After Schneider heard He Xi's words, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face: "You mean, when these orphans grow up, some of them may go to extremes?"

"That's right. They will believe that the meaning of their existence is to maintain the existing system and regime, and for the sake of this belief, they will take any necessary action, even if it may be legally defined as illegal. He Xi nodded and said: "In fact, this kind of thing is very common in later generations, and many people who think of themselves as patriots will stubbornly make some actions that seem ridiculous to others, especially when this kind of person has the status of a soldier, this kind of dangerous Cheng dù will greatly increase." ”

"For example, the Japanese military in World War II?" Schneider somewhat understood what He Xi meant. During World War II, the Japanese military did a lot of absurd deeds under the banner of patriotism that made the world jaw-dropping, and even the prime minister was killed by radical soldiers in the name of "patriotism".

He Xi nodded and said: "These people's concepts of right and wrong are based on their own beliefs, and not having a family means that there is no private reason to fight for, for them, strengthening the strength of the country may be more important than the lives of thousands of people." For example, if Hitler's parents hadn't died so early, maybe he would have grown up to be a painter, instead of a dictator who started a war and killed tens of thousands of people. If someone who is mentally unsound or has a defective character takes power, it is an absolute disaster for society. ”

"What you say makes sense, but then again, the shape we are in also requires us to have a certain mass base as much as possible. Schneider already understood what He Xi meant, but he thought that the other party's views were also biased: "It is not so easy to change the ideological concepts of adults, they are people who grew up under the Ming system, although this feudal social system has many drawbacks, but subconsciously they will still maintain and follow the old system." However, children, especially orphans, are different, they have grown up under the care of the Executive Committee, and they have received education in our values, and in the future, the naturalized people who are closest to our ideology will also be these people. For us, I'm afraid we won't find a better option for quite some time. ”

"Then don't let the problem exist. He Xi did not intend to give up the debate, and continued: "Now that we are aware of what the problem is, we should find ways to close these loopholes. ”

"Do you want to build a family for orphans?" Schneider smiled and said, "There's a big bunch of members who are going to be fathers...... I don't think this is a good solution, and there may be a lot of problems in implementation. But no matter what, I will report your ideas to the Executive Committee in the future, and we will try to complete the set tasks first, and leave these troublesome things to Ning Qi to headache. ”

"It shouldn't be difficult to collect orphans, we can contact 'Frefeng' and ask them to come forward to set up a charity, and we will provide the funds. Opposition is opposition, but He Xi immediately came up with a feasible plan: "As for how to operate in the future, it is very simple." ”

"In the name of charity...... That's a good one, and I think the Executive Committee will be happy to adopt this option. Schneider hurriedly recorded this as well.

"In addition to collecting people and sending them back to Port Victory, I think we need some people ourselves. He Xi pouted in the direction of the door and said, "These people are all sent by the Li family, the credibility is not high, and it is not very convenient for us to do things." In my opinion, it is better to try to replace it sooner. ”

"When you settle down to live, let's settle this matter as well. Schneider also agrees with this, after all, these people are doing things with the money of "Fu Ruifeng", and if there is any trouble in the Guangzhou Office, it is estimated that it will be reported to Li Jifeng in minutes, and it is definitely not a long-term solution to keep these people around. Anyway, in the future, he will take in orphans, and Schneider plans to pick a few clever points from them to stay.

For the next week, the two went out on a daily cruise, familiarizing themselves with the environment of Guangzhou City and choosing a suitable place to buy property. As for the establishment of a charity, after communicating with Li Jifeng, he also received a positive reply from the other party. The establishment of a good hall to adopt helpless orphans is a good thing for "Fu Ruifeng" to earn fame, not to mention that this fee is still paid by the Haihan people, and five hundred taels of silver have been taken out as funds in advance, Li Jifeng really can't find a reason to refuse. Li Jifeng asked He Qiang to find a suitable place outside Guangzhou and prepare for the establishment of this institution according to Schneider's requirements.

A few days later, Schneider and He Xi finally found a suitable mansion in the east of Guangzhou City, near Dongshan Lake, covering an area of about five acres, which will definitely be a mansion-level courtyard in later generations. The owner of the house is a northerner, and the whole building structure is also designed in accordance with the courtyard form of the north, with a four-entry courtyard in the north-south direction and a standard deep house compound. The owner of the house was moving back to the north, so he was ready to sell the house.

The first courtyard is a front yard composed of a street gate on the south side, a hanging flower gate on the north side, a verandah and an inverted house. There are eight inverted seats, which can be used as kitchens, firewood rooms, gatehouses and other functions. Enter the second courtyard by the hanging flower gate, there are five main rooms on the north side, one ear room on each side, and three rooms in the east and west wings. This courtyard is mainly a place for the host to meet guests, hold banquets, and stay overnight. The bright room in the middle of the main house is a hall, and you can enter the third courtyard through guò, and the layout of this courtyard is similar to that of the second courtyard, which is the place where the owner lives. The last courtyard is the back house, which is functionally a place for women or maids to live, but this courtyard has a back door, which Schneider thinks would be a good place to use as a warehouse for goods to enter and exit.

The entire courtyard, including the houses, is a masonry structure, and the foundation of the fence is made of stones, which is one zhang high. And the area outside the wall is also the land that belongs to this house, which is relatively open from the field of vision, easy to enter and exit, and conducive to external defense.

It has been less than five years since the house was built, and it can be considered new by the standards of this era. The living facilities of the whole courtyard are complete, coupled with all the Lingnan mahogany furniture, it has basically reached the Cheng dù of "moving in with a bag", to say that there is only one shortcoming, most of the servants in this courtyard are the domestic servants of the original owner, so they will also leave together, and they need to hire another person to do it. However, this is not bad news for the Office at all, and it will save the effort of sending these people away.

The location of this courtyard is only two miles away from the nearest gate of the eastern city wall of Guangzhou, and it is very convenient to enter and exit the city of Guangzhou. It is less than one mile away from the straight line of the Pearl River, and it can be regarded as a standard river-view room. If you have to find fault, the only thing to do is the nearby Dongshan Lake, which is now just a barren swamp overgrown with reeds more than one person high, and there is no park landscape to enjoy in the future.

Schneider and He Xi have looked at more than a dozen places these days, and none of them can make them unable to find much fault like here. After looking at the environment inside and outside the house, the two immediately made the decision to buy.

But it's really a penny for a penny, and the price of this house is not low, and the owner directly shouted the price of three thousand taels. The two grinded for two days, and finally bargained to 2,500 taels and could no longer kill. After reporting to the Executive Committee, 3,000 taels were finally approved for the purchase of this real estate by the Guangzhou Office, and this money also included the expenses of renovating the courtyard, purchasing daily necessities, and hiring people.

After buying this house, the two immediately moved out of the Li family's courtyard, then hired a cook, and selected a few older and more obedient children from the orphans that had been taken in by Shantang, and moved into this new house.

However, it was not until this time that the two of them found out that they were in too much hurry to set off, and they forgot to bring the door number of the Guangzhou Office in advance, and the listing ceremony could only be postponed, and they turned back to find a carpentry workshop in the city to make a piece.

Because the Guangzhou Office has not officially launched social activities in the local area, it is relatively deserted when moving in, and only Li Jifeng sent a congratulatory gift to express his gratitude. However, Schneider and He Xi don't care too much about this kind of thing, in their opinion, the Guangzhou Office is only officially starting now, and this place will inevitably be crowded in the next few years, and the current desertion is only a temporary phenomenon.

According to the establishment of the Guangzhou Office, Schneider is the director and is responsible for both commercial and foreign affairs, and He Xi is the deputy in charge of intelligence, security and military affairs. The rest of the people are still on a temporary basis, and although these orphans do not know what a temporary establishment is, their names are already on the internal documents of the Office, and as long as they do not leave the system, the time of their participation in the internal archives is "September 1, 1627".

Of course, this place is not the end of moving in, in fact, this yard still needs some small-scale renovation. For example, the rear cover room used as a warehouse must be better waterproofed, and the narrow back door also needs to be modified to facilitate the entry and exit of goods. In the third courtyard, the ear room used as a confidential room needs to store valuables such as papers, gold and silver, radio stations, and weapons, and must also be reinforced. He Xi plans to let the base camp make special iron doors and windows, and next time they will be shipped to Guangzhou for installation.