Chapter 1477 Reassurance

The population problem has always been one of the important factors that has troubled Haihan in developing overseas colonies, especially in Northeast Asia, which is thousands of miles away from Hainan Island. It is impossible to count on how many immigrants will be able to move from Haihan, and they can only find nearby ones.

Source of population. Introducing immigrants from Shandong is naturally a good choice. However, as the situation in Shandong has gradually stabilized in the past two years, the number of refugees recruited by Haihan has become increasingly scarce. If you want to reproduce the situation of the previous two years as long as there is food,

It is not easy to see refugees flocking to seek a way out. Moreover, the Shandong government has been very wary of the immigration methods commonly used by Haihan. Even if ordinary people are fleeing, it is almost impossible to cross the state to reach the Haihan-controlled area.

It is possible that only those businessmen who spent money to buy a road book from the government can enter and exit Fushan County smoothly. In this way, the number of immigrants Haihan can obtain from Shandong will naturally be greatly reduced, and it will be very difficult to meet the needs of Liaodong.

Difficult.

Apart from Shandong, there are probably only a large number of Han people with ambiguous identities in the area behind enemy lines in Liaodong. The reason why these people have ambiguous identities is because Liaodong is already an occupied area, and most of these Han people are currently under the rule of the Hou Jin Dynasty.

They all belong to the slave level, and the Ming Dynasty has no ability to rescue them. If Haihan can use force to open a breakthrough in the Houjin ruled area and rescue the Han people in the occupied areas, then these people probably will not mind their future

Changing his identity to be loyal to the Han regime from the south, it would not be easy for the Ming Dynasty to use this as an excuse to attack Haihan.

Of course, realizing this plan cannot be done just by talking about it. It must have the cooperation of the military to promote its implementation. The post-Jin army will not just watch Haihan do whatever he wants and plunder the population in his occupied area.

Even if He Li and others did not understand military affairs, they also knew that this matter might be accompanied by a series of small-scale wars in the future, using war to plunder the population. This was similar to what the gold thief did.

The Hou Jin Dynasty originally lacked a population, so every year they invaded the grassland southward and kidnapped many people from the Ming Dynasty and brought them back to Liaodong to be used as slave labor. And Haihan obviously planned to follow the same example. How did you get people in?

How to get people away. When it comes to fighting, Haihan is not afraid of his opponents, and the military probably also hopes to have a reasonable excuse to keep Liaodong in a certain degree of war state so that it can obtain gains in Northeast Asia.

A long-term practical training ground.

Of course, this will also include a lot of political games within Haihan. After all, for Haihan’s existing Liaodong strategy, continuing to fight Houjin is not a necessary option. Even if the purpose is to gain population, the Haihan Executive Committee will not

It may not necessarily be agreed that the military will continue to maintain a high-pressure posture against Hou Jin in the Liaodong region. This is because such an approach will inevitably require Haihan to maintain a large-scale military garrison in Liaodong for a long time, and the military expenditure and material consumption of the war caused by this plan will be even more difficult.

It is expected that the two camps, the civil and military camps, will definitely have another game over this unplanned military expenditure.

But let alone Liu Shang in this level of gaming, even his boss Yu Xiaobao, and even Sha Xi, who he currently works for, can’t intervene. And with the level of intelligence Liu Shang has access to, it’s hard to imagine that Haihan’s senior officials would

How much disagreement can arise on this issue? The information Liu Shang got was only from a preliminary plan drawn up by Sha Xi after consultation with the military generals. Even if it is really to be implemented, it will be at least some time later.

But now Sha Xi hopes to make these southern businessmen feel at ease investing in Liaodong, so he instructs Liu Shang to reveal to them this plan, which has not yet been finalized, so that they can relax about the manpower issue.

It has to be said that Shaxi’s work experience in the past few years has made him very experienced in dealing with such issues. He anticipated some issues that southern businessmen may worry or question in advance, and then made targeted preparations.

Sure enough, after Liu Shang said this, He Li and others also felt that this matter seemed to be relatively feasible. After all, Haihan had already taken back most of Jinzhou from Hou Jin, and he wanted to open a few more places in the north in the future.

It should not be more difficult than conquering the current area to let some of the Han people who escaped the rule of Hou Jin to defect to the south.

The existence of the Dongjiang Immigration Zone has made southern businessmen realize that the nature of Dongjiang Town may no longer be an official Ming army hanging overseas. Although it still retains this name in name, in fact the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town have

He began to act according to Haihan's arrangements, and is currently extremely dependent on the supplies supplied by Haihan to survive. There is simply no way to break away from this control based on a parasitic relationship.

He Li and others are smart people, so they naturally understand what this situation means. The existence of Dongjiang Town allows Daming to regain this area in name, but in the future, they can only hold their noses and admit Haihan's actual control of this area.

.After a few more years, when Haihan turns this place into an iron barrel formation, it will be even less possible for Ming Dynasty to take the land back.

The control of this place has always been in the hands of Haihan. For those businessmen who are willing to invest in Liaodong, it is actually good news. After all, Haihan built a country with force and prospered with business. In terms of business reputation, it is still

It’s very guaranteed, at least it’s much better than many places in the Ming Dynasty that changed their orders overnight. Many Ming merchants who operated plantations in Haihan Kingdom signed contracts for more than ten years, and many signed contracts for twenty, thirty years or even longer.

, I think the situation in Liaodong will be similar in the future.

The team led by Liu Shang spent half a day visiting the Dongjiang Immigration Area, during which Jin Ping mainly explained the local construction conditions. Occasionally, when businessmen asked questions about sensitive topics, Liu Shang would take the initiative to answer them.

He had kept all the instructions that Sha Xi had given him before. If he could handle this group of southern businessmen during this visit, then another achievement would be added to his personal resume, and this would be a great achievement for him.

His future career promotion will definitely play a positive role in promoting it.

After completing the inspection and visit here, the team continued to travel northeast by car. Because this team all used horse-drawn carriages as transportation, the route was specially designed to bypass the mountainous area northeast of Lushun.

Travel directly along the Bohai coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula.

"It's about seventy or eighty miles from here to the front line. We will stop at the inn tonight to rest. If you have any questions at the moment, you can also ask them." Liu Shang introduced the current position to everyone on the carriage, and at the same time

We are ready to continue to answer questions and solve problems for these investors.

"Mr. Liu, I would like to ask, this port of Port Arthur is so far away from the front line. Do we usually take this route to transport supplies to the front line?" At that moment, someone asked a question that they were interested in.

Liu Shangying said: "Most military supplies are transported directly from the sea to be unloaded near the front line. The ships you see anchored in Port Arthur are basically transporting civilian supplies. As for why we take the land route instead of the sea route, of course we have to take care of you.

The demand allows everyone to see with your own eyes the original features of the Liaodong continent and make an accurate judgment on whether it is worth investing in."

Liu Shang's tone was very sincere, and at first glance it seemed to be true. But if you think about it carefully, this visit was completely arranged by Haihan, and wherever he took the southern businessmen to see, the itinerary was already planned.

In other words, what the southern businessmen can see here are actually scenes that Haihan deliberately arranged for them to see.

Someone else asked: "If the gold thieves bypassed your army's defense line from the sea and directly invaded the rear, wouldn't it be easy to succeed?"

Liu Shang smiled and shook his head and said: "Brother, you take it for granted! The enemy currently does not have the ability to send troops on a large scale by sea. They can't even get together a few ships that can carry a hundred people, so how can they invade the rear?

.Besides, if our Haihan navy discovers their fleet, they will all be sunk in less than two days. Now the few remaining ships of the Jin people are hiding in the inland river and dare not go out to sea. Don't worry about how they can still play.

What's the trick?"

He Li was just secretly amused after hearing this. He would definitely not ask such a childish question. If the Haihan people didn't even take measures to deal with such superficial military issues, how could they possibly fight all the way north from the South China Sea to Liaodong?

Can maintain an undefeated record. If they can really bypass the defense line and attack the rear, I'm afraid the Jin people have already tried it. How can they have the patience to give Haihan time to develop?

Although He Li has never been to Liaodong, he has seen the map of Liaodong at Lushun Fort, which clearly marked the current occupied area and the location of the northern defense line. In his opinion, Hou Jin fought with cavalry after all.

The opportunity for a comeback should still be on land, and whether the Haihan Army can hold the northern line of defense is probably the most important basis for businessmen to judge whether the local area is worth investing in.

That night the convoy camped at a post station near the coast. This place used to be a post station under the jurisdiction of the Jinzhou Guard. It was in a state of neglect after Hou Jin occupied it. However, after Haihan took over this area, he cleaned up the post station.

It was brought out and put into use again. Although Haihan has a real-time information transmission tool such as telegraph, there are still many documents and files that need to be transmitted manually. The distance between Lushun Fort and Jinzhou Isthmus is more than one hundred miles.

, it is indeed necessary to set up such a post station on the way to provide food and accommodation for changing horses.

After many battles with Hou Jin, the number of horses Haihan kept in Liaodong, especially the number of war horses, had even exceeded the total number of war horses in the entire Haihan country. And even this small inn actually had

Raising seven or eight horses shows that the local horse resources are indeed quite sufficient.

This inn is still managed by the military, so the people responsible for reception here are also personnel from the military logistics department. Liu Shang did not dare to show off his identity, so he specially asked the accompanying officers to come forward to check in.

The accommodation conditions of this inn in the wilderness are actually not comparable to those of Lushun Fort. However, there are no other options within a few miles, so we can only make do with it here for one night. As for the food, it is even simpler.

Porridge, pickles, or noodles. If you are willing to pay extra, you can also buy a salted egg.

For the businessmen who had eaten various kinds of feasts in the past few days, such content was really unattractive. After eating a little, they went back to their rooms to rest. They set off from Lushun Fort early this morning. Although it was

Riding a carriage, but after being on the road for a long time, I was really tired. Being tired and tired can accurately describe the current state of this convoy. Maybe when we set off tomorrow, the pack horses pulling the carriage will have to be replaced by horses from the inn.

Oh my god.

After nightfall, the sounds of various birds and animals could be heard faintly in the wilderness outside the inn. This primitive flavor was something that the pampered businessmen had not experienced for a long time. There were occasionally a few howls of wolves in between, which made people lie on the bed.

The foreign guests were quite frightened. However, Liu Shang had already assured them that no wild beast would be able to attack this inn, so they could only reluctantly believe it.

The post station is surrounded by a two-meter-high barbed wire fence, and there is a trench outside. Coupled with the monitoring and attack by the post station sentries, it is generally difficult for wild animals to approach the post station, let alone break through the iron mesh defense here. It has just been built.

During the fortifications, there were still desperate wolves that launched an attack, but in the end they just left more than 20 corpses and retreated in anger, which fully demonstrated the terrifying combat effectiveness of Haihan's logistics troops.

Although the beasts were terrifying, everyone could not withstand the fatigue after all, and soon fell asleep. Until they woke up the next morning, no beast had broken through the outer barrier of the inn.

While everyone was having breakfast, the convoy indeed replaced several pack horses that had seriously declined in physical strength. They were first fostered in the inn, and then continued towards the Jinzhou Isthmus. After entering the plain area where Haihan and Houjin fought,

There is a desolate scene within a few miles, with no people or houses. This place looks like it can at least cultivate 10,000 acres of fertile land. What is missing now is probably the participation of investors like them.

At the location of the Chinese military camp, which was about five miles away from the defense line, Qian Tiandun, the local top commander, took time to meet with these businessmen. The reason why he came in person was naturally to attract investment and endorsement, so as to gain the support of the South.

More trust from businessmen.

These southern businessmen have all heard of the reputation of Marshal Qian Tiandun. After all, it is said that the battle of Haihan against Zhoushan Island was carried out by the troops of Marshal Qian. And this man will appear in the border of Liaodong, but

Unsurprisingly, it was here that he commanded the Haihan army's campaign against Liao.

"... You are all guests from afar. Logically speaking, I should accompany you in person for the rest of the trip. However, due to work reasons, I can only ask my deputy, Battalion Commander Takahashi Minami of the Special Operations Battalion, to do it for you!" Qian

Tian Dun said a few words in a nonchalant manner, then took his leave and left.
Chapter completed!