At present, the training of steam engine related personnel can only be carried out in the Tiandu Industrial Zone in Sanya, and the entire training process is closed to facilitate the effective monitoring of the participants. After graduating from the training institution, these trainees are still the focus of the Ministry of Security in their respective units, regardless www.biquge.info of whether they are assigned to the manufacturing link or the use link, and each of them is individually documented and regularly evaluated, and they are even more valued than the craftsmen who make weapons.

There is only one reason why Haihan has gone to great lengths to do this, and that is to ensure that the technical secrets of the steam engine are not easily leaked, so that Haihan's advantage in productivity can be maintained for a longer time. Although Haihan is also facing a huge shortage of professionals in the field of steam engines, it has not been openly promoted to the society, so for the vast majority of the public, even if they have seen the power of steam engines in some places, this mechanical device is still full of mystery.

It is indeed a bit bold for private educational institutions to want to enter this field from the current point of view, and there seems to be no similar application before Jonesy College. And Zhang Xin, as the director of the Danzhou Management Committee, vetoed it after receiving the application, which is also a normal reaction.

However, Ning Qi sensed a hint of unusual flavor from it, since this application of Qiongxi Academy had already been shot once in Zhang Xin's place, if Zhang Jinbao planned to bring it up again on this occasion today, he should have also greeted Zhang Xin in advance, after all, cross-level reporting is a taboo in officialdom, and this Zhang Jinbao is so sleek, it is unlikely that he will make such a low-level mistake. And if Zhang Xin knew Zhang Jinbao's intention and allowed the other party to do so, this would be a little bit of connivance.

Thinking of what Zhang Jinbao said earlier, Ning Qi can roughly understand the reason. Although Jonesy College's application was rejected at Zhang Xin's stage, it was only due to regulations. Taking the opportunity of Ning Qi to inspect Danzhou, Zhang Jinbao applied for a fight in person, and this method was mostly the guidance given to him by Zhang Xin. As for whether Zhang Xin got any benefits from it, or what interests he had to do with this Qiongxi Academy, Ning Qi didn't plan to get to the bottom of it, and it would be of no benefit except to increase the suspicion among his colleagues.

"Zhang Shanchang, with all due respect, your academy is going to apply for teaching courses related to steam engines, and it is not yet the right time. Ning Qi didn't want to use a stern tone to discourage Zhang Jinbao's enthusiasm, and said it more tactfully: "In addition, the teaching and training programs related to steam engines are not the responsibility of the cultural and educational department, and I personally have no authority to approve this application of the academy." ”

Zhang Jinbao couldn't hide his disappointment after hearing this reply, but he still didn't give up, and continued to ask: "Can the chief make it clear when this application will be released?"

Ning Qi responded: "The short is one or two years, and the long is six or seven years, depending on the development of the situation." Zhang Shanchang, the topic of steam engines will stop here, it is useless to talk more. ”

Zhang Jinbao listened to Ning Qi's tone aggravated, and naturally he didn't dare to make another mistake, so he resignedly. He originally thought that if this major could be opened, it would definitely be a scorpion poison (alone), which would be of great help to improve the reputation and grade of Jonesy Academy, and the economic benefits would be secondary. However, the response to this trial was obviously not as expected, and the high-level management of Haihan had a very high degree of control over the field related to the steam engine, and had no intention of opening up the training link to social education institutions.

Of course, Van Dimen also noticed the subtle change in the atmosphere, but unfortunately no one translated the content of this conversation for him, so he could only stare and worry. But now he is destined to be disappointed, the two people here who can speak English will definitely not leak the steam engine-related policies to him, even if he even guesses, it is difficult for him to know what Zhang Jinbao asked Ning Qi about just now.

However, Ning Qi then expressed his affirmation and appreciation for the teaching achievements of Qiongxi Academy, and encouraged Zhang Jinbao to continue to work hard. After a general visit to several signature majors of Qiongxi Academy, Ning Qi believes that the level of vocational training and education here is relatively good among private educational institutions, and it is necessary to give certain policy support to the academy, such as giving more convenience to the training of teachers, encouraging Zhang Jinbao to further expand the scale of teaching, and even opening chain branches in other states and counties.

The results of the investigation of Danzhou's non-governmental educational institutions are also good and worried, and the good news is that the non-governmental school-running force has gradually taken shape, and can open courses to train grassroots practical professionals according to the needs of Haihan's development. These academies are an excellent supplement to Haihan's official educational institutions, and in a very short period of time, they have embarked on the path of a virtuous circle, and it has to be said that this development momentum has even exceeded the expectations of the Haihan Executive Committee.

The worry is that there are still many people who insist that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty is the best way out for scholars, and they are unwilling to contribute their skills to serve the Haihan. The experience of visiting Qiongxi Academy also made Ning Qi realize the need for the official to intervene and guide the majors and courses offered by non-governmental educational institutions, and cultivate projects with distinctive advantages in each academy, so as to avoid swarming with good projects and then unnecessary waste of resources due to vicious competition brought about by repeated construction.

After the upcoming founding celebrations, Haihan will make adjustments to most of its functional institutions and departments to meet the needs of the operation of state power. Ningqi already had some plans for the restructuring of the institutions in the fields of science, education, culture, and health, but this inspection can be said to have given him more practical basis for his ideas, and the original reform plan will be revised and improved accordingly.

The next day, the investigation team left Danzhou City, boarded a ship from Baimajing Wharf and went to sea, went north around the Yangpu Peninsula, and traveled eastward along the coastline at the northern end of the South Island. The last major station of this trip is Haikou, which is located at the northeast end of Hainan Island and faces the Leizhou Peninsula on the mainland.

After the Haihan ruled Qiongbei, the name of the place here was changed from the capital city of Qiongzhou to Haikou, and the civil engineering works built near this section of the coast are also the most concentrated in the northern Qiongbei area, in addition to the comprehensive wharf located at the mouth of the Nandu River, there is also a naval fleet stationed here. The Qiongzhou Strait is a moat between Hainan Island and the mainland, and Haikou is the frontier position of guarding this moat, Haihan also attaches great importance to the defense function of this place, although it is unlikely that an armed conflict will break out with the Liangguang government, but Haihan still invested a lot of resources to build this place into the most important military fortress in the northern Qiongbei region. Once the skin of Haihan and Daming is torn apart, then this place will immediately become the front line of combat.

Qiu Yuan, who is currently in charge of government affairs in Haikou, is also one of the first expatriate cadres after the crossing, and once set up the Yaya Office with Ma Like, He Xi and others, and later transferred back to Shengli Port as the director of the Port Management Committee. At the end of 1630, after the capture of the capital city of Qiongzhou, he was appointed by the Executive Committee as the head of the administration of the Haikou region, a position he has held until now.

It has entered the seventh year of coming to this plane, and Qiu Yuan, like most of the former bachelors in the team, has established a family in this plane and has children. When Ning Qi stepped off the gangplank and stepped onto the dock, he saw Qiu Yuan slowly walking over with his two-year-old daughter.

"I can't imagine that you are now this kind of full-time daddy, it seems that life in Haikou is very good!" Ning Qi stepped forward and gently touched the top of the child's head, and said to Qiu Yuan with a smile: "Is this child married?"

Qiu Yuan was angry and funny when he heard it: "How old is this, which family to marry!"

Ning Qi Zhengse said: "Political marriage! Now that many people in Victory Fort have children, they don't think about themselves, but they also have to plan for the future of the next generation." In particular, many of those who have not been assigned to senior leadership positions have pinned their hopes on the next generation. ”

Qiu Yuan's face became solemn when he heard this: "What you said is not a joke, right?"

Ning Qi shook his head and said, "Don't take this as a joke...... Forget it, it's not convenient to say now, you go back to Sanya for a meeting at the end of the month, and then slowly experience it. ”

Qiu Yuan saw a blonde-haired and blue-eyed foreigner coming down from the boat behind Ning Qi, and knew that this should be Fan Dimen, the governor of the East India Company, so he nodded immediately, and did not continue to discuss this topic in depth.

Fan Dimen was also a little at a loss for the local officials to bring their children to greet him, he groped in his pocket, and finally took out a gold coin and stuffed it into Qiu Yuan's youngest daughter's hand, and said with words in his mouth: "May God bless you!"

In the past, the capital city of Qiongzhou was the largest city on Hainan Island, and the urban planning and infrastructure facilities were relatively perfect, but the size of the city was limited, which limited the development here to a certain extent. After Qiu Yuan took office, he began to move some commercial institutions out of the city, and the city was mainly used as a military and political station, most of the private houses were moved, and only a few official gentry mansions were retained. On the east and north sides of the original prefecture city, large residential and commercial areas were built along the banks of the Nandu River to resettle the local people.

The investment in this process is undoubtedly quite huge, and the demolition and resettlement objects alone are thousands of households, if they are changed to other places, there will be some trouble in the process, but the situation in the capital city of Qiongzhou is a special case. After Haihan occupied the capital city of Qiongzhou in the name of expelling pirates, he imposed military control on the local area, and subsequently took measures to move out in batches to disperse and resettle the local people.

This kind of resettlement is not just a simple move from the city to the outside of the city, and the west of the city to the east of the city, because the capital city has long existed as the political center of Hainan Island in the past, the loyalty of the people here to the Ming Dynasty is much higher than that of Yazhou in the south of Qiongzhou. The Executive Committee believed that in order to ensure a stable rule here, it was necessary to intervene in the composition of the local population, to move the local people to other places and disperse them, and then to move in the naturalized people and some new immigrants, plus the troops and families stationed there, so as to basically ensure the stability of the local social base.

Of course, this migration was not completed overnight, and it was not until the end of 1632 that it took almost two years. Although the cost of this method is really not small, it also solves a lot of troubles once and for all, especially the issue of land ownership, which is all owned by Haihan after the relocation of the local people. The Board's post-mortem assessment concluded that, despite the significant cost of the resettlement operation, it was largely in line with expectations in terms of actual results.

After the demographic adjustment, less than half of the people who have settled in Haikou are natives, and the rest of the population has all moved in from other places. And most of the locals who are less than two percent are fortunate enough to be allowed to stay because they were obedient enough when the city was broken, and even played the role of the leading party. In terms of population structure alone, the situation of Haikou City is actually quite close to that of Sanya, and it is dominated by foreign population.

"At present, the agricultural population in Haikou is mainly concentrated on the east bank of the Nandu River, and as elsewhere, it is dominated by plantations and collective farms. Qiu Yuan hugged his daughter and introduced the local agricultural development to Ningqi as he walked: "The crops in Haikou are mainly grain-based, and it is also the most important grain-producing area in northern Qiongbei. ”

As they spoke, they reached the place where the carriage was parked, and the guards had opened the door and were waiting for them. Qiu Yuan put his daughter in the car first, turned to Ning Qi and said, "Do you think you should go to the city to rest first, or go to the town outside the city first?"

"Let's go and see the town first!" Ning Qi quickly made a decision: "Entering the city is not just waiting for a banquet, to tell you the truth, walking down this circle is really hurting." I have to put forward my opinion at the executive committee when I go back this time, and the standard of the banquet to be sent to this place still needs to be controlled. ”

Qiu Yuan smiled: "It's not that exaggerated, right?

Ning Qi waved his hand and said: "That's staying in Sanya, if I had to do a few more round-the-island inspections every year, I would have become a big fat man a long time ago." I'll go to the market and see if there's a suitable place, just go out and have a meal. ”

"Don't snub our guests......" Qiu Yuan glanced at Fan Dimen and reminded Ning Qidao.

Ning Qi smiled: "You don't have to worry about his feelings, you don't have to go to the banquet, he will only clap his hands and applaud, and he won't complain about this." Let's go and see your new town. ”

After the three of them got into the carriage, the coachman urged the horses forward, and there were more than 20 armed cavalrymen in front of and behind the carriage who were responsible for opening the road and breaking the road to ensure the safety of these nobles. (To be continued.) )