In an open space in the northwest of Manchester City's industrial park, Zhao Shijie wears a yellow hard hat, holds a small flag in his left hand, and holds a paper loudspeaker in his right hand.

"A little bit from the front, yes, yes, that's it, the second one is a little behind, yes, that's right, boy, good job, when the installation of Kita is completed, I will personally apply for the qualification of an Australian freeman for you."

Zhao Shijie's encouragement was obviously said to an indigenous guy, the members of the 12-person kita installation team are all drawn from the aborigines who have performed well in the mines and factories and learn relatively quickly, and they will officially bid farewell to the mines and factories in the future and become the first generation of communication tower installation workers in Australia.

The young man who was encouraged obviously worked harder and more seriously than just now, and those natives who were not encouraged were also sweating and working harder at this time, just because of Zhao Shijie's application for free people.

The young Aboriginal who have been educated in the evening school for several months are well aware of the difference between freedmen and their present status, and once they have changed from slaves to freemen, they will have the right to enter and leave the city freely, and they will not have to be confined to that humble shack, and even if they behave better, they can apply to be full residents of Australia, and become like these old men from now on.

This kind of ** is still very large for the already relatively civilized natives, and every day in various factories and mines and construction sites, there are always one or two lucky aborigines who are submitted to apply as free people.

Now there is a craze for learning Chinese in the whole aboriginal barracks, and every day after the night, you can hear the natives who are babbling and practicing Chinese, and the ultimate consequence of this situation is that many natives can't lift their spirits when they work during the day, and they always doze off.

Taking into account the enthusiasm of the aborigines for learning and the need for assimilation, the Executive Committee issued a document to the factories and mines and departments, arranging one day off per week for the aborigines who are really active in learning Chinese characters.

This document was issued, but the natives were excited, but the old men who managed them said that they would work hard during the day in the future, don't doze off, and study their rest days.

Today is the first day of the Ministry of Communications's experiment on receiving telegraphs over a long distance and converting them through base stations, and it was originally planned to build the base tower 100 kilometers away, but considering that this is only an experiment, if it is really built 100 kilometers away, neither the cost nor the safety can be guaranteed, so the experimental base tower is placed in the newly built industrial park six kilometers away.

It has been a few months since the telegraph was restored, and long-distance communication has not yet been officially realized, and due to the construction of the Kita, the Manchester City base has not fully achieved long-distance communication with either Christmas Island and the Batavia embassy in the open sea.

Although this matter is only in the hands of Amy, the new minister of communications, everyone has always paid attention to this matter, whether it is the executive committee or the military bosses, every once in a while they will come to ask how the base tower is being built and when long-distance communication will be realized.

In order to better realize the communication between the local government and external bases and embassies, the Executive Committee sent Zhao Shijie, who is currently relatively idle, to serve as the head of the working group for the construction of the base tower to coordinate the cooperation between various units and the Ministry of Communications.

Although the construction of Kita is related to the safety of all the people who cross the public, after the reform, many materials and enterprises have become private property, and it is no longer possible for the executive committee to issue orders to forcibly requisition the materials and property of enterprises through administrative means, so Amy's work is much more difficult than a few months ago, and it is necessary for a member of the executive committee to come out and do a good job of coordination.

Not to mention, even Zhao Shizhuo is not easy to coordinate the work, now these guys, the qualifications of the boss of the private enterprise are very big, although the face will not be too much, but I also know the conditions, you let him supply the steel needed by the base, okay, you implement the policy of imported iron ore and local mining as soon as possible, I am short of raw materials, you also have to ensure that something enters the furnace.

It's also Zhao Shijie who is easy to speak, this has to be replaced by any one of those public factions, talking about the conditions, this is a major matter related to the safety of the whole people, I don't have any consciousness at all, I will immediately convict you, seal the factory and nationalize it, and dare to talk about the conditions, but the reality is not so, the current policy does not allow you to do this.

The construction of the base tower is mainly used in steel, and then to the workshop again for processing, if the raw materials lose the supply will not be able to carry out the next step, although Comrade Zhou Ben's consciousness is very high, is the largest shareholder of the steel plant, but people also said, not that he does not support, these people under his hands have to eat, the shareholders want to share the money, the executive committee has not passed the approval of the import of iron ore for a long time, they will not be able to increase production.

In order to solve this matter, Zhao Shijie really made no less effort, and discussed with several bigwigs of the executive committee whether to pass the external import approval of iron ore, after all, local mining, the fastest supply of steel in the Pilbara region will take a year.

Before this, the steel gap was quite huge, even if they wanted to import finished steel from the surrounding Dutch or Spaniards, it was almost impossible, their own demand for steel was in short supply, how could there be a surplus supply to Australia.

After many discussions, the Executive Committee approved a short-term import of iron ore documents, once the local iron ore production increases, steel smelters must take the lead in using local ore, in fact, the purpose of this is to protect and support the development of local enterprises, and increase inland development.

The steel required for the document to pass through the natural base tower also has a priority supply, and Zhou Ben does not need Zhao Shijie to mention it, he patted his chest and promised that he will get the steel you want out within two days, and if you can't get it, we won't charge you a penny.

Comrade Lao Zhou really did what he said, and really sent the steel to the courtyard of the Ministry of Communications within two days, and generously said that the money does not need to be given in a hurry, if there is not enough, you can look for him at any time, this is a major matter related to the safety of the whole people, and he Lao Zhou is also a person who is conscious and has party spirit.

The expression of patting her chest and righteous words made Amy stupid, this is still the person who came to the door and said that this is a public affair and has nothing to do with him, and this change of face is also fast.

"Commissioner Zhao, leave the work here to me, I can't successfully complete the task this time without you." Amy said politely.

"Well, that's good, I'll leave the installation work here to you, it just so happens that I don't know very much, with you as a professional, I'll be a little lazy, take it easy, and make some preparations for going to Batavia soon."