1890 King of Southeast Asia

After the New Year holiday, Liu Yiming was forced to get up from his comfortable life and go to work.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the first day of work, the busyness began!

First, the Immigration Bureau. Liu Yiming didn't need to worry too much about immigration, but resettlement has always been a problem. Fortunately, the Production and Construction Corps was established. At most, the scale can be expanded. The Corps' reclamation system is definitely more efficient than other methods, and there is no need to worry about the resistance of the natives.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, that is, February 23, 1891, the sunny Surabaya, Batavia, and Semarang, the three major ports of South China, all welcomed a fleet of a large scale.

Liu Yiming asked the troops, militia, and police to participate together, not to maintain law and order, but to unload goods!

The goods from Britain include mining, metallurgy, mechanical processing, boiler manufacturing, power generation, reaction towers, reactors, and military industrial equipment, etc. Basically, it guarantees the source of raw materials needed for heavy industry and light industry.

"According to the previous plan, all the equipment will be installed and debugged as soon as possible, and we are just waiting for manpower!" Xu Hui checked the list of goods one by one with a notebook, and said to Liu Yiming at the same time.

"I have sent a telegram to Lin Anmin, asking him to recruit skilled workers with high salaries, and Lu Zhengyang has also sent a telegram to the United States, hoping to recruit some Chinese. We can only do our best and leave it to fate." Liu Yiming sighed. He has the most complete industrial development plan of this era, as well as the most perfect industrial composition system plan. He even has mainstream industrial equipment that is not the most advanced, but not the most advanced. However, he can't even get enough workers.

"To make the system fully operational, we need more than 500,000 skilled workers, as well as countless coolies and apprentices." Xu Hui added a shot.

"How many do we have now?" Liu Yiming asked.

"There are 200,000 workers and 160 mechanical or chemical engineers in the whole of Nanhua, but most of the workers are apprentices. It will take about half a year of practice to become ordinary workers." Xu Hui recited it.

"All those who can work in the assembly line mode should work in the assembly line mode, which is simple and easy to learn. In this way, after one month of training, they can be considered general workers." Liu Yiming explained the assembly line mode to Xu Hui, but Xu Hui opposed it because the workers in the assembly line mode have no growth potential.

"It can only be like this now, but I hope it can be cancelled on a small scale in the future." Xu Hui hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded as he looked at the equipment piled up at the dock.

"It takes a week to load and unload the goods. Let these ships not be idle. Sell all the products produced in the warehouse, and send them to Europe to die."

During this period, except for the New Year holiday, industrial production in Surabaya did not stop, but some warehouses were full, so the production volume was reduced, such as soap.

Because of insufficient transportation capacity, large merchant ships are not easy to buy in Southeast Asia. The main force of Nanhua's foreign trade is small boats of about 200 tons, which are the most cost-effective to run around. Nanhua's soap, shampoo, sunscreen, hand cream, vanishing cream, etc. are popular in Southeast Asia.

Um… In terms of private trade, Nanhua’s largest trading partner is the Dutch. The Dutch bought from the Chinese and shipped to India, Indochina, and north to Dieqing, Neon, and so on. And there is a feeling of being reluctant to leave.

February 26th, the tenth day of the first lunar month, New Year’s meeting.

After the expansion and renovation of the side hall, it became a new hall. Nanhua’s officials can finally sit on fixed chairs for meetings, instead of carrying a small stool. The notes have to be placed on the wall or on the back of the person in front.

“It has been four days since the start of work. I believe everyone has almost dealt with the accumulated work, so this New Year’s meeting is held today.” Liu Yiming said, and Chen Jiangtao’s position was vacant because Chen Jiangtao had not finished dealing with the documents.

"Today, I mainly want to tell you about this year's goals and budget, so that everyone can have a rough idea."

"First, the most important thing is immigration. After using foreign merchant ships, the number of immigrants has increased, but it is still a long way from the annual number of one million immigrants."

"Without people, nothing can be done. Two new industrial parks have begun construction, and the Surabaya Industrial Park has also added new equipment, but the number of workers is seriously insufficient. Let's brainstorm and think about whether there is any solution."

"Secondly, it is a problem of military management. During the encirclement and suppression operations, the third brigade was fine, but the first and second brigades had many serious tactical problems, exposing the problem of insufficient training and tactical ability of grassroots soldiers. Next, suspend the encirclement and suppression operations and strengthen military training. Officers should be the standard. Accurately train every soldier. "

This is for the army to hear. The army is also here. Yang Tao and Wang Yang are here. However, the military operation has only stopped in Java. A battalion of the Fourth Brigade has landed on Bali...

"There is also grassroots construction. At the end of last year, the army provided 800 outstanding talents to the society, all of which were absorbed into the government system, mainly used for administrative village construction, and some Chinese settlements have been taken over. This year, we must pay more attention to grassroots construction. The grassroots is the foundation of Nanhua. "

"Then there is the economy. In the first quarter of last year, the government's total fiscal revenue was 4.9 million pounds, of which only 200,000 was tax revenue and the total expenditure was 13.6 million. However, 11 million of them were loans, and the actual surplus was 2.3 million. In addition, there are a large number of real estate. "

"This year's fiscal revenue is expected to be 8 million. During the construction period, continuous investment is needed, including 1.2 million pounds for industrial investment, 500,000 pounds for immigration grants, 500,000 pounds for education construction, and 2 million pounds for military funds. I will pay the interest first and the principal later on the loan, and I need to repay 660,000 pounds in interest. At the same time, it will cost 200,000 pounds to repair the road, administrative village construction, dock construction, and huge wages. Obviously, there is a fiscal deficit this year, and it is not small."

"If there is a gap, it must be solved! First of all, accelerate the development of the planting industry, and start agriculture and agricultural product processing as soon as possible."

"Also, the army must quickly adjust the fastest-growing industries. After the Production and Construction Corps took over the prisoners, it will scout the terrain and make preparations. The savages have gold and gems, which is a great supplement to the fiscal deficit."

"In addition, a state-owned gold exploration and mining company will be established. I have already explored several gold mines. Overall, this year is a very healthy year. Don't be nervous, but don't spend lavishly."

As for the distribution of gold and silver mines, I don't know about the small ones. There are many small gold mines in Java. As for the large ones, Liu Yiming really knows them. The data contains the global mining distribution map and mining time. Liu Yiming's arms are not that long for foreigners, but for Javanese, that's no problem.

Not enough manpower? Come on, it's just gold panning, even savages can do it, and Liu Yiming has no shortage of savages!