Chapter 3499
In fact, there is no need for Li Zhi to elaborate on the case of Haihan's crackdown on pirate armed forces. Many countries from the South China Sea have personal experience.
As early as 1631, Haihan sent troops to capture the Ambrosia Island in the South China Sea from the Dutch in the name of combating pirates.
This set of tricks worked so well that for more than two decades after that, Haihan continued to use similar reasons to launch military operations in various parts of the South China Sea.
The most recent example is that last year, the Sing Tao Garrison sent a large number of troops to the northern end of the Strait of Malacca. The external statement at that time was to wipe out the local pirate armed forces. However, after Haihan cleaned up several islands that were said to be pirate nests, he The garrison formed a de facto occupation.
Anyone who dares to stand up and object will be complicit with the pirates and will most likely be targeted by the Haihan Army. Most countries in Southeast Asia do not have the strength to engage in military confrontation with Haihan, so many have suffered losses from Haihan's tactics, both covertly and covertly.
But on the other hand, as Li Xie said, Haihan would indeed ruthlessly attack pirate armed forces in order to maintain trade routes. Therefore, in the areas visited by the Haihan Army, piracy activities often quickly disappear, which objectively does play a positive role in local maritime security.
However, this also leads to the next issue that Li Zhi immediately talked about, that is, if a country does not stand on the same front as Haihan, but is within the influence of Haihan's maritime armed forces, then its maritime trade activities will be affected. It is difficult to effectively guarantee safety.
Although Li Zhi did not mention any names in his speech, anyone who has a little knowledge of the international situation can easily think of the two countries present.
The Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty both suffered this kind of treatment. There should be no one who thinks that their country is stronger than these two unlucky guys and has the strength to resist the rules implemented by Haihan.
Li Zhi advocated that all countries should actively join the maritime security mechanism formulated by Haihan, which actually cut off the possibility of other countries making other choices. Not joining means there is no security guarantee, and the lower limit is the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, two negative examples that have completely lost their coastlines.
Yue Shizong could completely feel the looks on him from all directions when Li Xie talked about this topic. There were sympathy and contempt, but most of them seemed to be puzzled. It is probably difficult to imagine how a traditional power like the Ming Dynasty could lose its power. the entire coastline.
Although Yue Shizong was very dissatisfied, he had nothing to do. He could not stand up and claim it, let alone criticize Li Xie - then there would really be no three hundred taels of silver in this place.
At this time, other than pretending to be dead and pretending that it has nothing to do with me, there seems to be no other better way to deal with it.
Geng Jimao, on the other hand, sneered again and again, thinking that the Koreans were really trying to flatter the Han Dynasty, and they dared to mock the Manchus on such an international occasion. It seemed that they really needed to be dealt with.
Compared with Haihan, who is difficult to resist, Geng Jimao obviously hates North Korea's dog-leg behavior even more. But given the current situation of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, it is probably not an easy goal to teach North Korea some lessons.
After Li Xie finished his speech, Tao Donglai immediately took the stage and elaborated on some of the topics Li Xie mentioned.
Tao Donglai said that even small countries that do not have the ability to trade across oceans can also join the ocean trade system built by Haihan. Haihan will provide comprehensive services from cargo transportation to payment settlement, of course including safety guarantees. .
As long as they sign a trade treaty with Haihan, they can apply to bring their country's coastline, seaports and important coastal facilities under Haihan's protection. Haihan will also provide information on the sources of goods from various countries, train navigation talents, and build large cargo ships on its behalf. We even provide services such as building ports on our behalf. This is indeed very attractive to small countries in Southeast Asia with limited strength.
In the past, if these small countries wanted to develop their own navigation capabilities, they would be ruthlessly suppressed by regional powers or Western colonists. However, Haihan has now proposed another solution worth trying.
As for whether the provisions in the trade treaty that are obviously more beneficial to Haihan will harm the country's long-term interests, it is not the primary condition that needs to be considered for these small countries.
If Haihan can make these small countries prosperous and powerful just like he supported Annan and North Korea, then it does not seem to be an unacceptable condition to give up some benefits.
Of course, the most important thing is the issue of stance. If you choose not to cooperate, it seems that you are standing on the opposite side of Haihan, and the consequences may be that these small countries cannot afford it. But as long as they agree to cooperate, specific conditions still have to be negotiated, and with Haihan's protection, there is no need to worry about being suppressed by other countries.
The guest who then took the stage to speak was King Zheng Zha of Annan.
Zheng Zha was not dissatisfied with being ranked behind Li Zhi, because he knew that Li Zhi's speech was just to attract others, and what he wanted to talk about was truly in line with the theme of the forum.
The title of Zheng Zha's speech was "An Introduction to the Establishment of an International Maritime Security Mechanism."
At first glance, this seems to overlap with Li Zhi's speech just now, but in fact Zheng Zha's discussion direction is closer to the military field than the trade field Li Zhi talked about.
Zheng Zha's point of view is that it is not enough to rely solely on Haihan's armed fleet to maintain maritime order. All countries should form their own maritime armed forces to jointly maintain peace on the sea.
There is no doubt that this immediately resonates with many countries. Regardless of national strength, who doesn’t want to have their own maritime armed forces?
But this was not what Zheng Zha really wanted to talk about. He quickly raised two related new issues - how to realize this vision and how to ensure that all countries can use the same maritime rules.
"I can say without hesitation that if you can solve these two problems by relying on your own strength, then there will be no need to come all the way to Zhoushan to attend this meeting."
"To solve these two problems, including our Annan Kingdom, there is only one way to go, and that is to rely on the military alliance system and maritime security mechanism built by Haihan."
Zheng Zha's goal is very clear, that is, to promote Haihan, and his remarks are more radical than Li Zhi.
Zheng Zha proposed that small countries that do not have the ability to form their own maritime armed forces can ask Haihan to provide relevant assistance by establishing a military alliance.
All warships are built by Haihan, and all personnel are trained by Haihan. In this way, the equipment and command system are in line with Haihan, and it is easier for relevant maritime security mechanisms to achieve unified standards.
Of course, the most important thing is that in wartime, the maritime armed forces of these countries can be seamlessly taken over by Haihan and incorporated into the Haihan Army's combat system to become a more powerful regional joint fleet.