As for the question of capacity, Anxi has also considered it in detail, and replied unhurriedly: "We can look at the capacity required by these two candidate locations separately, first of all, the iron furnace port. ”

"The Iron Furnace Port is so close to us that we can even send ships every day to bring back the previous day's output, which is not a large capacity, and the two existing sea training ships of the Ministry of Shipping can complete the task. We can also build a local warehouse to store some salt, and in the future, the export of salt to the mainland will be directly traded in the iron furnace port, and the sea ships coming from the mainland can also save half a day's voyage. ”

After hearing this, Tao Donglai continued to ask noncommittally: "Then what if you choose Yingge Sea Salt Farm?"

"If it's the Yingge Sea Salt Field, it will be a little more troublesome, after all, the voyage is three times farther than the Iron Furnace Port. My solution is to further increase the number of cargo ships going to Vietnam, and to carry locally produced salt to Vietnam and locally when passing back and forth through Yingge Sea. Of course, there is no need to rush to increase capacity, because even if we want to develop Yinggehai, it will take at least a few months to form a large-scale production. And this limited output in the first few months can be fully solved with the existing capacity on the Vietnam route. Anthy replied confidently.

"What does the Ministry of Shipping think?" Tao Donglai asked, looking at Yue Zhiyun.

Yue Zhiyun said: "At present, we can arrange a total of eight 400-material sea ships to run the Vietnam route, and the cargo hold will be relatively empty when departing from Shengli Port, and it will definitely be no problem to load salt in Yingge Sea." But when you return to the ship, you need to load coal and coke and some migrants, and you need to load salt on the ship, which may have a limited capacity......"

"The migrants brought back from Vietnam can be placed in the Yingge Hai Salt Farm nearby, on the one hand, to expand the scale of production, and on the other hand, to free up the cabin to transport a few more tons of salt back to Shengli Port. Anthy interjected and added.

That's a great solution. If the Yingge Sea Salt Farm were to be built, it would take years to invest manpower into the area to meet the expanding scale of production, and it would be much easier to recruit immigrants from war-torn Vietnam than the Ming Dynasty. Even in terms of distance, Yinggehai is only 130 or 40 nautical miles to the east coast of Vietnam, which is much closer than to the capital city of Qiongzhou in the north, and it is more cost-effective in terms of time efficiency.

As for nationality and race, these issues are no longer a big deal in the eyes of today's Executive Committee. First of all, the language, clothing, and living habits of the vast majority of Vietnamese immigrants are similar to or even the same as those of the two regions, and the gap in cultural traditions is not large, and it will be easier to transform their thinking. As long as the people who are willing to be included in the rule do not care about their own national race, as long as they are willing to follow the cultural traditions and living habits of the Haihan Dynasty, abide by the laws and regulations formulated by the Executive Committee, and support the ruling policies of the Executive Committee, then they will all be regarded as naturalized citizens and do not need to be treated differently.

When capacity and labor are no longer an issue, there seems to be only one problem left to solve.

Yan Chujie saw Tao Donglai's eyes looking at him, so he took the initiative to speak: "If you look at it from the perspective of military defense, both places have advantages and disadvantages. Let's talk about the Iron Furnace Harbor first, the channel into the harbor in this place is narrow and winding, and the southern part of the channel is all mountainous, which is very convenient for high defense, as long as a small number of fortifications are established, it can be said that it is difficult for foreign fleets to break through the Iron Furnace Harbor from the sea. However, the tidal flats suitable for the development of salt pans are all on the north side of the harbor, and the terrain is flat and difficult to defend, so it will be difficult to organize an effective defense if the enemy lands directly from the beach. In addition, the Iron Furnace Port is very close to Lingshui, where the Ming army is stationed, only more than ten nautical miles, and we don't even have time to send sea forces to support in the event of an accident. ”

"Speaking of Yingge Sea, the harbor in this place is also hidden behind a narrow channel, which is very well hidden. However, the area near the sea here is flat, and we simply cannot build an effective defense system with our existing conditions. There is a voyage of fifty or sixty nautical miles from Yinggehai to Shengli Port, and there is a Yazhou in between. ”

Anxi was a little anxious when he heard Yan Chujie say this, and hurriedly retorted: "I don't think Yazhou can pose much of a military threat to us now. Now Luo Shengdong has money in hand, and he has done a very good job of the water village, and the last time I came to the commune to transport salt, I asked him specifically, and he said that the boats that can go to sea in the water village are basically under his control. Unless Luo Shengdong wants to cut off his own financial route, Yazhou will not be able to threaten our route at all. ”

Yan Chujie shook his head and said: "Even if Luo Shengdong does not pose a threat to us, it does not mean that it is safe there, and the necessary military defense means cannot be relaxed at all." Think about it, if the news of Yinggehai's daily production of refined salt spreads in the future, will anyone have the idea of that place?"

"This ......," Anthy was momentarily speechless. Yan Chujie's words are not unreasonable, the market value of 10,000 catties of refined salt is several thousand taels of silver, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no pirates or other armed forces who hear the news and take risks. And once the Yinggehai area, which has no danger to defend, is attacked, I am afraid that the only thing that can be done is to defend the village and protect itself. If the development of Yinggehai needs to build a base-type fortress in the local area, it will consume too much manpower and material resources, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty and time of the development and construction stage.

No matter how perfect Anxi's plan is, the military defense loopholes cannot be avoided, and this is not a link that can be ignored by the Executive Committee through some tempting numbers, according to the Executive Committee's steady and serious work style, the establishment of any stronghold is first of all to consider the difficulty of military defense, whether it is the base camp or the location of the Black Earth Port, it is carried out in accordance with this basic principle. Regardless of the location of the new salt farm, there will definitely be more than 1,000 residents in the future, and the Executive Committee will still adhere to the principle of safety first for the establishment of such a new settlement outside of Victory Port.

Although Anzay was full of hope and was very well prepared for this, in the next voting session, the Executive Committee did not pass a resolution to start preparing for the construction of a new salt factory immediately. However, Anzay was not discouraged by this, because the executive committee also recognized the need to build a new salt plant, but for security reasons, it was necessary to further discuss the development of the candidate site, and at least come up with a defense plan approved by the military.

Anzai plans to talk to his good friend Ren Liang next, although Ren Liang's major is police management rather than military direction, but he is in the military police department, and he also has many military friends, so he may be able to provide some advice and suggestions for the defense means in the new salt farm construction plan.

The rest of the meeting had little to do with the salt works, and Anthy had no interest in continuing to listen, so he got up and left. As soon as he walked out of the door, a naturalized citizen bowed respectfully to him and said, "Coach An!"

When the salt farm was first developed, Yu Dashan was already working as a foreman, and he took a group of laborers to the salt farm commune to build a house, and the two of them also worked for a few days. The title of "Coach An" was learned by Yu Dashan from other traversers, and Anxi didn't bother to correct it, so he kept calling it down.

Anxi nodded and said, "Come to the executive committee to report on your work?"

Yu Dashan responded: "The construction period of the freight terminal is urgent, and the head of the Ministry of Construction wants to increase a group of laborers, so that the villain will take the document to Mr. Ning to sign." ”

Anxi said: "Then you wait here first, there is still a meeting inside, and it is estimated that it will not be finished for a while." Also, don't call yourself a 'villain' in the future, just say 'me', understand?"

"The villain understands...... Oh, I, I understand! I understand!" Yu Dashan replied in a hurry. This habit has been corrected many times by the Traversal, but he has never been able to change it.

After Yu Dashan sent Anthy away, he honestly stood outside the door and waited for the meeting to end. In a meeting of this level, even a naturalized citizen with "old qualifications" like Yu Dashan does not have the qualifications to observe, but no one will care about him standing outside the conference room.

Yu Dashan himself was very excited, although he was now a senior foreman, and he had to command hundreds of people under him to work on the construction site every day, but when the Haihan chiefs discussed things, most of them held meetings behind closed doors, and there was rarely such a time when they could directly hear the content of the meeting.

I heard a voice in the conference room say, "...... Next, we will discuss the selection of candidates for the Guangzhou Office. Now that Schneider and He Xi have come up with a detailed staffing plan, they are waiting for us to send someone to Guangzhou, and I will talk about their plan first......"

As soon as Yu Dashan heard this voice, he knew that it was Tao Donglai Tao who was talking, so he quickly pricked up his ears and listened carefully. He didn't want to inquire about any secrets, but out of pure curiosity, wondering how the chiefs of these Haihan decided matters and assigned work during the meeting.

As for the selection of candidates for the Guangzhou Office, the relevant departments have actually made some preparations and have already done a good job in selecting personnel. The staffing plan given by the Guangzhou Office is not much different from the previous projections of various departments. One person from the Ministry of Information Industry is responsible for information collection and liaison between the two places, one person from the Ministry of Shipping is responsible for arranging freight matters in Guangzhou, one person from the Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for immigration matters, one person from the Medical Department is responsible for health and epidemic prevention, and two people from the Military Police Department are responsible for safety and security work. In addition, it is a loyal and reliable naturalized number of people, who go to the Guangzhou Office to be responsible for errands and miscellaneous things.

After the plan was put out, the relevant departments quickly came up with a list of candidates, and then quickly determined several traversers who would be stationed in Guangzhou. Yu Dashan, the observer, could be regarded as the first person to learn of this news, but his attention was not on the few Haihan chiefs who were about to be sent to Guangzhou, and this time he would select several naturalized people to go to Guangzhou together, which was the focus of his concern.

Before the crossing group landed in Shengli Port, Yu Dashan was just an ordinary fisherman, uneducated and had not seen much of the world, but the arrival of the crossing group opened up a new world in front of him, and he knew for the first time that the original iron ship without mast and sail could also travel on the water, and it was so easy to build a fort and build a village, and the young people of the Li and Miao tribes, who had fought so hard in previous years, were able to serve the Haihan people together...... There are so many incredible things that have happened in these months, and it has also given him hope to change the future of himself and his family.

Because he was the first to "devote himself to the revolution", Yu Dashan was reused by the Haihan people from the very beginning, and was set up as an example of outstanding naturalized people for a long time. Yu Dashan is very satisfied with the fact that he can do what he is now, and he doesn't have any wishful thinking about being a master, but he does have higher expectations for his son Yu Xiaobao's future future.

In Dashan's view, the Haihan chiefs accepted Xiaobao into the school to read and write without receiving a penny, which is definitely a benevolent gift, and he can also see that his son is very popular among the Haihan chiefs, not only can he often eat and live with the chiefs in the No. 1 base, but he can even ride the chiefs' special treasure car to travel, this treatment is also rare among the naturalized people in the entire Shengli Harbor, it is said that only Yu Xiaobao and the son of the Li elder can enjoy.

What exactly the Haihan chiefs want to do, Yu Dashan doesn't know too much, but the steady stream of immigrants and more and more production, as well as various other signs, make him realize that the Haihan chiefs are definitely not small maritime merchants who are willing to defend one place, and now even the naval army generals in Yazhou come to Shengli Harbor from time to time to pay tribute to Dashan, but they have seen it many times, and Luo Jiang, who was put back by the Haihan chiefs, had a groveling expression on his face when he returned to Shengli Port to see the Haihan chief.

There is also the Wei patrol who was confined as soon as he arrived in Shengli Port, although most of the other party can't remember himself as a common person, but Yu Dashan remembers that two years ago, on the way back from Yazhou, the other party searched for two taels of silver in exchange for hard work selling seafood, and that experience was so angry that he fell seriously ill after he came back, and almost lost his life. But after this guy arrived at Victory Port, he couldn't be arrogant at all, and he could only move around the designated area every day. Yu Dashan could even predict that it wouldn't be long before the expression on that Wei Inspector's face would slowly become the same as that of Mr. Luo.

The arrival of the immigrants from Annam made Yu Dashan realize that the stronghold set up by the leaders of the Haihan Dynasty in Annam had been successful. The visit of the Guangzhou merchant fleet to Shengli Port symbolizes the establishment of local ties with Guangzhou, which is said to be the largest city in South China. How many unexpected things can the Haihan chiefs do, Yu Dashan doesn't know and can't imagine, but there is one thing Yu Dashan has already recognized that relying on the Ming Dynasty, he can only be a poor fisherman in his life, and it is likely that his children and grandchildren will only continue to be fishermen, but if he relies on the Haihan chief, he will get ahead, and the opportunity to glorify his ancestors can be expected.

The leaders of the Haihan Dynasty always put "culture" and "knowledge" on their lips, all of them are knowledgeable, and even Chef Fan Fan, who is in charge of stir-frying in the food group, can read a few Tang poems casually when he opens his mouth, and this cultural atmosphere makes Yu Dashan, who is illiterate, yearn for and worship him very much. He also knows very well that he can't learn much when he is older, but if his son can be cultivated and cared for by the leaders, he will definitely be able to become a master like the leaders in the future. And Yu Xiaobao has turned sixteen this year, and if he wants to be famous under the leaders in the future, he must do something!

To do things for the leaders of the Haihan Dynasty, the best way to mix in the local area is to be like Yu Dashan himself, to be a senior foreman. But if you can go to Guangzhou, it seems that there will be a different way out, Mr. Shi is a master of making money, and the legend is that he can turn stones into gold, and the local production capacity is sold outside, most of which rely on Mr. Shi's ability. If Yu Xiaobao can be allowed to follow Mr. Shi to do things, even if he doesn't learn much, it would be a good thing to be able to go to Guangzhou to see and understand. If Yu Xiaobao can learn a point or two of Mr. Shi's skills, then there will be hope for the lintel of the house in the future.

Yu Dashan was so busy thinking about his own affairs that he didn't even notice when the meeting ended, and it wasn't until Ning Qi came out of the conference room that he suddenly woke up, remembered the purpose of his coming here, and hurriedly greeted him and said, "Mr. Ning, there is a document that needs to be signed." ”

Ning Qi took it and looked at it, then took out a pen and signed his name, and when he was about to leave, he heard Yu Dashan whisper: "Mr. Ning, the villain has a few words to say." ”

Ning Qi frowned and said, "Why can't you change this problem?"

"It's not a villain, it's me, it's me!" Yu Dashan hurriedly corrected, secretly complaining in his heart that he was useless.

"Just say something, isn't it Xiaobao's business?" Ning Qi asked casually.

"Mr. Ning is really like a god!" Yu Dashan hurriedly slapped a sycophant with the limited vocabulary in his mind, this idiom was still told by Yu Xiaobao a few days ago, and it can be regarded as a living study.

"Villain...... When I was waiting for Mr. Ning outside just now, I overheard that the Executive Committee was preparing to send naturalized people to Guangzhou......" Yu Dashan stared at Ning Qi and said, "I...... I want to make a name for my little treasure!"

Ning Qi frowned and said, "Go to Guangzhou?

"Isn't Mr. Shi in Guangzhou? If Xiaobao can follow Mr. Shi, he can also learn a lot. Yu Dashan had already figured out the joints. In his opinion, the leaders of Haihan are all full of wealth, even if they can't study with Mr. Ning, they should not be far from Mr. Shi.

Yu Dashan saw that Ning Qi's face was hesitant, so he added: "Xiaobao, this kid has always been obedient, and Mr. Ning also knows it, so it's perfect to go to Guangzhou to do some errands for the chiefs." ”