Chapter 1927
It is certainly no secret how Haihan has helped its partners solve the problem of insufficient funds in the past few years. Population, land, asset mortgages...as long as Haihan's conditions can be agreed to, basically all financial issues can be solved. solve. Li Xi has been in Haihan for a long time, and naturally he will not miss collecting this semi-public information. Therefore, when Tian Zheng mentioned related topics before, he was unwilling to stand up for Haihan's actions because he knew that it was likely to happen next. The same thing happens when it's your country's turn.
Although the final results of these cooperation projects can basically achieve a win-win situation, Li Xi is still unwilling to see his country forced to make greater compromises due to funding issues. He didn't know what kind of exchange conditions Haihan would eventually offer to his country, but it must be a very difficult deal for North Korea.
Later that day, Li Mu learned more detailed information from Li Xi. He was not particularly surprised by this. After all, it was well known that the Haihan people were good at calculations, so they should be given financial help and support. , a corresponding price must be paid to them - just like asking them to send troops to help North Korea retreat from its enemies.
"It's to be expected... I just hope that the conditions they impose are not too harsh... Well, if our country could be a little richer, many things wouldn't be so difficult!" Li Shu couldn't help but think of the empty treasury. I sighed a few words.
Whether it is forming a new army or jointly developing industrial projects with Haihan, after all, the word money cannot be avoided. For North Korea, the funding problem has become the biggest obstacle to recovery. If this problem cannot be properly resolved, all the pie that Haihan draws to North Korea will only turn into soap bubbles that may burst at any time.
"Your Majesty, I don't think it's appropriate to discuss too much with these Haihan officials about funding matters. They may not know more than we do. They may just be talking about this topic to test our tone. It's better to wait for the inspection trip. After returning to Sanya, I will directly interview the senior officials of the executive committee." Only then did Li Xi put forward his opinion.
After getting along with each other for these days, Li Pu now has a lot of trust in Li Xi and obeys his advice. He takes it seriously at the moment and nods in agreement with Li Xi's suggestion.
"Li Xi, I think there is no need to stay and visit here anymore. What do you think?" Li Meng is really not very interested in the local salt field. Although the scene is very spectacular, the content is very boring. In his opinion, it is He kept filling water into large and small pools repeatedly, and then waited for the sun and wind to turn the salt water in the pool into white sea salt. Although Luo Shengdong explained that there were many technical details in the production process, Li Shu couldn't understand most of them and naturally found it boring.
Li Xi could probably think of Li Pu's feelings, and nodded and replied: "Yinggehai has a single industry, and there really aren't many things to visit. Then I'll bid farewell to Mr. Luo early tomorrow morning and set off for the next stop. Then. Changhua is known as the steel capital of Haihan, and you will definitely gain something different when you go there.”
According to the itinerary agreed upon by both parties in advance, the next stop of Li Bo's trip was Changhua. This is also the largest industrial base on Hainan Island besides Sanya. For foreign visitors who want to absorb advanced development experience from Hainan, Changhua is indeed a place not to be missed.
The itinerary this time is very free. North Korea can also make adjustments on the way. It only needs to inform the accompanying Haihan diplomats in advance to facilitate re-arrangement. According to the original itinerary, Li Bo would stay in Yinggehai for two days and two nights, but if he left here tomorrow, he would actually only stay for one day and two nights. Of course, this is not a problem. If Li Bo had left Yinggehai earlier, Luo Shengdong might have secretly breathed a sigh of relief, so that he no longer had to work so hard to serve these old men from Sanya.
Considering that he might have to take a boat to sea again tomorrow, Li Bo took a rest early. However, Captain Xue and his group, who were waiting for the opportunity to take action in the dark, did not have a good rest that night. The area around the Guesthouse is still heavily guarded with security as last night, and you don't dare to get too close. I want to take more proactive measures, but I have no idea how the North Koreans will arrange their schedule for the next day, and it is completely impossible to make arrangements in advance.
From arriving here last night to now, they haven't even seen the target person they want to deal with in person. Only three or four people in the entire team recognized the appearance of the Joseon Crown Prince, including Captain Xue. That was when the Joseon Crown Prince glanced at him from a distance during the military parade in Victory Square. The impression in his mind is changing with time. Slowly fade away as time goes by. To be honest, if the other party appeared in front of them now, they might not be able to recognize him immediately.
If the two ships that the North Koreans were on were not still anchored at the Yinggehai port, they would not even have a way to confirm whether the North Koreans were still staying locally. Although they tried hard to track the official convoy in the morning, their surveillance methods were extremely primitive. In fact, they still don’t know if there were any North Koreans in that convoy. The situation can be described as quite passive.
When no one can see them, the plan to take action is just talk on paper. Captain Xue knows this very well, so that night he did not mention a word whether he should take action against the Koreans the next day. He just divided his men into several groups in advance. I plan to take turns monitoring the movements of the guests at the guest house, so that I won't be as tired as today. In addition, he also asked people to hire a few more carriages at the carriage house in advance, so that he could hide his whereabouts and achieve wider surveillance at the same time.
Although there was no basis for it, Captain Xue had an intuition that there would probably be no opportunity for them to take action in Yinggehai. But from the perspective of pursuing successful results, this is not necessarily a bad thing. If you rush to take action in the current completely passive situation, it is better to continue to wait patiently for a better opportunity to appear. Anyway, the prince of Joseon did not disappear after leaving Yinggehai. You can continue to follow him to the next location.
Captain Xue looked at the map of Hainan Island on the table. He was almost certain that the Koreans' next stop would be Changhua, two hundred miles north of Yingge Sea. But the same problem will continue to trouble him in Changhua, that is, there is no one in this team who is from Changhua or who is familiar with the local environment. This means that even if you follow the North Koreans to the area, they will probably be blind and need to spend time understanding the local environment.
Captain Xue couldn't understand why the superiors were so eager to deal with the Joseon Crown Prince. If he could be given a month or two to slowly prepare and plan an action plan, it would be much better than the current unprepared and random action.
Captain Xue's feelings are mainly limited by the level of information he has access to. The purpose of those who planned this incident is of course to destroy the diplomatic relations between North Korea and Haihan by attacking the crown prince of Joseon, but this is just Captain Xue Reasons that can be thought of. The deeper reasons are beyond his knowledge. For example, if the relationship between North Korea and Haihan breaks down, who will be the biggest beneficiary? It may be difficult for him to have a clear answer to such a question.
The plan to attack the Crown Prince of Joseon on Hainan Island was actually just one link in a huge plan. In addition, there were other means being implemented in different places.
The communication methods in this era are still extremely primitive. To command a huge plan with a large time span across regions, and without the blessing of Haihan's black communication technology, the time for the message to be delivered on the road may be calculated in months. The executor has only a few opportunities to issue instructions, and cannot estimate the right timing in the process. Therefore, he can only issue some relatively general orders to the executor, specifying only the results of the action.
Unfortunately, Captain Xue received just such an order. There was no mission statement and no specific time for action. He was only asked to organize an action as soon as possible to deal with the Joseon Crown Prince who visited Haihan. Although the superiors gave him great autonomy and did not consider the cost at all, the difficulty of this kind of operation was also obvious. It was extremely difficult for them to even see the target person, let alone assassinate him. The situation on the second day once again exceeded Captain Xue's expectations. There was no large group of people traveling to the Guest House all morning. It was not until almost noon that the team suddenly set off. The destination was not the salt field outside the county seat, but went straight to the salt field. County government. Captain Xue couldn't figure out what kind of medicine the Koreans were selling in the gourd, so he could only arrange for his men to continue to monitor the activities of the county government.
In fact, the reason is very simple. Li Xi conveyed his farewell message to Luo Shengdong through Tian Zheng early in the morning. However, Luo Shengdong had to fulfill the etiquette and arranged a banquet for them to practice at noon. So there were no other visits arranged during this half day, and the two parties waited to say goodbye after lunch.
So Captain Xue and his group saw that the convoy's direction after leaving the county government once again exceeded their expectations, and they headed straight for the seaside port.
"They are leaving here! Follow them quickly!" Captain Xue quickly figured out the other party's intentions. He immediately arranged for his men to go to the residence to take out the luggage, and then rushed to the dock to meet them.
When a group of people rushed to the port, Luo Shengdong had already seen off Li Bo and his party and headed back. Seeing the two sailboats slowly leaving the port, Captain Xue knew that he was a step too late, but he was not frustrated at all. After all, even if he could arrive in time, he would probably still not be able to enter this cordoned off pier. And anyway, you can predict where the opponent will go next, and you will be able to follow him after all.
When the boat of Captain Xue and his group sailed out of Yinggehai Harbor, they were only about half an hour behind the Koreans. However, due to the difference in speed, they could almost only see the mast tops of the two ships in front. Captain Xue was no longer in a hurry at this time. Instead, he ordered his men to slow down and not follow too closely, so as not to expose their whereabouts.
"Brother Ding, there is no boat to follow us today, right?" Zhang Qianzhi has not forgotten what happened after setting off from Victory Port. Even if it was just a coincidence at the time, he needs to confirm again that it is indeed a coincidence.
"Brother Zhang, I told you that day, who dares to follow a naval warship on the coast of Hainan Island? It is obviously a coincidence. Don't think about it anymore. There is no ship following us today." Ding Xu was cautious about Zhang Qianzhi Caution is somewhat disapproving.
Zhang Qianzhi smiled and thanked Ding Xu for his advice. He knew that having a ship following him that day did not necessarily mean he had bad intentions, and that if there were no abnormal conditions today, it did not necessarily mean that the sea was truly calm. In this business, he must sail carefully and be vigilant at all times.
Gai Liangcai heard the conversation between the two from the side. After Ding Xu left, he asked Zhang Qianzhi: "Brother Zhang noticed something wrong?"
Zhang Qianzhi shook his head and said: "That's not the case. It's a professional habit. I always double check where there may be loopholes. What, did Brother Gai find anything?"
Gai Liangcai hesitated for a moment and said: "I can't say I found it, but I have always had a strange feeling during the past two days in Yinggehai."
"Oh? How does it feel?" Zhang Qianzhi asked curiously.
"I always feel like as soon as I leave the county government office or guest house, someone is watching me secretly." Gai Liangcai frowned and said, "But I also paid careful attention to my surroundings, and I didn't find anything unusual."
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Zhang Qianzhi thought for a while and said: "Luo Shengdong arranged for his personal guards to join the security. Maybe he has other arrangements besides the people under your command."
"Brother Zhang is right. Apart from his men, no one else in the local area will be interested in our team. But this old Luo is a bit uninteresting. He actually secretly hides his secrets, even us. I kept it secret, and I have to settle the score with him the next time we meet!" Gai Liangcai felt that Zhang Qianzhi's reason made perfect sense, and he felt relieved immediately.
Zhang Qianzhi smiled, but secretly recorded the matter in his heart. He knew that with the establishment of Luo Shengdong's personal security guards, it was theoretically impossible to have extra manpower to make other secret arrangements, and there was no need to resort to such means. Luo Shengdong's attitude in the past two days was that he was extremely confident in the local security situation. He left his personal guard to Gai Liangcai's command just to show his attitude. There was no need to play tricks in secret.
Zhang Qianzhi decided to wait until he arrived in Changhua and take the time to send a telegram back to Yinggehai to confirm the matter with Luo Shengdong. Of course, Gai Liangcai's feeling might be an illusion, but even if it was an illusion, he had to verify it again. However, he did not disclose this matter to Gai Liangcai, lest the other party would be too nervous.
The fleet composed of these two sailing ships headed north after leaving Yinggehai. After eight hours of sailing, they arrived at Changhua Port at dusk that night. The fortune ship hanging behind was not so smooth. At this time, it was still dozens of miles away from Changhua Port. Because the sky was getting dark and the surrounding environment was unfamiliar, we could only slow down further and follow the moonlight. The coastline moves slowly.
(End of chapter)