1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 308 The First General Meeting

In addition to being invited to watch the ceremony, the North Vietnamese mission also undertook a series of negotiating tasks for trade and military cooperation with Haihan.After the great war two months ago, the North Vietnamese side has regarded the military aid of the Haihan people as an indispensable and important support. The changes in the domestic situation in Annan in the next few years will depend to a certain extent on the Haihan people. How is the support.Zheng Zuo, as the high-ranking North Vietnamese person who has dealt with the Haihan people the most times, was once again entrusted by his father, the current actual controller of the North Vietnamese regime, Qingdu Wang Zhengyi, to lead the North Vietnamese mission to visit Victory Port.And the deputy of the mission is also a military person who has a close relationship with Hai Han, the commander of the North Vietnamese Musketeers New Army, Zheng Ting.

Zheng Ting's father, Zheng Bai, was the North Vietnamese general, the supreme commander in the front line of Zhengjiang Hengshan, and Zheng Bai was Zheng Zuo's distant cousin. Although Zheng Ting was about the same age as Zheng Zuo, they were uncles and nephews. .And Zheng Ting's outstanding performance on the battlefield was also rewarded after the war. Qingdu Wang Zhengyi personally ordered that his original temporary commander status be changed to a regular one, and imitate the establishment of the Haihan people, and the newly formed artillery unit also allocated to this new army.In Annan's country, Zheng Ting has become a rising star in the military circle, which can be said to be no less than Qian Tiandun's position in the Time Traveling Group.

As Zheng Bing's first successor, Zheng Tuo's future political prospects are also bright. According to the original historical development track, Zheng Tuo will take over the North Vietnamese regime in 1654 and be named King Xiding.Sending such a nephew and uncle to visit Victory Port also shows how much the North Vietnamese side attaches importance to this mission.There were more than [-] staff members, servants and guards accompanying them, and the team size was indeed not small.

However, since the North Vietnamese side had almost no large sea-going ships that could be used for the occasion, the mission had to take the sea-going ships provided by Hai Han.Zheng Zuo is going to add another item to the content of this meeting, hoping that Haihan can provide North Vietnam with technical support for shipbuilding.

This fleet of three ships also had a small episode during the voyage, because the ship was still loaded with a lot of goods to be transported back to Hainan Island, and it made a short stop outside Yazhou City on the way, unloading some goods to be sold in the local market.When the fleet set off from Yazhou again, Luo Shengdong dispatched two warships to escort them out, which made the North Vietnamese missions on board nervous—after all, they did not greet Daming in advance for their visit. If this is caught by the Daming Navy, it will be a big trick.

Of course, the subsequent facts proved that the worries of Zheng Zuo and others were completely superfluous. Just as the Haihan people assured them before departure, Daming would never interfere with the matter of Shenglong Mansion sending people to Qiongzhou Island for activities.The warships of the Ming Dynasty escorted the merchant ships of the Haihan people, which fully showed that the local government of the Ming Dynasty near Shengli Harbor was completely out of the same breath as the Haihan people.

After arriving at Shengli Harbor without any danger, Zheng Zuo and others seemed to understand why the local government of Daming was so polite to the Haihan people—the dense forts outside the harbor, and the new gunboats patrolling the bay. It's not showing Haihan's strength to outsiders.After entering the harbor, you can see densely packed sailboats docked on the pier from a distance, there are as many as thirty or forty ships, large and small.Of course, not all of these ships belonged to the crossing group, but in the eyes of the North Vietnamese mission, this seemed to be enough to explain why the Haihan people were able to organize thousands of troops to fight across the sea.

As a high-ranking Haihan executive who had met with Zheng Zuo, Tao Donglai personally went to the pier to greet the returning special operations company and the North Vietnamese mission.However, due to the large scale of the North Vietnamese mission, it is almost impossible to arrange all of them to settle in the No. [-] base. The inn in the business district of the port can accommodate them. exposed in public places.In desperation, the executive committee had no choice but to temporarily suspend classes at Victory Port Primary School, freeing up classrooms in advance and decorating them as barracks to accommodate the North Vietnamese mission.

According to the executive committee's plan, the entire anniversary celebration will last from April [-]st to April [-]th.Of course, during this period, not all the entire jurisdiction is on holiday, and all units are still taking turns to rest in stages, but most of the personnel in the port area that does not undertake production tasks can enjoy a rare holiday on April [-]-of course the so-called There is no free time during the holidays, and basically they can only be spent in the conference room.

The Executive Committee did not prepare any complicated celebration activities for the anniversary, because during the anniversary, the leadership and organizational system of the entire Traveling Group will undergo relatively large adjustments. Most time-travelers have consecutive meetings to attend.

April [-]st is the plenary meeting, and the candidates for the next executive committee will be counted and announced on the spot. At the same time, a series of organizational and personnel adjustment decisions that have been made will also be announced at the plenary meeting.

On April [-]nd, each department and unit will hold a separate meeting to implement the latest decisions of the new executive committee.

April [-]rd is the publicity day of various departments and units, mainly to convey the spirit of the meeting to the naturalized workers of each unit, so that the local people can have a preliminary understanding of the ruling direction of the new executive committee.

April [-]th is the highlight of the anniversary period, a large-scale military parade that gathers both the navy and the army.According to the information disclosed by the Military and Police Department, the scale of this military parade will be much larger than the one at the end of last year. Not only will the Haihan militia and reserve militia participate, but the Military and Police Department will also organize a special parade to pass through the military officers. The phalanx attended the military parade.And after the military parade is over, a large-scale amphibious military exercise will be held at the mouth of the Tiandu River to strengthen its momentum.In addition, on the same day, some soldiers who have made great achievements in the expedition will be publicly awarded. It is reported that the first batch of naturalized grassroots officers will most likely be born during the awards on this day.

On April [-]th, the Ministry of Commerce will hold a large-scale product exhibition in the port area. In addition to various product promotion and trade negotiation activities, the highlight will be the listing ceremony of "Jiong Lianfa" in Shengli Port.

On April [-], the compound of Yulin Inspection Department in the port area.

Wei Ping yawned and pushed open the door, and stretched himself in the yard.He only returned to Shengli Port from Yazhou three days ago, because he and Luo Shengdong finalized the matter of Zhang Tongsan and his brother-in-law's visit to Shengli Port in the past few days. The executive committee now treats him differently, except for freedom of movement In addition, the management of the port area also relies more on the inspection department.After the inspection department compound was built, Wei Ping and his friends moved here from the small courtyard outside Base No. [-], where they usually work and live.

With more and more foreign institutions stationed in Shengli Port, the number of local non-naturalized Ming people is also gradually increasing.As of the statistics from the civil affairs department in March, the number of non-naturalized Mings in the Shengli Port area has exceeded [-], and more than half of them are staff members of various foreign agencies.Now, all merchants who have frequent trade with Haihan basically choose to set up permanent offices in Shengli Port, ranging from a few people to as many as nearly a hundred. For example, the business opened by "Furuifeng" in Shengli Port has a long-term There are more than [-] employees of various types.

Fortunately, the local Ming people in Qiongzhou Island said that the Haihan Security Team is enough to get rid of those troublesome heads who are not safe.But for those foreigners from the mainland, it is difficult to find justifiable reasons for the law enforcement methods of the Haihan Security Team. Legal administration.In this way, the role of the Yulin Inspection Department, the only local security agency stationed in Shengli Port by the Yazhou government, has once again become prominent.

Compared with the Yazhou Navy, which is inconvenient to intervene in civil affairs, the Yulin Inspection Department has an inherent advantage in the distribution of functions. Migrant workers may not sell the Haihan Security Team's account, and some people even use these identities behind their backs. The security guards in black uniforms call them "black dogs", but they often have a natural sense of fear towards the inspection department.Now when the Haihan security team is inconvenient to come forward to deal with the situation, the inspection department is almost always dispatched to settle the matter, and sometimes it is even exhausted because of its small number.Ren Liang had already talked to Wei Ping a few days ago, saying that the military and police department planned to second some personnel from the security team to the inspection department to assist the inspection department in its daily law enforcement operations in the name of "temporary workers".

Although Wei Ping doesn't quite understand what a "temporary worker" is, he also knows that the Haihan people are planning to add sand to the inspection department.It's just that no matter how clear he was, he didn't dare to oppose Ren Liang's proposal. After all, the entire inspection department had to rely on the Haihan people to get enough food. If they wanted to make money, it was better to follow the Haihan people's wishes.Although it depends on the face of the Haihan people now, but the personal income is at least ten times higher than in the past, and there is no obvious feeling of inferiority. At least the leaders of Haihan like Ren Liang have any arrangements. The tone of discussion rather than order is communicating with oneself-in the words of Haihan people, this is called respect.

After the end of the Great War in January, the number of North Vietnamese immigrants arriving in Hong Kong increased significantly, and the daily affairs of the Inspection Department gradually became busy.According to the arrangement of the port area management committee, when the security team maintained the immigration order on the pier, the inspection department also had to cooperate and participate in the operation.Fortunately, most of these immigrants from North Vietnam were sent directly to labor camps, so there was no need for the inspection department to follow up.

"Who is responsible for getting breakfast today? Who is lazy again?" Wei Ping looked at the empty dining table and asked with dissatisfaction.The inspection department's current station is some distance away from the cafeteria of the base. In the morning, two people are usually arranged to go to the cafeteria to bring everyone's breakfast back together, but occasionally someone oversleep and forgets about it.

"Brother Wei, it's not that we didn't go get it, it's that we can't get out today. The roads outside are closed, and the security team said that everyone can't go to the base today." Immediately, one of his subordinates responded: "Say After a while, the cafeteria will arrange for someone to deliver the food and tell us to wait in the inspection department."

"What the hell!" Wei Ping frowned upon hearing this, "Wait for me to go out and have a look!"

As soon as he reached the door, Ren Liang opened the door with a few people and came in: "Morning inspector Wei, I've brought you breakfast."

"Mr. Ren, how can you afford this!" Wei Ping quickly turned his head and shouted to his subordinates, "Why are you still standing there stupidly? Are you waiting to be fed? Why don't you come over and continue!"

Wei Ping ordered his subordinates to come forward to help, and hurriedly apologized to Ren Liang: "Let my unsatisfied younger brothers do this kind of rough work, why bother Mr. Ren!"

"It's nothing, I just came here to say hello to you. Martial law is in place in the port area today, and all security operations are temporarily taken over by the security team and the militia. Your inspection department will have a day off today. But it's best to stay here, don't Go out to avoid misunderstandings." Ren Liang was very easy-going, and explained to Wei Ping his real reason for coming: "Three meals will be delivered, and if you need anything, you can report to the security guards on duty on the street."

Wei Ping was stunned at first, then nodded in response: "Since Mr. Ren has ordered, I will definitely follow through."

Wei Ping sent Ren Liang away respectfully without asking why.After Ren Liang left, someone among Wei Ping's subordinates asked, "Brother Wei, what kind of drama is this Haihan man singing?"

"It doesn't matter which play they sing, you and my brother just do as you are told, and don't ask about things you shouldn't know!" Wei Ping stopped after a few words of reprimand, and didn't continue talking about this topic.

With the level of news that Wei Ping has access to, he knows much more than these ordinary subordinates.The Haihan people will make a lot of big moves in the past few days, Wei Ping is very clear about this.For example, the two boats of Annan people who arrived at Hong Kong yesterday were obviously not ordinary immigrants. Even Tao Donglai, the leader of the Haihan people, went to the pier to greet them in person, and the vicinity of the No. people are isolated.There were at least twenty or thirty boatloads of immigrants from Annan who arrived in Hong Kong in the past few months. Wei Ping had never seen such a big commotion when an immigration boat arrived in Hong Kong.

Another thing Wei Ping noticed was that a few days ago there was a glass ballot box at the gate of Base No. [-]. It is said that all Haihan people voted for the next executive committee candidate in the past few days.According to the posted announcement, the voting should have ended yesterday, and Wei Ping guessed that the results would be announced in the next two days—maybe today.

Thinking of this, Wei Ping felt that he had already grasped some clues—since all Haihan people participated in the voting, when the results were announced, most of them would gather together.As a result, the Haihan people temporarily closed the streets of Shengli Harbor, obviously for the sake of their own safety.

Although Wei Ping's guess was not perfect, it was not far from the actual situation.In fact, the Military and Police Department has imposed a curfew from the first night, and the ban on the entire port area will last until the night of April [-]. During this period, if there is no special reason, all ordinary people are not allowed to approach the temporary armed checkpoint outside the No. [-] base However, some special units, such as the Yulin Inspection Department and the Yazhou Navy Office, were directly ordered to prohibit travel.

The purpose of doing this is naturally to ensure that the first general meeting after the time-traveling can be held smoothly and safely. After all, most of the time-traveling people gathered at the No. [-] base to participate in the meeting on this day, and security issues must be the top priority.For this reason, in addition to dispatching all the security teams, the military and police department also specially transferred a company of militiamen from the military camp on the east bank, and set up armed checkpoints outside the north and south gates of No. [-] base.

Although the executive committee has already started to arrange this plenary meeting very early, on April [-]st, only a little over [-]% of the time travelers who can really attend the meeting, except for the personnel stationed abroad, some important production positions There must also be technical personnel to act as supervisors.In addition, there are also a group of military personnel in charge of defense, who are also unable to participate in this conference because they have to stay on the front line.

Since there were more than 300 participants, there was no such a large conference room in Base No. [-] that could accommodate so many participants. The venue was finally arranged in a small square at the intersection in the middle of Base No. [-].For this reason, the Ministry of Construction also specially built a large-scale awning. The venue under the shed did not have a rostrum, but only a platform with a slightly higher base was built at the front. The current executive committee, new candidates and some important The person in charge of the unit is seated in the front row of the venue.

At 08:30 in the morning, the people who traveled through time began to arrive and take their seats one after another.At about nine o'clock, after counting the number of people, Ning Qi, who was the master of ceremonies, announced the opening of the first plenary meeting.I don't know who took the lead, and the crowd began to applaud, and the sound became louder and denser, and there were a few unharmonious whistles mixed in.

Until this moment, the participants really felt that it has been a full year to travel to this time and space, and in this fulfilling year, they have achieved many things that were unimaginable before, and through joint efforts, Let the time travel group successfully take root in Victory Port, and the speed of development is even faster and smoother than what they thought before time travel.You must know that before the crossing, the organizing committee has given warnings about various possible extreme situations. There are many natural disasters and man-made disasters. Most people participated in the final crossing operation with a desperate mentality.

But the year after the crossing was not as difficult as they expected. Except for the lack of labor force in the first few months, they had to rely on themselves to complete a lot of physical labor. In fact, they did not face too much external pressure. The pace of the group's outward expansion is far faster than the original plan, and some plans have even been put into practice a year or two ahead of time—for example, the promotion of financial institutions and financial systems that is already underway in the Guangzhou Office According to the original plan, the activities will not be carried out in other places until at least the second or even third year after the crossing, but the efforts of the relevant departments have finally made this plan much ahead of schedule, and added a huge impetus to the development of the foreign trade of the crossing group force.

(End of this chapter)