1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2483
The Haihan National Day in 1649 was not much different from the past 20 years. The city of Sanya, the capital, was hung with red and colorful banners, and banners celebrating the festival could be seen everywhere.The red and blue national flags of Haihan were hung outside the large and small shops on both sides of the Sanya landscape. Many shops took advantage of the situation and launched some festival promotions, attracting a large number of people to stop and watch on the streets.

In several newspapers published recently, the headlines on the front pages are all commentary articles that exaggerate the atmosphere of the National Day. The general content is naturally to trace the various construction achievements of Haihan in the past year, and to advocate the wisdom of the executive committee.Most of the other pages were bought by various overseas colonial areas to promote local development and construction achievements.

For example, the rich and powerful East China Sea colonial area bought a full page of the National Day special issue of the Haihan Times, listing various political achievements of the area last year.

Today's East China Sea Colonial Area is no longer limited to the Zhoushan Islands, and most of the original Ningbo Prefecture has also been brought under its control. Even the colonial area's seat has been moved from Zhoushan Dinghai Port to Ningbo City.The trade measures implemented by Haihan attracted a lot of wealth, and it became the most prosperous area in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

In addition to Ningbo Mansion, the Jeju Island area that originally belonged to North Korea has now become a concession area under Haihan due to the debt problem between the two countries, and has also been included in the jurisdiction of the East Sea Colony.

In addition, there is the Sasebo Bay area in the northwest of Kyushu Island, Japan, which is also one of the jurisdictions of the East China Sea Colony.This is not only Haihan's only military base in the Japanese archipelago, but also serves as a trading port.Similar to Zhoushan Dinghai Port, there is also a special area in Sasebo Bay to receive merchant ships and sailors from various countries.

Because Japan implemented a strict closed-door policy during this period, even traditional trading partners such as the Netherlands and Portugal were greatly restricted, leaving only one foreign trade window in Nagasaki Port.However, the arrival of Haihan broke this closed situation. Sasebo Bay, not far from Nagasaki, quickly became the international trade center of the Japanese archipelago because of the mature trading system of Haihan.

Moreover, under the coercion of the Haihan East China Sea Fleet, Japan was forced to open the trading rights of Osaka, Nagoya, Edo, etc., allowing Haihan merchants to enter these areas to engage in trade activities.

Of course, this kind of special treatment is only enjoyed by Haihan. Other foreign countries are not qualified to enjoy the same treatment. They can only set up a trading organization in Sasebo Bay to complete the sale of goods and the delivery of money and goods locally.

Even if the Japanese shogunate had a lot of dissatisfaction with this situation, they could only swallow their anger. After all, when Haihan was angry, the armed fleet would sail into Edo Bay at any time, and even bombard Edo Castle. No one could bear the consequences.

Jeju Island and Sasebo Bay are both located near the Tsushima Strait between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago, so it is not only the trade relationship between Japan and Haihan that is affected by this, but also the traditional trade between Japan and North Korea. Supervision.

The East China Sea Colonial Area has a decisive influence on the maritime trade among the four East Asian countries, and it is natural to use this influence to earn huge profits in international trade.Therefore, the political achievements of the East China Sea Colonial Area published in the "Hai Han Times" are mainly in the economic field. The number is one of the best, even surpassing the Fuguang area that was brought under the rule of Haihan not long ago.

Such publicity measures are not just for showing merit to the executive committee, but also attract a lot of funds and talents from Haihan to the East China Sea colonial area, and the effect is quite remarkable.After all, in addition to flaunting the achievements of the East China Sea Colonial Zone, this full-page advertisement also has conspicuous investment and recruitment content, and these things related to the immediate interests of the people will bring more resources to the East China Sea Colonial Zone.

Overseas colonial areas that think they have certain advantages in certain aspects will use similar methods to promote themselves in order to attract domestic resources.For example, in the Beihai colonial area located in the Yellow and Bohai Sea regions, the direction of recruiting talents is different from that in the East China Sea colonial area, which is good at commerce and navigation.

The jurisdiction of the Beihai Colonial Area is equivalent to the northern border of the Haihan Kingdom. It has long needed to fight openly and covertly with the two powerful opponents of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Therefore, military construction has always been the top priority. The main target of recruitment is the high-achieving military students in Sanya. .As the colonial area with the most frequent foreign military operations at this stage, serving in the Beihai colonial area will naturally give you more opportunities to be honored with military merits. For young and strong officers who are interested in developing in the army, this is indeed a good way out.

Although the situation in the area where the Beihai colonial area is located is not too stable, the economic situation in the area is not bad. There are copper and gold mines in the area of ​​Dengzhou, Shandong, and there are iron, silver, lead, and zinc in the area. , graphite, phosphorus and other mineral deposits are yet to be developed; North Korea’s Taedong River jurisdiction has preliminarily established a media-iron composite industry, as well as civilian industries such as shipbuilding and salt production; The rule was gradually stabilized, and a large number of Han people in the Northeast continued to flee from the Manchu Qing ruled area and defected to the relatively safe Haihan ruled area.

Therefore, in addition to military talents, the recruitment direction of the Beihai Colonial Area also required a large number of grassroots officials who governed the area.Anyone who is interested in this and has a certain cultural background can sign up, even if they have never done government affairs before. For this reason, the Beihai Colonial Area has established an administrative academy in Dengzhou, Shandong that specializes in training grassroots officials. The [-]-day short training method is used to train managers at the village and township level in batches.

This approach in the Beihai colonial area is actually not the first. Haihan's territory is expanding every year, and the new territory will inevitably require a large number of grassroots officials to take over. However, Haihan does not have enough talent reserves, so it can only be done through intensive training. To train grass-roots officials in batches, and then gradually select outstanding talents among them through their tenure performance.

However, the training period in the Beihai colonial area is much shorter than that in the southern area, and the competition is not so fierce, which relatively lowers the threshold for becoming an official.This is very attractive to those young people who are interested in official careers but lack background.

Of course, this is also a rare opportunity for ordinary time travelers who are looking for a good way out for future generations but lack connections.Employment conditions in overseas colonial areas are more relaxed than domestic ones. They can have a comprehensive overview of the needs of each overseas colonial area at one time, and choose the most suitable path for the development of future generations.

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