Chapter 1482

Chapter 1482

Chapter 1482
It has been an important national policy of Haihan since its establishment.The Executive Committee has corresponding plans for what means to use, in what time period, which areas to control, and what goals to achieve.The businessman status of He Li and others limited their vision and sources of information, and it was naturally difficult to understand the long-term planning and strategic purpose of Haihan's invasion of Liaodong.

But it doesn't matter. Haihan arranged for them to come here not to recruit them to participate in the war with Houjin, but to inject funds and professionals into Liaodong, provide long-distance transportation capacity, and build a foundation for the development process here. better environment.As long as they can be sure that the environment here is safe enough and that the business projects prepared by the Haihan people can bring them huge benefits in the future, other things are not so important.As for the future ownership of this place, the nationality of the people, and those things can't bring them direct practical benefits, who would really care?

He Li and others may understand this truth, but they will definitely not go into it.Liu Shang knew more, but he didn't dare to leak "state secrets" casually.The high-ranking Haihan officials who truly mastered the secrets will not publicize it to the outside world.In order to achieve their respective goals in this land, everyone maintains a tacit understanding.

He Li and others stayed in Sujiabao for the next three days, the closest fortress to the Jinzhou City occupied by Houjin.But Gao Qiaonan did not arrange for them to go out to the vicinity of Jinzhou City, because Hou Jin seemed to have noticed this unusual arrangement of Haihan, and arranged for no less than a thousand cavalry troops in the north to be stationed outside the city all the time.The top doesn't want to risk the lives of these southern merchants, so they are no longer arranged to go to dangerous areas.

In this way, although the curiosity of the businessmen to seek stimulation is suppressed, it also allows them to have more time to calm down and observe the daily operation of the Haihan Army.

Because this area is too close to the enemy camp, the garrisoned troops also have to maintain a fighting state for a long time.In order to prevent the enemy from being caught by the enemy, the small units patrolling in the outer area of ​​the fortress also change the defense time almost every day, and in order to ensure that the soldiers and horses are always in a good state of mind and body, they go out to patrol. The time generally does not last more than half a day.Therefore, Sujiabao has troops coming in and out almost at any time. When a troop is gathering on the same site, another troop that has just returned may be disbanding next to it.

Maintaining this high frequency of defense changes will certainly allow the soldiers to get more rest time, but it will put more pressure on the Haihan command system.The front-line command must formulate a more complicated operational plan for this, to ensure that while the troops are frequently switched, they can still maintain a sufficient density of armed forces within a few miles outside the fortress to prevent sneak attacks that the enemy may launch at any time. .

Of course, the Haihan Army has never been an army that can only passively defend. The arrangement of these patrols is only a routine operation. If you really want to hit the enemy, you have to take the initiative to attack.Although Haihan deployed far fewer troops on the front line than his opponents, the obvious advantage of individual combat effectiveness gave Haihan full confidence to perform some special tactics.

Haihan captured a large number of warhorses during the battle in the Liaodong area. In addition to the harvest in Shandong last year, it is enough to form two cavalry battalions in the north.And now it is not the number of warhorses that is bothering the top military, but the lack of enough qualified cavalry.

It is not difficult to only learn to ride a horse, but in order to reach the combat level of the cavalry battalion under Harrugon, at least two or three years of intensive training and accumulation of actual combat experience are required. This is the real gold of the Ministry of Defense. An elite piled up in silver can't be faked in the slightest.

Since the model of the cavalry battalion cannot be quickly copied, the military can only settle for the second best, with the main purpose of making up for the insufficient power of the infantry.Fortunately, there are enough warhorses now, so now the front-line troops are equipped with a considerable number of warhorses, and the mobility has indeed been greatly improved.In this way, infantry units such as special operations battalions can also traverse the distance between the positions of the two armies in a very short period of time, and reach areas where the original infantry units may not risk attacking to perform combat missions.

As a result, the defensive pressure faced by the opponent's Hou Jinjun has also greatly increased.The mobility advantage they originally had was not so useful under Haihan's new tactics.Haihan cavalry originally only had a few hundred cavalry, but now this number has doubled several times. There was no need to worry about the area that was attacked by a large group of troops from the opponent, but now they have to be more careful.

Such tactical changes have made Houjin's advantage even weaker, and now there seems to be nothing else that can be called an absolute advantage, except that the troops are still dominant.But against Haihan's opponent, the most useless advantage is probably the military strength.

However, it is difficult for the southern businessmen staying in Sujiabao to directly feel this kind of strategic level. What they can see intuitively is the state of each attacking troop when it returns.Watching whether it brought back the enemy's heads, flags, or even prisoners, etc., will know what the harvest of this army is.Occasionally, there will be troops that bring back their dead and wounded when they return, and this is usually a setback in action.

Just when He Li and others thought that this expedition might end in such a peaceful rhythm, things took a new turn.On the afternoon of the fourth day after the southern business group arrived at the front line of the isthmus, another new visiting team came to Sujiabao.

He Li and others were packing their bags. They stayed for a few days. Seeing that the Haihan military seemed to have no plans to visit the combat mission, they prepared to take the initiative to leave and go back to the south to deal with trade matters.After all, if you want to invest in Liaodong, there is still a lot of preparation work to be negotiated with Sha Xi and his officials.However, the new arrival of this team seems to affect their next itinerary.

"Southern Fujian accent? Could it be someone from Lingnan?" He Li's first reaction upon hearing the news was that he was from the Fuguang area.Although this place is far away from Fuguang and Guangxi provinces, Haihan has more trading partners in those two provinces, and it seems reasonable to come to Liaodong for inspection.

But for this inspection team from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is a very direct competition relationship when the counterparts from Fuguang area come here.If you don't deal with it carefully, you may be seized by others, and your investment plan in Liaodong may not be so smooth.

"If it's really someone from Fuguang, I think it's better to stay for two more days and see the situation." Someone also immediately expressed their concern about the presence of their counterparts from other provinces.

"Why don't we go to meet people for a while to see what the other party is doing. If it's just an ordinary merchant, then we don't need to be too nervous." He Li put forward a relatively safe suggestion, which was unanimously approved by everyone.So the merchants all put down what they were doing and went to see where the new team was.

In order to avoid being too abrupt, He Li first found Liu Shang, the official in charge of the central liaison, and explained his intentions to him.Liu Shang has been dealing with these businessmen for a long time, how can he not guess what they are thinking, and asked with a smile: "Boss He is worried that friends from Fuguang will rob you of your business?"

He Li responded quickly, "There's no such thing as this. He Mou just heard that a colleague was coming, and wanted to get acquainted. Master Liu, don't make fun of the villain."

Liu Shang nodded and said, "Since you have the heart to make friends, of course I will help you. But let's talk about it first, after everyone has exchanged their identities, don't say anything unpleasant. We invite you to come to Liaodong because we hope you all come together. If you make a fortune, don’t get jealous before the business starts.”

He Li and others did not dare to say anything, which is not a polite word. They also know that many big businessmen in Fuguang and Guangxi have made their homes with Haihan's thighs. They are deeply entangled with Haihan's interests. To some extent It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the spokesperson of Haihan's support, and the relationship is far from comparable to those of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang businessmen who have only squeezed into this circle in the past two years.If he chooses the wrong opponent, then he really doesn't know which side Haihan will help.

Liu Shang said again: "You guys should go back to the tent to rest for a while. I have to ask the chief for instructions on this matter. If it is successful, I will inform you."

After everyone thanked them, they said goodbye.After returning to the camp and resting for about a cup of tea, Liu Shang came and said that he wanted to take them to meet the new visitors.Everyone hurriedly sorted out their clothes, and then went with Liu Shang.

The new team was much more numerous than the Jiangsu and Zhejiang businessmen, with a total of more than 20 people, and the official in charge of receiving this team was Qin Wei, the military propaganda officer who was transferred from Shandong to Liaodong with Liu Shang.After Liu Shang explained his purpose to Tan Wei Dao, Tan Wei came forward to call the Fuguang merchants to gather, and then met with the team led by Liu Shang.

However, there is no special meeting place in Sujiabao, and everyone can only complete this meeting in the open air.As the official representatives, Liu Shang and Qin Wei obliged to play the role of the host.

First of all, it is natural to introduce the identities of the two sides one by one. The businessmen are very supportive. When introducing the other team, they all say "Long Yang", and their hands are repeatedly bowed, as if they have really heard the name of the other party.In fact, with the level of information dissemination in this era, not to mention other provinces, even if only outside the state capital where he lives, the number of celebrities that can be counted is very limited.Although there are many big businessmen in Fuguang, for the equally prosperous Jiangsu and Zhejiang businessmen, only a few are really famous.

Qin Wei introduced the identities of the Fuguang businessmen one by one, but he had heard of several names, but none of them were big bosses. They were often just their deputy, cronies, or nephews, and they were not big people.This also made the Jiangsu and Zhejiang businessmen feel a little more at ease. At least in the field of status and status, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang teams did not lose to each other on the scene.

However, one of them is obviously bigger than the others. Even people like He Li who have never been out of Zhejiang before have heard of this name.When he went to Zhoushan Island to work on errands, he had seen many times at the dock a merchant ship with a huge and eye-catching shield logo painted on its sails, and these merchant ships were all from the same commercial firm - Golden Shield Escort.The boss who runs this business is Li Nai, a man who doesn't look too old who is standing in front of everyone at this time.

Golden Shield Escort is probably the only armed escort shop on the southeast coast that can be recognized by both Daming and Haihan. Although its nominal boss is Li Nai, a Guangdong businessman, a considerable number of the staff actually work for this escort shop. They are all veterans from Haihan, as well as special agencies such as the Ministry of Security.The main business of Golden Shield Escort is to provide security for Haihan's expanding inland trade routes, and at the same time, it will also handle some inconvenient matters for Haihan officials. for too.

To put it simply, the Golden Shield Escort is actually a white glove serving Haihan, and relevant departments support it either explicitly or secretly. Therefore, its personnel and equipment configuration are far beyond the standard of the dart store, and they will be transformed when necessary. , is a militia that is not weak in combat.For the sake of interests, the Fuguang local government acquiesced in the existence of such paramilitary organizations.As long as the goods are escorted by the golden shield, let alone the government officials dare not conduct random inspections, and even bandits and pirates who rob their houses do not dare to do it. As long as they see the golden shield flag, they will hide away.The green forest heroes who did not know what to do with them in the early days, now the grass on the tomb is three feet high.

It is precisely because of this privilege that Golden Shield Escort will also accept some private escort tasks, but the price is quite high, but such a safe, reliable and guaranteed service will still make some rich people willing to pay for it.Even the Haihan military occasionally entrusts some tasks such as escorting ordnance to the Golden Shield escort to complete.

Bosses like Li Nai almost don't need to expand their business by themselves, and naturally there are businesses lining up to come to the door.And this time to visit Liaodong this time, in fact, it is more of Li Nai's own intention. He didn't really intend to open a semicolon in Liaodong. He was just bored and wanted to wander around to relax.He and Qian Tiandun, Morgan, Harugong, Wang Tom, Chen Yixin and others who were sitting in Liaodong at this time were all old acquaintances, and he didn't have to worry about no one taking care of him when he got here, so he slipped out of Guangdong after taking a chance and adjusted A golden shield escorted sailboat joined the northbound fleet of Fuguang merchants.

(End of this chapter)