Chapter 2865
Once you determine what attitude you want to take towards the development plan of the Northern Region, the rest is simple.
Regarding the construction, development and operation of open-pit coal mines, Haihan has extremely rich operating experience. It has clear and mature rules on the investment required in the early stage, the construction of supporting facilities, problems that may arise during production and operation, and the method of profit distribution. normative system.
As early as more than 20 years ago, Haihan developed the Black Tugang Coal Mine in northern Annan. It is also the coal mine with the longest operation time and the largest production capacity under Haihan's rule. The continuous local coal production is still the main energy source for various industrial projects in Hainan Island, providing a stable and reliable guarantee for Haihan's industrial development.
Now, under the Northern Region, there are also Longkou Coal Mine in Dengzhou and many small coal mines in the Datong River Basin in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula that are in production. Of course, if the coal produced in these places is transported to the interior of Liaodong for industrial production, the freight cost will be difficult to ignore. Therefore, the development of coal mines in Liaoyang and Fushun is also imperative.
The next thing the Ministry of Industry needs to do is to provide the northern region with various engineering machinery and technical personnel needed for mining. Although a large amount of development investment is required in the early stage, based on past experience, once these large mines are put into operation, the speed of repayment will be very fast, and there is almost no need to consider future profitability issues.
To put it bluntly, even if the Northern Region cannot come up with so much cash for development at the moment, Haihan Bank will not hesitate to provide loans to such high-quality projects that are guaranteed to make money without losing money.
Bai Kesi and Chen Yixin quickly finalized the cooperation matters. As for the specific details, the people below will discuss them.
Just as the group was about to return to Shenyang, an uninvited guest arrived in Fushun. After receiving the report from his subordinates, Chen Yixin immediately canceled his schedule and wanted to meet the visitor in Fushun.
"It's Geng Jimao, King of Jingnan. He should have been sent to Shenyang by Shunzhi to negotiate with us about Qingyang Fort. Since we met here, let's just meet." Chen Yixin explained to Bai Kesi the identity of this uninvited guest. identity, and invited Bai Kesi to attend the meeting.
"Geng Jimao?" Bai Ke thought for a moment about the title "King of Jingnan" and then realized who this person was: "Is he Geng Zhongming's son?"
Chen Yixin nodded and said: "That's right. His father died six or seven years ago, and he succeeded him and commanded the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army. Logically speaking, he should not be responsible for diplomatic matters as a military attache. Shunzhi probably considered him He was sent here because of his Han identity.”
The Manchu Qing sent Han military attaches to negotiate with Haihan. In fact, there was no lack of precedent before. As early as 1639, Shang Kexi, another Han military attache who was crowned king in the Qing Dynasty, held armistice negotiations with Chen Yixin and others in Jinzhou. Although these Han officials who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty could be crowned kings and nobles in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in fact, most of the time they were just tool men. When it came to negotiations, which required someone to come out and take the blame, the Han officials were often asked to take the blame. Got the order.
Chen Yixin and Bai Kesi's inspection of Fushun was a secret trip that was not known to the outside world. Naturally, Geng Jimao did not expect to meet Chen Yixin in Fushun. He just reported his trip to the Fushun garrison as usual. After receiving the notification from Haihan, he Then he asked his team to transfer to Fushun City and went straight to the official office in the city to see Chen Yixin.
"I originally planned to go directly to Shenyang to meet Master Chen, but I didn't expect to meet him halfway. What a coincidence! Master Chen is on inspection in Fushun?" Geng Jimao didn't know why Chen Yixin appeared in Fushun. After meeting, we can only pretend to say a few words. This was not the first time he had dealt with Chen Yixin, so he could still chat casually.
Chen Yixin did not explain why he appeared in Fushun, but first introduced Bai Kesi to the other party: "This is Mr. Bai Kesibai of our executive committee!"
"Ah, it turns out to be Master Bai. I have admired him for a long time!" Geng Jimao quickly saluted and greeted Bai Kesi. He was not simply being polite. Although Bai Kesi rarely appeared in Liaodong, the Manchus were no stranger to him. This is because Baikes is in charge of Haihan Industry and the military industry under his jurisdiction, so he is also quite famous abroad. The second reason is that in 1636, the Ming Dynasty, North Korea, and Haihan Kingdom formed an alliance in Jinzhou, Liaodong, to jointly fight against the Manchu Qing Dynasty. At that time, Bai Kesi was present on behalf of the Haihan Executive Committee.
If we look at the history between the two countries from a broad perspective, almost all the hardships the Manchus suffered at the hands of Haihan were directly or indirectly related to Bai Kesi.
And such a big figure who can influence Haihan's national policy appears in Liaodong again after 20 years. What this means is worthy of Geng Jimao's careful consideration.
Bai Kesi was so old-fashioned. Seeing that Chen Yixin did not explain, he just cupped his hands in return, and also did not explain why he appeared here and now.
Chen Yixin asked deliberately: "I heard that Master Geng is going to Shenyang City for business. I don't know why?"
Since Geng Jimao had already met his true master, he did not conceal his purpose of coming. He said honestly: "To be honest, I was ordered to go to Shenyang to meet Mr. Chen. What happened was what happened in Qingyang Fort a few days ago. ”
Geng Jimao said that Shunzhi was very angry after receiving the news and immediately appointed his close confidant Suk Saha to the area where the incident occurred to thoroughly investigate the matter. Geng Jimao's own mission to Shenyang was to clarify to Haihan that this matter was not ordered by the Qing court, so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings between the two countries.
Chen Yixin said: "Then how does your emperor plan to deal with this matter?"
Geng Jimao responded: "We should find out the truth and punish the real culprits severely."
Chen Yixin continued to ask: "That's it? Dozens of people were killed or injured in our country's convoy transporting this cargo!"
Geng Jimao said: "What does Mr. Chen mean?"
Chen Yixin said: "First, your country should bear the pensions for the dead and injured in the case. Second, your country should come up with practical measures to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future. Third, the case needs to be identified. Afterwards, notices should be posted in both countries to announce the case to the public. Fourth, the real culprits need to be tried and punished in our country.”
Chen Yixin made these demands in a very unceremonious manner, and Geng Jimao immediately showed a look of embarrassment on his face, saying that it might be difficult to fulfill these demands. Especially the last one, which was to hand over the criminal to Haihan, would obviously bring disgrace to the Qing Dynasty, and how could Geng Jimao dare to agree so easily.
Bai Kesi didn't interrupt, and just watched from the sidelines, watching how Chen Yixin manipulated the other party.
(End of chapter)