Chapter 2483
The Haihan National Day in 1649 was not much different from the past twenty years. The urban area of Sanya, the capital of the country, was decorated with red and colorful banners celebrating the festival. The red and blue Haihan national flags were hung outside shops of all sizes on both sides of the Sanya landscape. Many merchants took advantage of the situation and launched some holiday promotions, attracting a large number of people to stop and watch on the streets.
The front pages of several newspapers published recently are all commentary articles exaggerating the atmosphere of National Day. The general content is naturally to trace the various construction achievements made by Haihan in the past year and to praise the wisdom and prowess of the Executive Committee. Most of the other pages were purchased by various overseas colonial areas to promote local development and construction achievements.
For example, the wealthy Donghai Colonial District bought a full page of the National Day special issue of the Haihan Times, listing the various political achievements of the region last year.
Today, the scope of the East China Sea Colonial Zone is no longer just the Zhoushan Islands. Most of the former Ningbo Prefecture has also been placed under its jurisdiction. Even the administrative seat of the colonial zone has been moved from Zhoushan Dinghai Port to Ningbo City. The trade measures implemented by Haihan attracted a lot of wealth, and it became the most prosperous area in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.
In addition to Ningbo Prefecture, the Jeju Island area, which was originally part of North Korea, has now become a concession under Haihan due to the debt issue between the two countries, and has also been included in the jurisdiction of the East China Sea Colonial Zone.
In addition, there is the Sasebo Bay area located in the northwest of Kyushu Island, Japan, which is also one of the jurisdictions of the Tokai Colonial Zone. This is not only Haihan's only military base in the Japanese archipelago, but it also serves as a trading port. Similar to Zhoushan Dinghai Port, there is also a dedicated area in Sasebo Bay to receive merchant ships and sailors from all over the world.
Because Japan implemented a strict isolation policy during this period, even traditional trading partners such as the Netherlands and Portugal were greatly restricted. There was only one foreign trade window left in the country, Nagasaki Port. However, the arrival of Haihan broke this closed situation. Sasebo Bay, not far from Nagasaki, quickly became the international trade center of the Japanese archipelago because it followed Haihan's mature trade system.
Moreover, under the coercion of the Haihan East China Sea Fleet, Japan was forced to open up trade rights to Osaka, Nagoya, Edo, etc., allowing Haihan merchants to enter these areas to engage in trade activities.
Of course, such special treatment is exclusive to Haihan. Other foreign countries are not eligible to enjoy the same treatment. They can only set up trading institutions in Sasebo Bay to complete the sale of goods and the delivery of money locally.
Even if the Japanese shogunate was dissatisfied with this situation, they could only swallow their anger. After all, when Kaihan was angry, the armed fleet would sail into Edo Bay at any time and even bombard Edo Castle. No one could bear the consequences.
Jeju Island and Sasebo Bay are both located near the Tsushima Strait between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago. Therefore, it is not only the trade relationship between Japan and Haihan that is affected by this, but the traditional trade between Japan and North Korea also has to accept Haihan’s regulations. supervision.
The East China Sea Colonial Zone has a decisive influence on maritime trade among the four East Asian countries, and it is natural to rely on this influence to earn huge profits from international trade. Therefore, the political achievements of the East China Sea Colonial Zone published in the "Haihan Times" are mainly in the economic field. Although the area under its jurisdiction is relatively small among overseas colonial zones, the taxes paid by the East China Sea Colonial Zone to the national treasury The number is one of the best, even surpassing the Fuguang area that was recently incorporated under Haihan's rule. Such publicity measures are not only to show merit to the Executive Committee, but also attract a lot of funds and talents from Haihan to the East China Sea Colonial Zone, and the effect is quite significant. After all, in addition to flaunting the achievements of the East China Sea Colonial Zone, this full-page advertisement also contains prominent investment and recruitment content, and these things related to the vital interests of the people will bring more resources to the East China Sea Colonial Zone.
Overseas colonial areas that believe they have certain advantages in certain aspects will use similar methods to promote themselves in order to attract domestic resources. For example, the Beihai Colonial Zone, located in the Yellow and Bohai Sea region, has a different recruitment direction from the East China Sea Colonial Zone, which specializes in commerce, trade and navigation.
The jurisdiction of the Beihai Colonial Zone is equivalent to the northern border of the Haihan Kingdom. It has long been required to fight openly and covertly with two powerful opponents, the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Therefore, military construction has always been a top priority, and the main targets for recruitment are top students from various military cadets in Sanya. . As the colonial area with the most frequent foreign military operations at this stage, serving in the Beihai Colonial Area will naturally provide you with more opportunities to win military honors. For young officers who are interested in developing in the military, this is indeed a good way out.
Although the situation in the area where the Beihai Colonial Zone is located is not too stable, the economic situation in the area is not bad. There are copper and gold mines under exploitation in Dengzhou District, Shandong Province, and there are also iron, silver, lead, and zinc in the area. , graphite, phosphorus and other mineral deposits need to be developed; the Datong River area of North Korea has initially established a media-iron composite industry, as well as civilian industries such as shipbuilding and salt production; although there are no high-value industries in the Liaodong Peninsula for the time being, with the development of Haihan in the local area As the rule gradually stabilized, a large number of Han people continued to flee from the Manchu-controlled areas in the Northeast and fled to the relatively safe areas under Haihan rule.
Therefore, in addition to military talents, the recruitment direction of the Beihai Colonial Zone also requires a large number of grassroots officials to govern the local area. Anyone who is interested in this and has a certain cultural foundation can sign up. It does not matter even if they have not worked in government affairs before. To this end, the Beihai Colonial Zone has established an administrative college in Dengzhou, Shandong Province that specializes in training grassroots officials. The 100-day short-term training method is used to train managers at the village and town levels in batches.
This approach in the Beihai Colonial Zone is actually not the first of its kind. Haihan’s territory is expanding every year, and new territories will inevitably require a large number of grassroots officials to take over. However, Haihan does not have enough talent reserves, so it can only be done through intensive training. To train grassroots officials in batches, and then gradually select outstanding talents among them through their tenure performance.
However, the training period in the Beihai Colonial Area is much shorter than that in the southern area, and the competition is not so fierce, which relatively lowers the threshold for becoming an official. This is very attractive to young people who are interested in pursuing an official career but lack background.
Of course, this is also a rare opportunity for the many ordinary time-travelers who are looking for a good future for future generations but lack connections. The employment conditions in overseas colonial areas are more relaxed than those in China. They can have an overview of the needs of each overseas colonial area at one time and choose the path that is most suitable for the development of future generations.
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