1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Most of the migrant workers who participated in the construction of the Jiande Hydropower Station, and even officials like Zhang He, would not understand why Haihan mobilized people and invested a lot of resources to build such a dam on the shore of Qiandao Lake. Block the flow of Qiandao Lake into Xin'an River.

But no matter what the purpose is, this is obviously not an ordinary infrastructure project, because since the beginning of the construction, two companies of Haihan Army have been stationed to protect the safety of the construction site.

These armed men patrolled the perimeter of the construction site every day, so much so that there were rumors that the building here was not actually a dam, but an emperor's mausoleum for big shots.Of course, with the gradual implementation of the project and the gradual formation of the dam, such rumors are self-defeating.

With the successive arrival of various advanced construction equipment, the builders here have also become the first people in the local area to be exposed to industrial civilization.While Hangzhou people were still fascinated by the Haihan warships on the Qiantang River, the people of Jiande County were already accustomed to the steamboats that transported various building materials back and forth on the Xin'an River.

The Jiande Hydropower Station is only the first step in the planning of the entire industrial zone. Next, around this hydropower station, a number of production units closely related to power supply will be built nearby, and then the two industrial zones of Tiandu and Changhua will be gradually built. The factory moved over.

"The sight here makes me feel like I'm back 30 years ago."

Qiao Zhiya said with emotion: "30 years ago, in Sanya, we started from scratch and built an industrial zone in a ravine. 30 years later, we will repeat the process of that year here again."

Huang Zhichang responded: "My lord, we now have enough labor force to drive, this time it will be much faster than 30 years ago! In another one or two years, the factories here will be put into production gradually, and by then many high-end equipment will be here. It can be produced, and it no longer needs to be completely dependent on southern supplies."

Qiao Zhiya personally participated in the construction process of the Tiandu and Changhua industrial zones, and now seeing the construction sites here, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.And Huang Zhichang, who is in his prime around him, is just like himself back then, full of energy and ambition.

Then look at the group of apprentices who followed Huang Zhichang and kept recording with their notebooks, all of them were only in their teens or twenties.Maybe ten or twenty years from now, some of them will become independent technical officials like Huang Zhichang.

The industrial civilization promoted over more than 30 years has formed an inheritance in these young people.

Chen Yixin, who was in Hangzhou at this time, received a secret report from the north.After reading it, he immediately found Shi Diwen and reported the situation.

"There is news from Daming Capital." Chen Yixin handed the telegram to Shi Diwen, motioning him to check it himself.

Shi Diwen finished reading the telegram in a few moments, nodded slightly and said: "The reaction over there is basically within our prediction range."

After Zhu Zhongyun and his gang were arrested, the chain of evidence for the assassination case was basically confirmed.Shi Diwen did not wait for the diplomatic department to negotiate the matter slowly, but ordered the special liaison office to write a diplomatic letter, explaining the whole story and the request of Haihan, and asked the northern region to directly send people to land from Dagukou. Beijing, sent to the Forbidden City.

While Yue Shizong in Hangzhou was still trying to mediate with Haihan, the Ming court thousands of miles away had already received the secret telegram from Shi Diwen.

Shi Diwen's purpose is to start a war, so he doesn't want to spend several months on the traditional diplomatic path to resolve this matter.The content in the secret message clearly pointed out to the Ming court that if the matter was not resolved quickly and properly, then Haihan would retaliate in his own way, including but not limited to the use of war methods.

Of course, Shi Diwen is also very clear that the conditions proposed by him on behalf of Haihan, whether it is ceding a large area of ​​land or opening the inland river to Haihan, the possibility of the other party agreeing is very slim.But Da Ming has neither strength nor courage to take the initiative to tear himself apart and start a war.

Shi Diwen believes that the most likely situation is that Daming will try to bring this matter back to the negotiating table to resolve it, and try to avoid another war with Haihan.

The Ming court probably didn't expect that this assassination operation, which had been prepared for several months, would be a complete failure. Not only did it fail to achieve any results, but it was completely wiped out by Haihan.

Because of this, Daming lacked a plan to deal with it. At the beginning, it completely denied Haihan's accusation, claiming that no one had ordered anyone to assassinate Haihan's executive committee, but this denial was obviously useless in the face of ironclad evidence.

Moreover, the special envoy sent by Hai Han to the capital also made it very clear that if Daming insisted on denying Hai Han's accusation, then Hai Han would immediately use military means.

So the Ming court quickly adjusted its strategy and demanded a formal meeting with Haihan's high-level officials to resolve the issue through negotiations.

The straight-line distance from Beijing to Hangzhou is more than 2000 miles. Whether it is by land or sea, going south or north, it will take some time.Coupled with the fact that the two sides have to coordinate their own high-level schedules, it will take at least a month or two to get a clue.

For Shi Diwen, who wanted to force Daming to express his position as soon as possible, of course he would not be satisfied with the solution given by Daming.In his view, this statement is essentially delaying time in disguise.

Shi Diwen put down the telegram and asked Chen Yixin, "How are your preparations going?"

Chen Yixin said in a deep voice: "Everything is going according to plan. As long as the executive committee makes a decision, the troops can move out within three days, and the land and sea will be divided into three groups to attack Shuntian Mansion together!"

Regarding how to conquer the Gyeonggi area of ​​Ming Dynasty, Haihan began to formulate relevant combat plans as early as more than ten years ago.The main force to undertake combat missions is naturally the northern region closest to the capital.

For Shi Diwen's plan, as long as the fight starts, the northern battlefield must be one of the key points, so before that, he has already communicated with Chen Yixin and asked the opponent to dispatch troops in advance to prepare for the long drive after the war.

As for Chen Yixin, he actually hoped to further suppress Daming and grab Daming's population and land resources.But to start a war against Daming again requires a legitimate reason to gain the support of the executive committee, and the plan presided over by Shi Diwen can just provide such an opportunity to start a war.

It is much easier to send troops from two directions in Liaodong and Shandong to attack Shuntian Mansion, which is in Pingchuan, than to attack Manqing who is hiding in the deep mountains and old forests.

Moreover, the northern region has the ability to transport troops from the sea to Dagukou in Bohai Bay, and land from there, only three hundred miles away from the capital.