1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 966 Trade Target
Compared to conquering opponents by means of war, Haihan has always been more inclined to control the economic lifeline of opponents from the commercial field.Wars are burning money. If you can directly control the opponent's economy, then many situations do not need to be resolved by force.The purpose of Haihan's efforts to organize the South China Sea Trade Alliance is to integrate the common interests of all parties in various countries, and secondly, to allow Haihan's business system to enter these countries and regions in a legitimate manner.

Compared with military means, Haihan's way of invading the economic fields of these countries through trade is actually more difficult to resist. The mature economic and financial systems and operating methods are hundreds of years ahead of the average level of this era, and the promotion of these things The difficulty is actually far less than the black technology of manufacturing in the hands of Haihan.Other countries only see the rigor and convenience of the Haihan trade system, but it is difficult to perceive the long-term hidden dangers that these rules will bring after they are applied to their own domestic markets.

Haihan hastily negotiated the general framework of the South China Sea Trade Alliance before the anniversary, in order to discuss more trade agreements during the period when countries visited Sanya to observe the ceremony, and spread Haihan's commercial and financial systems in the South China Sea as soon as possible.The executive committee of Haihan believes that even the western counterparts who are good at trading ability, after entering the trading system created by Haihan, it may be difficult for them to have enough motivation to continue to compete head-on with Haihan.

For this reason, the Ministry of Commerce has been negotiating with the competent departments of manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, transportation and other related industries since last year to prepare for the projects and products to be launched to the outside market this year.Especially considering that after the establishment of the South China Sea Trade Alliance, there will be differences in customer targets between member countries and non-member countries, and correspondingly there will be a preference for member countries in terms of the type, grade, and quantity of goods supplied.The Ministry of Commerce hopes to attract more countries to join the trade alliance led by Haihan through the difference in treatment, and speed up the promotion of the framework system of the trade alliance in the Far East.

The ports, shipping, shipbuilding and other departments under the Ministry of Shipping are also preparing their own businesses to promote to the outside world, especially orders from shipyards have always been one of the largest foreign trade revenues of the Haihan industrial system.In Shengli Port Shipyard alone, more than [-] civilian ships were delivered to external customers last year, with a total displacement of nearly [-] tons. It may not be a big problem to break this record this year, but the upper limit depends on this celebration The negotiations during the period came to an end.

In addition to the combat ships that Haihan currently sells in limited quantities to some military allies, the Ministry of Shipping has also prepared improved freight and passenger ships, which are better than the previous export models in terms of loading capacity, sailing speed and seaworthiness. To meet the increasing trade volume in the South China Sea region for maritime transport capacity and transshipment efficiency needs.Moreover, these ships customized from Haihan's subordinate shipyard will berth at the port of Haihan for replenishment in the future, and will also receive more convenient and fast repair and maintenance services due to their standardized hull structure.

"The goal we are striving for this time is to double the total number of orders for civilian ships compared to last year." Yue Zhiyun said excitedly, stood up and pointed to the dock by the sea: "The 3000-ton dry ship that we prepared last year The dock, this year is also time to come in handy."

In fact, when Haihan started building the majestic-class warship four years ago, the dock used was already running towards the 3000-ton standard.However, this dock is not just a matter of digging a hole by the sea, and the various supporting equipment and infrastructure facilities are also very important. During the construction of the Majestic-class warship, the supporting facilities were basically updated according to actual needs, until last year a large one was vacated. After the dry dock, the shipyard began to transform it so that it can adapt to the technical requirements of building a 3000-ton ship.

The displacement of the previous majestic class was less than 2000 tons. It is not a big problem in theory to increase the tonnage by half at once. The Ministry of Shipping has already designed a corresponding construction plan, but there will still be many problems in actual operation. Appearing, it will be necessary for an experienced shipwright like Zhang Tiangui to deal with it.

Although Zhang Tiangui had known for a long time that the Ministry of Shipping had plans to build larger ships, he still couldn't hide his excitement after hearing Yue Zhiyun's announcement of a clearer time. Out of caution, he asked: "Sir, is this year's plan to ship?" Warship or civilian ship?"

Yue Zhiyun turned around and smiled and said: "It depends on the decision of the executive committee. I personally advocate the use of civilian ships. A 3000-ton cargo ship can almost serve as the entire cargo fleet now. transportation capacity."

At present, Haihan's maritime shipping mainly relies on the Fuchuan and Guangzhou Ships purchased in the early years, as well as the exploration-level civil sailboats built by itself.The maximum load capacity of these ships is only one to two hundred tons, and the size of the cabins limits the types of cargo that can be carried to a certain extent, and the speed of loading and unloading cargo is obviously limited by the size of the hatch.If the size of the cargo ship is enlarged to [-] tons, many of the previous problems will be solved, and both bulk cargo and standard containers can be loaded and unloaded faster.As for the carrying capacity, it will easily break through the thousand-ton mark, which is indeed equivalent to the carrying capacity of an entire fleet.

Yue Zhiyun and Sun Changmi have even joined forces with the Ministry of Industry to propose to the executive committee that all the coal ships currently traveling between Annan Heitu Port and Qiongxi Changhua Port should be replaced by large ships, so as to improve the transportation of coal between the two places. Efficiency, to meet the increasing demand for coal after the scale of iron and steel production in Changhua Industrial Zone is expanding.Of course, in view of the high cost and long construction period of large cargo ships, the replacement of this kind of transportation cannot be completed in a short period of time.According to their calculations, even if the Shengli Port Shipyard can complete the renovation project to expand its production capacity this year, it is already the limit to be able to build one or two such large ships of about 3000 tons a year.As for whether this kind of production capacity will be used to increase transportation capacity or use it for violent soldiers in the future, it depends on how the Executive Committee weighs the pros and cons.

Compared with the current Ministry of Shipping, which is currently concentrating on shipbuilding, the Ministry of Commerce, which is in charge of coordinating and arranging the international trade negotiations, is much busier. After Schneider returned from Ambuna Island, he hardly stopped to rest. Can sleep about four hours.In the end, it was the old buddies on the executive committee who watched him work hard and were afraid that he would die suddenly from exhaustion. Tao Donglai, Ning Qi, Gu Kai and others also helped him take over part of the affairs, allowing him to concentrate on perfecting the detailed rules of the trade agreement.

To be able to create an international trade organization with Haihan as the core and leadership has been a long-standing goal and wish for Schneider. In fact, since before crossing, he has already had such a seemingly impossible goal in his heart. Realized ideas.All the efforts he has made in the field of business and trade in the past few years after time travel are more or less paving the way for the realization of this goal.And as Haihan's strength continued to grow, this goal gradually became clear from being unattainable at first.After the multi-country consultation on Abunna Island, Schneider knew that [-]% of his wishes had been realized, and the only thing left to do was to improve the existing institutions and systems, and use the rules of the game to earn Haihan himself bigger gains.

Schneider's painstaking efforts may not be fully understood by his naturalized employees. For them, the purpose of work is either to share the salary to support the family, or to be promoted to honor the ancestors. As for the pursuit of certain ideas, They will not understand the realization of goals such as personal value.Even Yu Xiaobao, a senior naturalized citizen who has been in the Haihan system for six or seven years, still doesn't quite understand that the chiefs gave up what they described as the very superior living conditions in their homeland and came to Sanya, a remote village. The reason for expanding the territory.

Yu Xiaobao is currently in charge of organizing the Haihan Youth League in Sanya. The executive committee attaches great importance to this social organization with a strong political flavor, and even regards it as one of the thresholds for the appointment of naturalized personnel.Since 1631, one of the necessary conditions for a young naturalized citizen who wanted to be a part-time official in the Haihan system was to join the Haihan Youth League.Especially for promotion in the military, the entry time for officers under the age of 30 is a rigid assessment indicator. If you do not have the status of a member of the Youth League before then, you will not even be eligible for promotion. For certain positions, you will have an additional starting advantage in the competition for positions.

It is not difficult to join the Youth League. Any naturalized citizen between the ages of [-] and [-] who has no criminal history can apply. However, it is even more difficult to make a name for yourself in the Youth League. Advancement within the career field.This not only requires an extremely clean personal background, but also has extremely high requirements for its loyalty and political awareness.

The purpose of establishing this organization is naturally to cultivate a younger generation who will be loyal to Hai Han and the executive committee.Although the speed of Haihan's rise is unparalleled in the world, there is always a hidden danger that makes the rulers feel uneasy, that is, the composition of the naturalized people under Haihan is very complex, composed of hundreds of thousands of people from different countries and races. It is difficult for a group to be related to such terms as national cohesion.

The real reason why most of the naturalized people turn to Haihan is not because of the advanced social system here, but because they can earn a living during the famine years, or submit to Haihan's military conquest without being able to resist.Although these people obtained a stable living environment after taking refuge in Haihan, and their personal interests were gradually tied to the rise and fall of Haihan as a whole, in the eyes of the rulers, the ruling basis formed by this pure interest relationship is actually extremely unstable.

Under the current situation of smooth development, the problem may not be exposed too obviously, but if there are strong hostile forces or internal turmoil in the future, then this complex population structure is very likely to make people lose their lives in a short period of time. Society is falling apart, and the Haihan Youth League is one of the preventive measures that the rulers have taken against it.As long as the younger generation of naturalized people can have a relatively high sense of belonging and identification with the Haihan group, or the future state system, the stability of society can also be significantly enhanced.

Yu Xiaobao was also seconded to the Ministry of Commerce to help out recently. Fortunately, he also learned a lot from Schneider when he worked in the Guangzhou Office in the early years, and there is no big obstacle in taking over the work of business operations now.After returning home from work that day, Yu Dashan asked him about his recent work status: "I heard that you were recently transferred to the Ministry of Commerce by President Shi. Could it be that the higher-ups are going to re-arrange your work?"

Yu Xiaobao shook his head and said, "My child doesn't know, Mr. Shi only talked about temporary transfers, but he didn't mention future arrangements."

Yu Dashan warned: "If the higher-ups want to transfer your position, they will probably ask for your own opinion in advance, so just stick to the work of the Youth League."

Yu Xiaobao wondered, "Why did Dad say that?"

"It's a shame that you are still a senior cadre, and your awareness is so low!" Yu Dashan reprimanded: "The Ministry of Commerce is all about business. Although President Shi is capable, he is limited to business and cannot participate in the administration. In the future, you If you want to be promoted to rank in the imperial court, then naturally you have to follow the right path! This youth group is personally in charge of Mr. Tao and Mr. Ning, and you are considered to be the best among young cadres. Typical, with a bright career prospect, wouldn’t it be better than a mere businessman?”

Yu Xiaobao couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it. His father's simple and practical values ​​are actually not right or wrong, but if Mr. Shi knew such views, he would definitely criticize them.As for which route to develop in the future, Yu Xiaobao has no clear plans yet.

"Father, don't forget that Mr. Shi is also a member of the executive committee, and he has as much authority as the other heads. Besides, how Haihan develops depends largely on Mr. Shi's ability to How much development funds have been provided for Haihan." Yu Xiaobao expressed his opinion tactfully: "The work done by the Ministry of Commerce is not as simple as you imagine, it is not just doing business, but making a plan for doing business And the rules. Only the commercial firms under the Ministry of Commerce and related institutions are the ones who actually implement them. This time, guests from various countries are invited to Sanya to observe the ceremony by taking the opportunity of the founding ceremony. One of the purposes is to take this opportunity to unify trade standards and rules. Dad, just imagine, if the grades and price standards of silk, porcelain, tea, and spices are set by Haihan in the future, how much oil and water will there be in the middle? How much influence will Haihan have on international trade ?”

Although Yu Dashan couldn't give enough reasons to refute his son's opinion, he still insisted on his own opinion: "What you said is reasonable, but what I said is not unreasonable, right?"

Yu Xiaobao simply gave an example and said: "The combined functions of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are like the Ministry of Households of the Ming Dynasty. Don't you think that the Minister of the Ministry of Households is not a high-ranking official?" ?”

(End of this chapter)