Chapter 3491
Every family had its own scriptures that were difficult to recite, so it was naturally inconvenient for Li Zhi to tell Zheng Zha, an outsider, about the internal political struggles. But Zheng Zha was also the king of a country. He had already sensed from Li Xie's description that the other party had something unspeakable, and he did not ask any further questions at the moment.
The two countries are thousands of miles apart, and their territory is not bordering at all, so there is no direct conflict of interest. In addition, they both belong to the Haihan camp, but they have many common interests, so the two kings can sit together and share their opinions.
Even if countries like North Korea and Annan face many difficulties on the way forward, as long as they have the big tree of Haihan at their back, at least they no longer have to worry about security issues from the outside and can focus on their own development and growth.
By developing an industrial system based on mining to achieve primary industrialization connected with Haihan, it is indeed the lowest cost and easiest solution for agricultural countries in this era.
Although North Korea's current domestic situation is not suitable for this plan, it does not mean that there are no other available plans. It just requires Li Zhi to make more attempts in other fields, and he has obviously not reached such determination yet. .
Annan King Zheng Zha's views on the country's development prospects are obviously much clearer than Li Zhi's.
Annan has a long coastline and multiple natural harbors, and is endowed with unique navigation conditions. In addition, it has a large amount of minerals such as coal, iron, aluminum, copper, etc., which are the raw materials needed by Haihan to develop industry. After Annan came to Haihan, the development path in the past thirty years has been smooth sailing.
Of course, in order to receive Haihan's strong support, Annan had to pay a corresponding price.
First, it was handed over to Da Nang, Quy Nhon, Cam Ranh, Vung Tau and other major ports operated by Hai Han in the form of long-term lease. Annan only retained nominal ownership, and the actual control rights actually belonged to Hai Han. The nature was different from that of Hai Han. Han's overseas territories are no different, and there is basically no possibility of regaining Annan.
As for the many mines operated under the name of joint development between the two countries, Haihan not only has the exclusive mining rights, but also occupies a large share in the distribution of operating profits. Annan, who is out of business, can only get a small part of the profits.
Even the ownership rights of some mines are not in Annan's hands. For example, the Black Earth Port located in the north of Annan was regarded as a maritime area because Annan was in the middle of a civil war at the beginning of the mining and did not participate in the development and construction of the mines. part of the Han territory.
In addition, Annan people who work in mines, factories and other institutions operated by Haihan often decisively apply to change their nationality after meeting the naturalization requirements of Haihan. As a result, tens of thousands of young people are lost every year. .
If Zheng Zhi still had reservations about the depth of cooperation between the two countries when he was in power, then after Zheng Zha began to take over government affairs, his attitude towards this was much more radical than that of his father.
Zheng Zha believes that the price paid in the cooperation with Haihan can be regarded as a small loss and a big advantage, which is quite worthwhile in terms of the country's development prospects.
Therefore, after he ascended the throne, instead of closing in on the loss of young people, he intensified his efforts to dispatch workers overseas. Only the labor recruitment mechanism that was dominated by Haihan in the past was gradually placed under the jurisdiction of Annan officials. The local government organized the workers and signed a formal employment contract with Haihan.
The Annan migrant workers transported to Haihan in this way are more reliable and easier to manage because of their official endorsement. Many of them are even skilled workers with corresponding professions, which is natural for Haihan. Happy to see it come to fruition.
For this reason, Haihan must also increase the threshold for migrant workers to apply for Haihan citizenship in accordance with Annan's requirements.
If in the early years Haihan pursued rapid population expansion at all costs, then at this stage, it has gradually shifted towards the goal of controlling employment costs. Naturally, the Han people are still the first choice for attracting immigrants. However, naturalization applications from East Asian ethnic groups such as Annan and North Korea have always been accepted on a merit-based basis, or even on the best of the best.
Most of the migrant workers organized by Annan officials are engaged in low-level jobs such as miners, laborers, and sailors. For Haihan, controlling employment costs is far more important than naturalizing these people. After all, once they change their nationality and become Haihan nationals, the corresponding salary package will be much higher than that of Annan migrant workers.
Therefore, Haihan is also happy to cooperate with Annan's request to increase the naturalization threshold for migrant workers, which will also allow Annan to provide more labor output.
Even Phuket, which is far away in the Indian Ocean, now has a team of workers sent by Annan to participate in various infrastructure projects led by Haihan.
After so many migrant workers complete their tasks for Haihan, what they can bring back to Annan is not only their labor income, but also the professional skills learned from various positions, and the actual value of the latter is even far greater than the former. .
While North Korea was still worried that the export of labor would lead to a massive loss of population, Annan had already obtained many benefits through this method and had a considerable number of industrial workers even before primary industrialization was achieved.
This situation is still unique among Haihan's many neighboring countries. In time, primary industries run by Annan himself will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.
Zheng Zha also visited Haihan several times for study and further study when he was young. He firmly believes that as long as his country is prepared accordingly, when Haihan's industrial technology continues to evolve to the next stage, many low-end production links will be transferred. To neighboring countries, these relatively old production technologies are enough for Annan to stand out from its neighbors on the Indochina Peninsula.
The meeting with Zheng Zha provided Li Xie with a lot of inspiration.
Although Zheng Zha did not describe in detail how Annan operated, as long as he knew that there were good development prospects in this direction, North Korea could certainly try to follow suit.
As for the details, Li Xie believes that they will not become a problem that bothers him. North Korea also has diplomatic missions and personnel stationed in Annan. It is only a matter of time before it can obtain relevant intelligence information from there.
After Li Zhi returned to his residence, he sent Li Bo, described the contents of his meeting with Zheng Zha, and asked Li Bo what he thought.
After hearing this, Li Bai responded: "Annan's approach is indeed worthy of imitation. Otherwise, no matter how much farmland we cultivate and how much food we grow, our country will never become as powerful as Haihan."
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Li Xie said: "I just hope that this move will not lead to a massive loss of population, otherwise I will become a sinner of the Li Dynasty."
Li Bai said: "Father, don't worry too much. I know a little about Annan's routines. The migrant workers sent abroad all have direct relatives who stay in the country, and they need to be rotated back to the country regularly. This greatly reduces the occurrence of denaturalization. .”
Li Zhen nodded slightly and said: "This is a way to solve the problem."