1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2661
The persuasion of these Ming fans in Seoul did not shake Zhu Zian's resolve, but instead made him see the current international situation more clearly.

Most of these people are literati who do not understand practical matters. They only say that Ming Dynasty is orthodox, and Haihan is just a nonsense like barbarians in the South China Sea.But when it comes to how to fight Haihan, these people can't come up with any feasible solution, they only propose the unrealistic idea of ​​using sage books to educate the barbarians.

After talking for a long time, he didn't even have the intention to buy food and weapons for Da Ming. It seemed that with a touch of his mouth, Da Ming could conjure up millions of soldiers out of thin air and defeat all foreign enemies.

Zhu Zian has seen the huge armed fleet of the Haihan Navy with his own eyes. He knows that even if the treasury of Ming Dynasty is exhausted, it will be difficult to build a maritime armed force of the same size. Such a gap in strength is not buried in the pile of old papers. The old pedants here can understand.

It's not speculative, these visitors didn't talk with Zhu Zian for too long, and they were sent away quickly.During the half-day in the morning, he received more than 20 people in one go, all of them without exception were theorists who could only talk about it.

If at the beginning Zhu Zian was a little bit moved by the influence that Daming left behind overseas, but after meeting a few more people, he realized that these people who were still superstitious about the orthodoxy of Ming Dynasty were almost living in their own world. I don't know the earth-shaking changes in the outside world.

The state of mind of these people is very similar to those living in Beijing.They don't understand their opponents, nor do they understand the current state of the world.But it is just such a person who is still dreaming of ruling the world, unwilling to open his eyes to see the real world.

After seeing off the last visitor, Zhu Zian finally let out a sigh of relief.Instead of dealing with these people, he would rather spend his time on his current full-time job.The two days of trade negotiations have touched him a lot. In addition to sorting out the minutes of the meeting, he also plans to write down some of his thoughts during this period.

How Haihan handles the relationship with the vassal state, how to gain profits while firmly controlling the lifeline industry of the vassal state, these are all experiences worth learning and summarizing.Although Zhu Zian didn't know the direction of his future development in Haihan, learning these things would eventually bring him great benefits.

Shi Chengwu and Chang Zhenguo appeared in the reception room again.The two of them watched Zhu Zian's performance from the next door, but Fu Li only stayed for about an hour before leaving, because Fu Li knew better than them what kind of stuff these local Zun Ming sects were.As long as Zhu Zian's mind is not broken, he should not be persuaded by these people, and indeed there is no need to keep monitoring.

Shi Chengwu has the task of investigating Zhu Zian, so of course he can't be as free and easy as Fu Li, while Chang Zhenguo needs to collect writing materials, so he can only follow up the whole process.

Shi Chengwu first affirmed Zhu Zian's performance, and then asked him how he felt.

Zhu Zi'an replied: "The people who are visiting today are all old-fashioned and old-fashioned people. There is nothing wrong with it. You don't have to worry about them making trouble."

Shi Chengwu said again: "Then do you know why they are eager to come to see you, and want to persuade you to accept their opinions? Do you think they did this just out of respect for Daming?"

Zhu Zian was silent for a moment before saying: "I think that some of them may have selfish intentions and want to use this to get a good background."

Zhu Zian is not mediocre, of course he has also noticed that some people have impure intentions and encouraged him to leave Haihan and set up his own family.

For these people, they didn't have the chance to become a dragon and become a phoenix in the past, but this time there is a real descendant of the Ming royal family, and it is totally worth taking the risk.In case Zhu Zian made a fortune in the future, maybe he would have the opportunity to serve as an aide by his side, so as to get rid of the current situation.

It's just that the information Zhu Zian has come into contact with in the past few months is far beyond what people can imagine, and his eyes have already been opened. Even if these people are eloquent, it is impossible to persuade Zhu Zian to accept their bad ideas.What's more, these people's self-righteous talents and learning levels are simply not worth mentioning in Zhu Zian's eyes. Compared with the group of young officials like Shi Chengwu whom he met recently, there is a gap between heaven and earth.

Shi Chengwu didn't expect that Zhu Zian would compare these visitors with himself. What he cared about was whether Zhu Zian could see through these people's tricks and express his position with a firm attitude.Judging from this as a measure, Zhu Zian's performance today is indeed good.

Shi Chengwu turned to Chang Zhenguo and said, "Mr. Chang, what do you plan to do with the report about Zi'an?"

Chang Zhenguo replied: "I think that we should make a detailed report on today's events to correct public opinion. There are many conservative people like this in North Korea. Master Zhu's attitude can just break the illusions of these people. Wait for the next time Go to the newspaper office and start writing immediately, and it is expected that the next issue of The Peninsula Times will publish relevant reports.”

Shi Chengwu was noncommittal after hearing this, but he felt that Chang Zhenguo's political sensitivity was slightly lower.Haihan has invested a lot of resources in order to push Zhu Zi'an to the front, and the purpose is not just for the folks in Seoul who are trying to restore Ming Dynasty.

However, Chang Zhenguo was considered to be under Fu Li, so Shi Chengwu was not good at directing his work.Presumably, Fu Li will also review the relevant articles of the Peninsula Times, and then he will find out the inadequacies, so Shi Chengwu didn't say any more.

As long as Chang Zhenguo is as clever as his master Liu Shang, he should realize that Fu Li and Shi Chengwu's purpose of arranging Zhu Zian to meet these people is not simple.The point of this matter is not the meeting process between Zhu Zian and these people, but the guidance of public opinion afterwards, so that readers of the Peninsula Times can discuss Zhu Zian's views on the general trend of the world and Haihan's status. In the fierce debate, the hotter the better, can fully reflect the value of Zhu Zian.

The bilateral talks continued in the afternoon.In fact, the issues surrounding trade have already been discussed extensively. What is still being discussed is only some specific details of the agreement, but it does not affect the overall situation.

According to the results agreed by the two parties, Haihan will gradually complete the technical upgrading of North Korea's mining, smelting, shipbuilding and other industries within two to five years, and at the same time increase the production capacity of these industries.The required funds and technology transfer fees will also be deducted from the output in the next few years in the form of counter-value in kind.

In this way, North Korea does not need to spend huge sums of money on investment, and Haihan will benefit from this process, which can be regarded as a win-win situation acceptable to both countries.

(End of this chapter)