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Chapter 202: Crossing the Sea by Feeling the Stones

Tuantuan can spend a summer vacation in Beihai, but Li Bin does not have such a blessing.

I was lazy after stealing for a week, and I couldn't even drag it down while the little girl was wiping her tears. Li Bin stepped onto the train alone.

As soon as we arrived at Yingkou, the North Sea Fleet and Navy No. 1 were already waiting at the port!

As soon as Li Bin got on the ship, Zhou Yun, commander of the North Sea Fleet, handed over a folder: "The route to Donghuazhou (America) has been taken once, and it is basically the same as what the commander-in-chief said."

This is one of the tasks of the North Sea Fleet this year, sending three 5,000-ton warships and five coal ships to take the North Pacific route in Donghuazhou.

This line starts from Vladivostok, goes north along the Kuril Islands, then turns east, and walks along the Aleutian Islands in later generations. It basically crosses the sea by feeling the stones. There is no risk and the voyage is close, making it the most convenient route for large-scale immigration.

Li Bin took the folder, opened it and looked carefully.

Even in the 21st century, there are not many people who walk this line by boat. The information he collected online is definitely not good, which is why this route exploration activity arranged this year.

Li Bin read through the entire document, and basically the geographical situation they explored on the road was not much different from the 21st century.

"You are going to inspect along the way, are you sure the general coal station address?"

Li Bin asked a question he was most concerned about.

This time, three warships were dispatched, and five coal ships followed. If the ship was loaded with too much coal, it would undoubtedly reduce the transportation space for materials and personnel. Li Bin would rather spend more money to repair the coal station.

Zhou Yun took out the North Pacific map and spread it on the table: "We have three addresses that we have determined at present. The first is Ocean City, the second northern island (Atka), and the third Huludao (Chilikov Island). The distance between these three places is within 2,500 kilometers from both sides. It is no problem to build a dock and replenish coal and fresh water."

Li Bin knocked on the table: "Your Northern Fleet is divided into two groups, separate the three warships and five transport ships that went to Donghuazhou this time, and form a separate Pacific Fleet, and then add 17 warships and twenty-five transport ships. Are you willing to stay in the Northern Fleet, or go to the Pacific Fleet?"

Zhou Yun did not hesitate: "I'll go to the Pacific Fleet."

As an old navy of the China Company, there is no way to know that the continent to the east is their future.

To be honest, he took people around the Korean Peninsula every day, and saw that the Tatars and Tokugawa Iemitsu were vomiting after watching the fights in Japan.

If he had no vision at all, he would not have been able to reach the position of the North Sea Fleet.

Li Bin nodded: "Okay, let Li Yan take over your position in the North Sea Fleet. You will take the Pacific Fleet first, and then I will ask Pan Zhigang to arrange the expansion of the army. Your task is to build these three coal stations first. Arrange 50,000 laborers for you. Lin Zhanfei and his team have gained a lot in Siam this year."

Zhou Yun also smiled: "I heard that he was arguing with the Immigration Department and asked the Immigration Department to give him the entire Siam plan, so that he could arrange for prisoners to repair roads and water conservancy."

Li Bin also had a headache when he talked about this problem. Lin Zhanfei was moving too fast. He swept the entire flat area of ​​Siam in a few months, and then he was like a mad dog, urging the Immigration Department to plan for him.

Such a big country, the overall planning is so easy, and he asked him to arrange for prisoners to cut down trees and clear out the land first. He was not happy to say that the Immigration Department wasted the company's food and raised millions of prisoners. There were many good grain-producing areas in Siam. The people from the Immigration Department were wasting natural resources, which made the Immigration Department so angry that they were about to die.

Li Bin could only hold his forehead: "No matter these birds, the company is now full of labor on the construction site outside, and it is impossible for foreign workers to use within the Ming Dynasty, so let them rush it."

As both military systems, Zhou Yun must speak to Lin Zhanfei: "The people in the Immigration Department are also stupid. First draw a few main lines and let Lin Zhanfei go to repair them, and then place the immigrants on both sides of the main roads, and then slowly repair the branch lines."

Li Bin hadn't been to Siam yet, so he couldn't make a decision directly. What was the specific situation in the local area? Lin Zhanfei and the people from the Immigration Department knew about it, so he simply pushed Zhou Yun: "You kid have an idea, why don't you tell Lin Zhanfei or the Immigration Department?"

Zhou Yun also slapped his thigh: "I'm stupid too. I'm just spending my exploration fleet during this period, so I'll send them a telegram."

In fact, there are full of labor there, and there are not enough managers.

The laborers you hold are locked in a concentration camp, so you don’t need to worry about it. There are thousands of people who can watch it. You can even give it a meal every day.

If you take it out to work, you have to be equipped with managers and security personnel. If you don’t have one million workers, you may be a riot.

It is impossible for scholars who have read the Four Books and Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty to manage prisoners of war well, otherwise Li Bin would not have to wait until now, and was still selecting from the labor force on the Tiansu Line.

Otherwise you would have thought Li Bin would have left Japan and the Tartars for so long.

Fang Yizhi was reading the latest China Weekly newspaper in his hand.

Since he solved the printing problem of Jiangnan Monthly, he has never cared about this newspaper, but has actively participated in the imperial examination and finally passed the Jinshi exam in 13 years of Chongzhen.

Later, he was elected as a Shujishi, and was promoted to the Ministry of Works to observe politics and review the Hanlin Academy, and gave Wang and Yongwang to serve as lecturers.

When Li Bin entered Beijing, he was assigned to the Ministry of Construction and immediately bought the official assessment tutorial issued by Li Bin to read.

It’s okay if I don’t read it, but as soon as I look, I burned the manuscript of the physics knowledge I have worked hard to write.

There is no way, the people's letters are clearer than his, and the summary is clearly organized.

The headlines in my hand are the first official examination to be held in September this year.

"All Ming people, regardless of gender, went to the China Resources Department Store registration office to register on their own. The registration fee is 5 points. You can go to China Resources Department Store for reference with your admission ticket.

Those who pass the general subject are from the ninth rank, and can select corresponding positions such as primary school teachers, village chiefs, township clerks, policemen, etc.

Those who pass the general subject and have an average score of over 80 can participate in the selection of Normal College, Police College, Medical College, Engineering College, Agricultural College, Law College, and Science and Technology College. After graduation, they are the eighth rank, and can be the township chief, judge, police officer, primary principal, doctor, engineer, agronomist, and researcher."

Although Fang Yizhi is already a Jinshi and is now at the seventh grade, he is not looking at these, but the qualifications of the School of Science and Technology.

The printing technology he personally transformed himself still couldn't keep up with the level of Huaxia Company. He had been in Beijing for so long and had seen the endless new tricks of Huaxia Company. The scientific principles contained in it fascinated him.

But he couldn't get in touch with these things. During these days in the Ministry of Construction, he studied with engineers from Huaxia Company and was deeply shocked by their cranes, generators, and stone crushers.

He knew that there were physical principles in it, but no one explained it to him, and he could only rely on his own little bit of exploration. This was simply torture for a person like him who was eager to learn.

"Do you want to take a test?"

Fang Yizhi is now struggling with this issue.

"Chief Fang, the Prime Minister's Office has notified that all officials who register for the assessment and who can be admitted to the college for further studies will be promoted to the next level after graduation."

The clerk below came to him excitedly and reported good news to him.

This is a back door opened by Li Bin for young officials who love to learn and seek to improve.

Now the high-level people in the imperial court are all old guys, so they definitely can't learn physics and chemistry.

Select the outstanding talents among young officials, and after two years of training, these old guys were replaced.

Fang Yizhi immediately stopped worrying: "Do you go or sign up? If you go, we will hurry up now."

The two of them came to the China Resources registration point, and there were not many people here. They were soon ranked.

The two paid the registration fee of five cents and received the payment form. Then, they went aside, and another staff member sent them two cards and a pen: "Fill it yourself, fill it out and give it to me."

Pens are no longer uncommon now. With the support of the Ministry of Commerce, Sichuan Eucommia ulmoides have evolved from natural harvesting to artificial cultivation. There is not enough tires, so it is still okay to make ink pipes for pens.

The price of fountain pens ranges from two yuan to twenty yuan, which is very pitiful, but it is still the most popular luxury product among scholars.

Fang Yizhi is not short of money, so of course he will use this. He filled it out after a few strokes and handed it to the staff. The other party took his two cards, stamped him with a stamp, and handed him one: "Go there to take a photo!"

Taking photos? Fang Yizhi didn't understand, but he still sat down honestly at the white cloth pointed to him by the staff.

"Take off the hat and lift the hair on both sides of your ears to the back!"

Fang Yizhi obediently followed the strange order. He had been dealing with people from the Huaxia Company for so long and knew that many of these people were not understood by others, so it would be better to follow what they said.

"Click!"

A white light flashed, "Okay, three days later, I will come to get the admission ticket myself."

Fang Yizhi knew that this was a new thing from Huaxia Company, but he just didn’t know what it was for, so he asked if he didn’t understand.

"Brother, why does this photography mean? Is this box used to take photos?"

The other party was proud: "This is the second-generation film camera launched by our Huaxia company. You can buy it now at China Resources Department Store. The first-generation bosses disliked the effect was not good and did not promote it."

Fang Yizhi saw that someone came up later, so he simply walked straight to China Resources Department Store. Since he said he could buy it, it would be better to go and have a look.

"God, this is made of gold and doesn't cost that much, right?"

The little official who came with him almost jumped up. There was indeed a camera selling it, just on the new product display stand at the gate.

Fang Yizhi looked at the price tag: "8888 yuan per unit?"

The two of them looked at each other, but they couldn't speak.

China Resources' agricultural machinery store is Fang Yizhi's most popular
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