Li Nai didn't know if the Yazhou government was really as unbearable as Schneider said, but there should be no doubt that the people here should be working for the Haihan people on their own initiative, because as far as he could see, these people did not have any resistance when doing things. （.）

The most important thing is that Li Nai did not see on the faces of these people the gray, numb, groveling and other expressions that usually appear on the faces of ordinary civilians, on the contrary, everyone here seems to have a spiritual head that Li Nai cannot understand and cannot describe. Without the drive of the whip and the scolding of the foreman, every worker on the dock was consciously performing his duty, and the heartfelt awe on the faces of the militiamen standing guard when they saluted Schneider was not pretended.

The people will have such a change, obviously it is not the credit of the Yazhou Naval Division or the Yulin Inspection Division, they will probably not have the opportunity to meddle in the civil affairs of this place at all. Although I don't understand how the Haihan people do it, Li Nai has already deeply felt the depth of their influence in the local area.

The simplicity of the camp in the base also left a deep impression on Li Nai and He Qiang, although they had long heard that the living environment of the Haihan people was extremely frugal, but seeing these businessmen who were making money every day actually living in some seemingly weak board houses, Li Nai still greatly admired their tenacity: "Since you are good at business, why don't you move directly to Guangzhou and buy land and build houses, isn't it a hundred times better than here?"

"We will go to Guangzhou sooner or later, but this is where we started, and we will not give up lightly. As he spoke, Tao Donglai strode towards them: "In a few years, the prosperity here will definitely be no less than that of Guangzhou, and it will become the largest trade center in the entire South China Sea region!"

After Tao Donglai and others received the notice from the port, they rode bicycles all the way back from Tiandu, and it only took half an hour to arrive at the No. 1 base, which is also thanks to the fact that the road between the two places has been repaired.

Schneider immediately introduced the two sides, and Li Nai and He Qiang heard that these newcomers were Haihan "executive committee members" with the same status as Schneider, and they were immediately in awe. They had all heard the Yazhou shopkeeper Li mention the internal management structure of the Haihan people, and the position of "executive committee" was the person in charge of the Haihan people, with a total of less than ten people. The "Executive Committee" is elected by the ordinary Haihan people, and the "Executive Committee" composed of the "Executive Committee" is the highest authority of the Haihan people.

At that time, Li Jifeng also laughed and said that the Haihan people's set of institutions was quite similar to the township party clan, and they all elected a few highly respected figures to take charge of the affairs, if it weren't for the fact that the shopkeeper Li mentioned that the surnames of these executive committee members were different, Li Jifeng would definitely think that the "executive committee" These people are the same as the clan, and they are all just a group of village elders who are related to their ancestors.

But Li Nai's view is different now, these executive committee members are all young and strong, and there is a self-confidence that cannot be concealed between their eyebrows. Li Nai believes that this is a temperament that can only be possessed by those who have been in the top position for a long time, and it is not comparable to the squire leader in the clan and township party. However, the temperament of the Haihan Executive Committee seems to be different from the bureaucratic atmosphere of the Ming officials, with a lot less rhetoric and a strong purpose in speaking, which makes Li Nai, who is used to dealing with the Ming literati, quite uncomfortable.

"It's a group of businessmen, after all. Li Nai can only explain the appearance of the Haihan people in this way. But even if he comforted himself with such thoughts, Li Nai had to admit that these Haihan people were very different from ordinary merchants, and their speech and demeanor showed that everyone was well-educated, but not the level of a peddler, let alone a reckless person like a sea smuggler who was also a merchant and a thief. If you put it in the Ming Dynasty, people like them must be from some big families, but this kind of person obviously will not engage in business like the Haihan people, which belongs to the bottom of society.

"The two of you have worked hard all the way from Guangzhou, and tonight we will set up a banquet for the two of them to wash the dust. If you two feel tired, we can arrange for you to go and rest for a while. Tao Donglai was not in a hurry to start talking to them immediately, sharpening his knife and cutting wood, some things may be easier to talk about at the wine table than in the conference room.

Li Nai hugged his fists and said: "Mr. Tao is polite! We see that this place is very different from Guangzhou and other places, if you can give convenience, but I want to travel here, and I can also increase a little knowledge." ”

What he had seen and heard since arriving at Victory Port had aroused his great interest, and he couldn't wait to see what the real situation was like behind the good social order of Victory Harbor. Of course, before making this request, Li Nai was already mentally prepared to be rejected by the other party, and in a place where even the local inspection department had been set up, how could two outsiders be allowed to run around?

To his surprise, Tao Donglai agreed in one bite: "No problem, but for the convenience of the two of you, please allow you to accompany you, and by the way, you can also answer your questions." ”

Tao Donglai and Schneider were responsible for taking two merchants to visit the local people, while the others had to deal with the goods and personnel brought by "Fu Ruifeng" from Guangzhou this time, in addition to the entourage of "Fu Ruifeng", two sea ships and a large number of industrial raw materials, there were also dozens of sailors, shipwrights, craftsmen and their families who needed to be registered and resettled.

Before leaving, Yan Chujie pulled Tao Donglai aside and admonished: "Old Tao, it's okay to take them on a tour, but the heart of defense is indispensable, and some military things can't be said too much." ”

Tao Donglai patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'm measured." After the inventory of those industrial raw materials, they arranged for people to send them to Tiandu, and those people in the chemical industry were already waiting for these things. ”

Although Sanya is rich in iron, manganese, phosphorus and other mineral deposits, there are not many other types of mineral resources, such as saltpeter, sulfur and other raw materials that are in great demand can only be purchased from Yazhou and others. This time, the "Fu Ruifeng" brought a large number of industrial raw materials from Guangzhou, including the saltpeter, sulfur, and black soil port colonization team that was urgently needed by the military and chemical departments, and when they set out, they took away more than eighty percent of the black powder in stock, which directly led to the fact that all firearms training in the new barracks has been stopped, and even the test firing of new artillery by the Ministry of Military Industry has been greatly affected.

Theoretically, the proportion of pyrite in Tiandu iron ore is not small, and pyrite can be refined by some chemical means. But so far, this method has only stayed at the stage of the actual yàn room, and has not been put into large-scale production for the time being. However, the chemical industry has already made a military order, and the technical obstacles to the industrial refining of sulfur powder will be solved by the end of the year at the latest.

The first 30-acre nitrate field has been put into operation under the joint operation of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Chemicals. This method of making nitrate from soil has been popularized on a large scale in the 50s of the twentieth century, and it is also very suitable for the current production level in Sanya, and the raw materials only need human and animal manure. Although there is no output at present, the relevant authorities are sure that the commissioning of the nitrate field will solve the disadvantage of the lack of local saltpeter production to a large extent.

Although they had to keep military secrets for a certain period of time, the first place Li Nai and He Qiang were taken to visit was the location of the new barracks where the militia was trained by the crossing group.

Located southeast of the estuary of the Tiandu River and where the submarine base of the South China Sea Fleet was later located, this large sandbar has long since ceased to be in the barren state it was in a few months ago, and a large area of barracks and training facilities has been built. In the eastern interior, near the foot of the hill, a large area has also been set aside for the construction of a firearms range. At present, firearms training of militia units and test-firing of firearms by the military industrial sector are carried out in this place. It's just that because of the recent shortage of gunpowder, the shooting range has also been temporarily quiet.

As soon as the group descended from the ferry to the pier, Li Nai saw a group of militiamen...... No, a group of children walked briskly to be exact. The children, the older ones were no more than ten years old, the younger ones were still dragging their noses, and they wore uniform green clothes and trousers, and the yellow armband on the sleeve of their left arm represented their Scouting status.

The children were not wearing any weapons, except for a brass whistle around the neck of the head-striking child. This kid doesn't look like he's only thirteen or fourteen years old, and his lean body looks a little nutritious, but he still shouted "Lizheng" with full spirit. A group of children of varying heights stopped behind him, and then followed his command to "turn to the right" and turned to the right to face Tao Donglai and the group.

Li Nai noticed that one of the children had turned in the wrong direction, but he quickly realized his mistake, quickly turned back to the right side, and then quietly raised his hand to wipe away the snot that was about to fall off with his sleeve.

This little action luckily escaped the child's gaze, because the child's attention was now on Tao Donglai's side, he raised his head and saluted, and then reported loudly: "The Scout Battalion has three squads in one company, one platoon, and three squads report to the commander!"

Tao Donglai returned the salute very solemnly, and then ordered: "Soldier, there is an important task entrusted to you now. You are to lead your men and hold the ship here until we return here. Answer me out loud, can you do it?"

The boy replied loudly, "Please rest assured, sir!"

Tao Donglai saluted again, and the child returned the salute and said loudly: "Serve the Executive Committee!"

Li Nai and He Qiang, who witnessed the whole process, were dumbfounded, and they didn't know what to say.