Chapter 3517
Chapter 3517
Chapter 3517
On the seventh day of the Zhoushan Forum, which was also the last day of official activities, several countries led by Hai Han jointly signed the Zhoushan Declaration, which was read out at the closing ceremony of the forum.
This is not a declaration of an alliance, but a consensus reached by countries during the forum.
For example, all countries agree that when conflicts arise with other countries, negotiation and consultation are the preferred way to resolve the problem.
It was agreed that Hai Han would hold the Zhoushan Forum regularly and use it as a platform to strengthen exchanges and communication between countries.
Agree to increase the scale of trade between countries and organize the formulation of trade rules and tariff standards applicable to all countries.
Although many of these consensuses are unlikely to be implemented in the short term, the fact that they are recognized by various countries at least reflects, to a certain extent, the influence that Hai Han has today.
Of course, the real reason why it has been recognized by all countries is that the participants have gained real benefits during the forum activities.
Whether it was political consultation, military alliance, or commercial procurement, the vast majority of participants were able to achieve some of their goals at the Zhoushan Forum. Even countries with less harmonious relations with Hai Han at least gained a lot of valuable information from the forum platform.
The people who earned the most real money during this period were probably the exhibitors of various exhibitions.
Take the Fujian Shipyard, which co-hosted the Ship Show, for example. During the forum, it received orders for nearly 100 ships, and even booked more than half of the production capacity for the next year. It is estimated that by the time of the next forum, the scale of the Ship Show will be greatly increased, and the exhibitors will probably not only be from Fujian.
Most of the exhibitors from Jiangsu and Zhejiang promoted local traditional specialties. High-end porcelain, silk, tea, spices and other commodities were most popular with foreign merchants, especially Western merchants. After these items were shipped to Europe, their prices would often increase several times, making a considerable profit.
Of course, the most profitable industry is probably Hai Han’s military industry.
Although the sales figures have not been announced to the public, the busyness of the two officials in charge of industry, Bai Kesi and Qiao Zhiya, during the forum is enough to prove that the military industry was very busy and a lot of equipment must have been sold.
A considerable part of it went to Japan. The representatives of the Kyushu domains had already started their return journey, and along with them were the last batch of arms received before the outbreak of the civil war.
After the war begins, the supply of arms may no longer be as smooth as it is now. Hai Han will adjust the supply of arms according to the trend of the war to ensure that the strength of the warring parties can maintain a delicate balance and allow the civil war to continue for a long time.
However, the Japanese probably would not think so. Both the Kyushu feudal lords and the Tokugawa shogunate firmly believed that they could defeat each other quickly. By then, the wealth plundered from their opponents would be enough to make up for the huge investment in purchasing arms before the war.
With the end of the Zhoushan Forum, the cross-border inspection activities organized by Hai Han also kicked off shortly afterwards.
Since there were many people from various countries participating in the expedition, and there were also nearly a hundred distinguished time travelers who would go together, the size of the fleet going to Japan was also astonishingly large. The number of ships in the entire fleet exceeded a hundred, of which there were more than fifty accompanying ships that were responsible for material transportation and armed escort.
In order to ensure the safety of the inspection trip, in addition to the nearly 2,000 Hai Han troops departing from Zhoushan Port, the Sasebo base has also prepared more than 2,000 troops to serve as escort. This size of Hai Han troops is enough to defeat any armed force in the Japanese archipelago.
Among the members of the Executive Committee, except Yuan Qiuye and Schneider who will stay behind, the other seven will participate in the inspection trip. Among them, Chen Yixin will set off directly from Shandong and meet up with the main force in Jiuzhou.
Of course, after the other seven people return in batches, Yuan Qiuye and Schneider will also have the opportunity to participate in the follow-up inspection. Anyway, this civil war will not be over in a short time, so there is no need to worry about missing the opening and missing the fun.
It was not until this time that other countries gradually realized that Hai Han took the matter of Japan far more seriously than they had imagined. In the past thirty years, there had been few reports of Hai Han's top brass taking such a large-scale action.
An Daoshi, a Korean general who had participated in the Battle of Hirado in 1638, immediately informed Li Yi that Japan was in big trouble this time after seeing the huge fleet preparing to depart for Japan at Dinghai Port.
Recalling the time when Hai Han took the initiative to attack Hirado Domain in Kyushu, the armed fleet it dispatched was not as large as it is today, and there were not so many high-ranking Hai Han officials accompanying to supervise the battle. Therefore, An Dao Shi believed that the real purpose of this inspection trip to Japan was probably not as simple as the Hai Han Executive Committee claimed.
Li Yi was relatively calm. No matter what Hai Han's real purpose was, the fact that Japan, its evil neighbor, was being targeted by Hai Han would only benefit North Korea in every way.
If the Executive Committee had not already told North Korea not to intervene directly in Japan's civil war, Li Yi would have been willing to take advantage of this opportunity to take some damage from Japan. If there was a chance, it would not be impossible to destroy Japan directly.
Li Yiben was a little skeptical, wondering if Hai Han only intended to teach Japan a lesson and was not prepared to take ruthless measures to deal with Japan, but after hearing An Dao Shi's report, he knew he was wrong.
This time, Hai Han will most likely not do what it did last time, destroying the Hirado clan, taking Sasebo Bay, and then withdrawing its troops to the camp. With so many bigwigs rushing to Japan for inspection, it must be necessary to create some big noise in the local area.
Whether it is a civil war or a war to annihilate the country will be revealed soon.
There are actually quite a few people who are aware that Japan's future is worrying, but most of them are just watching the fun and do not feel sorry for Japan.
There are also a very small number of people who focus on different points. They pay more attention to the means used by Hai Han in handling this matter.
However, Shi Diwen's layout in Jiuzhou had lasted for several years, and it was only launched during his visit to the local area last year. It is difficult for outsiders to notice the role of these silent means in the early stage in creating the current situation, and it is even more difficult to get a bird's eye view of the overall situation from the perspective of the Executive Committee.
As the person involved, Masatoshi Masuyama left Zhoushan the day before the fleet set out for Japan. He had tried his best to resolve the war situation that the shogunate would face, but his personal strength was not enough to make any waves in the chess game that Hai Han had already deployed. He didn't even get the chance to meet with the Executive Committee.
The only thing to be thankful for was that Hai Han did not block the arms sales channel to the shogunate, and tacitly allowed Masatoshi Masuyama to contact Hai Han's various suppliers. The shogunate could also buy all kinds of equipment that the Kyushu vassal states could buy from Hai Han. Although the quantity was limited, it was better than nothing.