When Wei Bao heard this, he frowned slightly.

I have long said that you should not shout long live casually, why is it still like this?

Wei Bao couldn't help but look at Zhang Meiyuan, Wei Bao valued Zhang Meiyuan's reaction to this.

Zhang Meiyuan was a little puzzled, and a little taken for granted, she had already seen the general appearance of the periphery of Weijiazhuang.

Weijiazhuang port includes two parts of military port and civil port, Weijiazhuang port is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the mountain is a piece of pillbox and city defense, which is majestic and magnificent.

Through the binoculars, Zhang Meiyuan can vaguely see some huge city walls around Weijiazhuang.

It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a country within a country.

And it seems that it is not difficult to understand why this place has developed like this, and it is isolated from the outside world and shouting long live.

"Xuexia, didn't you strictly order them not to shout long live?" After Wei Bao glanced at Zhang Meiyuan, he asked Wu Xuexia.

"I've said this question a few times. I can't control it. Wu Xuexia said helplessly: "I can only prevent the words "long live" from appearing in the newspapers, the people want to shout, the officials want to shout, and the army wants to shout, all of them are spontaneous and cannot be banned every time they are banned, and there should be no way for the units at all levels below." ”

Wei Bao really can't imagine what will happen to outsiders when they come to Weijiazhuang and Liaonan to see these situations.

Weijiazhuang is okay, all of them are people from the Heaven and Earth Society.

There are dozens of officials sent by the Ming Dynasty government in southern Liaoning.

Although those officials are all empty shelves, they are completely elevated, and they are usually raised in the pavilion, like a group of guinea pigs.

But those people are not blind or deaf.

In addition, Weijiazhuang and the Liaonan Association had merchant ships passing by from time to time, so it was impossible not to know anything about the situation in the areas under his rule.

There are also two provinces in North Korea, and there are even more people in contact.

Wu Xuexia understood what Wei Bao was worried about, and said with a smile: "Relax, president, even if there is a rumor in the outside world, there is nothing, they can't get any actual evidence, those officials sent by the Ming court in southern Liaoning, one by one has been assimilated by us, and they have all joined the Heaven and Earth Society, and there will be no problems." Outsiders pass by and hear something, and there is no problem, either there will be a cooperative relationship with our heaven and earth, and the relationship is good. Or, even if they have the idea of filing a complaint, they have to see if they have the courage and strength, as long as the emperor and Wei Zhongxian believe in the president, they are not afraid of anything. ”

"But when will the emperor and Wei Zhongxian stop believing me?" Wei Bao said coldly.

Originally, Wei Bao was also ready to make a stable transition to the Chongzhen period and slowly expand his sphere of influence.

"If you don't believe it, you won't believe it, it's a big deal to go back to Weijiazhuang and develop slowly." Wu Xuexia said.

Wei Bao smiled slightly and did not answer Wu Xuexia's words.

When it came to the shore, the atmosphere reached its peak.

The troops shouted in unison: "Long live the president!" ”

Ordinary people and officials shouted: "Long live the president!" ”

It's just that the voices of the common people and officials are not as neat as the army.

However, the common people and officials all held the flag of the Heaven and Earth Society and shook it desperately, and they had one more dazzling skill.

President Wei was dressed in civilian clothes, and he didn't change his military uniform today, because the weather was still a little hot, and President Wei didn't put on white gloves, and waved his hands vigorously to greet his people.

"President!" The first to come up and speak was Luo Sanzi, who bowed.

"Brother Sanzi." Although Wei Bao gave Luo Sanzi the name of Luo Jinshan, he was still used to calling him Sanstunzi, and now except for a very few people close to him, or President Wei, no one dares to call Luo Santunzi by this nickname, Luo Santunzi is already the top 20 big names in the Heaven and Earth Society.

The Heaven and Earth Club did not select seats, unlike the heroes of Liangshan, and they also engaged in the first few positions or something.

However, the Heaven and Earth Society is rated according to the military rank system, and the administrative officials are all people with military ranks.

Like Fan Xiaolin, Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya, Luo Sanzi, Liu Chunshi, as well as Hou San of the military, Tan Maniac and others, they are all at the highest level.

The highest level is only the rank of major general for the time being.

In addition to President Wei himself, who is directly at the level of marshal, the two grades of lieutenant general and general of the Tiandihui are still vacant for the time being.

There are not many colonels and lieutenant colonels below, and the most are majors, and there are lieutenants and non-commissioned officers.

"The president has worked hard." Luo San was stunned and smiled brightly.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "When I see your development, I hope you can laugh like this." ”

Luo Sanzi's smile narrowed a little, and said confidently: "Our Government Affairs Department is absolutely confident." ”

"Okay." Wei Bao shook hands with Luo San stunned.

The next one to come up is Fan Xiaolin, Fan Xiaolin's skin seems to be a little darker, and it is almost the same as before, originally according to Wei Bao's assumption, Fan Xiaolin is now the top person in charge of the General Administration of Affairs, and often sits in the office, should it be whiter, right?

secretly thought that Fan Xiaolin should often go to the countryside, run around, and bask in the sun too much, I can imagine Fan Xiaolin's hard work.

"President." Fan Xiaolin showed the gentleness that a strong woman rarely has.

In the place under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society, Fan Xiaolin is an absolute strong woman, she is resolute in her work, and her style is spicy and decisive, otherwise in an area of millions of people, no one has the ability to govern in an orderly manner.

"Xiaolin." Wei Bao screamed, ignored Fan Xiaolin's outstretched hand, and hugged Fan Xiaolin directly.

Among his women, Fan Xiaolin may be at the bottom in terms of appearance, but she is healthy and energetic, she is also smart, her personality is also what Wei Bao likes, and her figure is good.

And since she has held the highest power for a long time, Fan Xiaolin has naturally developed a royal sister's temperament, which is a real noble atmosphere.

Although the appearance has changed very little, the temperament has changed too much, and as I get older, my figure is better, which is a big plus.

Fan Xiaolin was shy and happy, she didn't expect the president to hug herself in front of so many people.

She has long been President Wei's woman, this is a semi-open secret, she and Wang Qiuya are just about to be married by President Wei.

The body that has not been moisturized for a long time seems to be particularly sensitive.

Fan Xiaolin tried hard to restrain herself, and she was infinitely shy.

Wei Bao patted Fan Xiaolin lightly on the back, didn't say anything, and talked with other generals and officials.

President Wei stayed at the dock for more than half an hour, and there were too many people, and people with a bit of status wanted to take the opportunity to say a few words to the president.

Even if they can't speak, they will be happy if they can show their faces in front of the president, and they will be happy that they can't sleep happily at night, and they can use it as a talking point to show off in the future.

There are also several local newspaper reporters in Weijiazhuang who are also waiting to interview the president for a few words.

"President, let's go to the President's Mansion first, right? The president and his wife were tired. Luo San was stunned and asked.

Wei Bao nodded, and said to everyone with a smile: "Okay, let's leave a few more minutes for the reporter." ”

Hearing what the president said, everyone hurriedly dispersed to give up their positions, and under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society, President Wei's words were more holy than holy decrees.

Several reporters immediately came up.

"May I ask the president, what do you think of the first annual development plan of the Heaven and Earth Society?"

Wei Bao smiled: "It depends on how the General Administration of Administration looks, we look at the facts, whether it is completed or not completed, my personal opinion is not important." ”

"May I ask Madame, what kind of impression do you have when you first visit Weijiazhuang?"

Zhang Meiyuan, who was beside Wei Bao, was stunned, and she didn't expect anyone to interview her.

It was the first time for Zhang Meiyuan to talk to someone like this, she had never been exposed to interviews, and she felt very fresh and a little overwhelmed.

However, fortunately, it is a super lady show, and I have seen a big scene, although the greeting scene of tens of thousands of people is very large, Zhang Meiyuan does not learn from each other, and does not show that she is at a loss.

"Say whatever you want." Wei Bao smiled encouragingly at Zhang Meiyuan.

"It's very beautiful here, it's developing very well, it's very fast, it's a little surprising to me, I just want to tell you that I'm also from Weijiazhuang, I'm the daughter-in-law of Weijiazhuang, and I'm the same as you." Zhang Meiyuan said.

Wei Bao nodded lightly to Zhang Meiyuan, meaning approval, thinking that Zhang Meiyuan said it very well, a bit of a first lady's style.

Next, the reporter asked a few more questions, all of which were asked to President Wei.

President Wei answered one by one, and then Luo San stopped the brief interview in a daze, and kept visiting, and he didn't know when it would be a head.

I could have left Weijiazhuang Port directly and went to the President's Mansion.

But Webbo wanted to see the shipyard.

The group accompanied President Wei to the shipyard.

"Our shipyard was built at the end of last year and has already built more than 200 ships over 100 meters in length. The output can reach about 50 pieces a month. Fan Xiaolin introduced.

"Don't blindly pursue output, according to the demand on it, the key is to look at the order, although the marine department belongs to the heaven and earth will have enterprises, but this kind of enterprises do not rely on the problem of not worrying about orders, and produce inertia, and develop a situation of eating a big pot of rice." Wei Bao instructed clearly.

The enterprises of the Tiandihui are also different from the state-owned enterprises of Huaguo in later generations, because the vast majority of the assets of the Tiandihui belong to President Wei.

This is also the characteristic of monopoly capitalism engaged in by President Wei, in fact, President Wei can personally account for more than half of all the resources of the entire Tiandihui and the society under the jurisdiction of the Tiandihui.

Therefore, if there will be any major deployment in heaven and earth, President Wei basically does not need to consult with anyone, and he can make a decision directly!

Although this is a capitalist society, it follows a more authoritarian line.

It's not that democratic, and freedom and equality are doing well.

The people living in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Heaven and Earth Society have become more and more accustomed to the social atmosphere here, and the poor will not be discouraged or inferior, they will have the same opportunity to solve the problem of food and clothing by hard work, and they will have the same opportunity to make a fortune.

The rich will not be high above and will not form a class against the Heaven and Earth Society, because he was born within the Heaven and Earth Society and rose up by relying on the policies of the Heaven and Earth Society.

Wei Bao has always attached great importance to internal anti-corruption and the avoidance of nepotism, which is one of the biggest drawbacks in China since ancient times.

Therefore, there will be a very important political initiative in heaven and earth, which is made by President Wei.

People before the age of 30 are not allowed to enter the civil service, and those who come out of school must first go to society to temper themselves.

Moreover, being a civil servant does not mean that you can retire, unless you reach the rank of colonel or above, you have to quit the civil service after the age of 50.

That is to say, to be an official in the Heaven and Earth Society, it is twenty years to be full, and when you reach the rank of colonel, you can be sixty years old, and then you can reach the level of general, you can be sixty-five years old, and after sixty-five, you must retire.

In addition, the civil service system has also maintained personnel mobility, and the term of office in a place is at most two terms, one term is five years, so as to avoid the managers of a place being a group of people for a long time and forming a mountain of connections.

If you want to say that it is not democratic, it is mainly at the top, President Wei has the power to veto and the power to approve of it.

However, the grassroots level is very democratic, and officials at all levels must pass examinations, elections, and residents' elections, and all enterprises must also set up trade unions.

In short, because he has been exposed to a lot of historical knowledge in modern society, President Wei's society is a bit complicated and a bit nondescript.

It does not look like one of the few developed regions during the Republic of China, nor does it look like Europe and the United States in the nineteenth century.

However, the economic level and scientific and technological level of the regions under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society already had the same level as the developed countries of Europe in the mid-19th century.

Of course, when a society is formed, there will be many drawbacks.

There is certainly a cruel and unforgiving side to capitalism.

But so far, the area under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society has always been warm.

There is democracy and freedom, there are human rights, there is charity, and there is relief.

Of course, there will be many people who have been oppressed and exploited by the capitalists to death, and who have been tortured to death by poverty, and these are not the inherent evils of the capitalist system, and they can all be improved.

It's not terrible if a machine is broken, it can be repaired if it is broken.

The terrible thing is that there is a problem with the design of this machine, which has no way to repair it, so it can only be smashed and rebuilt and replaced with a new one.

There are many inherent and unreformable ills of the capitalist system.

The overall efficiency is extremely low.

Capitalism is engaged in a market economy, and the market economy is all profit-seeking, which dooms it to extremely low efficiency.

Technology blocks each other, and capital barriers each other.

With the development of many private enterprises, the lending threshold of the central bank of Tiandihui is getting higher and higher, and it is basically private capital itself that is playing.

As a result, many groups will form a large and small monopoly in the form of cooperation.

Fortunately, the resources of the Heaven and Earth Society are good, and the population has not yet developed to the point of explosion, and the time for development is still short.

A lot of contradictions have not yet erupted.

At this stage, food, having enough to eat, wearing enough clothes, and being able to ensure food and clothing for the winter are still the main contradictions in the areas under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society.

With this main contradiction, the other contradictions are even more insignificant.

There are even more serious ones, because a large number of people have low purchasing power, resulting in the inability to sell goods, although a lot of private enterprises have been established, but the overall development is not very good, and the poor can not be satisfied.

This is like a water pump pumping water, the outlet is always blocked, the pump is always suffocated, and it takes a lot of effort to dredge it.

Why are steel companies on the verge of bankruptcy? It's because it's so efficient and too much steel is produced.

The inefficiency of the market economy cannot tolerate high-efficiency enterprises.

Wei Bao heard a story.

A coal worker is unemployed, and his home is as cold as an ice cellar in the winter, and he can't afford to buy a coal fire.

The son asked him why there was no fire at home.

He replied: unemployed, no money.

The son asked again: Why are you unemployed?

He replied: Coal is produced too much.

The capitalist system is so contradictory.

How to solve this contradiction?

That's what Wei Bao really cares about.

Nothing else is really a matter of concern.

For example, charity for the poor is nothing more than cutting the shaft of an arrow, treating external injuries, and protecting this contradictory system.

In addition, there is a serious waste of resources.

What should I do if the product can't be sold?

Stimulate consumption, stuff it into the consumer's stomach, and throw away the steamed bun after taking a bite.

In order to compete for profits, the capitalists compete with each other to exploit resources in an uncontrolled and unplanned manner, which is also a serious waste of resources.

Of course, Wei Bao was originally an ordinary person, and he had no administrative management experience in modern society, and he had brought dozens of people, which was a corporatized management model, and the administrative leaders of the local area were completely different concepts.

Therefore, President Wei is basically still in the stage of solving things and getting by.

Fortunately, I don't know how many years it will take to wait for the primitive accumulation of capital, and President Wei may not have to worry about developing to an advanced form of capitalism in his life.

To be able to maintain the steady development of the area under the rule of the Tiandihui, everyone loves the Tiandihui and supports him as the president, maybe this can be done, for President Wei personally, it is already very remarkable.

"President, now we mainly produce wood-framed battleships with ironclad shells, and we have not yet been able to produce ironclad ships with all-steel structures, and small all-steel-structure offshore steamships have been under development." An official from the Tiandihui Academy of Sciences introduced to President Wei.

This man was Chinese, and he was mainly responsible for assisting a group of missionary scientists brought in by Wei Bao.

Wei Bao brought a lot of foreign scientists from the capital last year, Jin Nige, Deng Yuhan, and Long Huamin are medical scientists, and Luo Yagu and Fu Fanji are all-round scientists.

These people have made great contributions to laying the scientific foundation of the Heaven and Earth Society.

However, Wei Bao was not very supportive of their missionary work, and only perfunctorily built a cathedral next to the Academy of Sciences.

There are also very few people who believe in Jesus in the area ruled by the Heaven and Earth Society, and there are still mainly Buddhism and Taoism.

Especially Buddhism, because President Wei's family believes in Buddhism, Buddhism occupies an absolute dominance.

Fortunately, the Heaven and Earth Society gave these foreign scientists a very high status and treatment, and managed to help them pick up their families from Europe, and brought some foreigners to live with them, so that they could adapt to the environment here.

The total number of these foreigners has exceeded 2,000, and there are quite a few of them, forming a new circle, so they can stay and do things in peace.

Wei Bao nodded, he could speak a few words of English, obviously unable to communicate directly with foreigners from Germany, France and Italy, all over Europe.

Fortunately, these missionaries have been in China for many years, and they can speak the Ming official dialect relatively fluently.

Wei Bao put forward his cruiser theory to Jinnige and the others, and listened to their opinions at the same time.

A cruiser is a large surface ship with strong firepower and multiple uses, mainly operating in the open ocean.

The cruiser is equipped with strong offensive and defensive weapons, has high speed and seaworthiness, and can conduct long-term ocean-going operations in harsh climatic conditions.

The main task of the cruiser is to escort aircraft carriers and battleships, or to form a maritime maneuver formation as the flagship of the formation, attacking enemy surface ships, submarines or shore targets.

Cruisers originated from the "fast sailing ships" of the sail era, and were responsible for patrolling, reconnaissance, vigilance, escort, and pursuit missions in the ocean-going fleet.

At that time, there was no such thing as a cruiser, but it was distinguished according to the number of guns.

The British Royal Navy stipulated that the standard for clippers was to be armed with 38 to 50 guns with a displacement of about 1,000 tons.

The first term "cruiser" appeared in the 17th century, when it was not so much a type of warship as it represented a type of warship, that is, the task of patrolling and escorting the open seas.

In the eighteenth century, the cruiser gradually became a light and fast light armament capable of long-distance cruises, with only the name of a single-deck battleship, which was mainly responsible for reconnaissance, escort and breaking diplomatic missions.

In the nineteenth century, steam power began to be used in battleships, and in the nineteen-forties began to appear experimental steam-powered cruisers, and in the mid-fifties, the British and American navies successively built cruisers with steam-powered, further larger hulls and large-caliber naval guns, and then armor protection.

Armored cruisers were collectively referred to as "protective cruisers", and the earliest armor protection was only to lay a layer of horizontal armor on vital parts such as the engine room, becoming "flat-armored cruisers".

Due to the many defects of the first layer of plane armor, it was improved to a layer of "dome" horizontal armor with a high middle and arcs on both sides, which is the "dome cruiser".

But there was still no broadside armor, and the displacement was still relatively small, and the caliber of the main gun was generally below 152 mm.

In addition, there were cruisers with armor on both sides of the ship, but no dome armor, such cruisers were called "armored cruisers" and tended to have a smaller displacement than dome cruisers.

The "Zhiyuan" with Deng Shichang as the pipe band of the Beiyang Navy Division was the dome cruiser, and the later "Jingyuan" was an armored cruiser with only broadside armor.

In the XVII century, the main body of the fleet consisted of battleships, which were much larger, more expensive, and much slower than frigates, and were not suitable for long-distance missions, such as those of the Americas.

And the battleship was too strategically important, and it seemed too risky to carry out a constant patrol mission.

Cruisers generally evaded such ships and did not participate in fleet naval battles between such ships.

The Dutch navy began to increase the number and configuration of cruisers in the 17th century, and the British navy, and later the French and Spanish navies, caught up with the bandwagon.

In order to protect commercial interests in Congress, Britain enacted the Cruiser and Escort Act – beginning to focus the Navy's attention on commercial protection and manhunt with cruisers rather than building more terrifying and expensive battleships.

In fact, the early cruisers built by the Weijiazhuang Port Shipyard are already ahead of the world, reaching the level of the world's advanced ships in the mid-18th century.