Chapter 1895
Chapter 1895
Strength speaks
Haihan's great investment in the navy is obvious to all countries. When Li Mo returned to Seoul from the Datongjiang base, he was also fortunate to be on Haihan's Majestic-class warship. The cost of the battleship.However, Tom Wang did not disclose the detailed figures to him, and only mentioned that the value of the artillery equipped on the ship was more than 2000 taels of silver each, so Li Lu consciously stopped asking.
There are more than 10 majestic-class shipboard artillery. According to Wang Tom, the naval gun alone will cost at least 10 taels of silver, and the entire fleet of North Korea's existing navy may not be worth so much.Moreover, the majestic-class battleship is also equipped with a mysterious mechanical device that can provide propulsion, and its value must not be lower than that of the ship's weapons. With such a rough calculation, a majestic-class battleship is worth less than [-] taels of silver. Yes, Li Wei could only dispel some unrealistic fantasies at that time.
But considering that Haihan's first majestic-class warship entered service eight years ago, this made Li Wei feel the gap in strength between the two countries' maritime armed forces.There were actually only two Majestic-class warships sent by Haihan to North Korea to participate in the war, but after cooperating with other warships in the fleet to blockade the Yalu River and the coast of Liaodong, it was enough to suppress all the warships of the Qing army and could not go to sea during the entire war , Greatly increased the opponent's logistical pressure.
Li Luo recalled the several ports under the Haihan rule he visited on his way south. Only the ports of Magong Port in Penghu and Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan did not see the Majestic-class warships.However, according to Shi Diwen's statement when he visited Zhoushan, the Majestic-class warship originally stationed in the Fujian Strait went to North Korea to participate in the war, and has not yet returned to the station.In the future, after the completion of the military port facilities at the Datongjiang Base, a Majestic-class warship will probably be stationed locally as a powerful weapon for townships, but the specific time will depend on the progress of its follow-up ship construction and entry into service.
For North Korea, combat equipment such as Majestic-class warships, which are very expensive in terms of cost and daily expenses, are out of reach.But for Haihan, the only problem that needs to be worried is that the speed of building this class of warships can't even keep up with the speed of site expansion, and for the time being, it can't achieve the level of on-demand deployment of naval forces stationed overseas.
The majestic-class battleships built in the later stage were equipped with steam power systems, and their cost and maintenance costs were indeed far higher than those of traditional sailing warships, and the construction period was as long as one year. Even the Navy, which has always had ample military budget, can only maintain it for these years. With the progress of entering service of two ships every year.However, although this progress is not enough to meet the requirements of the Navy, it is basically enough for the current external environment that Haihan needs to face.
Each overseas naval base only needs to station one majestic-class warship, supplemented by several exploration-class and expedition-class warships to form a basic fleet.Unless it is a large-scale battle such as attacking the Golden State Isthmus or Manila Bay, it is necessary to mobilize fleets from other places. Small fleets usually stationed in various military ports are sufficient to perform combat missions in most cases.This year, the coalition fleet went to North Korea to fight, and its lineup is already overkill. Even if the Haihan fleet does not take action, the other three allied fleets are more than enough to deal with the Qing army's surface armed forces.
Of course, even with this basic configuration of guarding places, its strength is enough to make Li Wei envious.In the past, he thought that his country's turtle boats and plank boats were very powerful warships at sea, but the appearance of the Haihan fleet changed his perception, and his country's navy could only serve as a transport team on the battlefield. and sentry.
But if you think about it in a good direction, maybe in a few years, the North Korean Navy will have a new look because of the shipbuilding technology of Haihan. Small warships can now be built in North Korean shipyards—if, of course, the military budget is adequate.
Where does the money come from?Li Min thought that in the future when he went abroad, Fugong had begun to control daily expenses. The group of overseas students including himself could hardly even make up the basic expenses. The cost of an exploration-class warship plus the weapons, equipment and personnel on board Training costs, at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.If the North Korean navy wants to change its appearance, it seems that it is not so easy to think about it carefully.
But why does Haihan have so much money to spend?Li Lu tapped lightly on the page with his fingers, thinking about the question that confused him.He wanted to find the answer from the book. Perhaps trade is a good direction, but the description of international trade in the book is relatively simple. Generally, it only mentions the trade cooperation reached after talks with a certain party on a certain day of the year. Agreement, as for the process and content, it is directly skipped.Li Lu only knew that Haihan had sold a large amount of weapons and equipment, but he knew little about other trade contents.
The prosperity of trading ports like Zhoushan and Hong Kong can already reflect Haihan’s operation in the field of international trade. Li Wei believes that there is no doubt that Haihan has benefited a lot from it, but he is a complete layman in business operations. , Even after the on-site visit, I still don't understand how Haihan turned these originally remote islands into bustling trading ports.
Unable to come up with an answer, Li Mo could only secretly decide that he must learn more about business and trade information during his limited stay in Hong Kong, and collect some information in advance for North Korea's future international trade.
But when he put down his book and was about to take a rest, he found that the outside of the window was already pale.When Li Lu walked to the balcony, he could see that the fishing port in the distance had begun to become lively.The time for fishermen to go to sea is much earlier than that of merchant ships and cargo ships. In the early morning, hard-working fishermen have returned from fishing in the offshore. Before dawn, a batch of fresh catches will be sold in the market near the fishing port.If there is no accident, there will be seafood that was caught early this morning in Li Lu's breakfast.
"I read the book all night. How have I ever worked so hard..." Li Yan was also a little surprised at how quickly time passed, and the night was spent reading without knowing it.This may also be related to the education he received since he was a child. He has always read books such as the collection of classics and history. It is the object he is currently in contact with, so he watched it all night out of interest.
But Li Luo knew that during the day most of the time there were foreign affairs activities arranged by Hai Han, so if he could sleep for a while now, he had to nourish his energy.
Sure enough, it didn't seem long after Li Lu fell asleep, he was woken up by his servants and asked him to get up, wash and eat. Later, You Yihan will send a car to pick him up to the business district to continue his tour.
"Your Majesty looks so haggard. Didn't you have a good rest last night? Is there something uncomfortable about your stay? I'll ask someone to deal with it immediately."
As soon as You Yihan met Li Luofu, he noticed the conspicuous dark circles on Li Luofu's face, and asked with concern.Li Lu was not good at telling the truth, he only reasoned that he was inexplicably upset last night, perhaps because he was away from his hometown for the first time and was homesick.
Homesickness is also a human feeling. After hearing this, You Yihan had no doubts about him, so he introduced to Li Lu the area he was going to visit today: "Didn't the prince ask yesterday why so many businessmen from Daming are willing to come to Hong Kong to do business? Let's go here today." The place is full of shops run by Ming merchants, if the prince is interested, you can communicate with them face to face, and maybe you can find the answer to your question."
Most of the merchants and commercial organizations from the early Ming Dynasty lived in groups, or in order to be closer to the Pearl River Estuary, they basically chose to settle on the west side of the port, and several local guild halls built by Ming merchants were also located in this area.The Ming merchants who came to Hong Kong to do business later took this as the center, and gradually built shops, warehouses and other buildings radially on the periphery, gradually turning this place into the most prosperous neighborhood on Hong Kong Island.
Or because the layout of buildings and streets in this area presents a circular structure that is difficult to find in ordinary cities, and it is located in the middle of the North Shore Trade Zone of Hong Kong Island, it is logically named Central by the Hong Kong Management Committee.
The reason for this kind of naming is of course only an official statement to the outside world. In fact, it is just a joke made by the members of the executive committee to miss the past.However, people in this time and space do not object to the more vivid naming of Zhonghuan. After listening to You Yihan's introduction, Li Mo didn't feel that there was anything wrong. Which country's laws should be followed for management?
He remembered that when he visited Zhoushan earlier, there were actually many shops opened by Ming merchants there, but the scale of operation seemed to be slightly different from that in Hong Kong.According to Shi Diwen, the local situation is generally based on Haihan's laws.
"Our place is the same as in Zhoushan, basically following the rules of our country." After hearing Li Luo's question, You Yihan explained to him: "If it's just a business dispute, then we will come forward to mediate and resolve it, and if it can't be resolved, we will It is the same for major criminal cases. However, we also have judicial cooperation with the nearby state government offices, and there are many joint cases. In this case, the nationality, nationality, and The location of the crime, the location of the arrest and other factors are negotiated and resolved.”
Li Min nodded to express his understanding, and continued to ask: "This place is full of businessmen who come to ask for money, so the accidents must be caused by business disputes, right?"
"That's not necessarily true." You Yihan smiled and shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know that people's hearts are sinister. The more prosperous this place is, the more people will take risks for money. There are three to five hundred people who are arrested by us for committing crimes here every year." There are. But there are endless bad guys in the world, as long as we try our best to create a relatively stable trading environment for businessmen."
As You Yihan said, although Hong Kong looks prosperous, it is not a peaceful place. It is precisely because wealth from all over the world is gathered here, and it seems to be a place outside the law for Da Ming, so there will be many people who are against Haihan. People from all walks of life who lack understanding and want to ask for money come to Hong Kong, and there are also some ruthless desperadoes among them.
Of the various cases that happen here every year, [-]% of them are caused by money.In order to maintain local law and order, the Management Committee has maintained a judiciary establishment of nearly a thousand people all year round, including a company of armed police, to deal with some emergencies that cannot be handled directly by the military. .But even so, the incidence rate of public security cases here has not decreased significantly, and the number of prisoners detained in Stanley Prison in the south of the island has never been in triple digits every year.
You Yihan is not afraid to expose his shortcomings in front of Li Wei. Although there have always been security problems in this place, it has not hindered the increase in the scale of trade every year.To put it bluntly, ordinary public security cases will not affect the local rule of the management committee, but if such an incident that may cause a greater impact occurs, let alone Haihan will deal with it vigorously, many vested interests in the local government of Daming Stakeholders will also help cover the cover to eliminate the impact.
These things will not have much impact on the Ming businessmen who come to Hong Kong to do business. They are very aware of Haihan's strength, and they also know that the security they can get here is actually higher than that in China.As long as you abide by the rules set by the Haihan people and manage your own business well, making a fortune is just around the corner.
While speaking, the carriage they were riding in had already arrived in Central. Like the day before yesterday, the two got off the car at a street corner at random, and then walked to visit the shops nearby.
The streets on the Central side were organized and built by Ming merchants at the beginning, and there was no unified plan when the construction started. They are not as horizontal and vertical as the urban area planned by Haihan on the east side of the harbor. The pavements along the streets are also large and small, which does not look Very tidy.However, in Li Wei's view, this seems patchwork, more like the life of the market.
Most of the shops opened by Ming merchants sell handicrafts and rough-processed local specialties. However, these products are not necessarily produced in Guangdong and Guangxi. Li Wei looked at a few shops at random, and some of them sold inland products from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan and Jiangxi. The products of other places, and even the products of northern regions such as Shaanxi and Shanxi, it seems that the Pearl River Estuary is called the southern Ming Dynasty trade route to the sea, which is indeed worthy of its name.
Compared with the high value-added industrial products produced by Haihan, the unit price of these Daming products is generally relatively low, but judging from the flow of people in these shops, the business should still be very good.Moreover, you can see a lot of deep-eyed and high-nosed Westerners shuttling between the streets here, and the people who want to participate in local trade are far from the two countries of Haihan and Daming.
"The port leased by the Portuguese from Daming is more than 100 miles west of Hong Kong Island, just to the west of the Pearl River Estuary, so you will see many Portuguese businessmen here." You Yihan expressed his interest in the sight of Li Mo at the right time. explained.
(End of this chapter)
Haihan's great investment in the navy is obvious to all countries. When Li Mo returned to Seoul from the Datongjiang base, he was also fortunate to be on Haihan's Majestic-class warship. The cost of the battleship.However, Tom Wang did not disclose the detailed figures to him, and only mentioned that the value of the artillery equipped on the ship was more than 2000 taels of silver each, so Li Lu consciously stopped asking.
There are more than 10 majestic-class shipboard artillery. According to Wang Tom, the naval gun alone will cost at least 10 taels of silver, and the entire fleet of North Korea's existing navy may not be worth so much.Moreover, the majestic-class battleship is also equipped with a mysterious mechanical device that can provide propulsion, and its value must not be lower than that of the ship's weapons. With such a rough calculation, a majestic-class battleship is worth less than [-] taels of silver. Yes, Li Wei could only dispel some unrealistic fantasies at that time.
But considering that Haihan's first majestic-class warship entered service eight years ago, this made Li Wei feel the gap in strength between the two countries' maritime armed forces.There were actually only two Majestic-class warships sent by Haihan to North Korea to participate in the war, but after cooperating with other warships in the fleet to blockade the Yalu River and the coast of Liaodong, it was enough to suppress all the warships of the Qing army and could not go to sea during the entire war , Greatly increased the opponent's logistical pressure.
Li Luo recalled the several ports under the Haihan rule he visited on his way south. Only the ports of Magong Port in Penghu and Kaohsiung Port in Taiwan did not see the Majestic-class warships.However, according to Shi Diwen's statement when he visited Zhoushan, the Majestic-class warship originally stationed in the Fujian Strait went to North Korea to participate in the war, and has not yet returned to the station.In the future, after the completion of the military port facilities at the Datongjiang Base, a Majestic-class warship will probably be stationed locally as a powerful weapon for townships, but the specific time will depend on the progress of its follow-up ship construction and entry into service.
For North Korea, combat equipment such as Majestic-class warships, which are very expensive in terms of cost and daily expenses, are out of reach.But for Haihan, the only problem that needs to be worried is that the speed of building this class of warships can't even keep up with the speed of site expansion, and for the time being, it can't achieve the level of on-demand deployment of naval forces stationed overseas.
The majestic-class battleships built in the later stage were equipped with steam power systems, and their cost and maintenance costs were indeed far higher than those of traditional sailing warships, and the construction period was as long as one year. Even the Navy, which has always had ample military budget, can only maintain it for these years. With the progress of entering service of two ships every year.However, although this progress is not enough to meet the requirements of the Navy, it is basically enough for the current external environment that Haihan needs to face.
Each overseas naval base only needs to station one majestic-class warship, supplemented by several exploration-class and expedition-class warships to form a basic fleet.Unless it is a large-scale battle such as attacking the Golden State Isthmus or Manila Bay, it is necessary to mobilize fleets from other places. Small fleets usually stationed in various military ports are sufficient to perform combat missions in most cases.This year, the coalition fleet went to North Korea to fight, and its lineup is already overkill. Even if the Haihan fleet does not take action, the other three allied fleets are more than enough to deal with the Qing army's surface armed forces.
Of course, even with this basic configuration of guarding places, its strength is enough to make Li Wei envious.In the past, he thought that his country's turtle boats and plank boats were very powerful warships at sea, but the appearance of the Haihan fleet changed his perception, and his country's navy could only serve as a transport team on the battlefield. and sentry.
But if you think about it in a good direction, maybe in a few years, the North Korean Navy will have a new look because of the shipbuilding technology of Haihan. Small warships can now be built in North Korean shipyards—if, of course, the military budget is adequate.
Where does the money come from?Li Min thought that in the future when he went abroad, Fugong had begun to control daily expenses. The group of overseas students including himself could hardly even make up the basic expenses. The cost of an exploration-class warship plus the weapons, equipment and personnel on board Training costs, at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.If the North Korean navy wants to change its appearance, it seems that it is not so easy to think about it carefully.
But why does Haihan have so much money to spend?Li Lu tapped lightly on the page with his fingers, thinking about the question that confused him.He wanted to find the answer from the book. Perhaps trade is a good direction, but the description of international trade in the book is relatively simple. Generally, it only mentions the trade cooperation reached after talks with a certain party on a certain day of the year. Agreement, as for the process and content, it is directly skipped.Li Lu only knew that Haihan had sold a large amount of weapons and equipment, but he knew little about other trade contents.
The prosperity of trading ports like Zhoushan and Hong Kong can already reflect Haihan’s operation in the field of international trade. Li Wei believes that there is no doubt that Haihan has benefited a lot from it, but he is a complete layman in business operations. , Even after the on-site visit, I still don't understand how Haihan turned these originally remote islands into bustling trading ports.
Unable to come up with an answer, Li Mo could only secretly decide that he must learn more about business and trade information during his limited stay in Hong Kong, and collect some information in advance for North Korea's future international trade.
But when he put down his book and was about to take a rest, he found that the outside of the window was already pale.When Li Lu walked to the balcony, he could see that the fishing port in the distance had begun to become lively.The time for fishermen to go to sea is much earlier than that of merchant ships and cargo ships. In the early morning, hard-working fishermen have returned from fishing in the offshore. Before dawn, a batch of fresh catches will be sold in the market near the fishing port.If there is no accident, there will be seafood that was caught early this morning in Li Lu's breakfast.
"I read the book all night. How have I ever worked so hard..." Li Yan was also a little surprised at how quickly time passed, and the night was spent reading without knowing it.This may also be related to the education he received since he was a child. He has always read books such as the collection of classics and history. It is the object he is currently in contact with, so he watched it all night out of interest.
But Li Luo knew that during the day most of the time there were foreign affairs activities arranged by Hai Han, so if he could sleep for a while now, he had to nourish his energy.
Sure enough, it didn't seem long after Li Lu fell asleep, he was woken up by his servants and asked him to get up, wash and eat. Later, You Yihan will send a car to pick him up to the business district to continue his tour.
"Your Majesty looks so haggard. Didn't you have a good rest last night? Is there something uncomfortable about your stay? I'll ask someone to deal with it immediately."
As soon as You Yihan met Li Luofu, he noticed the conspicuous dark circles on Li Luofu's face, and asked with concern.Li Lu was not good at telling the truth, he only reasoned that he was inexplicably upset last night, perhaps because he was away from his hometown for the first time and was homesick.
Homesickness is also a human feeling. After hearing this, You Yihan had no doubts about him, so he introduced to Li Lu the area he was going to visit today: "Didn't the prince ask yesterday why so many businessmen from Daming are willing to come to Hong Kong to do business? Let's go here today." The place is full of shops run by Ming merchants, if the prince is interested, you can communicate with them face to face, and maybe you can find the answer to your question."
Most of the merchants and commercial organizations from the early Ming Dynasty lived in groups, or in order to be closer to the Pearl River Estuary, they basically chose to settle on the west side of the port, and several local guild halls built by Ming merchants were also located in this area.The Ming merchants who came to Hong Kong to do business later took this as the center, and gradually built shops, warehouses and other buildings radially on the periphery, gradually turning this place into the most prosperous neighborhood on Hong Kong Island.
Or because the layout of buildings and streets in this area presents a circular structure that is difficult to find in ordinary cities, and it is located in the middle of the North Shore Trade Zone of Hong Kong Island, it is logically named Central by the Hong Kong Management Committee.
The reason for this kind of naming is of course only an official statement to the outside world. In fact, it is just a joke made by the members of the executive committee to miss the past.However, people in this time and space do not object to the more vivid naming of Zhonghuan. After listening to You Yihan's introduction, Li Mo didn't feel that there was anything wrong. Which country's laws should be followed for management?
He remembered that when he visited Zhoushan earlier, there were actually many shops opened by Ming merchants there, but the scale of operation seemed to be slightly different from that in Hong Kong.According to Shi Diwen, the local situation is generally based on Haihan's laws.
"Our place is the same as in Zhoushan, basically following the rules of our country." After hearing Li Luo's question, You Yihan explained to him: "If it's just a business dispute, then we will come forward to mediate and resolve it, and if it can't be resolved, we will It is the same for major criminal cases. However, we also have judicial cooperation with the nearby state government offices, and there are many joint cases. In this case, the nationality, nationality, and The location of the crime, the location of the arrest and other factors are negotiated and resolved.”
Li Min nodded to express his understanding, and continued to ask: "This place is full of businessmen who come to ask for money, so the accidents must be caused by business disputes, right?"
"That's not necessarily true." You Yihan smiled and shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know that people's hearts are sinister. The more prosperous this place is, the more people will take risks for money. There are three to five hundred people who are arrested by us for committing crimes here every year." There are. But there are endless bad guys in the world, as long as we try our best to create a relatively stable trading environment for businessmen."
As You Yihan said, although Hong Kong looks prosperous, it is not a peaceful place. It is precisely because wealth from all over the world is gathered here, and it seems to be a place outside the law for Da Ming, so there will be many people who are against Haihan. People from all walks of life who lack understanding and want to ask for money come to Hong Kong, and there are also some ruthless desperadoes among them.
Of the various cases that happen here every year, [-]% of them are caused by money.In order to maintain local law and order, the Management Committee has maintained a judiciary establishment of nearly a thousand people all year round, including a company of armed police, to deal with some emergencies that cannot be handled directly by the military. .But even so, the incidence rate of public security cases here has not decreased significantly, and the number of prisoners detained in Stanley Prison in the south of the island has never been in triple digits every year.
You Yihan is not afraid to expose his shortcomings in front of Li Wei. Although there have always been security problems in this place, it has not hindered the increase in the scale of trade every year.To put it bluntly, ordinary public security cases will not affect the local rule of the management committee, but if such an incident that may cause a greater impact occurs, let alone Haihan will deal with it vigorously, many vested interests in the local government of Daming Stakeholders will also help cover the cover to eliminate the impact.
These things will not have much impact on the Ming businessmen who come to Hong Kong to do business. They are very aware of Haihan's strength, and they also know that the security they can get here is actually higher than that in China.As long as you abide by the rules set by the Haihan people and manage your own business well, making a fortune is just around the corner.
While speaking, the carriage they were riding in had already arrived in Central. Like the day before yesterday, the two got off the car at a street corner at random, and then walked to visit the shops nearby.
The streets on the Central side were organized and built by Ming merchants at the beginning, and there was no unified plan when the construction started. They are not as horizontal and vertical as the urban area planned by Haihan on the east side of the harbor. The pavements along the streets are also large and small, which does not look Very tidy.However, in Li Wei's view, this seems patchwork, more like the life of the market.
Most of the shops opened by Ming merchants sell handicrafts and rough-processed local specialties. However, these products are not necessarily produced in Guangdong and Guangxi. Li Wei looked at a few shops at random, and some of them sold inland products from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan and Jiangxi. The products of other places, and even the products of northern regions such as Shaanxi and Shanxi, it seems that the Pearl River Estuary is called the southern Ming Dynasty trade route to the sea, which is indeed worthy of its name.
Compared with the high value-added industrial products produced by Haihan, the unit price of these Daming products is generally relatively low, but judging from the flow of people in these shops, the business should still be very good.Moreover, you can see a lot of deep-eyed and high-nosed Westerners shuttling between the streets here, and the people who want to participate in local trade are far from the two countries of Haihan and Daming.
"The port leased by the Portuguese from Daming is more than 100 miles west of Hong Kong Island, just to the west of the Pearl River Estuary, so you will see many Portuguese businessmen here." You Yihan expressed his interest in the sight of Li Mo at the right time. explained.
(End of this chapter)