1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2707
In the afternoon of the same day, the three parties finally reached a preliminary consensus on the revision of the rules of transnational trade.Although there are still some details to be confirmed through further consultations, it does not affect the overall situation.

Shi Chengwu arranged for Fu Guoqing to stay on Tsushima Island temporarily and negotiate with the Japanese on the details of the follow-up implementation.The subsequent official documents that need to be signed will also be signed by Fu Guoqing on behalf of Haihan.The mission has been delayed for several days because of this matter, and must leave for the south as soon as possible.

As the other party involved in the agreement, Wen Zhihong also temporarily stayed on Tsushima Island to ensure that the current oral agreement can be smoothly advanced.At least until the three parties signed the official document before he could really feel relieved.

The delineation of the Haihan Special Zone in Busan was a big blow to Wen Zhihong, and the Busan government also lost a major source of income.However, it is a blessing in disguise, and the accidental circumstances pushed Haihan to participate in the revision of trade rules.Once the stumbling block of the Tsushima Fan is removed, it will be of great benefit to the long-term development of Busan in the future, and even this move is likely to become a major achievement for Wen Zhihong to show his merits.

Before setting off to leave Tsushima Island, the Haihan Fleet and the North Korean navy led by Andorishi made a rendezvous at sea outside Axu Bay. Dozens of large and small warships spread out in formation on the sea, and the scene was spectacular.

Zong Yizhen and the others saw this scene from the heights of Jinshi City, and they couldn't help but secretly rejoice that the situation did not deteriorate to the point of resorting to force.Otherwise, with Tsushima Fan's existing military strength, how could it withstand such a huge maritime armed force.

Of course, they also understand that the Haihan people's move has a deterrent purpose. This joint fleet stayed outside Asu Bay for at least two hours, ensuring that everyone near the coast had seen its existence before slowly leaving this sea area.This scene will probably remain in the memory of the local people for a long time, and will dispel all unrealistic thoughts of fighting Haihan by force.

Zong Yizhen looked at the United Fleet going away on the sea, and said with emotion: "The Chinese Art of War says that you can defeat others without fighting, and that's probably how it is!"

Zongxiong Taiying beside him said: "But is it really worth it for us to make such a big concession?"

"Whether it's worth it or not depends on how much compensation we can get from Haihan." Zong Yizhen said meaningfully: "As the people of Haihan say, we have funds, manpower, and experience, but what we lack is room for development. .If we can go out of the strait and venture into the outside world, maybe we can open up a different situation!"

At the same time, in the meeting room on the Zhoushan, Zhu Zi'an was asking Tao Hongfang the same question: "We have given Tsushima Fan so much compensation, and even allowed them to send people to learn how to do business. Isn’t this supporting competitors? Is it really worth it in exchange for Tsushima’s cooperation?”

Tao Hongfang said with a smile: "You only see the conditions we give, but you don't see the benefits we can get. You think he will become our competitor, but in fact cooperation and competition coexist. Besides, even without this agreement, wouldn’t Tsushima Fan be our competitor?”

Zhu Zian hesitated: "Income? Apart from business taxes and tuition fees, are there other benefits?"

Tao Hongfang shook his head with a smile and said, "Things are not as simple as you think. If they want to do business at our ports, do business with our commercial organizations, and integrate into our dominant trading system, they must abide by our regulations. Trade rules and financial systems, you can think about what that means."

The benefits of expanding the trading system overseas to Haihan are far more than taxes and tuition fees.Take Tsushima Fan as an example. If they want to operate in the trading system dominated by Haihan, they must first adapt to Haihan's various trade rules.The most basic commodity measurement, pricing, settlement methods, etc. must follow the standards set by Haihan from now on.

Haihan has great technical advantages in the field of shipping. First, it uses standard-sized wooden containers to transport general cargo, which can easily calculate the freight and make full use of the cargo space on board.The second is that there are special bulk carriers to transport dry bulk cargo such as coal, ore, and grain, and the efficiency in loading and unloading is much higher than that of old-style cargo ships.The third is to use the special tool of radio to quickly obtain commercial information of major ports and deploy transportation capacity according to demand.

With these conditions, Haihan can lower the cost of shipping to a level that is difficult for other countries to match, and use the advantage of low cost to beat competitors, and then control the pricing power.And members of this trading system can only conduct fair transactions with Haihan and other members only by using these standards formulated by Haihan.

After several years of unremitting promotion and management by Haihan, after any new force like Tsushima joins this special trading system, it will be unable to overturn the existing rules and formulate a new set of standards. Trade activity will only further strengthen the system.As a vested interest, the larger the scale of trade within the system, the more they will become fans of this system, and will continue to actively promote the relevant rules and standards to the outside world.

In addition, the settlement method within this trade system is also formulated by Haihan. The currency scheme of adding banknotes has already followed Haihan’s products to penetrate into the foreign trade markets of various countries, even for diehards like Tsushima Fan.Among the various trade activities completed in Busan, at least [-]% to [-]% are now settled using Haihan banknotes or bank transfers. No matter how cautious Ma Fan is, it is impossible to bypass Haihan's financial system.

In order to expand the scope of trade in the future, Tsushima Fan must accept Haihan currency as a means of settlement. The trade activities it engages in will further expand the scale of the Haihan financial system and promote more Japanese merchants to use Haihan currency. By.

Schneider has been planning for more than 20 years to make the Haihan currency an international currency, and has achieved excellent results in East Asia.The cost of mastering the minting rights of international currencies through trade means is much lower than that of war or mining gold and silver mines, and the actual benefits brought to Haihan are considerable. Therefore, from the Executive Committee to private commercial organizations, they have been They are sparing no effort to promote the Haihan financial system to the outside world.

If the Tsushima Fan wants to send people to Haihan to learn various trade rules and business skills, it is also necessary to learn related systems and standards.When these people return to the Tsushima Fan, they will naturally bring back the various standards and financial systems formulated by Haihan, so that after the Tsushima Fan assimilates, it is possible to integrate into Haihan's trading system.It is difficult to use money to measure the specific value of such benefits.

(End of this chapter)