1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 530 Situation Notes
At that time, Li Nai heard the news of the great changes in Qiongzhou Island in Guangzhou, and actually had some premonitions in his heart.Although he didn't know the connection between the pirate invasion and the militia's counterattack, since the Haihan people took advantage of this opportunity to station troops in Qiongbei, with their style of doing things, I am afraid they would not evacuate easily. The speed of the Ming court government is likely to be greatly accelerated as a result.

However, what the Haihan people did was beyond Li Nai's expectations. If Li Jifeng's analysis is true, then the Haihan people have put their ambitions into action in advance.Judging from the current reaction of the Guangdong government, it seems that the adults have not yet realized how fundamental changes have taken place in the situation on Qiongzhou Island.

Thinking of this, Li Nai suddenly felt a tinge of resentment toward Hai Hansheng. He has not communicated with the Li family for such a major move. If the leak was discovered by the Guangdong government in advance, the safety of the Li family would be in jeopardy.When Haihan people are doing these things, do they still remember the Li family as their partner?

Li Nai was about to complain to his father when he heard a servant outside the house reporting loudly: "Master, two young masters, there are distinguished guests visiting!"

Li Nai swallowed the words that came to his lips, got up, walked to the door and opened it, asking, "What guest?"

"Master Schneidersch from Haihan has arrived!" The servant hurriedly handed over a name card.

"Please hurry up!" Li Nai also ignored the topic of discussion in the house just now, and quickly ordered to the servants: "Hurry up and bring the tea and pastries!"

Schneider's status in Haihan was extremely high, and Li Jifeng couldn't sit and wait in the house, so he also went out to welcome Schneider's arrival with his two sons.

"Boss Li, everyone's time is precious, and we are all on our own, so I won't go around in circles here." After a few pleasantries, Schneider quickly got to the point: "This time the shareholder meeting will be held in Zhennangang. We will announce some new development projects, and hope that 'Furuifeng' will provide some necessary assistance after our announcement as before."

Schneider's words are very tactful. If it is more straightforward, he is actually inviting "Fu Ruifeng" to be the trustee of Haihan's development plan.In the previous project conferences, "Fu Ruifeng" has played a similar role, influencing other businesses with a very positive investment attitude, and driving them to join Haihan's development plan.

And this kind of cooperation is not only beneficial to Haihan, "Fu Ruifeng" also benefits a lot.Aside from the extra preferential conditions that Haihan gave to "Furuifeng", this also allowed "Furuifeng" to gradually establish a leading image in the maritime business circle, and has a high popularity and prestige, This is beneficial to the daily operation of "Furuifeng" and even exceeds the remuneration given by the Haihan people.

The two parties have always had a very high tacit understanding in this regard, and "Fu Ruifeng" does not need to worry about Haihan people cheating themselves in the process. As long as it is a project raised by the Haihan Ministry of Commerce, there has been no loss so far. , It's nothing more than the difference between how much money you make and how fast you make it.Since it is a business that can make a profit without losing money, of course Li Jifeng has always been willing to cooperate with the Haihan people.

However, at the current stage of the development of the situation, Li Jifeng did not dare to agree to it as before, but cautiously asked: "About this new development project, can Mr. Shi reveal something first?"

Schneider did not answer Li Jifeng's question, but instead asked, "Does Boss Li think there is any problem?"

Although Schneider asked softly, Li Jifeng felt a chill on his back, and quickly explained: "No, I'm just a little curious. After all, you have just launched a war, and there should be many The business has not been processed..."

Li Jifeng said while observing Schneider's expression, but Schneider seemed very calm and did not show any obvious emotional reaction to Li Jifeng's statement.

Schneider calmly said: "Since Boss Li mentioned the recent situation on Qiongzhou Island, I will report the situation to a few of you by the way, so that you won't worry about your business on Qiongzhou Island."

"Don't worry! Don't worry!" Li Jifeng smiled politely while looking at Schneider anxiously, waiting for him to explain the situation.

"This time Qiongzhou Island was invaded by foreign countries, and the Guangdong government was unable to provide rescue. We sent troops to help at the request of the government and the general public. We did not raise troops to cause chaos without permission. Are you aware of this?" Schneider asked.

"I know, I know. An Anmin notice was also posted in Guangzhou about this matter. The common people know that this is a direct order from the governor's office to mobilize the Haihan militia to defend against the enemy. There are no other rumors in the market." Land, this credit is naturally indisputable!"

After Li Jifeng said it, he felt that something was wrong. If the Haihan people were determined to win Qiongzhou Island, wouldn't it be a face-to-face ridicule if he said "recover the country"?Seeing Schneider's expression again, but still calm as before, Li Jifeng felt relieved a little.

"We dispatched troops, fought, stationed, and acted as trustees. This step-by-step action was carried out only after being approved by the adults of the Guangdong government. All our military operations on Qiongzhou Island are justified and well-founded. Reasonable and legal." When Schneider said this, he changed the subject: "In view of the fact that this pirate invasion destroyed many facilities and properties in the Qiongbei area, it is estimated that there will be a lot of recovery and rescue work to be carried out after the war. If only we Haihan The strength of one family is a bit weak, so we want to follow the successful practices of the past and introduce more funds and resources in the Qiongbei area to carry out large-scale development."

After Schneider's words fell, Li Jifeng was stunned for at least ten seconds before hesitatingly replied: "President Shi means...the new development project to be announced this time...in Qiongbei?"

Schneider nodded and admitted Li Jifeng's guess: "That's right. Due to this pirate invasion, Qiongbei's government agencies are now in a state of paralysis, and all civil affairs and military affairs are temporarily managed by us. If Qiongbei cannot be released as soon as possible More than [-] people in the north have escaped from the war and started to live again. Then Qiongbei is likely to have a large-scale civil unrest. The purpose of our investment is to let the people who lost their property in the war They can have a bowl of food to eat and give them a chance to start over. Of course, these follow-up measures will be carried out under our planning and leadership to ensure that the investment of the bosses can obtain reliable returns."

It's really high-sounding!If it is said that before Schneider came here, Li Jifeng was only three-point certain about Haihan's motive for sending troops, now he is at least nine-point certain that the chaos in Qiongbei is actually a good show written, directed and performed by Haihan people. .

This time the scale of the pirate invasion was so large that thousands of thieves attacked several cities in Qiongbei, beating the officers and soldiers to the point that they could not fight back, almost completely occupying Qiongbei. Such a powerful military force, in the past few years, But I have never heard of its existence, which is a very strange thing in itself.However, such an armed force was extremely weak in front of the militia, and had no resistance at all. In just a few days, it lost all the territory it had occupied, and was directly driven into the sea by the militia from Danzhou Bay where it landed.The difference in combat performance before and after this is really too big, it already seems a little unbelievable.

Facing the area that had just been liberated from the pirates, the Haihan people didn't want to return these areas to the Ming government as soon as possible, but to take these areas as their new development goals.Although Schneider swore earlier that sending troops to fight wars was at the request of the Guangdong government, and all actions had been approved by the government, but what is certain is that Haihan's use of the Qiongbei area as a development area, the Guangdong government probably did not Unheard of.

Moreover, the Qiongbei area has just finished fighting, and no one knows whether the mysterious pirates will make a comeback, but the Haihan people are so sure that they will immediately invest money in the development of the Qiongbei area. Can you come up with such a careless thing?Li Jifeng believes that the chances of this happening are extremely low. After the Haihan militia helped the northern court fight the civil war in Annan, they were not eager to develop the territory they obtained in Annan. It is said that part of the reason is that the executive committee was worried about the local situation. There will be repetitions.But why did the Haihan executive committee make such a decision without scruple this time?Li Jifeng thinks the most reasonable explanation is that these pirates are simply accomplices who accepted the instructions of the Haihan people.

And why are Haihan people eager to attract investment and develop in Qiongbei at this time?If all these clues are connected in series, Li Jifeng thinks it can be explained—the Haihan people try to use their interests to attract a large amount of private capital from Guangdong to inject into Qiongzhou Island, and a considerable part of these capitals have official backgrounds. However, behind many commercial firms, there may be a certain big shot in the government holding certain shares.

When these capitals were injected into Qiongzhou Island, the interests of Daming, to be precise, the interests of officials of Ming Dynasty, merged with Haihan's interests to a certain extent.Even if the fact that Haihan invaded Daming was exposed, the Guangdong side would probably feel very embarrassed about how to deal with such a problem.

Don't fight, Qiongzhou Island is the territory of Ming Dynasty after all, how could it be taken over by a group of foreigners without making any noise.Let's fight, let's not talk about whether we can fight or not. First of all, the adults will suffer a loss in their pockets. Who would be willing to take the initiative to make such a head?

Li Jifeng can be regarded as an old fritter who has been in the political and business circles for many years, and he quickly sorted out a relatively clear idea of ​​the whole matter in his mind.However, Hai Han people did such a bold thing, after all, it still made him feel a little uneasy.If Haihan made a wrong move, a comprador like his Li family who was in Daming and Haihan would be ransacked by the government in minutes.

Li Jifeng thought about it, and asked Schneider in a more tactful way as much as possible: "Mr. Shi, forgive me for asking, how sure are you about the development of Qiongbei?"

Schneider put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Li Jifeng with a half-smile and said, "If I say I'm not too sure, Boss Li, are you planning to give up the cooperation with us?"

"This..." Li Jifeng was startled, and quickly responded: "I don't have that intention, I just want to understand a little more details and make this thing more beautiful."

Schneider smiled lightly and said: "We will not hide things from you that we should know. Some things are not told to you, but also for your own good. Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing. Boss Li, what can be better than making money Is getting rich important? Don’t you think so?”

"Yes, yes, what President Shi said is absolutely true!" Although Schneider's tone was very relaxed, cold sweat had already begun to break out on Li Jifeng's forehead.

Compared with the Daming government, the Haihan people are indeed more terrifying, and when Li Jifeng was weighing the pros and cons just now, he seemed to have forgotten this for a while, and Schneider's words reminded him again that the price of betraying Haihan may not be better than betraying Daming Where to go.

Li Jifeng also knows a thing or two about how many big deals the group of people under He Xi of the Guangzhou Office have done in and out of Guangzhou in the past two years.It was the only time last year that I borrowed soldiers from the Li family and set up countless secret sentries inside and outside Guangzhou. It was later discovered that it was to arrest the Jinyiwei sent by Nanjing to Qiongzhou to investigate Haihan. For the Haihan people, there is really nothing wrong with them. If you don't dare to do it, at most it is to weigh the benefits and losses to see if it is necessary to do it.

Li Jifeng knew that Haihan had a special organization to deal with people and things that might affect Haihan's interests, and He Xi from the Guangdong Office was one of the persons in charge.He didn't dare to take the risk of trying to betray the Haihan people, because someone had already tried this kind of thing.Last year, due to a problem with the settlement of accounts with the Ministry of Commerce of Haihan, a large family in Guangzhou City wrote a secret letter to accuse Haihan of smuggling arms and salt and other crimes in a fit of anger. After one day, more than 30 members of this family disappeared collectively from their own house in the middle of the night.

How these people disappeared, no one knew the root cause, but Li Jifeng could vaguely guess why they disappeared.Because a few days later, the Guangzhou Office called a group of big businessmen from Guangzhou City to a manor outside the city for a gathering, and showed them this informant letter.This kind of warning is far more effective than fighting and killing them in front of them. Since then, Li Jifeng has never had the idea of ​​betraying Haihan, because he really doesn't want his whole family to disappear in this place one night without any reason. World.

Therefore, just by asking Schneider, Li Jifeng was already in a mess, and he didn't dare to ask any more questions.

(End of this chapter)