Chapter 3496
Chapter 3496
Chapter 3496
Among the hundreds of people who participated in the time-travel operation in 1627, although most of them came with various ambitions, after actually arriving at this time and space, many people eventually chose to settle in Hainan Island and enjoy a peaceful and prosperous life due to objective reasons, rather than taking risks to go out and explore the world.
Most of them were just ordinary people with no achievements before they traveled through time. They did not know how to govern a country and had never had experience leading troops in battle. If they were also mediocre in maintaining interpersonal relationships, they would ultimately be able to work in some technical fields.
Of course, no matter how bad it is, after all, there is still the special advantage of being a time traveler, so it is not difficult to make a fortune. Those with a little economic sense can rely on their identity to monopolize certain sales channels and easily become business tycoons.
Even if one does not even have the ability to do business, there is still a way to make a profit. One can use the dividends from the Crossing Group to buy more farmland and plantations everywhere. The remaining money can be invested in various state-owned industries under the name of Hai Han. In this way, one can also get considerable returns every year.
For those who have lived in a stable environment in China for many years, information about the war mainly comes from various internal briefings, word of mouth from relatives and friends, and various interviews and reports in newspapers. But personally stepping onto the battlefield and witnessing the fighting of the army of this era seems to be a far-fetched thing.
This time, Shi Diwen offered them such an opportunity, with the Hai Han army providing full protection, to go to another country to observe the civil war of the local forces. The invitation letter stated that they would be able to watch the entire battle on site, but there would be no risk of getting involved.
If this battlefield was located in another country, not many people would be interested in it, but the target of this spectatorship is Japan, so there is no need to mobilize the time travelers. Anyone who has free time and physical conditions to travel far away almost immediately agreed to participate in this inspection activity after receiving the invitation.
In the end, there were over a hundred time travelers who came from all over Hai Han to Zhoushan to participate in the event, and the scale was almost the same as the National Day event held in Hangzhou last year.
This was similar to the situation when Hai Han solicited opinions internally before launching military operations against Japan several times before, and all of them overwhelmingly supported the military to take action. The difference was that the previous support only required verbal statements, but this time it was necessary to participate in actual actions.
To be honest, even the civil and military officials under Shi Diwen may not fully understand why these high-ranking officials regard Japan, a country far less powerful than Hai Han, as a serious threat and have been wanting to eliminate it for the past thirty years.
Besides, with Hai Han's military strength, it is not impossible to launch a war of annihilation against Japan, but the Executive Committee seems more willing to spend more time and let Shi Diwen instigate various forces in Japan to kill each other. This approach seems quite confusing to them.
But they have all followed Shi Diwen for many years and have long developed good habits. They ask fewer questions and do more, and just resolutely carry out the orders given by Shi Diwen.
In order to safely send these distinguished guests to Japan to watch the war, the East China Sea region began to make corresponding preparations several months in advance. For this purpose, more than ten large passenger ships have been assembled in Zhoushan to take on the task of transporting the distinguished guests, and the East China Sea Fleet has also specially conducted escort mission drills.
Both the living conditions on the ship and the related itinerary arrangements are a level higher than those prepared for foreign dignitaries.
Shi Diwen hoped to ensure that the schedule, transportation, accommodation, security and services during the process were impeccable, so that the special guests would have a deep impression of this inspection. In this way, when the next executive committee nominates candidates, these people will most likely become his supporters and help him win re-election. At the end of February 1658, guests from many countries gathered on Zhoushan Island to participate in the first "Zhoushan International Forum" hosted by Hai Han. Including politicians from various countries and some special guests, a total of more than people from countries attended the event.
The forum was held in the conference hall of Zhoushan Naval Base. This conference hall, which can accommodate about 500 people, is not too large, but it is just right for holding meetings of this level.
For the vast majority of guests attending the forum, this was their first time to participate in an international exchange activity of this scale and level, and they inevitably felt it was quite novel.
In this era, unless you are a diplomat or a businessman engaged in cross-border trade, even if you are a powerful person in a country, you generally have few opportunities to travel abroad, let alone meet and communicate with senior officials from other countries.
The opportunity provided by Hai Han allowed them to come into contact with a country whose names they had only seen in various official documents in the past, and to discuss any topics of interest together. This would have been unimaginable in the past.
Of course, some people will still think of the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, when various countries would send envoys to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to pay homage, and there seemed to be a similar grand occasion.
However, in detail, there are still fundamental differences between the diplomatic activities during the Ming Dynasty and the forum activities held by Hai Han - at least Hai Han will not define the nature of this event as a pilgrimage by dignitaries from various countries.
It is worth mentioning that the Ming Dynasty, which had fought a great battle with Hai Han last year, also received an invitation and sent Yue Shizong, an official from the Ministry of Rites, to attend the forum.
Before the incident last year, Yue Shizong was a diplomat sent by the Ming Dynasty to Hangzhou, but his performance in mediating the Hangzhou assassination case was not ideal, and he failed to prevent Hai Han from using this as an excuse to launch an attack on the Ming Dynasty.
Fortunately, Yue Shizong did not make any more mistakes in the subsequent armistice negotiations. He cooperated with special envoy Wang Chengen and finally managed to temporarily preserve the destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
Yue Shizong was not transferred after that, probably because Emperor Chongzhen believed that he had established a certain network of contacts in Hangzhou, and sending someone else to replace him might affect the communication channels between the two countries.
The Ming Dynasty, which once considered itself the heavenly kingdom and the ruler of the world, can now only attend international events hosted by its replacement as a guest. I wonder how Yue Shizong feels.
The impact of the decline in international status was clearly reflected in diplomatic occasions. If it were twenty or thirty years ago, Yue Shizong would have been surrounded by dignitaries from various countries, but now his presence is deserted, and even few people take the initiative to talk to him, as if no one knows his identity.
Of course, no one took the initiative to interact with Yue Shizong at this time, and the reason was definitely not because they didn't know him. On the contrary, it was because everyone knew that Yue Shizong came on behalf of the Ming Dynasty that everyone kept their distance.