Chapter 1223 Practical Difficulties

Tan Juren is not only responsible for diplomacy and the introduction of immigrants. In fact, even the development and infrastructure work of the port will be part of his responsibilities in the future. The burden is really not light. And the current level of port construction is compared to the ones passing by on the road.

There are still obvious gaps between the several stations, and they failed to take full advantage of the natural deep-water port here. Of course, Tan Juren knew that this was not Roger's fault. In fact, the local objective conditions were only like this, whether it was the labor force or the people to direct large-scale projects.

There is a serious shortage of experienced technical personnel, and even the best plans are difficult to implement.

The difference between Xingdao and other colonies in Haihan is that it is far away from the Han inhabited areas, and the surrounding countries do not have much contact with the Han government. There are huge differences in national culture. It wants to be as large as other overseas colonies.

Absorbing immigrants from surrounding areas will face greater difficulties here. What's more, neighboring countries have realized the threat posed by Haihan's entry into this area, and they will never "suck blood" to Haihan like Annan and Ming Dynasty did.

Turning a blind eye to the same immigration methods, Roger said that these countries have adopted a clear resistance to Haihan's immigration needs. This is undoubtedly a very troublesome problem.

During Roger's tenure, there is no hope of solving this problem, and judging from the current international situation, Tan Juren feels that this situation will probably last for a long time. If Haihan does not take simple and crude measures

If we use force to change the status quo and rely solely on trade and diplomatic efforts to open up joints, it will probably take many years of operation before we see results.

Of course, Roger's current attitude can be understood as a work handover, but Tan Juren always felt that his words were a bit relieved. Rather than a work handover, it felt more like a successful transfer of responsibility. But Tan Juren cannot say that the other party is unkind.

After all, the military should not be responsible for these matters in the first place. One of his responsibilities when he went south was to take over these troubles. Trying to overcome the current difficulties was the correct way to deal with them.

"...The goal of our military is to allow the military dock here to accommodate a full fleet of permanent fleets. Of course, supporting port facilities and shipyards required to maintain warships are also necessary." Tan Juren's mind wandered for a moment.

At the time, Roger was still looking forward to the future incessantly: "When a sufficiently powerful naval fleet is stationed here, we can truly control the navigation rights of the Malacca Strait and make neighboring countries bow to us!"

Tan Juren glanced at the group of migrant workers working on the dock site, and couldn't help but smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly. If the labor force here is sufficient and the material supplies can keep up, it will not be difficult to build the military dock planned by Roger. In this way

There are successful precedents for fully equipped military ports in the overseas colonies south and north of Hainan Island. However, there are only a hundred or so workers working on the docks right now. With this amount of manpower, how many years and months will it take to realize Roger's plan?

Said vision?

Now there are only more than 1,000 but less than 2,000 people on the island. Counting only the young and strong labor force, a full dozen can make up more than a thousand people. If all of them are invested in the port project, the construction progress will certainly be much faster. But Star

The island is not just a port construction site. The construction of the people's living area has not been completed yet, and hundreds of new immigrants are temporarily living in tents. In addition, in order to meet local food needs, large-scale agricultural development is also

Tan Juren can now think of seven or eight projects that are urgent and require a large investment of manpower. It is simply impossible to concentrate the labor force to build a military dock.

Of course, from Roger's point of view, there is nothing wrong with proposing such a plan. After all, Star Island is a strategic location. At this stage, the military significance for Haihan is even greater than the trade demand. The expansion of the dock will naturally be based on the military.

Fang's opinion is the main one. But now that the management of the island's construction projects will soon be transferred to Tan Juren, the future labor deployment arrangements will probably have to be discussed between the two.

Regarding Roger's statement, Tan Juren casually echoed a few words, but did not immediately express his support. Roger did not care about such details. After seeing the dock, he took Tan Juren to the military camp. Yesterday was just

I took a quick look at it when I came over for dinner, but didn't have time to take a closer look. In addition, there was a special arrangement made for Tan Juren and his party in the military camp today, which was a military parade of the garrison troops to show the military's commitment to the new military.

The supportive attitude of the incoming Chief Executive.

The army troops currently stationed in Xingdao are organized into a strengthened battalion. On the basis of three infantry companies, an artillery company is added. In addition, there are health, communications, and logistics organizations directly under the battalion headquarters, plus several permanent navy ships.

The personnel on the battleships, the local permanent strength is about 1,340 people. Compared with the local population before Tan Juren arrived, this is already nearly double. Among Haihan's overseas colonies

It can be considered a relatively special population ratio.

"Our place is considered an important border town, so the local garrison is also a front-line force, and daily training is carried out very closely." Roger paused and said proudly: "We have always carried out training according to the standards of war preparation."

The "preparation for war" that Roger refers to is not just "preparation for war" in the military function, but means that the state of his troops has been training according to the standards of going to the battlefield at any time, which requires both officers and soldiers to be on high alert for a long time.

The situation is definitely much harder than those troops stationed far away from the border.

Although Tan Juren has no experience in the military, he still has basic eyesight after traveling to so many places. The reviewing team started from a distance and walked over, and the energy displayed was indeed different from the garrisons in other places.

The word "murderous intent" even vaguely appeared in Tan Juren's mind.

"Have your group of people ever performed combat missions here?" Tan Juren asked curiously.

Roger looked sideways at Tan Juren and saw that he didn't seem to have any other intention. He nodded slightly and said, "No."

Tan Juren was stunned at first, thinking that he had encountered an elite scene, but seeing that Roger's face was calm, it didn't look like he was having a brain attack. After thinking for a while, he finally understood what Roger meant - the military might have some operations.

It is a mission of a certain nature, but it is not dispatched in the name of the Haihan Army. The reason for doing this is naturally because the military leaders do not want these actions to cause tension in neighboring countries, or even cause greater misunderstandings.

There were many people on this occasion, so it was certainly not the right time to ask about the details of the operation. Although Tan Juren was curious, he could only suppress it for now, planning to wait until he had the opportunity to ask more about the details.

In fact, the things here are not complicated. Haihan sent troops thousands of miles away to occupy a strategic location such as Star Island. The purpose is to form actual control over the Strait of Malacca in the future. But to achieve this, the local terrain,

You must be quite familiar with the sea conditions and even the local customs. Although Haihan has a detailed map at hand, on-site inspections are still essential. And Haihan's deterrent power in this area is far from reaching the level of doing whatever he wants. If he is openly dispatched

Warships cruising in the waters of Malacca will inevitably arouse vigilance and dissatisfaction in surrounding countries and aggravate existing international conflicts. This is not the result that Haihan executives want to see.

Under such an objective environment, the military will naturally adopt a relatively low-key action strategy, such as using civilian ships to conceal the identity and purpose of the operators. This is not difficult for Haihan, who is good at navigation. But to the outside world

It is still necessary to keep the secret, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble after the news spreads. As a senior officer responsible for directly commanding these reconnaissance operations, Roger will naturally not admit in public that the Haihan Army has conducted such operations.

Even a little bit of gossip will not be revealed.

The performance of the soldiers in the military parade was impeccable. In Tan Juren's opinion, this was the unit with the neatest appearance and the highest morale that he had seen since his trip south. This shows that Roger's previous boast about Haikou was not a boast.

The troops under his command were indeed in an excellent state of preparation for war. Tan Juren also did not hesitate to praise him, which made Roger feel proud and his impression of him also improved a lot.

Han Zhengshan stood not far behind Tan Juren and watched the military parade attentively. Among the stations going south, only Xingdao held a military parade after their arrival, but what was somewhat different from Tan Juren's idea was that he thought

This event arranged by Roger was somewhat of a demonstration to Tan Juren. Han Zhengshan had been staying in Haihan for a long time, and he already had a little understanding of the official situation in Haihan. He knew that Haihan was not as civilized and military as the Ming Dynasty.

, but the status of the military attache is higher, and there are many situations where the military attache takes the decision in the local area. His superior came here to decentralize power from Roger, and he did not think that Roger would have much favorable impression of Tan Juren, so he could use military parade.

It seems that this is the real purpose of this performance to show force in the name of giving a show of strength to the new administrator.

When Han Zhengshan was on duty in Hangzhou, he also watched the drills of the Zhejiang Ming Army. In terms of strength alone, it seemed that it was not weaker than the Haihan Army, but the difference in weapons and equipment could be seen at a glance. One side mainly used cold weapons,

Supplemented by a small number of matchlocks, on the other hand, almost all members were equipped with more advanced flintlock guns, and their clothing was lighter, eliminating the need for heavy helmets and armor.

During the training in Sanya, Han Zhengshan also tried the rifles installed by the Haihan Army, and naturally understood that this thing was much more powerful than the muskets such as the Bird Gun and Lumi Gun equipped by the Ming Army, in terms of range and lethality.

, accuracy and reloading speed, the Haihan Army's rifle performance is obviously superior. This can also explain why the Haihan Army does not need to be equipped with a full set of armor helmets, because the enemies that the Haihan Army needs to face are rarely

It may be possible to rush into close combat under strong fire suppression.

Han Zhengshan still lacks a comprehensive understanding of Haihan's power structure and bureaucracy. Based on the information he currently has, he infers that the status advantage of Haihan's military attache comes from the strong combat effectiveness of the army, and his superiors are currently

The environment should be in a relatively weak position.

"I'll have to find an opportunity to talk to the chief about this later..." Han Zhengshan looked at the neat formation of the Haihan Army on the school field and secretly made up his mind. Unknowingly, he had subconsciously decided on his future and destiny.

Tied together with his boss Tan Juren.

After watching the military parade and inspecting the military camp again, it was already noon. Tan Juren and others went to the officers' mess for another meal. But today it was just daily meals, no big fish or meat.

The plan for the afternoon was to visit the local populated areas. Currently, two immigrant villages have been built in the local area, and the hundreds of newly arrived immigrants this time will be resettled in these two places, which are only two miles apart.

Above is a village where chickens and dogs can hear each other.

Compared with the several stops Tan Juren visited along the way, the proportion of Han immigrants here is the highest. According to statistics given by Roger, the proportion of Han Chinese among the local people is as high as 90%. And this time Tan Juren brought

Immigrants are still mainly Han Chinese, so this ratio has not been significantly affected. Of course, for people who have obtained Haihan national status, there is no racial distinction. The criterion for distinguishing their social status is just

The only difference is labor points and levels.

Compared with the military camps, the living conditions in the immigrant villages seem to be slightly better. The houses are all wooden structures with adobe walls and thatched roofs. They are still Chinese-style structures, not the bamboo and wood stilt houses common in Southeast Asia. Tan Juren walked in at will

I checked several immigrant households and found that the furnishings in the houses were similar to those of residents in other colonies. Although they were simple, they were fully equipped. Farm tools, cooking utensils, and bedding were all distributed uniformly. Although the living conditions were not rich, they could meet basic needs.

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Since most of the local labor force was previously allocated to the construction of various infrastructure projects, the scale of cultivated farmland is currently limited, and food production has not yet reached the level of complete self-sufficiency. Therefore, food rationing is still implemented, and the island's food reserves

They are all in the military's granaries, and there is indeed not much leftover food in people's homes. But fortunately, this place is close to the sea, and there are a variety of nutritious wild fruits and vegetables. Even if the food supply is tight in the short term, people will not starve to death.

Of course, for Tan Juren, the food issue must not be ignored. Self-sufficiency is an agricultural goal that must be implemented as soon as possible. The team going south this time included specially equipped agricultural technicians and a large amount of grain distributed by the Ministry of Agriculture.

, seeds of vegetables and tropical cash crops, and then large-scale construction of farmland water conservancy and large-scale plantations will begin locally. However, this also has a necessary prerequisite that cannot be bypassed, that is, there must be sufficient labor input.

"The population is the biggest flaw here!" Tan Juren couldn't help but sigh in his heart after checking the conditions of the immigrant villages.
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