Chapter 2676
After the joint military exercise ended, part of the North Korean navy followed King Yi Zhi back to Seoul. The other part of the troops that was going to Japan with Haehan's fleet stayed at Ganghwa Island to rest and resupply, waiting for Haehan to give orders. Let’s set out together.
The two groups stayed on Ganghwa Island for three days before setting off south to the Port of Busan in the southeastern part of the Korean Peninsula.
At this time, the immigration fleet that originally stayed at Seogwipo Port on Jeju Island was escorted by the navy and headed to Sasebo Port in western Japan. There is no other reason for this. The food and clothing expenses of the immigrant fleet in the local area are almost entirely borne by the local government. Over time, the finances have become somewhat unsustainable, and we don’t know when thousands of immigrants will leave, so we can only ask for help. Yin Changxing complained and asked him to understand the plight of the elders in his hometown and ask Haihan to allocate more money and food to reduce the local burden.
Yin Changxing was only temporarily transferred from Zhoushan to be responsible for the civil affairs of the immigration fleet on the way. He had no authority to dispatch supplies, so he could only report the facts and ask for instructions on how to appease the local area.
Haehan did not want to take advantage of Jeju. He placed the immigration fleet at Seogwipo Port. His original intention was to rendezvous here when returning from Seoul. It’s just that the negotiations in Seoul lasted longer than expected, so no timely adjustments were made to the immigrants temporarily resettled in Seogwipo Port. Moreover, Haihan will go to Busan Port next, going back and forth for several days.
Now that the local government has begun to complain, the officials of the mission decided to let the immigration fleet go to Sasebo Port first. At least it was their own territory, and the supplies and environment were superior to Seogwipo Port.
This is not to take care of the feelings of the Koreans, but these immigrants are of great significance to the colonies in North America. They cannot tolerate any mistakes on the way, and they can feel more at ease if they are transferred to Sasebo Port earlier.
The voyage from Ganghwa Island to Busan Port is about 1,500 miles. The fleet must first reach the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula, then pass through the Jeju Strait between Jeju Island and the mainland, and then go all the way east through Tsushima Island and North Korea. Passing through the Busan Strait, we arrived at Busan Port.
The fleet hurriedly and slowly arrived at the sea outside Busan Port in only two days.
"This place was the main trading port in southern Korea more than two hundred years ago. However, due to the constant war between Korea and Japan, the development of Busan Port has not been smooth. More than fifty years ago, it was once used as a trading port. The Japanese occupied it for several years, and there are still many traces left by the Japanese here. ”
This was not the first time Wang Anguo came to Busan Port, so he briefly introduced the situation here to everyone, but then he changed the subject and said: "Since our country formed an alliance with North Korea, there have also been Chinese businessmen here. In terms of trade activities, our country’s influence here may be greater than that of Japan.”
This is no lie, because everyone has seen a very conspicuous Haihan-style lighthouse standing high on Yingdao, which guards the entry and exit channels. Its appearance is almost 70-80% similar to the lighthouse outside Sanya Victory Port.
"That lighthouse looks really familiar...could it be a project assisted by our country?" Tao Hongfang naturally saw the mystery at a glance, and confirmed his idea to Wang Anguo.
Wang Anguo nodded and said: "That's right. We just used the ready-made drawings of the Victory Port Lighthouse. At that time, even the foreman was transferred from China. However, there was an episode when building the lighthouse. The King of North Korea said that etiquette must be followed. , this lighthouse cannot be built to the same height as Victory Port, so it was lowered three feet during construction to show respect for our country.”
Hearing this, Tao Hongfang chuckled and said: "It seems that he still gained something when he went to study in Sanya." Of course, Li Zhi saw the lighthouse outside Victory Harbor with his own eyes when he was studying in Sanya, and maybe he even went up there in person, so he put it in In the matter of building the Busan Port Lighthouse, he proposed to "follow the etiquette". Having said that, of course Haihan doesn't have such particularity. It's just Li Zhi adding drama to gain favor for himself.
Just kidding, but it can be seen that Haehan has had a great influence on the infrastructure construction projects of Busan Port in recent years. When the fleet sailed into the harbor, they could clearly see that in addition to the lighthouse outside the port, the terminal facilities of Busan Port also adopted the Haihan Port standard design. The cantilever cranes and the animal-drawn rail cars that pass between the dock and the warehouse are all facilities with obvious Haihan brand.
If they hadn't already clearly known that this was Busan Port, people who came here for the first time would probably think that this was the territory under Haihan's rule. The degree of influence of Haehan here is even more obvious than that of Jeju Island, which is closer to Haehan.
The combined fleet sailed into the port in a mighty manner and occupied more than twenty berths at once. The flagship Zhoushan occupied two normal berths due to its huge hull. The port was notified in advance and not only prepared the berths, but also sent small boats to lead the fleet into the port. The entire docking process was quite orderly.
Local officials in Busan were already waiting in line on the pier. They were going to welcome not only the distinguished Haihan delegation, but also Andao Shi, who was on a patrol on behalf of the imperial court.
In addition to the local government, the local Haihan Chamber of Commerce also organized a group of leading figures to come to the port to greet him, including Fu Li's eldest son Fu Guoqing.
Fu Guoqing's appearance almost copied his father's, with deep eyes, broad nose, dark complexion, and a strong body, so everyone recognized his identity without any introduction.
However, although this person seemed a bit rude, he was very polite when he spoke: "My lords, you have worked hard all the way. I, Fu Guoqing, together with my colleagues from the local chamber of commerce, would like to welcome you all to Busan!"
Fu Guoqing is probably a little younger than the people in the mission, but his performance is quite stable. It's no wonder that Fu Li is relieved to send him to Busan permanently.
Fu Li had good personal relationships with the fathers of these young officials in the mission. It could be said that he was one of the very few naturalized officials who had broken through the ranks. Naturally, everyone would not regard Fu Guoqing as an ordinary person. In addition, we need to rely on this person for this mission to Busan, so everyone has to come up and say a few polite words to shorten the distance.
On the contrary, when facing local government officials, there is no need to be too polite, just show the style of the heavenly dynasty. Moreover, what Fu Li said about the situation in Busan Port when he was in Ganghwa Island before made it difficult for them to have any good impression of the local government. It would be good to have a business-like attitude.
(End of chapter)