Chapter 1484
The future of Liaodong
Chapter 1484 The future of Liaodong
Qian Tiandun invited Li Nai in, of course, not just for small talk. Although it is inconvenient for the military to take the initiative to intervene in local affairs, the environment in Liaodong is relatively special, and all aspects of work must rely on the help and cooperation of the military. push forward.Including investment promotion, the military has been following up, and even Shaxi did not deliberately exclude the military.Since Li Nai took the initiative to come to the headquarters, Qian Tiandun naturally wanted to take this opportunity to inquire about the attitude of the businessmen from Fuguang, who were with him, on investing in Liaodong and participating in the development for Shaxi.As for Li Nai's own attitude, there is no need to waste saliva and ask.
"As long as we solve the problem of manpower, money is not a problem." Li Nai had seen the current situation of Haihan in the Liaodong control area before he came to the front line. He also saw the problems and shortcomings faced by Haihan. Very clear, pointed out the key points.
For these Fuguang businessmen, the only problem with Haihan's Liaodong development plan is human resources.In such a large area, including the garrisoned troops, there are only more than ten thousand people, and a considerable part of the labor force is put on the front line to build fortifications, which is not good news for businessmen who want to invest locally.As Li Nai summed up, money can be invested, but Haihan has to provide corresponding manpower support. Otherwise, these funds might as well be invested in the colonies of the South China Sea. With enough benefits, some people are willing to go overseas to open up wasteland without worrying too much about manpower.
"We already have a preliminary solution to this issue. Before you came in, we were discussing this matter." Qian Tiandun responded, "There is still a large Han population in the enemy-occupied areas of Liaodong, which is very important to us. It is the potential human resources, trying to rescue these Han people to the south, which can not only fight the enemy, but also enrich the local population, what do you think?"
Li Nai said: "I don't know about the war, but as long as you can get the population as soon as possible, I think it's a good solution. We businessmen can only look at the results. In Haihan dialect, it is only consequentialism. Say so?"
Li Nai has been hanging out with the high-level people of Haihan all the year round, and his thinking has long been Chinese, and he has learned a lot of things along with it.In addition, he also consciously or unintentionally imitated the traveler in terms of clothing and living habits, and when he was in the south, people often mistake him for a high-ranking Haihan official.
Chen Yixin responded beside him: "I haven't seen you for a while, and I learned a lot of new things!"
Li Nai was praised, and couldn't help but respond proudly: "The last time I went to Sanya, the chief there also said that I am more and more like an authentic Haihan now."
Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and they would not break the mystery in these words.Only they themselves know what the authentic Haihan people are. Even a Ming person like Li Nai who is very close to the Haihan people will not reveal the true origins of the Haihan people to him.Even if Li Nai can fully imitate the daily imitation of transmigrators in life, he has never stayed in that future time and space, so this kind of imitation is at best a mere appearance, and it can only make you smile.
But no one really regards Li Nai as someone who has no opinion. The reason why the Haihan people value Li Nai so much is that in addition to his family background, he is very open to new things. High, and it is purely dominated by the desire for knowledge, not the way of considering the interests of ordinary businessmen.A Ming person like him who is willing to learn all kinds of knowledge taught by the Haihan people and accepts the Haihan social system, even if he does not have his own background, Haihan will definitely try to train him and make him work for Haihan.
Of course, Li Nai's background is not an ordinary person, which makes it unlikely that Haihan has complete control over him, but if you need to show some attitude to the southern business community, it will be much easier to do it through Li Nai's line.After all, his identity is the owner of the three young masters of Furuifeng, and he himself runs the Golden Shield Escort and many agricultural projects jointly operated with Haihan. The outside world will interpret his attitude and the official meaning of Haihan together. Can play a multiplier effect.
Li Nai doesn't express his opinion on Haihan's strategy in Liaodong. Apart from his lack of understanding of the military and the situation in Liaodong, this is actually a very smart statement, that is, no matter what Haihan does, as long as the conditions are right, then my side It will definitely not fall off the chain, and it is not difficult to pull a group of businessmen from the Fuguang area to invest in Liaodong.
Qian Tiandun also understood Li Nai's overtones at the moment, nodded and reassured: "We will solve the manpower problem as soon as possible, and you will also find a way to play side drums for them again. The things that should be decided, try to do as much as possible before leaving this trip. It's all confirmed, otherwise, it would be a waste of time if it takes a few round trips to make a decision."
Li Nai replied: "I understand, I should try my best to do it well. But to be honest, I also have some things I want to ask the heads of you."
Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "Just ask, we won't hide what we can say from you."
Qian Tiandun has only said half of what he said, and what he can say is not concealed. It means that if you can't say it, don't ask, and ask for nothing.Li Nai thought for a while and then asked: "I never really understood the matter of attacking Liaodong across the sea. I also asked Chief Tao and Chief Yan when I was in Sanya, but I really didn't hear what they said. Understand, what is sea power, what is the international situation in Northeast Asia... Can you give me an easy-to-understand explanation?"
Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom were the two people with the highest authority present. They exchanged glances. Since Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie didn't plan to hide from Li Nai, they didn't need to be too secretive.Moreover, this kind of planning at the strategic level is not like specific tactics. If it is leaked, it may be countered by the enemy. Even if Li Nai spreads these things, others must be able to understand them.If the parties did not travel thousands of miles along the coast of Daming, even if they knew Haihan's plan, it would be difficult to imagine the specific implementation situation.
"Tell me." Tom Wang took the initiative to kick the ball to Qian Tiandun.
Qian Tiandun smiled bitterly and said to Li Nai, "Then what do you want to know?"
Li Nai replied: "Why do you want to start troops in Liaodong? Although this can relieve the pressure on Daming, I think that should not be the main purpose of Haihan doing this. As for making money and grabbing land, these reasons are even more untenable. Now, this is too low a return for you, so you might as well start in the south."
Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "You're right, if it's just for petty profits, we don't need to fight in Liaodong. As for the life and death of Daming, we don't want to worry too much. We hold Houjin in Liaodong. , is nothing more than to let Daming live for a few more years. Daming's problem is not external, but in the court, he is terminally ill and has no salvation. The purpose of our doing this is very simple, that is, the result is not good for Haihan. Beneficial. When our expected gains outweigh the possible expenses, then it is worth doing.”
Li Nai asked: "Then dare to ask what the expected harvest is?"
Qian Tiandun did not answer his question directly, but called people in and asked them to hang a map they designated.Li Nai has spent a lot of time in the Southeast Seas over the years, and he has long learned to read the Haihan map. When he looked at the outline of the land on the map, he said that this is the Daming Sea Frontier.
"That's right, what you see is the map of the Daming Sea, which starts from Guangdong and Guangxi in the south and reaches Liaodong in the north. But can you see what's so special about this map?" Qian Tiandun asked rhetorically.
Li Nai didn't rush to answer this question, but stood up and walked over to the map to read it carefully, and then replied: "This is marked with red marks. port."
On this map, there has been a red sign since Lianzhou Prefecture in Guangxi, and all the way along the coastline to the northeast, it has reached a very dense level near the Pearl River Estuary. There are not only Hong Kong Island and Dawanshan Island here. Hong Kong, as well as Haizhu Town, which is occupied by Haihan in the south of Guangzhou City, is only separated from Guangzhou City by a Pearl River.
Further east to the Fujian Strait, Taiwan Island and Penghu Island on the eastern side of the Strait are both maritime and Han territories.These two places were successfully captured after Haihan used force to expel Shibazhi and the Spaniards, and now they have become important trading centers for Haihan near the Fujian Strait.
After crossing the Fujian Strait, it enters the territory of Zhejiang, and the Shipu Port and Zhoushan Islands here are basically controlled by Haihan, and the two-color flag of Haihan has even been publicly raised on Zhoushan Island long ago.The Zhejiang government also learned from the experience of the Fuguan government.As long as Haihan does not raise troops to attack the cities on the mainland, the government will not take the initiative to expel them. This is far better than letting Japanese pirates occupy these islands before.
In the north of Zhejiang, there was originally only a stronghold in Zhifu Port, Dengzhou, Shandong, but now there is an enclave in Liaodong, which makes Haihan’s control area in the north echo the north and south across the sea, and has a little momentum.
If we look at the overall situation and connect these control areas of Haihan with air routes, it is not difficult to find that the entire coastline of Daming has actually been covered by various ports, strongholds and colonies of Haihan.To put it more seriously, the entire Daming Sea Territory is already under the supervision of Haihan.If Haihan were to attack somewhere along the coast and send troops from the nearest stronghold, the voyage would never exceed three days.It can be said that it is quite terrifying to have such a power projection ability in this era.
It's just that Li Nai doesn't have such a keen military sense, but he can at least understand the situation shown by this map, so he asked Qian Tiandun: "So Liaodong is the northernmost station to fully control the Daming Sea Frontier?"
Qian Tiandun nodded without hesitation and said, "Your understanding is correct. Controlling Liaodong is equivalent to putting a lock on the Bohai Sea. Whether it is Daming or Houjin, we will not be able to ignore our existence in the Bohai Rim in the future. Although We don't plan to fight against Daming, but I still want to say that Liaodong is an important capital for us to bargain with Daming."
"Haggling?" Li Nai seemed to understand something: "So you plan to force the court to admit Haihan's actual control over Liaodong?"
Qian Tiandun replied: "Exactly. The ownership can be temporarily put on hold, but we must recognize my country's actual control over Liaodong and ensure that my country's interests in Liaodong cannot be violated."
"Then why do you still keep the Ming army in Dongjiang Town?" Li Nai asked inexplicably: "As long as the court admits your special power, Dongjiang Town will be useless. If you don't admit it, it will be useless to keep it. Use! Since that's the case, why not just break it up and collect it?"
Li Nai's position in saying this is completely on the side of Haihan. It is hard to imagine that he is actually a person who has the fame of Daming, and his roots are still in Daming.
Qian Tiandun said: "Don't be in a hurry to incorporate, one is to avoid the other party's resistance, and the other is that the negotiation between my country and Daming has not yet started, and Dongjiang Town is still needed as a buffer. , in fact, it is a matter of course.”
Li Nai sighed: "When I came here, I went to the place where the people of Dongjiang Town were placed on the Bohai Sea, and I could see that these people were really grateful to Haihan, as if they were reborn parents. If Dongjiang Town is to be included in the future, these The people are probably the first to come here."
Although Qian Tiandun personally admitted Haihan's plan to encircle Daming from the sea, Li Nai still had some thoughts, because he knew that Haihan didn't really want to use force against Daming, and the purpose of this control was more to open up the sea shipping routes, extending their trade routes to the north as well.In Li Nai's view, apart from this, the layout that Haihan took years to make may have other deeper purposes.
"Other purposes?" When Qian Tiandun heard Li Nai's relentless questioning, he felt that it was a bit laborious to explain the higher-level strategy to him, so he simply kicked the ball back to Tom Wang: "The rest is your navy's. It's a matter, come and explain to Li Nai."
Wang Tom coughed: "Actually, the reason is very simple. Throughout Northeast Asia, Daming has always been the core of trade, and if Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other countries want to trade with Daming, they can only go by sea at present. We control Daming. To a certain extent, it will control the maritime trade of Daming, and even control the international trade of the entire region in the future. You say, how big are the benefits? Is it worth it for us to use force in Liaodong to complete this last link? ?"
Controlling the trade of one country or even several countries is a whole new level for Li Nai, but Haihan's ambition has always been supported by his terrifying strength. Tom Wang's words may sound difficult. It can be done, but the reality is that Haihan has already completed a part of this huge plan.
(End of this chapter)
Qian Tiandun invited Li Nai in, of course, not just for small talk. Although it is inconvenient for the military to take the initiative to intervene in local affairs, the environment in Liaodong is relatively special, and all aspects of work must rely on the help and cooperation of the military. push forward.Including investment promotion, the military has been following up, and even Shaxi did not deliberately exclude the military.Since Li Nai took the initiative to come to the headquarters, Qian Tiandun naturally wanted to take this opportunity to inquire about the attitude of the businessmen from Fuguang, who were with him, on investing in Liaodong and participating in the development for Shaxi.As for Li Nai's own attitude, there is no need to waste saliva and ask.
"As long as we solve the problem of manpower, money is not a problem." Li Nai had seen the current situation of Haihan in the Liaodong control area before he came to the front line. He also saw the problems and shortcomings faced by Haihan. Very clear, pointed out the key points.
For these Fuguang businessmen, the only problem with Haihan's Liaodong development plan is human resources.In such a large area, including the garrisoned troops, there are only more than ten thousand people, and a considerable part of the labor force is put on the front line to build fortifications, which is not good news for businessmen who want to invest locally.As Li Nai summed up, money can be invested, but Haihan has to provide corresponding manpower support. Otherwise, these funds might as well be invested in the colonies of the South China Sea. With enough benefits, some people are willing to go overseas to open up wasteland without worrying too much about manpower.
"We already have a preliminary solution to this issue. Before you came in, we were discussing this matter." Qian Tiandun responded, "There is still a large Han population in the enemy-occupied areas of Liaodong, which is very important to us. It is the potential human resources, trying to rescue these Han people to the south, which can not only fight the enemy, but also enrich the local population, what do you think?"
Li Nai said: "I don't know about the war, but as long as you can get the population as soon as possible, I think it's a good solution. We businessmen can only look at the results. In Haihan dialect, it is only consequentialism. Say so?"
Li Nai has been hanging out with the high-level people of Haihan all the year round, and his thinking has long been Chinese, and he has learned a lot of things along with it.In addition, he also consciously or unintentionally imitated the traveler in terms of clothing and living habits, and when he was in the south, people often mistake him for a high-ranking Haihan official.
Chen Yixin responded beside him: "I haven't seen you for a while, and I learned a lot of new things!"
Li Nai was praised, and couldn't help but respond proudly: "The last time I went to Sanya, the chief there also said that I am more and more like an authentic Haihan now."
Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and they would not break the mystery in these words.Only they themselves know what the authentic Haihan people are. Even a Ming person like Li Nai who is very close to the Haihan people will not reveal the true origins of the Haihan people to him.Even if Li Nai can fully imitate the daily imitation of transmigrators in life, he has never stayed in that future time and space, so this kind of imitation is at best a mere appearance, and it can only make you smile.
But no one really regards Li Nai as someone who has no opinion. The reason why the Haihan people value Li Nai so much is that in addition to his family background, he is very open to new things. High, and it is purely dominated by the desire for knowledge, not the way of considering the interests of ordinary businessmen.A Ming person like him who is willing to learn all kinds of knowledge taught by the Haihan people and accepts the Haihan social system, even if he does not have his own background, Haihan will definitely try to train him and make him work for Haihan.
Of course, Li Nai's background is not an ordinary person, which makes it unlikely that Haihan has complete control over him, but if you need to show some attitude to the southern business community, it will be much easier to do it through Li Nai's line.After all, his identity is the owner of the three young masters of Furuifeng, and he himself runs the Golden Shield Escort and many agricultural projects jointly operated with Haihan. The outside world will interpret his attitude and the official meaning of Haihan together. Can play a multiplier effect.
Li Nai doesn't express his opinion on Haihan's strategy in Liaodong. Apart from his lack of understanding of the military and the situation in Liaodong, this is actually a very smart statement, that is, no matter what Haihan does, as long as the conditions are right, then my side It will definitely not fall off the chain, and it is not difficult to pull a group of businessmen from the Fuguang area to invest in Liaodong.
Qian Tiandun also understood Li Nai's overtones at the moment, nodded and reassured: "We will solve the manpower problem as soon as possible, and you will also find a way to play side drums for them again. The things that should be decided, try to do as much as possible before leaving this trip. It's all confirmed, otherwise, it would be a waste of time if it takes a few round trips to make a decision."
Li Nai replied: "I understand, I should try my best to do it well. But to be honest, I also have some things I want to ask the heads of you."
Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "Just ask, we won't hide what we can say from you."
Qian Tiandun has only said half of what he said, and what he can say is not concealed. It means that if you can't say it, don't ask, and ask for nothing.Li Nai thought for a while and then asked: "I never really understood the matter of attacking Liaodong across the sea. I also asked Chief Tao and Chief Yan when I was in Sanya, but I really didn't hear what they said. Understand, what is sea power, what is the international situation in Northeast Asia... Can you give me an easy-to-understand explanation?"
Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom were the two people with the highest authority present. They exchanged glances. Since Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie didn't plan to hide from Li Nai, they didn't need to be too secretive.Moreover, this kind of planning at the strategic level is not like specific tactics. If it is leaked, it may be countered by the enemy. Even if Li Nai spreads these things, others must be able to understand them.If the parties did not travel thousands of miles along the coast of Daming, even if they knew Haihan's plan, it would be difficult to imagine the specific implementation situation.
"Tell me." Tom Wang took the initiative to kick the ball to Qian Tiandun.
Qian Tiandun smiled bitterly and said to Li Nai, "Then what do you want to know?"
Li Nai replied: "Why do you want to start troops in Liaodong? Although this can relieve the pressure on Daming, I think that should not be the main purpose of Haihan doing this. As for making money and grabbing land, these reasons are even more untenable. Now, this is too low a return for you, so you might as well start in the south."
Qian Tiandun nodded and said, "You're right, if it's just for petty profits, we don't need to fight in Liaodong. As for the life and death of Daming, we don't want to worry too much. We hold Houjin in Liaodong. , is nothing more than to let Daming live for a few more years. Daming's problem is not external, but in the court, he is terminally ill and has no salvation. The purpose of our doing this is very simple, that is, the result is not good for Haihan. Beneficial. When our expected gains outweigh the possible expenses, then it is worth doing.”
Li Nai asked: "Then dare to ask what the expected harvest is?"
Qian Tiandun did not answer his question directly, but called people in and asked them to hang a map they designated.Li Nai has spent a lot of time in the Southeast Seas over the years, and he has long learned to read the Haihan map. When he looked at the outline of the land on the map, he said that this is the Daming Sea Frontier.
"That's right, what you see is the map of the Daming Sea, which starts from Guangdong and Guangxi in the south and reaches Liaodong in the north. But can you see what's so special about this map?" Qian Tiandun asked rhetorically.
Li Nai didn't rush to answer this question, but stood up and walked over to the map to read it carefully, and then replied: "This is marked with red marks. port."
On this map, there has been a red sign since Lianzhou Prefecture in Guangxi, and all the way along the coastline to the northeast, it has reached a very dense level near the Pearl River Estuary. There are not only Hong Kong Island and Dawanshan Island here. Hong Kong, as well as Haizhu Town, which is occupied by Haihan in the south of Guangzhou City, is only separated from Guangzhou City by a Pearl River.
Further east to the Fujian Strait, Taiwan Island and Penghu Island on the eastern side of the Strait are both maritime and Han territories.These two places were successfully captured after Haihan used force to expel Shibazhi and the Spaniards, and now they have become important trading centers for Haihan near the Fujian Strait.
After crossing the Fujian Strait, it enters the territory of Zhejiang, and the Shipu Port and Zhoushan Islands here are basically controlled by Haihan, and the two-color flag of Haihan has even been publicly raised on Zhoushan Island long ago.The Zhejiang government also learned from the experience of the Fuguan government.As long as Haihan does not raise troops to attack the cities on the mainland, the government will not take the initiative to expel them. This is far better than letting Japanese pirates occupy these islands before.
In the north of Zhejiang, there was originally only a stronghold in Zhifu Port, Dengzhou, Shandong, but now there is an enclave in Liaodong, which makes Haihan’s control area in the north echo the north and south across the sea, and has a little momentum.
If we look at the overall situation and connect these control areas of Haihan with air routes, it is not difficult to find that the entire coastline of Daming has actually been covered by various ports, strongholds and colonies of Haihan.To put it more seriously, the entire Daming Sea Territory is already under the supervision of Haihan.If Haihan were to attack somewhere along the coast and send troops from the nearest stronghold, the voyage would never exceed three days.It can be said that it is quite terrifying to have such a power projection ability in this era.
It's just that Li Nai doesn't have such a keen military sense, but he can at least understand the situation shown by this map, so he asked Qian Tiandun: "So Liaodong is the northernmost station to fully control the Daming Sea Frontier?"
Qian Tiandun nodded without hesitation and said, "Your understanding is correct. Controlling Liaodong is equivalent to putting a lock on the Bohai Sea. Whether it is Daming or Houjin, we will not be able to ignore our existence in the Bohai Rim in the future. Although We don't plan to fight against Daming, but I still want to say that Liaodong is an important capital for us to bargain with Daming."
"Haggling?" Li Nai seemed to understand something: "So you plan to force the court to admit Haihan's actual control over Liaodong?"
Qian Tiandun replied: "Exactly. The ownership can be temporarily put on hold, but we must recognize my country's actual control over Liaodong and ensure that my country's interests in Liaodong cannot be violated."
"Then why do you still keep the Ming army in Dongjiang Town?" Li Nai asked inexplicably: "As long as the court admits your special power, Dongjiang Town will be useless. If you don't admit it, it will be useless to keep it. Use! Since that's the case, why not just break it up and collect it?"
Li Nai's position in saying this is completely on the side of Haihan. It is hard to imagine that he is actually a person who has the fame of Daming, and his roots are still in Daming.
Qian Tiandun said: "Don't be in a hurry to incorporate, one is to avoid the other party's resistance, and the other is that the negotiation between my country and Daming has not yet started, and Dongjiang Town is still needed as a buffer. , in fact, it is a matter of course.”
Li Nai sighed: "When I came here, I went to the place where the people of Dongjiang Town were placed on the Bohai Sea, and I could see that these people were really grateful to Haihan, as if they were reborn parents. If Dongjiang Town is to be included in the future, these The people are probably the first to come here."
Although Qian Tiandun personally admitted Haihan's plan to encircle Daming from the sea, Li Nai still had some thoughts, because he knew that Haihan didn't really want to use force against Daming, and the purpose of this control was more to open up the sea shipping routes, extending their trade routes to the north as well.In Li Nai's view, apart from this, the layout that Haihan took years to make may have other deeper purposes.
"Other purposes?" When Qian Tiandun heard Li Nai's relentless questioning, he felt that it was a bit laborious to explain the higher-level strategy to him, so he simply kicked the ball back to Tom Wang: "The rest is your navy's. It's a matter, come and explain to Li Nai."
Wang Tom coughed: "Actually, the reason is very simple. Throughout Northeast Asia, Daming has always been the core of trade, and if Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other countries want to trade with Daming, they can only go by sea at present. We control Daming. To a certain extent, it will control the maritime trade of Daming, and even control the international trade of the entire region in the future. You say, how big are the benefits? Is it worth it for us to use force in Liaodong to complete this last link? ?"
Controlling the trade of one country or even several countries is a whole new level for Li Nai, but Haihan's ambition has always been supported by his terrifying strength. Tom Wang's words may sound difficult. It can be done, but the reality is that Haihan has already completed a part of this huge plan.
(End of this chapter)