1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1745
Buyers from various countries have dealt with Haihan for many years, and bought many weapons from Haihan. How many of them are worth the money, and how many of them have not reached the level that Haihan boasted in the propaganda. Approximate number.Buyers will no longer be as blind as they were in the early years when purchasing Haihan weapons. They not only consider the lethality and price factors, but also how to use the weapons after they are bought back. It has also become one of the conditions that everyone will calculate when buying. .

The battle examples cited by Yan Chujie just solved the doubts of buyers from various countries to a certain extent, whether it is effective to put artillery into the field environment, and how to deploy and formulate tactics to exert its combat effectiveness.This is an unknown territory for the armies of all countries, but Haihan, as a pioneer, is willing to give some pointers in this regard, and even teach some tactics summed up in actual combat. This is not something that can be bought simply with money. .

According to Bai Kesi and Yan Chujie, only after ordering a certain amount of new artillery from Haihan can they be qualified to send officer students to Haihan to receive training in new tactics.This also means that countries that are not on the list of buyers such as Ming Dynasty, North Korea, and the Netherlands will miss this opportunity to learn advanced tactics.

Not only can you not buy the most advanced weapons, but you will also be distanced from other countries at the tactical level, which is a bit unacceptable for these people attending the meeting.

Su Keyi took the lead in expressing his opposition to this: "Your country's doing this is very unfair to some countries. I think that since your country wants to sell these weapons publicly and notify us to participate in this activity, it should not be treated differently. For regional stability and peace For the sake of it, at least in the tactical training phase, all friendly countries in the South China Sea region can be allowed to send personnel to participate.”

The reason why Su Keyi took the initiative to stand up and question Haihan's actions was because he knew very well that even if he went to discuss the matter with Haihan's senior management in private, it would be difficult for the other party to let go.Haihan has been afraid of the East India Company for a long time, and the possibility of taking the initiative to make concessions on this matter is extremely small, so Su Keyi's strategy is to get as many countries in the same situation as possible to speak out together and oppose Haihan's arrangement Opinion.Only in this way, maybe Haihan can change his mind because of the unified opinions of many countries.

Taking a step back, even if Su Keyi did not achieve the expected results in the end, it might be possible to use this to establish the image of an opinion leader for the East India Company. common.

Sure enough, Su Keyi's question was answered immediately, and this time it was the envoy of Ming Dynasty Fei Cexian who spoke out.

"What Master Su said is very true. Since your country claims that the purpose of selling weapons is to maintain regional peace, why should you treat them differently and exclude some countries." Fei Cexian said solemnly: "In my opinion, your country If the country wants to continue to sell weapons, it should be leveled so that all countries can have the right to order weapons."

Yan Chujie replied: "In this case, let me explain that we have restricted the Netherlands this time because we sold a batch of warships to them last year. Restrict purchases on it."

Yan Chujie paused, and continued: "As for Daming, it is not included in our country's purchase restrictions, Mr. Fei is too worried."

Hearing this, Fei Cexian realized that he was not the only one representing Daming in this event, but also officials from Fujian.It's just that the Xu family in Fujian was acting on their own, and they didn't keep pace with the court, and they didn't even communicate with their side beforehand.Haihan has given great support to him, and the new weapons launched today will naturally be provided to Fujian, but in the eyes of outsiders, selling arms to Fujian is equivalent to selling them to Daming.In this way, for bystanders who don't understand the reason, Fei Cexian's questioning is indeed a bit nosy.

On such an occasion, Fei Cexian would certainly not be able to expose his family ugliness and make public the incongruity between the Ming court and the Xu family in Fujian. If he continues to entangle with the Haihan people, he will only bring himself to humiliate himself.Regarding Yan Chujie's explanation, he seemed to have nothing to refute except for a wry smile.

As another representative of Daming, Xu Yuzhuo, did not respond to Fei Cexian's initiative to speak out.He didn't take the initiative to talk to Fei Cexian in the past two days, in order to avoid the embarrassment when the two sides met as much as possible.Although the Xu family in Fujian has formed its own system, and its attitude towards the imperial court has become more and more indifferent, there is really no need to confront the envoys of the Ming Dynasty on such a diplomatic occasion.If there is a dispute between the two sides, it will not be a good thing for Fujian Xu's face.

Su Keyi immediately noticed the weirdness. He had been in Sanya for a long time, and the East India Company still operated a Dayuan port in the Fujian Strait, so the relationship between the Fujian Xu family and Haihan But I know it well.But before that, he didn't expect that there seemed to be a deep gap between the Fujian Xu family and the Ming court. Even on a special occasion like today, Fei Cexian and Xu Yuzhuo were on their own, and they didn't intend to join forces at all.

"It seems that Fujian will be included in the Haihan territory sooner or later." A thought flashed through Su Keyi's mind.

However, Haihan really has no plans to annex Fujian at the moment, because doing so will not only annoy Mao Daming, but will definitely affect the foundation of the Xu family in Fujian. And do more harm than good.Let the Xu family stay in the Ming system to take charge of Fujian's military affairs. On the one hand, it can control the Fujian Strait while maintaining the superficial peace with Daming. It is one of the trading ports of the Ming Dynasty for the exchange of personnel and materials.

Of course, from the perspective of the Dutch, it is inevitable that there will be some sour thoughts.After all, the Dutch started operating in the Fujian Strait much earlier than Haihan, but in the end it was Haihan who controlled this area. He just kept a Dayuan Port on Taiwan Island, and the original relationship with Daming However, Haihan's trade share has been completely squeezed out by Haihan. Now Dayuangang only has the income of agricultural products, and it depends on the face of Haihan people if they want to do some cross-border trade.With the current income level of Dayuan Port, it is better than nothing for the Dutch who are used to smuggling.

But after Fei Cexian's support was dismissed by Yan Chujie with a few words, no one stood up to cheer for Su Keyi, which also made Su Keyi feel a little remorseful.He turned his head and glanced at the North Korean envoy again, but unexpectedly, Li Xi did not look at him at all, and obviously did not plan to make such a move.Su Keyi sighed secretly, and could only skip this section by himself.

The envoys of the Ming Dynasty were all stunned by a few words, so how could Li Xi dare to pick up the words.He drank at Zheng Zuo, the young prince of Annan last night, Xu Yuzhuo was also present, and the conversation also involved the relationship between the Fujian Xu family and the Ming court, so he was quite clear about the situation, so naturally he would not take the initiative to participate in the Ming Dynasty Get rid of these internal contradictions.

Of course, there is another reason that Li Xi only knows about, that is, North Korea has not prepared a budget for this arms sales activity at all, even if Haihan cancels the purchase restriction, he has no part in it.If he jumps out to complain to others, and it won't benefit his country at all when it's over, then why bother.

Of course, there is no need to say much about the results of this sales promotion. Even if it is to master the new tactical system that Yan Chujie mentioned that has been practiced on the battlefield, even if the countries cut their flesh, they have to buy a batch of guns first.However, the price of this heavy weapon is much more expensive than the previous firearms. A thousand Sanliujia rifles may not be as high as the total price of ten new artillery pieces. It really takes a lot of money.

But Xu Yuzhuo, the rich and powerful representative of the Xu family, quietly ordered eighty guns, twenty for each caliber.Zheng Zuo was not far behind, and also ordered [-] guns on the spot, and said that he could add money to expedite the construction period, hoping that Haihan could deliver the goods as soon as possible.

But Li Xi could only express his envy for this kind of arms orders that cost several 10 yuan. He knew the situation in his own country, and North Korea couldn't afford to buy dozens of the latest Haihan artillery all at once.The guns that Haihan sold to North Korea last year were basically old-style city defense guns, and the price was cheaper than the Type [-] field guns launched this time. The royal family put money into it out of their own pockets.

When Su Keyi saw that even the Portuguese had successfully placed the order, he finally couldn't sit still, got up and left the table angrily.Haihan's different treatment in the process of arms sales will make the situation of the Netherlands in the South China Sea more difficult, but Su Keyi has not been able to come up with an effective solution to change Haihan's attitude, and he can only leave the meeting. to express their protest.

"It's unbelievable." Fei Cexian witnessed with his own eyes how the Haihan people sold a large amount of arms to the Fujian Xu family, but as the rightful owner, he couldn't buy weapons from here on behalf of Daming.He could say unceremoniously that Haihan's behavior was encouraging the local warlords to fight against the imperial court, and even consciously creating divisions in the Ming Dynasty, with an extremely unfriendly attitude.

If it had been when he first arrived in Sanya, the current situation might have made him unable to hold back, at least he would have to refer to Fujian Xu's book in the memorial, and sue them for communicating with foreign countries, privately buying armaments, deceiving the court, rebellion.However, after staying in Sanya for so many months, Fei Cexian has gradually learned to look at problems from an overall perspective.If the entanglement between Haihan and the Xu family in Fujian could be resolved only by his memorandum and complaint, then Xu Xinsu should have been investigated by the court long ago.

If the imperial court is really determined to investigate the Xu family in Fujian, then the most likely situation will be that the Lingnan area will change overnight, and the Xu family will become king with the help of the Haihan people and split from Daming.

And in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong, which are adjacent to Fujian, can the imperial court still order troops to quell the rebellion?Fei Cexian thinks the answer is no, except that the situation in Jiangxi is a little bit better, Guangdong and Zhejiang have been infiltrated by Haihan very badly, even if the soldiers and horses have not been moved, the local officials' nomination certificates have already been handed over to the Haihan people's desks up.

There is no doubt that Haihan's layout in the coastal areas of Daming has become more and more difficult to shake. Local tyrants like the Fujian Xu family who openly colluded with Haihan may appear more and more in coastal areas in the future.However, Daming's main energy was focused on solving the existing war chaos, and he could only adopt a cautious or even laissez-faire attitude towards the hidden dangers that might lead to civil war. This made Fei Cexian's room to play even more limited.

Although he was very dissatisfied with Haihan's diplomatic attitude, Fei Cexian could only choose to compromise in the end.The only thing that made him feel a little "relaxed" was that North Korea was not among Hai Han's arms sale targets this time, otherwise he would definitely think that the North Koreans had also been colluding with Hai Han and completely betrayed Daming.As for the very practical reason that North Korea has no money to participate in the arms trade, he really didn't think about it.

After a brief break, Bex walked up to the stage again and started the third stage of sales.

"Of course, the army equipment sold by our country this time is more than the ones we saw just now. However, considering the time issue, we only put rifles and artillery on display in today's event. As for other weapons and equipment, you can study them first. reference and confirm the order with us later.”

In addition to advanced weapons such as guns, Haihan can also produce high-quality cold weapons.Haihan's current iron and steel smelting technology is also unique in the world. Coupled with mechanized processing methods, the cold weapons that can be manufactured are not only high-quality but also cheap, and the standard is unified to facilitate logistics management. It is more cost-effective than hiring craftsmen from various countries to build by hand. It is also the main item for bulk procurement by the armies of various countries.

Among the orders received by Haihan Ordnance Industry each year, the number of cold weapons is far more than that of guns. However, for Haihan, the profit is too low after all, and there is no need to spend time on such important occasions for sales.

It is worth mentioning that there is no sales restriction on the export of cold weapons, so no matter if it is Daming or North Korea, you can place an order with Haihan.This may be the only news that can bring comfort to Fei Cexian today.

Beks on the stage went on to say: "I know you are not only concerned about the army's equipment, but also waiting for the naval equipment that we will sell this year. Then let me introduce to you, Haihan Ordnance and Sanya Shipyard The military ships that I can bring to you this year."

So far, Haihan has actually released the export of exploration-class warships. Annan, Champa, Fujian, and even the East India Company have already purchased the exploration-class warships exported by Haihan.Although there is still a gap in performance between the export model and the model equipped by the Haihan Navy, for the navies of other countries, this is already the best warship they can get.

(End of this chapter)