Chapter 1738
International Status
Chapter 1738 International Status
When it comes to the trade negotiation activities held by Haihan every year, there are really too many to enumerate.This kind of commercial measures has become a traditional method of Haihan in the process of regional development. Almost every city and trade port under Haihan's control will hold investment promotion and trade fair meetings in order to speed up local development and construction. speed.Of course, the activities with the largest scale and influence are naturally the Spring Fair and Autumn Fair organized by the Haihan Executive Committee in Sanya every year.
Every year, the Spring Fair is held around Haihan’s statutory National Day holiday, which is definitely an important event not to be missed for businessmen from various countries who intend to conduct large-scale trade with Haihan.At the Spring Fair, Haihan officials will announce their purchase needs for some materials that will be purchased from outside during the year, and at the same time, they will also release some sales lists for some in-demand products, such as Haihan daily necessities that businessmen are scrambling for every year.
Of course, what worries the political leaders of various countries the most is the new round of arms purchase lists that Haihan Ordnance will release to various countries during this period.Although Haihan's weapons are expensive, their performance is indeed outstanding, and the number of sales is limited every year. Therefore, at such times, dignitaries from various countries will still spare no effort to buy them locally.
However, Matalam and the Dutch East India Company, which had already completed a round of snap-ups in Sanya last year, were not eligible to purchase artillery from Haihan this year because of the existence of a limited purchase agreement to balance the armed forces of various countries. and combat ships too.
And North Korea received special care from Hai Han during the establishment of diplomatic relations last year, and the weapons and equipment provided to North Korea were sold separately, so North Korean envoy Li Xi didn't need to join the competition this time, just be a spectator with peace of mind.
Perhaps considering that the amount of information released at the banquet the night before would make some guests with too many worries not rest well, the officials deliberately arranged all of today's activities from the afternoon to the evening.In this way, the guests participating in the event can sleep peacefully until noon and wake up again, and go to the venue after lunch and pack up.
However, when Fei Cexian woke up from his sleep, his mood still didn't get much relief. The arrogance shown by Hai Han's senior official last night was still deeply pierced in his heart like a thorn.He originally thought that after a few months of contact, the Haihan people would not look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, and would give him enough respect in public, but now it seems that he actually thought too much. Some courtesy, but also humiliated himself in public.
This time, Fei Cexian really realized the truth that if you fall behind, you will be beaten.There is indeed a clear gap between Daming and Haihan in terms of military and navigation, but not many people in the court really realize this. Even Fei Cexian himself, before coming to Sanya, still had a crush on the rumored so-called Haihan. Strong has deep doubts.
But facts speak louder than words. The invincibility of the Haihan army in the South China Sea is not a fabricated lie. The humbleness shown by the envoys of various countries in front of Haihan's senior officials is visible to the naked eye.Although Daming's status is detached, Haihan doesn't seem to give Fei Cexian a higher treatment than other countries.Of course, maybe when Fei Cexian first arrived in Sanya, he could calmly accept the benefits offered by Haihan, then things would go differently.
After Daming signed the diplomatic relationship agreement with Haihan last year, he has already received a batch of weapons from Haihan. Of course, this is not a gift from Haihan, but a clear business that can be regarded as a penny or two.After the handover of these guns and artillery was completed in Guangdong, they were shipped to the north at the fastest speed, and were deployed to the Central Plains battlefield at the end of the year.
Although the Ming army did not have time to familiarize themselves with the performance of these weapons and only relied on a few officers who went to Guangdong for short-term training to master the use of these weapons, they still caused heavy damage to the peasant army on the Central Plains battlefield.The peasant army led by Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng was severely damaged by Lu Xiangsheng's troops in Chuzhou. For the Ming court, it was finally good news in a difficult situation.
And there is another good thing that the Ming court did not realize. In history, Huang Taiji would proclaim himself emperor last year and change the name of the country to Qing Dynasty. nearby.However, in this time and space, because Haihan exerted great military pressure on Houjin in the Liaodong Peninsula last year, Huang Taiji had to postpone the plan to become emperor and change his name, and Azig's army was also dragged in Liaodong. Acting rashly, he invisibly saved Daming.
In any case, Daming finally realized the role that Haihan weapons could play on the battlefield, and asked Fei Cexian to continue to purchase weapons and equipment from Haihan at the right time.
When is the right time?In fact, what the imperial court meant was that as long as Haihan was willing to sell, he would buy as much as possible and send it back to the country for deployment.But this job is easy to say, but it is not easy to do. The weapons and equipment Haihan sells are limited every year. If so many countries want to buy them, the price will naturally rise.And Daming's budget for buying weapons is relatively limited, so it's hard to compete with the countries in the South China Sea that spend a lot of money.The batch of weapons delivered last year belonged to a special supply. If they participated in the bidding, the price they sold to Daming would not even be touched.
Therefore, although Fei Cexian knew that there would be a bidding for weapons and equipment today, he actually didn't have much hope for it, because he knew that with the budget approved by the imperial court, it would be very difficult to win it out of the fierce bidding. Food.Taking a step back, the Haihan people now clearly have other thoughts about Daming, so why do they still come forward to deliver weapons to Daming, for fear that not enough people will die when they attack Daming in the future?
The more Fei Cexian thought about it, the more pessimistic he became, and he didn't even want to participate in related activities for a moment.But he also knows what his duty is, and he must collect information in this regard.Although Daming can't buy more weapons for the time being, he still needs to know the weapons and equipment of neighboring countries.In particular, An Nanguo, who had confronted Daming several times in the south, is known as a die-hard supporter of Haihan. Its military establishment and equipment are said to be in the same line as Haihan. Considering the old grievances with Ming in the past, Fei Cexian must also win Pay attention to it, so as not to break out of war with Annan one day, you must at least know the equipment status of the other party.
However, before the arms purchase fair in the afternoon, there was an investment promotion meeting held by the Ministry of Commerce. Fei Cexian thought that participating in this meeting might help him relax a bit.And he really wanted to know more about Haihan's business operation methods. Although the national conditions of the two countries were different, he believed that there must be something that Daming could emulate in order to achieve faster development in the commercial field.
The venue was set at the place where the banquet was held last night, but it had already been cleaned up at this time, and the air was specially scented to purify the air, so as to avoid leaving the aftertaste of last night's food.
When Fei Cexian arrived, dozens of people were already seated and waiting.Most of these people are rich businessmen from various countries, and people with official positions like Fei Cexian usually don't participate in it in person, they just sit around and watch the fun.Only a few special investment projects, they will instruct their own businessmen to go all out for it.
For diplomatic envoys who have been stationed in Sanya for more than one year, such activities are commonplace, and there is no tension.But for Fei Cexian and Li Xi who just arrived in Sanya, all this is still very novel.Perhaps it is with this in mind that the official also provides them with one-on-one personal service, and can provide corresponding instructions according to their needs at any time during the process.
However, because of the situation at the banquet last night, Li Xi still felt a little embarrassed when he saw Fei Cexian, so he hurriedly left after seeing Fei Cexian.Fortunately, Haihan officials are also very considerate of his situation. Today's seat is still not next to Fei Cexian, which saved him a lot of trouble.
Fei Cexian saw that Li Xi's seat was arranged to sit next to Annan's young prince surnamed Zheng. After the two met, they talked and laughed, and couldn't help but snorted coldly.In his opinion, Koreans should maintain their allegiance to Daming. Even if Daming's national power seems to be inferior to Haihan, they must at least maintain enough restraint. How can they get too close to a country like Annan that has a feud with Daming.
He really didn't expect that after the representatives of the two countries met privately last night, they had already reached a preliminary intention for future cooperation. In this cooperative relationship, neither side considered how the Ming court would feel. Li Xi also thought that As long as Hai Han nods, it will be feasible.In other words, no one actually cared what Daming thought or thought.
In a blink of an eye, the opening time came, and the person who presided over the meeting was Schneider, the Minister of Commerce.When Fei Cexian first arrived in Sanya, he was quite puzzled that Haihan asked a mixed-race man to preside over important economic and trade affairs, but after dealing with Schneider a few times, he knew that this person was extremely shrewd. One of the smartest people I've ever met.Haihan's economic, trade, financial, and diplomatic systems were built by this person alone, and his ability may be enough to serve as the minister of the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Households in Daming.
After Schneider took the stage, the participants automatically quieted down and listened to his speech.Schneider was not in a hurry to announce today's investment promotion project, but asked someone to prop up a huge map of two feet square on the stage, on which the general terrain of the Far East was drawn. The area currently controlled by Han.
Fei Cexian couldn't help snorting again when he saw that Haihan's places along the coast of Daming were also marked in red one by one.Even though he knew that it was impossible to get these places back from Haihan through negotiation, seeing the other party publicly labeling Daming's territory under his own name on such an international diplomatic occasion, he must still feel a little bit hard to let go. pharynx.
"Everyone, the red area marked on this map is the current territory of our country. Of course, there are still a small part of the area that has sovereignty disputes with other countries, but I believe that these small issues will be resolved satisfactorily in the near future. solve."
While pointing to the map, Schneider explained to everyone: "What I want to draw everyone's attention here is that just this year, my country has added another area under control in the South China Sea, and that is Manila Bay on Luzon Island. Please Remember, everyone, this place will no longer be under the rule of the Kingdom of Spain, and will be formally included in our territory from now on."
I don't know who took the lead, the audience began to applaud, and some people even applauded.Fei Cexian couldn't help frowning, feeling quite displeased with these people's way of flattering Hai Han, but he had already read the continuous reports on the war in the local newspaper before, and the map he saw now clearly marked Even when Manila was located, he also had to admire Haihan's ruthlessness. He actually sent troops across the sea to attack the city that the Spaniards had managed for more than half a century, and he succeeded in taking it down.
Fei Cexian believes that Haihan's official announcement of revenge against Spain is not the real reason for the war, but he is not sure what kind of local products in Manila are worthy of Haihan's labor, but Haihan people never trade at a loss, presumably Conquering that place will be of great benefit to Haihan.
Although Haihan's purpose of launching this war is unknown, he can understand the map. After occupying Manila Bay, Haihan's control area has successfully expanded to the east by more than 2000 miles.And the area of Luzon Island is larger than Hainan Island and Taiwan Island from the map. Haihan occupies that place, and the space for future development will increase accordingly.In contrast, the area of Hong Kong Island, Penghu Islands, Zhoushan Islands, Zhifu Island, and Jinzhou Peninsula that Haihan forcibly occupied along the coast of Daming is almost negligible.
Thinking about it this way, Fei Cexian's mood improved a little bit. At least Haihan chose to expand overseas instead of targeting Daming. Otherwise, if he concentrated his forces to attack the Lingnan coastal area, he might really be like Haihan. As the senior official said yesterday, Daming would lose a large piece of land without fighting back.
In fact, Fei Cexian could also see that Haihan had no plans to invade Daming on a large scale, at least for now, otherwise the places they occupied on the coastline of Daming would not just maintain the status quo.If the Haihan army used these occupied areas as bases to invade Daming more, the situation would be unimaginable, and Fei Cexian would not arrogantly think that Daming could calmly deal with such an invasion launched from the sea.
When Fei Cexian was distracted, the applause from the audience finally came to an end. Schneider continued: "Maybe only a few of you here have been to Manila, but everyone will have a deep impression on this place after today, because A considerable part of the investment projects that will be released next are located in the Manila Bay area. New colonies mean new opportunities to make money. I don’t need to explain this reason anymore? I think everyone can’t wait to learn about this place If the situation is clear, then we will start to announce the relevant investment projects.”
(End of this chapter)
When it comes to the trade negotiation activities held by Haihan every year, there are really too many to enumerate.This kind of commercial measures has become a traditional method of Haihan in the process of regional development. Almost every city and trade port under Haihan's control will hold investment promotion and trade fair meetings in order to speed up local development and construction. speed.Of course, the activities with the largest scale and influence are naturally the Spring Fair and Autumn Fair organized by the Haihan Executive Committee in Sanya every year.
Every year, the Spring Fair is held around Haihan’s statutory National Day holiday, which is definitely an important event not to be missed for businessmen from various countries who intend to conduct large-scale trade with Haihan.At the Spring Fair, Haihan officials will announce their purchase needs for some materials that will be purchased from outside during the year, and at the same time, they will also release some sales lists for some in-demand products, such as Haihan daily necessities that businessmen are scrambling for every year.
Of course, what worries the political leaders of various countries the most is the new round of arms purchase lists that Haihan Ordnance will release to various countries during this period.Although Haihan's weapons are expensive, their performance is indeed outstanding, and the number of sales is limited every year. Therefore, at such times, dignitaries from various countries will still spare no effort to buy them locally.
However, Matalam and the Dutch East India Company, which had already completed a round of snap-ups in Sanya last year, were not eligible to purchase artillery from Haihan this year because of the existence of a limited purchase agreement to balance the armed forces of various countries. and combat ships too.
And North Korea received special care from Hai Han during the establishment of diplomatic relations last year, and the weapons and equipment provided to North Korea were sold separately, so North Korean envoy Li Xi didn't need to join the competition this time, just be a spectator with peace of mind.
Perhaps considering that the amount of information released at the banquet the night before would make some guests with too many worries not rest well, the officials deliberately arranged all of today's activities from the afternoon to the evening.In this way, the guests participating in the event can sleep peacefully until noon and wake up again, and go to the venue after lunch and pack up.
However, when Fei Cexian woke up from his sleep, his mood still didn't get much relief. The arrogance shown by Hai Han's senior official last night was still deeply pierced in his heart like a thorn.He originally thought that after a few months of contact, the Haihan people would not look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, and would give him enough respect in public, but now it seems that he actually thought too much. Some courtesy, but also humiliated himself in public.
This time, Fei Cexian really realized the truth that if you fall behind, you will be beaten.There is indeed a clear gap between Daming and Haihan in terms of military and navigation, but not many people in the court really realize this. Even Fei Cexian himself, before coming to Sanya, still had a crush on the rumored so-called Haihan. Strong has deep doubts.
But facts speak louder than words. The invincibility of the Haihan army in the South China Sea is not a fabricated lie. The humbleness shown by the envoys of various countries in front of Haihan's senior officials is visible to the naked eye.Although Daming's status is detached, Haihan doesn't seem to give Fei Cexian a higher treatment than other countries.Of course, maybe when Fei Cexian first arrived in Sanya, he could calmly accept the benefits offered by Haihan, then things would go differently.
After Daming signed the diplomatic relationship agreement with Haihan last year, he has already received a batch of weapons from Haihan. Of course, this is not a gift from Haihan, but a clear business that can be regarded as a penny or two.After the handover of these guns and artillery was completed in Guangdong, they were shipped to the north at the fastest speed, and were deployed to the Central Plains battlefield at the end of the year.
Although the Ming army did not have time to familiarize themselves with the performance of these weapons and only relied on a few officers who went to Guangdong for short-term training to master the use of these weapons, they still caused heavy damage to the peasant army on the Central Plains battlefield.The peasant army led by Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng was severely damaged by Lu Xiangsheng's troops in Chuzhou. For the Ming court, it was finally good news in a difficult situation.
And there is another good thing that the Ming court did not realize. In history, Huang Taiji would proclaim himself emperor last year and change the name of the country to Qing Dynasty. nearby.However, in this time and space, because Haihan exerted great military pressure on Houjin in the Liaodong Peninsula last year, Huang Taiji had to postpone the plan to become emperor and change his name, and Azig's army was also dragged in Liaodong. Acting rashly, he invisibly saved Daming.
In any case, Daming finally realized the role that Haihan weapons could play on the battlefield, and asked Fei Cexian to continue to purchase weapons and equipment from Haihan at the right time.
When is the right time?In fact, what the imperial court meant was that as long as Haihan was willing to sell, he would buy as much as possible and send it back to the country for deployment.But this job is easy to say, but it is not easy to do. The weapons and equipment Haihan sells are limited every year. If so many countries want to buy them, the price will naturally rise.And Daming's budget for buying weapons is relatively limited, so it's hard to compete with the countries in the South China Sea that spend a lot of money.The batch of weapons delivered last year belonged to a special supply. If they participated in the bidding, the price they sold to Daming would not even be touched.
Therefore, although Fei Cexian knew that there would be a bidding for weapons and equipment today, he actually didn't have much hope for it, because he knew that with the budget approved by the imperial court, it would be very difficult to win it out of the fierce bidding. Food.Taking a step back, the Haihan people now clearly have other thoughts about Daming, so why do they still come forward to deliver weapons to Daming, for fear that not enough people will die when they attack Daming in the future?
The more Fei Cexian thought about it, the more pessimistic he became, and he didn't even want to participate in related activities for a moment.But he also knows what his duty is, and he must collect information in this regard.Although Daming can't buy more weapons for the time being, he still needs to know the weapons and equipment of neighboring countries.In particular, An Nanguo, who had confronted Daming several times in the south, is known as a die-hard supporter of Haihan. Its military establishment and equipment are said to be in the same line as Haihan. Considering the old grievances with Ming in the past, Fei Cexian must also win Pay attention to it, so as not to break out of war with Annan one day, you must at least know the equipment status of the other party.
However, before the arms purchase fair in the afternoon, there was an investment promotion meeting held by the Ministry of Commerce. Fei Cexian thought that participating in this meeting might help him relax a bit.And he really wanted to know more about Haihan's business operation methods. Although the national conditions of the two countries were different, he believed that there must be something that Daming could emulate in order to achieve faster development in the commercial field.
The venue was set at the place where the banquet was held last night, but it had already been cleaned up at this time, and the air was specially scented to purify the air, so as to avoid leaving the aftertaste of last night's food.
When Fei Cexian arrived, dozens of people were already seated and waiting.Most of these people are rich businessmen from various countries, and people with official positions like Fei Cexian usually don't participate in it in person, they just sit around and watch the fun.Only a few special investment projects, they will instruct their own businessmen to go all out for it.
For diplomatic envoys who have been stationed in Sanya for more than one year, such activities are commonplace, and there is no tension.But for Fei Cexian and Li Xi who just arrived in Sanya, all this is still very novel.Perhaps it is with this in mind that the official also provides them with one-on-one personal service, and can provide corresponding instructions according to their needs at any time during the process.
However, because of the situation at the banquet last night, Li Xi still felt a little embarrassed when he saw Fei Cexian, so he hurriedly left after seeing Fei Cexian.Fortunately, Haihan officials are also very considerate of his situation. Today's seat is still not next to Fei Cexian, which saved him a lot of trouble.
Fei Cexian saw that Li Xi's seat was arranged to sit next to Annan's young prince surnamed Zheng. After the two met, they talked and laughed, and couldn't help but snorted coldly.In his opinion, Koreans should maintain their allegiance to Daming. Even if Daming's national power seems to be inferior to Haihan, they must at least maintain enough restraint. How can they get too close to a country like Annan that has a feud with Daming.
He really didn't expect that after the representatives of the two countries met privately last night, they had already reached a preliminary intention for future cooperation. In this cooperative relationship, neither side considered how the Ming court would feel. Li Xi also thought that As long as Hai Han nods, it will be feasible.In other words, no one actually cared what Daming thought or thought.
In a blink of an eye, the opening time came, and the person who presided over the meeting was Schneider, the Minister of Commerce.When Fei Cexian first arrived in Sanya, he was quite puzzled that Haihan asked a mixed-race man to preside over important economic and trade affairs, but after dealing with Schneider a few times, he knew that this person was extremely shrewd. One of the smartest people I've ever met.Haihan's economic, trade, financial, and diplomatic systems were built by this person alone, and his ability may be enough to serve as the minister of the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Households in Daming.
After Schneider took the stage, the participants automatically quieted down and listened to his speech.Schneider was not in a hurry to announce today's investment promotion project, but asked someone to prop up a huge map of two feet square on the stage, on which the general terrain of the Far East was drawn. The area currently controlled by Han.
Fei Cexian couldn't help snorting again when he saw that Haihan's places along the coast of Daming were also marked in red one by one.Even though he knew that it was impossible to get these places back from Haihan through negotiation, seeing the other party publicly labeling Daming's territory under his own name on such an international diplomatic occasion, he must still feel a little bit hard to let go. pharynx.
"Everyone, the red area marked on this map is the current territory of our country. Of course, there are still a small part of the area that has sovereignty disputes with other countries, but I believe that these small issues will be resolved satisfactorily in the near future. solve."
While pointing to the map, Schneider explained to everyone: "What I want to draw everyone's attention here is that just this year, my country has added another area under control in the South China Sea, and that is Manila Bay on Luzon Island. Please Remember, everyone, this place will no longer be under the rule of the Kingdom of Spain, and will be formally included in our territory from now on."
I don't know who took the lead, the audience began to applaud, and some people even applauded.Fei Cexian couldn't help frowning, feeling quite displeased with these people's way of flattering Hai Han, but he had already read the continuous reports on the war in the local newspaper before, and the map he saw now clearly marked Even when Manila was located, he also had to admire Haihan's ruthlessness. He actually sent troops across the sea to attack the city that the Spaniards had managed for more than half a century, and he succeeded in taking it down.
Fei Cexian believes that Haihan's official announcement of revenge against Spain is not the real reason for the war, but he is not sure what kind of local products in Manila are worthy of Haihan's labor, but Haihan people never trade at a loss, presumably Conquering that place will be of great benefit to Haihan.
Although Haihan's purpose of launching this war is unknown, he can understand the map. After occupying Manila Bay, Haihan's control area has successfully expanded to the east by more than 2000 miles.And the area of Luzon Island is larger than Hainan Island and Taiwan Island from the map. Haihan occupies that place, and the space for future development will increase accordingly.In contrast, the area of Hong Kong Island, Penghu Islands, Zhoushan Islands, Zhifu Island, and Jinzhou Peninsula that Haihan forcibly occupied along the coast of Daming is almost negligible.
Thinking about it this way, Fei Cexian's mood improved a little bit. At least Haihan chose to expand overseas instead of targeting Daming. Otherwise, if he concentrated his forces to attack the Lingnan coastal area, he might really be like Haihan. As the senior official said yesterday, Daming would lose a large piece of land without fighting back.
In fact, Fei Cexian could also see that Haihan had no plans to invade Daming on a large scale, at least for now, otherwise the places they occupied on the coastline of Daming would not just maintain the status quo.If the Haihan army used these occupied areas as bases to invade Daming more, the situation would be unimaginable, and Fei Cexian would not arrogantly think that Daming could calmly deal with such an invasion launched from the sea.
When Fei Cexian was distracted, the applause from the audience finally came to an end. Schneider continued: "Maybe only a few of you here have been to Manila, but everyone will have a deep impression on this place after today, because A considerable part of the investment projects that will be released next are located in the Manila Bay area. New colonies mean new opportunities to make money. I don’t need to explain this reason anymore? I think everyone can’t wait to learn about this place If the situation is clear, then we will start to announce the relevant investment projects.”
(End of this chapter)