Chapter 1738 International Status

When it comes to the trade negotiation activities that Haihan carries out every year, there are really too many to mention. Such business measures have become a traditional method for Haihan in the process of regional development. Almost every city under Haihan’s control

and trade ports will hold investment promotion and trade negotiation meetings at selected times to speed up local development and construction. Of course, the largest and most influential event among them is naturally the Spring Fair organized by the Haihan Executive Committee in Sanya every year.

Meet Autumn.

The annual Spring Fair is held around the statutory National Day holidays of Haihan. This is definitely an important event not to be missed for businessmen from various countries who are interested in conducting bulk trade with Haihan. The official Haihan Fair will be held at the Spring Fair

It publishes purchase requirements for some materials that will be purchased from outside during the year, and also releases a sales list of some products that are in short supply, such as Haihan daily necessities that businessmen rush to buy every year.

Of course, what worries politicians the most is the new round of arms purchase lists that Haihan Military Industry will release to various countries during this period. Although Haihan’s weapons are expensive, their performance is indeed outstanding, and the number sold each year is limited, so every time

At this time, politicians from various countries will still rush to buy at all costs.

However, Matalan and the Dutch East India Company, which had completed a round of rush purchases in Sanya last year, were not eligible to purchase artillery from Haihan this year because of the existence of a limited purchase agreement to balance the armed strength of each country.

and combat ships.

Because North Korea received special care from Haihan during the establishment of diplomatic relations last year, the weapons and equipment provided to North Korea were all sold separately, so North Korean envoy Li Xi did not need to join the competition this time, and could just be a bystander with peace of mind.

Perhaps considering that the amount of information released at the previous night's banquet would make some guests who were too preoccupied not able to rest well, the official arranged all today's activities to the afternoon to evening. In this way, guests participating in the event

You can sleep peacefully until noon and then go to the venue after having lunch and packing up.

However, when Fei Cexian woke up from his sleep, his mood was still not much relieved. The arrogant attitude shown by the senior official Haihan last night was still like a thorn deeply pierced into his heart. He originally thought

After several months of contact, the Haihan people would look at the Buddha's face instead of the monk's face, and give themselves enough respect in public. But now it seems that they still think too much. Not only did these southern barbarians not give the Ming Dynasty the courtesy they deserve

, and also humiliated himself in public.

Fei Cexian really realized this truth that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. There is indeed a clear gap between the Ming Dynasty and Haihan in terms of military and navigation, and not many people in the court really realize this. Even Fei Cexian

Ce Xian himself, before coming to Sanya, still had deep doubts about the so-called power of Haihan in the rumors.

But facts speak louder than words. The invincibility of the Haihan army in the South China Sea is not a fabricated lie. The humility shown by envoys from various countries in front of the senior officials of Haihan is visible to the naked eye. Although the Ming Dynasty has a transcendent status, Haihan does not seem to give any

Fei Cexian's treatment is higher than that of other countries. Of course, perhaps if Fei Cexian could calmly accept the benefits offered by Haihan when he first arrived in Sanya, then things would have gone differently.

After Ming Dynasty signed an agreement to establish diplomatic relations with Haihan last year, it has already received a batch of weapons from Haihan. Of course, this is not a gift from Haihan, but a business that can be counted as a penny or a tael. These muskets

After the artillery was handed over in Guangdong, it was shipped to the north as quickly as possible and deployed to the battlefield in the Central Plains by the end of the year.

Although the Ming Dynasty military did not have time to become familiar with the performance of these weapons and only relied on a few officers who received short-term training in Guangdong to master the use of these weapons, it still caused heavy losses to the peasant army on the battlefield in the Central Plains. Gao Yingxiang,

The peasant army led by Li Zicheng was severely damaged by Lu Xiangsheng's troops in Chuzhou, which was finally good news for the Ming court in a difficult situation.

And there is another good thing that the Ming court was not aware of. Historically, Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor last year and changed the name of the country to Qing. After that, Azig led 100,000 Eight Banner soldiers to knock on the pass and fight all the way from Hebei to the capital.

Nearby. However, in this time and space, because Haihan exerted great military pressure on Hou Jin in the Liaodong Peninsula last year, Huang Taiji had to postpone his plan to proclaim himself emperor and change his title, and Azig's army was also dragged into Liaodong.

Not daring to act rashly, he virtually saved Daming.

In any case, Ming Dynasty finally realized the role that Haihan weapons could play on the battlefield, and asked Fei Cexian to continue to purchase weapons and equipment from Haihan at the appropriate time.

What is the right time? In fact, the imperial court means that as long as Haihan is willing to sell, it will acquire as much as possible and then send it back to the country for deployment. But this task is simple to say, but not easy to do. Haihan sells every year

Weapons and equipment are all limited. If so many countries want to buy them, the prices will naturally rise. And Ming Dynasty has a relatively limited budget for purchasing weapons, so it is difficult to compete with generous countries like the South China Sea. The batch of weapons delivered last year was a special supply.

, if one were to participate in the bidding, the price sold to Daming would not even be touched.

Therefore, although Fei Cexian knew that there would be bidding for weapons and equipment today, he actually did not have high hopes for it, because he knew that with the small budget approved by the court, it would be difficult to seize it from the fierce bidding.

Shi. ​​Taking a step back, it is clear that the Haihan people have other intentions for the Ming Dynasty. Why do they still come forward to send weapons to the Ming Dynasty? They are afraid that not enough people will die when they attack the Ming Dynasty in the future?

The more Fei Cexian thought about it, the more pessimistic he became, and he didn't even want to participate in related activities for a moment. But he also knew what his responsibilities were, and he had to collect information in this area. Although Ming Dynasty could not buy more weapons for the time being, but

It is also necessary to understand the weapons and equipment status of neighboring countries. Especially the Annan Kingdom, which has had several confrontations with the Ming Dynasty in the south, is known as a die-hard supporter of Haihan. Its military organization and equipment are said to be of the same origin as Haihan. Considering the past and the

Fei Cexian must also pay attention to the old grievances of the Ming Dynasty, so as not to break out a war with Annan one day, at least he must know the opponent's equipment status.

However, before the arms purchase meeting in the afternoon, there was an investment promotion meeting organized by the Ministry of Commerce. Fei Cexian thought that participating in this meeting might help him relax a little. And he really wanted to know more about Haihan’s business aspects.

Although the national conditions of the two countries are different, he believes that there must be something that Ming can imitate in order to achieve faster development in the commercial field.

The venue was located where the banquet was held last night, but it had already been cleaned up, and incense was specially used to purify the air to avoid leaving the aftertaste of last night's food.

When Fei Cexian arrived, there were already dozens of people waiting to take their seats. Most of these people were wealthy businessmen from various countries, and people with official positions like Fei Cexian generally would not participate in person.

Sit outside and watch the excitement. Only for a few special investment projects, they will instruct domestic businessmen to fight for them with all their strength.

For diplomatic envoys who have been stationed in Sanya for more than a year, this kind of activity has become commonplace and there is no nervousness. However, for Fei Cexian and Li Xi, who have just arrived in Sanya, all this is still very novel. Perhaps

With this in mind, the official also provides them with one-to-one dedicated service, who can provide corresponding instructions at any time according to their needs during the process.

However, because of the situation at the banquet last night, Li Xi still felt a little embarrassed when he saw Fei Cexian, so he stepped forward to greet him and left in a hurry. Fortunately, Haihan officials were also considerate of his situation, and he still did not sit next to Fei Cexian today.

Xian, it saved him a lot of trouble.

Fei Cexian saw that Li Xi's seat was arranged to sit next to Annan's young prince named Zheng. After the two met, they were talking and laughing, and he couldn't help but snorted. In his opinion, North Koreans should keep talking to each other.

Loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Ming Dynasty seems to be less powerful than Haihan now, it must at least maintain enough restraint. How can it get too close to a country like Annan that has a grudge against the Ming Dynasty?

He really didn't expect that after the representatives of the two countries met privately last night, they had already reached a preliminary intention for future cooperation. In this cooperative relationship, neither party considered how the Ming court would feel. Li Xi also believed that

As long as Haihan nods, this will be done. In other words, no one actually cares what Daming thinks or thinks.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the opening. The meeting was presided over by the Minister of Commerce, Schneider. When Fei Cexian first arrived in Sanya, he was quite puzzled that Haihan would let a mixed-race man preside over major economic and trade affairs. However, after dealing with Schneider several times,

It turns out that this person is extremely shrewd and can be said to be one of the smartest people he has seen in his life for decades. Haihan's economic, trade, financial and diplomatic systems were all built by this person. His ability may be enough to serve as the Ministry of Rites or the Ministry of Rites in the Ming Dynasty.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance has written.

After Schneider took the stage, everyone in the audience automatically fell silent and listened to his speech. Schneider did not rush to announce today's investment project, but instead asked someone to hold up a huge two-foot-square map on the stage, with the Far East region drawn on it.

The general terrain of the map, and the more conspicuous place is the area currently controlled by Haihan marked in red.

Fei Cexian saw that all the places occupied by Haihan on the coast of the Ming Dynasty were marked in red one by one, and couldn't help but snorted again. Although he knew that it was impossible for these places to be taken from Haihan through negotiation.

I took it back, but when I saw that the other party publicly marked the Ming Dynasty's territory in its own name on such an international diplomatic occasion, I must have felt a bit hard to swallow.

"Everyone, the red area marked on this map is our country's current territory. Of course, there are still a small part of it that has sovereignty disputes with other countries, but I believe that these small issues will be resolved satisfactorily in the near future.

solve."

Schneider raised his finger and pointed at the map while explaining to everyone: "What I want to draw your attention here is that just this year, my country has added another area under its control in the South China Sea, and that is Manila Bay on Luzon Island. Please. Please remember, this place will no longer accept the rule of the Kingdom of Spain from now on, and will be officially included in the territory of our country from now on."

I don't know who took the lead. Applause began to ring out from the audience, and some people even cheered for the audience. Fei Cexian couldn't help but frowned, feeling quite unhappy with how these people were trying to please Haihan, but he

He had already read the continuous reports about this war in local newspapers, and the map he saw now clearly marked the location of Manila. He had to admire Haihan's determination to raise troops across the sea.

They attacked the city that the Spanish had managed for more than half a century and successfully captured it.

Fei Cexian believed that Haihan's official claim of retaliation against Spain was not the real reason for the war, but he was not sure what kind of local products there were in Manila that were worthy of Haihan's efforts. However, the Haihan people never did business at a loss, so he must have

Conquering that place will bring huge profits to Haihan.

Although Haihan's purpose for launching this war was unclear, he could understand the map. After occupying Manila Bay, Haihan's control area successfully expanded to the east for more than two thousand miles. And the Luzon Island was from the map

Judging from the area, it is larger than Hainan Island and Taiwan Island. Haihan occupied that place, and the space for future development will also increase a lot. In comparison, Haihan forcibly occupied Hong Kong Island and the Penghu Islands off the coast of Ming Dynasty.

, Zhoushan Islands, Zhifu Island, Jinzhou Peninsula and other places, the area is almost negligible.

Thinking of this, Fei Cexian's mood improved a little. At least Haihan chose to expand overseas instead of targeting the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, if he concentrated his military power to attack the coastal areas of Lingnan, it would probably be like Haihan.

As senior officials said yesterday, Ming Dynasty will lose a large area of ​​territory without being able to fight back.

In fact, Fei Cexian could also see that Haihan had no plans to invade the Ming Dynasty at least for now, otherwise the places they occupied on the Ming coastline would not just maintain the status quo. If the Haihan army used these occupied areas as bases

It would be unimaginable for Duo Duanhua to invade the Ming Dynasty, and Fei Cexian would not be arrogant enough to think that the Ming Dynasty could calmly deal with such an invasion from the sea.

When Fei Cexian was distracted, the applause from the audience finally came to an end, and Schneider continued: "There may only be a very few of you here who have been to Manila, but after today everyone will have a deeper impression of this place, because

A considerable number of the investment projects to be released next are located in the Manila Bay area. New colonies mean new opportunities to make money. I don’t need to explain this anymore, right? I think you all can’t wait to learn about this place.

situation, then we will start to announce relevant investment projects.”
Chapter completed!