1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1942
When Zhang Qianzhi heard the news, he quickly thought of the day when he set off from Sanya. Both Gai Liangcai and the captain Ding Xu mentioned that there was a Fuchuan suspected of following their own fleet, but because the ship did not reappear later, So no one regarded this as a threat, but just a coincidence during the itinerary.However, the incident in Changhua has shown that some people are secretly planning some kind of hostile action against the North Koreans, and these people also entered and left Changhua on a lucky boat, which is too coincidental.

Of course, just the information currently available does not prove that the Fuchuan suspected of following the fleet is the same boat as the Fuchuan that appeared in Changhua.After all, Fuchuan is one of the most common Chinese-style sailboats along the southeast coast of Daming. You can see this kind of boat more or less in almost any port on Hainan Island. Even the current Changhua Port has several Fuchuan. Mooring, so this is not enough to prove Zhang Qianzhi's association.

However, Zhang Qianzhi has been in the industry for many years and has rich experience in handling cases. Naturally, he will not easily let go of this important clue. Although the ship has left Changhua, where it came from and where it will go, it can be continued. direction of investigation.

It's just that no matter how hard the investigators try, it is obviously not easy to catch this group of people immediately, so there are still hidden safety hazards in the next trip of the King of Korea.Strengthening security measures can certainly reduce the possibility of accidents, but a more appropriate approach is of course to change the existing itinerary. Even if the group of people cannot be caught during this period, the change of the itinerary can effectively interfere and disrupt The opponent's next move.

However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was responsible for arranging the itinerary for the North Koreans. Zhang Qianzhi could only make suggestions on whether to modify the itinerary, but he did not have the authority to make a final decision.But now that Bai Kesi is also in Changhua, Zhang Qianzhi only needs to report the current investigation progress and attach his own suggestions, and Bai Kesi will make a decision on behalf of the executive committee, and there will be no disputes.

"Judging from the current investigation, the purpose of the opponent's actions is relatively clear, but the rush of time left them no time to prepare for the action. Although this time the opponent did not get a chance to make a move, but If we haven't caught anyone, it's hard to say whether we will have such luck next time." When Zhang Qianzhi reported the matter to Bai Kesi, he was not very optimistic about the security situation of the follow-up trip, and expressed it frankly own worries.

"You mean, the opponent may not give up at this point, or will continue to look for opportunities to make a move?" Bai Kesi also felt a big headache about this situation.The main purpose of the Executive Committee's arrangement for Li Mo and his party to inspect the country is to show them national strength, but if there are repeated security situations on the way, it will easily cause North Koreans to have other ideas about the "peaceful and prosperous age" that Haihan advertised. Bad opinion, this is obviously not the situation that the Executive Committee wants to see.

"Although we don't know what the real purpose of the other party's action is, but since they are so eager to take action against the Prince of Korea, but have not suffered losses because of the failure of the action, I think the other party should not give up so easily. .And the next stop of the Prince of Korea is not difficult to guess. If they still try to deal with him, they will probably go to the next place to make arrangements in advance and wait for the Prince to appear." Zhang Qianzhi is not optimistic about the current situation and still wants to try Persuade Beks to change the current itinerary of the North Koreans.

Bai Kesi frowned and said, "If we want to change the itinerary, is it possible that the North Koreans will stay in Changhua for ten and a half months? The next step is to go to Danzhou, but it would be wrong to skip Danzhou if we change the itinerary, no Going to Danzhou is equivalent to losing half of the meaning of this trip."

Although Changhua is of great significance to Haihan, to arrange a layman like Li Min to visit here, to be honest, three days is more than enough.Moreover, the environment here is not very good. It would be a bit unreasonable to ask Li Lu to stay here for a few more days without a reasonable explanation.

The next stop of the inspection trip is obviously Danzhou, which is not too far from Changhua.Just as Beks said, the Danzhou stop is of extraordinary significance. If the North Koreans were allowed to skip this stop due to security issues, the Executive Committee would certainly not be happy to accept such an arrangement.

Qiao Zhiya immediately proposed a very different solution: "I think otherwise, temporarily add a different itinerary to the North Korean so that he can go to Danzhou later. This will also allow sufficient time for the investigation work." Maybe the hidden dangers that should be eliminated have been dealt with before the North Koreans go to Danzhou."

Bai Kesi said: "It is more than 100 miles from Changhua to Danzhou. The road along the way is basically an agricultural development zone. Although the business is good, the son of the Joseon Dynasty has already visited many plantations and collective farms on the way south. If he spends a few days looking at these places, I'm afraid he won't get any good results."

Agricultural projects are obviously no longer the focus of the inspection itinerary arranged for North Koreans this time. The Executive Committee hopes to show Li Min the current industrial projects in cooperation with North Korea, so that he can understand the scale of operations of these industries in Haihan State, so that Let North Korea have more confidence in the prospect of cooperation, and gradually implement the cooperation plan according to Haihan's arrangement.

Danzhou can be regarded as a special arrangement under this tone. This place was the cultural center of the island before Haihan took over the rule, and after Haihan brought it under the rule, he also intended to vigorously develop the cultural and educational undertakings here, and supported the establishment of the There are many new-style academies engaged in vocational training, so Danzhou's cultural center has become more and more stable today, and it is a special existence in Haihan Kingdom.

The purpose of arranging North Koreans to visit Danzhou is naturally to show them the achievements of Haihan in the field of culture and education, so as to change North Korea’s inherent impression of Haihan as a "martial arts man", so that Li Wei understands that Haihan is not only powerful. In terms of force and culture, it is not inferior to Daming, the past suzerain of North Korea.

However, Li Lu actually didn't have that almost prejudiced view of Haihan. He had come into contact with quite a few high-ranking officials of Haihan, and among these people, even the generals who led troops to fight were not the same as he knew. There are obvious differences in martial arts, and it seems more appropriate to say that they are Confucian generals.Before coming to Haihan Kingdom, he had already seen Haihan’s achievements in cultural publishing in its overseas ruled areas. After arriving in Sanya, he went to the municipal library to open his eyes. He knew that this country was not a barbarian like the Qing Dynasty. Founding a country has its own set of cultural inheritance that is subtly different from that of Ming Dynasty.

But Haihan officials hope to consolidate the impression of North Koreans by visiting Danzhou, so despite the current security problems, and there may be other safety hazards in Danzhou, Bai Kesi still does not want to cancel the visit arrangement of this stop .

"Since the Executive Committee wants North Koreans to have a better understanding of industry, why not arrange for North Koreans to visit other industrial areas first." Qiao Zhiya further proposed adjustments.

"Industrial zone? But apart from Changhua and Shilu on the west coast, how can we have any big industrial projects?" Bex asked in puzzlement.

Qiao Zhiya said: "It's not necessarily necessary to guard the west coast. For example, there is an industrial zone across the sea. If you visit it once, you can spare a few more days to investigate the case and eliminate hidden dangers."

"You mean... Black Earth Port?" Thinking of this place, Beks couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

The development of Black Soil Port was actually very early. As early as the year of the crossing operation, an advance team was sent to organize coal mining in this area.At that time, the civil war in Annan provided Haihan with a large amount of cheap labor, so that it was able to complete the preliminary construction of the black earth port in a relatively short period of time.

As one of the conditions in exchange for sending troops to help the war, Haihan obtained the actual ruling right of the Black Earth Port area after the Annan Civil War, and the extremely rich coal mines in the area have become one of Haihan's most important industrial raw materials.So far, [-]% to [-]% of the fuel used by various industrial units on Hainan Island still comes from clean coal produced in Heitu Port.

The huge demand for coal in Haihan's country has also driven the development of the shipping industry in Heitu Port. The freight route between Heitu Port and Hainan Island is one of the busiest sea routes under Haihan's rule, and the cargo throughput of Heitu Port has also increased. It is far from being comparable to small ports such as Changhua Port and Yingge Seaport.

But for countries outside the region, Black Earth Port is not a well-known place. At most, it is only known that the place is a coal-producing area near the coastline, but the more specific situation is completely unknown.As for the special significance of this place to Haihan, there are very few people who can understand it, let alone foreign dignitaries who specially go to visit the place.

Qiao Zhiya said: "I also talked about the situation in Heitu Port with Li Luo earlier, and he seems to be quite interested. The key is how to arrange this matter reasonably so as not to appear too abrupt."

The problem mentioned by Qiao Zhiya is obviously not easy to solve. The official does not want the North Koreans to know the current security risks, but there must be a reasonable reason for changing the itinerary. Otherwise, the North Koreans will still have ideas in their hearts if they don’t say it .

Zhang Qianzhi stood by the side watching his nose, nose, nose and heart. He was very clear about his identity, and he didn't intervene in this kind of decision-making.But he actually agrees with Qiao Zhiya's opinion in his heart. If North Korea can be taken to Heitu Port for a visit, and a few more days can be spared for this side to eliminate potential safety hazards, the follow-up matters will be much easier to handle.

Beks pondered for a while, and finally accepted the job: "Then this job can only be done by me."

Later, Beks visited Li Lu's residence alone and had a meeting with him.After the end, Beks returned to Qiao Zhiya's study and announced that Li Wei had accepted the new itinerary, and that he would go to the Beibu Gulf area for investigation.

"How did you tell him?" Qiao Zhiya was also quite curious about this matter.

"It's very simple. I just said that I was going to inspect the work at Heitu Port, and I wanted to invite him to go with him on behalf of the executive committee, and he agreed." Bai Kesi shrugged and said, "But now I have to make my own itinerary Adjust accordingly."

As a senior official of the executive committee, Bai Kesi invited Li Luo to go to Beibu Gulf with him on behalf of the executive committee. The other party would naturally understand this as the meaning of the executive committee and would not refuse this special invitation.You must know that the accompanying officials of Li Luo's inspection trip this time did not arrange high-ranking officials from Haihan, but at this time, Bai Kesi came forward to invite him. The opportunity is quite rare, of course he can't let it go easily.

Only with this arrangement, the temporary change of the itinerary will not appear too abrupt.However, as the official in charge of the Ministry of Industry, Bex has a very busy schedule, so if he makes a temporary adjustment, the schedule for the next few days will have to be changed accordingly.

Soon the accompanying Haihan officials were also notified. They already knew the inside story, so they were well aware of the purpose of making this adjustment.And Zhang Qianzhi was assigned a new task. He will stay on Hainan Island and continue the emergencies in Changhua.

Zhang Qianzhi had already reported the situation in Changhua to He Xi via telegram. Under the suggestion of Beks, He Xi gave Zhang Qianzhi the special authority needed to preside over the investigation work, and could mobilize the frontline security forces in Changhua and Danzhou Participating in the investigation, if there is an emergency, there is no need to ask for instructions, and you can handle it yourself. This is actually giving him the power to kill first and act later.

Zhang Qianzhi was not happy because the other party had already fled Changhua. If he went to Danzhou, it would not be a simple matter to find him there.The flow of ships and people in Danzhou Port is much higher than that of Changhua. To find these people out of the dark, a lot of investigation work is required, and he doesn't have much time to arrange things slowly. To scare the snake away.If the other party retreated from Danzhou without making a sound, it would probably be difficult to follow up the next step.

However, Li Lu didn't know the twists and turns. In his opinion, Bai Kesi's initiative to invite him was a matter of dignity, and he could feel the attitude of this high-ranking official from Haihan who favored him very much.Although going across the sea to visit a coal mine may not be as good as going to Danzhou to visit an academy in his opinion, but this temporary trip is of great significance and he will not miss it.

However, he didn't know much about the location of Heitu Port before. The little information he knew was only learned from Qiao Zhiya's introduction after he arrived in Changhua.Fortunately, Li Xi still knew a little about Heitu Port, so he took the time to make up for Li Luo's get out of class so that he could learn more about this place.

"So this place was originally the territory of Annan Kingdom, which was assigned to Haihan ten years ago? Did Annan Kingdom know that there were coal mines there?" Li Wei asked curiously.

Li Xi pondered: "Maybe they know... But even if they knew, they would pretend not to know. After all, they needed Haihan's assistance at that time, just like our country now."

(End of this chapter)