Chapter 2548
Although Tao Hongfang was aware of Wang Anguo's position, he had limited knowledge of Wang Anguo's family background. In fact, he still thought of the relationship between the Shi and Wang families too simply.
Wang Tom and Shi Diwen were not only very good friends before traveling through time, but also became tacit partners after coming to this time and space. Among the people who came from North America to participate in the crossing operation, Qiao Zhiya switched careers from the army to the Ministry of Industry, Johnson settled in Sanya to concentrate on medical teaching and research, Morgan fought abroad in his early years, and later returned to work at the Army Academy in Sanya, and Roger worked in remote areas all year round. led troops to garrison in the South China Sea. The only people who really have the opportunity to meet frequently are Tom Wang and Diwen Shi.
Although Wang Tom is the second-in-command of the Ministry of National Defense and Commander of the Haihan Navy, he rarely stays in Sanya and leads troops in Northeast Asia all year round. Zhoushan Dinghai Port under Shi Diwen's rule is Haihan's largest military base in Northeast Asia, and it naturally has to provide various logistic services for Wang Tom's fleet. Therefore, Wang Tom visits Zhoushan far more often than he returns to Sanya.
Compared with the several areas controlled by Haihan in the north, Zhoushan's security and trade environment are incomparably superior. Therefore, some of the industries under Wang Tom's name are also placed in Shi Diwen's jurisdiction, and through investment Many official industries in the Donghai Region have been added through equity participation. For example, the commercial district development of Dinghai Port, the Ningbo Xiangshan Salt Field Project, etc. all had Tom Wang’s shares at the beginning of their establishment.
From this perspective, the rise and fall of the Donghai Region is also closely related to Wang Tom. Although Wang Tom is not a businessman and has limited interest in money, his desired goals require a large amount of funds to start. Therefore, he has continued to invest in Donghai Region, which has a better operating environment, and uses the profits obtained from these industries to Feed back his military expansion plan. The Donghai Region enjoys various special treatments among Haihan's many overseas colonies, and can even develop and build large warships on its own. This is also inseparable from the support provided by Wang Tom, a member of the Executive Committee.
In terms of military affairs, Wang Tom wanted to build an advance fleet to expedition to North America, and Shi Diwen also wanted to expand the size of the East China Sea Fleet. Both parties had the same goal of expanding military power, so this also promoted the Zhoushan Shipyard to become the largest in Northeast Asia. shipyard. After Wang Tom took the advance fleet to the other side of the ocean, Zhoushan Shipyard will continue to build warships for this fleet thousands of miles away. Supervising the construction and acceptance of the new batch of warships is also one of Wang Anguo's main tasks when he returns this time.
For the Wangs and his son, Shi Diwen has a solid position in Haihan, so that he can provide continuous and stable logistical support for the advance troops in North America. Wang Anguo understands the secrets of this, and will naturally take the stand in the choice of position. Shi Diwen aside.
However, in Wang Anguo's view, the problems Tao Hongfang and others encountered in Hangzhou were really not a big deal. These were just minor problems that occurred during the communication process. If the officials in Hangzhou followed Sanya's opinions on everything, he felt that would be really unjustifiable.
"Everyone, it's almost time. I think it's time to leave for Master Shi's mansion." Tao Hongfang saw that his entourage who had left the city to pick up things had returned, so he proposed to leave for the appointment.
The entourage brought various gifts that they brought to Hangzhou, and they were temporarily stored in Qiong Lianfa's inn yesterday. Although they didn't know whether they would be summoned by Shi Diwen alone when they arrived, they each prepared some gifts. At this time, going to Shi Mansion for a banquet would come in handy.
Although it was the first time for Tao Hongfang and others to come to Hangzhou and they were not familiar with the local situation, now that Wang Anguo was here, they didn't have to worry about finding the way to Shifu. The entourage had rented a caravan in advance and was waiting on the roadside so that Tao Hongfang and five other people could ride in the same car and continue discussing topics on the road.
The group rode a carriage westward through the city and exited the city through Yongjin Gate. There are two gates, one water gate and one dry gate, through which vehicles and ships can enter and leave Hangzhou. Wang Anguo told everyone an allusion, saying that when the heroes of Liangshan conquered Fang La, Langli Baitiao Zhang was responsible for leading the troops to attack Yongjinmen. After fighting for half a month with no results, Zhang Shun wanted to rely on his own ability to escape from Yongjinmen at night. Jinshuimen entered the city, but unfortunately was discovered by the defenders and died on the spot.
After hearing this, Bai Letong laughed and said: "Although the story is good, most of the heroic deeds in the Water Margin are made up by predecessors. It sounds like fun, but it cannot be taken seriously!"
"Water Margin" was published at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. It has been more than two hundred years ago and has been widely circulated among the people. These young people have also read this book. However, their vision and knowledge are naturally far beyond that of ordinary people. They can only read this kind of books, but under the education of their parents, they will not blindly believe in the incredible plots in the stories.
Wang Anguo did not refute Bai Letong, and nodded: "But Brother Bai may not know something. Shi Naian, who wrote the story of Water Margin, lived in Hangzhou for a long time. The description of Hangzhou's city defense in his book also Basically consistent with the actual situation here.”
When the military topic of "city defense" came up, Ha Jianyi also became interested and interjected: "If our army attacks Yongjinmen, why would it take half a month? If we can't take it in three days, the general should apologize on his own!"
Wang Anguo said: "I have read in the information that about twenty years ago, our Haihan Army dispatched a fleet to the city of Hangzhou to block shipping on the Qiantang River and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, forcing the Zhejiang government at the time to agree to grant our country local rights. The right to trade. At that time, the defenders of Hangzhou were unable to fight back. If our army sent troops to attack the city, it would not be too difficult to capture the city! "
Tao Hongfang said: "It may not be difficult to capture the city of Hangzhou, but with the strength of our country at the time, we may not be able to occupy this area for a long time, let alone implement the rule like now."
Ha Jianyi nodded in agreement: "Hong Fang is right. If they only wanted to win, the Haihan Army twenty years ago would have been able to defeat the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. However, what the Executive Committee wants is the welfare of the people in the world, and they do not want to let war bring disaster. That’s why the people of the world tolerated it for so many years, and only took action to seize the world after their national power far surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty. The broad-minded vision of our fathers is really a model for us to learn from!”
Everyone agreed, and what they knew about Haihan was almost all from the words and deeds of their fathers, and the various grievances between Haihan and Ming Dynasty were all based on Haihan's own official statement. Although Haihan did not directly capture Hangzhou when he sent troops in 1635, in their view, from that time on, the city of Hangzhou had already been in Haihan's possession.
(End of chapter)