Chapter 2520

Chapter 2520

Chapter 2520
Every Haihan person who has been to Sanya will be proud of the fact that their country has built such a spectacular and prosperous capital from scratch on the island.And Tao Hongfang and others have lived in Sanya since they were young, and they have a personal experience of the rapid development and changes of this city. the protagonist.It is quite a novel experience for them to be able to hear a foreigner praising Sanya's construction achievements in Haihan Mandarin in a place far away from Sanya.

Pete is obviously a very qualified businessman. He is observing the reactions of Tao Hongfang and others while talking. From the barely concealed smiles of these young people, he can be sure that his guess is basically correct. The young people are most likely from Sanya.And that is the place where Haihan's big shots are most concentrated. Looking at the age of these young people, most of them are the children of powerful and powerful people.

Pete said excitedly: "To be honest, I haven't received guests from Sanya for a long time. I'm very glad that you can come to my business inn today! If possible, I hope you can share Sanya with me. I miss that beautiful place so much."

Of course, this is a topic that young people like to discuss. Tao Hongfang and others also generously shared with Pete the construction achievements of the Sanya area in the past two years.For example, the newly completed Yulinjiao Lighthouse is not only twice as tall as the old lighthouse built more than 20 years ago, but also equipped with a new type of bull's-eye lens, allowing the light from the top of the lighthouse to shine farther into the sea.

The five-year-long Tiandu River dredging project has also come to an end, and now small ships with a displacement of less than [-] tons can go upstream along the Tiandu River to the inland industrial area, which greatly eases the burden on the railway line. Freight pressure.

Of course, the most boastful engineering project is naturally the airport located west of Sanya.The airport named "Phoenix" is still a scientific research institution, and is closely guarded by the army.Although it is not open to the outside world, it has been regarded as a "miracle" to some extent by the people of Sanya.When the weather is fine, you can occasionally see aircraft taking off and landing here. At this time, people will kneel down and worship, thinking that this is the evidence of "Heavenly Officials descending into the world" and incarnating the executive committee to govern Haihan.

"Airplane! I saw an article about it in the Times, but I can't imagine what kind of machine it is that can take people to the sky!" Pete replied excitedly: "Wait until the next time I come back to Sanya , I must go and see its true colors!"

Tao Hongfang said with a smile: "Perhaps at some point in the future, an airport will be built near here, and planes will be seen here as well."

Pete came back to his senses, nodded and replied: "Young Master Tao is right, Haihan has already decided to move the capital to Hangzhou. If there is one in Sanya, there will definitely be one in Hangzhou in the future!"

After talking about Sanya, the relationship between the two parties has become warm.Pete also struck while the iron was hot, and took the initiative to introduce the situation about this store.

The time when the Dutch East India Company established an office in Zhoushan can be traced back to nearly 20 years ago. However, at that time, Haihan still maintained strict control over the business activities of Western merchants in this area, and did not allow the Dutch to build in Dinghai Port. Large storehouse.

It was not until about 15 years ago that Haihan basically controlled the situation in Northeast Asia through the Golden State Talks, and then began to gradually loosen the restrictions on Western merchants, allowing the East India Company to expand its business scale here in Dinghai Port.

The Dutch, who had long been hungry and thirsty, immediately invested a lot of money to enclose a large piece of land in the most golden area of ​​Dinghai Port. It took two years to build this large commercial warehouse covering an area of ​​[-] mu, which was used to replace the Dayuan Port in Taiwan, which has no future development prospects in the trade field.

After this trading post was put into use, the trade volume between the East India Company and Daming immediately tripled, and the considerable profits brought about by this made the Dutch increase their follow-up investment without hesitation.Not only did they send a lot of competent people from Batavia, but they also changed the decoration of this store into a Chinese style that is easier to get customers' favor.

Pete came to Sanya with his parents when he was very young, and lived there for a long time. He not only learned the authentic Haihan Mandarin, but also had a deeper understanding of Haihan's customs and social structure. know.So after he became an adult, he naturally engaged in diplomacy and foreign trade related work.

Before he was transferred to Zhoushan, he worked for two or three years in the official organization of the East India Company in Sanya.Five years ago, he was entrusted with the important task of going to Zhoushan to replace the old and retired store manager.

Although Pete was young, with his understanding of Haihan and his unimpeded communication skills, he made great achievements soon after he took office. Approved by Via.Just after the half-year inspection period, he was officially appointed by the company's board of directors as the person in charge of the Zhoushan Trading Post, and he was fully in charge of the East India Company's trade affairs in the East China Sea.

That is to say, for any matters in the field of trade, Pete can make decisions on his own without asking Batavia for instructions.This power allows him to mobilize materials, funds, personnel and ships in the East China Sea area, and sign various commercial agreements with Haihan or other countries on behalf of the East India Company. The scope of authority can be described as quite large.

But even so, Pete is not satisfied with the status quo and does not intend to stop at the trade field.In his opinion, if he can manage to make friends with important figures in the high-level Haihan and establish a reliable personal relationship, then the East India Company's commercial interests in East Asia will have a very large room for development, and this also means that He can have more wealth and greater authority.

So in the five years since Pete took office, he has been trying every means to build a network of contacts, and has established a good relationship with officials in Shi Diwen's line.However, Shi Diwen is only a local official after all, and his influence on Sanya is still relatively limited.And Sanya is too far away from Zhoushan, even if Pete wants to manage it, it is beyond his reach.

Hearing from the buddy today that some noble-looking outsiders came, Pete decided to come and see him, and he would catch fish first before talking about it.Unexpectedly, these young people came from Sanya, which made Pete curious about their real identities, so naturally he wanted to test them out.

(End of this chapter)