Chapter 2520
Every Haihan person who has been to Sanya will be proud that their country built such a spectacular and prosperous capital from scratch on the island. Tao Hongfang and others have lived in Sanya since childhood, and have a personal experience of the rapid development and changes of this city. As descendants of high-ranking officials from Haihan, they have been indoctrinated since childhood and regard themselves as the city. The protagonist. It is also a quite novel experience for them to hear a foreigner praise Sanya's construction achievements in Haihan Mandarin far away from Sanya.
Peter was obviously a very qualified businessman. While he was talking, he was also observing the reactions of Tao Hongfang and others. From the barely concealed smiles of these young people, he could confirm that his guess was basically correct. The young people are most likely from Sanya. And that is where the most important people from Haihan are concentrated. Looking at the ages of these young people, they are probably the children of powerful people with prominent backgrounds.
Pete said excitedly: "To be honest, I haven't received a guest from Sanya for a long time. I'm glad that you can come to my hotel today! If possible, I hope you can share Sanya with me. I miss that beautiful place so much.”
This is of course a topic that young people are happy to discuss. Tao Hongfang and others also shared with Peter the construction achievements of the Sanya region in the past two years without hesitation. For example, the recently completed Yulinjiao Lighthouse is not only more than twice as tall as the old lighthouse built more than 20 years ago, but is also equipped with a new bull's-eye lens, allowing the light from the top of the lighthouse to shine farther out to sea. .
The Tiandu River dredging project, which lasted for five years, has also come to an end. Now, small ships with a displacement of less than 40 tons can travel upstream along the Tiandu River directly to the inland industrial areas, which greatly eases the congestion of the railway line. Freight pressure.
Of course, the most boastful project is the airport located west of Sanya. The airport named "Phoenix" is still a scientific research institution and is closely guarded by the military. Although it is not open to the public, it has been regarded as a "miracle" to some extent by the people of Sanya. When the weather is fine, you can occasionally see aircraft taking off and landing here. At this time, people will kneel down and worship, thinking that this is evidence that the "Heavenly Official has come to the world" and transformed into an executive committee to govern Haihan.
"Plane! I saw an article about it in the Times, but I can't imagine what kind of machine it is that can take people to the sky!" Pete responded with excitement: "Wait until I return to Sanya next time , I must go and see its true face!”
Tao Hongfang smiled and said: "Perhaps some time in the future, an airport will be built nearby, and airplanes will also be seen here."
Peter came back to his senses and nodded in response: "Master Tao is right, Haihan has decided to move the capital to Hangzhou. If there is something in Sanya, there will definitely be something in Hangzhou in the future!"
After chatting about Sanya, the relationship between the two parties has become warm. Peter also struck while the iron was hot and took the initiative to introduce the situation of this store.
The Dutch East India Company's establishment of an office in Zhoushan can be traced back nearly twenty years ago. However, at that time, Haihan still maintained strict control over the business activities of Western merchants in this area and did not allow the Dutch to operate in Dinghai Port. Build a large store.
It was not until about fifteen years ago that Haihan basically controlled the situation in Northeast Asia through the Golden State Talks, and then began to gradually loosen restrictions on Western merchants and allow the East India Company to expand its business scale in Dinghai Port. The Dutch, who had long been hungry and thirsty, immediately invested heavily in a large piece of land in the most prime location of Dinghai Port. It took two years to build this large commercial warehouse covering an area of 100 acres to replace the Tai Yuan Port in Taiwan has little development prospects in the field of trade.
After this business warehouse was put into use, the trade volume between the East India Company and the Ming Dynasty immediately tripled, and the considerable profits it brought made the Dutch increase their subsequent investment without hesitation. Not only did they send a lot of capable people from Batavia, but they also followed the local customs and changed the decoration of this store to a Chinese style that is easier to win the favor of customers.
Peter followed his parents to Sanya when he was very young and lived there for a long time. Not only did he learn authentic Haihan Mandarin, but he also had a relatively in-depth understanding of Haihan's customs and social structure. know. Therefore, after he became an adult, he naturally engaged in diplomacy and foreign trade related work.
Before he was transferred to Zhoushan, he had worked for two or three years in the East India Company's official agency in Sanya. Five years ago, he was entrusted with an important task and went to Zhoushan to replace the previous store manager who retired in old age.
Although Peter was young, with his understanding of Haihan and his impeccable communication skills, he achieved results quickly after taking office. He successively purchased several batches of highly profitable and in-demand commodities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, thus winning Bada's reputation. Via's approval. Just after the half-year inspection period, he was officially appointed by the company's board of directors as the person in charge of the Zhoushan Trading Post, and was fully in charge of the East India Company's various trade affairs in the East China Sea region.
This means that on all trade matters, Pete can make decisions on his own without asking Batavia for instructions. This power allowed him to mobilize supplies, funds, personnel and ships in the East China Sea, and sign various commercial agreements with Haihan or other countries on behalf of the East India Company. The scope of his authority was quite wide.
But even so, Peter is not satisfied with the status quo and does not intend to stop at the trade field. In his opinion, if he can manage to make friends with important figures in the high-level leadership of Haihan and establish reliable personal relationships, then the East India Company's commercial interests in East Asia will have a lot of room for development, and this also means that He can have more wealth and greater authority.
Therefore, in the five years since Pitt took office, he has been trying every means to build a network of contacts and established good relationships with officials from the Shi Diwen lineage. However, Shi Diwen is only a local official after all, and his influence on Sanya is still relatively limited. And Sanya is too far away from Zhoushan, so even if Peter wanted to run it, it would be beyond his reach.
Today, I heard from the waiter that some noble-looking out-of-towners had arrived, so Peter planned to come and meet them. If there were any fish, he would first catch them in a net. Unexpectedly, these young people came from Sanya, which made Peter curious about their true identities, so he naturally wanted to test them out.
(End of chapter)