Chapter 307 Gift Project

"Be careful and hold me tight!"

Every time Yu Dashan takes two or three steps, he can't help but turn around and tell the two workers behind him. He has been working in Shengli Port for a year, and this is the first time he has undertaken such a frightening task.

Two workers behind him worked together to hold a two-foot-square wooden glass box, moving carefully under the gaze of Yu Dashan. Of course, with the current flat glass manufacturing technology in Victory Port, such a large piece of glass cannot be made.

, so each side is inlaid with several smaller glass plates. The box does not contain gold and silver, but some pieces of white paper with small characters printed on it. But Yu Dashan looked like he was facing a formidable enemy.

He looked like he was afraid that one of the two laborers might accidentally drop the box to the ground.

The pieces of paper in the box are the ballots for this election. There was a burst of rain in the sky just now, so Ning Qi asked Yu Dashan to take the ballot box into the house first. Now that the weather is clear, he will take it out again and put it in the No. 1 base.

outside the gate for others to vote - of course the main purpose of this is to allow naturalized citizens to observe the voting process.

Yu Dashan didn't understand the significance of his bosses putting such a glass box outside at first, and went to Ning Qi to ask for advice. When he learned that the piece of paper in the box would determine the next executive committee

After the members of the meeting were formed, Yu Dashan turned pale and even wanted to refuse the task to Ning Qi.

As the most senior naturalized citizen, Yu Dashan is very aware of the status of the Executive Committee among the Haihan people. Even high-level personnel like Ning Qi must obey the decisions of the Executive Committee. And the outsiders want to obtain the status of the Executive Committee in Victory Port.

The first rule to remember about the place of birth of a naturalized citizen is to unconditionally obey the orders of the Executive Committee. After obtaining the place of birth of a naturalized citizen, you will be subject to brainwashing education consciously arranged by the relevant departments at all times.

, it is no exaggeration to say that in the minds of most naturalized people, the authority of the executive committee has far exceeded that of the Yazhou government. The status of executive committee members like Ning Qi in the hearts of ordinary naturalized people has already been

No less than the Lord Zhizhou who rarely appears in Yazhou City.

Although Yu Dashan doesn't quite understand why the good executive committee suddenly needs to be re-elected, since it is the leader's decision, then just follow it. After working as a cadre for a year, Yu Dashan also knows very well that an uneducated person like himself can

The reason for being reused by the executive committee is to ask less questions and do more, and obey the arrangements.

After finally delivering the glass ballot box to the voting office at the door, Yu Dashan finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he was about to leave, someone next to him stopped him: "Uncle Yu!"

Yu Dashan turned around and saw that this man was wearing a black uniform, with a baton on his waist and a copper whistle on his chest. He was exactly the standard security attire. When he took a closer look, he saw that he was an acquaintance of his, his son Yu Xiaobao.

Good friend Fu Li.

"It's Fu Li! Why did you join the security team?" Yu Dashan clicked his tongue: "Wearing this public uniform is so spirited!"

"I wanted to join the militia, but the instructor assigned me to the security team in the end." Fu Li said with a helpless smile.

It is not a secret in Shengli Port that Fu Li wants to join the militia. Many Li people know that the young master of Fu Shandong is unwilling to take over the position of the cave leader and wants to join the Haihan militia. Although Fu Shandong and Hai

The relationship with the Han Dynasty is very close, but due to various considerations, the military and police have never let go. Until the end of last year, the Li people in Fushandong began to move out of the mountains and settle in areas arranged by the executive committee. The military and police

The Ministry finally let go and agreed to Fu Li's application to let him enter the training camp.

However, the Military and Police Department had no intention of letting him enter the militia system from the beginning. This was mainly due to the fact that his identity was relatively sensitive. Staying in the militia might have some adverse effects on the unity of the soldiers of the Li and Miao ethnic groups. Finally,

It was Ning Qi, an outsider, who suggested that Fu Li be assigned to the police system and be responsible for maintaining civil security in the future, which would be more suitable for his status. Now Fu Li has received professional training for more than two months and has now entered a work internship.

period, and today his task is to guard the ballot box here.

"You have to watch this box carefully!" Yu Dashan did not forget to remind Fu Li: "This is something Mr. Ning personally ordered!"

Fu Li patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, the security team has already discussed this matter in a meeting before. I understand the severity."

Since the previous preparation period lasted for more than half a month, those who are qualified to vote have basically determined the voting objects long ago, and have basically completed the voting work two days before the opening of the voting. However, the ballot box is still open every day as usual

Displays were held at the gates of the Shengli Port and Tiandu bases, and local naturalized residents also learned about the re-election of the executive committee through various channels.

On March 28, the other two "Exploration-class" sailing ships on the slipway of the Victory Port Shipyard also entered the launching and outfitting stage. The three ships built in this batch are all built according to warship standards, including those who will be on board.

The total cost of the equipped weapon system has exceeded 30,000 yuan. Together with the first ship of this class "Exploration", a total of four "Exploration-class" sailing ships will become the first batch of warships after the establishment of the Navy. However, due to the latter two

Due to the construction progress of the ship, it will definitely be too late to complete the outfitting and enter the navy before the anniversary. At most, it can only serve as a vase in the celebration ceremony.

The keels of three more ships have also been laid down on the slipway. According to the plan of the Military and Police Department, the first fleet under the Navy will be dominated by "Exploration-class" warships, with a total of eight ships. Nearly half of them have been completed so far.

The construction tasks. Judging from the current shipbuilding speed, it will not be a big problem to complete the construction and equipment of eight ships within the year and put this fleet into practical use. And these eight "Exploration-class" warships are not yet part of this fleet.

All, the Military and Police Ministry hopes to complete the construction and commissioning of at least two 500-ton large warships named "Exploration Class" by the Ministry of Shipping within this year and equip the fleet with at least four "Exploration Class" ships.

If possible, the Military and Police Department even hopes to build two small-tonnage fast sailing ships that are more similar to Western-style clipper ships to be used as fleet transportation ships.

If this construction plan can be fully implemented, the Navy will have eight "Exploration-class" warships, two "Exploration-class" warships, four supply troopships and two fast transportation ships, a total of sixteen shipyards.

A "huge" fleet has been formed. However, to complete this plan, the investment required is also quite huge. Just the construction and equipment cost of the ships requires nearly 150,000 yuan, which is almost the average cost of a ship of 10,000 yuan.

At the same time, the price of the 400 Fuchuan Guangzhou ships purchased from the outside through various methods was much lower. The cost of building this fleet was almost enough for the Ministry of Shipping to purchase a hundred Chinese-style sailing ships. If all the ships are included

The required sailors, crew, combat personnel, etc., the initial investment for the entire fleet is approximately 200,000 yuan.

It is precisely because the budget is too large that the shipbuilding plan submitted by the Military and Police Ministry has been stuck in the Executive Committee and has not been approved. Yan Chujie jumped up and down for several months, and finally only obtained eight "Exploration-class" warships.

budget, as for the 500-ton "exploration class", the Executive Committee only agreed to build one first to see how it works before deciding on subsequent construction plans. The supply troopships and fast transportation ships were all shelved, and the Executive Committee

Some opinions in the meeting believed that existing cargo ships can be used as temporary supply and troop transport ships in wartime, and the "Speed" and "Lightning" have always played the role of fast transportation ships, and there is no need to build another one with similar functions for the time being.

sailboat.

In the view of the Military and Police Department, this decision of the Executive Committee is completely a matter of laymen commanding experts, but the budget is stuck in the hands of the Executive Committee. It is useless no matter how hard Yan Chujie resists. In January, the expedition to Annan made a lot of money.

According to subsequent calculations, the North Vietnamese regime needed to pay Hai Han a total of 150,000 taels of silver. Adding their new batch of arms order list, this number has exceeded 200,000 taels. However, the financial situation of the North Vietnamese regime is not very good.

, therefore the money cannot be paid in one lump sum. Currently, only 120,000 taels have been paid, and the remaining balance needs to be paid in installments over six months.

After this money comes into the hands of the Executive Committee, it must first deduct various early expenditures, as well as various pensions, incentives, combat military pay, etc. advanced for the Military and Police Department after the war, and finally pay it to the Military and Police Department.

In fact, only a little more than half of the military expenditure is left. Part of this money will be used to expand the army. The amount that can be invested in the navy is extremely limited, and it is not enough to implement the military and police department's large fleet.

Conception.

Of course, in addition to the cost of building ships, the Executive Committee actually had other reasons for rejecting the fleet plan of the Military and Police Department. After the expedition to Annan, the army's army expansion plan was successfully passed, and the local army force in Victory Port is expected to

The establishment of a strengthened battalion will be completed within the year. It will basically be based on the expeditionary force and expand some special arms such as artillery on the basis of the original militia. In addition, it will be equipped with non-combat personnel and reserve troops. This so-called "strengthened battalion"

"The total troop strength is probably around a thousand people.

If the fleet plan of the Military and Police Department is formed into an army, the sixteen ships will need to be equipped with at least six to seven hundred people. The army and navy combined will have more than 1,500 people, and these armed personnel will all be professional soldiers.

To carry out equipment and training, they are not amateur soldiers like the Ming Dynasty who fought in wars and farmed in their spare time. Considering the current population that passes through the areas controlled by the group, it is indeed extremely stressful to support such a huge military force for a long time. You know

The Ming Dynasty's garrison on the entire Hainan Island only had an establishment of 11 thousand households, with a total of more than 10,000 people. The ratio of the army to the resident population was less than one twentieth. After the navy of the crossing group formed a separate army,

The ratio of the army to the resident population is nearly one-tenth. It is completely in a wartime state. This kind of paramilitary social system is not what the Executive Committee wants to see.

On March 29, the first phase of the track construction project from Tiandu to Shengli Port was finally completed and opened to traffic. The celebration ceremony was held at the "Shengli Port Station" outside the north gate of Base No. 1. All executive committee members were present to celebrate the creation of the Ministry of Construction

Another "engineering feat". According to the later railway completion ceremony, Tao Donglai, the head of the Ministry of Construction, personally drove the last spike into the sleeper with a hammer.

After that, the No. 1 steam locomotive, which had already been parked here, began to slowly pressurize. The water vapor pushed the piston. The cylinder connecting rod under the locomotive moved with the piston, driving the wheels about one foot in diameter to slowly rotate. The roof of the steam locomotive

The chimney spewed smoke upwards rhythmically, making a heart-stopping sound. This almost miraculous sight caused a low cry from the onlookers. If it had not been for the simple popularization of science to the people beforehand,

I'm afraid someone will kneel down and kowtow to the motorcycle on the spot.

The Ministry of Industry has invested two steam locomotives on this track line, but these are not original works of this time and space, but one of the materials purchased before time travel. The Ministry of Industry believes that it is difficult to produce high-quality goods with the early processing level of time travel.

It was an excellent steam propulsion system suitable for rail transportation, so several steam locomotives were added to the supply list.

This small locomotive weighs about 4 tons and can pull carriages that weigh five times the weight of the locomotive. However, its speed is only about 30 to 40 kilometers per hour, which is not even comparable to the "Rocket" built by the British inventor Stephenson in the early 19th century.

"Steam locomotive. It's not that I bought a scam, but that the construction quality of this track line is not guaranteed to make the trains running on it run too fast. But no one came out to accuse the Ministry of Construction of the track construction process.

It's a sneaky trick, because meeting the construction deadline is a clear requirement of the Executive Committee. If the Ministry of Construction can be given an extra three to five months to slowly construct the project, then maybe the quality of the project will indeed be improved.

But even if the speed is relatively slow, it has basically satisfied the executive committee members. After this track is put into use, the transportation time between the two places will be shortened to about one-third of the original. Especially for bulk cargo and overweight goods

To transport items, there is no need to rely on oxcarts to move slowly as before.

The small train towed three cargo boxes and one passenger car. However, the executive committee members who were used to riding high-speed trains in later generations had no intention of taking this train to enjoy the scenery along the way. First, the passenger car was too simple and crude.

The tank car only has a few vents, and secondly, it is not a pleasant thing to be smoked by soot mixed with water vapor along the way. Therefore, in addition to the technicians driving the train, the completion test run this time

In addition, there are only a few selected representatives of naturalized citizens - of course, this is a very high honor for the lucky ones who are selected.

Several passengers on the slow-moving train excitedly shouted and waved to the crowd of onlookers, and their pride was beyond words. If there were not a large number of security personnel on both sides of the track to maintain order, I am afraid there would have been

Good people rush to the front and make dangerous moves.

The completion of the first phase of the project does not mean that the track construction here has come to an end. In fact, the track construction work has never stopped even during the completion ceremony. The current single-lane traffic only initially solves the rapid transportation problem between the two places.

, then a double line needs to be built to meet the needs of simultaneous two-way traffic. Of course, the construction period of the double line is not as tight as the first phase project. The Ministry of Construction can control the quality of the double line better to improve its quality.

Running speed.

Outside the track lines, the original road pavement needs to be widened again because more than half of it is occupied by tracks, and the road surface will be gradually hardened. In the executive committee’s plan, the industrial development in the next ten or even twenty years will

Production units will be concentrated in the Tiandu area, especially "high-tech" industries such as military industry, which must be placed under the nose of the executive committee. The traffic conditions between Tiandu Industrial Zone and the port are

It will also be one of the factors affecting the future development of industrial zones. The Executive Committee hopes that these infrastructure projects can be handled early so that there will be no bottlenecks in transportation issues when carrying out large-scale industrial construction in the future.

On March 30, the Guangdong Office in Guangzhou sent a telegram back, saying that the "Qiong Lianfa" shareholder inspection team had set off from Guangzhou early that morning. However, due to the relatively large scale of this inspection team, each businessman prepared his own ship and formed a

With a fleet, there is no need for Port of Victory to send fast sailing ships to the Pearl River Estuary to pick up people.

After the efforts of the General Office of the China General Affairs Office, the shareholders of "Qiong Lianfa" finally agreed to the inspection invitation. Each merchant sent capable personnel to act as team leaders. Several of them, even the big bosses, went out in person - they also wanted to confirm with their own eyes.

Let’s take a look at what the legendary Victory Port looks like.

On the afternoon of the same day, the Cliff Office also sent a telegram back, saying that Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping had convinced Zhang Tongsuan and Wang Tongzhi respectively, and that they would also be invited to visit Victory Port. Of course, the Cliff Office had this to do.

They will also privately pay these two adults a not insignificant appearance fee. As for the local leader Zhizhou, unfortunately he caught a cold and has been bedridden for many days, thus losing this opportunity to earn extra money through acupuncture.

On March 31, Qian Tiandun led some of his subordinates who had made military exploits in North Vietnam by boat and arrived at Victory Port. In addition to attending the recent public award ceremony, Qian Tiandun also had to discuss the achievements of the special operations company.

The combat status and future development plans were given a keynote report at the Military and Police Department. In the battle at the beginning of the year, the most outstanding person in the entire expeditionary force was Qian Tiandun and the special operations company he led. They staged successful breakthroughs behind enemy lines many times.

The example of the raid fully proves that the troop training methods and combat systems he proposed before have certain feasibility. How to learn from previous successful experiences, further improve the training methods and troop organization, and achieve the effect of strengthening actual combat capabilities will become a military police

One of the projects that the department will focus on next.

In addition, North Vietnam also sent a very important representative team to arrive at Victory Port on the same ship.
Chapter completed!