1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1927
It is of course no secret how Haihan has helped its partners solve the problem of insufficient funds in the past few years. Population, land, asset mortgage...as long as they can agree to Haihan's conditions, basically all financial issues can be properly resolved solve.Li Xi has been in Haihan for a long time, and naturally he will not miss collecting these semi-public information. Therefore, when Tian Zheng mentioned related topics earlier, he was unwilling to stand for Haihan's actions, because he knew that the next Have the same thing turn to own country.

Although the final results of these cooperation projects can basically achieve a win-win situation, Li Xi still does not want to see his country forced to adopt a greater degree of compromise due to funding problems.He didn't know what kind of quid pro quo Haehan would eventually offer his country, but it must be a tough deal for North Korea.

Later in the day, Li Wei learned more detailed information from Li Xi, and he was not particularly surprised by it. After all, it is well known that Haihan people are good at calculating, and they should be given financial help and support. , It is necessary to pay a corresponding price to it-just like asking them to send troops to help North Korea retreat from the enemy.

"It's expected... I just hope that the conditions they raise are not too harsh... Sigh, if our country can be a little richer, many things will not be so difficult!" Li Mo couldn't help thinking of the empty treasury. A few words of emotion.

Whether it is building a new type of army or jointly developing industrial projects with Haihan, after all, there is no way around a word of money.For North Korea, the funding problem has become the biggest obstacle to revival. If this problem cannot be properly resolved, all the big cakes Hai Han drew for North Korea will only turn into soap bubbles that may burst at any time.

"My son, I don't think it's appropriate to discuss too much with these Haihan officials about the matter of funds. They may not know more about the situation than us. Maybe talking about this kind of topic is just to test our tone. It's better to wait for the inspection schedule After returning to Sanya, I will directly interview the senior officials of the executive committee." At this time, Li Xi put forward his opinion.

After getting along with each other these days, Li Wei now has a lot of trust in Li Xi, and he obeys his words. He deeply agrees at the moment, and nods in agreement with Li Xi's suggestion.

"Li Xi, I don't think there is any need to stay and visit this place anymore. What do you think?" Li Lu is really not very interested in the local saltworks. Although the scene is very spectacular, the content is very boring. In his opinion, it is Keep pouring water into large and small ponds repeatedly, and then wait for the sun and wind to turn the salt water in this pond into white sea salt.Although Luo Shengdong explained that there were many technical details in the production process, Li Lu couldn't understand most of them, so he naturally found it boring.

Li Xi probably could also think of Li Min's feelings, so he nodded and said, "Yinggehai has a single industry, and there really aren't many things to visit, so I'll bid farewell to Mr. Luo tomorrow morning and set off for the next stop. Then Changhua is known as the capital of Haihan Iron and Steel, so there must be something special to be gained there.”

According to the itinerary agreed upon by the two parties in advance, the next stop of Li Luo's trip was Changhua.This is also the largest industrial base on Hainan Island other than Sanya. For foreign visitors who want to absorb advanced development experience from Haihan, Changhua is indeed a place not to be missed.

But this time the itinerary is very free, and the North Korean side can also adjust it on the way. It only needs to inform the accompanying Haihan diplomats in advance so that it can be rescheduled.According to the original itinerary, Li Min would stay in Yinggehai for two days and two nights, but if he left here tomorrow, he would actually only stay for one day and two nights.Of course, this is not a problem. Luo Shengdong would probably heave a sigh of relief when Li Wei left Yinggehai earlier, so that he wouldn't have to work hard to serve these uncles from Sanya.

Considering that he might have to go to sea by boat again tomorrow, Li Wei took a rest early.However, Captain Xue and his team, who were waiting in the dark for an opportunity to make a move, did not rest well that night.The vicinity of the guest house is still under the same tight security as last night, and they dare not get too close.I want to take more proactive measures, but I don't know how the North Koreans will arrange their itinerary for the next day, so they can't make arrangements in advance.

From arriving here last night to now, they haven't even really seen the target person they are going to deal with.In the whole team, there were only three or four people who recognized the face of the son of Joseon, including Captain Xue. That was when the son of Joseon was parading in the Victory Square that day, and the impression in his mind was changing with time. Slowly fade away.To be honest, if the other party appeared in front of them with a different outfit now, they might not be able to recognize them immediately.

If it wasn't for the two ships that the North Koreans boarded were still anchored at Yinggehai port, they wouldn't even be able to confirm whether the North Koreans were still staying there.Although they tried their best to track the official convoy in the morning, their surveillance methods are extremely primitive. In fact, they still don't know whether there are North Koreans in that convoy, and they are in a rather passive position.

Under the circumstances that no one can see, the plan to talk about action is completely on paper. Captain Xue is very aware of this, so he didn't say a word that night whether he should attack the North Koreans the next day, but divided his men into several groups in advance. I plan to monitor the movements of the guests in the guest house in turn, so that I won't be as tired as I am today.In addition, he also asked people to hire a few more carriages at the carriage and horse dealer in advance, so that a wider range of surveillance can be achieved while hiding their whereabouts.

Although there is no basis, Captain Xue has an intuition that there may not be a chance for them to do it in Yinggehai.But if you look at it from the perspective of pursuing successful results, this may not be a bad thing. In such a completely passive situation, it is better to wait patiently for a better opportunity to make a hasty move.Anyway, the son of Joseon did not disappear after leaving Yinggehai, and he could continue to follow him to the next location.

Captain Xue looked at the map of Hainan Island on the table, and he was almost sure that the next stop for the North Koreans would be Changhua, two hundred miles north of Yinggehai.But the same problem will continue to trouble him in Changhua, that is, there are no people from Changhua or familiar with the local environment in this team.This means that even if they follow the North Koreans to the area, most of them will still have black eyes and need to spend time to understand the local environment.

Captain Xue couldn't understand why the higher ups were so eager to deal with the son of Joseon. If he could give him a month or two to slowly prepare and plan his action plan, it would definitely be much better than the current unprepared way of acting according to circumstances.

Captain Xue’s feelings are mainly limited by the information he can get access to. Of course, the purpose of the person who planned this matter is to destroy the diplomatic relationship between North Korea and Haihan by attacking the son of Joseon, but this is only for Captain Xue. Reasons that can be thought of.And the deeper reasons are beyond his knowledge. For example, who will be the biggest beneficiary of the rupture of the relationship between North Korea and Haihan? I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to have a clear answer to such a question.

The plan to attack the Prince of Korea on Hainan Island is actually only one part of a huge plan, and other means are also being implemented in different places.

The means of communication in this era are still extremely primitive. To command a huge plan with a long time span in a cross-regional range, without the blessing of Haihan's black communication technology, the transmission time of news on the road may be calculated in months. The executor has only a few opportunities to give instructions, and it is impossible to estimate the right timing in the process. Therefore, he can only issue some more general orders to the executor, which only specify the result of the action.

Unfortunately, Captain Xue received just such an order. There was no mission statement and no specific time for action. He was only asked to organize an action as soon as possible to deal with the son of Joseon who visited Haihan.Although the higher authorities gave him great autonomy and completely ignored the cost in terms of expenses, the difficulty of this kind of action is also obvious. It is extremely difficult for them to even meet the target person, let alone assassinate them.

The next day's situation was once again beyond Captain Xue's expectations. There was no large group of people traveling in the guest house for the whole morning. The convoy did not leave until almost noon. The destination was not the salt field outside the county seat, but went straight again County government.Captain Xue couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the Koreans, so he could only arrange for his subordinates to continue to monitor the movement of the county government.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Li Xi conveyed the meaning of farewell to Luo Shengdong through Tian Zheng early in the morning, but Luo Shengdong had to pay attention to etiquette, and arranged a banquet for them to practice at noon.So during this half day, no further visits were arranged, and the two parties waited for the noon dinner to say goodbye.

So Captain Xue and his team saw that the whereabouts of the convoy after leaving the county government was beyond their expectations, and they went straight to the seaside port.

"They are leaving here! Hurry up and follow!" Captain Xue quickly guessed the other party's intention of action, Dang even arranged for his men to go to the residence to take out the luggage, and then rushed to the pier to meet.

When a group of people hurried to the port, Luo Shengdong had already sent Li Lu and his party back.Seeing the two sailboats slowly leave the port, Captain Xue knew he was one step behind, but he didn't feel depressed. After all, even if he could get there in time, he probably wouldn't be able to enter the dock that was under martial law.And anyway, if you can predict the destination of the opponent's next stop, you will be able to keep up after all.

When Captain Xue and his team sailed out of Yinggehai Harbor, they were only about half an hour behind the North Koreans.However, due to the difference in speed, they could almost only see the tops of the masts of the two ships in front.Captain Xue was not in a hurry at this time, but instead ordered his men to slow down the speed and not to follow too closely, so as not to expose their whereabouts.

"Brother Ding, why don't you continue to follow us if you don't have a boat today?" Zhang Qianzhi didn't forget what happened after he set off from Shengli Port. Even if it was just a coincidence, he needed to reconfirm that it was indeed a coincidence.

"Brother Zhang, I told you the other day, who dares to follow a naval warship along the coast of Hainan Island, it is clearly a coincidence, don't think about it anymore, there is no ship following us today." Ding Xu was cautious about Zhang Qianzhi Prudence is somewhat disapproving.

Zhang Qianzhi smiled and thanked Ding Xu for his advice.He knew that if there was a boat following behind that day, it might not mean that he had evil intentions, and if there were no abnormalities today, it might not mean that the sea was really calm. It is always a good thing to be careful in this business, and to be vigilant at all times.

Gai Liangcai heard the conversation between the two at the side, and after Ding Xu left, he asked Zhang Qianzhi, "Brother Zhang, did you notice something is wrong?"

Zhang Qianzhi shook his head and said, "That's not the case, it's due to professional habits, and you always have to double-check any possible loopholes. Why, brother Gai, what did you find?"

Gai Liangcai hesitated for a moment and said, "I can't say I found it, but I always feel a little weird in Yinggehai these two days."

"Oh? How does it feel?" Zhang Qianzhi asked curiously.

"I always feel that as soon as I leave the county office or the guest house, it seems that someone is watching me from the dark." Gai Liangcai frowned and said, "But I also paid special attention to my surroundings, and I didn't find anything unusual."

Zhang Qianzhi thought for a while and said, "Luo Shengdong arranged for his personal guards to join the security. Maybe he has other arrangements besides the ones under your command."

"Brother Zhang is right. Except for his subordinates, there should be no one else in the local area who would be interested in our team. But this old Luo is a bit mean, and he secretly hides his secrets, even us I have kept it a secret, and when we meet again next time, I have to settle the score with him!" Gai Liang felt that Zhang Qianzhi's reason made perfect sense, and he immediately felt relieved.

Zhang Qianzhi smiled, but secretly remembered the matter in his heart.He knew the establishment of Luo Shengdong's personal guards, theoretically it was impossible to have extra manpower to make another secret arrangement, and there was no need to take such a method.The attitude Luo Shengdong showed in the past two days was that he was extremely confident in the local security situation, and handing over the personal guard to Gai Liangcai's command was purely to show his attitude, so there was no need to play tricks in secret.

Zhang Qianzhi decided to wait until he arrived in Changhua, and take the time to send a telegram back to Yinggehai to confirm the matter with Luo Shengdong.Of course, Ge Liangcai's feeling may be an illusion, but even if it is an illusion, he has to check it again.However, he did not bring this matter up to Gai Liangcai, lest the other party get too nervous.

After leaving Yinggehai, the fleet of these two sailing ships headed north. After eight hours of sailing, they arrived at Changhua Port at dusk that night.But the lucky boat hanging behind did not go so smoothly. At this time, it was still dozens of miles away from Changhua Port. Because the sky was getting dark and the surrounding environment was unfamiliar, we had to slow down further and take advantage of the moonlight to go along the river. The coastline moves slowly.

(End of this chapter)