Chapter 3734
The fleet originally planned to stay in Hong Kong for only two days, but there were too many local fleets coming to Hong Kong from all over Guangdong and Guangxi, especially the Pearl River Basin, to meet, and two days were not enough to complete all preparations.
Shi Diwen had to order the plan to be adjusted and stay in Hong Kong for one more day in order to coordinate the arrangements of these newly joined fleets.
The new captains were called up for a whole day of communication meeting, and the officers of the East China Sea Fleet told them how to maintain the correct position and course in the huge fleet, how to receive instructions from the military, how to deal with various emergencies, and many things to pay attention to during the voyage.
For some captains who have never followed the military, the complexity of these details is far greater than the long voyage itself when sailing a ship. Ordinary sailors may need to spend a year and a half to familiarize themselves with knowledge and skills, and they must master them quickly within a few days.
Due to the large size of the fleet, it is impossible to stop and wait for ships with too slow speeds while marching, and will not turn around collectively to find out who are disoriented at sea.
However, there will always be several warships at the end of the fleet, which will fall behind by a one-day or a half-day gap. While breaking the back, you can also collect some ships that accidentally leave the team.
Once these civilian ships left the fleet during their voyage and did not encounter the military ships that were tailed by the palace, they may have to sail to the nearest Haihan Port and then contact the fleet through the local radio station to see if they can catch up with the large army, otherwise they will have to go home.
This risk is real, because during the voyage from Hangzhou to Hong Kong, civilian ships have already left the team.
Fortunately, the civilian ships were informed in advance of the locations where the fleet was docking along the way, so they had to chase them all the way south along the coast. The civilian ships that were leaving the team could still reunite with the fleet in Hong Kong.
But after entering the unfamiliar sea, this move is probably not easy to use. The nearest Haihan Port is likely to be thousands of miles away. When you go to the local area to obtain the real-time location of the fleet, you may not be able to catch up. Therefore, you need to repeatedly emphasize the importance of unified action to the accompanying civilian ships before departure.
There are quite a lot of new ships added in Guangdong and Guangxi, and it has even exceeded the total of the Donghai Region, Fujian, Taiwan and other places. The Furuifeng family in Guangzhou Prefecture alone organized a fleet of 18 ships.
Li Yuande, a descendant of the Li family, went to Qian Tiandun to work. It was already the fourth year, and it was no longer a secret to the outside world.
In the eyes of others, Furuifeng, who belongs to the Li family, organized transportation capacity with such a great fanfare and wanted to send supplies and personnel to the special forces division. Of course, we cannot watch the Li family eat alone.
Fu Ruifeng's third shopkeeper Li Nai also rushed to Hong Kong in person to hand over the command of the fleet with Shi Diwen.
When others saw this arrangement, they even decided that this action was indispensable. Otherwise, the Executive Committee might not remember in detail who participated, but whoever had the ability but did not participate would probably be remembered clearly.
Shi Diwen's view on Li Nai's arrival is actually similar to that of the people. He believes that Fu Ruifeng wants to take this opportunity to traffic a batch of commercial goods and use the armed fleet to escort them, so he does not need to worry about security issues along the way.
But Li Nai said that only a small part of the goods shipped on these ships were for sale, and most of them were various daily necessities, labor tools, medicinal materials, etc. needed to build ports and bases there.
Furuifeng basically doesn't make any money when using the things that the government wants to use, and even has to post the shipping fee by himself.
Of course, this job is not in vain. As part of the exchange conditions, every territory under the special forces division will be established in the future, and various conveniences will be provided for it.
Among the people who went to the area this time, six shopkeepers appointed by Furuifeng went to the local area to organize operations and manage industries. "Three islands along the Strait of Malacca, Hamban Port, Ceylon Island, and the two newly established ports of Zhenhai and Fubo, which are the special forces divisions. Each person is responsible for one place!"
Li Nai was very frank about Shi Diwen because Fu Ruifeng now has a lot of business in the Donghai region. He doesn't want Shi Diwen to have any suspicion about him or Fu Ruifeng.
Shi Diwen also realized from his words that the scale of cooperation between the Special Forces Division and Fu Ruifeng should be larger than what the outside world thinks.
Setting up six semicolons overseas is not as simple as sending six shopkeepers to guard the shop.
Furuifeng is one of Haihan's most successful private businesses. Even if it cooperates with the official, it is a business transaction, rather than a charity. These overseas semicolons opened in batches, regardless of how they operate in the early stage, must make profits as their ultimate goal.
The places controlled by the Special Forces Division are still in the forging stage, and there should not be too many local businesses that can make profits. I am afraid that I am planning to hand over most of them to Furuifeng for management.
This may very likely mean that Furuifeng needs to invest resources to open up commercial channels for the special forces to connect to the country, and the resources required in the middle are not just a few shopkeepers.
Moreover, after Furuifeng opened this, the demonstration role it played will also drive more merchants to invest.
For example, the two major commercial organizations, Qiong Lianfa and Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce, which Furuifeng joined in his early years, also organized their own personnel and prepared to go to the Indian Ocean to do a big battle.
After talking about the official business, Shi Diwen also mentioned a private matter: "I heard that you betrothed your daughter to Tao Hongfang. When will you get married?"
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Li Nai quickly responded: "Mr. Tao was busy with government affairs in the past two years and had no time to deal with private affairs. I guess he could take time to marry his daughter this year."
Shi Diwen nodded and said, "I'll come to ask for a glass of wine when it's wedding."
Li Naiying said, "Mr. Shi is willing to appreciate his face. That is a great honor for the Li family! When the days are settled, I will send someone to send the wedding invitation to the Lord's Mansion."
The marriage between Tao and Li families was actually decided by the parents of both parties three years ago. However, Tao Hongfang was assigned to take charge of the government in Nanjing two years ago, and the marriage was temporarily suspended and the marriage was delayed until the third year.
Li Nai couldn't wait. After all, his daughter was already an adult. If she delayed this for a year or two, there would be more and more rumors outside, which would hinder the reputation of the Li family.
Moreover, the person who wanted to betroth his daughter to the prince Tao Hongfang, who had no one thousand or eight hundred. Maybe there were other related households trying to defeat Li Nai's daughter, and Tao Hongfang might have a chance to be attracted to other people's girls during this period, but in short, it was all kinds of unsafe.
Li Nai was determined to avoid the troubles, and the only way was to get married sooner, the better.
(This chapter ends)