Chapter 1768
Chapter 1768
Chapter 1768
With Haihan's current grain reserves and production capacity, it is enough to feed tens of thousands of people on Hainan Island.The food and employment problems that will be caused by the population explosion do not exist in Haihan at this stage.For Haihan, with the development of industrialization, there has always been a huge gap in the country's demand for labor, and the recruitment of foreign immigrants has never stopped. Even if there are [-] immigrants, the Executive Committee And definitely not too much.
Immigrants from the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty and the war-torn areas of northern Xinjiang have always been the focus of Haihan's immigration recruitment work in recent years.If Hou Jin wanted to launch a war against North Korea, then Haihan would be happy to have another source of population import.At least compared to the alien slaves trafficked by slave traders from Southern Europe, East Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian Peninsula to Haihan, North Korea is still relatively close to China in terms of cultural traditions and ethnic appearance, and it is also easy to adapt and integrate into the living environment after being introduced into the country. will be easier.
However, even if it seems that the deteriorating situation in North Korea is beneficial to Haihan, the military does not dare to sit idly by, because the grain production in the Jinzhou area has not yet fully recovered, and the logistical support still depends to a certain extent on the North Korean side. Food, medicine, cloth and other survival materials.It can't be said that after Jin has realized this, it is very likely that he will give up taking back Jinzhou first, and instead target the soft persimmon North Korea.
"Look at the excitement first. If Jin Zhen attacks North Korea, then we can only make a fuss here in Jinzhou to attract some troops for North Korea." Yan Chujie has no better solution to the situation in Liaodong for the time being. Now the main force They are all in the south, and it will be at least a month or two before they go to Liaodong. At this stage, they can only rely on the garrisons in Jinzhou and Dengzhou to cope with the changing situation in the northeast.
"You see, this is the disadvantage of insufficient troops. There is no way to seize such a good opportunity." Yan Chujie did not forget to seize this opportunity to blow the wind to others: "If North Korea survives this period, maybe The attitude will change. When we think about stationing troops again, I am afraid that we will not have such good conditions.”
"The problem is that there is no money! The military budget is so much every year. If your military wants a new base, new equipment, and military expansion, you can only ask Schneider for money first." Ning Qi saw it right away. Yan Chujie's old routine, immediately kick the ball out.
However, Schneider is not here right now. Halfway through today's dinner, he was invited away by the shareholders of Qiong Lianfa.It is said that the major shareholders of Qiong Lianfa also intend to increase their investment in the north, and want to gain the support of Haihan's senior management in terms of policies, so Schneider was invited outside to make a private calculation.
Of course, not just any family can enjoy the treatment of meeting alone with high-ranking officials of Haihan, and only interest groups like Qiong Lianfa, who have a deep entanglement with Haihan, are qualified to invite Schneider out to negotiate terms in private.
When Qiong Lianfa was established in Hong Kong in 1630, it was led by Haihan officials, and Haihan himself was one of the major shareholders who joined at the beginning.In the early days, this commercial organization only focused on the development projects on Qiongzhou Island. However, because Haihan officials participated in the operation of Qiong Lianfa, this commercial organization also fully enjoyed the dividends brought about by Haihan's rapid expansion and grew into a The largest commercial crocodile in the South China Sea.
With an official background, Qiong Lianfa will naturally not limit its business scope to Qiongzhou Island. In the past years of Haihan's southern and northern wars, Qiong Lianfa will almost always follow the footsteps of the military and enter the new colony as soon as possible. Get some local infrastructure projects and better locations.
However, the shareholders of Qiong Lianfa are almost all from the South China Sea region, and the shareholders who are Ming people are mainly from Fuzhou and Guangzhou. They all take the South China Sea region as their main business scope.Although Haihan's industry in the north is also invested by Qiong Lianfa, it is not as dominant as in the south.
Of course, there is actually an inhumane reason for doing this, that is, Haihan officials must also consider the interests of local wealthy families. Drinking the soup will inevitably cause a lot of dissatisfaction, which is not good for Haihan's purpose of opening up business routes.Therefore, most of Haihan's industries in the area north of the Fujian Strait involve local wealthy businessmen or people with government backgrounds participating in cooperative operations, while Qiong Lianfa is very low-key and only works on certain projects that are sure to make money. China Investment acts as a behind-the-scenes shareholder.
However, Zhejiang and Shandong are fine. After all, strong dragons can’t beat local snakes. Haihan’s official choice to cooperate with local businessmen is also a very reasonable move in the eyes of Qiong Lianfa’s shareholders.But this Liaodong area was considered to be occupied by Hou Jin, but there is no local power to say, now that it has been seized by the Haihan faction army, it must not give up this market to others in vain.
Qiong Lianfa had already had some investment projects in Jinzhou before this, but the local situation was not stable, and shareholders did not dare to make heavy bets there, so they have been waiting and watching the situation.After the Haihan Army captured the Jinzhou Isthmus last spring, they formed a long-term confrontation with the Houjin Army in the local area, and then the two sides maintained this balance tacitly, and there was no major war in this year. break out.
Haihan took advantage of this year to move more than [-] soldiers and civilians who originally belonged to Dongjiang Town of Daming from Pidao and other places to Jinzhou for resettlement, and began to resume social production there.Now that the period of weak defense that worries merchants in the south is coming to an end, Houjin seems to have no tendency to fight Haihan to the death on the Jinzhou Isthmus, so the merchants are determined to increase their investment in the Liaodong region this year. This will definitely require the approval and support from Haihan's senior management.
"Mr. Shi, everyone here today is from our own family. Tell me, old man, what is the constitution of Liaodong this year? Can you invest money there?"
In the banquet hall of a certain house on the outskirts of Sanya, a large number of businessmen were sitting around Schneider, asking him about the strategy of the Haihan Department of Commerce in the Liaodong area.If Qiong Lianfa wants to operate a larger-scale industry in Liaodong, it must first obtain clear instructions from the Ministry of Commerce.
Schneider said unhurriedly: "I understand everyone's urgency, but what I want to say is that investing in Liaodong is risky. The war between my country and Houjin is not over, and it will resume at any time. When the fight starts, Jinzhou will be the front line. If you plan to increase your investment in Liaodong, I personally support it, but I hope you must consider your ability to bear risks.”
"Thank you, Mr. Shi, for reminding me! However, there are risks in making money, and I understand it naturally, but as long as the profits are large enough, the risk is worth it." Li Nai, who represented Fu Ruifeng, was the first to express his opinion, and there were several people who agreed with him It seems that they are all waiting for Schneider's words.
Why this group of people are so active in investing in Liaodong, Schneider's heart is naturally open. Last year, special products such as ginseng, deer antler, fur and so on were sent back from Jinzhou, all of which were in great demand in the Haihan market, and their prices soared repeatedly. The purchase price of the place of origin has soared more than ten times, and the profit from operating these commodities is enough for merchants to take the initiative to ignore the possibility of another war breaking out in the local area.Out of profit-seeking nature, these businessmen will naturally try to increase the scale of their local operations so that they can traffic more Liaodong specialties to the south for sale for huge profits.
The small calculations of the businessmen are actually quite normal, and Schneider did not intend to set too high a threshold for them, but there are some things that he has to bring up on this occasion, which can be regarded as a warning to these eager businessmen.
"Whether you want to use the name of Qiong Lianfa or prepare to do business locally, I have one more thing to remind you, don't ignore the prohibition and do smuggling with Houjin for the sake of profit!" Schneider Looking around at the people in the hall, he said: "There is no reason to talk about this matter. Anyone who violates it will be punished as an enemy. Please remember!"
The area occupied by Haihan in Liaodong is only the southwest corner of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the geographical area is extremely limited. No matter how rich the products are, those high-value specialties cannot withstand the plundering of these merchants, let alone satisfy the huge demand in the southern market. .What Schneider is worried about is that someone will take risks for profit and send the smuggling business to Houjin.Although the possibility of this kind of thing happening is not great, Schneider must also put his ugly words in front, so as not to leave these businessmen with the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes.
As soon as this remark came out, the expression on someone's face changed.Wang Qin, a merchant from Huizhou, said: "Boss Shi, it's not the same as buying from whom? When we do business, we don't use military supplies to barter, or simply trade with money. Houjin took the money and there is no place to buy it. Buy weapons and fight against my Haihan army!"
Schneider smiled and said: "I knew that some of you would definitely have this idea. Being an enemy is not counting as providing military supplies to the enemy. As long as you do business with them and have a relationship of benefit transfer, you will be counted as being an enemy."
Wang Qin said: "But in this way, there won't be much business to do in the local area! The grain grown there can only be harvested once a year. We can't go so far to cultivate fields, can we?"
The current main food crops in the Liaodong area are wheat and rice, and the local corn was introduced after Haihan entered the area, and the economic crops are even more limited, only soybeans and sugar beets, which are far less than the variety of plantations in the south Operating items.As for the Haihan occupied area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus, almost half of the area is mountainous and hilly that is not suitable for large-scale agricultural development, and a considerable part of the cultivated land is used to resettle immigrants from Dongjiang Town. It is difficult to resemble the southern colonies. Promote plantation projects on a large scale.One of the reasons why Qiong Lianfa did not invest in the local area on a large scale before was due to environmental restrictions.
The profit of operating agricultural projects is very limited. Instead of investing in the distant Liaodong, it is better to invest the funds in the South China Sea and the results will be obvious.Now it is hard to find a new business opportunity, but Haihan officials have imposed strict restrictions on this, which is undoubtedly a great blow to the enthusiasm of the businessmen.
Zhan Gui, the owner of Zhan's Shipping Company, said: "Boss Shi, if the smuggling trade with Houjin can be released, it will actually be a good channel for information! Besides, it is said that Houjin still has a primitive tribal system, so the interior is definitely not monolithic. , we can gradually divide them through trade. There are some problems that are not easy to solve on the battlefield, but maybe we can try to find answers in other ways.”
Zhan Gui's statement is undoubtedly more innovative than Wang Qin's complaint. Schneider also expressed his appreciation for his idea after listening: "The possibility that Boss Zhan said is indeed possible, and it's not that we haven't considered implementing it like this." But what the Executive Committee wants is to defeat Houjin militarily and completely destroy the Houjin regime politically, not to slowly divide Houjin internally through economic means.”
"But we only deployed a few thousand troops in Liaodong. It is enough to win the war, but it is far from enough to conquer a country with this force!" Li Nai's understanding of military affairs is far better than the others present People, Dang even questioned the goals of the Executive Committee.Of course, he should be the only one among the shareholders present who dared to doubt the authority of the executive committee.
In the future, in terms of Jin's current ruling area under the actual control of Liaodong, it is indeed difficult for Haihan to achieve the goal of destroying the country with this little force.Even if they can advance northward with super fighting power, they may have to allocate more than half of these thousands of people to deploy on the marching route in order to ensure the logistics supply before reaching Shengjing City, let alone occupying the entire Northeast region. .The Haihan Army has been guarding the Jinzhou Isthmus and has not continued to launch an offensive northward. A large part of the reason is that its strength is limited and it is not sure to control a larger control area.
Schneider's statement can scare ordinary people, but Li Nai knows a lot about Haihan's military strategy, so he naturally doesn't believe that the executive committee can set such a goal.In his opinion, this is more like a rhetoric made by Schneider to dispel restlessness.
Schneider was not angry because of Li Nai's doubts, he actually admired Li Nai, because only people with Chinese thinking would think of this level.It's just that Schneider still can't let go of the businessmen's request for free operation authority in trade.
"Then let me be more straightforward." Schneider decided not to play around with them anymore, and directly showed his cards: "Not only you, but even businessmen from Ming, North Korea, or other countries will never want to establish a maritime relationship with Hou Jin." Trade routes. The navy has spent two years clearing the coastline of Liaodong to prevent the golden sails from going out to sea, in order to completely block their access to the sea! This is a national policy and will not be changed because of the interests of Qiong Lianfa and everyone here! "
(End of this chapter)
With Haihan's current grain reserves and production capacity, it is enough to feed tens of thousands of people on Hainan Island.The food and employment problems that will be caused by the population explosion do not exist in Haihan at this stage.For Haihan, with the development of industrialization, there has always been a huge gap in the country's demand for labor, and the recruitment of foreign immigrants has never stopped. Even if there are [-] immigrants, the Executive Committee And definitely not too much.
Immigrants from the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty and the war-torn areas of northern Xinjiang have always been the focus of Haihan's immigration recruitment work in recent years.If Hou Jin wanted to launch a war against North Korea, then Haihan would be happy to have another source of population import.At least compared to the alien slaves trafficked by slave traders from Southern Europe, East Africa, Central Asia, and the Indian Peninsula to Haihan, North Korea is still relatively close to China in terms of cultural traditions and ethnic appearance, and it is also easy to adapt and integrate into the living environment after being introduced into the country. will be easier.
However, even if it seems that the deteriorating situation in North Korea is beneficial to Haihan, the military does not dare to sit idly by, because the grain production in the Jinzhou area has not yet fully recovered, and the logistical support still depends to a certain extent on the North Korean side. Food, medicine, cloth and other survival materials.It can't be said that after Jin has realized this, it is very likely that he will give up taking back Jinzhou first, and instead target the soft persimmon North Korea.
"Look at the excitement first. If Jin Zhen attacks North Korea, then we can only make a fuss here in Jinzhou to attract some troops for North Korea." Yan Chujie has no better solution to the situation in Liaodong for the time being. Now the main force They are all in the south, and it will be at least a month or two before they go to Liaodong. At this stage, they can only rely on the garrisons in Jinzhou and Dengzhou to cope with the changing situation in the northeast.
"You see, this is the disadvantage of insufficient troops. There is no way to seize such a good opportunity." Yan Chujie did not forget to seize this opportunity to blow the wind to others: "If North Korea survives this period, maybe The attitude will change. When we think about stationing troops again, I am afraid that we will not have such good conditions.”
"The problem is that there is no money! The military budget is so much every year. If your military wants a new base, new equipment, and military expansion, you can only ask Schneider for money first." Ning Qi saw it right away. Yan Chujie's old routine, immediately kick the ball out.
However, Schneider is not here right now. Halfway through today's dinner, he was invited away by the shareholders of Qiong Lianfa.It is said that the major shareholders of Qiong Lianfa also intend to increase their investment in the north, and want to gain the support of Haihan's senior management in terms of policies, so Schneider was invited outside to make a private calculation.
Of course, not just any family can enjoy the treatment of meeting alone with high-ranking officials of Haihan, and only interest groups like Qiong Lianfa, who have a deep entanglement with Haihan, are qualified to invite Schneider out to negotiate terms in private.
When Qiong Lianfa was established in Hong Kong in 1630, it was led by Haihan officials, and Haihan himself was one of the major shareholders who joined at the beginning.In the early days, this commercial organization only focused on the development projects on Qiongzhou Island. However, because Haihan officials participated in the operation of Qiong Lianfa, this commercial organization also fully enjoyed the dividends brought about by Haihan's rapid expansion and grew into a The largest commercial crocodile in the South China Sea.
With an official background, Qiong Lianfa will naturally not limit its business scope to Qiongzhou Island. In the past years of Haihan's southern and northern wars, Qiong Lianfa will almost always follow the footsteps of the military and enter the new colony as soon as possible. Get some local infrastructure projects and better locations.
However, the shareholders of Qiong Lianfa are almost all from the South China Sea region, and the shareholders who are Ming people are mainly from Fuzhou and Guangzhou. They all take the South China Sea region as their main business scope.Although Haihan's industry in the north is also invested by Qiong Lianfa, it is not as dominant as in the south.
Of course, there is actually an inhumane reason for doing this, that is, Haihan officials must also consider the interests of local wealthy families. Drinking the soup will inevitably cause a lot of dissatisfaction, which is not good for Haihan's purpose of opening up business routes.Therefore, most of Haihan's industries in the area north of the Fujian Strait involve local wealthy businessmen or people with government backgrounds participating in cooperative operations, while Qiong Lianfa is very low-key and only works on certain projects that are sure to make money. China Investment acts as a behind-the-scenes shareholder.
However, Zhejiang and Shandong are fine. After all, strong dragons can’t beat local snakes. Haihan’s official choice to cooperate with local businessmen is also a very reasonable move in the eyes of Qiong Lianfa’s shareholders.But this Liaodong area was considered to be occupied by Hou Jin, but there is no local power to say, now that it has been seized by the Haihan faction army, it must not give up this market to others in vain.
Qiong Lianfa had already had some investment projects in Jinzhou before this, but the local situation was not stable, and shareholders did not dare to make heavy bets there, so they have been waiting and watching the situation.After the Haihan Army captured the Jinzhou Isthmus last spring, they formed a long-term confrontation with the Houjin Army in the local area, and then the two sides maintained this balance tacitly, and there was no major war in this year. break out.
Haihan took advantage of this year to move more than [-] soldiers and civilians who originally belonged to Dongjiang Town of Daming from Pidao and other places to Jinzhou for resettlement, and began to resume social production there.Now that the period of weak defense that worries merchants in the south is coming to an end, Houjin seems to have no tendency to fight Haihan to the death on the Jinzhou Isthmus, so the merchants are determined to increase their investment in the Liaodong region this year. This will definitely require the approval and support from Haihan's senior management.
"Mr. Shi, everyone here today is from our own family. Tell me, old man, what is the constitution of Liaodong this year? Can you invest money there?"
In the banquet hall of a certain house on the outskirts of Sanya, a large number of businessmen were sitting around Schneider, asking him about the strategy of the Haihan Department of Commerce in the Liaodong area.If Qiong Lianfa wants to operate a larger-scale industry in Liaodong, it must first obtain clear instructions from the Ministry of Commerce.
Schneider said unhurriedly: "I understand everyone's urgency, but what I want to say is that investing in Liaodong is risky. The war between my country and Houjin is not over, and it will resume at any time. When the fight starts, Jinzhou will be the front line. If you plan to increase your investment in Liaodong, I personally support it, but I hope you must consider your ability to bear risks.”
"Thank you, Mr. Shi, for reminding me! However, there are risks in making money, and I understand it naturally, but as long as the profits are large enough, the risk is worth it." Li Nai, who represented Fu Ruifeng, was the first to express his opinion, and there were several people who agreed with him It seems that they are all waiting for Schneider's words.
Why this group of people are so active in investing in Liaodong, Schneider's heart is naturally open. Last year, special products such as ginseng, deer antler, fur and so on were sent back from Jinzhou, all of which were in great demand in the Haihan market, and their prices soared repeatedly. The purchase price of the place of origin has soared more than ten times, and the profit from operating these commodities is enough for merchants to take the initiative to ignore the possibility of another war breaking out in the local area.Out of profit-seeking nature, these businessmen will naturally try to increase the scale of their local operations so that they can traffic more Liaodong specialties to the south for sale for huge profits.
The small calculations of the businessmen are actually quite normal, and Schneider did not intend to set too high a threshold for them, but there are some things that he has to bring up on this occasion, which can be regarded as a warning to these eager businessmen.
"Whether you want to use the name of Qiong Lianfa or prepare to do business locally, I have one more thing to remind you, don't ignore the prohibition and do smuggling with Houjin for the sake of profit!" Schneider Looking around at the people in the hall, he said: "There is no reason to talk about this matter. Anyone who violates it will be punished as an enemy. Please remember!"
The area occupied by Haihan in Liaodong is only the southwest corner of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the geographical area is extremely limited. No matter how rich the products are, those high-value specialties cannot withstand the plundering of these merchants, let alone satisfy the huge demand in the southern market. .What Schneider is worried about is that someone will take risks for profit and send the smuggling business to Houjin.Although the possibility of this kind of thing happening is not great, Schneider must also put his ugly words in front, so as not to leave these businessmen with the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes.
As soon as this remark came out, the expression on someone's face changed.Wang Qin, a merchant from Huizhou, said: "Boss Shi, it's not the same as buying from whom? When we do business, we don't use military supplies to barter, or simply trade with money. Houjin took the money and there is no place to buy it. Buy weapons and fight against my Haihan army!"
Schneider smiled and said: "I knew that some of you would definitely have this idea. Being an enemy is not counting as providing military supplies to the enemy. As long as you do business with them and have a relationship of benefit transfer, you will be counted as being an enemy."
Wang Qin said: "But in this way, there won't be much business to do in the local area! The grain grown there can only be harvested once a year. We can't go so far to cultivate fields, can we?"
The current main food crops in the Liaodong area are wheat and rice, and the local corn was introduced after Haihan entered the area, and the economic crops are even more limited, only soybeans and sugar beets, which are far less than the variety of plantations in the south Operating items.As for the Haihan occupied area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus, almost half of the area is mountainous and hilly that is not suitable for large-scale agricultural development, and a considerable part of the cultivated land is used to resettle immigrants from Dongjiang Town. It is difficult to resemble the southern colonies. Promote plantation projects on a large scale.One of the reasons why Qiong Lianfa did not invest in the local area on a large scale before was due to environmental restrictions.
The profit of operating agricultural projects is very limited. Instead of investing in the distant Liaodong, it is better to invest the funds in the South China Sea and the results will be obvious.Now it is hard to find a new business opportunity, but Haihan officials have imposed strict restrictions on this, which is undoubtedly a great blow to the enthusiasm of the businessmen.
Zhan Gui, the owner of Zhan's Shipping Company, said: "Boss Shi, if the smuggling trade with Houjin can be released, it will actually be a good channel for information! Besides, it is said that Houjin still has a primitive tribal system, so the interior is definitely not monolithic. , we can gradually divide them through trade. There are some problems that are not easy to solve on the battlefield, but maybe we can try to find answers in other ways.”
Zhan Gui's statement is undoubtedly more innovative than Wang Qin's complaint. Schneider also expressed his appreciation for his idea after listening: "The possibility that Boss Zhan said is indeed possible, and it's not that we haven't considered implementing it like this." But what the Executive Committee wants is to defeat Houjin militarily and completely destroy the Houjin regime politically, not to slowly divide Houjin internally through economic means.”
"But we only deployed a few thousand troops in Liaodong. It is enough to win the war, but it is far from enough to conquer a country with this force!" Li Nai's understanding of military affairs is far better than the others present People, Dang even questioned the goals of the Executive Committee.Of course, he should be the only one among the shareholders present who dared to doubt the authority of the executive committee.
In the future, in terms of Jin's current ruling area under the actual control of Liaodong, it is indeed difficult for Haihan to achieve the goal of destroying the country with this little force.Even if they can advance northward with super fighting power, they may have to allocate more than half of these thousands of people to deploy on the marching route in order to ensure the logistics supply before reaching Shengjing City, let alone occupying the entire Northeast region. .The Haihan Army has been guarding the Jinzhou Isthmus and has not continued to launch an offensive northward. A large part of the reason is that its strength is limited and it is not sure to control a larger control area.
Schneider's statement can scare ordinary people, but Li Nai knows a lot about Haihan's military strategy, so he naturally doesn't believe that the executive committee can set such a goal.In his opinion, this is more like a rhetoric made by Schneider to dispel restlessness.
Schneider was not angry because of Li Nai's doubts, he actually admired Li Nai, because only people with Chinese thinking would think of this level.It's just that Schneider still can't let go of the businessmen's request for free operation authority in trade.
"Then let me be more straightforward." Schneider decided not to play around with them anymore, and directly showed his cards: "Not only you, but even businessmen from Ming, North Korea, or other countries will never want to establish a maritime relationship with Hou Jin." Trade routes. The navy has spent two years clearing the coastline of Liaodong to prevent the golden sails from going out to sea, in order to completely block their access to the sea! This is a national policy and will not be changed because of the interests of Qiong Lianfa and everyone here! "
(End of this chapter)