Chapter 3071
Huo Dechuan has not gone to Jingsi Pavilion for tea for some time. After all, the consumption level of that place is too high. He feels distressed every time he goes there. If there were no business needs, he would definitely not go to Jingsi Pavilion to kill time like Tan Tianming.
Just drinking tea, making a pot of good tea in your own shop, leaning on a recliner and tasting it slowly, isn't it more carefree than a teahouse called Jingsi, but actually located in a noisy and bustling city?
However, when Tan Tianming came to the door, Huo Dechuan recognized the big benefactor immediately and stood up to greet him: "Brother Tan, what brought you here today? Come on, come on, please sit inside. ! ”
The business that Huo Dechuan is engaged in is as the saying goes, if it is not open for half a year, it will be open for half a year. The last business he took over by Tan Tianming by mistake, he easily made several thousand dollars. If not, how could he be so leisurely during this period of time and be able to lie back and enjoy life.
With Tan Tianming's status, he took the initiative to visit, and he was definitely not here to visit.
Huo Dechuan knew what he was doing, but he didn't take the initiative to ask about his purpose. He first took a teacup and poured a cup of hot tea for Tan Tianming: "This is good tea that I bought at Fulifeng Trading Co., Ltd. in Victory Square two days ago. Listen, I said that all the adults in Fort Victory also drink Furifeng’s special tea, and Brother Tan happened to help me taste it to see if the tea is authentic.”
Tan Tianming was not as calm as he was. He took the tea cup and put it on the table. He asked straight to the point: "Brother Huo, have you read the newspaper that just came out today?"
In fact, when Tan Tianming came in, Huo Dechuan noticed the newspaper in his hand. At this time, hearing his question again, Huo Dechuan could almost predict the other party's intention. This was probably another deal that was going to happen automatically. Delivered to your door.
Huo Dechuan was secretly happy, but there was no expression of excitement on his face. He shook his head slightly and said, "I haven't gone out today and haven't had time to buy a newspaper yet. Is there any big news?"
Tan Tianming handed over the newspaper in his hand: "Brother Huo, let's take a look first and then talk."
Huo Dechuan took it and looked through it, and soon noticed the review article in the Express. This article was written by Fu Qiqiang, and it contained content related to Xingdao. He guessed that this was probably the reason for Tan Tianming's visit.
In this article by Fu Qiqiang, he first compares the achievements of recent wars between Star Island and North America.
The North American region that defeated the Spanish fleet and seized the Spanish colonies was undoubtedly the winner. The few thousand prisoners alone were worth writing about. Although Sing Tao's operation to seize the Strait of Malacca was well conceived, executed smoothly, and achieved its combat objectives, it did not achieve outstanding results after all, and was obviously inferior.
Fu Qiqiang used this as an argument and believed that the Haihan Army not only expanded its territory in North America, but also dealt a heavy blow to Spain, its old enemy. It can be said that it killed two birds with one stone.
However, there is no country in North America, and there is a large amount of unclaimed land. It can be said that whoever occupies it belongs to whom. For colonial powers, this is simply a gift of wealth from God. If Haihan has enough manpower and troops locally, the territory that can be captured may not be less than in East Asia.
However, Western countries had already started colonizing the area a hundred years earlier than Haihan. Haihan, who was at a disadvantage, had to increase investment in order to catch up with its competitors.
In comparison, the environment in the Strait of Malacca is too complex, with many neighboring countries, and Haihan must handle international relations carefully, otherwise he will easily become the target of public criticism.
It is precisely for this reason that even if the Sing Tao garrison does not have a comparable opponent in the Malacca area, if it wants to seize other countries' territories, it cannot do so directly. Instead, it must use means such as "annihilating pirates" as a cover-up to ensure that A justifiable one. Being able to seize several key islands from the local area and control the Malacca Strait channel is already a remarkable achievement. But compared with the North American place that circled hundreds of miles just by moving, it really didn't seem grand enough.
"Overseas colonization in the east and west directions, which is difficult and which is easy, has begun to take shape through the recent two military operations. Under the current situation our country is in, efficiency and returns should come first."
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"Lao Fu believes that instead of spending a lot of resources to occupy a few small islands near Malacca, it is better to give more support to the North American region and increase efforts to build new colonies there."
After reading this, Huo De roughly understood why Tan Tianming was so angry.
The praise and criticism in Fu Qiqiang's article are too obvious. He is saying that the actions taken by the Sing Tao authorities in the Strait of Malacca are too low-cost and the country should invest resources in North America. This of course violated the interests of the Xingdao authorities, so it was no wonder that Tan Tianming was dissatisfied with this.
When Tan Tianming saw Huo Dechuan finally put down the newspaper, he couldn't wait to say: "Brother Huo, when you contacted Fu Qiqiang last time, didn't you tell him not to provoke Xingdao again in the future!"
Huo Dechuan said with a smile: "Brother Tan, don't worry, this Fu Qiqiang is a person who relies on his pen to earn a living. Such a person has no moral integrity at all. Of course, he writes whatever he can to make money. The stance he showed, That’s not necessarily what he meant.”
Tan Tianming said: "Are you saying that he was paid to ghostwrite this article?"
Huo Dechuan nodded slightly and said: "Although I am not sure, it is very likely that this is the case. Otherwise, why would he praise and criticize the achievements of the North American region in the article? He is not a fool, how could he not know this? Writing may offend Xingdao, but there must be enough benefits to allow him to do this.”
Tan Tianming said: "As soon as this article is published in the newspaper and other people read it, they will inevitably misunderstand our Xingdao. It's really hateful! But I don't know who is behind it..."
Tan Tianming rolled his eyes and seemed to figure out something: "Whoever benefits the most will be the most suspect. Could it be that North America bribed Fu Qiqiang and deliberately wrote such an article to brag about himself?"
Huo Dechuan shook his head slightly and said: "I don't think so. Old General Wang is in charge of the North American side. With his status and past record, does he still need to use this method to raise his own status? If he really wants to fight for something , why go overseas when you are successful?”
Although Huo Dechuan didn't know the specific situation in North America, Tom Wang voluntarily resigned from his post as naval commander and took a fleet overseas to open up colonies. This courage was not something everyone could possess.
Although Huo Dechuan was just a businessman, he still admired these heroes very much. He believed that it would never be possible for Wang Tom to use the tricks Tan Tianming said.
When Tan Tianming heard what he said, he immediately realized that there was something wrong with his words, and immediately said that this was not what he really wanted to express.
(End of chapter)