"Just throw it to Dhaka. How can we continue to expand production? Haha!" Ma Yue said with a smile.
"Swindler, actually, the navy also needs some honest soldiers like this. For example, rowers, sailors, and helmsmen. As long as the ratio is controlled at 30% to 40%, there won't be a big problem." Lu Yin said that a sailboat also requires a lot of time to row.
"Do you dare to ram me?" Naval battles of this era were primarily ramming, a test of who had the strongest ships and who had the most ships. They were all wooden sailing ships, and their strength was about the same.
"Didn't I say it? The ratio is only 30% to 40%. Whether there will be a collision or not is not up to them. They just need to mechanically follow orders." Lu Yin said.
"Okay, you can discuss this with Yizi, Flint, and the others later. Don't start with too large a proportion. Let's get 20% of each squadron in first and see how it goes."
The navy is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more able-bodied men are needed. It would be great if these prisoners could greatly supplement the navy, so as to avoid the need to transfer regular soldiers from Haifan City to supplement them.
"From this batch of prisoners, I'll keep three hundred of them for your navy."
There are still three or four hundred left.
"You charlatan, I heard that the shipbuilding industry in the Baiwu branch needs a lot of labor." Lu Yin continued.
"Yes, let's get another three or four hundred strong men to replace the original shipbuilding men, haha!" Ma Yue said with a smile. This Lu Yin is not bad, he is a smart man.
"That's good. The copper-making brigade in Dhaka has only been expanded recently and needs a certain period of adaptation. It is not advisable to recruit more people." Lei Qing said. This is the overall view. A tribal leader should consider the overall situation.
After the three of them discussed it, they solved the problem of the large number of captured young men.
The winter southward ocean current also arrived. Ma Yue said goodbye to Lei Qing and it was time to go back.
Haifan City is still very peaceful, and the confrontation and fighting in the core area has nothing to do with Haifan City.
"Charlatan, Shuichong doesn't like the five hundred strong men coming from over there." said the third priest.
"I know, lack of bloodiness, haha!" Shuichong has been leading soldiers for many years. After a period of contact, he can roughly see that such bloodless soldiers will basically be the first to collapse once the battle situation becomes a little stalemate.
How can you have willpower without blood? Sometimes, the battle on the battlefield is about who can hold on until the last second.
The open space suitable for salt boiling on the seashore of Haifan City has been developed to its limit. Most of the work can be done by the elderly and the weak, so there is no need to waste too many able-bodied men.
"Distribute some to the northern and southern branches. They need a lot of labor there, so they'll be useful. Explain the specific situation to Wu Qi and Bai Ying. No one is completely useless. It's up to them to decide how to arrange it."
"That's good. The branch office needs more manpower." The third priest nodded. "The North Branch office needs to dig coal, so give them more."
"Well, coal mining requires more coal. It's really a waste for soldiers to dig coal, haha!"
"The northern branch has four hundred members, and the southern branch has one hundred members." said the third priest.
"Okay! You can arrange it."
The caravan from Sun City also arrived in force, wasn't it for the salt? The basic number of 500 wildebeests was the Sea Tribe's requirement. Without this basic wildebeest trade, the Sea Tribe wouldn't be willing to do it, right?
Sun City has its own salt mountain, so the demand for salt is not the only thing.
It doesn't matter, as long as there's a need, there will be trade. Salt, pickled radish, onions, garlic, chili peppers, anything good from the Sea Tribe, the Sun Tribe wants to trade.
"This bronze artifact is really a good thing." Yang Hu, the third leader of the Sun Tribe, looked at the bronze battle axe in the hands of a general of the defending army with envy.
"We spent a lot of money to get this kind of bronze ware, and the quantity is not large." Such a large transaction would of course be handled by the three high-ranking priests.
"Can we trade?" Yang Hu asked tentatively.
“You can’t trade too much.”
"Then let's bring more wildebeest next time."
"Okay!" The third priest looked reluctant. He knew that you had a lot of wildebeests and you didn't want to take advantage of them?
Yang Hu wanted to trade copper axes, copper knives, copper spear tips, and even copper plowshares.
So, what was the transaction ratio? Back then, there was no currency; everything was barter. Thus, a war of words ensued between Shang Yin (the former chieftain of the Qiuhai tribe, given a new name by Ma Yue) and Yang Hu, spit flying everywhere, leaving the three priests trembling with fear.
The charlatan was right, Shang Yin is really awesome.
After Shang Yin and Yang Hu fought for three hundred rounds, the basic transaction ratio was determined.
The distance was too far, and since it was so difficult to come here, Yang Hu simply left behind the 500 wildebeests from his caravan, and the remaining wildebeests would be enough to pull the snow sled.
Carrying the newly harvested bronze artifacts, Yang Hu excitedly left with his large group of people.
"Shang Yin, well done. From now on, you will be the Minister of Commerce of our Haifan City."
Shang Yin was severely disabled, with a broken left arm and a lame left leg, yet Hai Rui surprisingly looked down on him. Ma Yue appointed him to a new position, and suddenly, his life was filled with new motivation. His faith in Ma Yue instantly rose from a low level to a high level.
Everyone needs to have a sense of self-worth in order to survive. This is especially true for someone like Shang Yin, who was once the chief of a large tribe and suddenly became disabled. The difference is too great. Ma Yue understands Shang Yin's feelings best.
Suddenly I found a new value in life...I understand!
The Minister of Commerce immediately became half of the senior leadership of Haifan City. Didn't Hai Rui also start out as the captain of the trade team and gradually become the second-in-command of the navy?
The status of the commercial leader of the Sea Tribe is very special. The captain of an ordinary soldier is not a senior leader, but the minister of the commercial team is indeed half a senior leader. Fire Stone also developed from a half-senior leader, and now he is the fourth commander of the navy, a full-fledged senior leader.
It can be seen that the Hai tribe attaches great importance to trade.
"Shang Yin, you know that most of the leaders of our Hai Tribe hold multiple positions. It's not enough for you to just be the Minister of Commerce. Learn more about writing and arithmetic from the Third Priest. In the future, you may become the Minister of Finance of our Haifan City, or the Chief of the Household Registration Section, or something like that..."
Different people have different uses. Even the calculative Shang Yin is capable of assisting the three priests in managing the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
"Don't worry, charlatan, I will definitely learn writing and arithmetic well." I'm not afraid of having too many positions, I'm just afraid of being useless. The more useful you are, the greater your own value will be. Shang Yin is naturally happy about this.
"Third Priest, you should also pay more attention to cultivating talents for the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Sea Tribe will grow larger and larger in the future, and the need for more and more management talents will also increase..."
"Well, management must be as detailed as possible." The third priest was a smart man and understood the concept of "detailing".
Even something like checking household registration has to be done by the three priests themselves. Wouldn't that be exhausting?
Being able to write and do arithmetic is the minimum requirement. For primitive people with small brain capacity, it is difficult, but it is difficult. After all, there must be people who are willing and able to learn.
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