1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1016 Founding Ceremony ([-])

Starting from April [-]nd, while Haihan citizens enjoyed the holiday, a series of foreign affairs activities between Haihan Kingdom and envoy representatives from various countries who participated in the founding ceremony also kicked off.

During this celebration, official or unofficial personnel from most of the top countries in the South China Sea came to Sanya, which was also an extremely rare international diplomatic opportunity for Haihan.Selling Haihan's political concepts, military alliances, cultural and educational systems, and financial and trade methods to other countries is a means that Haihan has always insisted on implementing in his diplomatic activities, and has also achieved quite good results in the past.Through these means, Haihan has continuously increased its international influence in the South China Sea region, gradually turning some countries and regions into Haihan's allies and supporters.Before Haihan has a larger bureaucratic system to govern a larger territory, maintaining the current friendly international relations will bring more benefits than occupying these areas by means of war.

The South China Sea Trade Alliance, which has signed a framework agreement before, also provides a dual platform for international exchanges between representatives of various countries in Sanya.Although this international organization based on free trade agreements does not involve too much in the political and military fields, as long as it can open trade channels, for Haihan, who has gradually become familiar with international affairs operations, it is actually just a little more to deceive the public. hands and feet.As long as it is not a country that has too much hostility towards Haihan, with the import and export channels of funds and materials, the relevant departments of Haihan will naturally try to get through the key joints of the country's military and political organs, and gradually affect the ruling class of these countries. Haihan's perception and attitude.

The foreign affairs activities arranged by Haihan official agencies are also carried out according to the traditional four fields of politics, military, literature and business.In order to take care of the lack of resources sent by some countries, these exchange activities are also specially planned to take place alternately.There is only one official diplomatic event held on April [-], the South China Sea Trade Alliance and Regional National Development Summit.

Countries in this era naturally do not understand what this so-called international summit really means, but since the Haihan people are going to hold this event, it is presumed to be somewhat beneficial to the participating countries, even if they do not participate. Listening to understand the situation can never suffer, so representatives from various countries did not miss this meeting.

Haihan officials spend money to organize such an international conference, not just to show off in front of representatives of various countries, but the main purpose is to use this opportunity to establish a "big brother" image in international exchanges and control multinational dialogue The right to speak, and further promote the free trade system advocated by Haihan to other countries.For the participants from other countries, one of the main purposes of their visit to Sanya is to strive for more benefits for their own countries in the trade with Haihan.

For the local people in Sanya, although the place of political discussion is very close, state affairs are still far away from their lives. These few days are rare public holidays in a year, so naturally they want to enjoy the excitement of Sanya.

Zhang Jinbao took his students from the small hotel in Sanya Port to Shengli Port early in the morning, but he didn't come to the commercial area to join in the fun. Sanya's consumption level far exceeds that of Danzhou, and prices during the festival have risen even higher. Great, Zhang Jinbao led a team, and his daily expenses were a painful amount, and he was reluctant to spend money on non-essential expenses that were not planned.He led the team here today because he intends to visit Ning Qi in Shengli Fort, to see if he can arrange an interview for some of his favorite students so that they can enter Sanya's higher education institutions.

But Zhang Jinbao was dumbfounded when he arrived outside the Fort of Victory. He didn't expect that there were so many people who came here to do business. The queue for registration outside the Fort of Victory was about half a mile long.After asking a few people, Zhang Jinbao learned that the trade licenses issued by the Haihan Ministry of Commerce to foreign businessmen are due for annual review, and businessmen with certificates have to complete the relevant review procedures within a few days, while those without certificates The merchants just took advantage of the opportunity to come to Victory Port to watch the excitement and submit an application to Haihan officials.But to go through the formalities, you have to register here first, and then you can get the number plate to enter the Ministry of Commerce. Once there are ten people, someone will take them in.

Everyone is here, so there are too many people and we can only wait in line first.Zhang Jinbao waited in line for almost an hour, and finally it was his turn.The registration office at this gate has a long desk and two clerks go through the formalities respectively. Behind them are several heavily armed soldiers. Behind the soldiers is the drawbridge gate of Fort Victory.

Zhang Jinbao stepped forward to explain the purpose of his visit, and the clerk looked up at him: "Ask to see Chief Ning? I'm afraid I won't be able to see you today. The chiefs are very busy these days, so we don't accept requests for meetings without an appointment."

Zhang Jinbao hastily pleaded: "The villain came from Danzhou specially, and what he did was also a business matter, so I ask this little brother to be accommodating."

The clerk shook his head and said, "I can't help you with this. The higher-ups have set the rules, and we just follow them. If you ask to see the chief, come back after the celebrations in the past few days are over."

Zhang Jinbao thought in his heart that if this matter is delayed for one day, I will have an extra day of expenses. The expenses for this day will be considered as the expenses of half a month in Danzhou. It will work, whether it is successful or not is another matter.

At that moment, Zhang Jinbao made up his mind and said: "It's actually like this. Chief Ning met the villain when he went to Danzhou for inspection a few days ago, and he entrusted the villain to do things. Chief Ning specially ordered that the villain arrive. After Sanya, I must come to see him and return to his orders, if we don’t see the chief, I’m afraid I won’t be able to take care of the business because of the delay, I hope my brother will be clear about it.”

Hearing this, the clerk really put down the brush in his hand, dragged another person to the side and muttered a few words, came over and asked Zhang Jinbao carefully about his name and origin, and asked Zhang Jinbao to wait beside him first. Report to your boss.

Zhang Jinbao is not afraid of being exposed, only Ning Qi himself can confirm whether Ning Qi asked him to do something.Although he didn't meet Ningqi in Danzhou for a long time, he can confirm that this senior official in the court is relatively easy to deal with, and he won't put too much official airs on the people. If he really reports to Ningqi, The chances of getting an interview are even greater.

Zhang Jinbao waited for a while, and saw the scribe leading a short-haired young man out.Seeing this man with short hair and short shirt, Zhang Jinbao was not sure whether he was the chief or a naturalized citizen, so he immediately reported his family background: "The villain Zhang Jinbao, the head of Qiongxi Academy in Danzhou, has met the chief."

"This is Director Yu Xiaobao from the General Office of the Executive Committee." After the clerk introduced the identity of the visitor, he quickly sat back in his seat and busy himself with his work.

The 23-year-old Yu Xiaobao has a slightly darker complexion in appearance, and his dress, speech and demeanor are almost the same as those of the time traveler. He is also used to being regarded as the chief by ordinary people, so he does not have any misunderstandings about Zhang Jinbao. Instead of taking the time to argue, he asked directly, "Master Zhang, have you brought your ID?"

"I have brought it with me. The villain has a letter of introduction from Zhang Xin, the head of the Danzhou Management Committee." Zhang Jinbao quickly reached into his arms, took out a letter, and handed it over respectfully.

Yu Xiaobao took out the letter and read it carefully. The letter explained Zhang Jinbao's identity and the official business he planned to handle in Sanya. It was signed with Zhang Xin's autograph and the official seal of the Danzhou Management Committee. Looks good, not Zhang Jinbao boasting.

After reading it, Yu Xiaobao asked: "The letter said that you brought a group of students here, where are you?"

"They're all here, they're all here!" Zhang Jinbao hurriedly waved his hands to the distance, and asked several of his students to come over.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong, Yu Xiaobao led them into Fort Victory.Of course, before entering the fort, the link of search and security check is still indispensable.Zhang Jinbao doesn't care about such details at all, he just feels that the soles of his feet are a little light now, this Shengli Fort is like a palace for the people of Haihan Kingdom, and the heads of the executive committee are all there I do my daily work here, and I never thought that I would be lucky enough to set foot in such a special place.

However, the situation in Victory Fort is of course very different from Zhang Jinbao's previous imagination. Not to mention eunuchs and maids, there are not even palaces with carved beams and painted buildings. They are all square in shape and gray in color. The structure is a small building, the highest point is only three floors.Originally, there were some prefabricated houses built in the early days in Fort Victory, but as the area controlled by Haihan gradually expanded, all the prefabricated houses were demolished for front-line use, and all the buildings in Fort Victory became standardized. .

The appearance of this kind of low-cost masonry structure house is indeed not beautiful. It is not that the Executive Committee wants to pay for this construction cost, but that there have been too many important infrastructure projects in the past few years, and it has not taken care of the complete reconstruction of the headquarters.Fortunately, the greening and sanitation work in the fort has been done quite well. There are flower beds on both sides of the road. The running water stream in the castle is divided into several small streams and ditches passing through the castle, which is quite natural.

Zhang Jinbao noticed that although these buildings are simple in appearance, the windows are all made of glass, and they are large pieces of flat glass that are rarely seen on the market. This glass window probably costs him a month's living expenses.Although Zhang Jinbao has a little money, only the study room in his home has glass windows, which are inlaid with small pieces of glass about two inches, and the value cannot be compared with the windows in this Fort Victory.Of course, this is also a reasonable thing. After all, Haihan Glass is produced in Sanya, and the best things are naturally used in this place.

In addition, the details that can make visitors notice the special nature of this place are the soldiers standing guard outside each small building and the institution name plaque with white background and black letters hanging outside the door.Yu Xiaobao brought Zhang Jinbao and his party to one of the small buildings and stopped. Zhang Jinbao saw the words "Haihan Culture and Education Department" written on the plaque hanging at the door, and knew that this was the place.

However, Zhang Jinbao did not see Ning Qi right away, because Ning Qi was also one of the attendees at the summit held in Victory Fort today.Yu Xiaobao didn't dare to bother Ning Qi with such a trivial matter, so he could only bring them to the Ministry of Culture and Education and wait.Only when the break time is arranged in the middle of the meeting can we report this situation to Ning Qi.

"The chief will come later, try to keep your story short and don't waste too much time, understand?" Yu Xiaobao specially asked a few words before leaving.

Only then did Zhang Jinbao realize that this young man was a naturalized citizen with the same status as himself. After leaving, Yu Xiaobao was sent away with gratitude.

Zhang Jinbao and the students were sitting in the reception room of the Ministry of Culture and Education, not daring to move around casually.Although tea and desserts were placed on the table, they did not dare to eat at will.It was the first time for them to come to this kind of place, so they were inevitably a little nervous.Although Zhang Jinbao was familiar with prominent figures like Zhang Xin when he was in Danzhou, Shenglibao is not like a "small place" like Danzhou. Even Zhang Xin told him to come when he wrote a letter of introduction to him. You should pay attention to your behavior in Fort Victory. There are many important departments there, and there are many heads working in it. When you arrive in the fort, you must obey the arrangements and do not move around indiscriminately, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

After waiting for about an hour, Ning Qi finally appeared in front of Zhang Jinbao.Zhang Jinbao stood up in a hurry, while making gestures to ask a few students to quickly salute Ning Qi.

Ning Qi accepted the ceremony with a smile, sat down and said, "I was in a meeting with envoys from various countries just now, Zhang Shan has been waiting for a long time."

Zhang Jinbao hurriedly said: "The chief has a lot of things to do every day, and the state affairs are important. It's no big deal for the villain to wait for a while. The villain came to Sanya this time to apply for a few places for further studies from the chief. Sent to Sanya for further study."

A person in a high position like Ning Qi can tell that Jinbao's intentions are not so "simple".According to the current system of the Haihan Ministry of Culture and Education, if the academy wants to send students to higher education institutions in Sanya, it should first apply to the local management committee. The management committee arranged the schedule and transportation, and sent people to Sanya to report.Although the Danzhou Management Committee wrote a recommendation letter to Zhang Jinbao, the letter did not mention the preliminary examination, but only said, "Today, Zhang Jinbao, the head of Johnsey Academy, and seven students from the Academy went to Sanya for inspection. It is advisable to contact him", which shows that the path Zhang Jinbao intends to take is not the right one, but that Zhang Xin has given him the back door.

Of course, some local flexibility is harmless. Zhang Xin’s family is located in Danzhou, and he has some relationship with these local dignitaries. Maybe he has a relationship with this golden treasure. It is not a big deal to write a letter of introduction to him with the power in his hand.Anyway, the letter of introduction can only help Zhang Jinbao open the way, and the person who can make the final decision is still in Sanya, not him Zhang Xin, and he doesn't have to bear too much responsibility if the favor is sent.

(End of this chapter)