Chapter 15 Food Issues

April 3, 1627, February 18th, the seventh year of the Great Ming Dynasty.

According to the time in the old time and space, today should be Saturday. Unfortunately, in the new time and space, there is no such thing as "weekends off". Everyone, whether they are the leaders of the executive committee or ordinary members, must devote themselves to the construction of the base.

go.

However, before today's work officially started, the camp became chaotic due to the issue of washing. The cause of the matter is actually very simple, because the water purification facilities have not been completed yet, and fresh water control must be implemented in the base, so everyone morning

The amount of water you are allocated is just one lunch box. This is enough water for gargling your mouth and washing your face. If you feel it is not enough, please go to the Tiandu River to get it. As men who make up the vast majority of the crowd, this is not particularly big.

The problem was overcome as soon as I closed my eyes. Because it was too late to finish work last night and they were too tired, most people lay down directly without having time to wash up. So in the morning, many old men took off their underwear.

Just jump into the river and take a refreshing bath.

The men were happy, but the women had no intention of just letting the executive committee arrange it. Although there were only about seventy women in the group, their momentum was really strong, and there were many leading figures who dared to stand out, such as Gu.

Kai's foreign girl girlfriend Risa.

According to Gu Kai, Raisa is an American of Ukrainian descent. The saying that Ermaozi’s family has beautiful women has been verified once again by Raisa. She has long legs, an angelic face and a devilish figure. If she were to participate in some beauty contest

She will definitely get a good ranking. But this Raisa is not a flower vase. Like Gu Kai, she has a legal background. After meeting Gu Kai, she also taught herself Chinese for two years. Before time travel, she worked as a legal consultant for a company specializing in Sino-US trade.

.However, there is one thing that Gu Kai did not mention to the executive committee, that is, Risa also has the status of "the director of the California branch of the National Human Rights Association".

"The current approach of the Executive Committee is unfair to us women. I ask the Executive Committee to immediately adjust the original fresh water control plan!" The one standing at the front with the loudest voice is Raisa. Although her accent is a bit strange, her enunciation is smooth.

Pretty clear.

The committee member standing in front of Raisa was Bai Kesi. His small stature was a bit shorter than Raisa, and he immediately looked weak. It was also his bad luck. When these women started to make trouble, he happened to be nearby.

As a result, he was pulled back by Raisa. Although he did not have the advantage of height, Bai Kesi was also at a disadvantage in terms of momentum: "Let me tell you... Miss Raisa, the fresh water control is decided by the executive committee at a meeting. I

No one person can order changes. I can report your request to the executive committee, but can you calm down everyone's emotions first?"

"Mr. Bai, it's wrong for you to avoid the problem like this! You should first admit that the executive committee made a mistake in its decision-making on this issue, and then come up with a solution as soon as possible." Raisa didn't even have the slightest intention of making concessions. Instead, she

Even more aggressive: "If this affects today's work arrangements, then we will think that this is the result of the Executive Committee!"

"Yes, sister Raisa is right!" "That's right, why didn't your executive committee ask us lesbians for their opinions when formulating the plan?" "The fact that there are no female members on the executive committee is a prejudice in itself!"

Once there are opinion leaders who have the same interests as one's own, the voices of the people will soon be unified. However, Bai Kesi, a man who has been divorced once, obviously lacks effective methods to deal with women's emotional release, and can only use weak verbal persuasion.

Work, but this only caused more and more people to watch.

When Bai Kesi was at a loss, he caught a glimpse of Gu Kai tiptoeing past the crowd. How could he let go of such a life preserver? Bai Kesi jumped out of the crowd and grabbed Gu Kai: "You are here at the right time, hurry up and persuade your wife!"

Gu Kai's expression was not much better than that of Bai Kesi. He lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Bai, you really pulled the wrong person when you pulled me..."

Before Bai Kesi could figure out what Gu Kai's words meant, Raisa's voice had already sounded from behind: "My dear, you came just in time. Please give me some fair words!"

Bai Kesi's heart skipped a beat, realizing that he seemed to have really made a mistake.

Gu Kai coughed dryly and laughed dryly: "Mr. Bai, actually I think the demands of the lesbians are somewhat reasonable. The work of the executive committee is bound to be full of gaps. It's not considered well. Now we have the masses to help us check for omissions and fill in the gaps.

This is a good thing.”

Bai Kesi sighed and held his forehead and said: "I always thought that only weak scholars like me would be bullied by women. I didn't expect that Gu Kai, a thick-browed man with big eyes, would actually betray the revolution and kneel down without hesitation!"

Gu Kai said with a sneer: "This is called a man who knows the current affairs and is a hero..."

As a result, this little chaos was finally won by the women's side led by Raisa. The executive committee had to urgently modify the freshwater control plan and doubled the daily domestic water quota for women from the original basis. This incident

This incident also became an opportunity for Risa to later organize the establishment of the Cross-travel Women's Federation and assume power.

This day's work mainly includes three major projects. One is the final reinforcement work of the temporary dock. Only after completion can the heavy materials on the ship begin to be unloaded. The second is the construction of prefabricated houses at Base No. 1. These houses must be built first and then executed.

Only then can the committee allocate more manpower to roll out the construction plans that are still on paper. The third project is the agricultural plan proposed by Mr. Yuan. There are a lot of rice seeds on the agricultural supplies on the barge. If

If we want to catch up with planting 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, will be the Qingming Festival of this year.

Even if you plant two crops of rice, it must be sown in the ground by mid-April at the latest.

In fact, the food problem is not the most urgent. 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 hot and humid weather in Hainan cannot reduce some

Leafy vegetables have been stored for too long. Most of the vegetables stored on the ship are root vegetables and fruit vegetables, and the varieties are relatively monotonous. Such a recipe is fine for a day or two, but if it takes longer, these people who are used to living a good life will have to

The executive committee and the cooking team must be sprayed with blood. There are many varieties of vegetable varieties in agricultural materials, which can be sown immediately as soon as the ground is cleared. Vegetables such as water spinach can be sown and harvested multiple times at one time.

If you plant a few acres, you can eat it from early summer to the second half of the year.

However, before that, it is estimated that a large-scale logging operation must be organized to clear out enough open space, and this will involve large-scale manpower mobilization, which is definitely not an easy task. Some committee members have expressed doubts about whether the Chuanchuang can withstand continuous

Many days of high-intensity labor have raised concerns about physical strength, but what is even more worrying is the ideological and emotional changes among the masses. You must know that although there have been pre-training and vaccinations, most people who participated in the crossing

They have the dream of coming to this world to be uncles, local tyrants, bullying men and women, and becoming kings and hegemons. But the reality is that they have to work hard as migrant workers to move bricks every day without any overtime pay. This huge gap may not be for everyone.

Everyone can bear it.

In the end, Tao Donglai set the tone for this matter: "As long as the thinking does not slip, there are always more solutions than difficulties. Everyone still needs to work separately to do a solid job in the ideological work of their own departments. Lao Yan also needs to pay more attention to this aspect.

You are the only one among us on the Executive Committee who is a genuine political cadre. Ideological work is your specialty. Lead more comrades from other departments. In addition, the problem of food must be solved first, and don’t limit it to what’s on the ship.

We now have a large area of ​​natural resources that can be exploited to reserve grain. We can think of ways to swim in the sea, fly in the sky, and run in the mountains. Only when we are full and well-fed can we have the strength to carry out the revolution! Wasn’t it true that someone from the logging team was beaten yesterday?

Will a python come to make soup?"

"Wild pythons are national first-class protected animals." Ning Qi, who had only drank half a bowl of soup after arriving late yesterday, muttered angrily.

"Don't worry about those details. Besides, there are no protected animals in the place where we are now." Tao Donglai waved his hand and said: "Master Pei said that no matter what animal it is, you can eat it if its head is removed! Okay, everyone

Let’s start today’s work separately!”

When everyone came out of the tent, they were still discussing Tao Donglai's instructions in low voices: "Which department does Mr. Bei belong to? Why didn't he come to the meeting?"

"Master Bei is a man who stands at the top of the food chain. You don't even know Master Bei and you dare to follow us to survive in the wild in the future!"

"If you, the fifth scumbag, meet Mr. Bei, you will become the protein in his stomach..."

The communications team rushed to send PHS phone numbers with pre-written numbers to the person in charge of each project before the members left for work. As for when the members' personal phones would be received, Wu Zhuo said that based on the current manpower of the communications team,

It will take at least two days to complete the number writing process.

Not long after work started in the morning, the "Lightning", which was responsible for performing security duties in the harbor, called the command center: "Two small fishing boats were found west of the harbor, and they are heading towards the base."

Soon there was further news: "The father and son brought back by Mr. Yan yesterday are also on the boat."

There were four other men who were brought to the headquarters along with the father and son named Yu. Of course, by this time the guest translator Zhou Hengxing had also been called on standby. Several indigenous residents tremblingly expressed their thoughts to the people at the headquarters.

They want to exchange their catch for food. In addition, if they still have the refined salt they received yesterday, they also want to exchange it for some. Although these fishermen also cook their own sea salt, the quality of the sea salt they produce is different from that of the people who traveled through time and space.

The industrial products produced in the past are naturally quite different.

Obviously, the goodwill shown by the traversers yesterday had an effect, at least allowing these fishermen to come here to barter. However, the amount of fish in the rattan baskets under their feet was really too small.

For hundreds of time travelers, it is simply a drop in the bucket. If you still use food to trade with them, it will really waste motors and electricity, and it will not have much effect.

Soon the headquarters had a better idea, and asked Zhou Hengxing to tell these fishermen that what they brought was too little, and if they wanted to exchange for food, they would have to use other methods. For example, they could take Chuanzhong's boat to the harbor where there were many fish.

You can also cast nets for fishing in other places, or sell your labor force to help with logging. The goal of the headquarters is very clear, which is to first find a way to incorporate these Ming people into its own labor force. If this way works,

If so, then the next step is to consider attracting more Ming people to work here in exchange for food.

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

Ning Qi reminded him from the side: "Those iron-shell fishing boats need to burn oil. Wouldn't it be too extravagant to really send them out for fishing?"

Tao Donglai waved his hand and said: "Who said we let the iron-shell fishing boats go? The two sailboats of the Yankees are not really for them to use for vacation. Let them take these people, put on the fishing nets, and drive out to catch a fish.

Pen. In addition, notify all departments to work harder, there will be a seafood feast today!"
Chapter completed!