Tao Donglai stood at the bow of the boat and said in high spirits: "I also came to this place in Ha Long Bay once before crossing it, but at that time, I really didn't dare to imagine that one day this place would become our territory!"

Wang Tom smiled: "Looking back now, I always feel that the Zheng family was a bit sold by us and helped us count the money. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)"

"If they don't pay for our things and don't agree to our trading terms, it won't be long before these things appear in the hands of enemy soldiers." Zheng Zheng is also a smart person, and many things can be understood a little bit, but people like him will inevitably be limited to the perception of the outside world, and it is impossible to imagine our true purpose. All they can do is take one step at a time, but this is in vain for them, and we will lead them by the nose for a long time to come. ”

The voyage from the Tushan Peninsula to the port of Heitu was only more than 40 nautical miles, and the "Feisu" set off in the afternoon, and before sunset it had already passed through the archipelago of Ha Long Bay and arrived at the strait at the southern end of the port of Heitu. Scattered small fishing boats can be seen slowly heading back towards the harbor, these fishermen are naturalized people who have settled in the Black Earth Harbor, and their daily catch of marine fish is also one of the main sources of meat in the Black Soil Harbor area.

Wang Tom pointed to the top of the hill on the west bank of the strait and said, "Mr. Tao, there is an observation post set up by the Military Police Department on that hill. ”

Tao Donglai held a telescope and looked over there, and sure enough, he saw a wooden sentry tower sticking out of the treetops in the dense forest on the top of the mountain. If you look at the surrounding sea from that height, you can see the sea conditions within a radius of at least a dozen nautical miles.

The "Feisu" slowly sailed into the port, and saw from a distance that Gu Kai, Zhou Hengxing, Tian Yeyou and other persons in charge of the Black Soil Port Management Committee were already waiting on the trestle. Tao Donglai noticed that the port was divided into two parts, the north and the south, which was dominated by small fishing boats and foreign ships such as the Speed. To the north, coal carriers docked, and from a distance you could see a hill of coal piled up on the wharf.

After the ship docked, everyone exchanged a few words of greeting on the pier, and then disembarked and headed for the station. At this time, the sky has begun to darken, so the management committee did not arrange any visit and inspection activities for Tao Donglai.

"Mr. Tao, we can't have other conditions here, but the food is really good, you have to taste everything. Zhou Hengxing, who was in charge of arranging the banquet, greeted very warmly.

Zhou Hengxing is indeed not bragging, in addition to the abundant fishery resources in the Halong Bay area, there are also many rare birds and beasts in the mountainous dense forests here...... There are even bear's paws. Zhou Hengxing said that this was a few Malay bears that the hunting team had caught in the mountains and forests the day before yesterday, and the management committee specially kept the forepaws, waiting for Tao Donglai and his party to arrive to entertain the VIPs.

Of course, in this atmosphere, it is definitely not possible to have food without wine, and the management committee has prepared fruit wine made by local naturalized people, although it is not as strong as liquor, but it is better than nothing.

Tao Donglai quipped: "You guys, have you made any mistakes here, and now you are going to use these means to corrupt and win over the local inspection team sent by the Executive Committee?"

"Brother, you have wronged us too much. Gu Kai shouted in a loud voice: "These things are really not rare things in the local area, and they don't have much economic value. The Military Police Department organized a special hunting team, and we couldn't finish the game we brought back, so most of it was sent to the commune canteen to make a big pot of dishes and distribute them to the naturalized people. If you don't believe it, I'll take you to the commune canteen tomorrow to have a look, and the naturalized people here eat a lot more meat than in the base camp. ”

What Gu Kai said is indeed the truth. After the colonization team arrived here to establish the initial social system, an important problem was to solve the problem of food and drink for the growing number of naturalized people here. At present, there are more than 3,000 permanent residents in the port of Heitu, and more than half of them are heavy laborers working in the mining area, so many people have to consume tons of food every day, and the logistical pressure on the management committee can be imagined.

At the beginning of the opening of the port, the management committee could only ensure a basic food supply, and every migrant could get food, but the quantity and quality were very worrying, and even a considerable number of non-labor migrants could only get two meals a day. This situation has also indirectly affected the production of coal mines, and the miners who do not have enough to eat cannot guarantee long hours of high-intensity work, even if the management committee invests more labor in the mining area, this low production efficiency situation has not been improved.

Zhou Hengxing, who was in charge of civil affairs, proposed to the management committee, that more resources should be invested in logistics, especially the supply of food, to ensure that the miners could be sufficiently productive. After discussions with the Management Committee, the plan was divided into two parts: to trade with the Vietnamese side and buy grain nearby so that the local population could have enough to eat, and to organize fishing fleets, hunting teams, and livestock farms to ensure that the local residents could get more meat food.

After the salt trade with North Vietnam, the management committee began to barter rice from the Red River Delta region at a much lower cost than from the main business. At the same time, the management committee also purchased a lot of livestock from North Vietnamese merchants in the process of trading, and carried out artificial breeding in the port of Heitu, and more than 10 pigs were transported to the Tu Son Peninsula as live targets. Combined with the harvest of both fishing and hunting, the total amount of meat products that the logistics department can provide to the local population every day is close to 1,000 catties, and if the per capita meat supply is counted, the current level of the port of Heitu is at least twice that of the base camp.

This is also the light of the black soil port stained with population resources, and there are enough manpower to be assigned to do more things. The labor force in the base camp has been in a state of strain, and the supply of meat mainly depends on the livestock breeding base of the farm. Because of the limited resources of sailors, most of the fishermen who can operate the boats have been turned into crew members, so although there are still a few ships going to sea every day in Victory Harbor, the amount of fishery resources obtained is not large. The hunting party was only formed at the beginning of the landing, and later had to be disbanded due to labor shortages, and only the Li Miao mountain people who lived in the deep mountains and old forests would regularly send some game in exchange for food, salt and iron tools.

Although the supply of meat in Heitu Port is also a priority for the crossers and military and police personnel, because the supply is large enough, the local naturalized people can obtain a lot of meat, and the variety is rich and diverse, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas are all wonderful. In terms of food alone, the treatment of naturalized residents in Heitu Port is indeed better than that of Sanya Base Camp.

Tao Donglai nodded after listening to the explanation: "The number of naturalized people in Heitu Port and Sanya is actually very close, and the reason why there is such a big difference in food supply is mainly because of the different industrial structures. ”

The port is mainly dominated by coal mining, and the labor required for related supporting industries is not too much, and most of the infrastructure projects have been completed, so there is a lot of surplus labor that can be used to dispatch to logistics support work. However, the industrial expansion and infrastructure projects in the base camp have almost never stopped, and the labor force is always in short supply, so naturally it is impossible to take more care of the logistics aspect. However, this situation will also be alleviated with the gradual acceleration of the introduction of immigrants in the base camp, and in the coming period, the number of immigrants arriving in Shengli Port is expected to exceed 3,000 per month, and Tao Donglai will finally be able to temporarily shut up the labor problem in Ningqi, who has been complaining.

With the gradual development of the Heitu Port, there will still be more and more construction projects to be implemented, and the demand for labor will gradually become tight. In particular, the management committee has now begun to turn its attention to the northeast of Guangxi, which means that Heitu Port will have more manpower and material resources to invest in foreign trade.

However, the topic of food and labor was not the main focus, and soon the topic came to the trade negotiations on the Tushan Peninsula over the past two days. Tao Donglai explained in detail to everyone the process of the negotiations and the results obtained, and bursts of cheers broke out from time to time during the banquet. For these people in the Heitu Port Management Committee, there is no need for Tao Dong to explain in detail how much these agreements will promote the development of Heitu Port.

"I mention yì, everyone salutes Mr. Tao for his hard work!" Zhou Hengxing raised his glass and said loudly, and everyone also raised their glasses in response.

After Tao Donglai drank this glass of wine, he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, how much the storage of the Black Earth Port can play a role in promoting our future development speed, this matter has been repeatedly emphasized many times, and I will not repeat it. What I want to say is that the Executive Committee has always attached great importance to the development of the Black Soil Port, and is also willing to support the Black Soil Port as much as possible in terms of materials and policies, but such support policies are also limited, and one day the Black Earth Port will have to start operating independently. At present, the base camp is facing many development difficulties, and there may not be too many resources invested in Heitu Port in a short period of time, so everyone has to start cheering up from now on and plan the future development path of Heitu Port. ”

Tao Dong's words were not a whim, but one of the tasks he shouldered when he came to Heitu Port this time. In order to ensure a stable energy supply in the coming years, the group did not hesitate to cut back on food and clothing to develop the Black Earth Port overseas, and even invested most of the existing maritime capacity for a long time. Although the port of Black Soil has begun to produce and has received a considerable number of Vietnamese immigrants, it has not yet completely broken off its economic dependence on the base camp. The Executive Committee believes that Heitu Port now has the basic ability of self-hematopoiesis, and it is time to let go of Heitu Port and move forward on its own, of course, to make such a conclusion, it is necessary for Tao Dong to complete this inspection and take out a report and put it on the Executive Committee for discussion.

And Tao Donglai personally thinks that this time is ripe. Although the port of Heitu has only been open for more than two months, because the preparations in advance have been sufficient, the development and construction work here has been carried out quite smoothly, except for the initial flash flood, there have been no other disasters here. The two biggest problems that once plagued the Black Soil Port Management Committee, safety and food, have now been perfectly solved with the efforts of the Executive Committee, and the rest of the work depends on how the Management Committee operates.

Tao Donglai's words also caused everyone to think, and in the remaining time of the reception banquet, the atmosphere was much more solemn than at the beginning.

After this reception banquet, Tao Donglai did not rush to convene a meeting of the people of the management committee, he thought that everyone needed time to digest the information just now. So it ended, everyone went back to rest, and Tao Donglai and the others were also arranged to live in a few wooden sheds in the prepared quarters.

Although the base camp has been continuously transporting various building materials to the port of Heitu, most of the limited cement has been used for more important infrastructure projects, such as freight terminals, rail transportation stations, material warehouses, etc., so the living conditions here are limited, and the wooden frame houses are still not freed, even if the identity is to cross the public. However, at present, the local brick kilns and lime kilns have begun to produce small-scale output, and although they are not enough to supply the housing needs for the time being, it seems that the time to achieve this goal is not far off.

For safety reasons, strict curfew measures were implemented at night, and everyone had to return to their quarters at 8 o'clock, and all the houses had to turn off the lights and flames at 9 o'clock, and only the watchtowers on duty outside the residential area lit braziers and torches. As for whether the lights go out so early to sleep in the house or create people, no one cares, anyway, you can go to work on time every morning.

The treatment of the traversal is slightly better, and after nine o'clock you can still use the power supplied by the battery, read a book or turn on the computer to play a few games with colleagues online. Tao Donglai had just packed his luggage and was about to wash when he heard a knock on the door.

As soon as Tao Donglai opened the door and saw that it was Gu Kai, he let him into the house: "It's just in time, I also have something to talk to you about." ”

After Gu Kai entered the room and sat down, he asked, "Then you can talk about it first." ”

"Ressa asked me to bring you clothes, tea, well, and a USB flash drive, as for the content, I don't know, I guess it should be a love letter or something, right?" Tao Donglai took out the things and handed them to Gu Kai.

Gu Kai took it from Tao Donglai with a smile: "Look, the foreign daughter-in-law will still hurt people, every time a boat comes from the base camp, she has to bring me something." ”

Tao Donglai said: "Okay, my business has been said, let's talk about your business." ”

Gu Kai put these things aside, and said, "Brother, the main reason I came here was to give you a preventive shot first." ”

"Oh?" Tao Donglai replied inexplicably.

"You should be going to inspect the mining area tomorrow, right?" asked Gu Kai.

"Then I have to go, more than half of the purpose of my coming to Heitu Port is to see how the production is here, otherwise how can I give my colleagues an errand when I go back?" Tao Donglai stared at Gu Kai and asked, "Is there something wrong with the production in the mining area?"

"Yes, yes, but it's not a big problem, so I'm going to tell you about it first, so that you don't see it tomorrow and find it unacceptable. The look on Gu Kai's face was a little worried: "To be honest, I think the working environment of local miners is very poor, and in a few more years, there will definitely be quite a few people suffering from occupational diseases." I have raised this issue several times at the management committee, but everyone seems to be not very concerned, and even Tian Yeyou does not feel much need to invest more in improving working conditions. ”

"That's what you want to say?" Tao Donglai breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, he originally thought that Gu Kai would break some fierce news when he came to meet him alone, such as disagreement within the management committee, or someone made a strict mistake at work, etc., but he never thought that Gu Kai actually came to ask for the people's life.

Gu Kai saw Tao Donglai's disapproving face, so he continued to persuade: "Brother, don't underestimate this problem, now these immigrants have to listen to our arrangements in order to seek a stable living environment, and after a while, they may feel that their lives are not good enough, and the most likely thing to be taken out is the working environment of the coal mine." ”

"Gu Kai, you don't seem to be sitting in the right place!" Tao Donglai shook his head and said, "You are now the director of the Black Earth Port Management Committee, not the director of the miners' union." To put it mildly, you are now a representative of the management side, not a representative of the labor side!"

"But ......"

"It's nothing, but we don't have the conditions to pay attention to the working environment and occupational protection yet. Tao Donglai interrupted Gu Kai's words: "I know what you want to say, miners' occupational diseases, coal silicosis and coal workers' pneumoconiosis. When I was planning the development plan of Heitu Port, two foreign doctors came to me to talk about it, and I also checked the information in the library, and the matter was not as strict as you thought. Coal workers' pneumoconiosis mainly occurs in underground mining, and the prevalence of open-pit coal mining is very low, while the pathogenic process of coal silicosis is very long, and there will be no large-scale disease in the short term. ”

"But these miners are now naturalized people, and we can't be as unrestrained as the hard labor in the labor camp in the Tiandu Iron Mine! The rights and interests of the naturalized people must be taken seriously!" Gu Kai still has an objection to Tao Donglai's statement.

Tao Donglai shook his head again and again: "Don't forget what our original intention was when we came to this time and space, we are here to change this world! The industrialized social system cannot be built without a price, and we are now using the most peaceful way! We let these people be fed and clothed, and provide them with good living conditions as much as possible within our ability, this is respect for their rights and interests!"