1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2693
Haihan has a long history of organizing armed militias in overseas colonies and trading ports, which can be traced back to the initial construction of Annan Black Soil Port.Later, Qian Tiandun formed a local special warfare unit specializing in mountain warfare, and some of the soldiers were from the militia under the Heitu Port Management Committee.The Golden Shield Escort, which is now well-known in major trading ports, was formerly a militia that Haihan assisted Guangzhou Furuifeng Company to form.

After that, the number of overseas colonies under the control of Haihan gradually increased, and the scale of overseas garrisons of the Haihan Army obviously could not keep up with the expansion speed, so militias became the standard configuration of each colony.In addition to maintaining local law and order, militias in some areas also assume the role of reserve forces. Most of the commanders are retired from the Haihan Army, which ensures that these militia organizations can quickly complete the docking with the Haihan Army during wartime.

However, with the development of the situation, the establishment of overseas militias is also constantly changing, and has gradually differentiated into two departments with different functions.One is the militia with certain combat capabilities and focuses on local defense, and the other is the police department whose functions tend to deal with civilian affairs and specialize in public security work.

And like Busan, in the case of delimiting exclusive economic zones within the towns of other countries, the security teams specially formed for this purpose are generally more inclined to the latter function, and will not emphasize their combat capabilities.

What's more, one of the original intentions of forming this team was to reduce the security costs for Haihan Chamber of Commerce as much as possible.If this team is trained and equipped according to the standards of the militia, then it may be more cost-effective for them to directly hire the security work of the Golden Shield Guard Contracting Area.

Shi Chengwu is well aware of the nature of this team, so he will not emphasize to the candidates the functions of this team in the professional field, but asks them to always remember who their allegiance is in the future.Although many of them are Koreans, there will definitely be more non-Han Chinese people joining in the open recruitment, but Shi Chengwu knows that this is not a problem, as long as they are not fools, they will naturally understand quickly The benefits of being loyal to Hai Han.

"President Zhang, Mr. Fu, I will leave the rest of the work to you! If it can run smoothly for about a year, a special police station can be established and they can be transferred to be police officers." Shi Chengwu said goodbye A few words of advice.Although special personnel will come to train these personnel in the future, Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu will still be required to direct and coordinate future operations.

Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu hurriedly bowed down.These two people are very clear that the division of special areas and the formation of security teams will greatly increase their power. If they can seize the opportunity and make some achievements, this will become the capital for them to go up in the future.

At the same time, Tao Hongfang is presiding over the audit work related to the local chamber of commerce.Almost all the civilian staff in the mission were temporarily drawn out to review various trade materials submitted by the chamber of commerce.

The audit work this time is not just a routine of going through the motions, but is closely related to the operation of this special area after its establishment.

After the establishment of the Haihan Special Zone, the tax collection of Haihan merchants and commercial organizations engaged in local trading activities will be taken over by the management committee of the special zone, so it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the current trade situation.Tao Hongfang, as a representative official of the Ministry of Commerce, naturally undertook this work without hesitation.

Tao Hongfang has also worked in the Ministry of Commerce for several years, and has seen all kinds of strange things, of course he will not 100% believe the information submitted by each company.By putting pressure on Wen Zhihong, he has obtained the registration information of Haihan merchants paying trade tax in Busan in the past five years, and then compared it with the information submitted by the merchants themselves, so that he can get a general understanding of the taxation here Level.

In fact, before this, the Ministry of Commerce already had a general understanding of the trade situation of Haihan merchants in Busan, otherwise the mission would not hastily proposed to use tax money to operate various public institutions in the special area, including the security team.However, after reading the first-hand information, Tao Hongfang was still amazed at the large amount of Haihan's trade in Busan.

As early as five years ago, the various taxes paid by Haihan merchants to the Busan government were calculated in silver, which amounted to more than 200 taels throughout the year.Although the tax rates for different commodities are different, if we simply estimate according to the [-]th tax rate, the trade turnover related to Haihan is at least [-] million taels.

In the next few years, the total tax payment of Haihan merchants continued to increase steadily at a rate of about 30% per year. By the time of settlement last year, it had reached [-] taels, which is definitely not a small amount.It is no wonder that the local government is very resistant to the establishment of the Haihan Special Zone. It must be very painful to suddenly lose such a large amount of income.

Of course, for local officials with real power like Wen Zhihong, Haihan has his own way to help them recover their personal losses from other places.Wen Zhihong is now willing to cooperate, mostly because he expects Haihan to keep his promise and provide him with other resources in the future.

And Tao Hongfang is not worried about Wen Zhihong's attitude in the future, what he is afraid of is that the other party will not be greedy, but since the other party is willing to accept the benefits, many things will be much easier to operate.The most important thing at the moment is to complete the audit task as soon as possible, and arrange the related work of trade registration and tax collection before leaving Busan.

Part of the audit work has already touched the commercial secrets of Haihan merchants, but because of the tight schedule and heavy tasks, and not enough manpower, even Zhu Zian's temporary staff was pulled in to participate in the audit work.

Prior to this, Zhu Zian didn't have a precise understanding of the scale of Haihan's overseas transnational trade activities. After reading the large pile of ledgers assigned to him, the shock he felt couldn't be overstated.

In the port of Busan alone, the annual trade volume of Haihan merchants is as high as one million taels of silver, and the tax paid to the North Koreans in a year is 30 million taels. This is simply an astronomical figure for him.As far as he knows, when his ancestors built the Dewang Mansion, the project lasted for nearly four years, including materials and labor, including furniture and furnishings, and the total cost was less than 20 taels of silver.

And before Zhu Zian left Prince De's Mansion, the imperial court could no longer pay the royal family's salary. Under the years of disasters, no one cultivated the fiefdom of Prince De's Mansion, and even if it was sold at a low price, there might not be a buyer. The cost has been reduced to around 1 taels of silver.If Haihan hadn't covered all the expenses for his trip to the south, he would probably have run out of money while preparing for the exam in Hangzhou.

Compared with the wealth of the Haihan people, Zhu Zian felt that his family was not like a royal family, but a penniless poor ghost.

(End of this chapter)