1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2662
Zhu Zian was allowed to participate in the relevant preparatory meetings on the way here, so he also has a certain degree of understanding of why Haihan took the initiative to provide advanced production technology to North Korea to help North Korea upgrade various key industries.

Of course, these benefits are not provided unconditionally to North Korea. Haihan's purpose is very clear, which is to use these production capacities to meet its own development needs.In other words, although these industries belong to North Korea in name, most of the products they produce are supplied to Haihan at cost prices, or even lower than cost prices.

Although North Korea is also a beneficiary of this round of industrial upgrading, they only provided raw materials and labor in the cooperation, and the benefits they can get are obviously far less than Haihan, who is leading the matter.

Even in the eyes of an outsider like Zhu Zian, North Korea's share of the benefits from the cooperation is really too small, and the production arrangements and output distribution of these industries, as well as the management of local civil affairs, are all handled by the sea. Han calls the shots.The right of ownership that North Korea has is just to send some officials to station there in the name of supervising production. This is actually just a symbolic way for Haihan to save a little face for North Korea.

Zhu Zian thinks that this is very similar to the situation when Daming almost completely lost control over the Lingnan area. In name, those places were still the territory of Daming, but they were actually controlled by Haihan. Taxes only open channels for the flow of materials and people.Although Daming can still obtain certain economic benefits from these regions through trade channels, the actual ownership has changed hands, and it is obvious that Haihan is the real beneficiary.

However, judging from the reactions of North Korean officials involved in the negotiations, Zhu Zian believes that they should and are willing to accept such a cooperation method.The industrial cooperation led by Haihan has lasted for nearly 20 years, and almost everyone is used to Haihan controlling the overall situation.

Moreover, with the current cooperation method, relevant people in North Korea can benefit from it, but if changes are made, it is hard to say where things will go.The reality is that North Korea, including the king, has vested interests in this cooperation method, which makes it difficult for other forces to actively seek changes.

Of course, from the standpoint of the North Koreans, this may already be the best cooperation plan they can choose.Vested interests aside, if these advanced technologies provided by Haihan are to be researched by North Korea itself, it may take several generations to wait for the current results.

With the cooperation with Haihan now, they not only obtained some advanced production technology, but Haihan also trained a large number of technicians and industrial workers for them. The value of these soft power enhancements cannot be measured by money.

The improvement of the national strength that these cooperation can bring to North Korea has been well reflected in the past few years.The biggest shortcoming of North Korea in the past was its military strength, but now the new army formed with the help of Haihan has guns and cannons, and has a well-organized armed fleet. of the strong.

Most of the Haihan-style weapons and equipment equipped by the new North Korean army are manufactured by the ordnance industry in the Datong River Basin, and to a certain extent, they have achieved self-production and self-sale.Even among Hai Han's allies, there are only a handful of countries with the same military capabilities.

Of course, the equipment level of the army cannot be completely equated with the combat effectiveness, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not have faced the offensive of the Manchu Qing so hard.North Korea wants to try its best to narrow the military gap between itself and the suzerain country, and it is not enough to just upgrade its equipment.What's more, the ordnance technology provided by Haihan to North Korea is only a foreign trade version, and the products are still far behind the weapons and equipment provided to its own army.

Therefore, in addition to upgrading weapons and equipment and copying the organizational system and training mode of the Haihan Army, the joint military exercises between the two countries held from time to time are also regarded by North Korea as an important means of enhancing military strength.

Due to the affiliation between the two countries, joint military exercises are generally initiated by Haihan and arranges the time and exercise plan. In addition, Haihan has gradually transferred its military forces to Daming and Liaodong in recent years, so the frequency of joint military exercises is not high. Many, and the scale is gradually decreasing.Sometimes there is no relevant arrangement for a year or two, and North Korea has to send troops to Jinzhou or Zhoushan on its own, actively seeking opportunities for joint training with the Haihan Army.

And this time the mission visited Seoul with a large-scale armed fleet. In addition to demonstrating force, another task is to complete the joint exercise between the two armies.This can be regarded as a first-class event for the Bingcao Yamen in charge of military power in the North Korean state.Therefore, after the trade-related negotiations were over, the North Korean officials involved in the talks immediately changed their positions, and a team of military attaches headed by Bing Cao Yamen appeared on the stage.

At this time, the official in charge of the Korean Bing Cao Yamen was Shen Xueyi. His father, Shen Jingzhen, also served as the military judge in his early years, so passing it to him can be regarded as inheriting his father's career.The reason for having such an opportunity is mainly because their father and son were staunch princelings back then, and they made great contributions in the process of Li Yan's suppression of the palace coup.

Moreover, Shen Xueyi had received military training provided by Haihan, and he was one of the few senior officers who had been certified by Haihan at that time and was qualified to command the new North Korean army. His later career development naturally also received Haihan's support.

In addition to Shen Xueyi, the senior military attache who participated in the negotiations was also the former imperial general An Daoshi who is now in charge of military power and directly leads the elite troops of the Korean navy and army.Although he was born as a civilian, he was one of the first North Korean military officers selected to be trained in the Haihan Army, and later he went to Sanya to study with Li Yi, and he performed well during his study abroad. He also participated in the multinational military student competition Glory to North Korea.

After An Daoshi Xuecheng returned to China, he participated in many military operations of the coalition forces in Liaodong, Japan and other places, and slowly rose by relying on his solid military achievements.Since he was not from a family of officials and eunuchs, and there were no other forces involved behind him, he was especially trusted by Li Yan, and he was promoted all the way to his current position.

In terms of his position, An Daoshi is even half a rank higher than Shen Xueyi. When necessary, he only needs to be directly dispatched by the king Li Yi, and is not under the jurisdiction of the Bing Cao Yamen.Most of the North Korean troops that will participate in the joint military exercise this time are soldiers under his command.

The lineup of military attaches led by these two men almost concentrated the elite of the North Korean military.And these military officers all have a common feature, that is, without exception, they all have the experience of training in the Haihan Army or the Military Academy.In other words, the key members of the North Korean military now have a very deep relationship with Hai Han.

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