1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2678
For Wen Zhihong and Li Yongfu, An Daoshi's statement at the welcome banquet was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky.They originally thought that the visit of the Haihan Mission would bring more trade cooperation projects to Busan, but they never expected that the other party's intention to come was to cause trouble, and they came with a whole huge armed fleet.

Looking at the posture of the Haihan people, if the local government fails to give them a satisfactory result, then they may plan to do it themselves.Although Li Yongfu bears the title of military governor, the armed forces he can mobilize and command are only 3000 to [-] people, and more than half of them are sailors. The Han Fleet confronted each other.At that time, if Hai Han really wants to resort to force, Li Yongfu has no way to stop him.

As for the question raised by An Daoshi, in their opinion, it is a bit exaggerated.This place in Busan can be said to be North Korea's maritime gateway, a place where a lot of money and goods are circulated. It is inevitable that people from all walks of life will gather here, and some public security cases are inevitable.

The Haihan people are the wealthiest outsiders in the local area, and there is a lot of envy, jealousy and hatred against them, and it is not surprising that they are regarded as targets by people with ulterior motives.

Regarding the public security cases against the Haihan people, the local government actually sent special personnel to investigate and deal with the aftermath as much as possible. However, the government's manpower and capabilities are very limited, and it may not be possible to investigate every case and arrest all criminals. It is even more impossible to completely prevent such things from happening.As for the Haihan people who are the victims, it is of course difficult to be completely satisfied with the results of the local government's handling.

To say that the local government is indifferent to these matters and pretends to be deaf and dumb is indeed wronging Wen Zhihong and other officials. They think that they have dealt with it within their own capabilities. attitude, as if thinking that they were also involved in the criminal activities against the Haihan people.

But this kind of thing is also difficult to prove his innocence, at least it is difficult to convince An Daoshi and the Haihan people by relying on verbal excuses.An Daoshi gave five days, but only five days were obviously not enough to deal with the long backlog of adult cases.

Although Wen Zhihong and Li Yongfu agreed to this request without compromise, they were secretly complaining in their hearts.How much do you have to do to pass this level?
Under such pressure, all the food and wine are just tasteless.The preoccupied North Korean officials finally made it to the end of the banquet, but Haihan’s party put forward a new condition when they parted, requesting to read all the files of local public security cases related to Haihan in the past five years as soon as possible.

This is obviously a serious distrust of the local government, and it has also broken through the diplomatic boundaries, but An Daoshi did not express any objection to this, obviously standing on Haihan's side.In desperation, Wen Zhihong had no choice but to promise to send the files to the mission as soon as possible the next day.

After saying goodbye, Shi Chengwu said to An Daoshi, "Thank you, General An, for your cooperation."

Daoshi shook his head expressionlessly and said: "I just followed the order, but this does not mean that I agree with your country's approach. Although I sympathize with the experience of your country's personnel, I still hope that the problem can be resolved through normal channels , rather than directly interfering in our country’s internal affairs.”

Shi Chengwu heard An Daoshi's implication, and responded tit-for-tat: "General An's idea coincides with my subordinate's. If the problem can be solved through normal channels, that would be the best!"

Andaoshi didn't like the Haihan people intervening in such a direct way, but King Li Yan asked him to meet the Haihan people's demands as much as possible in Busan. After all, compared with the overall situation of cooperation between the two countries, it was really not a big deal.Li Yan didn't want these bad things in Busan to affect the relationship between the two countries, and it was a reasonable decision to make some concessions at the diplomatic level.It's just that An Daoshi still wants to express his position, lest the Haihan people make progress in Busan.

Shi Chengwu, on the other hand, retorted. If the Busan government can handle these things well, then why bother to send a huge fleet to Busan to put pressure on the government by abnormal means.

If he was a more mature official, he would naturally not care about the resentment in An Daoshi's words, but Shi Chengwu was young and vigorous, and he refused to be disadvantaged by words, so he would even retort.

Andaoshi's mission is to assist the Haihan Mission, so of course he can't go against Shi Chengwu, so he can only give up with a wry smile.

Back at the station, everyone did not rest immediately, but gathered again for a meeting.However, the protagonist is not the people from the mission, but Fu Guoqing who is stationed in Busan.Since Fu Li asked him to connect with the mission, it was natural to ask him to learn about the actual situation in the area.

Shi Chengwu asked: "National Day, you were also present at the banquet just now. Is everything that the governor said true?"

Fu Guoqing said: "Although there is no concealment, there is a suspicion of avoiding the serious and taking the light of the matter. The government handles the case, and it depends on the person. If the party concerned is rich and powerful, and willing to manage the government, then naturally he will pay more attention. Otherwise, his attitude will be more serious. It's much worse, and there are even some people who don't care about it at all. For example, there was a brawl last month caused by a money dispute, in which two Chinese sailors were seriously injured and died. They were reported to the government at that time, but the perpetrators have not yet He was captured by the government, and he didn't even make a wanted list."

"Where is the perpetrator, do you have any definite information?" Tao Hongfang asked curiously.

Fu Guoqing said: "As far as we know, he is a ronin of Japanese descent."

Tao Hongfang then asked: "Then why did the government evade the investigation and arrest?"

Fu Guoqing said: "My lord, I don't know that most of the Japanese people in Busan live in Yingdao. After the other party committed a crime and fled back to Yingdao, it will be very troublesome for the government to go there to get people. If there is no benefit, the government is not willing to go there. This muddy water."

Fu Guoqing then briefly introduced the situation of Yingdao.This Yingdao is located in the harbor of Busan Port, the closest to the mainland is only a hundred feet away.During the Japanese occupation of Busan, many buildings and fortifications were built on Yeongdo Island, and the island was managed as a fortress.

Later, after Japan withdrew its troops, Yeongdo was returned to North Korea. The relationship between the two countries gradually became normal, and cross-border trade began to resume. However, Japanese businessmen and sailors continued their previous habits and used Yeongdo as their base in Busan.Out of the consideration of maintaining stability, the local government also wanted to minimize the activities of the Japanese in the inland areas, so they also acquiesced to this approach.

Over time, this Yingdao became a Japanese-inhabited area. Although it is still under the jurisdiction of North Korea in name, the government will inevitably face various practical difficulties in order to manage this area.

(End of this chapter)