Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 666 Guangxi Development Plan (Part [-])
Bronze cannons have a long service life, at least many years at sea, so tin mines are indeed useful.But the embarrassing thing is that there are also a lot of tin mines in Guangdong, and the output is very large now. Previously, the tin mines used by the Jinghua Artillery Factory were all from Guangdong.

Gao Pragmatically and helplessly discovered that the idea of ​​relying on the province's mineral resources to develop Guangxi's industry has basically died.

But it doesn't matter, this is not enough to make Gao Pragmatism despair, because minerals are not good enough, and the deep processing industry of agricultural, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry products can still be considered.

After thinking about it, in addition to planting sugarcane for sugar production, Gao Yushi still focused on the word "Lin".Guangxi, which is backed by mountains, wants to get rid of poverty and become rich in this era. The best way is to rely on mountains to eat mountains.

This is what I have already thought about before, so there is no need to think about it. The goal is all kinds of marine timber and tung oil, plus sugar, which should basically be able to upgrade Guangxi's economy by one or two grades-after all, the foundation is poor. The industry has been upgraded, and the effect is immediate.

Only in this way, one thing is more urgent: Lianzhou Mansion must be taken back to Guangxi as soon as possible!

Without a seaport in hand, none of the above things would be easy to do, or at least it would be an extra trouble.What's more, because the utilization of wood has now been determined to become one of the three major industries in Guangxi, Jinghua's second shipyard can only be located in Lianzhou Prefecture.

Without further ado, Gao Wushi didn't bother to consider the views of Guangdong officials, so he called Cao Ke to help him prepare paper and pens, first wrote a memorial, and then wrote a dozen letters, and then explained to Cao Ke, these The letter must be delivered one step ahead of the memorial.

Cao Ke said: "This is easy to handle. You are a patrol officer in Guangxi. Letters you send can be sent by express delivery shops. For small ones, send private letters in advance, and send them two days later."

Gao Wushi ordered him to do it, and after a while, Cao Ke hurried back again. Gao Wushi was a little puzzled, and Cao Ke had already stepped forward to report: "Master, the second master of Xinzheng Dafang is here."

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment before he remembered that he was talking about Gao Mengnan.Gao Mengnan was the son of one of his uncle Gao Jie's subordinates. His father died at the hands of Japanese pirates, and he had no relatives in his family, so Gao Jie adopted him as his adopted son.

Later, after Gao Yushi returned to his hometown, he found that he was a relatively stable person, so he was asked to take charge of Tianjin Port affairs with Shuai Jiamo. side work.

Unexpectedly, not long after he arrived in Guangzhou, he actually came to see him in person. It seemed that he had something important to report.

The status of the adopted son is relatively high these days, and Gao Wushi also called him the second brother, so he immediately went out to welcome him in personally.

Gao Mengnan is almost 20 years older than Gao Yushi. He is thirty-five this year, which is a golden age for a man.

Needless to say after exchanging pleasantries, the two arrived at Gao Yushi's study and began to talk about business.

Gao Mengnan said: "To be honest, I admit that you can see that Brother Yu is in charge of Guangzhou's affairs. I shouldn't have come to ask you about everything, but the situation in Guangzhou is somewhat different from that in Tianjin. Brother Yu really dare not specialize in many things. I will tell you before." I sent a letter, but I was told that you were not in Guilin, and then transferred to Liuzhou, and then said that you were not in Liuzhou... Alas, Brother Yu has no other choice, so I had to come here in person.”

Gao Wushi smiled: "Brother is now on patrol after all, it is difficult to stay in one place for a long time, maybe he will have to go to Nanning or even other places after a while... Okay, let's not talk about these, what's the matter with the second brother, it's just right now Let's talk."

Gao Mengnan also knew Gao's pragmatic style in dealing with his own industrial affairs, and he never liked to talk nonsense, so he said directly: "The situation in Guangzhou Port is generally good at present, but there are a few problems that need to be resolved urgently."

Gao Wushi nodded and said nothing.

Gao Mengnan said: "First of all, the local officials in Guangdong seem to be quite dissatisfied with us, and often set up some troubles inexplicably. Originally, according to your confession, Brother Yu was willing to take care of it, but it seems that the effect is not great. Even if they don't ask for it in person Trouble, but will not speak for us, resulting in many times some things are difficult to handle."

Gao Wushi frowned slightly and asked, "For example?"

"For example, buying land." Gao Mengnan sighed, and said, "Our Guangzhou private port was originally considered as the official port of Guangzhou. To be honest, the location is very good, but it is too cramped, so according to the plan and Jinghua's habits, we must continue. The nearby coastal land was bought for expansion, but these things are not going very well.”

Gao Wushi asked: "The locals are xenophobic?"

Gao Mengnan complained: "If you want to talk about xenophobia, the local people are okay. They are not very xenophobic, but they are very smart and know that we must buy their land. They set prices one by one, which is far from the people in Tianjin, Kaiping, and Laizhou. So honest."

Gao Yushi laughed. This evaluation is very pertinent, but it is also reasonable. Even in later generations, Cantonese are known for their shrewdness. This is actually not a derogatory term. People who grow up in prosperous commercial places are not shrewd. Already dead of poverty.

So he said with a smile: "In the new environment, we must face a new situation. As long as the problem is not caused by local people's xenophobia, it is not a big problem. Guangdong officials don't like us, which is actually reasonable. After all, Guangzhou Port When they were in the official port, they were able to share some of the benefits in it. Now that it is in our hands, they don't dare to be so clear about many things. As for your management...

On the one hand, we still need to take care of what needs to be done. On the other hand, we should beat and beat some stubborn people. Don’t be afraid of them. As long as we don’t do illegal business, it’s fine for the local officials in Guangdong to treat me as pragmatic. method. "

Having said this, Gao Mengnan felt much more relieved, he was just afraid of causing trouble for Gao Yushi.

However, after Gao Mengnan responded, he still couldn't help asking: "There should be people in the Gao family in Guangdong. Do you want them to help you at certain times?"

Gao Wushi pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "Not for now, although Liu Yaohui has never met me, but I'm afraid it's hard to talk about it together. He is currently the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and he may still be attacking us. My idea, don't give others a handle at this time. As for the Guangdong officialdom... Don't hide it from the second brother, I am afraid that the brother will offend them again soon, and things may be more complicated by then.

But you don't have to worry too much, I have already written to the teacher and uncle, asking them to watch and adjust. "

Now that Guo Pu and Zhang Siwei have been mentioned, Gao Mengnan stopped entangled in this matter, but changed the subject, saying: "The matter of recruiting shipbuilding talents is relatively smooth, and there are many relevant craftsmen in Guangdong. , it’s just that quite a part of them belong to the craftsmen, this matter is not easy to handle..."

Gao Wushi said straightforwardly: "Don't consider using official methods to solve this matter. It will cause hidden dangers. Let's be direct and spend money. Let the local officials figure out a way. They have many ways to deal with these problems... Don't be afraid to spend money, what I lack now is not money, but time."

Gao Mengnan was a little surprised, and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry all of a sudden, is there anything wrong?"

Gao Wushi sighed, and said, "I don't plan to put Jinghua's shipyard in the south in Guangzhou. It has to be moved to Lianzhou Prefecture. Specifically, it should be put in Qinzhou."

Gao Mengnan was surprised and said, "Is Qinzhou better than Guangzhou? I heard that Lianzhou is sparsely populated, and there are many children and even Yao people there.

Gao Wushi said: "You can talk to the second brother about this matter, but the second brother must keep it secret."

Immediately, he briefly told Gao Mengnan about his Guangxi development plan.

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