Different from Luo Shengdong's attitude at the beginning, Zhang and Li's two shopkeepers were very cooperative with Schneider's request for them to use negotiable coupons. This is probably the strength display carefully prepared by the Executive Committee to have a certain effect, just the place of Shengli Port and the No. 1 base has made them realize the strength of the crossing group. In their view, since the Haihan people have the ability to build forts and take root in this wilderness, and continue to move into the villages and towns of immigrants, then their economic strength naturally needs no doubt, at least in the whole Qiongzhou Island. What's more, the Haihan people can still make so many rare things that can make a lot of money, and if they want to count on the trading houses behind them to sell goods, there is no need to use circulation coupons to cheat the little turnover money of their two dealers.

After the business was discussed, Schneider greeted the two shopkeepers for a seafood feast. Tao Donglai did not attend the reception dinner, and he hurriedly met with He Xi, who came back from Yazhou to report on his work. As the largest source of population import, Yazhou's political and military movements have always been the focus of the Executive Committee's attention, and He Xi's main function in Yazhou's office is to act as the executive committee's clairvoyant and monitor the relevant departments in Yazhou.

He Xi looked through his notes and introduced the situation in Yazhou to Tao Donglai: "Judging from what I have learned so far, the two existing spy organizations in the Ming Dynasty, Dongchang and Jinyiwei, their power in Yazhou is very limited, and it can be seen that their superior organs do not attach much importance to this place in Yazhou. I think there are two reasons, first, Yazhou is too remote, there are any cases to be reported, just to report to the capital of Qiongzhou will take several days, if you want to report to Guangzhou, then it will take at least half a month to go back and forth, which greatly reduces the enthusiasm of the grassroots personnel below to handle the case. Second, Yazhou has been a distribution place since ancient times, and if a city is either a prisoner or a descendant of a prisoner, even if it is of little value to be arrested, it is difficult to make any contribution to handling cases in such a place. As far as I know, they hardly meddle in local affairs, and most cases are handled by the local inspection department. ”

He Xi paused, and then said: "In terms of the government, the ability of this Yazhou governor does not seem to be strong, but the work is quite attentive. After we organized the migration for the first time, he also sent a staff member to the Cliff Office to find out the situation. ”

"Oh, what is the attitude of the Lord Zhizhou towards what you have done?" Tao Donglai asked with interest.

"Yes. As we expected, the government believes that our actions have alleviated the social contradictions in Yazhou in a certain way, so that a large number of unemployed people can have a way to survive, which is a good thing for maintaining social stability in Yazhou. Speaking of this, He Xi changed his words and said: "But that staff member also put forward conditions on behalf of the state government. ”

"Tell me about it. Tao Donglai smiled, not very concerned about this matter. At the beginning of the planning of the crossing, the members of the preparatory committee had already imagined the reactions of the local government after learning of the crossing group, and formulated various response plans from this.

It is naturally unlikely that the Ming Dynasty will send troops to attack on a large scale, because the crossing group does not intend to appear in Sanya in the form of a military invasion, and the Ming Dynasty's army has no reason or need to start a war. At that time, the preparatory committee did not expect that Luo Shengdong's surprise attack on Yulin Fishing Village would occur on the second day of the crossing, but it was actually due to a misunderstanding, if it weren't for the meritorious Luo Shengdong who mistook the crossing people for pirates, this battle would not have been fought at all. Sure enough, the later development of the shape was still consistent with the speculation of the preparatory committee, and it was known that the Ming army Shuizhai and Yazhou garrisons of the Haihan people had no intention of sending troops to attack at all.

Since there will be no war, it is logical for Yazhou to bring Sanya back under its rule. At that time, the Preparatory Committee believed that if the two sides could maintain peaceful coexistence and the other side understood the influence of the crossing group in Sanya, then the Yazhou side would inevitably send officials and even a small group of garrisons to the Sanya area and set up a local management agency, at least in terms of administration and taxation, and the Sanya area should be actually controlled, otherwise it would be a dereliction of duty for the Yazhou officials.

Sure enough, He Xi then said: "The state government hopes to send tax collectors here to survey the cultivated land, register and make a register, and pay taxes according to the regulations." In addition, they want to set up an inspection department here to be responsible for law and order. ”

Tao Donglai nodded, did not immediately express his attitude, but asked He Xi's opinion: "Do you think we should accept the conditions proposed by the other party?"

"I don't think there's any need to refuse. He Xi's answer was also very subtle: "Even if we refuse, it is unlikely that the state government will change their original plans because of this, after all, the new cultivation of farmland and the increase in taxes are political achievements for local officials." But we must consider that the consequences of such a positive rejection are likely to change the perception of us badly from the state government. Regardless of whether we refuse or not, the state government will eventually insist on sending people, in this case, we don't need to refuse them at all, they are willing to send tax collectors and arrest officials, so let them send them. This is already our place, and they can't change anything at all by sending a few people. ”

"As for paying taxes...... I think the tax collector is in our hands, and it is not up to us to rub it round and flatten. Tax...... It's so easy to collect taxes!" As soon as the issue of money was discussed, He Xi's attitude became tougher.

Tao Donglai agreed with He Xi's attitude very much: "Of course, when you get to our territory, you have to listen to our arrangement, what kind of inspection department, you can let them send people, and we can directly demarcate the place and keep them in captivity." If you don't obey, you will all be sent to a labor camp!"

He Xi said with a smile: "Mr. Tao, your plan is much more ruthless than we expected, the method we have come up with here is still based on buying and using, you will directly do it in one step, and if you don't obey, you will be beaten!"

Tao Donglai waved his hand and said, "Don't care about those details, why don't you tell me, what is the situation of these people in the cliff office now? Is there anything that needs help from the base camp?"

"Lao Ma's work ability is indeed quite strong, and the executive committee did not pick the wrong person. He Xi first affirmed the ability of the person in charge of the Cliff Office, Ma Like: "Lao Ma is worthy of being a person who has worked in the Investment Promotion Office, and also has relatively strong administrative management ability. ”

"Qiu Yuan, after all, he is engaged in financial work, and he feels that he is usually a little picky, but he is still very good and easy to get along with. ”

"Of the two people in the Military Police Department, Mu Xiabai is more stable, and Feng Anan is relatively outgoing. However, I think they are quite aggrieved in Yazhou, and every day, in addition to routinely observing the changing of the guard in Yazhou, they just stay in the courtyard to train those servants. Judging by their posture, they are planning to train a Scout on their own. He Xi said with a smile.

"How many servants have been bought by the Cliff Office now?" Tao Donglai asked casually.

"Just three, two little boys are responsible for running errands, and they specially bought a twelve-year-old girl for Zhao Xiaoruo, not purely to be a maid for her, but mainly considering that she is a girl alone, it is more convenient to have a female companion. He Xi thought about it and added: "That little girl's family died in Yazhou Prison, so it didn't cost a lot of money when I bought it." ”

Tao Donglai nodded slightly and said: "Spending a few dollars is a trivial matter, what you did was right, only Xiao Zhao was arranged to join the working group, it seems that the executive committee still has a little bit of inconsider." Go on, how are Zhang Guang and Xiao Zhao doing now?"

"I see a play. Speaking of this gossip news, even He Xi, who has always been deep in the city, couldn't help but get excited: "When I just went, I thought that Zhang Guang was not very eye-catching, but after a long time, I found that he was quite material, he could make honeycomb coal, he could be a plasterer, and his cooking skills were also good, and it was said that he had learned first aid with Xiao Zhao." After arriving in Yazhou, he followed Xiao Zhao's ass every day, and we all laughed at him for becoming Xiao Zhao's shadow. I don't think Xiao Zhao seems to have any dislike for him, although the relationship between the two has not yet been determined, but I can see that there are already some signs of it. ”

Tao Donglai smiled and said: "This Zhang Guang came to the executive committee to beg grandpa and grandma to make trouble several times in order to grab this place, and finally even moved out to talk about the conditions. If he can't take Xiao Zhao and live up to the expectations of the Executive Committee, he will go back and send him directly to Vietnam!"

He Xi was very keen, and immediately captured the main point of Tao Donglai's words: "The executive committee plans to open overseas mines in advance?"

Tao Donglai responded: "This is purely a matter of no choice, now that the coal input is about to be cut off, the only way for us to buy coal is to buy coal at a high price, and it may not be able to ensure the stability of the supply." Instead of tossing like this, it is better to go directly to the mine. The matter had already been settled by the Executive Committee, and now it was trying to buy ships and hire sailors. ”

"This mining is a big project!" He Xi said with a worried face: "Not only the ships, manpower, but also the mining equipment and mining tools used must all be transported from here, and they are so far away, if there is really something to do, they can't even save it!"

"This is also forced to go to Liangshan!" Tao Donglai was also helpless about this: "Let's not talk about this matter for a while, let's talk about your next work plan." ”

He Xi nodded and said: "This time I came back with the ship of the trading house, in addition to reporting the preliminary work, I also had the idea of following the ship of the shopkeeper Zhang to Qiongzhou Capital City." ”