to the class, but Hong Tao used his power for personal gain in order to stay with the child for a while. Don't look at the young age of the salamander, but it has the style of a female man, she has no interest in snacks or anything, she prefers to fiddle with tools, and she likes the crafts of carpenters, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, and shoemakers, and she likes to paint her favoritely. At this point, Hong Tao feels that his daughter is a bit spontaneous, curious, and hands-on.

"Luo Meimei, what do you plan to do after graduation?" For Luo Youde, a fat son, Hong Tao is a hundred people who can't look down on him. His second hobby besides eating is to get around his female classmates and use all kinds of snacks and gadgets his father gave him to seduce girls to play with him. As for academic performance, if he wasn't Luo Youde's son, Hong Tao would have let him go back to kindergarten a long time ago.

"My father said that I should be the biggest maritime merchant in Nanfan, and then marry Hong Salamander home......" Luo Meimei also has a problem that makes Hong Tao very angry, his face is naturally thick, and he can take a lot of seriously, and he is confident.

"Can you say something about not letting the teacher punish you? I'll give you a quarter of an hour, and if you can't think of it, everyone will stand with you collectively for an afternoon! Then go back to school, wait for the teacher to leave, hehehe......" Hong Tao heard him talk nonsense more than a hundred times, and when he asked him back, he said so. Although he said it seriously, he couldn't deceive Hong Tao's eyes, this kid has been talking nonsense since he was a child, and he doesn't blink.

“…… I, I want to be the emperor, or the governor can make do with it......" At first, Luo Meimei was reluctant to say anything, but as the hateful gazes of the classmates around him shot, he still surrendered. Offending a teacher is usually not a painful punishment, but offending all classmates is a hell for this kind of boarding student. He estimated that he had cursed Hong Tao a thousand times in his heart, but he still had to tell the truth.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Hahaha...... As soon as the words fell, Luo Meimei's classmates erupted in laughter, which was probably the funniest thing they had ever heard....... Isn't it ridiculous that a little fat man who has been dragging his academic performance again and again, and knows how to eat snacks and slimy female classmates, actually said that he wanted to be the emperor?

"Shut up! Whoever laughs again will go mine with them for an afternoon! Is there anything funny about the ideals of Romena? Can't he be the emperor and the governor? Which rule says that our children of Jinhewan cannot be emperors and governors in the future? Hong Tao also stunned Luo Meimei's answer, but he didn't think it was ridiculous, he felt terrible, gratifying, and pitiful!

The terrible thing is that Luo Meimei is so young, and he is still the child of a serious Song Dynasty businessman, he would have such a big rebellious idea. It can be deduced from this that among these hundreds of children, he must be the only one who thinks so, and the children he has cultivated are all about to produce monsters.

The good news is that isn't this the result I've been pursuing? The emperor is not born, anyone Nima can do it, as long as you have the ability. It's one thing to do good and bad, it's another thing to be able to do it, every emperor didn't want to govern the country badly at the beginning of his tenure, they all ascended the throne with a good wish, but their abilities and aspirations are sometimes not proportional.

It's a pity that he is a standard anti-emperor, and he doesn't have the slightest affection for the emperor, but some of the children he taught want to be emperors. If that's a lot, then what are you doing here? It can be regarded as helping the royalists to cultivate follow-up talents! Let a guy who has received a partial modern education from a young age become an emperor, and the country is likely to flourish, and it is likely to become a hell on earth. Their means and vision of governing the country are much more advanced, depending on whether they use these high-tech gadgets correctly or not.

"Everyone has the right to pursue their own ideals, even if you want to overthrow Jinhewan and establish your ideal system in the future, that is your right, as long as you can do better than the teacher, it will be good. Okay, go and help them mine, each person's ration must not be less than one-fifth of theirs, and whoever can't finish his class will be punished collectively and there will be no dinner! "The most pitiful thing is that even if Hong Tao knows how terrible they are, he still has to grit his teeth and insist on his own set of things, otherwise what he is saying now is the opposite of what he said before, should he let the child listen to the front or the back? In the face of this sense of helplessness, Hong Tao was annoyed again, he was unlucky when he annoyed others, this time it was the turn of these children, all of them should be coolies.

"Headmaster, my father said that there is a bigger land on the other side of the sea, and there is not enough food to grow on it, and there are many animals and natives who don't wear clothes that we haven't seen, and I want to go there to be an emperor, teach them to read and write, and teach them to make clothes and wear them." Luo Meimei is very precocious, he has a lot more eyes than his peers, he can see Hong Tao's emotional fluctuations, and knows that Hong Tao is not very happy, probably because of what he just said, so he secretly came over to explain to Hong Tao.

"You and your father have a virtuous nature, they like to fantasize, and they always fantasize about beautiful things...... It doesn't matter, the teacher is not angry because of you, you answered very well, at least much better than those classmates who shouted every day that they wanted to be captains. In order to reward you for speaking out what you really think in your heart, the teacher decided to give you a big reward, aren't you going to teach the natives to read and make clothes? Then go back and tell your father, his wish is not far away, let him clean up the things in his hand quickly, and then wait for me in Guangzhou, this time I will not be able to come back for at least a year. Go ahead, don't expect to talk to the teacher a little more, you can do less work, you are much more fucking cunning than your father! Hong Tao touched Luo Mei's head, reaffirmed his ideals, and then sabotaged his little conspiracy. I really don't know, how could Luo Youde, who has always been suave and sunny in his heart, give birth to such a freak, Hong Tao once again doubted whether this was born by Luo Youde! (To be continued.) )