New Shun 1730

What is free education and what is rural education?

And why it is said that free education is not good and rural education is more appropriate. The conceptual issues involved are also relatively complex.

Even to most people in the room at this point, the difference was incomprehensible.

But after Meng Songlu finished speaking, there was a person who was recruited back from Nanyang - this person was mainly to take over the original public welfare organization left by the Dutch after Dashun went to Nanyang, solve the compulsory donation, and what was originally a donation eventually turned into a city On the issue of compulsory poverty tax for the Chinese middle class - he could easily understand the difference.

It was a good charity.

As a result, money must be "donated" as a tax for marriages, funerals, burials, and cemeteries.

The result is more people in need of charity assistance.

So this man who had returned from Nanyang interrupted and said with a smile: "Duke Xingguo has spoken about you before, but I rarely hear such praise from Duke Xingguo."

Meng Songlu was greatly surprised, thinking that Duke Xingguo could actually speak well of us? This is strange.

He quickly asked: "I wonder what you said?"

The man laughed and said: "Xingguo Gong said that adding ice cubes to sorghum wine will harm the liver; adding ice cubes to rice wine will harm the liver; adding ice cubes to white wine will harm the liver; adding ice cubes to sugar cane wine will harm the liver..."

"Then many people pondered for a long time and came to a conclusion. Ice cubes hurt the liver."

"You are one of the few people who have doubts: Is there a possibility that it is not the ice that hurts the liver? It is the same thing in sorghum wine, rice wine, white wine, and sugar cane wine that hurts the liver, not the ice... "

"Xingguo Gong also praised and said that you are one of the few who think so and can understand the essence of some things. But the solutions proposed are too bullshit..."

What this man who came back from Nanyang said immediately aroused the resonance and laughter of many people.

I don’t know if it’s self-thinking caused by a methodological worldview, or some subtle indoctrination.

Including Meng Tiezhu and others, they all agreed with this evaluation, so they mocked: "Just like when we argued about land equalization in Haizhou. You said I didn't understand Confucianism, and I said you didn't understand landlords. Land equalization supports Okay, but the solution you are thinking of is too ridiculous..."

While everyone laughed, Meng Songlu's face turned slightly red.

I thought about what I just said and thought, is this a rare compliment?

If this is approval, what does the irony of disapproval look like?

After laughing, Meng Songlu introduced himself, got acquainted with the people here, and listened to the company's introduction to the funding situation.

It is true that although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.

The company funded them a merchant ship, a semi-armed merchant ship. The company's ships need to be registered so that they can be mobilized when necessary. Moreover, the armament on the ship must also be based on the registration information and how many cannons are allowed to be equipped.

The ship funded by the company is not that big, about 600 tons.

The cost of building this kind of merchant ship was very fixed. Throughout the 18th century, the price basically remained at 20 to 30 pounds per ton, which fluctuated depending on the purpose of the ship, the number of guns equipped, and the tonnage.

Dashun is cheaper here, but after decoration, configuration, and modification, it will cost nearly 80 taels per ton.

The cost of financing this merchant ship alone is about 50,000 taels of silver.

Because it is a franchised company, the captains of the company are all reserve navy officers with military ranks but no official positions in the court. After registration, they can receive a little money every month.

Although everyone was joking, saying that Meng Songlu was an official and they were officials.

But before the ship arrives in port, the captain is the biggest.

The captain's military rank is captain, which is basically the standard for captains of 600-ton ships.

Below the captain is a registered reserve lieutenant.

Above sailors, they are basically regarded as "scholars" in the small feudal hierarchical society of "ship".

Including ship's doctor and deputy ship's doctor.

Astronomy navigator, deputy navigator, trainee. Astronomy pilots need to be good at mathematics, be able to look up tables, and also be able to calculate lunar angular distance, trigonometric functions, and mean solar time.

Foreman, carpenter and tinker.

Quartermaster.

Boatswain.

Professional tailors - sewing clothes for sailors is not done by tailors. Tailors sew canvas, and a first-class sailor is one level lower than a tailor.

Professional gunner.

Cargo Keeper.

Breeder.

chef.

Further down, there are first class sailors, second class sailors, and trainee sailors.

First-class sailors and second-class sailors must be registered in Songjiang Prefecture, and the court has the right to recruit any registered sailors during wartime. Like a craftsman household, but not hereditary.

The only special thing about this ship is that this event is semi-official.

Therefore, the captain and the astronomical navigator have semi-official status. After they send people there, they will continue the mapping work.

Therefore, Meng Songlu basically has no control over them. And he doesn't understand.

The company has to fulfill certain obligations for this kind of semi-official activity, and of course it is nominally funding.

Although a small merchant ship like this costs 50,000 taels of silver, the company doesn't think it's too expensive.

Just transport some blankets, mirrors and other things, and exchange them for sea dragon skins and fur seal skins, and the ship will basically make back its money.

This 600-ton ship is considered a small ship in Whale Sea Company, and the company basically has no smaller ships.

As for the reason, it was because the company initially competed with the Rakshasa people.

Before the Rakshasa people were driven away at the beginning, the company discovered that the maximum ship the Rakshasa people could build in Kamchatgana was only 500 tons.

On the sea, the bigger the ship, the greater the advantage.

It's not that the Luosha people's shipbuilding technology is not good, but mainly there is nothing in Kamchatka.

So the cable used for shipbuilding has to be cut into sections of 30 to 50 meters long, and then connected together after arriving in Kamchatka.

As for why?

Because the cable used for a 500-ton ship is 20 meters, which is exactly the limit of what a horse can carry from St. Petersburg to Kamchatka, it's that simple.

Including anchors, cannons and other things, they were all dismantled and transported.

Kamchatka does not have a complete shipbuilding industry, and all needs must be transported from St. Petersburg by horse.

On the Dashun side, the ship is built in Tianjin or Weihai and sets sail directly to the north.

When the competition was fierce a few years ago, they robbed each other. The inertial thinking of Jinghai Company was that the smaller the ship, the worse it would be. The ship ordered by the company was at least 600 tons.

Of course, Meng Songlu did not pay attention to the cruel competition reflected behind these boring numbers.

But he soon faced a very vulgar problem, or the "benefit distribution" problem that was not vulgar at all.

In short, after experiencing the immigrant uprising in the fur trade in North America, the Whale Sea Company gave up the idea of ​​issuing vouchers internally and using its monopoly to sell spirits and grain for profit.

It also opened up the welfare of sailors.

That is, for example, a 600-ton merchant ship, 80% of its tonnage belongs to the company.

The rest, according to the captain and then the sailor's level, is allocated tonnage, and it is allowed to carry private goods and sell them by themselves as welfare.

This was impossible before when it relied on monopoly to sell food, wine, and tobacco to company employees at extremely high prices.

But after the uprising, it didn't matter. The company's bulk cargo mainly guarantees necessities such as food, wine, and tobacco.

As for the tonnage of crew welfare, a variety of things can be sold, which can be regarded as a kind of "specialization in stable prices for necessities of life and free trade in life condiments" under the abnormal situation of the company.

This time, the Whale Sea Company funded this group of people, which can be regarded as a company tradition, or in order to please Liu Yu and give face, and directly approved them a tonnage of 50 tons.

It should be said that it is quite generous.

This is to go to the Pacific Ocean.

If it goes to the Atlantic Ocean, the 50 tons of welfare tonnage alone can be worth at least 1,800 taels of silver after reselling.

This kind of welfare needs to be understood in this way.

On the ship, everything is decided on the ship.

Therefore, using the goods on the ship to exchange for food and drink in the primitive areas passing by is public funds, not private welfare.

But this kind of public fund exchange can only guarantee survival.

For example, the sailor thinks, hey, this coconut is good, but unfortunately the captain only has one, what else do you want?

Then use your private goods welfare and use your private goods to exchange for more coconuts.

Of course, it’s not just coconuts, but actually buy things like mirrors and cotton cloth. If you want to have something with the women on the island, this public fund will definitely not be reimbursed, and you have to rely on yourself.

Therefore, the tonnage given by the company as welfare and funding this time can also be regarded as "means of production" under certain special circumstances.

The first problem Meng Songlu faces is how to distribute this tonnage of "means of production"?

There are four methods that Dashun can access at this time.

Well-field system.

One tenth of the tonnage is used as public space, and the rest is private.

Feudal hierarchy.

Like the standard distribution method on the ship, the captain takes the big head, the first mate and the doctor take the middle head, the first-class sailor takes the small head, and the trainee sailor takes the small head.

Riot sailor republic.

The tonnage is owned by the whole, and the gold and silver exchanged will be distributed equally after returning home. In order to prevent everyone from fighting because of uneven distribution or internal competition before the end of the voyage.

The system of combining politics and religion.

The tonnage is allocated by Meng Songlu, the only "priest" on the ship. Meng Songlu controls the special means of production of tonnage to achieve the purpose of controlling the thirty or forty people under his command. But the problem with this is that Meng Songlu is not qualified to communicate directly with the Emperor of Heaven. In theory, the only one who is qualified to communicate with the Emperor of Heaven is the Son of Heaven after the earth and heaven are connected.

This seems to be just a simple tonnage allocation, but it actually involves the issue of wealth distribution in the future after the development of Honolulu.

This matter needs to be made clear.

For example, in the future, when the princes of Honolulu are granted land, they must first be made clear: is it for me? Or for us?

For example, the princes of Honolulu... if they have gold, then is the gold given to individuals mine or ours?

If this matter is not made clear and a rule accepted by everyone is not reached, I am afraid that there will be a lot of fun when we get there.

In a big way, if you support Chief A, I will support Chief B, and he will support Chief C. Any knowledge learned by you is considered a "time traveler" compared to the situation on the island. You have not done anything, but you have started it first.

In a small way, if the chief gets sick, this is an opportunity to use medical skills to get promoted, but the one who knows the most about medical skills will be given thousands of hectares of land. How can this be calculated? Those who know medicine but don't know how to plant, should we hire those who know how to plant, or should we cooperate with each other?

Meng Songlu learned the art of herding.

But the art of herding is useless to these people.

To put it bluntly, what kind of people are these people? They are all a group of wolves.

A group of wolves who came out of the first batch of practical schools and have emerged in their respective fields in recent years.

A group of wolves who were marginalized under the imperial examination system in Dashun, who wanted to be huskies but could not, and could only go to the frontiers and overseas.

The herding technique really cannot herd these wolves.