1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 623 Qian Tiandun's Report
"It's been a long journey!"

When Qian Tiandun walked down the gangway, Tao Donglai was the first to meet him and stretched out his arms. It was not a formal handshake, but a big hug.For Haihan as a group, Qian Tiandun's contribution definitely deserves such treatment.

"It's the responsibility, don't dare to slack off." Qian Tiandun has been a local official for several years, and his temperament is no longer that of the unsteady little military officer a few years ago, and his answer is very stable and decent: "Since the executive committee Give me this job, and I will try my best to do my best! This time I have prepared a report on the situation in the Indochina Peninsula, and I hope to arrange a time to report to the Executive Committee face to face as soon as possible."

"Let's put aside the work for now, and the executive committee has one thing to do today, and that is to cleanse you up!" Tao Donglai said with a smile: "Look, everyone put down the things at hand today. , specially came to pick you up."

As Haihan's most important colonial area outside of Qiongzhou Island, Annan provided Haihan with the most urgently needed mineral energy and labor force in the early days of crossing, and was also one of the most important export markets for Haihan's commodities, contributing to the development of Haihan. provided a significant boost.And Annan's natural location provided an excellent base for Haihan to expand its control area to the south and west in the future.From a certain point of view, Annan's significance to Haihan is not even weaker than that of Daming.

Haihan and the Annan regime established a special cooperative relationship because of the civil war. For both parties, the early military cooperation was far more important than issues such as commerce, population, and land. Therefore, Qian Tiandun The role of the Haihan military representative in Annan in the cooperative relationship between the two parties is very special.Although Annan also has civil affairs officials appointed by the executive committee, after the executive committee transferred Zhou Hengxing back to Shengli Port to take charge of port management, the actual leader of Haihan in Annan is Qian Tiandun, who was caught by the military and government.It is hard for anyone to ignore the role and achievements Qian Tiandun played during his tenure.

Counting from the second half of 1627 when the colonization fleet arrived at Heitu Port, Haihan’s control area along the coast of Annan has expanded from Heitu Port One to the north, south and south, a total of seven concession port areas, almost controlling the Indochina Peninsula from north to south. The entire east coastline of more than 2000 kilometers in the south.It is no exaggeration to say that more than [-]% of Annan Country's coastline is now controlled by Haihan.It is precisely because of such conditions that the military was able to send a fleet south with peace of mind to capture the Abunna Islands, which is nearly a thousand nautical miles away from Hainan Island.

Although it is not due to Qian Tiandun alone to be able to manage such a situation today, no one will deny that he played an important role as the person in charge of Annan affairs appointed by the Executive Committee.

In addition, the Annan militia army trained by Qian Tiandun for the Haihan military in the past four years has also made great achievements in previous battles.During the "Operation Liaoyuan" last year alone, more than [-] members of the "Pirate Troop" led by Qian Tiandun won different levels of military exploits in the battles sweeping across Qiongbei, clearing away the biggest obstacle for Haihan to unify Hainan Island. After that, the Haihan militia was able to smoothly settle in various cities in Qiongbei, completing the de facto occupation of the control area that originally belonged to Ming Dynasty.Due to the special nature of this great achievement, the executive committee did not publicly announce the commendation orders for the participants. Even Qian Tiandun only had a vague certificate of commendation and a military medal for "Operation Liaoyuan".

Of course, the non-public presentation of the award is not because the Executive Committee does not recognize his achievements. After the end of the "Operation Liaoyuan", the Executive Committee has basically established the status of the three generals of the Military Commission, that is, Yan Chujie is in charge of the overall situation, and Wang Tom is in charge of the navy. , while Qian Tiandun was by default the number three figure in the military, responsible for the command of the army in foreign military operations.

However, after the "Operation Liaoyuan", Haihan's foreign military operations only had one operation against the Abunana Islands, which was basically the work of the navy, and the battle itself was lackluster and not too difficult.Although Annan sent troops, Mu Xiabai led the team to fight, and Qian Tiandun did not directly participate in it, because at this time, the executive committee had notified him of this year's work transfer arrangements, and immediately began to communicate with Annan's local affairs. Feng Annan and others conducted the handover.

Although the transfer from Annan to Fujian seems to be just a transfer at the same level, Qian Tiandun knows that the executive committee is very obsessed with the mainland strategy. In the long run, the importance of the direction of Fujian is far greater than that of Annan, so this The meaning of this transfer is not only to move one's butt, but also to symbolize the adjustment of the executive committee's external development direction and strategy.

As Tao Donglai said, in order to welcome Qian Tiandun's return, the executive committee prepared a very sumptuous reception banquet in Victory Fort.However, although Qian Tiandun drank a lot during the banquet, he still remained sober. After the banquet, Gao Qiaonan supported him and left.

Qian Tiandun also has a set of welfare housing allocated according to the head in Shengli Port, but he does not intend to return to that nominal "home" to live in, but chooses the Guest House in Shengli Port as his accommodation during his stay in Sanya. residence.Although the hardware facilities of the Ying Hotel are mediocre, worse than the express hotels of the later generations, the software services are very user-friendly, not worse than the high-end hotels of the later generations.If the executive committee hadn't set the threshold for receiving domestic guests, and only officials who came back from other places to report their duties were allowed to stay in the guest house for a short period of time, then this place would have been used as a dormitory by single youths long ago.

However, although the service at the Guest House is good, Qian Tiandun is unlikely to enjoy 100% of the official services provided. When he woke up early in the morning, it was not the service staff here who brought him hot water towels It was Takahashi Minami, his personal attendant.

"Gaoqiao, you are now an officer yourself. You should stop doing things that should be done by orderlies." Qian Tiandun was a little bit dumbfounded at such thoughtful service.Although Gao Qiaonan was doing the same thing when he was in Annan, but when he returned to Shengli Port, Qian Tiandun didn't want his subordinates to still do this kind of work that might seem a bit "low" to the outside world.

Gao Qiaonan looked indifferent: "The humble job is used to doing it, and there is no need to let others do it. Even if you ask others to do it, the humble job has to watch from the side, so it is better to let the humble job do it yourself."

"You bastard..." Qian Tiandun shook his head helplessly, but felt a burst of warmth in his heart.At the beginning, he just thought that Takahashi Nan should be given a chance to change his destiny, but he never thought about making him loyal to him in this form of retainer, but after getting along for a few years, the two of them did have a deep bond. It is no longer a simple colleague relationship.

"By the way, I'll go to Victory Fort for a meeting later, and you will distribute the gifts you brought back to the homes of the chiefs." Qian Tiandun ordered.

Gao Qiaonan responded, and then asked: "Then do you want to send a copy to Miss Luo?"

Qian Tiandun hesitated for a moment, but still nodded: "Send!"

The "Miss Luo" Gao Qiaonan mentioned was Luo Wudan, a reporter from the Ministry of Information Industry who was "assigned" to Heitu Port in 1627 because the Executive Committee believed that he had personal political inclinations.This young lady had various conflicts with Qian Tiandun when she was in Shengli Port, and after going to Heitu Port, the two enemies still often have some quarrelsome behaviors.And whenever this happened, Qian Tiandun, who didn't want to spend any time with Luo Wudan, would often send Gao Qiaonan out to act as a human shield.

But Luo Wudan's job in the local area is still as a news reporter for the Ministry of Information Industry, and there is inevitably a lot of overlap with Qian Tiandun in the field of work. There are many opportunities for contact between the two, and it is impossible to completely avoid it.After a few years of contact, even if it is noisy, there is still a certain amount of friendship.

However, before the "Operation Liaoyuan" last year, in order to cooperate with Haihan's early publicity work in Qiongbei area, the Ministry of Information Industry transferred Luo Wudan back to Hainan Island, so the two did not meet for nearly a year up.This time Qian Tiandun came back from his post and brought a lot of Annan souvenirs as gifts.With his current status, he doesn't need to give any benefits to the executive committee members, so they are all handicrafts with low economic value, and there is no need to worry about someone gossiping behind their backs when they are sent out.

There are more than 400 people in the crossing group. Of course, it is impossible for Qian Tiandun to give it to everyone, and there are still many people who are stationed abroad, and there is a way to hand it over to the other party for the time being. Therefore, he made a rough gift list in advance, and then asked Takahashi Go south to be responsible for delivering them one by one.However, Gao Qiaonan is also a smart person. After reading the gift list, he found that Luo Wudan was missing, so he specifically confirmed it with Qian Tiandun again.

After Qian Tiandun responded, he realized that he seemed to have exposed something, and pointed at Gao Qiaonan without saying a word.Gao Qiaonan smiled, picked up the face wash that Qian Tiandun had used, and went out.

Qian Tiandun's return is a big event for Haihan's top management, so the executive committee also specially arranged a time for him to listen to the work report.In addition to the relevant executive committee members present, there was also Tom Wang who had rushed back to Victory Port to attend as a military representative.

When Qian Tiandun entered the arena, everyone present stood up and gave him warm applause.For a hero who has been abroad for four years and expanded the territory for Haihan, this is the treatment he deserves.

"Thank you everyone. In order to save time, I will not talk nonsense and get straight to the point." After taking his seat, Qian Tiandun said straight to the point: "About the progress of the construction of our several concession ports in Annan, there will be corresponding reports every month. I believe that all of you here are somewhat aware of it. What I want to talk about today is another aspect, that is, the direction of Annan's domestic situation and what we may need to pay attention to in the next few years."

Qian Tiandun cleared his throat, and continued: "Thanks to our intervention, Annan ended the civil war two years ago and realized the reunification of the North and the South. Although this result has affected our arms sales and control of the Annan court to a certain extent. strength, but at the same time it also provides us with a larger sales market. The maritime trade tradition in southern Annan has a long history, and the people’s acceptance of imported products is higher than that in the north. In my opinion, the degree of commercial development in the south is It is much more suitable for us to promote the Haihan business system than the north where the farming economy is the mainstay. In particular, the four southern ports that are still under construction can open up new industries for us in the southern part of the Indochina Peninsula. The product market plays a driving role.”

"But at the same time, we also need to be aware of the disadvantages and hidden dangers that exist in the southern region. Because of the influence of the Ruan family in the southern region, the people in the southern region, especially the rich and powerful, and the vested interests of the former Communist Party , is not particularly obedient to the current court of Thang Long Mansion. Because of national strength, Thang Long Mansion has no way to deploy a large number of troops loyal to the court in the south for the time being. Therefore, even today, many places in the south are still in a state of anarchy However, the coordination and handling of local affairs is still controlled by some wealthy families, and the influence of the government is relatively limited."

"Is it similar to the situation on Qiongnan's side two years ago?" Tao Donglai interjected and asked.

"That's right!" Qian Tiandun nodded and replied, "The imperial court of Shenglong Mansion is a bit similar to the influence of Daming in Qiongnan before. Keep enough awe, because everyone knows that we are the actual power holders in this place. There are many places in southern Annan that are in such a state. The ability to establish political power and gradually replace the government."

"The difference is that they don't have a strong enough armed force." Tom Wang couldn't help but add when he heard this.

Wanting to replace the functions and status of the local government like Haihan is not something that can be done with money and power. It is difficult for others to copy the situation that Haihan has achieved in Qiongnan. The reason is that As Wang Tom said, there is no strong enough armed force in hand as a guarantee.

"You mean that the local area is dominated by some illegitimate landlords armed with local government affairs? But what effect does it have on us?" Gu Kai asked puzzled.

"There are both good and bad influences." Qian Tiandun explained: "On the one hand, they hope to import high-margin Haihan products and distribute them to ordinary people to make profits; Get more local resources, because this is very likely to affect their own interests, such as the land and population we need."

"It's hard to achieve the best of both worlds, isn't it?" Gu Kai shook his head and said, "I think you should try the method that the commercial sector has already succeeded in, which is to organize local chambers of commerce to unify the interests of these people, and let their interests gradually merge with those of the sea. Han tends to be consistent, so it will be easy to handle.”

(End of this chapter)