Not long after Ren Liang and Luo Shengdong exchanged pleasantries on the dock, Schneider, who received the notice, rushed to the dock. Since the other members of the executive committee were on the side of the No. 2 base, there was no time to rush back for the time being, so Schneider, who was sitting in the No. 1 base, could only come forward to contact Luo Shengdong.

Luo Shengdong has not yet figured out what kind of structure the so-called "executive committee" of the Haihan people is, and only knows that these people called "committee members" are all in power among the Haihan people. Different from the court politics he is familiar with, in addition to Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie, who are in charge of military and political affairs, and seem to have a relatively normal division of labor in the Haihan Executive Committee, it seems that other inexplicable people occupy more positions, such as Ning Qi, who is in charge of teaching, Gu Kai, who is said to be a lawyer, and this Schneider is a businessman who is proficient in trade at all.

Ning Qi is regarded as the role of the Haihan people's official middle school and teaching, which is easy to understand, after all, this dynasty also has similar official positions. However, Mr. Gu was born as a lawyer, and at most he could only be a master's staff in this dynasty, and a businessman like Mr. Shi would never be able to take charge of the financial power of the government in this dynasty. How could these people have the power to decide affairs, Luo Shengdong really couldn't understand. If there must be an analogy, Luo Shengdong thinks that the executive committee of the Haihan people is more like the head of the pirate or bandit, each master performs his own duties and does not interfere with each other. But Luo Shengdong can only think about it in his heart, and he must not say it.

Although he had some opinions about Schneider's identity in his heart, Luo Shengdong had also seen with his own eyes how powerful this benevolent brother was in the mall, and he respectfully sent the list of goods for reference.

Although the amount of materials sent by Luo Shengdong this time was not too much, they were indeed purchased according to the requirements of the traversal. After Schneider read it carefully, he put away the list and asked, "How is the house going?"

Luo Shengdong took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Schneider: "This is the deed, a single courtyard in the south of Yazhou, the courtyard sits in the north and faces south, the transportation is convenient, and it is only a hundred steps away from the south gate." There are seven rooms in the inner courtyard, two ear rooms, a well in the courtyard, and a firewood room and kitchen in the outer courtyard. In addition, there is a shop on the side of the street in this courtyard, which used to sell books. I've seen it myself, and the furniture is all available, and the house has been cleaned for an old man to take care of for the time being, and you can move in at any time. The owner originally paid 300 taels of silver, but I went several times and finally sold it for 260 taels. ”

"That's a really good job. Schneider took the deed and couldn't help but praise Luo Shengdong. Luo Shengdong can say it in such detail, which has already proved that he is very concerned about this matter, and he is not just looking for a house and fooling around.

"Is this house clean?" Ren Liang is a policeman after all, and his focus is more on security. The Executive Committee will send people to Yazhou later, and if there is any problem with this house, it may cause unnecessary trouble.

"Clean! It must be clean!" Luo Shengdong hurriedly explained: "Look at the owner on this deed, when you go to Yazhou City, you will know that this person is a person who was sent from Beijing City. Now that I have been reinstated by the imperial court, I am in a hurry to go back to my post, so I have been cheapened by dozens of taels of silver. ”

Seeing that the cargo on the ship had been almost unloaded, Schneider raised his hand and looked at the time and said, "It's lunch time, Mr. Luo, let's eat casually together?" Someone will bring food to your crew later." ”

Luo Shengdong had already eaten with Schneider and others in Yazhou City last time, but now he has a lot less restraint, so he should accept it now. And Ren Liang has the duty of caretaker, so it is inconvenient to leave at will.

Naturally, there are no restaurants and restaurants in Shengli Port, and even members of the executive committee can only eat working meals. Schneider took Luo Shengdong to the canteen of Base No. 1, and at this time, Tao Donglai, who got the news, had just returned here by boat. The three of them took the plates, made the food, and found a shady place to sit together.

It was the first time for Luo Shengdong to eat with the traversers here, and it was very strange to see that they didn't use dishes to eat, but they were holding such a large steel plate to serve the food. However, although the form of this meal is vulgar, the taste of the meal is excellent, even the top "Nanhaiju" in Yazhou City, Luo Shengdong has never tasted such a taste. What he didn't know was that the condiments that the chefs of "Nanhaiju" could use were only oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and sugar, but there were all kinds of seasonings and spices brought by later generations in the kitchen, and the taste of the meals made was naturally different.

The more Luo Shengdong came into contact with the traversers, the more he felt that there were many contradictions in these people that he could not understand. They had many skilled craftsmen, but they lived in very simple houses, they seemed to be unparticular about eating, but the taste of the food showed that they had a deep study of food, and they were good at business and trade, but they did not go to the densely populated Guangzhou to develop, but they had to stay and settle down in this ravine. All kinds of strange things made Luo Shengdong feel incomprehensible.

Tao Donglai saw that he had a strange expression on his face, so he casually asked, "The food is not appetizing?"

Luo Shengdong came back to his senses and hurriedly responded: "No, no, this taste is excellent...... It's just that there are still many unclear things in my heart, and I wonder if Chief Tao can give advice?"

"Ask, and I'll answer you as best I can. "Tao Donglai said that as long as you are curious, it will be easy to do, otherwise it will be difficult for Lao Tzu to find a chance to brainwash your kid.

Luo Shengdong pondered for a moment, and then picked up a few things that he thought were strange and asked Tao Donglai. Tao Donglai and Schneider both laughed out loud after hearing this, which made Luo Shengdong look dazed, not knowing what he said wrong.

After Tao Donglai finished laughing, he asked Luo Shengdong rhetorically: "What you said, to sum up, is nothing more than that since we are capable people, why do we want to live such a hard life in this place, right?"

"Exactly. Luo Shengdong saw that Tao Dong came to point out the original intention he wanted to ask, so he no longer concealed his thoughts, and nodded again and again: "As far as I can see below, you are all talented people, with Chief Tao's ability, it is not a problem to govern a state and a government, and it is easy for Chief Shi to become rich." But why do you want to hide in this ravine and live with the mountain people?"

Tao Donglai did not answer his question directly, but continued to ask rhetorically: "As far as you can see, how long will it take for these things we are doing now to be handed over to the Yazhou government to do?"

"Well...... this Luo Shengdong said in his heart, the Haihan people built a port and fort here, barred the river and built dams, and opened up wasteland, all of which were extremely labor-intensive and material-intensive, and the Yazhou government was afraid that it would be difficult to organize such a large-scale work, so he responded honestly at the moment: "If the Yazhou government organizes labor to build a large number of buildings here, I am afraid it will take years to have the current situation." ”

Luo Shengdong's words are indeed not boasting, if the Yazhou Mansion itself organizes people to start work here, even if it is all free labor without paying wages, then before the construction starts, it must first solve the problem of eating, drinking, and sleeping for these hundreds of people, and it is not an easy thing to transport these manpower, tools, building materials and subsequent life and production materials here. In addition, unlike the Haihan people, there are so many strange machines available, if it is done by manpower, I am afraid that it will really take a year or two to get to the current situation. Of course, in fact, this is an impossible situation, because in less than half a year, such a large project will be enough to crush the finances of Yazhou Capital.

"Do you know how long we've been here?" Tao Donglai continued.

Luo Shengdong nodded and said, "I heard from the commander of the labor camp that when I had a misunderstanding with your ministry last time, it was actually the second day that your ministry was here. In this way, it has only been more than 50 days now......" Luo Shengdong seemed to realize something when he said this, but he couldn't grasp the essentials vaguely.

"You have also seen with your own eyes that what we have to do can be done ten times faster than the speed of the Ming Mansion. In this case, what is the need for us to covet wealth and a comfortable living environment? As long as it takes a year or two, we will be able to build a new city in this place according to our own needs, which will be bigger, more beautiful, and more comfortable than Yazhou, why do you think we should go to Yazhou? Can Lord Zhizhou let us set aside a piece of land there to build our own city? Otherwise, in a few years, this will become the most prosperous city in the whole of Hainan Island and even in the entire South China Sea......

Tao Donglai took a deep breath and slowly continued: "The most important thing is that this will be our city!"

Luo Shengdong's heart was shocked by his last sentence, and he stammered: "This is a big ...... Daming ...... Territorial ......"

"Then it also has to be able to manage this place. Schneider smiled evilly and said, "In another year or two, how much do you think the Ming Dynasty will have left here?"

"This ......" Luo Shengdong was choked by Schneider's words. Before he returned, he had already seen many Li mountain people go to the construction site of the Haihan people to eat, and these barbarians, who were extremely good at rebellion in history, mixed with the ambitious Haihan people, it is almost self-evident what the result will be.

"My Ming Dynasty has a land of thousands of miles, and I am wearing millions of armor, and I can't compete with one city and one corner of the land!" Luo Shengdong thought for a long time, and finally came up with a sentence to cheer himself up.

"How useful is that? You also know that the local army in Yazhou is not our opponent at all, but can the imperial court transport all the millions of troops to Yazhou? No!" Tao Donglai unceremoniously shattered Luo Shengdong's illusions: "What the Ming court can do, we can also do, and we will do better, if you don't believe it, you can wait and see." ”