Chapter 966 Trade Target
Rather than using war to conquer opponents, Haihan has always been more inclined to control the economic lifeline of his opponents from the commercial field. War means burning money. If you can directly control the opponent's economy, then there is no need to use force to solve many situations. The purpose of Haihan's efforts in organizing the South China Sea Trade Alliance is, firstly, to integrate the common interests of all parties in various countries, and secondly, to allow Haihan's business system to operate legitimately in these countries and regions.
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 implementation and promotion of these things In fact, the difficulty is far less than the black manufacturing technology that Haihan has mastered. Other countries only see the rigor and convenience in the Haihan trade system, but it is difficult to realize the long-term hidden dangers that these rules will bring when applied to their own domestic markets.
Haihan hurriedly negotiated the general framework of the South China Sea Trade Alliance before the anniversary, in order to discuss more trade agreements while countries were attending the ceremony in Sanya, and to spread Haihan's commercial and financial system in the South China Sea as soon as possible. The Haihan Executive Committee believes that even Western counterparts who are known for their trading capabilities will find it difficult to have enough motivation to continue to compete head-on with Haihan after they truly enter the trading system created by Haihan.
To this end, the Ministry of Commerce has been consulting with the competent authorities of manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, transportation and other related industries since last year to prepare projects and products to be launched into the external market this year. Especially considering that after the establishment of the South China Sea Trade Alliance, customer targets will be different between member countries and non-member countries, and accordingly the types, grades, and quantities of goods supplied will also be biased towards member countries. The Ministry of Commerce hopes to attract more countries to join this trade alliance led by Haihan through differences in treatment, and speed up the promotion of the trade alliance framework system in the Far East.
The ports, shipping, shipbuilding and other departments under the Ministry of Shipping are also preparing to promote their business to the outside world. In particular, orders from shipyards have always been one of the largest sources of foreign trade revenue for Haihan Industrial System. The Victory Port Shipyard alone delivered more than 40 civilian ships to external customers last year, with a total displacement of nearly 10,000 tons. It is not a big problem to break this record this year, but the upper limit will depend on this celebration. The negotiations during the period came to fruition.
In addition to the combat ships Haihan currently sells in limited quantities to some military allies, the Ministry of Shipping has also prepared improved cargo and passenger ships this time, which are better than the previous export models in terms of loading capacity, sailing speed and seaworthiness. Improvement to meet the demand for maritime transport capacity and transshipment efficiency due to the increasing trade volume in the South China Sea region. Moreover, these ships customized from Haihan's affiliated shipyards will receive more convenient and faster repair and maintenance services due to their standardized hull structure when they are berthed at Haihan's ports in the future.
"The goal we are striving for this time is to double the total number of orders for civilian ships compared with the previous year." Yue Zhiyun said excitedly, stood up and pointed to the dock on the seaside and said: "We prepared the 3,000-ton dry ship last year. The dock will come in handy this year.”
In fact, when Haihan started building the Majestic-class warship four years ago, the shipyard used was already running towards the 3,000-ton standard. However, this shipyard is not just about digging a hole on the beach. The various supporting equipment and infrastructure facilities are also very important. During the construction of the Majesty-class warship, the supporting facilities were basically updated according to actual needs. Until last year, a large dock was vacated. After the dry dock, the shipyard began to transform it to adapt to the technical requirements for building a 3,000-ton ship.
The displacement of the previous majestic class was less than 2,000 tons. If the tonnage is to be increased by half at once, there is not much problem in theory. The Ministry of Shipping has already designed a corresponding construction plan, but there will still be many problems in actual operation. If it appears, experienced shipwrights like Zhang Tiangui will be needed to deal with it.
Although Zhang Tiangui had long known 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 relatively clear time. Out of caution, he still asked: "Chief, what are the plans for this year?" Warship or civilian ship? ”
Yue Zhiyun turned around and smiled and said: "It depends on the decision of the executive committee. Personally, I advocate going on board of civilian ships. One 3,000-ton cargo ship can almost be used as an entire cargo fleet today." Transportation capabilities.”
At present, Haihan's maritime shipping mainly relies on the Fuzhou Shipyard, Guangzhou Shipyard purchased in the early years, and the exploration-class civilian version of the sailboat built by it. The maximum load capacity of these ships is only one or two hundred tons, and the size of the cabin limits the types of cargo that can be carried to a certain extent. The speed of loading and unloading cargo is also obviously limited by the size of the ship's hatch. If the size of the cargo ship is enlarged to 3,000 tons, many of the previous problems will be solved, and loading and unloading of both bulk cargo and standard containers can be completed faster. As for the carrying capacity, it will easily exceed 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 plying between Annan Black Earth Port and Qiongxi Changhua Port should be replaced by larger ships to improve the efficiency of coal transfer between the two places. efficiency to meet the growing demand for coal as the scale of steel production in Changhua Industrial Zone continues to expand. Of course, given the high cost and long construction period of large cargo ships, the replacement of this type of transportation cannot be completed in a short time. According to their calculations, even if the Victory Port Shipyard can complete the transformation project to expand production capacity this year, it will be the limit to be able to build one or two such large ships of about 3,000 tons a year. As for whether this production capacity will be used to increase transportation capacity in the future or to use it to storm troops, it depends on how the executive committee weighs the pros and cons.
Compared with the Shipping Department, which is currently focused on shipbuilding, the Commerce Department, which is responsible for coordinating and arranging the international trade negotiations, is much busier. After Schneider came back from Ambrosia Island, he hardly stopped to rest, and only I can sleep for about four hours. In the end, it was a few old buddies on the executive committee who saw him working 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, so that he could concentrate on improving the details of the trade agreement.
Being able to create an international trade organization with Haihan as the core and leading has been a long-standing goal and desire for Schneider. In fact, he has had such a seemingly impossible goal in his mind since before time travel. realized ideas. All the efforts he has made in the business field in the past few years after time travel are more or less paving the way to achieve this goal. As Haihan's strength continues to increase, this goal has gradually become clearer from being out of reach at the beginning. After the multi-country consultation on Ambona Island ended, Schneider knew that 90% of his wishes had been realized. The only thing left to do was to improve the existing institutions and systems and use the rules of the game to earn money for 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 earn a living to support their families, or to gain promotion to a higher position and honor their ancestors. As for pursuing a certain ideal, They don't understand goals like achieving personal values. Even senior naturalized citizens like Yu Xiaobao, who have been in the Haihan system for six or seven years, still don't quite understand that the chiefs gave up what they described as the originally very favorable living conditions in their homeland and came to the remote and remote area of Sanya. The reason for expanding the territory.
Yu Xiaobao is currently in charge of the organizational work of the Haihan Youth League in Sanya. The executive committee attaches great importance to this politically charged social organization and even makes it one of the thresholds for the appointment of naturalized personnel. Since 1631, a necessary condition for young naturalized citizens who want to hold an official position within the Haihan system is to join the Haihan Youth League. Especially for promotions in the military, the time of joining the regiment for officers under the age of 30 is a rigid assessment indicator. If you have not been a member of the Youth League before, you will not be qualified for promotion. On the contrary, if you serve as a member of the Youth League, you will not be eligible for promotion. If you hold certain positions within the company, you will have an additional starting advantage in the competition for positions. It is not difficult to join the Youth League. As long as naturalized citizens between the ages of 16 and 30 have no criminal history, they can apply. However, if you want to make a name for yourself in the Youth League, it will be even more difficult than in the Youth League. Promotion within a career field. This not only requires an extremely clean personal background, but also has extremely high requirements for loyalty and political awareness.
The purpose of establishing this organization is naturally to cultivate a younger generation loyal to Haihan 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 uneasy, that is, the composition of naturalized people under Haihan is very complex, consisting of hundreds of thousands of people from different countries and races. It is difficult for a group to be related to expressions such as national cohesion.
The real reason why most naturalized people took refuge in Haihan was not because of the advanced social system here, but because they could seek food during the famine years, or they surrendered to Haihan's military conquest and were unable to resist. Although these people gained 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 basis of rule constituted by this pure interest relationship is actually Extremely flimsy.
Under the current situation of smooth development, the problem may not be too obvious yet, but if there is a strong hostile force or internal turmoil in the future, then this complex population structure is very likely to make people fall apart in a short period of time. Society is falling apart, and the Haihan Youth League is one of the preventive measures taken by those in power. As long as the younger generation of naturalized citizens can have a relatively high sense of belonging and identification with the Haihan group, or the future national system, social stability can be significantly enhanced.
Yu Xiaobao has recently been seconded to the Ministry of Commerce to help. Fortunately, he learned a lot from Schneider when he worked in the Guangdong Office in the early years, so there is no big obstacle to taking over the business operation work 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 Mr. Shi. Could it be that the higher-ups want to rearrange your work?"
Yu Xiaobao shook his head and said: "I don't know, my child. Mr. Shi only mentioned temporary transfers, but did not mention future arrangements."
Yu Dashan warned: "If the superiors want to transfer your position, they will probably ask for your opinion in advance, so just stick to the Youth League."
Yu Xiaobao asked curiously: "Why did dad say this?"
"It's a shame that you are still a senior cadre and your consciousness is so low!" Yu Dashan reprimanded him angrily: "This Ministry of Commerce is all about business. Although Mr. Shi is very capable, he is limited to business and cannot participate in the administration. In the future, you If you want to be promoted to a noble position and be ranked in the court, you must take the right path! This youth league is personally responsible for Mr. Tao and Chief Ning, and you are also considered a leader among young cadres, and you will definitely be promoted to one in the future. Typical, with great career prospects, isn’t it better than a businessman? ”
Yu Xiaobao was a little dumbfounded when he heard this. His father's simple and practical values can't be said to be right or wrong, but if Mr. Shi knew this view, he would definitely criticize it. As for which route he should take for his future development, Yu Xiaobao has no clear plans yet.
"Dad, don't forget, Mr. Shi is also a member of the executive committee, and his authority is no less than that of several other leaders. Besides, how Haihan develops depends largely on Mr. Shi's ability. How much development funding has been provided to Haihan?" Yu Xiaobao expressed his opinion tactfully: "The work done by the Ministry of Commerce is not as simple as you think. It is not just about doing business, but formulating plans for doing business. and rules. Only the commercial firms and related institutions under the Ministry of Commerce are actually implementing it. One of the purposes of inviting guests from various countries to Sanya during the founding ceremony is to take this opportunity to unify trade standards and rules. Dad, just imagine, if the grades and price standards for silk, porcelain, tea, and spices were all set by Haihan in the future, how much influence would Haihan have on international trade? ?”
Although Yu Dashan could not give enough reasons to refute his son's views, he still insisted on his own opinions: "What you said makes sense, 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 Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty. In your mind, Dad, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs is not considered a high official. ?”
(End of chapter)