After Zhao Xin comforted Lu Shoushan and Pan Xiucheng, he stood up and left the tent. There was no one outside the tent now, and Zhao Xin estimated that Wang Yuanfang and the others had gone to have lunch.
He walked not far from the east gate of the camp and took a look. The Yalha was gone.
Zhao Xin wandered to the material storage point again and saw Pingtai, Sheng Haizhou, Liji and others checking the leather goods. The guy couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "You can't take this fox skin with you. If you are caught smuggling protected wild animal skins, you will be sentenced to several years."
As for those red deer skins, don't even think about it, they are endangered wild animals.
After thinking about it, he had no good solution. He could only wait until next year to go to Nagasaki to see if it could be dealt with.
Zhao Xin feels that he has been busy these days and has no free time. It seems that he will have a good rest for a few days when he returns during the Spring Festival.
He clasped his hands behind his back and hummed a tune as he wandered through the camp. When the refugees saw that their godly master was in a good mood, they all bowed and saluted with a smile.
Zhao Xin nodded all the way to the tent where Wang Yuanfang and the others lived.
Zhao Xin lifted the door curtain and saw that six people were there.
"Okay, there's no need to call. You all are here. Let's talk about something first."
Liu Sheng and the others were lying down, chatting and resting. As soon as they heard this, they all sat up.
"Hey, Mr. Zhao is here for inspection. Everyone is welcome." Ding Guofeng teased.
"Haha." Zhao Xin smiled. He noticed that Wang Yuanfang and the others scratched their scalps from time to time, so he knew better.
Zhao Xin coughed twice, stopped talking, and looked at everyone seriously.
When everyone took a look, it seemed like something big had happened again, right? They all stopped joking and looked at Zhao Xin.
"Let me tell you some sad news first." Zhao Xin said pretending to be sad.
"What's wrong?" Liu Sheng asked doubtfully.
"You..." Zhao Xin looked around and changed his tone: "Hey, your scalp is itchy, aren't you?" As the guy said this, he raised his hand and scratched his scalp twice.
Several people were stunned and scratched their scalps unconsciously. Especially Wu Siyu, he has the longest hair.
"Not to mention, I have been itching for the past two days." Wu Siyu said.
"Yes, when I came back just now, I went to the kitchen to ask for some hot water to rinse my head. But now Mr. Zhao said that I was a little itchy again." Deng Fei raised his hand and scratched the head of his pot lid.
"Okay. On the occasion of the Spring Festival, on behalf of the company, I would like to congratulate you all. We all have lice!"
"Ah?!" Wu Siyu screamed and asked quickly: "What's going on?"
Under Zhao Xin's education, the island country refugees in the camp were able to maintain a certain degree of cleanliness. Everyone who comes back from work every day knows to use cold water or boil some water on the stove in the tent to keep it clean.
"Lu Shoushan and the others?" Wang Yuanfang suddenly realized.
"That's it?" Liu Sheng saw Zhao Xin's evil smile and smiled and cursed, showing his middle finger.
"I'm not kidding you, the Spring Festival will be in a few days, aren't you going home?" Zhao Xinle asked suddenly after a while.
Several people were stunned, yes, it’s time to celebrate the festival.
But when they thought about the situation here, they all fell silent again.
Zhao Xin saw that everyone was silent, so he said: "You five have been here for a few days. There is one question I haven't asked. To be honest, we are all friends. I won't force you. I want to continue to stay. I welcome you with both hands; if you feel it’s not suitable for you and want to return to your country, I will also give you a severance package.”
When several people heard this, they all looked at Zhao Xin.
"I'll stay." Wang Yuanfang raised his hand to signal. "I will still do odd jobs when I go back. Mr. Zhao, I remember the story you told me about the platform. I think this is the most suitable platform for me."
"I also want to visit Yangzhou." Wu Siyu scratched his scalp and said.
Deng Fei smiled and said: "If the squad leader doesn't leave, I won't leave either. Besides, if I leave, Mr. Zhao, where will you find the crew? Just Liu Sheng, hey, I really don't look down on him."
"Damn, how dare you look down on the second officer!" Liu Sheng scolded with a smile.
"Mr. Zhao, where will the metal processing factory you mentioned be located?" Zhao Liang asked curiously.
Zhao Xindao: "Across the strait, there is an iron ore with a reserve of 300 million tons. The future industrial base will be placed there. It is also our first stop after we go north next year. It is also an excellent ice-free port. From now on, we can travel from the island country to The refugees who were brought in would disembark from there.”
"You still want to go to the island country to pick up people? What happens next?" Several people asked curiously.
"Then we will gradually go north, gradually encroaching on the most fertile Sanjiang Plain, and turn the swampy plains there into granaries. With food, there will be more people, and we can proceed to the next step." Zhao Xin's tone was decisive and could not be tolerated. question. "If we don't occupy this place, it will be taken away by Tsarist Russia in the future. Therefore, we must occupy it."
Zhao Liang thought for a while and said, "Then I will go back and look for people this time to see if I can bring a few more people together."
At this time, Ding Guofeng, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked Zhao Xin: "Mr. Zhao, are you planning to fight against the Qing Dynasty?"
"Take it one step at a time, and we'll talk about the future in the future." Zhao Xin really didn't think about it that much now. He was mainly thinking about the gold mines in the outer northeast, and then he would go back to buy some antiques in this era.
He did not answer Ding Guofeng directly, but looked around at the few people and continued in the tone of a company boss: "Whether we can do it depends on whether every step we take is solid. Everyone, we are not playing games here. If we fail, we will be rewarded. It can be restarted; these people outside are not NPCs, so we can ignore their lives.
If we fail, we can pat our butts and run back to modern times. But what to do with these people? What will happen to the refugees we take in in the future? These are all responsibilities, heavy responsibilities. Since you choose to stay, you must shoulder it. "
"Understood. Build walls high and store grain widely." Liu Sheng concluded.
Ding Guofeng said a little embarrassed while scratching his hair. "To be honest, even though I wanted to stay with everyone at first, I still had a playful mentality. I felt that with my experience in the army, security protection was not something I could do easily. But after hearing what happened to Lu Shoushan and the others yesterday, I went back I thought about it for half the night. I felt that even for the sake of the two children of the Xu family, I have to keep doing it..."
Deng Fei smiled and said, "Do you think you were the only one who thought about it last night? I didn't sleep well all night either."
As soon as these words were said, Wang Yuanfang, Zhao Liang and Wu Siyu also responded together.
Ding Guofeng waited for everyone to finish talking, raised his hand and made a fist, and said through gritted teeth: "Sooner or later, I will tie up Liu Luoguo'er and hand it over to the Xu brothers."
"Down with all reactionaries." Liu Sheng suddenly said this without any clue.
Wang Yuanfang and the other five people looked at Liu Sheng, thought for a while, then turned to look at Zhao Xin, and said together: "Let's do it."
Zhao Xin nodded. He first talked about the company's salary issues so that everyone would have no worries. As for everyone's salary, they would have to be discussed individually later.
"For the force aspect, we should proceed in the name of the project security department first." Zhao Xin looked at Wang Yuanfang and said, "Brother Wang, you should be responsible for this aspect."
"No, no." Wang Yuanfang declined quickly. "I'd better take care of the training. Let Liu Sheng come."
"Squad leader, are you kidding me?" Liu Sheng stood up and shouted. "As long as you are here, you can't let me come."
Zhao Xin watched the two people arguing with a smile on his face and said nothing. In his heart, he hopes that Liu Shenglai will be in charge, and Wang Yuanfang can lead the team in daily training and operations. After all, the five of them are not close friends to Zhao Xin, and Zhao Xin doesn't want to pin his head to someone else's waistband.
Seeing Liu Sheng speaking louder and louder, Wang Yuanfang's blushing and thick-necked voice just didn't agree.
Zhao Xin had no choice but to stop him and made a decision directly. Liu Sheng is temporarily in charge of the project security department, and Wang Yuanfang is in charge of training and commanding operations. The other four people will assist Wang Yuanfang. When there are more people, the division of labor among the four people will be determined.
Zhao Xin, Mr. Zhao, has become the current general manager without hesitation.
"It's time for our force to have a name." Wu Siyu suggested ambitiously.
Several people looked at Zhao Xin.
"To the outside world, it is called the 'Eighth Project Engineering Department'. As for the rest, we will talk about it later." Zhao Xinluo thought about it and said. Yes, this guy is a contractor.
The other six people, who were originally very ambitious, now felt a chill in their hearts.
What a fucking bad name!
However, looking at Zhao Xin's unfathomable and proud expression, several people felt that the man in front of them must be harboring something evil.
Moreover, Mr. Zhao now combines financial hegemony and military hegemony. He has read the most books and has the highest academic qualifications. Even if a few people felt contempt in their hearts, it was difficult for them to speak out against it.
Liu Sheng proposed that he stay at the camp during the Spring Festival. The reason is that he is alone at the moment. Even if he goes back, he will just go to Zhao Xin's house for a New Year's Eve dinner. There is nothing to do in the rest of the time, so it is better to stay behind.
Zhao Xin himself will prepare for the purchase of land reclamation materials and ships after the spring, as well as the most important weapons purchase during his return.
Zhao Liang was given the task of going back to clean up his closed factory, dismantling the equipment, sorting it, and packing it. Find suitable candidates to join and inspect mining and smelting equipment.
Wang Yuanfang's task is to purchase draft horses. Yes, taking into account the current road and traffic conditions, Zhao Xin proposed to purchase horses, and gave priority to draft horses. First, it can carry materials, and second, it can also be used to reclaim wasteland in the future.
As for the war horses, let’s not consider them for now. We will wait until a new camp is established in the future.
Wu Siyu's mission is to investigate the modern silk designs, colors and prices in the South after returning home to prepare for trade activities in the coming year.
As for Deng Fei, he proposed to go back and recruit several technicians from the cargo ship.
Finally, there was Ding Guofeng, who decided to recruit technicians together with Deng Fei.
Zhao Xin made a concluding speech at the end. In view of the heavy workload in the future, the Spring Festival expenses will be credited to everyone's cards after returning to China. As for the material purchase expenses and round-trip transportation expenses, the project department will reimburse them by ticket.
As Liu Sheng had to stay behind during the Spring Festival, he would temporarily purchase the holiday items on his behalf.
Liu Sheng suggested that instead of doing this, it would be better for everyone to act together tomorrow morning and go to the city to purchase New Year supplies. He couldn't bear it anymore if he continued to eat canned food and pickled vegetables every day.
Zhao Xin proposed that after arriving in the city, he must first get a haircut and take a shower, otherwise everyone would have to go home with a head full of lice.
This statement drew unanimous cheers from the six people in the tent.
