1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2667
At the same time, in the Sizheng Hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, King Li Yi was reviewing the memorial sent by Park Hongye.

Park Hongye sat on the chair opposite Li Yanshu's desk, looking at his nose, nose and heart, as still as a statue.The content of his memorial is about the results of the talks with the Haihan Mission. Although the general direction is in accordance with Li Yan's instructions, Park Hongye is not sure whether the final agreement will satisfy his superiors.

Li Yan suddenly raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and Pu Hongye, who seemed to be in a state of concentration, immediately got up and asked concerned: "Your Majesty, but the light is weaker?"

Li Yan didn't respond, but closed his eyes and nodded slightly.

Pu Hongye quickly stretched out his hand and operated the two oil lamps placed on the desk a few times, and the surrounding immediately became brighter.

The two oil lamps on Li Yan's case are not traditional oil lamps, but gifts from Haihan when Li Yan ascended the throne, and they were fueled by kerosene imported from Taiwan.The lower half of the lamp body is a heavy brass base, which is filled with kerosene, and the upper half is a crystal clear glass lampshade, so that the light from the oil lamp can illuminate the surrounding without any obstruction, and at the same time, it is not affected by the disturbance of the surrounding airflow.

There is also a small knob on the base, which can be easily adjusted by twisting the length of the burning wick, so as to achieve the effect of adjusting the brightness.

Of course, if it’s just like this, it’s not much different from the high-end kerosene lamps that can be bought in the market. The real special feature is actually the row of small characters chiseled on the base shell——Hai Han Guo The Executive Committee presents it to the King of Korea.

Although there are more advanced and more useful wind-proof oil lamps on the market today, Li Yi has never planned to replace these two lamps.This may be a nostalgic plot, but at the same time it also reflects the importance Li Yan attaches to the relationship between the two countries.

Li Yan looked at the light for a while, then slowly put down the memorial in his hand, and said softly: "It's been hard these days!"

"I don't dare to slack off because of my responsibilities. Your Majesty has praised you!" Park Hongye was not at all proud of Li Yan's praise, and he still dealt with it very carefully.He has been working beside Li Yi for so many years, so he naturally knows that his boss's evaluation of such an important event will not be just a light "Thank you".

Sure enough, Li Xuanxuan went on to say: "Haihan Kingdom's plan to move the capital actually requires our country to increase the supply of steel and coal. It seems that the project involved is very large. When this matter is over, you can arrange people to visit Hangzhou carefully and collect information. , pay attention to the impact on our country, and don’t be passive in everything.”

Haihan's sending of the mission here is actually a part of fulfilling the signing of the agreement, and the real talks have been going on for several months.But for Li Yi, Hai Han's request still caught him off guard.

If the adjustment requirements for the allocation of coal and iron production capacity were placed a year in advance, then North Korea would still have sufficient time to coordinate its own needs, but only a few months in advance, this will inevitably affect many plans that are already in progress.

Not to mention, the Han River Port, which is under construction outside Seoul, has been under construction for two years. The main works are progressing slowly.

However, now that Haihan is requesting to adjust the steel capacity quota of the Taedong River smelting base to supply North Korea in the next few years, it will inevitably increase the steel demand gap of the project, and the construction period will also be affected accordingly.This is not good news for Li Yi, who wants to build the Hanjiang Port as soon as possible and increase the trade scale in Seoul.

There are still quite a few large-scale infrastructure projects like this one. Once the steel production capacity quota changes, these projects will be more or less affected.It is also difficult to simply measure the losses of these projects due to delays in the construction period.

Due to the objective situation, Li Yi was of course unable to resist Hai Han's already decided arrangement, so he could only bargain as much as possible to get more compensation for himself.However, if the relevant yamen paid more attention to Haihan's domestic trends, could collect relevant information in advance, and could predict Haihan's intentions, perhaps they would not have fallen into such a passive situation.

The matter has already happened, and it will not help for Li Yan to pursue the responsibility. Moreover, Park Hongye has too many things to manage, and intelligence work is only one of them.Li Yan has too many things to rely on Park Hongye, so he can't blame him for not doing well in this area. He can only tell Park Hongye to work harder in this area in the future.

Park Hongye said in a deep voice: "The embassy in Zhoushan is not doing well. I think it should be adjusted as soon as possible, and another competent person should be sent to the place to avoid similar mistakes."

Li Yan nodded slightly and said: "You can make up your own mind about these matters... Also, the news from Sanya will be sent back to China as soon as possible without any delay!"

Park Hongye quickly responded.If the work of the intelligence port is to be done more solidly, it needs double investment, but since Li Yi has given the order, Park Hongye will of course follow it.Anyway, it's not from his own pocket, and he can also take this opportunity to arrange a few more confidants, so that things will be more convenient in the future.

Li Yan changed his tone, and then talked about another matter: "Zhu Zian from the mission, has his identity been confirmed?"

Park Hongye said: "According to the news from Shandong, there is indeed such a person in Dewang's Mansion, and he hasn't shown up in public in the past few months. But whether it is the person who came to Seoul, it is not yet confirmed."

Li Yan nodded slightly and said: "Since this is the case, I think Hai Han will not find someone else to impersonate."

Li Yan still had doubts about the authenticity of Haihan's use of the children of the Ming royal family, so he asked the people stationed in Shandong to investigate the relevant news.Although the two places were separated by the Yellow Sea, the distance was much closer than Hangzhou. In addition, when the news was sent back from Shandong, it was sent in code words using Haihan's official commercial telegram, so it only took a few days to complete the process.

What Li Yan was worried about was not actually that Hai Han had someone pretend to be a child of the Zhu family, but that someone pretended to be a child of the Zhu family and came out to cheat.However, such worries are obviously superfluous. Hai Han did not rely on similar investigative methods to verify Zhu Zian's identity, but went directly to Prince De's mansion for an interview, which was impossible to fake.

Pu Hongye tentatively asked: "Then do you want to arrange for His Majesty to meet him alone?"

Li Yan immediately shook his head and said: "No need. He is just a pawn in the hands of the Haihan people. If I see him, the Haihan people will not know, but they will fall into the trap. And the person you sent to see him a few days ago, Isn’t it just a mess? He’s just a Haihan official now, and that’s all we need to know.”

(End of this chapter)