Chapter 2643
Hao Zhixing was with Harugong and taught by his words and deeds, and he learned very good horse-raising skills. The various rules and regulations of this military horse farm were formulated by Harugong that year and are still in use today. Even details such as fodder stacking have corresponding technical standards. Visitors can't help but admire and think that Hao Zhixing's management of this place is excellent. Called excellent.
Hao Zhixing continued: "Since the operation of the Jeju Military Horse Racing Farm, it has also played a significant role in local development. Although we only have a staff of more than 100 people here, the number of people who rely on the military horse racing farm-related industries to make a living is comparable to this number. Much more!”
An Wenbo, the governor who accompanied him, took over and said: "What Mr. Hao said is true. The operation of the military horse farm has benefited local farmers a lot. For example, growing and supplying the concentrates needed by the military horse farm alone can support the farmers." A lot of people.”
Military horse farms only have fodder that can basically meet their needs through self-production and self-sales. The various concentrates used to feed military horses are almost all crops. Military horse farms do not organize planting on their own, and the cost of shipping them from overseas is too high, so they generally It's sourced locally.
The long-standing practice has been for the military horse farm to sign contracts with nearby farmers to purchase certain fixed crops from them on a long-term basis, such as beans, grains, etc. In this way, the feed supply of the military horse farm is guaranteed, and nearby farmers also have stable income.
Of course, the benefits brought by the military horse farm to the local area are far more than this. Although the military horse farm has only a few hundred people, there are four to five hundred people including the family members accompanying the army. The villagers in Racecourse Village next to the Military Racecourse are basically composed of employees and their families of the Military Racecourse.
The income of these people is much higher than that of local people, so it also drives nearby consumption to a certain extent. Of course, there will also be many local Koreans who go to Machang Village to work for the Haihan people in order to make a living, and even try to marry them to find a good future for their families.
The supporting medical clinic and primary school in Machang Village have also become resources that nearby North Korean people can share. For the North Korean people, this is a real improvement in the quality of life and a benefit that they can personally feel. Whether it is economic gains or improvements in life, these are benefits that local governments in the past could not bring them.
In this way, day after day, year after year, the new generation reads the teaching materials provided by Haihan, uses the daily necessities produced by Haihan, and earns wages paid by Haihan. The information they come into contact with every day comes from Haihan’s propaganda. , naturally there is no need to say more about where their hearts are.
The actual effects have gradually begun to appear in recent years. In the Jeju Island area, hundreds of North Koreans actively submit applications for immigration and naturalization to Haehan every year, and the number is increasing year by year. It may seem like a small number, but you must know that the entire North Korean population on Jeju Island is only about 10,000 people. The fact that so many people want to naturalize Haehan already speaks volumes about the people's aspirations.
The local government is not completely unaware of this changing trend, but there is a tacit understanding between An Wenbo and Haihan, and no one will take the initiative to break this layer of paper. You must know that more than 80% of the various daily necessities imported by Haihan to the Jeju market are sold through channels controlled by An Wenbo. He himself is one of the biggest beneficiaries of cooperation with Haihan, and naturally he will not destroy this kind of daily necessities. harmonious situation.
Perhaps one day in the future, Jeju Island will break away from North Korea in some form and officially join Haihan's camp, but as long as this change does not harm An Wenbo's interests, he will not stop this trend in advance.
The military horse farm is just a microcosm of Haihan's business operations in Jeju Island. In addition, there are many operating institutions that can drive local economic development to a certain extent and also subtly affect the local people. values and mentality. Shi Chengwu and his party then visited several industries run by Haihan merchants, including farms engaged in growing cash crops, workshops responsible for deep processing of agricultural products, and business stores engaged in cross-border trade. There are both private industries and production units affiliated with various official departments, of varying sizes, but the common point is that they are closely linked to the interests of local people, and almost without exception employ a large number of local workers.
Zhu Zian accompanied him all the way and listened to the introductions of relevant operators. He was increasingly surprised by the extent of Haihan's penetration in Jeju Island. Haihan has so many local industries, and I am afraid that a considerable number of people on the island are relying on these industries to make a living, and the influence it has is naturally self-evident.
This is just an island under the jurisdiction of North Korea, and it has almost become a colony of Haihan. He can hardly imagine what a seaport city like Zhoushan in North Korea will look like.
This also reminded Zhu Zian of the situation in the Ming Dynasty. Haihan's penetration in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty should be far greater than that of North Korea, such as Denglai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. These places have been penetrated by Haihan through various channels many years ago. It's no wonder that once Haihan launched his attack, there was no decent resistance in these places. The local officials immediately changed their banners and turned it into Haihan's territory.
As for the southern region where Haihan's influence is said to be even greater, there is probably no need to think too much about it. I'm afraid the people no longer regard themselves as people of the Ming Dynasty. It’s no wonder that the Ming Dynasty almost lost control of the Lingnan region more than ten years ago. It can be seen that the impact of this bundle of interests is really difficult to resist, and its power is probably no less than Haihan’s powerful ships and guns.
Zhu Zian observed An Wenbo and found that he had no grudges against Haihan's methods. He proudly introduced the results of some cooperation projects to Shi Chengwu and others. It seems that Haihan will provide him with a Jeju project in a few years. He should also be happy to accept the position of director of the island management committee.
But this cannot be blamed for An Wenbo's lack of firm stance. He himself is a bureaucrat supported by Haihan, and his honor and disgrace are closely related to the support given by Haihan. If he wants to put himself in a position of opposition to Haihan to safeguard North Korea's interests, then it will probably not be long before a new governor replaces him.
The Korean king in Seoul did not speak out about this, so what qualifications did he, a local official, have to oppose Haihan.
Even the Ming Dynasty failed to withstand Haihan's competition in the end, so how could the small North Korea hold on?
Zhu Zian quickly understood the stakes and felt relieved about the situation he saw in front of him. In the face of Haehan's powerful national power, neither he nor Jeju Island Governor Yin Anwenbo was just a pawn in Haehan's hands.
(End of chapter)