Since Li Hui's new plan was also beneficial to the delegates, after a brief period of skepticism, everyone expressed their support.

As a result, the first batch of people to join the Chinese Datong Party, including the 36 delegates, had a total of only 365 people

However, Yan Fu still thought of a question, didn't Li Hui say that there are thousands of ink masters in the Momen now? That standard will only be higher than that of Datong party members, why not join together?

"Everyone knows that the Datong Party has a deep relationship with the Momen, but the two are not the same thing, and the Momen may not necessarily agree with the purpose of the Datong Party, for example, many Moists think that the Datong Party's requirements are too low, and as for the residents of the island who are not yet Momen, they have not been tested in the 'earthly world'." , Li Hui had already prepared and patiently explained, "And although Juzi and the elders are now more optimistic about our revolution, in order to leave a way back, they still decided to continue to keep the base that Xia Ke Island was built with great difficulty."

Speaking of this, Li Hui sneered slightly, looking very disdainful of such an idea, but his eyes observed the reactions of the delegates, and as he expected, only a few people were dissatisfied with their expressions, but more people's faces vaguely revealed a little relief.

"Sure enough." , Li Hui couldn't help but sneer secretly, the Momen and Xia Kedao he made up did explain the origin of those new weapons and biochemical soldiers relatively well, but they couldn't change the identity of "outsiders", and this was another important reason why he didn't want biochemical soldiers to account too much in the Datong Party.

Chinese society is both tolerant and xenophobic, especially now, after more than 200 years of confinement by the Manchus, even if the physiognomy and language are the same, the difference in views and the identity of returnees can still make the biochemical soldiers ostracized and even hostile in their work and life.

However, this is not completely impossible to solve, in addition to actively developing local people to join the party, Li Hui also has an idea that he thinks is good, but it is not suitable to take the initiative to say it, so he can only continue the previous topic first, "Okay, they are really too cautious, but there is also an advantage to doing so, considering that there is an extreme shortage of talents with new education in China, and there are few qualified skilled workers, the most important task at present is to lay a good foundation, not to be ambitious." Therefore, those high-tech work, such as the construction of capital ships and the research of new technologies, are still carried out on the island for the time being, and this is also conducive to secrecy, which is almost flawless, and the current domestic work cannot reach that level in any way. ”

"Then won't the country build warships?" When Yan Fu heard this, he couldn't help but ask.

Li Hui has already planned for this, "Domestic shipyards will start with civilian ships and auxiliary ships, and then consider moving back the personnel and equipment on the island after the technical level reaches the standard." In addition, the most urgent task for the moment is to build a large shipyard and a deep-water port."

Yan Fu and Lin Taizeng, the two representatives of the navy, nodded their heads in approval, saying that there are too few deep-water ports in China at present, and even the Haitian-class patrol that deliberately limits the draft by design, only the four ports of Lushun, Laizhou, Shanghai, and Hong Kong can enter and exit freely, and similarly, only these four ports have built repair docks that can maintain 10,000-ton giant ships, which is really too few given the length of China's coastline.

In addition to the Qingdao naval base, which will be initially completed next year and the year after next, China also needs to build or expand a number of deep-water ports and at least four naval bases, and only after these major projects are completed can the shipbuilding industry on Xia Ke Island be gradually relocated.

Although it is said that 12 Haitian-class cruisers are already one of the best naval forces in the world, if anyone says that so many warships are enough, even the good old man Lin Taizeng will definitely say a lot of reasons why the navy must continue to expand

At this time, Li Hui had already begun to introduce the "current situation" of the "Xia Ke Island", and the "local" representatives who were very curious about it frequently raised their hands to ask questions, and the atmosphere at the venue quickly became warm.

may be because he has the best relationship with Li Hui, Yan Fu has much less scruples, and he was the first to break the calm at the meeting, "Party leader, you said that there are nearly a million people on Xia Ke Island?" Didn't I remember that there were only 100,000 people? ”

Speaking of which, the name "party leader" was still thought up by Yan Fu, when Li Hui wanted to give the leader of the Datong Party a relatively novel title, and then Yan Fu directly said, "Since he is the head of a party, let's call it the head of the party." When Li Hui heard this, he felt that it was concise and easy to remember, and it sounded a bit forced, so the leader of the Datong Party called him "the party leader" and determined it in advance. But on a formal occasion, it was the first time for Yan Fu to call Li Hui like this, and he immediately felt that the distance between the two seemed to have narrowed a lot, but on a formal occasion, he still had to try to maintain the authority of the leader.

The population of the "Xia Ke Island" mentioned by Li Hui is actually an approximate number based on the upper limit of the number of biochemical soldiers he may recruit several times (the old and weak, women and children must also be added).

Previously, Li Hui underestimated the amount of precious metals he could get in the short term because of his cautious personality, and his development strategy was more stable, and he needed far more technical troops than infantry.

At this time, Li Hui's army had already captured Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Nanjing and other richest cities and regions in China, and the amount of wealth seized, especially the amount of hard currency, greatly exceeded Li Hui's original expectations, which was the main reason; In addition, Li Hui's development strategy was also more radical, and he needed to expand the army more rapidly, so compared with the original plan, he recruited more single-function but inexpensive infantry as grass-roots officers and machine gunners (mainly this), and this total naturally increased, although because the needs of the three branches of military police (police), medical personnel (medical and health), and special agents (administration and education) could not be reduced, the impact was actually not so great.

In order to avoid goofs, Li Hui had to further exaggerate the population of Xia Ke Island, but fortunately, it is not difficult to find the reasons that were said before, "Well, a few things, the population I was talking about at that time was the last census on the island, that is, the data of 1875, it was already twenty years ago, and there must be a big difference with the current population figure." (To be continued.) )