Chapter 2763

Chapter 2763

Chapter 2763

What was placed in front of Zhu Zian was a stack of half-foot-high dossiers, all of which were bound with kraft paper as the cover.There is no text related to the content of the dossier on the cover, only a number composed of zodiac and zodiac and numbers.

Zhu Zian had come into contact with some internal documents during his mission before, which were also in a similar format. He knew that these numbers represented the event classification, confidentiality level, registration sequence and other information of these files.However, no one gave him a detailed explanation on how to identify the information at that time, so now he only knows what it is and does not know why it is.

But when he took office, Li Qingyang would not immediately entrust him with handling important matters, and Zhu Zian was not in a hurry to start reviewing the files immediately.Along with the dossier, there was also a newly released "Haihan Times". Zhu Zian looked at the date on the head of the newspaper. The publication date was ten days ago, and the timeliness was not bad.

Since there was no urgent business, Zhu Zian decided to drink tea and read the newspaper first.He also learned this habit during the mission. He saw that the few people from Sanya were like this. After asking curiously, he learned that most of the high-ranking officials in Haihan have such office habits, and these young officials are also like this. Inherited from parents.

As for the reasoning behind this, no one could tell. Zhu Zian interpreted it as a measure to mediate the situation before officially starting work.

Zhu Zian quickly scanned through several articles on the front page, and found that the content was not directly related to the East China Sea Region.But now he is well aware of the weight of the content on the front page of the Times, so he still reads it with relish.Even if these contents seem to have nothing to do with oneself, but caring people can definitely interpret some important information from them.

The content on the front page of this issue basically focuses on the South China Sea area. For Zhu Zian, it is a relatively unfamiliar area. Most of his understanding of the area comes from the works left by his predecessors, such as Fei Xin's "Xingcha" Shenglan", Ma Ci's "Yingya Shenglan", Gong Zhen's "Western Fan Guozhi", Gu Kui's "Haicha Yulu", Huang Zhong's "Haiyu" and other books.However, most of these books were written 200 years ago, which are far from reflecting the current international situation in the South China Sea region.

However, it is said that Haihan's strategy in the South China Sea has been quite effective, and many small countries have followed suit, and its influence has far exceeded the prestige of Ming Dynasty when Zheng He sailed to the West 200 years ago.

The headline article is "On the Importance of South China Sea Products to my country's Industrial Development", which focuses on how Haihan obtained industrial raw materials from various countries in the South China Sea, transported them back to Hainan Island, and processed them into various industrial products.Such as high-quality coal from Heitu Port, bauxite mines in the inland south-central Annan, tin mines in Bangka Belitung Island, nickel mines in Luzon Island, Dumai Oilfield in Sumatra Island, etc.

The article lists in detail the origin, production capacity, and role of various minerals in the industrial chain.Although Zhu Zian doesn't understand industry, he can understand those astonishing figures, and he knows that the strong ships and guns owned by Haihan come from this so-called industrial system.

At the thank-you banquet hosted by his host a few days ago, Bai Letong, who had just returned from inspection in Yanzhou Mansion, shared his local experience.Haihan invested a huge amount of resources in the local area to build an industrial base, and Zhu Zian was quite shocked by his large scale.And Haihaneng has such a strong national power, these mineral resources from overseas countries are all indispensable components.

From this, Zhu Zian also thought of the mineral deposits that Haihan has continuously mined in Shandong in recent years. From the Fushan Copper Mine 20 years ago, to the Zhaoyuan Gold Mine, Pingdu Lead Mine, Longkou Coal Mine, etc., the speed of mining can be astonishing. Much faster than during the reign of Ming Dynasty.

With so many mines, it is hard to say how much wealth Haihan has created, but it has indeed solved the livelihood problems of a large number of hungry people in Shandong.Most of the refugee waves caused by natural disasters and man-made disasters in the early years flocked to the Jiaodong Peninsula area controlled by Haihan, and a considerable number of them stayed there to work as miners, at least tens of thousands of people .

And these people who rely on Haihan to earn their livelihood have thus become the mainstream of the naturalized people. Zhu Zian once believed that the purpose of Haihan's continuous mining in Shandong is to control the hearts of the people.Of course, this was only a one-sided idea limited by the vision and knowledge at that time. Now combined with the articles in the Times and looking back, Zhu Zian realized that Hai Han's plan was far beyond his own cognition.These minerals all over the place are just parts of Haihan's huge industrial system.

Although Zhu Zian has never been to the countries in the South China Sea, he can also imagine what Haihan did in these places based on the situation in Shandong.In addition to continuously supplying Haihan with various minerals, the local area also provides a large amount of cheap labor who depend on these industries for a living. These people are likely to be gradually converted into fans of Haihan.

And Haihan can justifiably use these industries to establish influence in the area, build urban settlements, and even station troops directly, and classify it as Haihan's actual control area.

With the strength of Ming Dynasty, it is still unable to deal with Haihan's encroachment methods. Needless to say, those small countries in the South China Sea have no other way but to cooperate.

Of course, cooperation with Haihan may not be a bad thing for these small countries.What they can get from the cooperation, besides considerable economic benefits, is likely to be the protection of force from Haihan.This is probably the most cost-effective security solution for countries that cannot afford a strong army.

At the end of the article, the author pointed out that to ensure the supply of these industrial resources, it is necessary to ensure the long-term stability of the international situation in the South China Sea, and this requires Haihan to maintain a sufficiently high prestige and influence in this region.As for how to achieve this, the author lists several suggestions, starting from politics, culture, economy, and military respectively. Although the words are vague, Zhu Zian basically understands it.

This is actually a model of action for Haihan's foreign expansion and colonization, and it is extremely efficient.Haihan will give priority to controlling those areas with important resources, and then use the output of these areas to further consolidate Haihan's influence in this area.

The vast majority of countries do not have the development capabilities of Haihan. Even if they know that there are these mineral deposits locally, it is difficult to quickly transform them into a part of national power like Haihan.The names of some minerals are even unknown to Zhu Zian, let alone how to mine and smelt them, and where they are used.Even if someone wants to imitate Haihan's practice, if they don't have the relevant industrial technology, the result can only be imitation.

(End of this chapter)