1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 479 Development of Hong Kong Island

"Imitate the Haihan system?" Lin Nan was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Qingyang's question, then shook his head and said, "Brother Li thinks too much, the Haihan system cannot be imitated by Da Ming. "

"Why?" Li Qingyang asked in confusion.

"The chiefs have said that Ming's system has many drawbacks. If you want to get rid of these drawbacks, you must first get rid of the imperial power. Is this possible?" Lin Nan shook his head and said: "The chiefs said that the country they lived in before did not have imperial power. Yes, the highest institution governing the country is also an elite figure like the executive committee elected by all the people, and this kind of thing is definitely not possible in Ming Dynasty."

"Remove the imperial power..." Li Qingyang chewed on this sentence, then shook his head, such a rebellious idea, probably only these daring Haihan people dared to raise it publicly.Without imperial power, whose world will this world be?

"Daming needs imperial power, but we don't need it here." Lin Nan said proudly: "The chiefs said that under Haihan's rule, there will never be imperial power!"

Li Qingyang was silent again. Lin Nan's statement was basically equivalent to declaring that Haihan would not accept the rule of Ming Dynasty, and this was no different from directly declaring a rebellion, because after all, this place still belonged to the territory of Ming Dynasty in name.But at the same time, he is also very clear that Da Ming is unable to take any effective measures against Haihan in the southern border. Whether it is to ban trade or send troops to crusade, the feasibility for Da Ming is very low.

"Brother Li, although Haihan and Daming have different ruling philosophies, we also have many common interests. One of the roles of the Ministry of Security is to ensure that these common interests will not be easily violated, and to ensure the relationship between Haihan and Daming. The relationship between them is developing in a benign direction." At the end of the day's inspection schedule, Lin Nan pointed out the key point to Li Qingyang: "Hainan did not establish a country, and at this stage, it has no position to engage with the Ming court. Negotiations, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings between the two parties, it is necessary to maintain a certain communication channel. The chiefs hope to keep you working in the Ministry of Security for this purpose."

Li Qingyang said: "Jin Yiwei is only responsible for collecting information, as for the final decision, it is the adults in the court."

"But the information you provide may affect the adults' decisions, isn't it?" Lin Nan continued to explain: "We hope to maintain a peaceful relationship with Daming, and we are also happy with Daming's war in the north Give some help to help Ming Dynasty maintain its domestic rule. Brother Li, I hope you can understand that what you are doing here is not betraying the country, but helping your country."

"Brother Lin, I understand what you're saying, but I can't fully agree with you. Haihan has many ways to help Daming, why must he adopt such a rebellious approach?" Although Li Qingyang plucked up the courage to raise doubts , but even he himself felt that he lacked confidence.

"Haihan wants to help Daming, but this kind of help is not free, and Haihan does not intend to pledge allegiance to the imperial court. As for the rebellion and the like, brother Li should not talk about it casually in the future, so as not to misunderstand." Lin Nan Li Qingyang's doubts were lightly passed over: "I also know that Brother Li still has a lot of things that he can't understand, but the chiefs have a saying that is often on the lips, and I want to give it to Brother Li - time will tell everything .Working with us is right or wrong, a curse or a blessing, let time tell!"

The time has entered October 1629. In this month, the various departments of Haihan seem to have returned to the state when they just landed in Victory Port two and a half years ago. The manpower of all departments is almost in a state of shortage. The reason is very simple, because the Executive Committee At the same time, Hong Kong Island and Annan Da Nang started to implement port construction projects, coupled with the Changhua-Shilu railway line under construction, this is equivalent to the rhythm of opening three sub-bases outside at the same time, and related It is difficult for engineering command and civil affairs management personnel to meet such requirements, so they have to be temporarily seconded from other units with relatively less urgent personnel needs.

During this period of time, Ning Qi, who was the person in charge of the executive committee, was almost on the verge of collapse.Although most of the traversers have multiple positions, they can be seconded to other units to take over temporarily if necessary, but the current situation is very different from when they first came to Sanya. Working together, we have the same blessings and difficulties, but now we are going to work in a poor sub-base overseas. For the travelers who are used to the relatively superior living conditions in the local area, this may not be the case for everyone. They are all willing to obey the organization's distribution.

Compared with the three places, the conditions in Changhua are better. After all, the Changhua project has started for several months, and the basic living facilities have basically been improved, although it is still far from the base camp. conditions, but compared to the situation at the beginning of the journey, it is already much better.On the other hand, Hong Kong Island and Da Nang are relatively more difficult. Those who travel to the local areas not only have to endure the inconvenience of life, but also have to face the risk of lack of medical conditions.

Although there are indeed some ambitious people in this group who are waiting for such an opportunity, there are still many people who are not willing to work locally for a long time.Ning Qi spent a lot of time looking for someone to talk to and persuading, but the effect was still not satisfactory.In the end, the executive committee had to decide to temporarily slow down the construction speed on the Da Nang side, and give priority to the needs of Changhua and Hong Kong Island in terms of manpower allocation.After Liu Shanxia came back from Da Nang, the local affairs were temporarily handed over to Ruan Jinggui, and the order given to him by the executive committee was to postpone it for the time being, and wait until the next year.

October 1629, 10, the ninth day of September in the second year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, on the southwest coast of Hong Kong Island.

Although this day is the traditional Double Ninth Festival, few people on the busy port construction site probably remember this festival.The Hong Kong Island port construction plan under the command of the Haihan Construction Department has started a few days ago. Thousands of construction workers transported from Sanya are working in rotation around the clock, because they have been ordered to complete the project before the end of the year. Complete the construction of at least two deep-water piers and put them into use.

According to the Haihan calendar, it is only two months away from the end of the year, and it is still difficult to achieve this goal.The naturalized cadre who supervised the progress of the project on the construction site was Yu Dashan. As the first batch of construction department employees who worked on the wharf construction site in the early stage of the Shengli Port construction, Yu Dashan was already familiar with the construction process of the port wharf. During the extra time, he also developed a certain ability of on-site command and coordination, so this time the Ministry of Construction transferred him from Sanya to the front line of construction to give full play to his role.

However, this statement is not particularly accurate, because although the transfer order was issued by the Ministry of Construction, he applied for it himself.The reason is also very simple. Yu Dashan’s only son Yu Xiaobao is now in Guangzhou all year round, and he rarely has the opportunity to return to Sanya to visit his relatives. Yu Dashan thought that if he could be closer to his son, he might have more opportunities to meet his son. Hearing that the executive committee was going to open up a new port at the mouth of the Pearl River, Yu Dashan took the initiative to apply for a transfer to his boss without thinking too much.

The arrangement of the Ministry of Construction also has a certain human touch. Not only did Yu Dashan transfer to the Hong Kong Island construction site according to his application, but he also sent a notice to the Guangzhou Office, hoping that the Guangzhou Office can send competent personnel to Hong Kong Island. Assist in the construction of Hong Kong - for example, a young and promising naturalized citizen like Yu Xiaobao is very suitable.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s a matter of human preference or abuse of power, in short, the whole thing went very smoothly. Yu Dashan got the notice of external transfer as he wished, and took a boat to report to the construction site on Hong Kong Island, and his son Yu Xiaobao also received the notice. Appointed by Maliko, he went to Hong Kong Island to take office as a person coordinating the relationship between the Guangzhou Office and Hong Kong Island.

Yu Dashan came to the pier early in the morning to wait for the boat from Guangzhou. According to the notice sent by the Guangzhou Office the day before, two large ships loaded with new immigrants and various building materials and tools will arrive at Hong Kong Island today. Yu Xiaobao also Will come on board these two ships.

But until almost noon, there was still no movement on the sea. Yu Dashan was so anxious that he went to the construction site headquarters to find out if there was any new news.At two o'clock in the afternoon, the two ships that Yu Dashan was looking forward to finally sailed into the bay. Seeing the Haihan flag on the top of the mast from a distance, Yu Dashan waved his hands excitedly.

"Good boy, you've grown taller again!" Yu Dashan looked at his son who was already taller than him standing in front of him, and exclaimed happily: "Xiaobao, you are now the tallest person in our Yu family!"

"Father, the chiefs have said that I can grow up until the age of 25. I'm still early!" Yu Xiaobao said with a smile, and handed the burden in his hand to Yu Dashan: "This is for you in Guangzhou." I made a set of clothes, and I will try it when I go back to see if it fits."

"Why waste this money, new work clothes are issued every year!" Although Yu Dashan complained, he held the bag tightly in his hands, as if it was full of large-value circulation coupons: " By the way, where is your luggage? This time you will be stationed here for a long time, so you should have a lot of things, right?"

"Someone is in charge of the luggage. I didn't come alone this time. I brought a few subordinates with me." Yu Xiaobao coughed dryly and said, "Now I'm also a cadre."

"Yo, you kid can do it! Why didn't you mention this in the letter you wrote before?" Yu Dashan asked in surprise and joy.

"It's just a small cadre, there's nothing to show off." Yu Xiaobao waved his hands and said modestly.

"Grow up, really grow up!" Yu Dashan nodded gratifiedly and said: "Since the chiefs value you and give you a chance, then do it well! You are still young now, and you will have more opportunities to be promoted in the future than your father Much more."

The naturalized civilian cadres like Xiaobao who have been promoted by the rocket are far more than him. For example, Zhang Qianzhi, who went to work in the Guangzhou Office at the same time as him, is now also serving as a staff member of the Guangzhou Office at a young age. To work, he has even learned to use the radio to send reports under the training of Chen Tianqi, director of information industry affairs of the Guangzhou Office.And Fu Li, who was about the same age as them in the base camp, had also served as a cadre in the police department for a period of time.

Due to the short development time after time travel, the results of the training of naturalized civilian cadres by the personnel department are not very good. In fact, there are too few candidates who can meet these three conditions at the same time.Relatively speaking, the younger naturalized people have certain advantages in learning culture, policies and rules and regulations, and have not yet formed a deep-rooted fear of Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, they belong to Haihan after undergoing long-term brainwashing Therefore, a considerable proportion of naturalized civilian cadres appointed by various departments are young people under the age of [-].

Of course, young naturalized people like Xiaobao and Fu Li who directly follow the traversers are undoubtedly the luckier group of people, and the chances and speed of promotion are far beyond ordinary people.Although it seems that they cannot be employed to the same degree as their peers among the traversers, after a few years, when Haihan's sphere of influence expands to a certain extent, personnel like them also have the opportunity to become members of the new society. the ruling class among them.

The Guangzhou Office let Yu Xiaobao come to Hong Kong not entirely to take care of people. His main task here is to monitor and collect the progress of the local construction, and to report to the Guangzhou Office on a regular basis. The local construction projects He also had to handle matters that required the cooperation of the Guangzhou Office, such as the mobilization of immigrant labor from Guangzhou, various craftsmen, and so on.These tasks can't be said to be heavy, but for Xiaobao, this is also the first time he has been in charge of a job outside alone, and it will play a big role in improving his actual work ability.

Regarding the construction of the wharf project in the harbor, the Ministry of Construction has already summed up a complete set of development models in the past two years. All that is needed is to apply this set of wharf construction models to the specific local geographical environment.Compared with the port and wharf construction projects in the early days of crossing, the conditions in all aspects are now more favorable, and the difficulty of construction has also been greatly reduced.

Most of the people who originally lived in the vicinity of the bay chose to give up their original lifestyle after receiving Haihan's promise, and applied to become the crew and sailors of Haihan's subordinates.A very small number of residents who were unwilling to cooperate with Haihan were sent to the mainland after receiving relocation compensation. Of course, this relocation may not be voluntary, and some people were even tied up with ropes and thrown on board.As for whether they really received financial compensation or were shipped to some strange place, the local people have no way of knowing.

(End of this chapter)