Chapter 3137
Su Yongshan was young and energetic and did not recognize who Gong Shiqi was, so it was understandable that he would say such things rashly. But Su Keyi had stayed in Sanya for more than twenty years and knew Haihan far better than anyone else. He was really shocked when his son said he wanted to compete with Gong Shiqi.
Gong Shiqi was one of the officers of the Ministry of Security twenty years ago. He was always known for his ruthless behavior. He had countless spies from various countries. Anyway, the Dutch East India Company had eaten at Gong Shiqi's place. Lost money several times.
Su Keyi did not want his son to disappear inexplicably one day, so he immediately ordered Su Yongshan not to provoke Gong Shiqi, otherwise he would be sent back to Batavia for strict control.
In fact, Su Yongshan just wanted to save face and wanted to say a few tougher words to save the situation. He was extremely nervous when he had a previous conversation with Gong Shiqi, and his momentum was completely suppressed. How could he have the courage to continue fighting with the other party.
After receiving Su Keyi's scolding, he just got off the slope and avoided a big trouble for himself.
However, Su Yongshan is still a little worried: "Father, if the Ministry of Security suddenly intervenes, wouldn't it be inconvenient for us to contact senior officials of Haihan these days?"
Su Keyi said: "It doesn't matter. Don't underestimate those old foxes in the Haihan Executive Committee. Don't they think about or investigate the things that Gong Qiqi can think of?"
Su Yongshan said: "What father means is that they actually knew our purpose of coming, but they still arranged for us to get on this ship?"
Su Keyi nodded and said: "If my father had not had a relationship with the executive committee for many years, no matter how good the reason was, he would not have been treated as traveling on the same ship... You have seen the Portuguese's reaction before."
Su Yongshan smiled and said: "To use a Hai-Han saying, their performance is really envy, jealousy and hatred all rolled into one."
Su Keyi said: "The last time we joined forces with the Portuguese, I felt that they were short-sighted and too narrow-minded. They only wanted to keep their little territory and prevent Haihan from getting involved. Pulling other countries into the alliance was purely to provide benefits to Haihan. There is no decent overall plan at all.”
"Instead of hoping to join forces with them, it is better for us to go it alone. Even if they, Westerners, learn to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters, they still don't understand how we Han people think. How can we reach an agreement with the Executive Committee?"
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Su Keyi knew his advantages very well, and he believed that the Executive Committee arranged for him to accompany the ship to give him an opportunity to communicate, so the intervention of the Security Department did not affect the overall situation.
He had indeed considered finding a reason after arriving in Hong Kong to stay on the ship with the Executive Committee and sneak all the way to Hangzhou, which would give him plenty of time. But the road was blocked by Gong Shiqi, so we could only seize the few days before arriving in Hong Kong.
Su Keyi asked Su Yongshan to take out a nautical chart from his luggage, spread it on the table and start studying it together. The negotiation strategy he formulated was to seek the common interests of Haihan and the Dutch East India Company as much as possible, so as to inhibit Haihan's plan to expand beyond the South China Sea.
This is not an easy task, because the Dutch East India Company and Heyhan are not allied. They are only trading partners at best. They have common interests, but not much, and they are far from enough to make Heyhan give up expansion.
There are only two paths before Su Keyi. One is to guide Haihan to turn his gun on the already declining Ming Dynasty. The process of digesting Ming Dynasty's territory is enough to contain Haihan for ten or twenty years, or even longer.
Haihan is a country founded by the Han people, and its obsession with the East Asian continent and the Han people's orthodox dynasty must be deep in their bones. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Haihan has always regarded conquering the north as his development plan, which is the best example of this.
Although Haihan has frequently taken action in the South China Sea in the past year and seems to have the momentum to change the direction of expansion, Su Keyi can easily judge from the political articles that frequently appear on the front pages of newspapers recently that there are still a considerable number of people in Haihan who believe that annexing the Ming Dynasty will The right way is to continue the inheritance of the Han people's political power and the heavenly kingdom. The Executive Committee obviously has not yet made a final decision on whether to annex the Ming Dynasty first or expand externally first. At this time, external factors may also have an impact on the final decision of the Executive Committee.
Even if there was only a slight chance, Su Keyi wanted to give it a try and persuade the executive committee to attack Daming first.
The second way is to let Haihan shift the direction of external expansion elsewhere to avoid impacting the interests of the East India Company as much as possible.
This idea was put forward by Ximeng. He had followed the Haihan army in various campaigns and was very clear about the military gap between the eastern countries and Haihan.
Regardless of whether it was the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Spain, or any other country that had been enemies of Haihan, it would be difficult to compete with Haihan on the frontal battlefield. If Haihan chooses not to move to Ming Dynasty for the time being, then finding another suitable target for Haihan is the best way to preserve the interests of the Netherlands.
This screening range is actually quite large. From the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, North Korea, and Japan in Northeast Asia to the Indochina Peninsula and major archipelagos around the South China Sea, they may all become Haihan's targets.
In comparison, the Indian Ocean region, which is separated by the entire Indochina Peninsula from Haihan's current main ruling area, seems a bit useless. It is far away from Haihan's mainland, lacks natural harbors, and is not a traditional Han settlement area.
Su Keyi actually doesn't quite understand why Haihan is eager to establish a sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean. This can no longer be explained by the reason of "controlling the Strait of Malacca."
If he had to give a reason, Su Keyi believed that it could only be explained by "ambition" - the same ambition as Western countries.
Haihan’s target is not only the South China Sea region or the Indian Ocean coast, but also places farther away.
It is said that the armed fleet sent by Haihan to the east has reached the other side of the ocean thousands of miles away, and continues to compete with the Spanish for territory there.
Haihan's expansion method was different from that of the traditional Han Dynasty. It did not aim to conquer the East Asian continent. Instead, like Western countries, it used navigation as its basis and tried to quickly build colonies around the world and transfer a large number of uninhabited countries. The main land is included in the territory.
"If possible, I hope to draw Haihan's attention to the southeast of the South China Sea."
Su Keyi used his finger to mark out a large area on the chart and pointed it out to Su Yongshan: "There are large areas of unclaimed land to the south and east of the Banda Sea. Maybe the Haihan people will be interested in those places."
Su Yongshan nodded knowingly and said: "But to build colonies and develop in those places, tens of thousands of immigrants will need to be introduced. In this way, Haihan may not be able to attack other places."
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Su Keyi added: "That is also the main channel for the Spanish to enter the South China Sea from the Americas. They can continue to fight at that place and have a good fight."
(End of chapter)