On August 13, Yunsheng No. 1 approached the capital of the Crossing Public, which had been officially named Dongfang Port, in the thin morning mist, and Li Yi, who was bored watching the seabirds in the sky on the No. 1 Battery, was the first to spot this ship that the Crossing Crowd was no longer familiar with.

The news spread at an alarming speed, and soon the Admiralty offices in the administrative building in the center of the city were empty, and they all poured into the docks to warmly welcome the return of the broken fleet.

Wang Qinian was relatively calm, and after Yunsheng No. 1 docked at the port, he grabbed the shoulder of Wang Tiehammer, who had landed, and asked in a low voice, "Where is Lao Xiao?" Why did you people come back? What about the others? ”

Wang Tiehammer laughed and said loudly: "Don't worry! It's okay, everyone is okay! Lao Xiao and the others are all nesting in the Falklands, and they don't dare to come back until the battle is over, for fear of colliding head-on with the Spanish fleet. Didn't I come back early to find out, good fellow, you're done fighting? Peaceful? ”

"Well, it's peace!" Wang Qinian breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slightly.

"Damn! Is it really over? Wang Tiezhu's voice raised again, "Has the army won the war?" You didn't sign any treaties that humiliated the country, did you? ”

"Holy!" Li Yi, who was following behind, almost fell, and he said with a somewhat sour expression: "Those guys in the army wiped out the Spanish army, forcing the Spaniards to negotiate peace with us, and now they are in the limelight in the city." Even Xu Yu's dwarf winter melon, wherever he goes, European Yanmar throws flattering eyes at him. Even the Ukrainian serfs under him were so stumbling that they couldn't do it one by one. ”

"it!" Wang Tiehammer punched Li Yi, "I remember that your kid didn't marry a Polish Yanma a while ago?" You are embarrassed to say that Nima, our brothers in the broken fleet have been floating at sea for half a year with their heads in a daze, sinking countless Spanish warships, and they still don't have a daughter-in-law. Forget it, let's not talk about this, let's find someone to move things first. Great stuff! Ha Lu Ha. ”

Li Yi glanced at Wang Tiehammer, who sold guanzi, turned around and walked to a row of red-brick bungalows with the sign of "Oriental Port Authority" not far away, and said hello to several officials of the port authority who were watching the excitement.

Wang Tiehammer commanded these workers, with the help of the sailors on the Yunsheng No. 1 ship, to lift out the heavy wooden boxes from the cargo hold. The wooden crates were made of pine wood, which dockers hoisted off the ship in a block of pulleys and stacked next to them. Li Yi took a crowbar, pried open the first wooden box, and after removing the thatch spread in the box, Li Yi was stunned.

"Holy! This is... Silver? Li Yi asked with some uncertainty.

Wang Tiehammer nodded reservedly: "A total of more than 45,000 pesos." ”

The sound of inhalation came and went. "What? Silver? More than 40,000 pesos of silver?! Let's get it, let it go! Tang Yuan, the first Minister of Finance of the Republic, didn't know where the road came from, and he twisted his fat body of more than 200 catties and rushed to the pine box full of silver with great enthusiasm, knocking down several onlookers along the way.

"What silver! God's goodness, the treasury of the republic can finally stop running horses, and have the first funds. Tang Yuan said excitedly.

"It's... What's going on? Didn't we still have four or five hundred thousand yuan in cash before? Why is it gone? Damn, shouldn't you pay reparations to the Spaniards?! Wang Tiehammer was suddenly excited, and he grabbed the collar of the rice balls and asked.

"Phew! The Spaniards gave us almost the same amount of compensation, and they wanted to take it out again before they went into Lao Tzu's pocket? Tang Yuan took Wang Tiehammer's hand, took two breaths, and explained: "During the period when you did not come back, we convened the last plenary congress and the first National People's Congress, and unanimously passed the resolution on the formal establishment of the Central People's Government of the East Coast Republic of China. The Central People's Government is composed of the Administrative Yuan, the Joint Staff Headquarters (Maritime and Land), the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Procuratorate, all of which are under the leadership of the Central Executive Committee, the executive body of the National People's Congress. Ahem, the Central Executive Committee, which is currently in the transitional period, is the original team of the previous Executive Committee. The new government officially began its operations on August 10, which is also our national day. The term of office of the first government was five years, beginning on 1 January 1634 and ending on 31 December 1638. At present, everyone is already a full citizen of the Eastern Republic of China. Of course, many positions are still vacant, and you can pay attention to the election schedule for various positions announced by us, and actively participate in the election. ”

"It's represented again." Wang Tiezhu sighed, and then asked, "You haven't talked about money yet." Where does the money go? ”

"Isn't that what I'm going to say?" Tang Yuan cleared his throat and continued: "The government of the republic has been established, but it is currently poor and white. We're busy these days, preparing to do a divestiture of the East Coast company's assets. That is, the weapons, warships, workshops, houses, farmland, water conservancy facilities, natural resources, and so on that we currently have, which belong to the East Coast Company, and which belong to the state. This matter must be clarified and clearly divided, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble in the future. ”

Wang Tiezhu seems to understand something, but there are still some things that he doesn't understand. He asked, "What kind of business is this East Coast company?" Or is it the same East Coast company that used to be? ”

"The East Coast Company was a joint-stock enterprise with the right to open enterprises in all trades, to trade in imports and exports, to conduct financial transactions, to explore and develop minerals, to train the colonial army, to establish tribunals, to declare war and to conclude peace treaties. All shareholders are current... Uh, two more dead in the last army operation... The 565 surviving traversers have a total share capital of 565 shares, 1 share each. The shares are non-transferable and non-tradable, and the shares of any one person cannot be cancelled without the consent of more than two-thirds of the shareholders. At present, the company's fixed assets include Dayuhe Arsenal, Dayuhe Naval Shipyard, Building Materials Factory (including two brick kilns, two lime kilns, two cement kilns, a lime mine and 300 acres of clay soil extraction points), fishery products processing plant, machine textile factory, livestock farm, and Dayuhe Transportation Company. "As for the Dongfang Port wharf, four forts, Highway No. 1, Dingyuan Salt Works, Mint, several schools, various warehouses and the rest of the farmland and water conservancy facilities, they will be handed over to the Central People's Government." In addition, the East Coast Company paid to the national treasury a total of 50,000 yuan in various taxes since 1630, but of course, this fund has not yet arrived. ”

Wang Tiehammer listened for a long time before he finally understood. This is going to be separated! After all, this country is not the private property of their 500 people, and now this new country has more than 7,000 people. However, this East Coast company is also too outrageously strong, and it has almost swept away all the more valuable assets that everyone currently has, making the central government poor and white, which is really a bit unusual.

"And what about the materials we have captured this time? Whose head is it all counted on? ”

"According to the agreement, these are to be handed over to the central treasury." Tang Yuan said, "At present, all the navy and army have been handed over to the central government, and in the future, all military expenditures, war reparations, and seizures will be borne by the central government itself." So, your 45,000 pesos of silver is going to the treasury. ”

"Okay. This time I kind of understood, this time we have gained a lot of money, there are still a lot of expensive furs, woolen blankets, gunpowder and so on on the Falklands. By the way, Tang Yuan, now the East Coast Company and the central government are two sets of teams and one set of people? Wang Tiehammer asked.

"Some departments are, some departments don't." Tang Yuan replied, "I have resigned from the post of Minister of Finance of the East Coast Company, and now I am concentrating on the post of the first Minister of Finance of the Republic, and I will have to rely on the support of your brothers in the future." The finance minister of the East Coast Company was taken over by Nie Xiaoqian, who is a lesbian, and everyone should also support her work, after all, this company is related to the common interests of more than 500 of us. ”

The crowd spoke for a while, and then dispersed. Tang Yuan called a squad of internal affairs police, and then, under their escort, pulled dozens of boxes of silver bars directly into the mint on the banks of the Big Fish River. He took a cursory look at the fineness of these silver bars, and felt that it was not bad, according to the current exchange rate between the Chinese dollar and the Spanish peso (1 peso = 8 riyals), these silver bars can mint more than 36,000 yuan, which is a big supplement for the empty finance.

Wang Tiehammer and the navy group continued to chat on the dock, waiting for the dock to unload, and at the same time took the opportunity to describe to Wang Qinian and others the specific actions of breaking the fleet after leaving the port last time. Since crossing the Strait of Magellan in May, the fleet has been wandering around the Chilean coast for nearly a month, capturing three Spanish towns, capturing a Spanish gunboat and indirectly supporting the Araucans independence movement. Wang Qinian and the others were stunned when they heard this, originally they just expected these people to harass and divert them, but they didn't expect them to do so many things.

"And the rest of your ships are still anchored in the Falklands?" Wang Qinian asked.

"Hmm." Wang Tiehammer nodded, "Actually, I hope that the Admiralty will officially consider whether to set up a port on the Falklands." The strategic location of the Falklands is very important, you can get supplies there when you enter and exit the Strait of Magellan, and in case of bad weather, you can also enter the port to shelter from the wind, which is very useful. At present, there are whaling ships and seals and sea lion boats from other countries that supply fresh water or take shelter from the wind. If we take it, it will do a lot of good. ”

"This matter can be considered." Wang Qinian pondered and said, "You know, at present, our manpower and material resources are very limited, and I am afraid that we don't have much energy to take care of such a far place." But you have the ability to say that a formal port is not good, but we can persuade the Executive Committee to keep a simple small port there. ”

"I thought so too." Wang Tiezhu said happily, "Okay, I'll tell Lao Xiao and them when I go back this time." I don't think I'll bring those animals back, just leave them there. Although the weather is not good, the grazing conditions are good, and after a long time, we may be able to get a whole herd of livestock out. ”

At noon, Yunsheng No. 1 finally unloaded all the goods. After some minor maintenance, set sail south again to the Malvinas Islands to pick up the remaining ships and return home.

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