1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3660

If a member of the Xu family could join the special operations division, it would not only add a highlight to his personal resume, but would also consolidate the cooperative relationship between the two parties and even have the effect of binding common interests.

In the past, due to restrictions imposed by the Executive Committee, it was not easy for Xu family members to join the military in other places. Only a few of them served in the East China Sea region’s military. It was also difficult for the Xu family to establish influence in the military outside of Fujian.

But now that Qian Tiandun has taken the initiative to offer to accept the children of the Xu family, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Xu Yuzhuo. Even if he has to sacrifice some economic interests for this, he thinks it is still worth it.

After some discussion, Xu Yuzhuo decided to reduce the quote for each cooperation project by 10% in order to show Qian Tiandun Fujian's sincerity in cooperation.

This will certainly greatly reduce the profits Fujian obtains from the cooperation projects, but from a long-term perspective, as long as a deep cooperative relationship can be established with the special operations division, the actual benefits will far exceed the economic benefits.

Only one day later, the reply call from Fujian arrived at Hambantota Port.

What was somewhat beyond Qian Tiandun's expectations was that Xu Yuzhuo did not bargain over the conditions he proposed, but instead offered more concessions.

Not only have the quotations for various cooperation projects been lowered, but the launch of the Fujian-Phuket trade route, the recruitment and transportation of immigrants, and the delivery of the first batch of shipbuilding orders will all be greatly advanced.

"Your Lord Xu knows exactly what I need!"

After reading the telegram, Qian Tiandun praised Xu Yuzhuo's decision in front of Dong Shangyi with emotion.

The trade logistics, immigration population and shipping capacity needed by the special warfare division are ultimately for the goal of rapid expansion to the west. Qian Tiandun doesn't really care how much money he has to spend and how much profit he has to exchange with his partners in this process. He only cares about one thing, that is time.

Qian Tiandun is over 50 years old. Although his physical condition is still good and he can ride a horse and go to the sea without any problem, he can feel the impact of time and his physical strength and energy are not as good as before.

He actually had no idea how long he could continue leading troops on the front line, but he hoped that before he officially retired, he could open up sea routes connecting the East and West for Hai Han and control the strategic locations along the way.

The progress of this plan was actually very fast. Only two years after Qian Tiandun led his troops south, he had already cooperated with the Sing Tao District to take over the Strait of Malacca and extended the westward route to Ceylon Island in the central Indian Ocean.

But Qian Tiandun knew that for a special operations division that relied heavily on domestic supplies, it would not be feasible to expand overseas by fighting to support the war.

As the sea routes extend westward, the area controlled by the Special Operations Division is getting farther and farther away from the Hai Han mainland. The logistical supply needed by the Special Operations Division will become increasingly difficult, and the speed of expansion will also be affected and become slower and slower.

The first step may only take two years, but the next step may take ten years or even longer. The only way to solve this problem is to introduce more help to the special operations division.

In the past two years, the special operations division's combat operations were mainly supported by the Xingdao region, but now that Xingdao has shifted part of its resources to the New World in the south, the special operations division is in more urgent need of assistance from other regions in the country.

Even if Dong Shangyi did not come to visit this time, Qian Tiandun was already preparing to contact various parts of the country to seek more logistical support for the special operations division.

In this situation, cooperation with Fujian is a natural outcome and a perfect match. Both sides can provide each other with some urgently needed conditions, and for Qian Tiandun, there is indeed no better choice than Fujian as a partner.

Let alone recruiting some of the Xu family members to serve in the special warfare division, even if Xu Yuzhuo wanted to cooperate with Luzon and send a troop here to cooperate in the battle, I am afraid Qian Tiandun would not refuse. It's just that Xu Yuzhuo acted more cautiously and did not raise such an "unreasonable idea" with him.

But there is no doubt that Xu Yuzhuo did understand Qian Tiandun's real needs. The early implementation of these cooperation projects will save a lot of time for the special operations division's subsequent operations, and this is precisely an important condition that is difficult to measure with economic figures.

The two sides then signed a memorandum of cooperation at the Hambantota Port, and the Special Operations Division will receive supplies, immigration and shipbuilding capacity support from Fujian. In addition to collecting fees, Fujian will also receive special treatment from the Special Operations Division, such as navigation and trade, gemstone trading rights, and the deployment of military personnel to the Special Operations Division's jurisdiction.

These contents seem to be similar to the cooperation agreements that Dong Shangyi had previously reached in Luzon and Xingdao, but Fujian attaches the greatest importance to the special operations division and has made the most concessions on related expenses.

But even Xu Yuzhuo, who made these decisions, could not have imagined that it was these decisions that opened the prelude to the rapid development of the shipbuilding industry in Fujian. For a long period of time afterwards, the shipbuilding industry gradually became one of the most important pillar industries in Fujian, and its shipbuilding capacity also ranked first in Hai Han for a long time.

Of course, the contents of these cooperations still need to be reported to the Executive Committee for approval. Before this, there was already a cooperation model between Luzon and Sing Tao, so the latest cooperation agreement should not encounter any resistance.

After the negotiation, Qian Tiandun also arranged a tour around the island for Dong Shangyi. After all, he had come so far, and it was time to relax a little after finishing his business.

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Dong Shangyi also gladly accepted it, and Gaoqiao Nan arranged two boats to take him around Ceylon Island, stopping to enjoy the scenery.

Dong Shangyi learned on the way that the land area of ​​Ceylon is about half the size of Fujian, and it is really not a small island. He was surprised to learn this information because he did not pay attention to the proportion of the size of Ceylon when he looked at the Indian Ocean chart before.

In addition to the Portuguese city of Colombo and the Hambantota Port built by Hai Han, there is actually a bay on the northeast coast of the island that was originally occupied by the Dutch. Its geographical conditions are even better than those of the Hambantota Port, but its location is more remote and far away from the route planned by Qian Tiandun, so it failed to become the special operations division's preferred destination.

Today, the Dutch have been driven out of Ceylon, but the gem mines controlled by the indigenous kingdom near the harbor are still producing gems, so the special operations division's purchase of gems from the locals still has to be completed near this bay.

Although Dong Shangyi won the gem trading rights for Fujian, he could only buy gems from the special warfare division. And in this kind of gem trading with the indigenous kingdom, his treatment was the same as Li Yuande of Fu Ruifeng, he could only watch but not touch.