Chapter 15 Food Problems

April 3, 1627, February 18, the seventh year of the Great Tomorrow. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

Today should be Saturday according to the time of the old time and space, but unfortunately there is no such thing as "weekends and weekends" in the new time and space, whether it is the leadership of the executive committee or ordinary members, everyone must devote themselves to the construction of the base.

But before today's work officially began, there was chaos in the camp because of the problem of washing. The cause of the matter is actually very simple, because the water purification facilities have not yet been done, and fresh water control must be implemented in the base, so the amount of water that everyone gets in the morning is just a lunch box, and this is the water for gargling and washing faces. As the men who make up the vast majority of the crowd, this is not a particularly big problem, and it is overcome as soon as you close your eyes. Because last night was too late and too tired, most people didn't have time to wash and lay down directly, so in the morning, many old men took off only a ** and jumped directly into the river to wash themselves.

The men were happy, but the women weren't going to leave it to the executive committee. Although there are only about 70 women in the group, the momentum is really not small, and there are many leaders who dare to stand out, such as Gu Kai's foreign girlfriend Ruisa.

According to Gu Kai, Ressa is of American-Ukrainian descent, and the statement that Ermaozi is a beautiful woman has been verified by Ressa again, with long legs and angel face and devil figure, if you go to participate in a beauty pageant, you will definitely get a good ranking. However, this Ruisha is not a vase, like Gu Kai, she is a legal professional, and after knowing Gu Kai, she also taught herself Chinese for two years, and worked as a legal consultant in a company specializing in Sino-US trade before crossing over. However, there is one thing that Gu Kai has not mentioned to the executive committee, that is, Ressa also has the identity of "the California branch of the National Women's Human Rights Association".

"The current approach of the Executive Committee is unfair to us women, and I ask the Executive Committee to immediately adjust the original freshwater control plan!" Standing at the front with the loudest voice is Ressa, although the accent is a little strange, but the words are quite clear.

The committee member standing in front of Ressa was Bai Kesi, and his small body was a little shorter than Ressa, and he immediately looked weak. It was also his bad luck that he happened to be next to him when the gang of women made a fuss, but he was stopped by Resa. With this height not dominant, Bai Kesi inevitably fell behind in momentum: "I said that...... Miss Resa, the freshwater control was decided by the Executive Committee at a meeting, and I can't order it to change it alone. I can report your request to the Executive Committee, but can you calm everyone's feelings first?"

"Mr. Bai, it is wrong for you to avoid the problem in this way! You should first admit that the Executive Committee has made a mistake in making decisions on this issue, and then try your best to come up with a solution. Ressa didn't even have the slightest intention of making concessions, but was even more aggressive: "If this affects today's work arrangement, then we will think that this is the result of the Executive Committee!"

"That's right, Sister Ressa is right!" "That is, why didn't you just ask our female comrades when you made the plan for the Executive Committee!" "The fact that there are no female members of the Executive Committee is a prejudice in itself!"

Once there is an opinion leader who agrees with his own interests, the voice of the people will soon be unified, and Bai Kesi, a man who has been divorced once, obviously lacks an effective way to deal with the release of women's feelings, and can only carry out verbal persuasion work very weakly, but this makes the number of onlookers more and more. (.)

When Bai Kesi was at a loss, he caught a glimpse of Gu Kai tiptoeing past the crowd, how could this kind of lifebuoy be let go, Bai Kesi rushed out of the crowd and grabbed Gu Kai with an arrow step: "You came just in time, hurry up and persuade your daughter-in-law!"

Gu Kai's face was no better than Bai Kesi's, and he lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Bai, you really pulled the wrong person for me......

Before Bai Kesi could figure out what Gu Kai meant by this, Ressa's voice was already sounding behind him: "My dear, you came just in time, you can say two fair words!"

Bai Kesi chuckled inwardly, realizing that he really seemed to have made a mistake.

Gu Kai coughed dryly and said with a dry smile: "Mr. Bai, in fact, I think the requirements of the female comrades are still somewhat reasonable, the work of the executive committee is inevitably sloppy and ill-considered, and now there are people to help us check and fill in the gaps, which is a good thing." ”

Bai Kesi sighed and raised his forehead: "I always thought that a weak scholar like me would be bullied by a woman, but I didn't expect it, Gu Kai, you with thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually betrayed the revolution, and knelt without hesitation!"

Gu Kai sneered and said: "This is called a person who knows the times as a junjie......"

The Executive Committee had to urgently revise the freshwater control plan to double the daily quota for women's daily living water on the original basis, and this incident also became an opportunity for Ressa to organize the establishment of the Women's Federation and take power.

There were three major projects on this day, one was the final reinforcement of the temporary dock, after which the heavy supplies on board could begin to be unloaded. The second is the construction of the prefabricated houses of the No. 1 base, and only after the construction of these houses can the executive committee have the means to spare more manpower to roll out the construction plans that are still on paper. The third project is the agricultural plan mentioned by the old man Yuan, the agricultural materials on the barge are a lot of rice seeds, if you want to catch up with the planting of three crops of rice in the first year, the first season must be sown before the Qingming Festival, according to the time calculation, April 5, 1627, that is, two days later, is the Qingming of this year. Even if you plant two crops of rice, you have to sow it in the field by mid-April at the latest.

In fact, the food problem is not the most urgent, but the shortage of vegetables is the most urgent thing for the Executive Committee and the Ministry of Agriculture. You must know that the consumption of such a large group of people is not a small amount, and the humid and hot weather in Hainan cannot store some leafy vegetables for too long, and the ships are mostly stocked with some roots and fruits and vegetables, and the varieties are relatively monotonous. This kind of recipe is fine for a day or two, but if it takes a long time, these people who are used to living a good life will have to spray the executive committee and the cooking class with blood. There are a lot of various kinds of vegetable varieties in the agricultural materials, as long as the ground can be sown immediately, such as water spinach, which can be sown and harvested many times at a time, planting a few acres can be eaten from early summer to the second half of the year.

However, before that, it is estimated that a large-scale logging operation will have to be organized to level enough open space, which will involve a large-scale manpower mobilization, which is definitely not an easy task. Some committee members have expressed doubts about whether the people will be able to withstand high-intensity labor for many days in a row, and what is even more worrying is the change in the ideological mood of the masses. You must know that although there has been prior training and vaccination, most of the people who participate in the crossing have the dream of coming to this world to be an uncle, to be a local tyrant, to bully men and women, and to be the king, but the reality is that they must work hard to move bricks every day as migrant workers and do not have any overtime pay, this huge gap may not be bearable by everyone.

In the end, Tao Donglai set the tone for this matter: "As long as the thinking does not slip, there are always more ways than difficulties." Everyone still has to do a good job in the ideological work of their own departments, and Lao Yan also has to worry more about this issue, and you are the only one in the group of people in our executive committee who is a genuine political work cadre, and ideological work is your specialty, so bring more comrades from other departments. In addition, the problem of food should be solved first, not limited to the little reserve grain on the ship, we now have a large area of natural resources that can be developed, swimming in the sea, flying in the sky, running in the mountains, we can think of a way. Only when you have enough to eat well can you have the strength to carry out the revolution! Didn't someone in the logging team beat a python to make soup and eat it yesterday?"

"The wild python is a national first-class protected animal. Ning Qi, who was late yesterday and only drank half a bowl of soup, muttered a word.

"Don't worry about the details, besides, there are no animals in the place we're in that are protected. Tao Donglai waved his hand and said: "Bei Ye said, no matter what kind of animal, you can eat it if you remove it!" Okay, let's start today's work separately!"

When everyone came out of the tent, they were still discussing Tao Donglai's instructions in a whisper: "Which department is Master Bei from, why didn't he come to the meeting?"

"Bei Ye is a man standing at the top of the food chain, you don't even know Bei Ye and dare to follow us to the Ming Dynasty to play wild survival!"

"If you meet Bei Ye, you will properly become the protein in his stomach......"

As for when the members' personal phone numbers will be received, Wu Zhuo said that it will take at least two days to complete the number writing work with the existing manpower of the communication team.

Not long after the start of work in the morning, the "Lightning", which was responsible for carrying out the guard duty in the harbor, called the command: "Two small fishing boats have been found west of the harbor, and the direction is coming towards the base. ”

Immediately, there was further news: "The father and son brought back by Mr. Yan yesterday were also on the boat. ”

There were four other men who were brought to the headquarters with the father and son surnamed Yu, and of course, at this time, Zhou Hengxing, the guest interpreter, had already been called to wait. Several of the natives trembled and expressed to the people in command their desire to exchange their catch for food, and if there was any refined salt they had received yesterday, they would also like to exchange a little. Although these fishermen also cook their own sea salt, the quality of the sea salt produced is naturally not the same as the industrial products brought by the travelers from another time and space.

Clearly, the kindness of the Crossing Crowd yesterday had had had taken effect, at least to give the fishermen the opportunity to come here and barter. However, the amount of fish in the rattan basket under their feet was too small, and it was a drop in the bucket for hundreds of travelers, and if they traded food with them in this way, it would be really motor and electricity, and it would not make a big difference.

Soon, the command had a better idea, and asked Zhou Hengxing to tell the fishermen that the things they brought were too little, and they had to use other methods if they wanted to exchange food. For example, it is okay to take a boat that crosses the crowd to cast a net to catch fish in a place where there are many fish in the harbor, or to sell labor to help with logging. The goal of the command is very clear, that is, to find a way to include these Ming people in the labor force on their side, if this road works, then the next step can be to consider attracting more Ming people to work here in exchange for food.

Tao Donglai's order was more direct: "Let them stop the boat on the shore and get on our boat." ”

Ning Qi reminded him beside him: "Those iron-hulled fishing boats are going to burn oil, wouldn't it be too extravagant to really send them out to fish?"

Tao Donglai waved his hand and said: "Who said that the iron-hulled fishing boats were gone? The two sailing boats of the Yankees were not really used for their vacation, let them take these people, load the fishing nets, and go out to make a good profit." In addition, all departments are notified to work hard, and there is a seafood feast today!"