1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2256
Like most of the rich and powerful in this era, after accumulating a lot of wealth through the management of Furuifeng, the Li family in Guangzhou also chose to buy a large amount of land and land to realize cash, especially the dozen or so counties under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture. In recent years, a large amount of land has been acquired by the Li family in various ways under their own name, and now it can be regarded as the leading landowner in Guangdong and Guangxi.

However, because of Haihan, an overseas partner, Furuifeng's investment in real estate has not been limited to the territory of Daming. Even in various regions under Haihan's rule, there are almost all farms and plantations under the name of Furuifeng. .

To acquire a piece of land for the young Prince Annan to build a guild hall near Guangzhou City, this is probably just a matter of words for Li Nai.If it can be used to promote the personal relationship with Zheng Zuo, Li Nai doesn't mind giving a friendship price that is much lower than the market price.

Of course, he is actually more interested in why Zheng Zuo wants to go to Guangzhou, just to broaden his horizons and increase his knowledge?Or is there some other purpose?For a busy person like Zheng Zuo, who is willing to spend so much time traveling abroad, it must be reasonable for him to have some more important purpose than the guild hall.

"Everyone, please listen to me." Tao Donglai raised his voice while standing in the middle of the banquet hall, and soon the banquet hall gradually became quiet.

The guests all turned their heads to look at Tao Donglai, knowing that he should release some key information on behalf of Haihan, and this is the main reason why most of them came here today.

"As we all know, this year's International Martial Arts Tournament will be held at the Luhuitou base in Sanya the day after tomorrow. This is also the largest event with the largest number of participants since it was held by our country, and our country will continue to hold this event in the future. To promote international military exchanges. According to our statistics, there will be ten teams participating in the competition this year, and warriors from various countries will use their results to prove their true abilities on the field!"

"Considering some objective reasons, the content and form of this year's martial arts competition will be slightly changed compared with previous years. For example, this year's martial arts competition will increase, and the winners of each event will be admitted to the Haihan Army combat unit. The opportunity to serve for one year. By the way, all expenses during this period will be borne by our country and enjoy the same treatment as our soldiers.”

This winning reward immediately mobilized the emotions of the guests present.The cost of sending people to Sanya for military training from various countries has always been very high, and this kind of training is limited to the military base in Sanya. The trainees basically will not have the opportunity to participate in actual combat, but even so, all parties flock to it.After all, the strength of the Haihan army has been fully proved by its achievements over the years, and it has long become a model for all parties to emulate.

It is also because of this that all parties are very keen to send troops to cooperate with the Haihan Army to fight, because only in this way can they really have the opportunity to learn the essence of the Haihan Army.And the military observers who can act together with the Haihan Army in wartime are the qualifications that senior officers of all parties are vying to obtain.However, it is the first time I have heard of such a practice of directly serving in the first-line troops of the Haihan Army. As for the status and treatment during the service period, that is a secondary issue.

Although no detailed rules have been announced yet, the guests who heard this condition were inevitably excited. This is not just an honorary award, but a rare opportunity to further improve the country's military level.

Seeing the reactions of the surrounding guests, Tao Donglai was very satisfied with the effect achieved.This measure was decided after discussion by the Executive Committee, and the purpose was of course to attract the attention of all parties.With this extra reward, it is estimated that each family will ask their own people to do their best to win the championship.

As for some problems that may arise in the follow-up implementation, such as where to be sent to complete the one-year service period, the management and establishment of relevant personnel, how to keep military secrets, etc., corresponding measures have also been formulated in advance.

Others think about how to use this channel to take away Haihan's military secrets, but Haihan wants to use this method to brainwash the best military talents of all parties for a long time, at least to make them unstoppable for Haihan's military strength. The mental state of victory may save Haihan a lot of unnecessary trouble in the future.

Tao Donglai made a gesture of pressing down with both palms, signaling to the people present to calm down first, and then continued: "This is just one of the changes we have made to the martial arts competition this year. We have notified the specific competition arrangements in advance. Military students from various countries participating in the event. So you don’t have to worry that these changes will affect their on-the-spot performance, please believe me, this year’s competition will be more exciting and intense than any previous one!”

"In addition, after the two-day competition, we will also hold a small weapon performance demonstration event, including some weapons and equipment that will be included in the arms export list next year, as well as several types of weapons that will be listed by our Haihan Army. equipped with new weapons."

The last item Tao Donglai announced once again aroused the guests' whispering voices.Due to the limited production capacity, Haihan’s annual arms export orders are all scrambled for by all parties. In some special cases, buyers even need to compete for limited sales of weapons and equipment through bidding. For example, the East India Company and Madaram Had a lot of blood for it.

Knowing in advance which weapons and equipment can be purchased from Haihan in the next year will help to arrange corresponding procurement strategies and funds this morning.Nowadays, there are more buyers, and the competition is fiercer than in the early years. Some of the goods that are in short supply can only be purchased in full, and the earlier the payment is made, the more guaranteed the purchase will be.

For big buyers like Annan and Fujian Xu Jiajun, once they understand the contents of the export list, they must immediately start to plan the next year's arms purchase plan.If there is no accident, before leaving Sanya, Zheng Zuo and Xu Yuxing will roughly agree with Haihan officials to ensure that they can get the equipment they want in the coming year.

And other buyers may appear to be in a hurry, because they can't use the telegrams of the Haihan people to send relevant information back to the country to seek the opinions of the rulers like these two. In a country miles away, it would probably take about two months for the news to go back and forth across the sea, and every step is slow, and it is inevitable to fall into a passive state.

This is why Haihan announced the arms sales plan for the coming year at the end of August and the beginning of September, not only to give buyers time to pass on the news, but also to allow buyers enough time to raise funds.After all, the gold and silver they used to buy weapons probably had to be mobilized from various places under the rule, and then shipped to Sanya.

Of course, people who are more sensitive to this kind of news will also notice that Tao Donglai mentioned that he will also display some new weapons that will be equipped with the Haihan Army.

According to Haihan's consistent practice, the active weapons and equipment in the Haihan Army will not appear in the list of export munitions. Even those export warships that look exactly the same as the Haihan Navy are only the same in appearance, such as Some key performances such as speed and seaworthiness still have a clear gap with Haihan naval warships.

Therefore, these new weapons that have not yet been unveiled are obviously treasures that cannot be bought with money. Haihan probably has only one purpose in showing these treasures, which is to have a sufficient deterrent effect on all parties. Let everyone understand the gap in strength that still exists between him and Haihan.

This kind of situation is not uncommon in the past few years. In Tiandu's ordnance workshop, at the shooting range of Luhuitou base, and even at the National Day military parade, Haihan has shown it to outsiders more than once on various occasions. A new weapon in hand.In addition to the outstanding achievements of the Haihan Army over the years, the display of these weapons and equipment is also an important way for the outside world to gain awareness of the Haihan Armed Forces, and it has played its due role.

For example, a powerful artillery does not necessarily have to be installed in every unit under the Haihan Army. It only needs to show the effect of live ammunition shooting to the outside world on the shooting range, which is enough to deter the ambitions of many people.

Many of the guests present were related to the military, and some of them were even soldiers, so quite a few people noticed this message.The Haihan army is going to be equipped with new weapons again. This kind of news will really make people jealous. The weapons currently equipped by the Haihan army are already unrivaled in the world, but the Haihan people are obviously not satisfied with this. The gap in the armed forces of other countries.

Of course, there were more people who belonged to ordinary people like Zhang Jinbao who had limited military knowledge, but they could at least understand the meaning of Tao Donglai's words, and applauded vigorously when he finished speaking.Of course, this is not just to cheer Tao Donglai, but also contains the pride of being a Haihan citizen.

After Tao Donglai announced these things, the banquet continued.And the topics discussed among the guests quickly changed from the previous variety to focus on this event.

But there are still some people who are rather disappointed at this time, because it is difficult to win the competition due to their limited strength, and they do not have enough financial resources to submit an arms order to Haihan for the next year.

The son of the Joseon Dynasty, Li Yan, was in this mood at this time. He knew that even the best officer under his command could at most be able to squeeze into the top three in individual events, and there was still a long way to go before winning. Therefore, most of the soldiers of the North Korean country are just a role of accompanying runners in this martial arts competition.There is no need to expect extra rewards.

But when it comes to Haihan's service in the army, Li Yi really doesn't care much about this reward. There is no other reason. Haihan has a military base in North Korea's Daedong River, and North Korea has always stationed soldiers there.The daily training and mobilization of the Haihan Army did not deliberately hide from these North Korean soldiers, and even the officer canteen can be shared, which is almost the same as serving together when rounded.Moreover, the Haihan Army stationed there is an elite unit such as the Special Operations Regiment and the Marine Corps, which is a treatment that no other country can ask for.

It's just that Haihan doesn't provide advanced military theory training at the Datongjiang base, at most he can learn some superficial combat skills.To learn real skills, North Korean soldiers still have to travel thousands of miles south to Sanya.

Of course, Haihan did this on purpose. Otherwise, Qian Tiandun, who can bring out ace troops like the Special Operations Regiment, would not be able to teach the North Koreans any military theories.The main purpose of letting North Korea send people to Sanya for training is to take advantage of the special environment in Sanya, so that the North Korean military officers who come for training gradually adapt to the values ​​instilled in them by Haihan, and regard Haihan as an ally ideologically. And the umbrella, in order to eliminate the resistance of the North Korean military to Haehan as much as possible.

And this group of North Korean military officers represented by An Daoshi, because they have received comprehensive and systematic military training in Sanya, have sufficient understanding and understanding of the combat system of the Haihan Army. Will be the North Korean side's first choice.If Haihan finds a suitable candidate worthy of support among them, it will be easy to use his military merits, and within a few years, he can be promoted to a high position of real power in the Korean army with a lot of military merits.

Of course, Li Yan is still not aware of these inside stories. He is only a little worried about North Korea's performance in this contest.If An Daoshi and others fail to achieve decent results in this competition, when the news is sent back to North Korea, there may be some voices in China who question this way of studying abroad.

The cost of sending these soldiers to Sanya to study abroad for a year is definitely not cheap. There have been voices in China questioning whether such an approach is necessary. Maximize returns on funds.

Of course, Li Xuan himself is a supporter of studying abroad, and after he arrived in Haihan and gradually understood the situation here, he became more determined in this view.

Haihan's national strength is obviously stronger than that of North Korea, and its military strength is even more advanced. Under such circumstances, Haihan is willing to pass on advanced experience to North Korea and help North Korea build a stronger armed force, and the price is only training. In Li Yi's opinion, this is a very good deal.Apart from Haihan, who else could provide such a deal?
Although the cost is huge and there may be some unpredictable problems in the future, in Li Yan's view, this should be an indispensable step for North Korea to enhance its comprehensive strength in the next few years.

It's just the effect of training, and from the current point of view, it has indeed not reached the expected ideal value.Li Yan also understands that North Korea started late, and it is unrealistic to catch up with other countries overnight, but if he can't come up with some decent results, how can he persuade his father to continue this practice of burning money and send a second batch of people within the year? Come to Sanya for training?

As for the purchase of large quantities of arms, North Korea, which currently needs to borrow money from Haihan even for the operation of the imperial court, cannot afford it.

(End of this chapter)