During the Xiaoice Age, even in tropical Asia, winter was a depression. The hills in the western part of Hainan Island www.biquge.info still retain patches of green in winter because of their low altitude, and there is even snow on the higher central mountain ranges. The Seroku River flows out of the dense forest in the middle of the island and rushes westward into the sea. Two towering peaks sandwich the river, creating a dividing line between the undulating dense forests and the gentle cultivated areas. A dam between the two peaks allows the Shiroku River to accumulate a reservoir in the dense forest. The river becomes gentle when it exits the dam, and along the left bank of the river is a stony flat land about 1 meter above the water, with an area of nearly 2 square kilometers, which is named the industrial zone. Behind this area is a series of low hills and dense rainforest. The terrain on the right bank is slightly more complex, with towering mountains rushing from deep into the rainforest and descending into a gentle earthy slope with an average height of 17 meters in front of the river valley, covering an area of 2.7 square kilometers. Below the gentle slope is a gentler dryland that gradually descends into the river valley, a mirror-like paddy field with a valley floor, and a wetland close to the river. The dryland has not yet been fully reclaimed, with an area of nearly 2 square kilometers; The paddy fields and wetlands are even more expansive, with 3.3 square kilometers.

A canal leads from the crest of the dam to a gentle slope known as Liberty Hill, which provides drinking water to a settlement. Apparently well-planned and constructed, the one- and two-story brick and stone huts are home to more than 2,000 residents. The huts are planned as rectangular assemblies around a vacant lot in the middle and two rows of houses, one of which has a courtyard and a sloping roof. A courtyard away from these huts and close to the summit of a gentle slope suggests that there will be some important buildings at the top. Nestled at the foot of the Freedom Mountain, another settlement called Meijia Village sits on a flat ground between the paddy fields and the Shilu River, scattered with houses of different qualities made of various materials, and is home to about 1,000 residents.

The sloping roof building is called the Great Hall. It and one of the courtyards make up the best school of this plane. The 20-meter-wide interior space has a striking visual effect in this time and space. In the center of this huge space, a rostrum was built against the north wall. There are 10 rows of tables and chairs on the floor, and each row can seat 40 people.

The auditorium has not yet been renovated, and the interior walls are still exposed with red bricks and gray cement beams and columns. This did not prevent it from being put into operation, and there was a circle of people sitting on the Bureau, apparently in a meeting. It was already evening, the light coming in through the windows was not bright enough, and there were a few candles on the conference table.

"Everyone saw the map just now, thanks to the surveying and mapping company led by Jiao Huang, or the map company, he hasn't thought of a name yet. I also heard the statistics of Wang Daixi. In terms of large numbers, there are about 6,000 acres of land that have been reclaimed and can be reclaimed as paddy fields in Meijia Village and Liberty Mountain, and about 4,000 acres of land that have been reclaimed and can be reclaimed as dry land. According to the yield of 1,500 catties per mu in two seasons, this is 30 million catties of grain, enough to feed almost 30,000 people. Now there are a total of 3,247 people in the two Meijia villages and Liberty Mountain, and we still have a lot of room to spare. But at the moment, our most important project is whether the embankment of Zhao's construction company can be completed before the spring flood next year, so that 3,000 acres of farmland can produce grain during the summer harvest. ”

Zhao Shilu replied simply: "Yes." And he said no more. When everyone heard this simple answer, they all showed a relaxed look.

It was a monthly working meeting, and as it was approaching the end of the year and coinciding with the inauguration of the General Assembly Hall, it was particularly important, and all the heads of the meeting came. Liu Yao's family was in the conference room, including his 4-year-old son. Apparently he wasn't here for a meeting, but was bobbing between the rows of tables and chairs on the floor. Yao Ying attended the meeting as the person in charge of Liu's Clinic. Liu Man also sat at the conference table, and her official capacity was the school's academic director, responsible for the setting of all subjects and the composition of the teaching staff. He is also the platoon leader of the second platoon of the guard, which contains all children under the age of 14. As they get older, they will enter school or the guard and grow into soldiers or skilled people.

Mei Xianzhuo's family is also there. Mei Yuanwai is the village chief and regimental training captain of Meijia Village, nominally the person in charge here, but in fact Liu Yao's assistant. Mrs. Mei is now the main cadre of the "Liu's Injury Clinic", and Mei Jiaju is the platoon commander of the first platoon of the guard, which is the top leader of the guard. At the same time, he is also the deputy captain of the regimental training and a small soldier under Yao Yuxiao of the Shilu Harbor Guard. This made him the commander of all the armed forces in the organization.

The big families of Meijia Village are all here. Zhao Shilu, who was reassured by the one-word answer just now, is the person in charge of civil engineering, and this auditorium is his work. However, he is more and more inseparable from Qian Er's architectural design, relying on Liu Yao's tutoring and his own exploration, Qian Er has become the best architectural design expert in this time and space, and now he is tinkering with mathematics textbooks with a few children with mathematical talents at night. Thinking of this, Liu Yao was worried about the lighting again. You can't let these people become short-sighted.

The big family can recognize the generations. Zhao Rushan, the second son of the Zhao family, is the person in charge of ironmaking, Qian San's workshop has trial-produced iron lathes and hydraulic forging presses, Sun Zhenggang continues to be busy in the agricultural area, Li Jiangong leads his daughter and Wei Min, and cooperates with Huang Fatzi, who has been running outside in recent months, opening stores to Qiongzhou Mansion and nearby towns in Changjiang County.

There are also newcomers here, Yu Chaoqin, as the person in charge of the blacksmith shop, and Zhou Liya, as the person in charge of the sauce garden, are all looking left and right with confidence because of their good performance.

Liu Yao looked around at these people, took a sip of water, and then said: "Everyone has seen the development of this year, and the current situation can be achieved because all of us here, as well as all our villagers, are an all-round team!" I would say bluntly that I educated and trained this team so that they could draw maps, fight wars, make iron, make machine tools, grow high-yielding crops, and heal diseases and save people. I am confident that together with all of you, life will be better and better. Now, I would like to ask you to share with us what you are responsible for and what you plan for next year. Liu Yao asked Mei Xianzhuo to speak first.

"I'm leading you to open up the wasteland this year. 600 acres of paddy fields and 420 acres of dry land have been opened. More could have been opened, but this year's embankment used a lot of manpower. The plan is to open up the land in thousands of acres of fields during the New Year, and prepare for spring plowing and spring sowing. I also want to use some Li people, but the food is limited, so I have to think carefully. In short, next year we will definitely let the thousands of acres of fields have a harvest when the summer harvest is due. Mei Xianzhuo simply reported on his work. In fact, he also did a lot of things, including dealing with the county, which were not necessary to be discussed, and some of which needed to be kept secret, so he didn't say anything.

Sun Zhenggang stood up and introduced: "This year, I have completed the three tasks assigned by Mr. Liu Yao. One is to consolidate the land, merge the fields of each household, and dismantle the ridges, so as to achieve a level as much as possible. Everyone was surprised, and Sun Zhenggang said happily: "Yes, this is not easy. However, there is a Jiao Huang surveying and mapping company, which can find out the location of the original ridge in a white paddy field, and every time it is very accurate, everyone believes in this drawing. You don't know that Zheng Lei buried a stone at the location of his own ridge and asked the surveying and mapping company to find it three times. ”

"Fortunately, I found it all three times." Jiao Huang said that he was still a little scared. Everyone laughed.

Sun Zhenggang continued: "The second is to increase production. Different fields need different fertilization methods, according to Mr. 's new method, now our paddy fields can have a yield of about 800 catties, and the yield of dry land is higher. The third one is breeding, and we now have enough cattle to plough the fields. You can kill one pig a day. It can produce 1,200 catties of dried fish every month, half of which is sold and half eaten by oneself. There are also chicken, duck and sheep farms and fish ponds, and the output is good. In the midst of everyone's discussion, Sun Zhenggang sat down happily.

Zhao Rushan continued: "Now more than 700 tons of steel can be produced every month, and the blacksmith shop is a little too much to use. The iron ore sent by the Li people every day is very sufficient, and we can't use it. Now there are more and more iron ore and steel ingots in the stockpile. We hope to find a market for the iron. In fact, there are trees in the mountains and water in the rivers. Where there are trees, there is charcoal, and where there is water, there is wind. We can produce more steel. ”

Liu Yao took a sentence: "Yes, we have to find a market for iron." This is mainly sold to the Japanese, the Dutch and the mainland, Li Jiangong, your plan for next year should have this content. ”

Yu Chaoqin hurriedly stood up and said: "The number of master craftsmen in the blacksmith shop has increased to 32, in fact, except for the small workers who help, so many iron materials have been beaten, and all my workers are master craftsmen." Each person brings one apprentice, and the output can be doubled immediately. "The so-called small workers, they are really small, and some of them are only 12 or 3 years old. The world is not yet free from child labour, especially child labour for orphans. Liu Yao is very much looking forward to the summer harvest to bring abundant grain and raise the bottom line of Freedom Mountain.

"We can also double our production. However, there are still some technical challenges to overcome. Qian San continued Yu Chaoqin's words. The workshop and the blacksmith shop are now almost merged to work together, and Liu Yao is considering whether to set up a large manufacturing company, or let them go their own way, with small companies working together with small companies. And with the use of water hammer, it is the simplest hydraulic forging press.

Zhou Liya found an opportunity and hurriedly stood up and said that the sauce garden can not only provide soy sauce, vinegar, tofu and soybean paste, but also change the use of grain to waste materials in the production of alcohol, which is very cost-saving.

Li Jiangong saw that no one spoke, so he slowly stood up and said, "I have a lot of things here. One is to open a store with Huang Fatzi, who really wants to sell things to make money. At the same time, it is also our eyeliner. Another ......" He glanced at Liu Yao, saw that the other party nodded, and then said: "We want to build an intelligence system." It's the spies who do this. I won't talk much about that. In addition, it is to find maritime merchants. I have found the merchants of Guangzhou, after the New Year, will send some goods, as long as we can do, we will do it quickly, I will take it to the merchants of Guangzhou, if the goods are good, there will be orders next year, so that the goods attract people, and slowly there will be some new merchants to come. The people were very happy to hear this.

Liu Yao said to everyone: "I don't know what you think of this maritime merchant's business. I would say that food, the army, industry, and buying and selling are the four most important things for us. Everything has to be strong. ”

When Yao Ying heard this, she took a sentence: "Husband, why didn't you say that things like schools and hospitals are also very important?" The crowd looked at the two with interest. In this time and space, it is still very rare for women to participate in government affairs discussions, but what Yao Ying said also makes sense.

"Madame is very true. What I just said is an external matter. What you're talking about is internal matters, and we'll talk about them in the afternoon. When they heard this, they thought it was a little strange. What else needs to be discussed besides hospitals and schools?

After seeing that everyone had introduced their work one by one, Liu Yao stood up and said, "Everyone, I have been in Meijia Village for a year. In the past year, I have worked with everyone to open up wasteland, dry salt, make steel, run schools, build guards, and develop and grow together. Now that the Chinese New Year is coming, I would like to congratulate you first! Next year will be even better! Everyone smiled and threw their hands at each other.

"But I also want to remind everyone that we have a few big things to face next year. One is that the tree is very popular, we have iron, salt, rice, and next year I plan to build a few ships to run the sea, and my reputation will be even greater. When you have a big reputation, there will be more people who use your brains. It could be a government, it could be a bandit. So we're going to build our own team. A team dedicated to fighting wars. This team began to recruit and train after the New Year, and when there was grain in the summer, they ate food and became a soldier, and Liu Yao, a full-time soldier, paused to let everyone understand the importance of this matter. Everyone's faces became solemn. Although there are more than 3,000 people now, it is easy not to be taken to the nest, but after all, there is so much food, salt, and iron, so I have to guard against it.

"Again, as you can see, we can produce a lot of things, and we can't use them up in the county, and we can't use them up in Qiongzhou Mansion. We have to sell it, and make a lot of money, so that you will not just receive a few catties of grain and work for a day. Speaking of which, I would like to thank you all again for a hard year and very little gain. Fortunately, everyone has seen that our Meijia Village has gained a lot this year, and the prospects are also very good. I'm sure you'll be able to earn money next year. Hearing this, everyone burst out laughing. This Mr. Liu, when he comes out, he is not afraid to say that he makes money, and the things that make money come out of his mouth, it is so righteous and bright, and there is no copper smell at all.