1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1018 Miaoli
Although Ning Qi also agrees with the concept of industrialized management in the field of education, he does not want to turn this industry into a pure business. If the operating effect is calculated by the amount of economic benefits, it will definitely go against him as an educator. Professional beliefs held by workers.The promotion of Haihan Educational Institute to other countries has more political significance, as long as there is a way to do it even if it loses money.But if Schneider's method is used to operate, it will inevitably become more coppery, and it is also inconsistent with Ning Qi's original intention of advocating this matter.

Of course, Ning Qi also knew that Schneider’s words were mostly a joke. Businessmen from various countries who came to Schneider to discuss business during the celebration had long lined up. There were a lot of profitable deals waiting for him to deal with. How could he have the energy? To take into account the "small business" of running a school.Just now when Ning Qi told him about Zhang Jinbao, he didn't even ask about Zhang Jinbao's asset status and the amount of loan needed, so he agreed first. On the one hand, it was out of trust in Ning Qi, on the other hand On the one hand, I really didn't take this small business too seriously.Even if Ning Qi really let Schneider handle it, he probably would not have enough skills, and in the end, he would probably leave it to his subordinates to do it.

Rather than turning this matter into a pure business, Ning Qi is still more willing to hand it over to practitioners in the education industry, such as Zhang Jinbao, who has ideas and doers.Ning Qi decided to wait until the work here was over, and then find a time to talk to Zhang Jinbao and discuss the possibility of promoting the private vocational education system to foreign countries.

Schneider only communicated briefly with Ning Qi for a moment, and then was surrounded by several foreign envoys.The establishment of the South China Sea Trade Alliance can be regarded as a great change for the countries in the region. The countries that have joined want to gain more benefits for themselves in the formulation of trade rules, while the countries that have not yet joined are trying their best. Understand what kind of benefits you can enjoy after joining this international organization, and what you need to pay.As the initiator of this international organization, Haihan, the minister of commerce, naturally became the object of inquiries from representatives of various countries.

For these countries located in the South China Sea region in this era, although international trade is nothing new, they basically play their own way, and there are no rules of the game recognized by all countries or prevailing in the region.Haihan took the lead in organizing the South China Sea Trade Alliance and formulating related trade systems, which is a relatively novel experience for most countries.Fortunately, countries such as Annan, Champa, Portugal, and the Netherlands have responded for their own purposes. The governments of Fuzhou and Guangxi provinces in Ming Dynasty also acquiesced in the legitimacy of this international organization. The influence of this trade alliance is enough to drive Other countries joined in.

But even if they choose to join the trade union, each country has its own selfishness. It is difficult to require every member of such a relatively loose international organization to fully abide by the unified system in operation, and each country has its own selfishness. There are deviations in the understanding of these trade systems, and it is naturally difficult to maintain the same standards in implementation. These are objective problems that are difficult to solve completely.However, Schneider made the priority of the matter very clear. What Haihan needs is not that these countries show absolute obedience in the field of international trade, but to control the right to speak in international trade in the region and allow member states to control Haihan opens the door to trade.

For Haihan, as long as the trade channel is opened, everything else is easy to talk about.The political, military, cultural and other projects Haihan promotes outside have always been opened by trade, and then followed up gradually, so that the resistance they will encounter will be relatively small.This whole set of operating methods already has relatively mature experience and routines. What Schneider has to do is to bring these countries that are interested in the trade brought by Haihan into the South China Sea Trade Alliance one by one. The proceeds are used to dismantle the defenses of these countries, and then introduce projects in other fields little by little to gradually transform the local society.

While the international exchanges during the celebration were still in full swing, a fleet of more than 30 sailboats quietly set off from Victory Harbor in the early morning of April [-]th.Due to the large number of large fleets entering and leaving Sanya recently, the departure of this fleet did not attract public attention. Only a few staff members at the port witnessed Tao Donglai and other senior officials attending the scene to see the fleet off. As for Its destination is only known to a very few executives.

In fact, most of the passengers in this fleet do not know the specific location they are going to. The task they get is to go to Taiwan Island to complete a project. As for where the project is and how long the construction will take There is no specific information at all.And everyone is required to keep this mission strictly confidential, even in front of family members.Most people will not notify their family members of the news of their going out to perform tasks by a special person even after they set off.

The official leading this fleet is Minister of Industry Beks. This is the first time he has traveled far in the past seven years after crossing. There are people taking care of the ins and outs of the itinerary, so you don't need to worry about it yourself.But this time when he went to Taiwan, Bai Kesi was responsible for coordinating and commanding a team of thousands of people, and he had to take root in a poor and white place. You need to do it yourself, as long as you give the order.

Fortunately, he is not the only traveler in this team, but Morgan, who is in charge of armed defense, and Liu Shanxia, ​​who is in charge of engineering construction, are also accompanying him.After the team arrives in Miaoli, Taiwan, Tian Yeyou, director of the Mining Department of the Ministry of Industry, will also rush over from Taipei's Jilong Port to join them and carry out the oil drilling project together.Among the projects that Haihan has implemented overseas in recent years, it is also one of the few situations where so many traversers can participate at the same time.

Since most of the ships in this fleet are cargo ships full of various supplies, they travel relatively slowly, with an average speed of only about five knots.After departing from Shengli Port, the fleet headed north along the east coast, and turned east after approaching the coastline of Zhaoqing Prefecture, Guangdong. It took four days to reach Hong Kong Island at the mouth of the Pearl River.The fleet will stay here for a day for a short rest and replenishment.In order to avoid attracting attention, this fleet did not even sail into Causeway Bay in the northern waters of Hong Kong Island to dock. Instead, it chose the early-developed Zhennan Port on the southern side of Hong Kong Island and docked at the military pier in Ap Lei Chau.

You Yihan, who is currently in charge of administrative affairs in Hong Kong, came here by boat from Causeway Bay after receiving the news, just in time for the fleet to dock in Hong Kong.

"Everyone is working hard, this is many days earlier than the previous notice! Did you leave Sanya earlier?" You Yihan asked after a few pleasantries.He had already received a telegram notification from Sanya before that, saying that a large fleet would go north to Taiwan in the near future, and would stop at Hong Kong Island for supplies on the way, and the local government needed to do its best to meet the demand.However, the time stated in the telegram was at least late April. I did not expect that the fleet would arrive much earlier than expected, and it was not until they arrived in Hong Kong waters that the telegram was sent to inform the Hong Kong Management Committee. You Yihan didn't have to rush over to meet in such a hurry.

"It was originally expected to start in the middle of the month, but the materials and personnel were all in place earlier than the expected time, so we set off earlier." Bai Kesi explained to You Yihan: "The construction period of this project is relatively long, and the earlier it starts, the earlier it can be put into production."

You Yihan didn't know the purpose of this fleet going to Taiwan Island, so he asked curiously: "What kind of project has such a large formation? The last time such a large fleet passed through Hong Kong Island, it was the fleet led by Shi Diwen Go to Fujian to fight."

You Yihan was not an outsider, so Beks didn't hide the truth and told him everything, but still told him to keep it secret and not to publicize it.

As a traveler, You Yihan is naturally very aware of the significance of oil to industrial civilization, and it is reasonable for Sanya to organize such a large-scale fleet to rush to Taiwan.If it were him, You Yihan, who served on the executive committee, he might be even more anxious to get the oil out of the ground than the current gang.However, there are actually oil reserves on Taiwan Island, which is new news that he has never heard of.

After a one-day stay at Zhennan Port, the fleet set off on April [-], crossed the Shuangsimen Waterway along the southern waters of Hong Kong Island, and then sailed along the coasts of Huizhou and Chaozhou all the way to the Fujian Strait.For the sake of confidentiality, this fleet did not dock again in the waters of Guangdong, but sailed directly to Penghu.On the morning of the [-]th, the fleet arrived at the naval base in Magong Port, Penghu.

Due to the further expansion of Haihan's territory in the past year, Penghu is no longer the outermost front line of the Haihan territory. Therefore, the number of troops currently stationed in Penghu has also decreased a lot. The battalion has changed its station to Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang.The current chief military officer in Zhoushan is Yu Yao, the former military attache stationed in Guangzhou. He was also transferred from Guangzhou to Penghu last year to take over the seat left by Qian Tiandun.

After arriving in Penghu, the fleet had to stay for a few days. Bai Kesi and others had to listen to the opinions of the local garrison and formulate a complete action plan before going to Miaoli to land.

Yu Yao received the notice from the executive committee much earlier than Hong Kong Island, because he not only assumed the task of advancing the base, but also collected as much local intelligence information as possible before the fleet arrived, so as to Prepare for the smooth implementation of the project.

"I took a team to Miaoli late last month, and then I will give you the general situation first." Yu Yao said lightly, as if going this trip was as relaxing as walking in his own backyard.Yu Yao walked to the map that had been hung up, and introduced the local situation in Miaoli to Bai Kesi and others.

Miaoli is actually the name of later generations copied by the traversers, and this place does not actually have an exact place name in this era.The aborigines living here are Dajia people, which can be regarded as one of the Pingpu people. The local settlement of the Dajia people is called Maolishe. Later, the Han immigrants took the homonym of it and named the place Miaoli.

There are many mountains in Miaoli and few plains. The main terrain is the impact fan of the river on the west side of the snow-capped mountains. Due to continuous erosion by the river, the local hills and valleys are very common. The Chusulkeng, the underground oil field currently in Haihan's hands, is located in one of them. In the valley, there are still about [-] kilometers away from the coast.In terms of the environment of this era, this distance is really not that short. You must know that it took Haihan a year or two to get through the land passage between Changhua and Shilu, and that distance is only a short distance away. It's only about ten kilometers more here.

After Yu Yao visited the local area, he thought that if he wanted to build a road leading to the inland in this wilderness, it might take a year and a half.However, between the seaside and Chusulkeng, there is a small river called Houlongxi that is navigable. In the early stage of construction, materials and personnel can be sent to Chusulkeng by water.But the more troublesome thing is that the water depth of this small river is limited, and most ordinary sea boats will run aground when entering it, so flat-bottomed boats have to be used.

Regarding this point, Yu Yao has already prepared a batch of inland flat-bottomed boats for them, which can be used when they are towed to the local area.However, the navigability of this Houlongxi is limited. If it is to be used as the main means of transportation for a long time, it may still be a bit difficult.The safest way is probably to build a land passage along the waterway, but Yu Yao is only the military chief of Penghu, and this kind of infrastructure project is not something he can make decisions on his own, so he can only mention it at this meeting. How to deal with it depends on the opinions of Beks et al.

After listening to Yu Yao's introduction, Bai Kesi first expressed his gratitude to him for his investigation work, and then began to ask detailed questions: "Does the place in Chusulphengeng belong to a certain tribe's territory? Will we suffer from the aborigines when we enter that area?" exclusion or even expulsion by force?"

Yu Yao said: "The Dajia tribe has a dozen or so societies in the mountainous area near Miaoli. To be honest, we don't have much information about the sphere of influence of these societies. But what is certain is that there are several communities near Chusulphengkeng. The activities of the community. When we visited the previous time, the attitude of the aborigines was not particularly friendly. Personally, I am not very optimistic about the possibility of peaceful coexistence. Residents clashed violently."

Bai Kesi said: "We have two companies of the army this time. Do you think these troops can settle the local aboriginal tribe?"

Yu Yao shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, if we fight on the plains, the troops of our two companies are enough to deal with the aborigines in the entire Miaoli area, but in the mountains and forests, what percentage of our soldiers can play It’s hard to say how powerful it is.”

(End of this chapter)