1890 King of Southeast Asia

The news that Liu Yiming had a fiancée spread quickly. He picked her up on the morning of October 4th, and the whole Surabaya knew about it in the afternoon. Officials at all levels thoughtfully made time for Liu Yiming. There was nothing going on recently, and everything was developing in an orderly manner. The industrial sector needed to wait for the installation and commissioning of mechanical equipment, and the military sector only had to wait for the training of new recruits and artillery.

It all takes time to polish, and it can't be done in one go. Liu Yiming was also very nervous during this period, so he simply asked for leave to take Zhang You out to play. Although he still approved this leave note himself, the procedures could not be omitted.

So starting from October 5th, Liu Yiming accompanied Zhang You for three days. Zhang You was a cute girl who was quirky and a little timid. In three days, they basically visited all of Surabaya.

Unfortunately, the current Surabaya is not the previous Surabaya. Since defeating the Dutch, the entire Surabaya has basically been in a tense state of continuous rotation, which is a semi-military control mode. There is nothing fun. I visited several temples and churches, walked around Surabaya, visited factories, and watched the production of chemical products such as soap and dyes.

The girl was quite interested in these. Due to the restrictions imposed by the Dutch, the Chinese never had such factories. Before this, the largest Chinese factory in Surabaya was a cannery. As for the machinery, electricity, shipbuilding and other industries, they had nothing to do with the Chinese.

The girl spent most of the afternoon in the factory. She was most interested in dyes. In the chemical industry, Surabaya is at the forefront of the world. Although it is small in scale and has backward equipment, the requirements for equipment in bulk chemicals of this era are not so high. The only high-temperature closed equipment is the high-temperature and high-pressure reactor prepared for the synthetic ammonia plant. It is a jar with ceramic inside and steel outside, with many valves.

Surabaya may currently produce the most colorful dyes in the world. It is not about how many formulas have been made, but Liu Yiming has natural and chemical methods for mixing different colored dyes. Now it can produce more than 30 colors of dyes, and the quality is higher than mainstream products, but the output is low.

The little girl was excitedly chattering at the colorful dyes, because the Zhang family was engaged in the cloth business, importing cloth from India and silk from France and the Qing Dynasty. The latter two were luxury goods, and the former was a bulk commodity. The little girl had been exposed to natural dyes since she was a child. When she saw chemical synthetic dyes, she looked left and right. If Liu Yiming hadn't pulled her, she might have rushed forward to see them.

However, industrial production is very boring. Even if it is not an assembly line now, there is already division of labor and cooperation in factory production. After two turns, the little girl lost interest and got tired.

It was not Ford's original assembly line model, but Ford split all the processes into products that could be manufactured by mechanical labor, opening the modern factory assembly line model. One person is responsible for only three processes at most, and most of the time it is one.

After returning home, Liu Yiming first dealt with the report sent in.

"It's still the same. It's really beautiful and stable!" Looking at the report that everything was normal, Liu Yiming rubbed his eyes and sighed.

"What to do tomorrow?" Liu Yiming began to worry about what to do with the little girl tomorrow.

While Liu Yiming was thinking hard, a gust of wind blew through the window, blowing open the window that was not closed properly and blowing the documents on the table.

Liu Yiming closed the window and sorted out the documents on the table, and happened to see a report.

It was written by Xu Hui and Li Ziyao, and it was also the first report in Sishui with the correct format.

"Proposal on the establishment of technical schools and workers' night schools"

The content is to use the money to let the technicians and engineers who come to assist in the installation give lectures to the workers, and to set up a technical school by the way, so that the workers aged 16 to 20 can be retrained.

Liu Yiming's reply was to agree to establish technical schools and workers' night schools, find teachers, and prepare for the establishment of a polytechnic.

Now that I think about it, my mind is open. I can take Zhang You to see various schools. Even many industries need to build schools. It is completely possible to build them now, and work and life will not be affected.

"I am really a genius!" Liu Yiming was complacent, and he didn't think about whether the boring job would like the little girl.

On October 9, Liu Yiming took Zhang You to the Government Affairs Office and told Chen Jiangtao how to establish and improve various schools.

Chen Jiangtao was busy with factory construction and urban civilization construction, that is, repairing factories and toilets.

"Yiming, the proposal is very good. The site can be made up of vacant houses, but what about teachers?" Chen Jiangtao asked.

"Mayor, in terms of industry, select technicians and engineers who come with the ship. These people are all thinking about making money. At most, they can give a better price. The medical school will be combined with Sishui Hospital and the military hospital to teach jointly. Some civilian doctors will be absorbed. The army will set up a military school. This has existed before, and now it will be expanded."

Liu Yiming said with a smile.

"You have a plan, just file it and keep it on file. Why are you looking for me today?" Chen Jiangtao listened and felt that it was feasible, but this must not be the reason why Liu Yiming looked for him.

"Aren't there other schools? For example, normal school?" Liu Yiming whispered.

"Well, the Normal School must be run well. Let's put it this way. I will give you 3,000 pounds for the first year's expenses. As for the location, there are some vacant houses in the south of the city. They will be allocated to you. When things get better, we can build a teaching building!" Chen Jiangtao also said with a smile.

"Uncle Chen, we have the money and the place, but where are the people?" Liu Yiming asked quickly when he saw that his main goal was not yet achieved.

"I can't do anything about this. Look at this government affairs office. There are several positions for everyone who can move. I'm in great need of people with some education. Yiming, the idea is good. Education is a long-term plan, but I really can't spare any manpower now!" Chen Jiangtao was also silent and sighed to Liu Yiming.

Liu Yiming walked out of the mayor's office helplessly.

"What's wrong, brother Yiming? What are you worried about?" Zhang You saw the helpless expression on Liu Yiming's face and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Alas~, I'm worried about Sishui. There are still too few people in Sishui. I want to run a normal school but I can't find anyone to be a teacher." Liu Yiming said.

"Is there no one willing to go?" At Zhang You's age, although she might be a mother in the inland, it's okay in Southeast Asia. In addition, she is the only daughter, and the Zhang family couple loves her to the bone.

"I can go!"

"Huh?" Liu Yiming has always wanted Zhang You to participate in the construction, and at the same time forgot that she graduated from a girls' school. High school level is also very good in this era.

The most important thing is that it opened up Liu Yiming's mind. There is no need to pursue higher normal education to teach in middle schools. Instead, we should do a good job in primary education and train primary school teachers. There are more than two million Chinese in the whole Java Island, and the cultural level above primary school may be more than 1/4. This is a terrifying number, which is higher than many Western countries at present.

But there are more than 1.5 million people who have never been to school or have not finished primary school, so primary school teachers are very important.

"Yuzi is so smart! Let's go back and discuss it." Liu Yiming, who was in a good mood, did not forget to tease his little fiancee and took her hand and left.

This scale made Zhang You blush all the way, and it did not dissipate until he reached Liu's house.

"There is a long way to go!" Liu Yiming looked at Zhang You with a blushing face and thought obscenely.

Liu Yiming is a loli control. He didn't find it until he knew he had a fiancee. He didn't know until this fiancee got off the boat, and then he saw Zhang You.

I don't know if it was because of lust or love at first sight, Liu Yiming felt that he was very lucky. Whether it was his personality, appearance, or upbringing, they all touched Liu Yiming's heart and made him feel like he was in his first love.

He had been in love several times in his previous life. Later, when he had money, he had more fun. But after playing for a while, he lost interest in women. Sometimes it was difficult to determine whether she was having sex with him or he was having sex with her, which made Liu Yiming a little unhappy. Then he met many girls when traveling, but they were all fleeting relationships and not worth mentioning.

There are many girls who look pure on the surface, but Liu Yiming can't touch the truly pure ones. How many of those who can go out to play are pure? Although I have tattoos, perm my hair, smoke, and have had seven abortions, I am still a good girl? ? ?

Play if you want to, but you have to be able to afford it. What's the point of deceiving yourself?

At Liu Yiming's house, Liu Yiming was making a plan, telling Zhang You while making it, and studying the feasibility of the plan by the way.

After planning for a long time, Zhang You would occasionally interrupt and give Liu Yiming suggestions for revision. Liu Yiming was very satisfied with the final plan, but after a closer look, at least 80 teachers of various subjects were needed. Liu Yiming couldn't even get eight of them now, and only had a little fiancée to use.

"Alas~ a good cook can't cook without rice, and a penny can make a hero fail!" Liu Yiming sighed while holding the plan.

"Brother Yiming, can't you find anyone?" Zhang You asked innocently.

"Yes, everyone has work to do now. The industrial zone has absorbed 50,000 to 60,000 people, and the army still has a team of 7,000 people. In addition, there are hospitals, docks, governments, and various shops. There are only 200,000 Chinese in Surabaya. The step is too big!" Liu Yiming realized that he was a little impatient. If he cleared it again, it would be no problem. Anyway, there are many people and talents.

"Then, how many people are still missing now? I mean the school." Zhang You asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

"The Normal School alone needs dozens of teachers, and each primary school also needs teachers, probably about a hundred people!"

"I can try to call my classmates and friends from Semarang." Zhang You said with courage.

"Okay, come on! If you can call a teacher from a school, I'll let you be the principal!" Liu Yiming said to Zhang You without much hope.

"But Youzi, we can't disclose the news of our independence for the time being when we contact the outside world. The longer this news can be delayed, the better."

"Okay!" Zhang You answered straightforwardly, but he was unsure in his heart. If he couldn't disclose the independence of Surabaya, how could he attract people?