Chapter 2965
Golden Shield Escort is already somewhat famous in the Gulf of Siam area, but after all, it is just a privately-operated armed contractor, and the Haihan Fleet that arrived at the Chao Phraya River estuary this time is a genuine regular army. The impact of this is actually It didn't start to show until the next day.
Early the next morning, a team composed of local officials and businessmen came to visit the fleet's temporary base again. Although Li Yuande's fleet was still on its way, the Siamese showed great patience and were willing to wait here for the arrival of the cargo ship.
In addition to the huge armed fleet, what kept the Siamese patient was the goods that Li Yuande would sell to them. They even brought gold bars and silver ingots to ensure the transaction went smoothly.
Among the various goods that Fulifeng trafficked to Siam, tobacco and wine were the two most popular goods. This time, Li Yuande's fleet also prepared a batch of goods in a targeted manner, and it really came in handy.
It was not until noon that the cargo ship fleet completed its rendezvous with the fleet. Li Yuande took the buyer on board the ship to inspect the goods, and the deal was quickly concluded. After the Siamese buyer paid, the two cargo ships sailed to the coast and docked at the place indicated by the buyer to unload the cargo.
However, there were no laborers unloading the goods at the dock at this time, because almost all the locals went to the mouth of the Chao Phraya River to see the Haihan Fleet at sea. The buyer had to pay double the price to ask Haihan sailors on the two cargo ships to help unload the cargo.
Although no real city has been formed here, nearly ten thousand people gathered at the beach to watch the excitement. It is said that some people even came from dozens of miles away overnight after hearing the news, just to see the true appearance of the legendary Haihan Army, which was invincible in the world.
Anyone who comes for this purpose will not be disappointed. The Haihan warship is stationed not far from the coast. Not only can you see the densely packed gun windows on the ship's side, but those with good eyesight can even see clearly the faces of the sailors on the deck. face.
Facing this huge armed fleet, the Siamese people talked a lot, and various rumors began to spread like wildfire among the crowd.
Fortunately, before these false rumors began to ferment, local officials came forward and announced to the public that this was just a "friendly" visit, and that the Haihan Fleet would leave soon, and the various situations that the people were worried about would not occur.
After Li Yuande returned to the Weibon, Qian Tiandun asked him about the trade situation here. Li Yuande brought a bamboo tube to pour beans and told everything he knew.
Li Yuande said: "Currently, there are three best-selling items in Siam, cigarettes, alcohol, and weapons. Because of Annan's relationship, it is inconvenient for our country to sell weapons to Siam, so we mainly sell cigarettes, alcohol, and daily necessities to it. .”
Qian Tiandun asked: "The weapons of the Siamese army must have been purchased from Western countries?"
Li Yuande nodded and said: "As far as I know, it is true. Portugal and the Netherlands are the main sellers."
For Haihan, it was indeed a pity to miss out on Siam, a potential major arms customer. Otherwise, given the demand in Siam, the purchasing power may not be much worse than Annan.
However, Qian Tiandun could not intervene in such matters. He only had a general understanding of the situation and did not express any further opinions.
For Qian Tiandun, since Siam has not shown a hostile attitude, it lacks the objective environment required to establish a military base, and the purpose of the armed march has been achieved, there is no need to stay any longer. After the transaction was completed, the fleet set sail and left the mouth of the Chao Phraya River.
The Gulf of Siam is surrounded by the Indochina Peninsula and the Malay Peninsula on the east and west sides. When the fleet comes, it goes north along the west coast of the Indochina Peninsula to Siam, and when it leaves, it goes south along the coast of the Malay Peninsula on the other side. The Malay Peninsula is more than 2,000 miles long from north to south, with the Gulf of Siam at its northern end and Star Island at the eastern exit of the Strait of Malacca at its southern end.
Before the fall of the Malacca dynasty, the entire Malay Peninsula was divided between Siam, Burma, and Malacca, and more than half of it belonged to the Malacca dynasty.
Today, the territories of Siam and Myanmar on the Malay Peninsula have not changed much, but the Malacca dynasty in the south has split into several small countries.
These small countries joined the South China Sea Commercial Alliance led by Haihan a few years ago. Later, most of them also established diplomatic relations with Haihan. Golden Shield escorts several armed merchant ships deployed in the Gulf of Siam, and most of the time they move between the ports of these small countries.
"The small countries we are about to visit, such as Pattani, Kelantan and Terengganu, all maintain good relations with our country. Starting more than ten years ago, the military base in Cam Ranh Bay has received trainees from these countries every year, and some of them are outstanding Some even go to Sanya to study.”
Listening to Mu Zhennan's introduction, Qian Tiandun couldn't help but smile.
Such methods are not unfamiliar to him. When he was stationed in the South China Sea, Haihan was training a large number of military personnel for Annan. For this purpose, he even built a training base on the Tushan Peninsula of Annan to Training the new army that Annan had just begun to form at that time.
When Qian Tiandun was forming troops in Black Tu Port, he would often bring the troops to Cat Ba Island and Tushan Peninsula for training. Sometimes he would also deliberately let the trained Annan new army play the role of the enemy and compete with his own troops. Confrontation training.
Many of these soldiers trained by Haihan have become the backbone of Annan's new army. Nowadays, there are quite a few successful people in Annan's army. This makes Annan's military development closely tied to Haihan.
Nowadays, whether it is talent training or military procurement, Haihan is Annan's best choice. The huge benefits this brings to Haihan cannot be measured in terms of money.
The same method was later used by Haihan on North Korea, and Qian Tiandun also experienced this process in the north.
Since North Korea had been a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty for a long time and was accustomed to unconditional obedience to the suzerain state, after Haihan took over the status of the suzerain state of the Ming Dynasty, cooperation with North Korea was even smoother than Annan.
North Korea's military is not just as simple as moving closer to Haihan, it is completely claiming to be an auxiliary army. From the troop establishment to the command system, from weapons and equipment to tactics and tactics, all the old systems were abandoned, and military forces were rebuilt completely in accordance with the model guided by Haihan.
These methods, which have been proven to be effective, will definitely produce faster results if applied to these small countries. Mu Zhennan is stationed in Cam Ranh Bay, so he naturally knows this very well.
Li Yuande also confirmed Mu Zhennan's statement from the side: "Qiong Lianfa and Furifeng have many industries in these small countries. The local land prices are cheap and they are most suitable for establishing large-scale plantations. My family was there as early as ten years ago I bought a lot of land to plant rubber trees, and now I can produce rubber stably.”
(End of chapter)