Chapter 1889

Long-term planning

Chapter 1889 Long-term planning
After years of practice, Haihan's colonial infrastructure and institutional settings have long had a complete construction plan. There are unified implementation standards for what infrastructure needs to be equipped according to the population, and how to set up the corresponding administrative institutions.

However, it is difficult for Li Dou and Li Mo to have much in common in this regard. Li Mo is not very clear about the functions of Haihan, an administrative organization with the local management committee as the core, let alone the so-called state-owned collective farm. What kind of operation method is it, so it is difficult to understand Haihan's advantages in this aspect through this kind of visit.At present, he can only obtain some more intuitive information through his own observations, such as the situation of local food hoarding, or the difference in treatment brought about by the different identities of farm employees.

But there is one thing that is obvious without saying too much. Haihan's grain production capacity should be far higher than that of North Korea. This is not just a matter of planting an extra season of rice. From the details, I realized that Haihan's meticulousness in agricultural development planning is far beyond that of his own country.

And from Li Dou's introduction, Li Wei also discovered a fact that shocked him, that is, Haihan's plan for overseas colonies has not only focused on this Hong Kong and one place.The rice fields reclaimed in Kaohsiung Port far exceeded the local food demand, and the purpose was to enable the Haihan Army to obtain food supplies from a closer place when operating in the north.Even if Li Lu didn't know much about the international situation, he could still sense that Haihan's intentions in making this arrangement were not pure. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they had long been prepared to use force in the north.

Whether this level of comprehensive preparation is a good thing or a bad thing for North Korea, Li Mo couldn't tell for a while.This place was established as a colony by Haihan a few years ago. At that time, plans were made to provide logistical support for Haihan's military operations in the north. Are these actions of Haihan really only aimed at the Qing Dynasty?
Fortunately, Haihan took the initiative to choose North Korea as his ally. Even if the relationship between the two sides is not as equal and mutually beneficial as it seems on the surface, and even military aid has many additional conditions, it ultimately helped North Korea repel foreign enemies, and After the war, there were no new additional conditions that North Korea feared.So judging from the results, Haihan's military presence in the north still seems to be more beneficial than harmful to North Korea.

After getting a general understanding of the situation of this collective farm, with mixed feelings, Li Min took the car with Li Dou to the next place to visit.

The second site that Li Dou prepared for him was a livestock base at the foot of the mountain, where various common poultry and livestock were kept in captivity. In addition to supplying the local meat needs, there was also a supporting deep-processing plant built here. , producing a variety of meat pickles and other by-products with a longer shelf life.

"This animal husbandry base was invested and established by the Fujian Chamber of Commerce. The slaughterhouse, meat processing factory, milk processing factory, leather factory next to it... In short, these workshops from here to the foot of the mountain are all properties of the Kaohsiung Port Management Committee, so It can also be regarded as a production unit of transnational cooperation.”

Considering the environment in these processing plants and animal husbandry shacks, Li Dou did not invite Li Min to visit indoors, but invited him to drive slowly in an open carriage on the flat grassland, and taste the place while breathing the fresh air. Produced yogurt products.

The scale of animal husbandry in Kaohsiung Port is not large, but its deep processing capacity for animal husbandry is very comprehensive. Even bones and skins will not be easily discarded, but there will be corresponding deep processing methods for the parts that can be used.Therefore, in addition to meat, milk and eggs, fur products are also one of the specialties here. However, due to the very limited production, the processing workshops here still maintain the traditional way of manual labor. How advanced it is.

However, sitting in a carriage and watching the pictures of cattle and sheep eating leisurely on the pasture under the blue sky and white clouds is indeed very relaxing. Then try the local beef jerky, pork jerky, braised duck tongue, roast chicken and other foods. It is indeed a very unique enjoyment.

Li Min couldn't help but said, "My lord, this is the first time I have eaten in a carriage. I have to say that this is really an interesting experience."

Li Dou smiled and said: "These are just appetizers and snacks, and there will be dinner later, so don't be in a hurry to get full."

Li Luo thought to himself that if you don't remind me, I'm afraid I'll really eat beef jerky until I'm full, so stop now so as not to lose my composure.However, he also had to admit that the food prepared by the other party was indeed delicious.

Later, when Li Lu saw the lunch prepared by Li Dou, he still couldn't help but be surprised. Roasted whole lamb, roast suckling pig, and various seafood barbecues filled several large tables.Of course, the reason for so many preparations is also because today's visit is arranged for the participation of all overseas students from the North Korean mission, so it is natural to prepare a few dishes to fill dozens of mouths.

"We may lack other things here, but we will definitely not lack fresh ingredients. The prince can try this northern-style roast lamb, which is cooked according to the Mongolian method."

Li Dou himself is not considered a gourmet, but he worked as an official in Kaohsiung, an agricultural development zone, and dealt with various ingredients almost every day for a few years. This kind of environment also made him gradually become an expert in the food industry. It is also steadily increasing in increments of ten catties per year.Fortunately, he is quite self-disciplined in life, and he has not forgotten to exercise after work, so he has not become bloated due to eating too much for the time being.

Li Dou now knows all kinds of cooking methods of livestock and poultry, but he feels that the ordinary cooking methods may not be able to calm down the North Korean heir, so he specially chose this special method to entertain the Koreans.

Li Luo had only heard of this cooking method, but it was the first time he had experienced it himself. He immediately took the prepared knife, stepped forward and clumsily cut a piece of meat from the leg of lamb, and chewed it in his mouth. It has a slight fishy smell, but it is indeed delicious, which is different from the mutton you have eaten in the past.

This barbecue meal made Li Mo's stomach bloated. He never realized that he was so good at eating, but the group of North Korean students who accompanied him were not far behind. Lunch was cleaned up.

When Li Dou saw this, he knew that his arrangement was on the right track. These North Koreans like to eat meat, and the most primitive and direct way of cooking barbecue is just in line with their food preference.

After eating this big meal, the group rested at the animal husbandry base for a full hour before starting again.The next place to visit is the local pillar industry, a large plantation specializing in various cash crops.

Haihan has very rich experience in the promotion and planting of cash crops. Most of the gold owners who invest in the cultivation of plantations here in Kaohsiung follow the arrangement of the Haihan Ministry of Agriculture and select cash crops suitable for the local environment for planting.The Ministry of Agriculture, based on the local industrial structure, invested in the establishment of some workshops responsible for the deep processing of agricultural products, such as sugar extraction, oil extraction, wine making, tea frying and so on.

After visiting several plantations, Li Lu also realized the diversity of economic crops here, so he took the initiative to ask Li Dou: "Master Li, there are so many types of crops planted here, how does your country plan? "

Li Dou explained: "Generally speaking, because the planting scale requirements of various crops are different, we will ask investors to roughly determine the cultivated area of ​​the plantation, and then recommend suitable crops to them. Seeds and seedlings will also be provided by the Ministry of Agriculture of our country."

Li Lu continued to ask: "I still want to ask you, if everyone finds that planting a certain crop is the most profitable, won't they all flock to plant this crop?"

"This kind of situation that the prince said may indeed happen. At this time, we need to be regulated by our management committee." Li Dou pointed to a piece of land next to him and said: "What kind of crops are planted in each piece of land here, and how long is it? It is included in the contract signed between us and the investor, and it can only be changed after the consent of both parties. If we do not follow our arrangement, there is no way to sign the contract, and we are not qualified to open plantations here. If a certain crop If the planting area is too large, it may already affect the local industrial structure and the market conditions of agricultural products, so we will intervene to prevent the planting scale from further increasing.”

Li Lu probably understood it. This is actually using administrative management to intervene in the operation of the plantation.As for how the Haihan people plan the planting scale of each economic crop and make corresponding arrangements for the financial owners who invest in the plantation, that is beyond what he can figure out now.It's not that Li Dou refuses to explain it, but even if he said it, with the limited agricultural knowledge he has, it's hard to fully understand the way.

In addition, Li Lu also noticed an interesting thing during the visit, that is, there are many black slaves in the plantations here whose appearance and skin color are very different from those of the oriental race. He remembers that the Han people called such people "Kunlun slaves" .

Li Lu asked Li Dou about this matter: "There are so many Kunlun slaves, don't they all come from a country that was conquered by your country?"

Li Dou patiently explained to him: "It's not wrong to call them Kunlun slaves, but the source of these slaves is very complicated, not just prisoners of war, but also those who were sold here by slave traders through various channels. .”

In addition to the real blacks from North Africa and East Africa, these slaves also include Negrito people in Southeast Asia and residents of the Indian peninsula. There are people who have been "handled" by a certain country's officials, and there are also unlucky ghosts who have been robbed by slave traders from various places by force.For the plantation operators, the cost of using these slaves is naturally much lower than that of bringing in immigrants from Daming or other places. Basically, as long as the price is right, they will buy as many as they can.

In order to be able to develop rapidly, Haihan has always opened the door to the importation of slave populations. The Dutch and Portuguese are probably the biggest beneficiaries of the slave trade. The slave population sent to the area under Haihan’s rule by merchant ships from these two countries every year There are at least several thousand people each.In the past two years, Annan has fought against the Siam country next door, which has added another source of slaves to Haihan.

These slave populations who were imported into the plantations in Haihan in large numbers, among them, very few lucky ones would have the opportunity to escape from slavery.In the South China Sea Independence Battalion stationed in Xingdao, there are many outstanding soldiers selected by Roger from the slaves.However, there are only a small number of slaves who can have such good luck, and most slaves will spend the rest of their lives in plantations and mining areas.If you are unlucky and encounter a cruel master, you will be exhausted to death in three to five years.

Although Li Dou does not advocate the practice of obtaining cheap labor through the slave trade, he also knows that this is an effective means for Haihan to increase the speed of development, so he has always faced this situation with an attitude of not encouraging or opposing an objective situation.

Although Li Lu took the initiative to ask about this matter, Li Dou did not intend to explain the inside story of the slave trade to him. He believed that this approach could not fully prove Haihan's strength, but might make the North Koreans suspicious of future cross-border Population mobility and immigration matters are on guard.So the focus of his explanation is the origin of these black slaves, not the special channels and means by which they were trafficked here.

Li Dou's approach did indeed avoid the sensitive points of the Koreans just right, because during the Qing army's invasion of North Korea this time, it captured a large number of people from northern North Korea, and even if the Qing army was finally defeated and retreated, these people had already been transported by them. The North Korean people who returned to Liaodong could no longer escape and return home.Li Luo asked whether these black slaves were prisoners of war of a certain country, because he thought of the situation in his own country. If he didn't respond carefully, it might indeed cause Li Luo's displeasure.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark and he only saw four or five plantations, Li Dou took the initiative to order him to go back home and continue his visit tomorrow.Li Lu did not object to this either. The amount of information he received today was a bit large, and he needed some time to summarize and digest it.

In the next two days, under the leadership of Li Dou, Li Mo visited almost all the plantations in Kaohsiung, and gained a more specific understanding of the scale of local agricultural development.If he knew almost nothing about Haihan's agricultural situation before that, then after visiting Kaohsiung for the past few days, Li Luo has realized that Haihan's agricultural level is also very strong.

Li Min had private exchanges with several agricultural technology overseas students who accompanied him this time, and the evaluations given by these professionals were similar to Li Min's opinions, and they all believed that the depth and breadth of agricultural development in Haihan far surpassed that of their own countries. , There are indeed many things worth learning. The most important thing is that Haihan's long-term planning for regional agricultural development is very valuable, while North Korea's current operations on this are almost zero. The gap between the two sides is really too big.

(End of this chapter)