Chapter 1484 The future of Liaodong
Qian Tiandun invited Li Nai in, of course, not just for chatting. Although it is inconvenient for the military to actively intervene in local affairs, the environment in Liaodong is quite special, and all aspects of work must rely on the help and cooperation of the military. Promote progress. Including investment matters, the military has been following up, and even Sha Xi has not deliberately excluded the military. Since Li Nai took the initiative to come to the headquarters, Qian Tiandun naturally wanted to take this opportunity to inquire for Sha Xi about the attitude of the Fuguang businessmen who were traveling with him towards investing in Liaodong and participating in development. As for Li Nai's own attitude, there is no need to waste any more time asking.
"As long as the manpower is provided, it will be easy. Money is not a problem." Li Nai had already seen Haihan's current situation in the Liaodong control area before coming to the front line. He also saw the problems and shortcomings Haihan faced. Very clear and hits the nail on the head.
For these Fuguang businessmen, the only problem with Haihan's Liaodong development plan is human resources. In such a large area, there are currently only over 10,000 people including the garrison, and a considerable part of the labor force is deployed on the front line to build fortifications. This is not good news for businessmen who want to invest locally. As Li Nai concluded, money can be invested, but Haihan must provide corresponding human resources. Otherwise, these funds might as well be used to invest in colonies in the South China Sea. After all, the control of population export in the south of the Ming Dynasty is much looser. As long as it is given If the benefits are sufficient, some people will naturally be willing to go overseas to open up wasteland, so there is no need to worry too much about manpower issues.
"We already have a preliminary solution to this problem. We were discussing this matter before you came in." Qian Tiandun responded: "There are still a large number of Han people in the enemy-occupied areas in Liaodong, which is a big problem for us. They are potential human resources. Try to rescue these Han people to the south, which can not only attack the enemy, but also enrich the local population. What do you think? "
Li Nai said: "I don't understand the war, but as long as you can get the population as soon as possible, I think it is a good solution. We businessmen can only look at the results. In Haihan dialect, it is result-only theory. So?”
Li Nai has been hanging out with Haihan senior executives for many years, and his thinking has long been Haihanized. He has also learned a lot of things, and he often uses some special terms that only time travelers can understand when talking. In addition, he also intentionally or unintentionally imitated the travelers in terms of clothing and living habits. When he was in the south, people often mistaken him for a high-ranking Haihan official.
Chen Yixin responded from the side: "I haven't seen you for a while, and I learned a lot of new things!"
Li Nai was praised and couldn't help but responded proudly: "The last time I went to Sanya, the chief there also said that I am becoming more and more like an authentic Haihan person."
Everyone looked at each other and smiled, but they would not reveal the mystery behind these words. Only they themselves know what authentic Haihan people are. Even if someone like Li Nai is very close to Haihan, no one will reveal the true origin of the Haihan people to him. Even if Li Nai could fully imitate the daily life of a time traveler, he has never been in that future time and space, so this kind of imitation is only superficial at best and can only make you smile.
But no one really regards Li Nai as a person without ideas. The reason why Haihan people value Li Nai so much is that, in addition to his family background, another important point is that he is very receptive to new things. High, and it is purely driven by the desire for knowledge. It is not the way of considering interests first by ordinary businessmen. As a wise man like him who is willing to learn all kinds of knowledge taught by Haihan people and accept Haihan's social system, even if he does not have his own background, Haihan will definitely try to train him and let him work for Haihan.
Of course, Li Nai's background is not ordinary, which makes it impossible for Haihan to completely control him, but if he needs to express some attitude towards the southern business community, it will be much easier to do it through Li Nai's line. After all, he is the boss of Furifeng's Third Young Master, and he runs the Golden Shield Transport and many agricultural projects jointly with Haihan. The outside world will interpret his attitude together with Haihan's official meaning. It can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Li Nai did not comment on Haihan's Liaodong strategy. In addition to the fact that he did not know enough about the military and the situation in Liaodong, this was actually a very smart statement. That is, no matter what Haihan does, as long as the conditions are right, then I will It will definitely not lose its chain, and it will not be difficult to attract a group of businessmen from Fuguang area to invest in Liaodong.
Qian Tiandun also understood the implication of Li Nai's words at that moment, nodded and reassured: "We will solve the manpower problem as soon as possible, and you will also find a way to give them some encouragement, and try to decide what needs to be done before leaving on this trip. Just finalize everything, otherwise it would be too time-consuming to travel thousands of miles away and have to go back and forth several times to finalize it.”
Li Nai responded: "I understand, and I should do my best to do this. But to be honest, I also have some things I would like to ask the leaders."
Qian Tiandun nodded and said: "You can ask, we won't hide anything we can tell you."
Qian Tiandun only said half of what he said. He didn't hide what he could say, which meant that you shouldn't ask about what you couldn't. Asking would be in vain. Li Nai thought about it for a while and then asked: "I have never thought too clearly about the cross-sea attack on Liaodong. I also consulted Chief Tao and Chief Yan when I was in Sanya, but I really couldn't understand what they said. Understand, what is sea control, what is the international situation in Northeast Asia... Can you give me an easy-to-understand explanation? ”
Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom were the two people with the highest authority present. They looked at each other and exchanged glances. Since Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie didn't intend to hide anything from Li Nai, they didn't need to be too secretive. Moreover, this kind of strategic-level planning is not like specific tactics. If it is leaked, it may be counterattacked by the enemy. Even if Li Nai spreads these things to others, others must be able to understand them. If the person involved had not traveled thousands of miles along the coast of Ming Dynasty, even if he knew about Haihan's plan, it would be difficult to imagine the specific execution status.
"You tell me." Wang Tom took the initiative to kick the ball to Qian Tiandun.
Qian Tiandun smiled bitterly and said to Li Nai: "Then what do you want to know?"
Li Nai responded: "Why raise troops in Liaodong? Although doing so can relieve the pressure on Ming Dynasty, I think that is not the main purpose of Haihan doing this. As for making money and grabbing land, these reasons are even less valid. Well, the return is too low for you, you might as well start in the south.”
Qian Tiandun nodded and said: "You are right. If it is just for petty profits, we do not have the need to mobilize troops to start a war in Liaodong. As for the life and death of Ming Dynasty, we do not want to worry too much. We are holding back Hou Jin in Liaodong. , It's just to let Ming live on for a few more years. The problem of Ming is not outside, but in the court, he is terminally ill and there is no way to save him. The purpose of doing this is simple, that is, the consequences will be detrimental to Haihan. It’s beneficial. When our expected gains are greater than the possible expenses, then it’s worth doing.”
Li Nai asked, "What is the expected harvest?" Qian Tiandun did not answer his question directly, but called people in and asked them to hang up a map he designated. Li Nai spent a lot of time traveling in the southeastern seas over the years, and he had already learned to read the Haihan map. When he looked at the outline of the land on the map, he knew that this was the Ming Sea Territory.
"Yes, what you see is the map of the Ming Dynasty Sea Territory from Guangdong and Guangxi in the south to Liaodong in the north. But can you see what is special about this map?" Qian Tiandun asked.
When Li Nai heard this question, he didn't answer it in a hurry. Instead, he stood up and walked to the map to read it carefully. Then he responded: "The red marks on it are all the ones set up by Haihan in various places along the coast of Ming Dynasty." ”
On this map, there are red marks starting from Lianzhou Prefecture in Guangxi, advancing along the coastline to the northeast, and reaching a very dense level near the Pearl River Estuary. Not only are there two commercial sites on Hong Kong Island and Dawanshan Island, Hong Kong, and Haizhu Town, which Haihan occupied in the south of Guangzhou City, is only separated from Guangzhou City by the Pearl River.
Further east to the Fujian Strait, Taiwan Island and Penghu Island on the east side of the strait are both Haihan territories. These two places were successfully captured after Haihan used force to expel the Shibazhi and the Spanish. Now they have become important trading centers for Haihan near the Fujian Strait.
After crossing the Fujian Strait, we entered Zhejiang, and the Shipu Port and Zhoushan Islands here have been basically controlled by Haihan. Haihan's two-color flag has even been raised publicly on Zhoushan Island very early. The Zhejiang government also learned from the experience of the Fuguang government, pretending to be deaf and dumb, and turning a blind eye to Haihan's various activities within the territory. As long as Haihan does not raise troops to attack the cities on the mainland, the government will not take the initiative to expel them. This is much better than letting Japanese pirates occupy these islands before.
North of Zhejiang, there was originally only one stronghold at Zhifu Port in Dengzhou, Shandong, but now the enclave of Liaodong has been added, which allows Haihan to echo across the sea in the northern control area, giving him a little more momentum.
If we look at the overall situation and connect these control areas of Haihan with routes, it is not difficult to find that the entire coastline of the Ming Dynasty has actually been covered by various ports, strongholds, and colonies in Haihan. To put it more seriously, the entire Ming Dynasty sea area is under the supervision of Haihan. If Haihan wanted to attack somewhere along the coast and send troops from the nearest stronghold, the voyage would never exceed three days. It can be said to be quite terrifying to have such a power projection capability in this era.
It's just that Li Nai didn't have such a keen military acumen, but he could at least understand the situation represented by this map, and asked Qian Tiandun: "So Liaodong is the northernmost station to fully control the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory?"
Qian Tiandun nodded without hesitation and said: "Your understanding is correct. Controlling Liaodong is equivalent to locking the Bohai Sea. Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Hou Jin Dynasty, they will not be able to ignore our presence in the Bohai Sea area in the future. Although We do not intend to fight with the Ming Dynasty, but I still want to say that Liaodong is an important bargaining capital for us.”
"Bargaining?" Li Nai seemed to understand something: "So you plan to force the court to recognize Haihan's actual control in Liaodong?"
Qian Tiandun responded: "That's it. The right of ownership can be temporarily shelved, but we must recognize our country's actual control over Liaodong and ensure that our country's interests in Liaodong are inviolable."
"Then why do you still keep the Ming army in Dongjiang Town?" Li Nai asked puzzledly: "As long as the court recognizes your special power, Dongjiang Town will be useless. If it doesn't recognize it, then it will be even more useless to keep it. Use! In this case, why not just break up and integrate?”
Li Nai's position in saying this was completely on Haihan's side. It is hard to imagine that he actually has the Ming Dynasty fame and his family roots are still in the Ming Dynasty.
Qian Tiandun said: "There is no rush to recruit. Firstly, it is to avoid the other party's resistance. Secondly, the negotiations between our country and Ming Dynasty have not yet started, and Dongjiang Town is still needed as a buffer. In the future, if the time is right, then the people of Dongjiang Town can be recruited or transformed. , in fact, it is a matter of course.”
Li Nai sighed: "When I came here, I went to the place where the people of Dongjiang Town were resettled on the Bohai Sea. I could see that these people were really grateful to Haihan and treated them like reborn parents. If Dongjiang Town is to be incorporated in the future, these people will The common people were probably the first to come over.”
Although Qian Tiandun personally admitted Haihan's plan to encircle Ming Dynasty from the sea, Li Nai still had some unfinished ideas because he knew that Haihan really had no intention of using force against Ming Dynasty. The purpose of this kind of control was more to open up the sea. sea routes, extending their trade routes to the north as well. In Li Nai's view, in addition, the layout that Haihan spent several years to make may have other deeper purposes.
"Other purposes?" Qian Tiandun heard Li Nai's relentless questioning and felt that it was a bit laborious to explain higher-level strategies to him, so he simply kicked the ball back to Tom Wang: "The rest belong to your navy. It’s over, come and explain to Li Nai”
Wang Tom coughed dryly and said: "Actually, the reason is very simple. The Ming Dynasty has always been the core of trade in the entire Northeast Asia. If countries such as North Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu want to trade with the Ming Dynasty, they can only use the sea route. We control the Ming Dynasty. The maritime territory is equivalent to controlling the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent. In the future, we can even control the international trade of the entire region. How big is the benefit? Is it worth using force in Liaodong to complete this last step? ?”
Controlling the trade of a country or even several countries, this kind of grand chess game is a whole new level for Li Nai, but Haihan's ambitions have always been supported by his terrifying strength. Wang Tom's words seem difficult. It can be done, but the actual situation is that Haihan has already completed part of this huge plan.
(End of chapter)